Frostmourne, Crown of Domination
The second phase of the Ant Nest, compared to the first, did not introduce other types of Magic Cards.
Instead, the terrain was more complex, and there were more Magic Cards.
Professionals entering the dungeon must clear at least five hundred small Ant Nests to pass.
Of course, Lin Xuan's entry this time was not for the purpose of passing.
Instead, he was experimenting with his awakening skill.
At this moment, the awakening skill, released with fifty percent rage, appeared.
Blizzards began to swirl around Lin Xuan.
His clothes instantly transformed into a dark armor.
The death scythe in his hand also became a two-handed greatsword.
The next moment, his attribute panel suddenly popped up.
You are cursed by frostmourne!
During the curse, you must satisfy its craving to devour souls; each time frostmourne is unlocked, you must devour one thousand souls!
If the requirement is met, you will randomly gain a permanent attribute point; if you fail, a random attribute point will be deducted!
Curse Duration: Eight hours!
Note: This curse can only be triggered once per day!
At first glance, this curse was indeed a headache.
One thousand souls, that was no small number.
Not to mention whether one could find a thousand enemies in eight hours.
Even killing a thousand pigs would take some time.
However, after carefully reading the reward, Lin Xuan's eyes lit up.
He instantly felt that the curse was a good thing!
Eight hours might not be enough to meet the requirement outside the city.
But in a dungeon like the Ant Nest, it was definitely possible to meet the requirement and gain an attribute point every day!
"frostmourne!"
Lin Xuan silently recited the greatsword's name and began to test its power.
The next moment, a frost rose from his feet, freezing all the ants within ten meters into ice sculptures.
At the same time, a row of melee professional skills appeared in the skill bar.
"Frost Strike!" Lin Xuan swung his two-handed greatsword.
He split an empty small Ant Nest in half with one strike.
"Not bad, it's indeed very strong!"
Lin Xuan glanced at his attribute panel.
With fifty percent rage, the attribute bonus was one hundred fifty percent.
His current attributes were two and a half times his original attributes.
Such values would make even newly promoted second-tier professionals kneel.
Of course, the inflated values were not the key.
The additional skills were even more important.
Lin Xuan did not stop.
He continued to swing his greatsword, releasing other skills.
With each swing of the sword, a nearby Ant Nest was split in half.
The remaining ants inside charged out.
All were easily instantly killed by Lin Xuan.
Until the last Ant Nest within a hundred meters was split in half, the powerful effect of his Lich King Form transformation and frostmourne unlock, achieved with fifty percent rage, finally became apparent.
The ants he had frozen and killed were now reanimated, glowing with a ghostly blue flame!
Moreover, Lin Xuan could feel that they all obeyed his commands!
"Is this ability too overpowered?!"
"All those I kill become my subordinates; in a large-scale battlefield, who can stop me?!"
Rustle—
From the distant nest tunnel, swarms of ants rushed out.
Wherever Lin Xuan passed, the entire nest was covered in frost.
He did not command the undead mutated ants to attack.
Instead, he experimented with the various melee skills unlocked by the Lich King Form.
"Death Entanglement!"
"Cross Slash!"
"Frost Whirlwind Slash!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
Lin Xuan, wielding frostmourne, spun like a large windmill among the ant swarm.
Wherever he passed, mutated ants died instantly upon contact.
Finally, Lin Xuan felt bored of playing.
Even the souls required for the curse were only two hundred short.
He put away frostmourne.
He commanded the controlled ants behind him to charge forward.
They swept through everything.
frostmourne curse requirement completed, Strength attribute +1
"Strength, not bad."
Ever since Lin Xuan acquired Splitting Mount Hua, coupled with the later forms of the Lich King, he had become a melee combatant.
He welcomed any Strength attribute.
Lin Xuan even felt that he could practice swordsmanship after returning; with his current skills and abnormal equipment, he had the potential to be a melee mage.
At this moment, the Lich King Form had faded with time.
It was a bit regrettable that the ants transformed into undead could not trigger the lightning arc and paralysis effect of the Magic Card Lightning Power.
Nor could they trigger the true damage of his talent.
Even more so, he could not use the Corpse Explosion skill on them.
And after the Lich King Form dissipated, those ants would revert to corpses.
"Forget it, it's better than nothing."
"When my level is higher and I encounter stronger enemies, this method of transforming into undead will be even more powerful."
Lin Xuan did not dwell on it too much; he repeated his old trick.
He summoned Skeleton Soldierss.
After two Corpse Explosions, he accumulated over eighty percent rage and transformed into the new Lich King Form again.
This time, Lin Xuan not only held frostmourne and wore armor.
He also had a Crown of Domination that covered his face.
At this moment, he felt his consciousness expanding wildly.
The frostmourne he held in his right hand burned with a ghostly blue flame, emanating overwhelming power.
A desire for slaughter filled his mind.
Your soul is under attack; your health and mana will continuously decrease!
Health: Decreases by ten points per second!
Mana: Decreases by one point per second!
Seeing the prompt, Lin Xuan scratched his head.
The health reduction was irrelevant to him.
But mana was crucial.
Fortunately, he possessed Reversal of Qiankun, which allowed him to modify attribute points, making his Spirit attribute far higher than his original attributes at the same level.
This also resulted in his exceptionally high mana.
"My ring only recovers one point per minute."
"It seems I need to find equipment that restores mana when I go back."
He didn't dwell on it too much.
In this form, he ended battles very quickly.
Even if his mana ran out, he had a mana gourd that allowed him to restore his state at any time.
At the exit of the passage ahead, swarms of elite ants charged up in a mighty torrent.
Lin Xuan lightly swung his sword.
Wherever the skill passed, a crisp "crack crack" sound echoed in the air.
Hundreds of ants instantly died.
Then, they reanimated, glowing with ghostly blue flames.
These flames were even more intense than when he was at fifty percent progress.
"Their attributes after being undead are stronger."
"And, I can control Corpse Explosion!"
Lin Xuan sensed it slightly and was very satisfied with this form.
Now, only the last one remained, the ultimate Lich King Form at one hundred percent rage!
Time flew by.
After his rage was depleted, Lin Xuan, somewhat impatiently, sacrificed one Skeleton Soldiers after another.
In the blink of an eye, he accumulated ninety percent rage.
At this point, he had already advanced to the entrance of the BOSS's nest.
This was a very large mutated Heavenly Horned Ant.
According to the guide, its strength was immense.
When a professional team challenged it, the healer had to constantly monitor the health of the front line.
"Lich King, let me see your limits!"
Lin Xuan didn't care about anything else.
He used Corpse Explosion on all remaining skeletons, instantly filling his rage bar.
Lich King, descend!
His appearance was the same as the eighty percent transformation form.
Longsword, armor, Crown of Domination.
Only the aura around him was stronger, and the frost and ghostly blue flame effects were more pronounced.
Lin Xuan's heart stirred slightly.
The next moment, heaven and earth inverted.
White light enveloped the entire Ant Nest.
Lin Xuan felt as if his soul had been pulled from his body.
When he opened his eyes again, he was in a world of ice and snow.
The entire domain was a vast expanse of white, like a snowy alternate dimension.
Lin Xuan looked down and saw that the ants transformed into undead were standing obediently behind him.
Even the Ant BOSS was pulled into this space.
Lin Xuan's gaze swept around, and he found that he could establish some kind of connection with this ice and snow domain.
He could freely enter and exit this domain.
With a thought, Lin Xuan left the domain.
When he opened his eyes again, he was back in the nest.
And the undead ants were still in the domain.
Lin Xuan used shared vision to look.
He saw that the undead ants had already charged towards the BOSS.
"I can pull the BOSS into an alternate dimension, and the undead ants I converted using frostmourne can also stay inside."
"If the Lich King Form dissipates, and those ants are still there, does that mean I can stockpile troops in here in the future?!"