Compression Magic! Experimenting New Magic on Mo Fan's Undead Soldiers

Green Campus, Magic Arena.

"You actually used my undead to practice with. You've really got some nerve."

Mo Fan looked at Li Xingze across from him and couldn't help complaining.

Earlier, Li Xingze had won a "Compression Magic" technique from a lottery. After a month of exploration, he had already achieved some initial success with it in the Lightning Element.

"Enough of that. I'm helping you test the strength of your undead too."

As Li Xingze spoke, he gathered lightning in his right palm.

"Thunder Seal? No, it's not that simple."

Mo Fan was also a Lightning Mage. He knew that Thunder Seal was an outward-cast technique that relied on range and power to win.

But Old Li had condensed this Thunder Seal directly onto his hand. Wasn't he afraid the lightning would spiral out of control?

Normally, only after reaching the Advanced level and gaining control did one dare attempt to create new magic techniques.

Yet after mastering the method of "Compression Magic," Li Xingze had indirectly gained control—perhaps even something beyond it.

The crackling hiss of electricity sounded like a thousand birds crying out at once.

Terrifying!

As Mo Fan looked at the highly compressed lightning in Li Xingze's hand, only those two words remained in his mind. Its power could probably pierce straight through his body, couldn't it?

Seeing that Li Xingze was ready, Mo Fan began summoning his undead.

Since Mo Fan's Undead Element was still at the beginner level, he could only summon the most inferior rotting corpses and Skeleton Soldiers, ten in total.

Though these rotting corpses and Skeleton Soldiers were the lowest-grade undead, they did not fear death and knew only slaughter. To inexperienced students, they were absolutely lethal weapons.

The Skeleton Soldiers all held rusted swords and blades. They were not particularly slow, and the moment they saw a living creature, they charged madly at Li Xingze.

The rotting corpses were even faster than the Skeleton Soldiers, their decayed arms serving as their weapons.

"A little disgusting."

Facing ten undead, Li Xingze remained perfectly composed.

He turned his right hand into a blade and thrust it directly at the foremost rotting corpse. The highly compressed current pierced straight through its chest, and the terrifying heat burned a massive hole through it.

Li Xingze flashed before another rotting corpse and thrust out with his right hand again.

In less than half a minute, Li Xingze had wiped out all ten undead.

"Gulp~"

Mo Fan swallowed hard. This guy was really becoming more and more monstrous.

Developing magic for close-quarters combat against undead—how much courage did that take? He was probably the only one capable of it.

Mo Fan also had the Lightning Element, and he immediately became extremely interested in this Lightning technique.

"Old Li, teach me this move?" Mo Fan rubbed his hands together and shamelessly asked.

"It's simple. As long as you can compress Thunder Seal onto one hand, you'll be able to do what I do." Li Xingze did not hide anything.

"Uh~" Mo Fan rolled his eyes. If he could do that, why would he need to ask you?

It might have looked easy, but it contained tremendous danger. A single mistake could even cripple his entire arm.

For now, Li Xingze had no intention of teaching Compression Magic to others. Once Mo Fan's Lightning Element reached the Advanced level and he gained control, he would naturally grasp the basics of this move.

Although its power was somewhat inferior to Advanced Magic of the Lightning Element, this move was more flexible, and its magic energy consumption was only comparable to a Third-Level Thunder Seal.

Low energy consumption, high power—invincible!

If he strengthened Thunder Seal to the fourth or fifth level, then absorbed a top-quality Soul Lightning, perhaps a single Thunder Seal could truly unleash the power of Advanced Magic!

Opening with Advanced Magic while consuming almost nothing—what a terrifying prospect!

Seven Servant-Level Soul Essences would cost thirty to forty million, while seven General-Level Soul Essences would cost around 140 million. That was no small sum.

If he could strengthen it to a Sixth-Level Thunder Seal, Li Xingze would be able to fight opponents above his level with ease.

A Commander-level Soul Essence generally cost three to five hundred million. Even using the lowest-grade ones to strengthen Star Particles would cost three hundred million each, so seven Commander-level Soul Essences would come to 2.1 billion.

As for a Seventh-Level Thunder Seal, that was an even more astronomical figure!

If Forbidden Curse Scrolls could be sold, Li Xingze would have wanted to sell one or two of them.

"Your Undead Element hasn't shown its true strength yet. You'll need to put in some effort."

In Li Xingze's view, Mo Fan had not even touched the threshold of an Undead Mage.

"Can't be helped. Pearl Institute doesn't have any teachers who specialize in the Undead Element." Mo Fan looked helpless.

Li Xingze frowned. He couldn't exactly summon an Undead Forbidden Curse to teach him, could he?

Although China and Egypt were both founding nations of undead magic, China no longer possessed an Undead Element inheritance, while Egypt had developed the Undead Element quite well.

The Undead Element was similar to the Summoning Element, but there was an essential difference. Summoners relied on Summoned Beasts and Contract Beasts, while Undead Mages relied on their own strength. As long as they were strong enough, they could find undead willing to risk their lives for them.

An Advanced Undead Mage could even summon several Commander-level undead, along with countless low-level undead soldiers.

It could be said that the higher one's cultivation in the Undead Element, the more apparent its strength became.

"It's fine. Worst case, you can go study abroad in Egypt," Li Xingze said with a smile.

"Get lost. Why don't you go to Egypt yourself?"

"I'm not an Undead Mage. I'm not joking with you—Egypt's Undead Element really is powerful."

"So what if it's powerful? It's not like they'd teach me everything without holding anything back," Mo Fan said pragmatically.

"That's true. Other than Egypt, that leaves only the Ancient Capital," Li Xingze said.

"The Ancient Capital?"

"The Ancient Capital has the largest number of undead in the country. If you get the chance, you should visit."

As he spoke, Li Xingze could not help thinking of the Ancient King. That was an uncertain factor.

If Zhan Kong were allowed to merge with the Ancient King, China would lose a major fighting force in the future, while the Ancient Capital Undead would gradually decline.

That would not do. He had to find a more reliable solution.

"We'll talk about it if the chance comes," Mo Fan said with a shrug. "Old Li, I'm helping you test your new magic. Shouldn't you treat me to a meal?"

"Forget treating you to a meal. Call Xu Zhaoting, and we'll go Wild Monster Hunting."

Li Xingze shook his head. Thousand Bird Stream still had plenty of room for further development, and actual combat was the fastest way to improve it.

"Huh?" Mo Fan's face immediately fell, utterly unwilling.

"We split the hunting profits equally."

"Ze Ge! I'll go right now!"

Mo Fan instantly changed his tune. This was a perfect chance to cling to a powerful backer.

With Li Xingze's current strength, plus two Great Generals and his own combat power, as long as they did not run into a demon nest, they could practically steamroll everything.

Going monster hunting with Li Xingze would not only let him collect soul remnants, but materials from General-Level and above demons were worth a considerable amount of money.

Even split three ways, it would still be no small sum. Added to the savings he had built up over the past few months, his Fire Spiritual Seed was finally within reach!