Other Gains

Standing not far away was a Corpse Soul Naga, its body covered in fine, grayish-white scales, with long blue hair like water weeds, a pair of slightly red snake eyes, and a rather heroic appearance. It stood at 1.8 meters tall, possessed a nearly 1.5-meter-long snake tail, and had four empty arms. Liu Zhi nodded in satisfaction.

At this moment, he finally understood what undead servants were.

They were essentially undead troop types. Of course, high-tier creatures like the Corpse Soul Naga couldn't be summoned by ordinary Summoning spells.

Standard Summoning could only target basic undead units like Skeleton Soldiers, Zombies, and Ghosts. Anything beyond that level required corresponding blueprints and training facilities.

Some even required a great deal of time and effort, with meticulous adjustments, to create decent undead servants.

Liu Zhi obtaining a Corpse Soul Naga was entirely a reward for V3.

The remaining items were what a typical Necromancer would start with.

For instance, the model that looked like a small grave mound.

[Mass Grave Blueprint: A foundational building for an undead city, max level 3, 3 uses. After collecting sufficient materials, a Mass Grave can be constructed at a designated location and upgraded twice.]

[Mass Grave: Depending on its level and the number of corpses fed into it, it can produce 10-50 Skeletons or Walking Corpses, and 5-7 Skeleton Soldiers or Zombies per week.]

Then there was the wooden wolf-shaped model.

[Rotting Flesh Ghoul Wolf Training Manual: Method for training Rotting Flesh Ghoul Wolf using canine corpses.]

[Rotting Flesh Ghoul Wolf: A variant of the ghoul beast, this undead creature possesses the combat power and corpse-eating recovery ability of a ghoul, along with the movement speed and group combat capabilities of a wolf. It's a pretty decent cannon fodder unit.]

And finally, the wooden model resembling a giant dragging a cart piled with corpses.

[Rushing Corpse Cart: A corpse-hauling cart pulled by two giants. It can patrol within a designated area, collect all discovered corpses, and transport them to a specified location. Capacity: 500 corpses per trip.]

These were significant additions to Liu Zhi's Underworld, and he believed that with these, his Underworld, shrouded by the red moon, would soon prosper.

Of course, besides these, Liu Zhi also received a rather unexpected training manual.

[Surging Wave Fishman Training Manual: Train Surging Wave Fishman with food in designated waters.]

[Surging Wave Fishman: A type of ordinary Fishman. This training method simply involves raising ordinary Fishman and directing them to work; it does not train them into warriors or hunters.]

Looking at this training manual, Liu Zhi felt a pang of nostalgia for his days in Tortuga Port. Back then, the various Fishman had provided him with a substantial amount of experience.

He still had over seven thousand experience points now, thanks to his efforts back then.

Holding these items, Liu Zhi began to study how to use them. The Corpse Soul Naga was released and followed closely behind Liu Zhi.

Once the Rushing Corpse Cart was released, the two giants began dragging it around Liu Zhi's Underworld.

The remaining items didn't have such immediate effects. After use, the two training manuals vanished into the Pyramid ornament hanging from Liu Zhi's waist.

In the next instant, he understood how to train them, but he lacked all the necessary training materials. Even with understanding, he couldn't train the Rotting Flesh Ghoul Wolf or the Surging Wave Fishman.

However, the Mass Grave surprised Liu Zhi.

After using it, a phantom image of the Mass Grave appeared above Liu Zhi's Underworld.

Liu Zhi could move it freely. If a Mass Grave could be built in a location, it would turn green; otherwise, it would turn red.

Liu Zhi was tempted to just place the Mass Grave anywhere, but remembering everything he saw upon entering the city, he knew he couldn't act recklessly.

The Underworld before him was his city, and he needed to plan carefully, rather than constantly changing things later.

After putting everything away, Liu Zhi finally took the three Lightning Coral and exited the Underworld.

Upon exiting, the blood moon in the sky vanished, and the completely destroyed city reappeared before Liu Zhi.

Although the entire city was still submerged in vegetation, it was still much better than nothing, leaving behind only rubble and strange trees in the Underworld.

After emerging from the Underworld, Liu Zhi noticed that the three Lightning Coral looked somewhat like the Electric Gems from Pokémon, except these were coral-like in texture and bore lightning symbols.

[Lightning Coral: Staff charging item. Can store 10 Lightning Bolts or 1 Static Shock, power 1-500. Usage: Place in the staff's inlay slot, activate with mental power. Charging method: Import current until full.]

Looking at the description, Liu Zhi blinked, his mind drifting to a certain mage who used a staff for the Light spell.

Would he become that kind of mage in the future, using his staff mostly for smashing people?

While thinking, Liu Zhi picked out a Lightning Coral and placed it behind the wings of the feathered serpent atop his staff.

This time, Liu Zhi finally understood why there was a dedicated slot for inlaying gems or crystals. It was clearly designed, even the size of the inlay position was identical.

After embedding the Lightning Coral, Liu Zhi gripped the Death Long Staff and closed his eyes.

Liu Zhi's mental power had reached 3.3. As soon as he closed his eyes, he sensed the Lightning Coral atop the Death Long Staff.

Initially, he just sensed the Lightning Coral, but for some reason, Liu Zhi's mental power inexplicably spread outwards along the Lightning Coral.

This spread reached a radius of one hundred meters.

Before Liu Zhi could even react to what was happening, he felt that he could lock onto a tree with his mental power.

"Is this the Death Long Staff's amplification of mental power?"

Before Liu Zhi could finish his sentence, his mental power seemed to be drained, jumping to the tree through the Lightning Coral.

Then, there was a crackling sound, as if something had been struck by lightning.

Liu Zhi quickly opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the sound. He saw that the tree he had just locked onto with his mental power had been struck down by lightning.

Stunned by everything before him, Liu Zhi took a long moment to recover.

"So this is how it's used. No wonder."

Liu Zhi tried two more times and found that, just as he suspected, the Lightning Coral worked by first locking onto the target with mental power, then forcibly activating a lightning attack.

Although this attack method was slow, its power was undeniable, and it could hit targets anywhere within a hundred meters. This was indeed a useful skill.

"Looks like I'll need to collect more magic gems in the future."