Blood Frenzy (First Update)

"Oh dear, what a pity. If it could be just a few inches closer, it would be the perfect area," Li Shuyi said.

Bai Xiaowen chuckled, "Don't be so greedy... The Perfect Zone is so small. If you miss it, the next 40% will be the Ordinary Zone." He was already quite satisfied with getting 20% of the Excellent Zone.

The roulette wheel disappeared, and a notification message from the Spirit Realm Rules sounded:

"You have obtained an excellent-grade enhancement effect: Blood Frenzy."

"Your summoned creature, Pack Leader Angerclaw, has gained the passive skill: Blood Frenzy: Taking damage will cause Rageclaw to Berserk, gaining 1% critical Critical Hit chance for every 1% of Life Value lost."

Bai Xiaowen said, "This enhancement effect would be extremely powerful if given to a tank-type summon. Rageclaw's strength lies in Agility Specialty, but its constitution is still somewhat low, resulting in relatively few Life Value and a poor margin for error."

Rageclaw currently only has 16 points of Constitution and 160 points of Life Value. To fully utilize the effects of Blood Frenzy, Life Value to be maintained between 50% and 75% for it to be noticeable, but this makes it vulnerable to being instantly killed by the BOSS's powerful skills.

Moreover, Bai Xiaowen currently lacks a true tank-type summoned creature capable of withstanding BOSS damage, and can only compensate by relying on the number of Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier. The protective effect they can provide is actually quite limited, unlike a true MT like Han Xu, who possesses the [Cover] skill to withstand damage and increase the margin for error.

Subsequently, Bai Xiaowen chose to draw the [Intimidation] Lv4 enhancement effect.

This time, he drew the 30% zone of the excellent grade, so his luck was pretty good.

"You have obtained an excellent-level enhancement effect: Overwhelming Crush: Enemies with Divine Might less than 30% of yours will suffer an additional Overwhelming Crush effect, and the Fear Status they suffer will be changed to Stunned Status."

Literally, "Overwhelming Crush" inflicts Stunned Status, a stronger form of hard control than fear, which is quite good. However, the restrictions are also very strict: the enemy's Divine Might must be less than 30% of Bai Xiaowen's Divine Might! Bai Xiaowen's current total Divine Might is 34 points, which means that only enemies with Divine Might below 11 points (including 11 points) will be unconscious, while enemies with mental strength above 11 points will not be unconscious.

In this light, the additional effects are actually somewhat lackluster. Enemies with less than 11 points of Divine Might are generally not very strong; at most, they are Elite Tier and unlikely to be Boss Tier. For example, Jericho, the Terror Knight Commander, has Divine Might Divine Might that is quite low among bosses, while Jericho has 12 points.

With an excellent enhancement effect, you can't ask for more; at least the Intimidation skill is more effective against large groups of minions.

Bai Xiaowen's Black Soul Stone has been absorbing the souls of powerful individuals, and it has now reached 295/300, with 185 points of Soul Essence. It only needs a few more points of growth to reach level 4 and unlock the fourth layer of the Enhancement Blueprint, at which point Bai Xiaowen's strength will experience another leap forward.

Li Shuyi's three skills have now reached level 3. However, she does not have the extra +1 boost to her Battle Specialty and skill levels from the "Ultimate Academic Ace, so she cannot draw the Lv4 enhancement effect for the time being.

Moreover, the required proficiency increases significantly when upgrading a skill from LV3 to LV4. Fortunately, two of Li Shuyi's three skills are minor skills with very short cooldowns, allowing for relatively quick proficiency gains.

Upon returning to Redleaf City, Bai Xiaowen unexpectedly encountered an acquaintance, Anton.

"Anton, what brings you here?" Bai Xiaowen asked, seeing Anton's disheveled appearance, his clothes soaked with sweat, and his travel-worn look.

"My lord, something terrible has happened!" Anton exclaimed in terror.

"Don't be afraid, tell me, what happened in White Stone Town?" Bai Xiaowen's attack on Redleaf Fief this time was basically all-out, and White Stone Town didn't leave any decent defensive forces behind.

However, Bai Xiaowen has already cleared out the Necrotic Plague strongholds and spreaders in White Stone Town, so there shouldn't be a large-scale Necrotic Plague.

Anton caught his breath and said, "People have been dying in town these past few days, and the bodies are all incomplete... We all suspect that a man-eating beast has appeared..."

Bai Xiaowen frowned slightly. He couldn't get any useful clues from Anton's description, so he could only conclude for the time being that it was not the Necrotic Plague.

"I understand, Anton. You go and rest first. I'll go back to White Stone Town to handle this matter," Bai Xiaowen said.

Anton nodded emphatically. "I beg Your Majesty to expedite this... Alas, we've only had a few days of peace, how could something like this happen again..."

After calming Anton down, Li Shuyi asked, "Are you really going back to White Stone Town? There are so many things to do here..."

Bai Xiaowen said, "White Stone Town is our foundation and cannot be lost. Although I currently have Prince Nicholas's special permission to temporarily manage Redleaf Fief, I still do not have jurisdiction over Redleaf Fief under imperial law. I estimate that I will only be able to incorporate Redleaf Fief into my fiefdom after I complete the second phase of my mission."

Li Shuyi nodded and said, "White Stone Town has no defensive facilities, so why not relocate its residents to Redleaf City?"

Bai Xiaowen smiled and nodded, "Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking. Let's get this settled this time."

As the two were discussing, they suddenly heard a terrifying roar coming from the Underground Research Lab in the backyard. Bai Xiaowen's expression changed immediately. The Zombie Doctor's vessel was his summoned creature, and the two had a mental connection. He sensed that the Zombie Doctor was calling for help.

Bai Xiaowen had high hopes for the Zombie Doctor, and the Underground Research Lab absolutely could not be lost. He and Li Shuyi ran over as fast as they could.

The manhole cover on the research institute had already been opened, and from afar, we could see the Zombie Doctor scrambling out, frantically trying to put the cover back on. But then, a deathly white hand held up the manhole cover, followed by more hands pushing it open stiffly and firmly.

"Roar!"

Several unintelligible roars rang out. Zombie Doctor turned and ran.

"What happened?" Bai Xiaowen stepped forward and stopped him. "Could it be that there was a problem with the experimental samples? Has someone turned into a ghost?"

"Thank goodness, you've finally arrived!" The Zombie Doctor nearly bumped into Bai Xiaowen, then looked at him like a savior. "Quickly, eliminate these guys... This is a byproduct of my antidote research..."

At this moment, the manhole cover had been lifted, and one by one, slow-moving humanoid figures crawled onto the ground. Each of them had slightly white eyes and deathly white skin, making them very different from ordinary undead Ghoul.

Bai Xiaowen lost an Insight.

[Zombie (Level 3)]

[Race: Undead Species / Corpse Demonfolk]

[Attributes: Strength 15, Agility 9, Constitution 13, Spirit 3]

[Skills: Infection, Stiffened Skin]

"What's going on?!" Bai Xiaowen was somewhat stunned.