Bone Warlock

According to Bai Xiaowen's speculation, the Spirit Realm Rules would not give out tasks that are impossible to complete.

Since the "ghost" monsters of Ghost Reef are immune to physical attacks, they shouldn't be immune to magical attacks either. Moreover, it's common knowledge that Soulkin creatures are generally vulnerable to magic.

After killing Chen One-Eye, Bai Xiaowen's Black Soul Stone growth rate reached 366/1000, and he accumulated 251 points of Soul Essence. He had been saving it without using it, just in case.

Bai Xiaowen opened the fourth layer of the Black Soul Stone's Enhancement Blueprint.

Enhancement option 3, "Add Vengeful Spirit," and enhancement option 4, "Skeleton Mage: All Attributes +4," are the two available choices in the current situation. Among them, the option to add a "Vengeful Spirit," which requires 200 Soul Essence, means that the Vengeful Spirit's attributes or certain strengths will definitely be stronger than those of the Shadow Assassin, Skeleton Mage, and Vampire.

Based on Bai Xiaowen's previous calculations, the Vengeful Spirit could be one of two types: first, a melee critical Critical Hit damage dealer with Agility Specialty; second, a ranged spellcasting summon with Mental Specialty. If it were the second type, it would be an excellent option for the current situation.

However, Bai Xiaowen still didn't choose this option. He didn't like to entrust everything to unknown luck when he wasn't completely certain. Besides, even if he gambled correctly, if the Vengeful Spirit was a spellcaster with Mental Specialty, it could also be Illusionist was more focused on control, and would be equally helpless against ghosts.

Bai Xiaowen selected enhancement option 4.

Spirit Realm Rules Message:

"Your Skeleton Mage has been enhanced, with all attributes increased by 4 points."

The image of the Banshee Delifa appeared on the surface of the Black Soul Stone: "Master, the Skeleton Mage has met the conditions for devouring and fusing a soul. There are currently two powerful souls to choose from. Which one would you like to select?"

Bai Xiaowen took a look and found that the two powerful souls that could be fused were: one was the soul of Zhu Zhi, the great physician of the Yellow Turban Army in the Three Kingdoms Plane World, and the other was the soul of Maki, the Redleaf Lord in the Kane Plane.

"Fuse the soul of Zhu Zhi, the great physician of the Yellow Turban Army." Bai Xiaowen made his choice without much consideration. The Three Kingdoms Plane World is a high-difficulty world, and the skills of its Boss Tier and Elite Tier are generally more Elite Tier than Boss Tier of their counterparts in other worlds.

The Skeleton Mage appeared, and after a thick fog dissipated, its form had drastically changed.

The tattered black robe that had covered him was gone, replaced by a tattered Daoist robe. Moreover, the Skeleton Mage's original skeletal appearance had changed, with an extra layer of withered and wrinkled skin, making him look like a sick ghost on the verge of starvation; the phrase "skin and bones" was truly apt.

The Skeleton Mage also held a wooden staff in his hand.

Spirit Realm Rules Message:

"Your summoned creature, the Skeleton Mage, has mutated into: Bone Warlock."

[Bone Warlock (Elite Tier Level 5)]

[Race: Undead Species / Bonefolk]

[Attributes: Strength 15, Agility 14, Constitution 23, Spirit 30]

[Skill 1: Lightning Strike: Summons Heavenly Thunder to attack a single target, dealing moderate magic damage and inflicting a brief stun effect. Thunderstrike Art has Bane of Evil effect, dealing additional true damage to Undead Species and Fiend Species creatures (the true damage value is determined by the spirit ratio between the two sides, with a minimum of 10 points)]

[Skill 2: Ghost Path: Causes the target to hallucinate. The target must make a Willpower check; otherwise, they will be trapped in Fear Status for 10 seconds.]

[Skill 3: Yellow Heaven: Summons Yellow Heaven Sweet Rain, removing control effects from one friendly unit with a priority of 7 or lower, and restoring a small amount of Life Value to them.]

"I feel like this Bone Warlock's skills are more geared towards support," Li Shuyi said.

Indeed, [Ghost Path] is a single-target control skill, and [Yellow Heaven] is a single-target debuff removal skill with a small amount of healing; both are support skills. The only offensive skill is [Lightning Strike].

"That's good. Our team is basically fully equipped, except for one support." Bai Xiaowen smiled; he was quite satisfied with this "Bone Warlock."

The only drawback is that the Bone Warlock is, after all, a summoned creature. Of its three skills, only the first skill, Lightning Strike, is a short-cooldown damage skill. The other two skills have very long cooldowns, making it significantly inferior to a true support class, the Awakened.

This is a common problem with summoned creatures, and also the reason why summoners usually have a low status... They're good at a little bit of everything, but bad at nothing.

Bai Xiaowen's strength lies not only in the powerful buffs from his exclusive equipment "Return of the Dead," but also in his ability to use multiple functions simultaneously with Fine Control. This allows him to control summoned creatures to unleash crucial skills at the most opportune moments, thus changing the course of the battlefield.

The combined effect of multiple summoned creatures Return of the Dead, along with the Super Brain granted by the Eye of Evolution, is far more than just one plus one equals two.

What Bai Xiaowen was most satisfied with was the "Bane of Evil" effect that came with the Thunderstrike Art!

It deals additional true damage to Undead Species and Fiend Species creatures, which is perfect for dealing with the current situation on Ghost Reef.

True damage, also known as damage reduction, means that it doesn't take into account secondary damage reduction attributes such as armor and magic resistance. The theoretical damage is exactly what is dealt to the enemy, which is quite terrifying.

Bai Xiaowen then took out two more bottles of Diluted Holy Water and handed them to Li Shuyi.

These two bottles of diluted holy water were something Bai Xiaowen casually exchanged during the siege of Blackrock Fortress. Back then, to combat the Plague Undead, barrels upon barrels of holy water were being poured down. Bai Xiaowen didn't spend many Merit Points to exchange for the Diluted Holy Water.

After all, a single drop of High-Purity Holy Water can make a large vat of Diluted Holy Water...

"Would this thing... be effective against ghosts or Zombie?" Li Shuyi hesitated. "The Jiajing Plane World is set in ancient China. Zombie there should be those things wearing Qing Dynasty official robes with black eye circles jumping around, right? They're probably quite different from the Zombie in the Kane Plane."

"According to the classification given in the General Knowledge Course, Zombie with an ancient China background belong to the Fiend Species, while Zombie with a Western fantasy background belong to the Undead Species. Undead Species and Fiend Species races are affected by Bane of Evil and Bane of Magic effects, so they have something in common..." Bai Xiaowen waved his hand and said, "How will you know if you don't try?"

The guards following behind didn't need to distribute holy water; their job was simply to shout "666"... Oh no, they also had to carry their newly awakened, weak comrades—a heavy responsibility.

"Woo... Roar!"

Before they had gone far, Bai Xiaowen heard a roar that didn't sound human. In the light mist, several pairs of scarlet eyes opened.

"Prepare for battle." Bai Xiaowen raised his hand and summoned a group of creatures, while taking out a bottle of Diluted Holy Water.