Reading Chapter 102: Red Night Corpse Demon, completely engrossed and unable to pull himself away.
Next, it was time to deal with Red Night's shell.
Red Night lay quietly on the execution platform. Beneath his skin, faint dark-red magical patterns flowed like congealed blood vessels, or ancient runes carved into flesh.
Those were not naturally formed marks.
Skylar understood the moment he glanced at them.
The patterns were not a single enhancement array, but the result of multiple layers of magic interlocking with one another. They involved bloodline awakening, expanded physical capacity, and even certain forbidden soul-anchoring techniques. The slightest mistake in any part of the process would cause the caster to suffer a fatal backlash on the spot.
This was an extremely dangerous form of bodily modification.
"No wonder he held out for so long in a direct confrontation with you," Skylar said flatly.
"And yet he was still defeated by me." Sarf revealed a sinister smile. "In the end, he still fell into my hands."
"I know how to make use of this body," Skylar said after pondering for a while.
"In the Dark Arts books I gave you, there should be one called Encyclopedia of Undying Demons." As Skylar spoke, Sarf immediately pulled out a heavily worn parchment book from the book bag she carried with her, its cover sealed with ancient runes.
"Chapter Seven—Corpse Demons," Skylar softly read the chapter title.
The pages turned and stopped at a certain page.
Sarf's eyes lit up slightly.
Corpse Demons were not ordinary Inferi.
They were advanced undead creations based on the corpses of wizards with awakened bloodline powers, their lingering soul fragments and magical circuits remolded through special rituals.
They retained their spellcasting abilities, memories of spells, and battle instincts from when they were alive. If properly controlled,