After Megatron and the Decepticon, the Corpse Warlord was the third to advance.
It stood before the church at the center of the island, twelve soul-energy rings gleaming on its bony fingers as strands of thread danced wildly through the air.
These twelve soul-energy rings were the key to boosting its undead army.
Lynn embedded death essence, soul crystals, and shadowstones into the rings' grooves, then carved several new runes onto their surfaces.
The rings flashed, emitting a dark golden glow.
The Corpse Warlord's aura did not change, but the range of its command aura doubled, and the all-around attribute boost for undead within its range also doubled.
The low-level undead under its command could now truly fight across tiers.
The Corpse-Tide Broodmother was fourth.
Its enormous body lay sprawled across the beach on the island's western side, buried in black sand like the rotting carcass of a whale.
Lynn poured hive core, corruption essence, and Life Tree Sap into the holes in its back.
The Broodmother's body twitched a few times, and new insects surged out of the holes.
They were not Corpse Beetles, but evolved flying insects.
They had black wings, transparent bodies, and venomous stingers on their tails.
The flying insects poured from the holes in dense swarms, blotting out half the sky.
The Broodmother's aura rose from the peak of Tier Five to the early stage of Tier Six. It could produce an additional type of insect, extending its attacks from the ground into the air.
The Frostbone Whale was fifth.
It floated on the sea north of the island, its enormous body half-submerged in the water.
Lynn tossed Frost Crystals, frost soul pearls, and extreme-cold essence into its open mouth.
The crystals exploded inside its body, and cold air seeped through its skin, freezing the