Chapter 65: A New SSS-Rank Skill!
This time, when he opened the [Death Codex], Su Mubai clearly felt a sense of resistance.
As 1,000 soul points were rapidly consumed, this resistance grew weaker and weaker.
Until the soul points dropped to zero, Su Mubai suddenly felt a lightness in his hand, and the [Death Codex] was opened for the second time!
It was still filled with ancient and mysterious runes, none of which Su Mubai could understand.
That heart-palpitating power of death descended once more, and the runes transformed into a stream of information that poured into Su Mubai's mind.
After a long while, the [Death Codex] closed again, turning into a mark that appeared on the back of Su Mubai's hand.
Su Mubai suddenly felt a sense of sudden enlightenment, and the additional information in his mind brought a look of joy to his face.
At the same time, the system prompt sounded in his ear.
[You have learned the new skill "Dead Domain Rift".]
[Dead Domain Rift]: (SSS-rank) Level 1 (0/50), active skill.
Travel through the dead domain, move as the mind desires.
Skill Effects:
1. Use the dead domain as a springboard to instantly jump to the target location and clear all negative effects on yourself.
2. Protected by the power of death after the jump, granting immunity to all damage and negative effects for 3 seconds.
3. Open a Veil of Death at two coordinate locations, allowing you and your designated allies to travel back and forth freely. Undesignated units cannot touch the Veil of Death, and attacks will pass right through it.
4. The size and position of the Veil of Death change according to your will. While the Veil of Death exists, allies passing through it will not die, and can continue to fight even if their health drops to zero.
Instant cast.
Rift cooldown: 15 seconds, consumes 1% mana, casting range: 0-200 meters.
Veil of Death cooldown: 120 seconds, consumes 1% mana per second, maximum duration: 30 seconds, casting range: 0-500 meters.
(Wherever your mind points, the legion arrives in an instant.)
!!!
Another SSS-rank skill, and it happened to be the mobility skill Su Mubai currently lacked the most!
When he first changed classes, the skills he awakened were merely A-rank and S-rank.
After the [Book of Death] was upgraded for free into the [Death Codex], he had unexpectedly learned two consecutive SSS-rank skills.
Such a massive leap in improvement surprised even Su Mubai.
Recalling what Situ Ji had said earlier, Su Mubai guessed it might be related to class advancement.
A-rank and S-rank skills obviously did not match the prestige of the [Lord of Death] class.
With a 15-second cooldown for [Dead Domain Rift], his agility would be vastly enhanced.
Moreover, the three-second invincibility effect following the jump—an invincibility granted by an SSS-rank skill—was definitely far superior to [Frost Protection]!
As for the Veil of Death, it would enhance the maneuverability of the undead legion to an extraordinary degree.
However, this skill still required further study to master its usage properly.
***
SSS-rank skills had already reached the limit of the God Forbidden Land and could not be upgraded for free for the time being.
After carefully studying the skill, Su Mubai slowly stood up.
The next moment, his figure instantly vanished from the spot, reappearing at the gate over 100 meters away!
Simultaneously, a palm-sized, pale-gray light screen unfolded from Su Mubai's shoulder and instantly descended.
Frost, who was still digesting the materials, suddenly felt his body grow heavy and began a free fall.
Opening his eyes abruptly, he realized he had appeared high up in the air.
After passing through the Veil of Death, pale-gray deathly aura lingered on his surface; this must have been the energy that allowed him to keep fighting even when his health dropped to zero.
Clueless as to what was happening, Frost hurriedly flapped his wings, and his body instinctively restored its size.
A nearly five-meter-long Frost Dragon King instantly appeared above the White Night Pavilion.
"Master?"
Separated by a distance of 500 meters, Frost looked at Su Mubai with some confusion.
He knew that whatever caused this must be the master's doing.
"Don't panic, help me test a skill."
Su Mubai's voice echoed directly in his mind.
Before he could react, Frost suddenly felt the surrounding environment shift once more.
He saw the pale-gray veil above him, originally the size of a palm, suddenly expand and sweep across his body in an instant.
Simultaneously, a Veil of Death materialized in front of the pavilion, and Frost's figure was transferred along with it.
"Is this the master's ability? Spatial manipulation?"
Frost looked up at the high altitude where he had been just moments ago, feeling incomparably shocked.
Immediately after, the flames of soul fire within his pupils began to leap violently.
He saw the Veil of Death suddenly expand more than tenfold, sweeping across the small courtyard in front of the pavilion with near-teleportation speed.
The undead legion descended instantly: 20 headless knights holding conical longspears formed the front array, followed by 160 shadow knights.
500 skeleton warriors, 400 skeleton archers, and 400 skeleton mages stood neatly arranged in formation.
"This skill is simply stronger than I imagined."
A sharp glint flashed through Su Mubai's eyes.
He had just been trying to connect one Veil of Death to his own summoning space.
He hadn't expected it to actually work.
As the number of undead in his legion grew, releasing them all from his summoning space took longer and longer each time.
Now, with the Veil of Death, as long as Su Mubai desired, he could instantly deploy the undead legion to any location within 500 meters!
As the skill level increased, this distance would only grow further.
"And then there's the advancement."
***
Thinking of Situ Ji's words, Su Mubai knew that after advancement, the true terror of the [Lord of Death] class would gradually reveal itself.
However, advancement would still take some time; the most important task right now was to familiarize himself with the [Dead Domain Rift] skill.
Following that, Frost was treated to quite a performance.
The Veil of Death changed direction and size at Su Mubai's will.
The undead legion would alternately shuttle through it actively or be transferred passively.
They continuously vanished and reappeared within the White Night Pavilion.
Su Mubai gradually mastered the usage of the Veil of Death.
With a thought, his figure vanished from the gate.
[Dead Domain Rift]!
Seeing his master suddenly seated inside the pavilion, Frost hurriedly shrank his body down.
"29, 30."
As Su Mubai finished counting silently, he waved his hand lightly, and the pale-gray light screen swept across the courtyard once more, recalling the entire undead legion back into the summoning space in an instant.
In truth, the waving motion was entirely unnecessary; the Veil of Death moved purely according to Su Mubai's will.
He simply wanted to add a bit of flair.
"Master, you're amazing!"
Frost flew clumsily over to the table, flattering Su Mubai while incessantly wagging his tail, looking remarkably like a pug.
"Forget about that for now, don't embarrass me like this when we're outside."
Su Mubai patted his forehead. How could a dignified Frost Dragon King act so much like a dog?
"Don't worry, I understand!"
Frost nodded, putting on an expression that suggested he understood everything.
Only then did Su Mubai notice that this fellow's experience bar had stopped flickering.
"Finished digesting the materials?"
"Yes, Master. With my current strength, I can definitely be of help to you."
Frost flashed a grin, brimming with confidence.
"Oh? Let me see how much your strength has improved."
Su Mubai raised an eyebrow and opened Frost's attribute panel.
The next second, he froze.
Mythical-grade creatures—do their attribute growths have to be this exaggerated?!