Chapter 62: with translation of chapter title

Matching opponent……

Match successful, sending character to battlefield……

Mu Yi sized up his opponent, dressed in a black robe, holding a staff inlaid with a skull, the standard attire of an Undead Mage.

First a Holy Warrior, then an Undead Mage?

Mu Yi felt that fate was truly something miraculous.

The preparation time passed quickly, and Mu Yi felt there was nothing much to communicate with an Undead Mage.

3 seconds until battle starts……

2 seconds until battle starts……

1 second until battle starts……

Battle start!

The Undead Mage was fast; in the instant the light curtain vanished, he raised his hand and pointed at Mu Yi, then his whole body seemed to float up and fly backward to create distance.

A skull emitting a dark green light shot toward Mu Yi, possessing tracking ability, and struck him directly.

Detected that the character suffered a Negative Energy Strike; now conducting spell effect check (based on the character's physique)……

Blazing Inferno has activated; the character is immune to this spell effect and negates this spell's Negative Energy Damage.

As the skull was about to enter Mu Yi's body, illusory flames rose from his body and instantly incinerated and dispersed the skull.

Mu Yi felt a sudden chill in his body, then instantly warmed up under the flames' burning.

A flicker of surprise crossed the Undead Mage's pale eyes, but his expression beneath the black robe remained utterly calm; the erosion of deathly energy had left his facial muscles unable to make normal human movements.

Seeing his spell fail, the Undead Mage didn't panic overly; such opponents weren't rare, but aside from that annoying group of Holy Warriors, he truly seldom saw anyone able to directly nullify death magic.

The Undead Mage leisurely waved his skull staff; even as an Undead Mage, he still bore the mage's habit of elegant bearing, maintaining a certain mysterious poise no matter how perilous the situation.

Thick deathly energy began to spread, shrouding the Undead Mage's form.

As Mu Yi approached, a shattered skeleton walked out of the mist, its torso with ten ribs, six and a half broken, holding a rust-streaked longsword, looking like a frail skeleton fodder.

However, as Mu Yi drew near, the skeleton instinctively swung its longsword, producing a sharp tearing sound; Mu Yi blocked the attack with his formation blade, and his body involuntarily sank a bit.

Strength over 16 points?

Mu Yi exerted force to shake the longsword loose, then backhanded his formation blade into the skeleton soldier, cleaving it apart in a single strike.

Could this thing have been Transcendent Rank in life? Or is the death mage's buff to the undead just that terrifying?

Mu Yi watched the skeleton he had cleaved apart, and various doubts inevitably surfaced in his mind.

"Huh?" Mu Yi turned his head and plunged his formation blade into his own shadow; he had actually sensed malice from the shadow just moments before.

Nothing happened; Mu Yi furrowed his brows, his sense shouldn't be wrong.

With a thought, the illusory flames followed the formation blade into the shadow.

Sizzle~

The seemingly empty ground emitted a sound like sulfuric acid corroding objects.

Clearly, the illusory flames had found an undead creature attached to the shadow by some unknown means.

A ghost? Or something else?

After seeing the ground fall silent, Mu Yi sheathed his formation blade.

He lifted his head to look around; the mist formed of deathly energy obscured most of his vision, but his Killing Intent Perception domain had already detected that he was surrounded by a large number of deathly beings.

I recall that the best way to deal with an Undead Mage is the Decapitation Tactic!

Mu Yi lifted his head and looked around for a moment, then suddenly locked onto a spot; unlike the constant malice of those deathly beings, the malice from that direction fluctuated.

Found you!

Mu Yi stared at that direction; his gaze seemed to pierce the deathly mist and land directly on him.

The Undead Mage was suddenly terrified; he felt that Mu Yi wasn't just lucky, but had truly seen him through some means.

"Even if you've spotted me, what can you do? Can you rush over?" the Undead Mage sneered, having already summoned hundreds of undead to encircle Mu Yi.

This is the power of an Undead Mage; kneel at the feet of the undead.

What a pity; this is within the comprehensive network, otherwise we could certainly create even stronger undead!

Watching Mu Yi dance among the undead horde, the Undead Mage's eyes shone with immense greed.

Thunder Flash!

Suddenly appearing lightning pierced the undead encirclement and also cut through the mist thick with deathly energy.

After confirming distance and direction, Mu Yi didn't rush to attack but deliberately acted, letting the opponent lower his guard.

Seeing that the opponent had no intention to move, Mu Yi decisively turned into lightning, bursting from the encirclement and charging straight at the Undead Mage.

During the charge, the fierce lightning burst with blinding light; the lightning pierced the mist heavy with deathly energy, reflecting the Undead Mage's pale face.

As the Undead Mage's face grew ever paler, Mu Yi appeared before him.

General!

Mu Yi raised his formation blade, lightning covering it, and brought it down in a head‑cleaving strike at the Undead Mage.

Clang!

A shield that suddenly appeared blocked the formation blade's attack, but only for a moment; the shield then fractured into countless tiny cracks.

Almost forgot, mages still have a shield for self‑preservation!

Mu Yi reflected on his mistake; having not faced a magic‑type opponent for so long, he had overlooked this.

If it had been a Sharp Slash, the Undead Mage's head would already have hit the ground.

But it's still not too late!

The shield, riddled with cracks, couldn't withstand his second strike; his formation blade, again wreathed in thunder, slammed into the shield.

The Undead Mage lacked the ability to cast spells instantly; when the shield shattered, he also couldn't release his spell.

Could only watch helplessly as Mu Yi's formation knife fell.

Accompanied by the rumble of thunder, Mu Yi heavily struck the Undead Mage.

With a single slash, the Undead Mage turned into a foul heap of mixed bone and flesh, then dissipated in a gentle breeze.

"... How does it feel, you're becoming more and more like a stick now?"

Mu Yi looked at the formation knife in his hand with a slight headache; when facing goblins, the formation knife was still sharp enough—one slash could split a goblin in half.

But as opponents' strength increased, the formation knife in his hand felt more like a staff for transmitting thunder; without using Sharp Slash, most opponents weren't sliced but were directly smashed to death.

"Looks like we need to find some time to upgrade your level!"

Mu Yi shook his head; a Legendary weapon of only level 5 likely still has a considerable gap compared to a true Legendary weapon.

And this gap probably needs to be filled by him using Zongwang Disaster Coins.