Chapter 184: Soul Cage Release

The moment Zhou Chu's Life Soul Artifact, which was based on his ideology, was successfully refined, a miniature white coffin flew out from the top of his head.

At this time, it was only the size of a pencil case, its entire body as white as jade, its exterior extremely exquisite, with smooth and graceful lines, just like a perfect work of art.

It hovered slowly above Zhou Chu's palm, as if showing off its graceful figure to its master.

When Zhou Chu saw his own Life Soul Artifact, he was instantly dumbfounded.

After the Life Soul Artifact was successfully refined, its appearance indeed had not changed; it was still a coffin, only it had become more exquisite and beautiful, and its size had even shrunk significantly.

One must know that a refined Life Soul Artifact is not just a Soul Professional's exclusive weapon, but also a powerful support and a symbol of strength, often possessing powerful and unique abilities.

Not only that, but its appearance would also become more compatible with its master, and it would even evolve in a more powerful and domineering direction.

Yet, seeing this shrunken version of a coffin before him, Zhou Chu really didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Could this thing really serve as his powerful support?

At this moment, the look in Zhou Chu's eyes as he gazed at his Life Soul Artifact was full of disdain.

But regardless, this was still his Life Soul Artifact.

One must know that among the many Soul Professionals, fewer than thirty percent are able to successfully refine a Life Soul Artifact.

Furthermore, the vast majority of Soul Professionals must not only pay a huge financial cost but also continuously contribute their own precious Soul Blood, enduring all kinds of hardships before they might succeed.

Zhou Chu decided not to "judge a book by its cover" anymore and could only accept this reality.

After checking the attributes of the Life Soul Artifact, he discovered that most of the attribute effects had not changed; only the main entry had changed.

【Dead Man's Coffin (S-Grade): Can automatically collect Contract Material of S-Grade quality and below. By casting the Soul Artifact, one can forcibly contract a monster that is not dead and is not higher in Soul Profession rank than oneself; the forced contract success rate is 50% (success rate is determined by the target's rank, and it can only be used once a day). Simultaneously carries the "Soul Cage Release" effect, which allows for the release of a certain number of contract servants from the Contract Pool into battle at any time per second (the current release quantity is 100 per second). (Evolving to the next rank requires consuming 1 million Soul Fragments or 1,000 Soul Crystals)】

【Soul Point: 0/(Once full, a second refinement can be performed) Each monster killed grants 1 Soul Point】

【Effect 1: ……】

【……】

【Effect 6: ……】

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After Zhou Chu looked at the newly changed main entry effect of the Life Soul Artifact, his eyes could not help but light up.

The original disdain for this shrunken coffin was now diluted quite a bit by this new ability.

That is to say, as long as Zhou Chu casts his Life Soul Artifact out, he can perform a forced contract on monsters that are not higher in rank than his own Soul Profession.

Zhou Chu's current Soul Profession rank is God-level, meaning that if he faces a monster that is also of God-level rank, he can perform a forced contract after killing it.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chu couldn't help but frown; surely he wouldn't encounter a monster of the same rank as his own Soul Profession right now.

Zhou Chu pondered that if he were to encounter a King-level Calamity again, the probability of a successful forced contract would still be quite high.

If used to contract a Cthulhu, the probability would likely be only fifty-fifty.

However, this forced contract ability can only be used once a day, so for now, it is best not to use it unless absolutely necessary.

But one has to say, the refined Life Soul Artifact has received a huge boost in summoning contract servants.

Previously, Zhou Chu could summon one contract servant from the Contract Pool every second; after adding the "Soul Cage Release" effect, Zhou Chu can summon 100 contract servants within one second.

This troop deployment speed can be said to be quite heaven-defying; in one minute, he can have 6,000 S-Grade contract servants appear on the battlefield in a swarm.

Only now did Zhou Chu possess the strength to become an army of one.

Just imagining that legion composed of thousands of S-Grade contract servants lined up before the enemy army, a surging feeling couldn't help but well up in Zhou Chu's heart.

Having this "Soul Cage Release" effect is undoubtedly a major trump card for turning the tide in battle.

In order to test the power of the Life Soul Artifact, Zhou Chu gazed with a disdainful look at the black castle in front of him—actually, calling it a fortress would be more accurate.

"Go, my treasure!"

Immediately, Zhou Chu cast the Life Soul Artifact in his hand out.

He saw the cast-out Dead Man's Coffin rapidly increase in size, and in the blink of an eye, it became the size of a small fortress, then slammed heavily onto the ground.

Accompanied by a loud boom, the Dead Man's Coffin smashed a huge crater into the ground, sticking into the soil at an angle.

Immediately following, the huge coffin lid opened automatically, a black vortex appeared inside the coffin, and the Soul Cage Release effect took effect immediately.

One could see all kinds of contract servants letting out bursts of roars, rushing out from the vortex continuously at a speed of 100 per second.

Very quickly, an army of thousands of servants had already assembled in front of Zhou Chu, and they had even automatically arranged themselves into formation.

In the front row were tall Corpse Exploders, followed closely by Chaos Death Soldiers and Calamity Knights, and at the very back of the entire team were A-Grade Soul Mages and Undead Wanderers.

This army had summoned almost all the Contract Material that Zhou Chu currently possessed in his Contract Pool.

Its powerful lineup and magnificent momentum made even Zhou Chu gasp in admiration.

At this moment, Zhou Chu noticed that the bodies of the Corpse Exploders in the front row seemed to have become taller and sturdier, and at the same time, they had an extra piece of simple armor made from steel fragments on their bodies.

Simultaneously, they also had a huge cylindrical giant hammer in their hands, which was already very different from their previous appearance.

Clearly, these Corpse Exploders had undergone another improvement by Lich King Pantos, and their name had also changed to Corpse Explosion Smashers, which sounded even more domineering.

The Corpse Explosion Smashers, after being improved again, not only possessed higher health and super-high defense but also had autonomous attack capabilities.

Just looking at the giant hammer in their hands, they appeared full of oppressive force.

Of course, the most destructive part of these Corpse Explosion Smashers was still their self-detonation; it's just that he didn't know if the explosion effect had been improved.

He didn't expect Lich King Pantos to have carried out such exquisite improvements to the Corpse Exploders without him knowing.

Then next, let's use the fortress in front of us to test just how powerful this servant army is.

Thus, Zhou Chu waved his hand and issued the attack command.

Following Zhou Chu's order, the army of thousands of contract servants surged toward the black fortress like a rushing tide.

When they approached the fortress walls, flashes of golden Light Tier appeared on the walls.

And after the light dissipated, they turned out to be Elf archers dressed in exquisite armor; these Elf archers had slender figures, moved lightly and elegantly, and in unison, they nocked their bows and arrows, each of them watching the surging army of contract servants with cold, stern eyes.