[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-undead-mage-from-a-cell":3,"chapter-undead-mage-from-a-cell-undead-mage-from-a-cell-chapter-261":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Undead Mage from a Cell",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1889705,2513,"Chapter 261 - 259: Devouring the Black Powder","undead-mage-from-a-cell-chapter-261",261,"\u003Cp>Requesting subscriptions, recommendation votes, monthly votes, continuous updates every day, please support us!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Gu Xi made his move this time, the Bone Shield started to encircle the fronts of the undead from Arroyo forward, one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the last method Gu Xi could come up with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xi could see the situation clearly; these black figures were completely composed of coal ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the coal ash remains, they can crawl back up from the ground at any time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xi even speculated that they might have been transported out of the Victoria City fire using this method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only way to disrupt this method is to deal with the coal ash-like bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xi had mastered three methods for dealing with bodies himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the Soul Summoning Skill couldn’t turn the enemy into undead, and Secondary Corpse Burst would harm their own, Gu Xi naturally chose to enhance the defense power with a Bone Shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although coal ash-like bodies couldn’t be summoned, they could still be converted into Bone Shields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the Bone Shields they transformed were black, resembling three clusters of gray mist encircling the undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Arroyo saw the situation, he understood that Gu Xi was helping him, so he swung his great axe forward three times, leading his troops another distance ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he had almost depleted his mana, Gu Xi turned his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Death Incarnation!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the black mist, the Death Incarnation emerged, but Gu Xi didn’t demand that the Death Incarnation attack anyone. Instead, he pointed to those recently slain black figures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Swallow all the black ash. If you can’t swallow it, disperse it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Death Incarnation took a glance at the battlefield and understood Gu Xi’s intentions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t any intention to leave the enemy with a bit of black powder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Death Incarnation knew what was needed, he emerged with the Crystal Storm, and after receiving Gu Xi’s orders, began circling over the lancer troops; black figures killed would instantly be enveloped into the black mist once turned into black ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These black entities attempted to transform back into human form in mid-air, but the Death Incarnation suppressed the transformation and integrated all the black ash into the black mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Initially, there wasn’t much change, but as more black ash was extracted, Gu Xi noticed shadows were struggling within the mist surrounding the Death Incarnation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These figures weren’t attacking the Death Incarnation, but were writhing within the mist, seemingly trying to escape but failing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This gave the Death Incarnation an even more sinister appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xi was pleasantly surprised to find a noticeable change in the Death Incarnation’s mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed this choice was correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After drinking a magic potion, Gu Xi no longer put up Bone Shields, leaving the handling of black ash entirely to the Death Incarnation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arroyo, who had just received the Bone Shield from Gu Xi, also developed ideas on the black ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t perform the Bone Shield Skill, but he had another idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone act, start rotating the Bone Shield.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The principle of the Bone Shield is quite simple: the shield made of white bone orbits you like a satellite, automatically blocking an attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed of rotation depends on those who wield the Bone Shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you find it too fast, you can slow it down yourself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, under Arroyo’s orders, all the Bone Shields spun at the fastest speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Bone Shields on the skeleton soldiers in the front, they clustered together, tightly packed. The Bone Shields collided against each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, a Bone Shield bump would be trivial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time the Shields were composed of black ash and scattered upon impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since it wasn’t from an attack, the effect remained, and the shields replenished the black ash themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black ash left on the ground not taken by the Death Incarnation replenished the shields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, those skeleton gunners in the front donned a layer that resembled black mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the rear gunners not affected by the Bone Shield began to have black mist-like Bone Shields as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This left Gu Xi speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t expect Arroyo to have such a notion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gu Xi chose not to say much and pointed ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Advance, move forward.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Gu Xi’s command, all troops swiftly advanced, with human soldiers reinforcing Robbie’s Skeleton Two-Handed Swordsmen in the middle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These human soldiers felt insulted, hurried their steps, eager to face the enemy quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how they rushed, they couldn’t catch up with Arroyo’s leading lancer units, let alone the ever-forward flight of the Death Incarnation in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They advanced approximately seven hundred meters, and all black figures blocking Gu Xi were turned to dust, not leaving even coal ash bodies behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xi glanced at the enemy newly appearing on both sides without paying attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ignore them; we’re moving; they can’t catch up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Xi saw the black figures’ advancing speed just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Gu Xi stayed for defense earlier, the encirclement could be formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with Gu Xi accelerating forward, the encirclement failed; the black figures were too slow to catch up with Gu Xi’s troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This left the one leading the black figures bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t expect his coal ash troops, always invincible, to be easily defeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, when he attacked a few Royal Family carriage troops, he didn’t face this scenario.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He failed to consider that the royal troops primarily safeguarded royal members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They preferred halting in safe zones instead of charging into dangers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, they got surrounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the coal ash army summoned by whistle could resurrect infinitely as long as the black ash remained, mimicking thousands of zombies breaching cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His battles naturally faced no obstacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now things differ, Gu Xi had no intention of lingering and charged directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the charge, he cleaned the battlefield, clearing away defeated coal ash transformed into black ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without black ash, dead coal ash soldiers won’t resurrect, presenting Gu Xi the finest opportunity with their split.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This move shattered through the coal ash encirclement, leaving back coal ash troops far behind, advancing toward Victoria Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>",1018,"2026-06-10T07:09:16.026Z",1,"novelbin.me","0f0043eddfdcbe03c46d85a4e0aefd3bb12313b38423e82a8470e73c01409a82","undead-mage-from-a-cell-chapter-262","undead-mage-from-a-cell-chapter-260",860,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fundead-mage-from-a-cell-cover.jpg"]