Chapter 207: Constructing the Death Tombstone, Dying at the Black Night Goddess

Shelter.

After Su Hao returned from the battlefield, he went to the first-floor hall, took the construction platform from under the sofa, and came outside the shelter.

Based on his experience constructing the Withered Ancient Tree and similar structures, Su Hao could basically confirm that the Death Tombstone is likewise an auxiliary building of the shelter, needing to be built outside the shelter.

As for the construction materials, Su Hao had already gathered them completely.

From Āndélǔ Dàye, he obtained the Necrotic Source Crystal left behind by the Death God, which is a primary material required for constructing the Death Tombstone.

As for the other primary material, Su Hao intends to use the Black Dragon Essence Bone of a Supernatural Fifth-Rank.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Death Tombstone is likely a backup left by the Death God, probably relating to the Death God's revival.

Even if not, it will definitely be able to restrict some of the Evil God's actions.

After all, the Evil God and the Death God are hostile; once the Evil God's power awakens too much, even if the Death God isn't completely dead, there will be no chance of revival.

Therefore, the Death Tombstone as a building will definitely impose a great restriction on the Evil God.

As long as it can be built, the direct threat the Evil God poses to him will necessarily decrease greatly.

At least it can be certain that he, a Supernatural Second-Rank, will not need to directly confront an Evil God.

Afterward, Su Hao stopped thinking further and placed all the materials needed to construct the Death Tombstone—the Necrotic Source Crystal, Black Dragon Essence Bone, ten thousand units of wood, twenty thousand units of stone, and the Death Tombstone's construction blueprints—onto the construction platform.

【Please select the construction site for the Death Tombstone.】

Just as when constructing the Withered Ancient Tree, after Su Hao began construction, his vision showed the surroundings of the shelter and a 3D model of a tombstone.

Su Hao, now having multiple construction experiences, quickly dragged the tombstone model to the side of the Withered Ancient Tree.

At that moment, a prompt popped up again before his eyes.

【Are you sure you want to construct the Death Tombstone at this location?】

"Confirm!"

The next moment.

A golden light wrapped all the materials on the construction platform, forming a golden orb that flew to the position Su Hao designated.

Immediately after.

That golden orb began to expand and deform, eventually turning into a rectangular prism that burst with blinding light.

Within that light, a tombstone about ten meters high and entirely black appeared at the edge of the shelter.

On this tombstone is carved a line that looks like text or runes, seemingly affected by some special power, giving an utterly unreal feeling.

Apart from that line, the rest is covered with cracks of various sizes, as if it would shatter at a touch.

But that is obviously impossible.

Merely from the powerful aura emanating from this tombstone, one can see its extraordinariness.

Soon after, Su Hao slightly moved his thoughts and opened the Death Tombstone's information panel.

【Death Tombstone】

Supernatural Grade: Fifth Rank

Effect 1—Undead Strengthening: All undead creatures belonging to the shelter will have their mental power and physique greatly enhanced.

Furthermore, the Death Tombstone can, by consuming energy or death energy, add a layer of Dragon Soul Guard to the undead creatures' soul fire.

With the Dragon Soul Guard, undead creatures can become immune to one instance of lethal damage from Supernatural Fifth Rank or below.

Effect 2—Undead Conversion: Any enemy killed by undead creatures, provided their Supernatural Grade does not exceed Fifth Rank, has a high chance of being permanently converted into an undead creature.

Depending on the enemy's former Supernatural sequence and grade, the type of undead creature produced varies, as does the Supernatural Grade.

Furthermore, during the conversion process, there is a small chance of mutation, turning it into a special Dark Bone Dragon capable of using dark and undead magic. Whether it's a normal undead conversion or a Dark Bone Dragon conversion, both require consuming the corresponding energy.

Effect 3—Suppression: The Death Tombstone is linked to the resting place of the Death and Black Night Goddess; the more undead creatures in the territory, the greater the divine power the Death and Black Night Goddess can muster for revival.

Opposing death-system deities will receive greater suppression.

……

"Death and Black Night Goddess……"

"If that's the case, then the Death God Āndélǔ Dàye spoke of is this deity with dual divine authorities?"

Su Hao stroked his chin, revealing a thoughtful expression.

Although he currently has no knowledge of deities given his position.

However, it's easy to see from the literal meaning that death and night are two different divine authorities.

Generally, a deity possessing two divine authorities is stronger than one with only a single divine authority.

But the problem is, why would a deity with both death and night divine authorities fall into slumber because of a deity that possesses only the death divine authority?

"Wait a moment!"

Just then, Su Hao suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and upon looking again at the Death Tombstone's information interface,

the effect of the Death Tombstone's final ability is that it can gradually increase the revival progress of the Death and Black Night Goddess based on the number of undead creatures in the territory.

At the same time, as the Death and Black Night Goddess gradually awakens, opposing death-system deities will receive even greater suppression.

Here, 'death-system deity' refers not to a deity that possesses the death divine authority, but to a deity affiliated with death.

This means that the cause of the Death and Black Night Goddess's slumber is not a single deity that also possesses the death divine authority, but at least two! In that case, this makes sense.

A deity with a single divine authority is unlikely to be a match for the Death and Black Night Goddess.

But with two or three, or even nine or ten, it's hard to say.

After figuring this out, Su Hao's heart still harbored a doubt.

Logically, the deity representing a given divine authority should be only one.

Yet the information shown by the Death Tombstone indicates that there is more than one deity possessing the death divine authority.

Could it be that the same divine authority can be held by multiple deities?

Or perhaps those so-called Death Gods merely grasp only a portion of the death divine authority.

The reason for the conflict is to seize the divine authority held by the other side? And the Goddess of Death and Night, among the many death-affiliated divine spirits, holds the largest share of death divine authority.

So the remaining death-affiliated divine spirits therefore joined forces to attack the Goddess of Death and Night, causing her to fall into a slumber.

But the Goddess of Death and Night's power is the strongest; even if all the other death-affiliated divine spirits join forces, they ultimately paid a huge price and likewise fell into slumber.

Now the key to obtaining the death divine authority is to see which side awakens first.

The divine spirit that awakens first can suppress the other side's divine spirit and ultimately seize the complete death divine authority.

The key to this awakening is the influence of one's own power on the current world.

The more undead creatures a divine spirit possesses, the higher its Supernatural Grade, and the greater its influence naturally becomes.

If nothing unexpected happens, the reason for the appearance of the undead calamity is that the death-affiliated divine spirits, in order to create greater influence in this new world, have taken these measures.

"If that's the case, if I want the power of the Goddess of Death and Night to overwhelm the other death-affiliated divine spirits, I must expand the scale of undead creatures as much as possible."

Thinking this, Su Hao couldn't help but frown slightly; wanting to expand the scale of undead creatures is not without cost.

(End of chapter)