From Secret Clan to the Divine Dynasty

Chapter 430 Church Inquisition

The Path of Shadow's 6th Rank, "Mad Lich," appears in the Spirit Realm as a humanoid life form that emits black mist all over its body, resembling a skeleton.

The five powerful spells it brings are "Mad Curse," "Calling of the Dead," "Cloud of Death," "Soul Extraction," and "Huge Collapse"!

Darren profoundly felt the new power he had acquired and was certain he was much stronger than before.

"Five distinctly powerful spells, huh..."

Now, with a single wave of his hand, he could unleash the "Mad Curse" on numerous targets within his line of sight. Those with insufficient willpower would fall into madness under the curse, possibly losing the ability to distinguish friend from foe or even forgetting who they were!

"This is a spell that tests 'willpower' regardless of the opponent's strength. Even those more powerful than me could be affected if their willpower is lacking."

"In other words, even ordinary people with strong wills might be exempt from its effects!"

The second necromancer spell was called "Calling of the Dead." Currently, Darren could spend a dozen seconds chanting a spell, directly screaming at corpses in his line of sight, and then awaken them as his servants to command at will.

"Calling of the Dead" is a very powerful spell, but it also has significant limitations.

This is because the revived dead lack intelligence, their strength would be much less than in life, and the more powerful the revived dead summoned by an Extraordinary Exponent, the more Spiritual Power it consumed.

The third spell was "Cloud of Death," which consumed a great deal of Spiritual Power. Even Darren could barely cast it twice at his current level.

However, it created a massive cloud of dark mist that did not discriminate between friend and foe, including Darren himself, who could not be immune to its threats.

The moving dark cloud would absorb all life force it touched. With each bit of life force it absorbed, it would shrink slightly and its movement speed would increase, until it completely exhausted itself.

The greatest advantage of "Cloud of Death" was its vast effective range, covering an area of several hundred meters. Its drawback was that it moved slowly initially, making it easy for fast-moving enemies to avoid.

Even Monarch Level Extraordinary Exponents could easily dodge it. Darren felt it would be best used in conjunction with some control effects for a magical effect.

The fourth spell, "Soul Extraction," was a very eerie Ritual Spell.

It required a ritual setup for over ten minutes, then the placement of a newly dead body in it. Doing so, Darren could completely extract the soul of the deceased, restoring his own life force, spiritual power, and Spiritual Power.

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If the body placed was from a Monarch Level powerful Extraordinary Exponent, he could almost completely restore his losses all at once. The biggest drawback of "Soul Extraction" was the long setup time for the ritual, which could not be done immediately in combat.

The final spell he obtained was called "Huge Collapse!"

It was the ultimate Lethal Spell of the "Mad Lich" sequence tier. The spellcaster needed to chant briefly and then point at the target location, immediately consuming all his Spiritual Power to fire a pitch-black energy beam. Any life hit by this energy beam would die instantly!

The terrifying aspect of "Huge Collapse" was its extremely powerful Lethality; it was so destructive that if unleashed at full capacity, the damage could be excessive!

Moreover, the pitch-black beam was incredibly fast, making it difficult for most people to dodge.

However, the "Huge Collapse," this Deadly Spell, also had two serious drawbacks. The first was obvious: the spellcaster would exhaust all his Spiritual Power. Although not to the point of being utterly defenseless, his combat power would significantly decrease.

The second flaw was that "Huge Collapse" worked only on life force, and any barrier, shield, or even a mirror could block or even reflect it!

"The effects of the five necromancer spells each have their strengths and weaknesses, hmm..."

Darren fell into deep contemplation, fully aware that facing different types of enemies and various combat situations, he needed to choose different necromancer spells.

"How intriguing! Combat that tests the intellect..."

And he knew very clearly one thing: those five spells were not the "Mad Lich's" key power.

The most crucial key of the 6th Rank was an Extraordinary power called "Soul Box!"

"Soul Box" was the most special Extraordinary power Darren obtained after advancing to the 6th Rank.

By then, he was able to separate a part of his soul and hide it within a "Soul Box", the flaw was that from then on, this part of the soul became a tangible entity that could be attacked in the material world.

As for the advantage, if the part of the soul in the "Soul Box" wasn't destroyed, even if Darren's physical body was destroyed, he would never die; instead, he would become weaker and weaker after each defeat and destruction of his body.

Theoretically speaking, he could be defeated repeatedly until he became too weak to move at all.

"Hahahahahahaha!"

Darren couldn't help but marvel, shaking his head and saying, "Such power is simply too unfair, it seems the 'Mad Lich' of the 6th Rank is the critical tier in the Path of Shadow!"

The people of the Fischer family had long guessed that each phase of an Extraordinary path might be entirely different.

And each path has some extremely crucial "core power".

For example, for the Path of Tranquility, the "Lethality" ability that could be acquired early on is undoubtedly an absolute core!

For those Extraordinary opponents not far superior in strength, the ability "Lethality", which could suppress healing effects, directly enabled Chris to easily perform deadly maneuvers.

The huge advantage of Monarch-level powerful experts "transforming spiritual power into life force" completely loses its meaning.

And the 6th Rank "Mad Lich", undoubtedly, is the key phase of power development in the Path of Shadow!

In the grand hall beneath Fischer Manor, everyone was staring at Darren.

Christine, Archer, Helen, and others were all happy; his progress meant that the power of the Fischer family and the Dawn Church had significantly increased again!

Standing in his spot, Darren fell into deep thought, continuously pondering the abilities he controlled.

"In a sense, my 'Soul Box' greatly restrains Chris's 'Lethality'… Even without needing healing abilities, I could maintain a state of immortality."

"But mere immortality could lead to my being imprisoned, and business isn't omnipotent, I still have to remain cautious in battle."

Just then, suddenly, a Blood Receiver of the Dawn Church came into the grand hall, nervously reporting important matters.

"Archil High Priest! Family Head Christine! People from the Salvation Church have arrived, and not just the Salvation Church, but also the officials from the Sun Church and the Reforging Church; bishops from all three churches have come together!"

Everyone immediately looked over!

"Bishops from all three churches, all sending messages at the same time, then directly entering Cyart's barrier, they will soon arrive at Nasir City."

Hmm?

The people from the Sun Church have really come together with the others?

Darren was slightly startled, he had actually anticipated the situation with the Salvation Church, as peaceful people would never let go of that previous incident; after all, it involved the sudden death of a high-ranking official from their own ranks, ignoring it was not an option anymore.

And the Reforging Church also had a good impression of Carnia and Rhea, even to the point of becoming immensely powerful within the Seven Stars Empire, it seemed like they were definitively siding with that side as expected.

He just hadn't expected the Sun Church, whose influence almost paralleled the Salvation Church, to also follow along.

The main influence of the Sun Church lay in the Lorne Empire and the Terell Church Kingdom, their deity, Blazing Sun, was clearly hanging up in the sky, so many believers of the Sun Church simply didn't believe the claim that the Gods had departed.

"It seems our troubles have grown; are we going to be held accountable by the three major Churches together?"

Darren could still manage a smile, but the rest in the underground hall looked extremely grave. The Church of True Gods, with the Legend of the Apocalypse and many Monarch-level powerful experts, was a top-tier force that even the current Fischer family could not match.

If they truly united completely, aiming to utterly annihilate the Fischer family, even with help from the Lorne Empire, it would be a very difficult situation to withstand!

Christine sighed, saying calmly, "We can only meet them first to see if the Churches of the True Gods are indeed united."