Global Game: I, the Necromancer, am the scourge

Chapter 526 - 352: Sucked into the Secret Realm, Ghost Town!

Having slain the Headless Knight and tamed a fiery steed as his mount, Zi Liyuan was ready to immediately retreat to avoid the influence of the newly born Secret Realm beneath the great tomb.

After all, a ten-mile radius, even with the complex geography of the underground catacombs, would not take long for him to escape from at his current level.

What he didn’t expect was that the death of the Headless Knight would cause a vast amount of death energy to pour into the Secret Realm.

The original black vortex solidified in an instant, and its reach almost instantly covered the entire catacomb group, creating a spatial barrier that cut off contact with the surface!

This was really fucked up, so awkward that he couldn’t even run away if he wanted to.

Since there was no way out, he decided not to retreat but to loot the treasures inside the grand tomb first.

Unaware of what was about to happen, the Skeleton Bosses started to smash and destroy as usual, scouring the tombs for anything of value.

Like locusts passing through, they left not a single grain behind; all the treasures were plundered, and they almost pried up the floor tiles as well.

Watching the Skeleton Bosses wrap various treasures in tattered cloth, Zi Liyuan’s eye twitched.

Without access to an inventory space, spoils were difficult to collect. Signals and resources like these could be directly absorbed by the Lord’s panel and then stored in the territory’s warehouse, otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to carry away the many materials obtained from grave robbing.

Feeling the growing suction force around him, Zi Liyuan’s expression also became a few shades more solemn. Find your next read at empire

The Secret Realm turned from illusion to reality, and as he was enveloped within it with no way to retreat, he had to face it head-on.

Fortunately, he had a Third Order Peak Hero-level Boss undead stone horse, which, being naturally obedient, was fundamentally robust; in a critical moment, with a [Heart of the Lord] used on it, it could instantly ascend to a Lord Boss template.

With this, entering the Secret Realm, he had an extra ace up his sleeve.

For Lord Zi, as long as he didn’t have to tank and withstand enemy blows, he could slowly wear down Fourth Order Bosses. At worst, he would just have to keep on running away.

Now with a mount, as long as he ran fast enough, the enemies couldn’t catch up.

Thinking of the combat techniques like "spirit horse" from his past life, Lord Zi’s previously grim expression eased a tad.

It was the next moment when the dark Secret Realm, like a giant maw opening wide, suddenly released a massive suction force, swallowing all the living beings within the tomb group in an instant!

The world spun, it felt like a moment yet like eternity, a flash of rainbow light, a layer of rule chains flickered before Zi Liyuan’s eyes.

In the blink of an eye, his location was shifted; no longer inside the catacombs, he found himself in an ancient, decayed town.

There was no sound all around, death energy filled the sky, forming a fog of death, enveloping the old town.

Quiet, oppressive, fearful, desperate...

Waves of negative emotions gathered in the ancient town, affecting anyone who entered, driving them to madness, and if the negative emotions took hold, one could easily be lost, becoming part of the old town!

"This magnified feeling of negative emotions is really uncomfortable," Zi Liyuan muttered.

Sensing the fluctuations in his own emotions, Zi Liyuan’s expression became slightly unsightly.

Fortunately, the undead creatures he carried with him were cannon fodder from the Skeleton Tribe; even though each one was a First Order Peak Skeleton Boss, their soul fires held relatively simple wills.

The only negative emotion amplified in these Skeleton Bosses was likely their abhorrence for the living.

The innate enmity Dead Spirits have against the living only lessens in higher-order undead, who can completely suppress this instinct without being influenced by it.

In the room, the only living being present was Zi Liyuan himself, but as the master of the Skeleton Bosses, their wills automatically disregarded the concept of him as a living being, so there was no sign of rebellion from them against Lord Zi.

The loyalty of the undead was indeed quite impressive.

After activating the map, the entire layout of the old town unfolded in his mind.

The town wasn’t large, but it was teeming with undead creatures.

What struck Lord Zi as odd was that despite all the undead, not one was visible at first glance.

However, when he switched to another detection ability, "Eye of Shadows," the entire town sprang to life.

Shadowy figures, spectres, ghosts, and strange apparitions moved in groups and swathes throughout the town.

They lived as usual, like when they were alive, walking the streets, haggling over trades, playing and frolicking.

Emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure could be seen everywhere in the town, making it appear like a normal settlement bursting with life.

These ghosts, despite the presence of Zi Liyuan, a living being, showed no signs of change, as if they didn’t see him at all.

Some even nodded and smiled at Lord Zi and his group as if they were friendly neighbors.

In any case, the whole town gave off an eerie vibe to Lord Zi.

But Zi Liyuan was not afraid, for these town ghosts posed no real threat to him.

They were all insignificant ghosts, many with only LV1 strength; such weaklings couldn’t even breach his defenses, so naturally, he was not worried.

Nevertheless, not all ghosts in the town posed no threat to him.

As shown on the activated map, at five points to the east, south, west, north, and center of the town, there were five strong life sources.

Considering their vitality, they were definitely five Fourth Order Boss level ghosts, but their templates only ranged up to rare at best.