Chapter 178: Demigod Lich, Phylactery Defect
In the blink of an eye, all the killing believers were almost wiped out, leaving only one lying on the ground still breathing.
This was the living creature that Pei Ze specially left behind, intending to use it to interrogate information about the settlement.
To deal with this kind of god believer, coercion and inducement are the least effective methods. He directly threw a four-ring spell to charm the creature, and the eyes of the murderous believer suddenly became trance-like.
"Which is the nearest settlement from here? Where is it?"
"Owo Castle, walk about two hundred and eighty kilometers to the left from here, and you can see a forest. Then walk about four hundred kilometers to the left from the forest. You can see Ovo Castle."
Pei Ze took out the magic map and compared it, quickly found his location and marked it immediately.
A light spot representing his location soon appeared on the magic map.
With this light spot, you no longer have to worry about getting lost.
Pei Ze then asked about the information about Ovo Castle, but as expected, these murderous believers had never been in and knew very little.
Seeing that he couldn't find any valuable information, Pei Ze decisively broke the opponent's neck.
Su Ya and Peng Yan also finished cleaning the battlefield and came over.
"Sir, these guys are all poor people and have nothing of value on them." Su Ya curled her lips and said.
Pei Ze was not surprised. The believers of the God of Slaughter were all a group of lunatics who only increased their strength through killing rituals and did not rely on other external objects.
This group of lunatics are comparable to the ascetics to a certain extent. Expecting good things from them is as funny as expecting the undead to bring food.
After getting the information he wanted, Pei Ze was not ready to rest anymore, so he packed up his things and set off again.
With the map as a reference, the subsequent itinerary will be much simpler.
A little while later, a castle appeared in Pei Ze's field of vision.
Unexpectedly, the castle occupies a large area. Looking down from a high altitude, the buildings within the towering city walls are undulating and row upon row. It looks like a full-scale town, which is more than enough to accommodate millions of people.
On the city wall, skeleton warriors wearing armor and holding long swords, with blue flames flashing in their eyes, were standing guard dutifully.
A death knight riding a skeleton horse passed by the city wall and seemed to be patrolling.
"There are actually death knights in this settlement." Su Ya showed a stunned expression.
Death knights are high-level undead after lichs and vampires.
The weakest death knight has the strength of a ninth-level legend, which is equivalent to a third-level wizard.
However, such a high-level undead was used to patrol public security, which shows how powerful the forces that control this settlement are.
"After all, the person behind this settlement is a demigod lich." Pei Ze said lightly.
Peng Yan asked curiously: "Sir, I know the lich, but what is the demigod lich?"
Su Ya also looked curious.
Pei Ze explained: "Demigod lichs refer to lichs that have successfully integrated divinity." "
Like ordinary lichs, they gave up their physical carriers and became a skeleton for the sake of strength and longevity, but they are different. It's because they incorporate the divinity of gods and have far more power than ordinary lichs, enough to compete with regular wizards."
Competing with regular wizards?
Su Ya and Peng Yan suddenly looked shocked, and when they looked at the castle again, there was a hint of awe in their eyes.
Pei Ze looked down at the castle, his eyes flashing.
Long before coming here, he had already found out the information about the three settlements in the Shadow Realm. It is impossible to establish a settlement in an extremely dangerous place like the Shadow Realm without extremely tyrannical power.
Therefore, the founders of the three settlements are without exception powerful beings comparable to regular wizards.
And they all have large and powerful armies.
For example, the demigod lich Ovo has a powerful undead army, including bone warriors, corpse demons, skeleton dragons and other elite undead.
There was even an army of five hundred death knights.
It was precisely by relying on his powerful strength and elite undead army that Ovo was able to build a majestic castle in the dangerous shadow world, and it stood for tens of thousands of years without falling.
In fact, if Ovo wanted to, he could conquer a small plane and become something like the master of the plane.
But for tens of thousands of years, it has been staying in the castle and almost never goes out.
There are rumors that it is studying how to eliminate the lich's Achilles heel - the phylactery!
You must know that the reason why not many wizards are willing to transform the immortal life form of the lich is that, in addition to the high difficulty, the most important reason is the existence of the phylactery.
The phylactery is indestructible, and the lich can be resurrected no matter how many times it dies.
But once the phylactery is destroyed, no matter how powerful the lich is, it will be instantly wiped out.
The existence of a fatal weakness that many wizards cannot tolerate.
But once this flaw is resolved, there is no doubt that the lich will immediately become the life form that countless wizards yearn for.
Of course, it's not easy to do this.
So far, countless lichs have been studying this problem one after another, including many genius wizards whose reputations are famous in a certain era, but the problem of the phylactery has never been solved.
After gathering his thoughts, Pei Ze stopped about a kilometer away from the castle, and then walked towards the castle with Su Ya.
Not far away, a skeletal dragon fell from the sky and landed ten meters away from the three of them, followed closely by a corpse demon wearing a long robe with a shriveled face jumping from the dragon's back, scanning the three of them with cold eyes.
"Outsiders, please state your identity and purpose of coming."
Su Ya glanced at Pei Ze, saw him slightly nodding, then stepped forward and said: "We are from the Star Alliance Dawn City, this is my master Pei Ze , a second-level wizard, we came to Owo Castle for supplies."
When he heard that the person in front of him was a second-level wizard, the corpse demon's eyes flickered, his cold expression eased slightly, and his tone softened a lot.
"Dear wizard, can you show me your badge?"
"Of course." Pei Ze smiled slightly and threw the wizard badge to the zombie.
The badge has the unique mark of Dawn City and proof of his identity as a wizard.
Many wizards from Dawn City have visited Ovo Castle, and the undead here must have their own way of verification.
Sure enough, after a while, the corpse demon handed the badge back to Pei Ze, with a smile on his stiff face.
"Welcome to Ovo Castle, respected wizard."
"Here you can stay and conduct business, but armed conflicts are prohibited. Violators will be punished by immediate expulsion, permanent expulsion, imprisonment or even death on the spot, depending on the situation. , so please maintain restraint."
Pei Ze nodded without comment.
The corpse demon said no more and led the three people into Ovo Castle.
(End of chapter)