Chapter 137: Chapter 137

Du You widened his eyes in shock. It was quite fortunate that he didn’t have to look for what he wanted. His eyes settled on something in the middle of the stone chamber. It was not an ordinary object, but a Dark Element Stone.

Yes, it was the Dark Element Stone that he wanted. But at this moment, the Dark Element Stone was embedded in the middle of an altar. There was also a figure, cloaked in a pure black robe, arranging a Magic Array around it.

Once the arrangement was successful, the figure intended to use the Dark Element Stone for something. Du You couldn’t let him succeed. Otherwise, the Dark Element Stone would be depleted, and Du You required it to be in perfect condition.

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No need for a closer look, all were of Dark Attribute, heavily seeped in the aura of death. There were many undecayed corpse warriors and a myriad of bodies scattered around. Suddenly, one of the bodies stood up and transformed into a new Undead Warrior.

It seemed like these Undead warriors were just by-products, Du You pondered.

"Thankfully, I arrived just in time. Otherwise, if he had succeeded, it would be disastrous." The altar wasn’t even half complete, ample time remained.

However, Du You suddenly remembered: "The Boss once said that mages will only join the world in the later stages. Meaning, it will be at least two to three years from now. This is a mage, but it’s just one altar. Why does it take so long?"

Suddenly, Du You’s eyes brightened because the black-robed man had stopped.

"I see, it’s because he ran out of raw materials. Makes sense, being the only person hiding in this place, with this kind of identity, it would be difficult to purchase materials. Moreover, he didn’t have any money. No wonder it took so long."

Du You finally relaxed. But then he had to consider how to deal with this guy. In this open area, there were hundreds of Undead Warriors. Not even a single Undead Miner was to be found.

"Damn, I’ve run out again. When will I ever be able to complete my grand plan? No, I need to go and find a solution." With this, the black-robed man walked towards the entrance.

As he neared, Du You finally got a clear look at his identity.

Undead Mage, Maker of Dried Corpses, Level 6.

This level wasn’t low, Du You silently mused. But since he is a mage, he should be relatively fragile. Now that he’s approaching, if I don’t attack, I will be discovered.

With this thought, Du You stood up without hesitation and struck with four Disintegration Spells.

"Damn, how did you manage to get here?" Karl, who had suddenly been attacked, hadn’t even reacted when he was hit. Karl never expected to be ambushed in his own mine.

If he hadn’t been careless, he wouldn’t have been caught off guard so easily. The four spells flew towards him, causing a flash of light to burst from the surface of Karl’s body. This was his automatic defense. A cloud of gray-black smoke enveloped him.

This cloud of smoke instantly blocked one of the spells. As the smoke dissipated, one of his spells also faded away.

Du You was taken aback. A mage was indeed different. If he had used only one spell to ambush, he wouldn’t have been able to hurt his opponent. One spell had been cancelled, three still remained.

The second spell was blocked by the glowing robe. When the spell faded, the robe exploded into pieces, revealing the appearance of the man underneath the black robe.

The black robe was removed, revealing a skeleton wrapped in skin. One could vaguely see the pale skin underneath, but his face was covered in scars, as was his body. He seemed to have been severely tormented in the past, appearing extremely miserable.

However, even more misery was to follow. The remaining two spells hit Karl’s body hard.

One struck his shoulder, instantly covering Karl’s right hand with fissures, looking like a piece of porcelain on the verge of shattering.

The other one hit one of Karl’s legs. The thigh and lower abdomen of this leg now resembled a cracked surface. Both Du You and Karl were stunned.

Karl was stunned because he did not expect the attacker to be this powerful and follow the rules of engagement.

Du You was shocked because the opponent was able to use his inherent defense to automatically block two spells without reacting. Moreover, after being hit, his body was simply filled with fissures.

This terrifying magic resistance was the first of its kind that Du You had encountered. It was not just the issue of the opponent’s profession, but also his high level. Du You even suspected that the opponent had made some special modifications to his body. This was because a normal person, even a mage, would not normally display such formidable magic resistance after being hit directly.

Just as Du You was preparing to continue his attack, Karl suddenly transformed into a cloud of black smoke. Four of Du You’s Disintegration Spells passed through the black smoke and hit the ground, leaving a spider web-like pattern on the floor.

The black smoke retreated and reformed into Karl. However, the injuries on his body were still evident.

"Damn imperialist lackey, kill him for me!" Karl pointed to his comrades, and the nearby Undead Warriors immediately charged. At the same time, Karl launched a jet-black energy attack towards Du You.

Unfortunately, Karl’s right hand could not be used. If he could only use his left hand, his movements would be slow. Du You would naturally see such an obvious spell-casting action. Karl was not a Spellcaster; spell-casting had a prelude.

Du You dodged to the side quickly and the black energy hit the wall beside him. A terrible smell spread as a nauseating deathly aura filled the air.

"As expected, it’s a death-type magic attack. If hit by this thing, I wouldn’t be in good shape."

Du You dodged to the side again while simultaneously preparing his Mucus Swamp.

After being upgraded to level 4, the range of the Mucus Swamp reached up to forty meters, and the size of this stone room was merely sixty meters. With the use of the Spell Splitting Skill, the four spells could envelope the entire chamber.

After levelling up the Spell Splitting Skill to level 4, Du You could split a spell into four, greatly improving his fighting power.

Moreover, at this time, Du You’s casting speed had also increased. When you use the Mucus Swamp, you only need to prepare for over four seconds, less than five seconds. Although he still felt this preparation time was somewhat long.

After a little over four seconds, Du You suddenly peeked out. At that time, many Undead Warriors had already reached the entrance. Without hesitation, Du You waved his hand, and the four Disintegration Spells exploded simultaneously. A vast amount of mucus instantly spread across the entire cave.