Chapter 1 The Allure of Anubis

The Void Poison Flame, ranked second in the Dou Qi continent, was definitely a treasure craved by melee combat professionals.

However, it wasn't of much use to Suren at the moment, because he had the Uroboros Time-Space Ring, a higher-level space artifact, and the two had overlapping effects.

But this thing would be excellent as a gift.

No matter who it was given to, as long as their body could withstand it, they could be instantly transformed into a top expert.

For example, it could be given to Qian Tiao.

The swordsman class also cultivated a strong attack and burst of qi, and the massive spiritual power was also suitable for warming and nourishing strange flames.

Moreover, Qian Tiao herself had a high comprehension of the laws of space and a high affinity for the void. The compatibility with this Void Poison Flame was also perfect.

When her Thunderous Sword Divine Slash had the blessing of Void Burning ability, the sword qi would have an armor-breaking special effect with the power of space rules. Suren found it hard to imagine who below the divine level could block a single strike from her.

The thought flashed and disappeared, and Suren, unafraid of the burning, pinched the small gray flame in his palm.

At the same time, he also harvested Dou Sheng Jieyi's soul and digested it in an instant.

"You have stripped the soul of Jieyi Claymingdon."

"You have gained a large amount of ninth-order insights into the Fire Law and Space Law."

"You have gained insights into the cultivation experience of Dou Qi and mastered the Heavenly-Rank Dou Technique ‘Qi Control’, ‘Overlord Qi’, ‘Dou Qi Transformation’, etc."

"You have learned a lot about the fusion of strange flames."

"You have learned some secrets, cultivation systems, rune systems, and martial arts systems of the Dou Qi Continent."

"[Mental Power]"

"[...]"

Although Jieyi was still of the same level, this harvest was of great benefit to Suren.

The various secrets of the Dou Qi continent were eye-opening for Suren.

This civilization had taken the study of "qi" to the extreme.

Although the cultivation system was different, "qi" in the alchemy field was actually the control and application of spiritual power, and there were many similarities.

Suren stripped away those techniques, estimating that his combat power would increase by at least 10%.

And Jieyi was one of the few geniuses standing at the peak of the Dou Qi continent, and his broad knowledge supplemented Suren with too many new things, especially regarding the creation of [Worlds], he also had some new insights.

However, there was another purpose for Suren to strip his soul, which was to find out why he betrayed the team.

But after searching, no directional information was left on the memory level.

Because no information was left, Suren instantly understood something and thought to himself: "So he was under mental charm. It seems to be the work of that Pharaoh Cleopatra IX."

This situation was a very clever mental charm, allowing Jieyi himself to subconsciously ignore how he was tricked.

Suren thought about it again, and felt that all the conditions were connected.

Only three people had approached the pharaoh's body before.

The barbarian Ralph was immune to all mental control in his berserk state; while the Dragon Girl Marcia was a half-dragon clan and had extremely high omnidirectional immunity.

So it must have been Jieyi, as a normal human, who was tricked.

Most importantly, he got the Key of Immortality.

...

At this moment, the strange fire burned the corpse completely, and a golden item in the shape of a "4" fell out.

This was a cross-shaped golden ornament with a ring. Legend said it was a treasure bestowed by the gods to the pharaoh who guarded the mausoleum. In the tradition of the Tarris civilization, it symbolized life and was said to contain the secret of eternal life.

Suren naturally saw this thing at first glance.

But out of caution, he wasn't in a hurry to touch it.

Through the All-Knowing Eye, he tried to see through the divine-level secrets hidden in this key.

Having harvested a large number of memories of the Tarris gods, Suren also knew that the symbol of this key was a true divine-level rune called the Ankh, representing life and resurrection.

Before, he had only heard about it, because only the pharaoh was qualified to touch this treasure.

Now that he saw the real thing, Suren was also very interested.

However, what he saw was a piece of unknown "***" information.

The high-ranking gods of Tarris had used special means to manifest those high-level rules into runes and solidify them in this key.

Those existences that he couldn't understand yet were the secrets of the divine level.

But even though he didn't understand the runes, he identified the function. This key had a function that only the pharaoh knew, which was "resurrection."

...

"Heh... So I didn't harvest the pharaoh's soul. Sure enough, he's not dead."

Suren identified the effect of this key, and instantly understood.

Not far away, the centaur Kamuer, the barbarian Ralph, and the Dragon Girl Marcia also saw the key that fell on the ground, and their expressions were slightly nervous.

This was the most important thing for them to解除 (jiechu) the demon god contract. It concerned their own lives, so naturally, they couldn't afford to lose it.

They all wanted to grab it.

But looking at Suren, who was standing still, the three of them tacitly did not act.

The scene where this "Nicholas" killed Dou Sheng Jieyi with two moves was still vivid in their minds. The three of them were already very wary of this legendary Mechanical Alchemist.

They realized that there must be some problem if he didn't take it immediately.

Sure enough!

Just then, the Key of Immortality suddenly bloomed with dazzling divine light.

Just now, Suren's brain seemed to have gone through various lines of thought and deductions, but in reality, the corpse was burned in an instant.

As soon as this divine symbol fell to the ground, it emitted an anomaly. On the other side, an unexpected situation occurred. Suren glanced at the storage ring on his finger and quickly retreated violently.

As soon as he looked up, a slight "crack" of shattering glass sounded in his ears. The storage ring shattered, and things scattered all over the ground. A corpse also fell down.

It was the corpse of Pharaoh Cleopatra IX that he had collected before!

The divine light blooming from the key at this moment seemed to be connected to the blood in the corpse. As the white light representing life poured into the pharaoh's body, a miracle happened.

The corpse, which had no color just now, turned into a living beauty in the blink of an eye.

Cleopatra IX wore a deep-V gold-threaded dress, with most of her tall chest exposed in the air, a slender waist and翘臀 (qiaotun - upturned buttocks), and brown skin that didn't detract from her beauty at all, but instead gave her a kind of exotic charm.

Not only was she extremely beautiful, but her pair of jewel-like blue pupils also radiated a soul-stirring luster.

Seeing this, the faces of Ralph and the others changed drastically. They realized that the previous assassination operation had not completely killed this pharaoh!

And Dou Sheng Jieyi's actions just now were because he had been tricked.

The three of them entered a state of combat at the same time.

On the other side, Suren, who had retreated violently, showed the "surprise" he should have in his expression, but in fact, his heart was extremely calm, and he had already clearly seen the entire resurrection process: "Treasure..."

There were not many treasures that could make Suren envious now, but at this moment, witnessing the resurrection of a corpse with his own eyes, he looked at the Key of Immortality again, his eyes burning.

...

Cleopatra IX floated in mid-air in the mausoleum, looking down at Suren and the other three, instinctively releasing a charming divine light in her eyes.

Suren knew that this woman was good at charm, so he didn't care. After all, not to mention that his own mental power was outstanding, he was also blessed by the Blasphemer and was not afraid of any illusions.

On the other side, Ralph, who was in a frenzy, was already full of hatred and red eyes, rising with shocking killing intent. Barbarians in a frenzy had no thoughts other than fighting and were immune to all mental control. This was their innate ability.

And the other two, the centaur Kamuer and the Dragon Girl Marcia, were also not normal humans.

No matter how beautiful a monkey was, it couldn't attract human gazes.

Although the temptation of a demigod was at the spiritual level, the difference in species would always make the effect much worse.

The charm technique that Cleopatra IX cast couldn't control the four of them.

And the four of them acted at the first time!

Since they didn't kill her just now, then kill her again!

No matter what resurrection secret technique it was, there must be a price.

The four of them were all top experts, and their grasp of the opportunity was extremely keen.

At the first moment the corpse was resurrected, the centaur Kamuer "swooshed" and shot an arrow first. Although the power was not as strong as the previous god-killing arrow, this arrow, wrapped in the ultimate destructive law, pierced Cleopatra IX's lower abdomen like lightning, piercing a hole the size of a fist.

The law of destruction restrained all kinds of defenses. Even a demigod would definitely not feel good at this distance!

The centaur Kamuer watched his arrow hit, but he didn't have time to be happy, because as an Asian archer, he instinctively felt that something was wrong.

And the barbarian Ralph's attack followed closely.

He was the closest to a demigod among the five recruited, and his combat power after berserking was not weaker than a demigod at all.

Just after that arrow was shot, Ralph's whole body was surrounded by flame-like killing intent on the battle axe in his hand. He chopped down and directly split the beauty pharaoh's body in half.

Seizing the opportunity, the Dragon Girl Marcia spewed out a mouthful of dragon flames and burned half of the corpse with its head to ashes.

Suren hadn't made a move yet, and the three of them had already completed the kill.

Each of the five people recruited by the demon god had the strength to face a demigod head-on.

How could a demigod withstand their combined attack?

What's more, Cleopatra IX's strongest charming method was useless to them, and her body was relatively weak. Put it all together, and she was killed again.

But the faces of the four of them didn't relax at all.

After all, this pharaoh had already staged a scene of resurrection once.

However, the next second, a scene that the four of them didn't want to see but had a faint premonition of appeared.

The few people saw Cleopatra IX's corpse holding the Key of Immortality, emitting a strong light, and reinserting it into the wound. Then, it miraculously recovered!

This beauty looked at the four of them with a mocking expression, as if mocking them.

Ralph and the other three shrank their pupils and thought in shock: "Infinite resurrection?"

Suren narrowed his eyes slightly, and in the All-Knowing Eye, he saw some different things.

He had encountered more than once people who could be resurrected, just like the "Undying Demon Monk" Rasputin, one of the ten legendary bounty hunters of Luying.

It was impossible to kill him with brute force.

To deal with this kind of ability, the source still had to be restrained by the power of faith.

But not only did he know this method, but Ralph and the other three had also come into contact with similar enemies more or less.

How easy was it to restrain this?

This was in the ancestral mausoleum of the Tarris civilization, where divine power was constantly flowing, how could it be killed.

Seeing this, a stern look flashed across Suren's face, and he had already rushed forward with the black scythe in hand.

He used practical actions to tell the other three teammates: keep killing!

Although Suren was somewhat confident, his intuition told him that the danger in this mausoleum was not just this pharaoh.

Moreover, he also wanted to thoroughly see through the essence of the Ankh's resurrection.

Only by continuing to kill could he get more clues.

...

The centaur Kamuer, the barbarian Ralph, and the Dragon Girl Marcia watched Suren rush forward, and the three of them knew that they had to kill her first.

Three strong men and a dragon rushed towards the delicate Cleopatra IX and launched an attack.

Even if she dodged repeatedly, she couldn't avoid being killed a second time.

But the light emitted by the Ankh resurrected her again.

A creepy, scalp-numbing laugh echoed in the mausoleum: "Giggle..."

At this time, the beauty seemed to be about to get serious.

After being resurrected again, she was no longer in human form. Her head became兽化 (shouhua - therianthropic), turning into a slender Sphinx cat!

Suren's eyes narrowed, because no one in the memories he had harvested had ever seen her in this form.

However, there were many images of this cat-man in the murals. They were "divine servants" who often accompanied the gods!

Cleopatra IX, who had turned into a cat-man, looked at Suren and the other three and smiled easily: "Your methods are really surprising... Much stronger than the batch that came three hundred years ago."

Hearing this, the faces of Ralph and the others changed.

They seemed to see a net of fate covering them, and they might follow in the footsteps of those "predecessors."

Only Suren remained expressionless, looking at the cat-man pharaoh, the calmness in his eyes like water.

Just as the four of them were about to attack again, Optera IX seemed to have no intention of entangled with them and chanted an ancient spell: "$&%#&%*&..."

The spell seemed to have an echo in this endless, empty tomb chamber.

If someone could understand this ancient spell that only the pharaoh could master, then he would definitely translate it as a spell to summon the dead to resurrect.

Listening to this spell, Suren looked up and glanced at the symbols on the surrounding stone carvings, accurately locking onto a passage of text, and thought: "A spell to summon the dead from the Book of the Dead? So that's how that passage is used."

He would never forget what he had seen.

After scanning the mysterious symbols on the mausoleum浮雕 (fudiao - relief), his brain had been deducing its purpose.

If it were anyone else, they might not have been able to figure out anything, because this was a secret spell that the Tarris gods only passed on to the pharaoh.

But Suren discovered that the Tarris civilization's Book of the Dead seemed to have a mysterious connection with the Golden Scroll of High Man's Admonitions in his hand. By interpreting them together, many contents could be understood.

However, before he could think more, as soon as this spell was cast, the huge mausoleum suddenly became lively.

"Boom", "Boom", "Boom"...

Coffins opened one after another, and countless mummies stood up.

There were also those slaves, guards, and skeletal warhorses buried in the sand... Various mummies also struggled to stand up from the mud and sand piles.

Looking around, a vast army of mummies had been resurrected!

...

The barbarian Ralph and the other three were dumbfounded.

But Suren murmured in his heart: "No souls, only shells... Just necromancy."

He thought that this beauty really resurrected everyone, but it turned out that only their bodies were resurrected.

This was similar to the necromancy of the Celestial Plane.

The only difference was that these mummy legions had their own special abilities.

After all, those who could be buried in the mausoleum were all Tarris people above the seventh rank, and countless demigods!

Although their combat power plummeted after being turned into mummies, there were still a lot of them.

Once the mummies were awakened, they lined up and charged towards Suren and the others. The army charged, the yellow sand rose, and the momentum was even several times stronger than the guards outside!

The faces of the centaur Kamuer and the other two darkened. Now the tomb door had been completely sealed, which meant that they had to fight these mummies to the end.

Seeing this, the barbarian Ralph roared: "Let's join forces and rush over. First, let's find a way to grab the Key of Immortality!"

As he said that, he slammed his giant axe towards the ground, and a huge狂暴 (kuangbao - berserk) rune immediately formed under his feet. This was the barbarian's Slaughter Domain.

And Kamuer and Marcia responded at the same time: "Okay!"

One drew his bow and shot arrows all over the sky, and the other turned into a giant dragon and rushed towards the mummy station.

Although Suren didn't speak, he also rushed over with the black sickle.

After all, the four were peak combat forces in the lower planes. Although this 10,000-man legion composed of mummies was powerful, the dry corpses were crushed into a pile of skeletons by the four of them.

There were too many mummies, and various big moves were released wildly. Each strike could shatter a large number of skeletons.

But as they fought, the four of them also discovered a problem.

They were peak ninth-order combat forces!

A full-strength strike only shattered dozens of mummies?

It was estimated that at least hundreds of thousands had been awakened, and they might not be able to finish even if they were exhausted.

What's more, there were some super-strong mummies whose combat power was comparable to the eighth and ninth ranks.

The other three were more and more shocked as they fought, but Suren was overjoyed: "What good puppet materials..."

In this actual combat, he also saw the mummy-making technology of the Tarris gods. This was not as simple as resurrecting corpses in necromancy.

Secret methods and endless years had given these mummies some magical uses.

After identification, these mummies were all corpse materials of Silver, Gold, and even Legendary quality.

It was difficult to find one in other places.

But there were countless here!

For Suren, a Mechanical Alchemist, it would be great to create a mummy legion.

However, what was tricky about these mummies was not only their individual quality, but also their battle formation was not so simple.

Moreover, after this undead army assembled the battle formation, an even more desperate scene appeared.

The cat-man pharaoh chanted another spell, and then a gray halo formed on the surface of each mummy's body.

As soon as this gray light appeared, hundreds of thousands of mummies were connected into one piece, forming a super "domain" covering the entire mausoleum - the Pharaoh's Curse!

How terrifying was the domain formed by hundreds of thousands of mummies?

Visible to the naked eye, the water element that was originally thin in the air was instantly sucked dry. Suren also clearly felt that the moisture in his whole body was about to be sucked out.

The Ralphs beside him also changed their expressions drastically.

This domain was fully covered, which meant that if they continued to consume like this, they would all be sucked into dry corpses sooner or later.

However, it was not just that!

Suren had the All-Knowing Eye, and he watched a wisp of white smoke rise from the top of the four people, including himself.

Looking at the attribute panel again, the lifespan was indeed flowing rapidly more than ten times faster!

The more he rushed into the densely populated area of monsters, the faster his lifespan flowed. Rushing into the ten-thousand-man army, his lifespan was lost thousands of times faster!

As if he had been cursed, one second was equal to consuming an hour of lifespan, a day, or even several days!

This was a terrifying flow rate that even his Overlord Qi and his own domain could not slow down much.

Even if the four of them were at the ninth rank, they would not be able to support their lifespan if they continued to fight!

After a few breaths, Ralph and the other three also discovered the problem of accelerated lifespan loss. But right now, they still couldn't kill that female pharaoh. If they continued to consume like this, they would die.

The situation suddenly fell into a desperate situation!

...

Seeing this [Pharaoh's Curse], the other three were in a desperate situation with their hair standing on end, but for Suren, it was like discovering a treasure: "This trick is amazing..."

He thought that the mummies were just strong in combat power, but he didn't expect that they would have such a surprise when they gathered into a battle group.

A domain that strips water elements and decays lifespan?

If there were a million mummies, demigods who entered would probably be sucked dry and die in minutes. Although Suren's own situation was worrying, he had already regarded the mummies here as his own puppets.

He was too familiar with curses!

Suren had a sealed object in his hand, the Shroud of the Ice Man, whose curse characteristic was continuous lifespan decay, which was exactly the same as the mummies' domain!

"The Mechanical Alchemist who refined the shroud probably got his inspiration from the mummies of the Tarris gods..."!

Suren also felt that it was really a coincidence.

He had carefully studied the curse on that sealed object before, and although he couldn't completely resist it, the Law of Death could restrain most of it.

In other words, this [Pharaoh's Curse] was not particularly fatal to him.

However, he would eventually die if he continued to consume in the mausoleum.

Just then, Suren suddenly stopped.

He didn't continue to follow Ralph and the other three, but instead quickly gathered the术士印 (shushi yin - warlock seals) with both hands.

He originally thought that there was no danger for the time being, and wanted to observe more.

Now it seemed that he had to solve the problem first.

Just as he stopped, the barbarian Ralph also looked over from the melee. Although they were teammates, they were always on guard against each other.

However, looking at the warlock seals changing in Suren's hand, the eyes of the three of them froze for a moment.

This was the first time they had seen "Nicholas" cast a术式 (shushi - spell) that required seals.

In their civilization's ancient legends, in that cancerous Mechanical Alchemy civilization, there were some magical alchemies that were said to be equivalent exchange.

And this kind of magical術士 (shushi - warlock) needed to be used with special hand seals.

Seeing this, Ralph and the other three knew that this "Nicholas" was going to make a big move.

But they were also very curious, what kind of means would this mysterious Mechanical Alchemist, who was already outrageously strong, use.

Shock wave? Explosion? Magic? And so on...

Various scenes instantly filled the minds of the three of them.

Were they thinking about some kind of divine術 (shu - art) that could clear out a large number of mummies at once?

However, a scene that they never expected happened.

...

In the blink of an eye, Suren's術 (shu - art) was completed, and he lightly shouted in his heart: "Ultimate Mystery: Puppet Grand World!"

In an instant, a nine-pointed star alchemy array lit up under his feet.

Then, like a mirror image, a complex nine-pointed star alchemy array that was dozens of times larger appeared in the sky.

The alchemy array flashed, and a super huge cross appeared from the formation.

It wasn't a super-large killing術 (shu - art)?

What was going on?

This scene not only confused Ralph and the other three, but even the demigod Cleopatra IX was puzzled.

Faced with at least hundreds of thousands of mummies, what was the meaning of the appearance of this cross?

However, as the cross continued to enlarge, it instantly covered a large area nearby, and transparent threads hung down.

The few living people present were all top experts, how could they not notice this?

These threads looked like some profession?

Puppet Masters existed in different forms in any plane.

And threads were almost standard for Puppet Masters.

For some reason, the centaur Kamuer's eyes twitched: This guy... Could he be a Puppet Master?

We would have believed it if you said you were a Death术士 (shushi - Warlock).

We would have believed that your body was strong, your comprehension of the laws was strong, your melee ability was strong... And so on.

But damn it, are you saying you're a Puppet Master now?

Weren't Puppet Masters weak?

What's... What's going on!

For a time, the originally carved professional image suddenly collapsed. It seemed... This guy had a deeper hidden profession?

And the barbarian Ralph and the Dragon Girl Marcia on the side also looked puzzled.

They had guesses, but they couldn't believe that this "Nicholas" was really a Puppet Master.

Moreover, even if he was a Puppet Master, so what?

There were hundreds of thousands of mummies here!

Could it be that you can summon hundreds of thousands of puppets and then kill these mummies?

But what about after they are killed?

There were more unopened coffins in this mausoleum, and those could be resurrected by spells at any time!

Suren really didn't intend to summon any puppets to fight head-on. After these threads hung down, he calmly shouted in his heart: "In my theater, I am the only master!"

He clapped his hands together, "啪" (pa) sounded, like pressing the pause button for the world.

Then, a miraculous scene was staged!

In the huge tomb, the hundreds of thousands of mummies seemed to have been cast with a petrification spell, all standing still.

And the terrifying [Pharaoh's Curse] domain also disappeared in an instant.

Watching the bizarre drama unfold before them, Ralph and the other three, even with their ancient well-like mentality, were stunned and speechless for a while.

This... This guy is really a Puppet Master?

Although, it can be understood that the legendary Mechanical Alchemist is a Puppet Master... Right?

But... How did he do it?

This is an army of hundreds of thousands of mummies!

And the mocking smile that had been hanging on the seductive cat's face of the pharaoh in the sky also froze there at this moment. Her jewel-like eyes reflected the hundreds of thousands of stiff mummies, and there were only three words in her heart: Impossible!