Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone

Trist couldn’t help but sigh at this point.

"Why?" Fang Zhou asked.

"The Endless Blood River Ghost Ship, though capable of sailing on the Endless Blood River, advances with a speed not inferior to that of spatial teleportation.

But taking their ship through the Endless Blood River is exceedingly costly.

Every trip feels like cutting flesh!"

Trist’s voice almost turned into a sob.

This indeed suggests that the fare of the Endless Blood River Ghost Ship is quite high.

Trist snapped out of his distress and continued explaining to Fang Zhou, "Moreover, we are here at the Wailing Blood Plain.

It’s already difficult to leave the Wailing Blood Plain, let alone cross through many territories of the Undead Lords to reach the central Blood Moon Fortress."

A new term, [Wailing Blood Plain], appeared in Trist’s words.

This made Fang Zhou more eager to learn about the Blood War Furnace.

He asked Trist, "Lord Trist, what is the Wailing Blood Plain? It’s my first time hearing this term."

Trist leaned his hands on the back of his head and said, "Wailing Blood Plain, Sir Fang Zhou, you should be able to guess a little from the literal meaning.

The Wailing Blood Plain is a battlefield filled with sounds of wailing.

If high-tier Undead Lords are strong enough in certain Abyss Territories linked to the Blood War Furnace, they will kill the Demon Lords of these Abyss Territories.

Then they can pray for the descent of the Undead Blood Moon Will, firmly locking this level of the Abyss to the Blood War Furnace.

Next, they commence the transformation ceremony, spending a long time and Death Energy to convert this Abyss Territory into new land for the Blood War Furnace.

This action greatly enhances the essence of the Undead Blood Moon Will.

Thus, the high-tier Undead Lords who perform this transformation also receive a large amount of Blood Moon Blessing, boosting their strength significantly.

This transforming Abyss is called the [Wailing Blood Plain]."

"The Wailing Blood Plain is extremely dangerous because it’s the frontline where Abyssal Will and Undead Blood Moon Will collide.

Here, not only are there vast armies of the undead, but many demons remain.

Sometimes even newly reconnected Abyss Territories appear near this land,

If a new Demon Lord defeats the high-tier Undead Lord occupying this Wailing Blood Plain, he will destroy the ceremony and bring the Wailing Blood Plain back to the Abyss.

Meanwhile, the Abyss Lord, with enhanced Abyssal Will, will also become stronger."

Hearing Trist’s explanation, Fang Zhou understood a little.

He immediately asked, "Since the Wailing Blood Plain is so dangerous, why do you bring a Merchant Group here?

Although the undead won’t harm you, isn’t there a greater presence of irrational and chaotic demons in the Wailing Blood Plain?

Aren’t you afraid they will rob your Merchant Group?"

Trist grinned, turned his plump body, and said, "If I could make money, I would even lead the Merchant Group directly into the Abyss.

What’s a little danger from the Wailing Blood Plain!"

For Trist’s answer, Fang Zhou was at a loss for words.

He could only silently praise this money-craving Blood Moon Merchant.

Though fortune favors the brave, this is too risky.

These undead truly fear nothing to make money.

"Don’t worry...

The trade route I take has passed the most dangerous segment via the Endless Blood River Ghost Ship.

The journey ahead is not very dangerous.

There are a few territories of Undead Pioneers around here.

In this area, our undead forces are stronger, making it quite safe.

You can tell a bit from the surrounding environment since it’s almost transformed into the typical landscape of the Undead Realm common in the Blood War Furnace, with the glow of the Blood Moon becoming more apparent.

If it were a place dominated by demon power, Fireballs falling from the sky would be much more frequent than now."

"Enemy attack!!!"

Before Trist’s voice completely trailed off, shrill cries were heard from outside.

The door of the cart was flung open, and a fully armed vampire guard rushed in, shouting at Trist, "Sir, a group of demons is coming straight at us!"

This vampire’s words made Trist’s face turn unsightly.

He stretched out his chubby hand and urgently asked, "How many?"

In the Blood War Furnace, even Fang Zhou did not dare to constantly and indiscriminately spread out the Soul Fire to scout the surroundings.

Thus, the discovery of enemies mainly relied on patrol teams.

With enemies coming, Fang Zhou couldn’t care less and quickly released the Soul Fire to scout the surroundings.

A few kilometers away, a group of demons had already spotted the Merchant Group and were excitedly charging toward it.

After using the Soul Fire to roughly sense the number and strength of these demons, Fang Zhou had an idea.

He said to Trist, "The issue isn’t very serious, it’s just a few thousand low-tier demons."

By then, Trist had come to his senses.

Not only did the Merchant Group have its scant guards, but they also had the newly hired Fang Zhou, this Bone Dragon Knight, along with his elite undead soldiers.

Trist calmed his panicked heart and said to Fang Zhou, "Then I’ll trouble you, Lord Fang Zhou!"

Fang Zhou smiled slightly, gave the Bone Dragon Uriel a knowing look, and walked out of the cart.

It was time to give this Blood Moon Merchant a little Tomb shock.

.........

The situation in the Merchant Group was already slightly chaotic.

The not-so-numerous Merchant Group guards began to gather.

The guards of Trist’s Merchant Group weren’t highly skilled, and their composition was quite complex.

The total number of Merchant Group guards was just over two hundred undead.

Apart from a few dozen vampires, the remaining guards consisted of Ghouls, Resentful Spirits, Hate Samurai, and Flesh Butchers.

The strength of these guards was generally not impressive, most of them were at the Bronze Tier, with only a small portion at the Silver Tier, and none at the Golden Tier.

Even in this high-energy Blood War Furnace, undead like Fang Zhou at the Golden Level are elites among elites, considered powerful everywhere.

The undead beast mounts of the Merchant Group, under the command of the guards, quickly gathered together, with the large-sized and strongly defensive ones on the outside.

The guards also spread out on these mounts, holding their weapons nervously and ready for defense.

Fang Zhou stood atop Uriel, summoning his tombyard undead soldiers to battle.

As the Undead Blood Moon Will within him flowed, many Runes appeared outside the Merchant Group’s perimeter.

As the Tomb Teleportation Gate formed, a large number of undead soldiers surged out.

First, fully armed Blood Spirit Warriors and heavily armored Blood Spirit Knights emerged.

This time, being Fang Zhou’s first battle in the Blood War Furnace, he decided to take it seriously.

Thousands of Bronze Tier Spiritual Remains Warriors formed a neat army formation, standing at the forefront of the demons charging in.

Besides them were 500 Silver Tier Blood Spirit Warriors.

These Heavy Warriors would offer significantly stronger combat power, serving as a defensive pivot situated at the center of the Spiritual Remains Warrior’s army formation.

Fang Zhou didn’t summon other cavalry units.

The number of these demons wasn’t many and there were no Golden Tier demons spotted among them.

There’s no need to summon more knights at this moment.

Currently, Fang Zhou hasn’t connected to the Blood Moon Will of the Blood War Furnace, and without receiving the acknowledgement of the undead will of this realm, summoning tombyard undead requires consuming a lot of Soul Power and Undead Essence.

These precious resources, if saved a bit, naturally should be saved.

After arranging his formation, Trist also came out of the room.

Looking at the formidable army formation shielding the Merchant Group, his mouth gaped wide open.

He had only one thought at this moment: he’s hit it big this time.