Chapter 332: Head Creation Spell
The fog did not dissipate with the end of the battle but instead grew thicker and thicker.
A powerful magic fluctuation suddenly erupted from the ghost ship.
The fluctuation swept across the battlefield, quickly covering every corner and causing the fog to roll and churn.
The spell fluctuation came quickly and disappeared just as quickly.
A few seconds later, the thick fog returned to calm.
From the large number of pirate corpses, ghosts began to emerge one after another.
A gold level spell—Intermediate Soul Summoning Spell!
Cang Xu, Xiao Wang Zi, and the others did not intervene, but floated above the battlefield, quietly watching the ghost ship cast the spell.
This was the ghost ship casting Intermediate Soul Summoning Spell.
More accurately, it was Jian Gui casting the spell.
When Jian Gui turned into a complete ghost form and merged with the ghost ship, any spell he cast would be twice as powerful!
“In a sense, this ghost ship is Jian Gui's spellcasting tool,” Cang Xu thought to himself.
Over the past few days, he had been traveling on the ghost ship along the Underworld River and had gained a deep understanding of this unique vessel.
Strictly speaking, the ghost ship was not like the Deep Sea Monster Fish, Iron Lump, or White Bandage ships.
The latter were magic ships. They were crafted using alchemy technology. There were various alchemy components on the ships that made the magic ships powerful and versatile.
Ghost ships were similar to undead creatures such as ghosts, zombies, and skeletons. It was just that its life form looked like a ship from the outside.
Cang Xu once asked Jian Gui how to build a ghost ship.
Jian Gui replied that it was a higher level soul aspect spell that was not taught to outsiders. Only after passing a deeper test and signing a contract could it be taught to others.
Jian Gui also gave a rough introduction to this necromancy spell.
Cang Xu thus learned that to cast this spell, the caster had to be at least gold level. Although the spell had a high success rate, the materials had to be carefully selected—it had to be the wreckage of a ship with spirituality.
The ghost ship that Jian Gui possessed was not made by him.
It was looted from the Underworld River by his teacher while exploring it.
The Underworld River was the main road of the Ghost World, possessing the strongest negative energy, and countless undead creatures of all kinds lived there.
His teacher had given this ghost ship to Jian Gui.
Therefore, when Jian Gui used the ghost ship to cast the world travelling spell, he returned to the Underworld River.
This was because the ghost ship came from the Underworld River and was closely related to it.
Under the effect of intermediate Soul Summoning Spell, a large number of ghosts floated in midair, enveloped in thick fog.
Although Xiao Wang Zi was a magician of the bone aspect, he still knew a lot about the soul aspect.
When he saw this scene, he couldn't help but praise it.
“Basically every corpse has summoned a ghost.”
"The success rate is close to 100%. As expected of Lord Jian Gui!"
Cang Xu added, “Not only is the success rate extremely high, but look at the spirits that have been converted. Their quality is very high, basically the same as the life level of the corpses when they were alive.”
The effect of necromancy was to use the souls in the corpses as material to create ghosts.
If Cang Xu were to cast the spell, there would never be such a high success rate and efficiency.
“Such an intermediate Soul Summoning Spell is already a battlefield-class spell.”
“The combination of Jian Gui and the ghost ship is very powerful. This spell alone can overturn the outcome of a battle.”
At the same time, Cang Xu was secretly paying attention to the thick fog around him.
This was the spell—Soul-Binding Mist.
The effect of this spell was to temporarily detain and conceal the souls of living beings, preventing them from being detected and taken by the deities they worshipped in life, nor being drawn into the abyss or hell. Of course, they would not dissipate into thin air either.
It was precisely because of this dense fog that the souls within these corpses were largely preserved.
Otherwise, when Jian Gui cast his Soul Summoning Spell, at least half of the souls in the pirates' corpses would have disappeared.
Jian Gui reappeared on the deck.
He divided the ghosts into several groups, throwing most of them into the ghost ship and assigning the rest to the necromancers present.
The standard for distribution was the magicians' merits in this surprise attack.
The more military merits one had, the more one would be assigned.
The humanoid ghosts let out shrill screams, their bodies quickly twisting and distorting, constantly condensing.
In just a few seconds, the essence of the humanoid ghosts was poured into the ghost ship, and the remaining soul debris turned into specks of gray light, quickly dissipating on the deck.
“This is the Soul Healing Spell,” Cang Xu realized.
He also mastered this spell, but only at a basic level. Jian Gui was clearly not using such a low level spell.
He consumed the ghosts he had just obtained to heal the ghost ship.
The ghost ship was not essentially a magic ship, but an undead life form, so it could be healed by the Soul Healing Spell.
Jian Gui quickly consumed all the ghosts he had just obtained.
“There's still a long way to go.”
"To completely restore the ghost ship to its prime, at least 1,000 ordinary humanoid ghosts are needed. Of course, if they are transcendents, the number required will be greatly reduced."
“I hope we can encounter such pirates next.”
“If that doesn't work, we'll have to catch fish in the sea, but that will increase the demand even more.”
Jian Gui took the initiative to explain the ghost ship's damage.
"The ghost ship is very important, so I think we should try our best to repair it. I am a bone aspect necromancer, and these ghosts are of little use to me. Jian Gui, I'll give these to you." Xiao Wang Zi took the initiative to contribute his ghosts.
Ku Feng said, “I'm just a ronin, I don't need these ghosts either.”
Cang Xu obtained a total of seven ghosts this time. He thought for a moment, kept three transcendent ghosts, and gave away the rest of the ordinary ghosts.
“Let's make a deal.” Although Jian Gui accepted these ghosts, he did not take them for free but gave money corresponding to the market price.
“Finally, I have money,” Cang Xu said emotionally.
He was truly penniless.
Even his current body was given to him by someone else.
Next, it was time to distribute the pirates' bodies.
Xiao Wang Zi expressed interest in their bones, but upon seeing Cang Xu, he asked, “Do you need their heads?”
Although Cang Xu’s body had been taken by Doctor Sui Shi, he wasn’t entirely without gain.
Doctor Sui Shi had directly imparted his unique Flying Head Spell to Cang Xu.
Cang Xu nodded, “I only need the heads of transcendents, at least five of them.”
Jian Gui said, “We are all curious about the Flying Head Spell, so you can take all of these heads and use them.”
Xiao Wang Zi nodded, “That's right.”
The Flying Head Spell was the original creation of Doctor Sui Shi, but its value was difficult to assess.
This was because such original creations usually required a long period of practical testing before their true value could be determined.
In history, many great magicians' original creations had a mediocre response, while some minor figures' creations had a widespread impact. There were also many unconscious innovations that had created enormous value, or by-products of innovation that had overshadowed the original.
“Okay,” Cang Xu nodded, “I do need fresh heads to try the Flying Head Spell.”
“The extra resources will have to be considered a debt for now.”
Cang Xu thanked the others.
He was also eager to see the actual effects of the Flying Head Spell.
After distributing the spoils, Cang Xu retreated into his cabin and began casting spells on the pirate heads.
The necromancy school has evolved into three branches: Bone, Soul, and Corpse.
Doctor Sui Shi was a master of the corpse aspect, and his uniquely created Flying Head Spell naturally belonged to it.
However, after studying it, Cang Xu discovered that while the Flying Head Spell was a necromancy spell, it involved a significant amount of alchemy knowledge.
It was not just a single spell but a combination of multiple spells.
The most important Head Creation Spell could transform the head of a normal living being into a special undead creature—a death head.
Death heads had the ability to float and move, so flying was one of their characteristics.
Just as Jian Gui controlled ghosts and Xiao Wang Zi manipulated skeletons, Cang Xu could use the Head Creation Spell to refine a large number of death heads for his command.
“Ghosts can be transformed into water ghosts, frozen ghosts, substitute ghosts, ghost horses, and so on.”
“Death heads can also be transformed.”
"Necromancers can even transform their own heads into death heads. In this way, the main part of their life is just a flying head, and their bodies can be replaced at will."
Cang Xu thought of himself.
His situation was: his original body was not only taken away but also refined into something else.
He was left with only his head.
“Doctor Sui Shi entrusted me with the Flying Head Spell, ostensibly as payment, but in reality, he wanted to see me practice the spell and observe the practical application of his innovation.”
“And I had no choice but to follow his wishes!”
“How infuriating...”
But Cang Xu had no practical experience, so he dared not experiment with his own head first.
He had only this head left; if the spell failed, losing his head would mean he could only transform himself into a ghost.
Without a body, Cang Xu cherished his own head all the more.
The Head Creation Spell was quickly released by him.
He was very familiar with the spell.
In recent days, he had been studying the contents of these spells and practicing them.
Under the effect of the spell, the pirate's head quickly shriveled, with almost all the moisture drained from its flesh, leaving only a small amount of blood, which had turned blue.
The skin color changed from its normal wheat-like hue to a pale white.
The pirate's head, which had been contorted in agony before death, now appeared calm and serene.
Suddenly, his eyes opened.
His pupils had turned blue, filled with icy coldness and cruelty.
Cang Xu released his grip, and the skull slowly floated into the air, moving slowly and easily becoming a target for arrows.
One by one, the skulls, after being subjected to the Head Creation Spell, became death heads, floating in the air within the ship's cabin like balloons.
They drifted slowly, occasionally colliding gently before bouncing apart.
Negative energy filled the ship's hold, creating a spine-chilling scene.
Cang Xu's face betrayed a hint of surprise.
In practice, he found that the success rate of the Head Creation Spell was very high.
As long as he cast the spell successfully, he could basically create a death head. This success rate far exceeded that of the spells that summoned souls, skeletons, or zombies.
This alone gave the Flying Head Spell a unique advantage.
“Next, I will use deep mental communication to fully control these heads.”
“Then, I will study their characteristics and perform targeted modifications and enhancements.”
With a solid start, Cang Xu proceeded methodically.