He wanted to take control of these skeleton cavalry.
If he could succeed, he would gain a considerable fighting force, perfect for dealing with group battles.
Of course, he already had a plan for how to achieve that control.
At that moment, Lin Xiao saw the leading skeleton at the front of the cavalry raise one bony palm and swiftly gesture several times. Dozens of riders broke formation and charged towards the Purple Corpse Puppet.
Additionally, groups of four or five riders each thrust out spear radiance to intercept the ten spiritual-energy humanoids he had created.
The remaining skeletons, following their leader, swung arc-shaped waves of pale spear light that met the demonic-origin black pillar from Lin Xiao’s strike.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Explosions of force rang out one after another, turning into shockwaves that surged around the periphery of the cavalry formation.
The power from the ten spiritual humanoids and the Purple Corpse Puppet was forcibly halted.
Even the demonic-origin black pillar that Lin Xiao had smashed forward with the Nether Heaven Demonic Pillar was blocked, producing the most massive shockwave of all. The unparalleled fluctuation shook the heavens and earth.
Instead of pressing forward against the backlash, the cavalry instantly reorganised their formation, preparing for another assault.
“Interesting!”
Lin Xiao marvelled inwardly, then immediately put his plan into action.
“Chhh!”
He fed several blue spirit stones into the Void Heaven Phoenix Wings. Golden light burst from the wings, enveloping him as he shot around the outer edge of the churning sea of shockwaves at extreme speed.
Then he streaked over the top-front of the skeleton cavalry.
Lin Xiao’s speed was simply too great. By the time the cavalry reacted and prepared to meet him, it was already too late.
His spiritual force surged forth at once, latching onto the leading skeleton rider. He yanked it upwards into the Void Heaven Phoenix Wings, pulling it into the golden light so that the rider and its mount soared skyward alongside him.
“Swish!”
The leading skeleton reacted instantly. Instead of fleeing, it swung its spear, smashing towards Lin Xiao atop the wings.
Lin Xiao used his spiritual force to seize the skeleton’s arm, trying to stop the attack.
However, the opponent’s strength was too immense. Even his high-level sixth-grade spiritual force could not fully restrain or control it.
Still, he managed to block most of the power. The Nether Heaven Demonic Pillar spun in his hands and parried horizontally, easily deflecting the spear.
Since the clash was not overly violent, neither Lin Xiao nor the skeleton rider and mount were thrown off the Void Heaven Phoenix Wings.
After warding off that blow, they had already flown a considerable distance. Lin Xiao immediately dispersed the energy within the wings.
At that moment, the skeleton rider thrust its spear again, the tip slashing towards Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao erupted with full power. The Nether Heaven Demonic Pillar smashed sideways into the spear.
At the same time, his spiritual force latched onto the rider’s spear and yanked outward. With a loud clang, the rust-covered weapon was torn from its grasp and sent flying away.
The skeleton rider abruptly retreated, trying to withdraw towards the direction of its weapon.
Yet Lin Xiao’s spiritual force yanked hard once more, halting its retreat and even pulling it flying back towards him.
After all, this was a lifeless thing. Against a spiritual controller like him, its ability to resist was far too limited.
At the same time, Lin Xiao urged the Void Heaven Phoenix Wings into a burst of speed. In the blink of an eye he closed in, swinging the pillar with ferocious force.
This strike employed his full strength, augmented by the power of his own flesh. Its might was terrifying.
Weaponless, the skeleton rider could only thrust out both palms in emergency, its bony claws grasping to block the Nether Heaven Demonic Pillar.
Bang! Rider and mount were smashed straight down to the ground, carving a crater into the earth.
Lin Xiao dove down at once.
As he had expected, the leading skeleton rider was not so easily shattered.
When he reached the top of the crater, a pale, sinister fist beam suddenly shot out from the pit.
Lin Xiao brought the Nether Heaven Demonic Pillar down in a smash. Matchless black radiance erupted, shattering the opponent’s attack and turning it into wave after wave of shockwaves that slammed into the ground.
The earth was blasted into a huge pit, soil billowing outward.
The skeleton rider also suffered considerable impact.
Now it was just one rider and one mount, without the combined strength of three hundred cavalry, it could no longer contend with Lin Xiao.
Of course, the skeleton bones themselves were extremely tough. Even under such impact, they showed no cracks.
After the rolling shockwaves subsided, Lin Xiao delivered another smash, driving the skeleton rider deeper into the earth.
Then, with a surge of will, he yanked it out. Even the horse-shaped skeleton beneath it was torn away.
Lin Xiao flipped his hand, stowed the Nether Heaven Demonic Pillar, and used spiritual force to bind the rider’s entire body. His palm seized the skeleton’s skull.
“Chhh!”
In that instant, he unleashed the Undying Skeleton Technique. Unparalleled evil power poured directly into its bones, beginning to imprint bone runes.
To Lin Xiao’s utter astonishment, once the evil power entered, the skeleton offered no further resistance whatsoever.
There was not the slightest rejecting force within its bones.
Lin Xiao truly could not understand it. He even wondered whether injecting power had somehow deprived the skeleton of its ability to fight.
Yet apart from the rider skeleton falling motionless, the horse skeleton beneath it also lay still in the pit, showing no movement.
Without further thought, Lin Xiao lowered his guard and focused entirely on imprinting the evil power, refining it into a combat skeleton.
Before long, however, the remaining three hundred cavalry came charging towards his position.
The Purple Corpse Puppet had been pursuing them the whole time, because Lin Xiao had ordered it to delay the skeleton cavalry.
Yet against the combined might of three hundred riders, the Purple Corpse Puppet was easily knocked flying.
After being repelled, it pursued again, only to be knocked back once more while the cavalry continued pressing forward, attacking all the while.
Lin Xiao was extremely shocked by this.
However, when they saw the leading rider he was refining lying completely motionless, for reasons unknown, the approaching skeletons did not attack Lin Xiao.
He ordered the Purple Corpse Puppet to circle around and guard his side.
The skeletons also ceased attacking the puppet, simply hovering silently in the void, facing him and the motionless leader.
This filled Lin Xiao with delighted surprise. It seemed this cavalry unit only followed the commands of their leader.
Although he did not know how they communicated orders, as long as he controlled this leading rider, he would surely be able to command the entire troop.
With no need to worry about attacks from the other skeleton cavalry, Lin Xiao devoted himself fully to refining the combat skeleton.
The bone quality of this leading rider was exceptional, making imprinting extremely difficult. It took several whole days before Lin Xiao finally succeeded.
Now, this leading skeleton rider had become a combat skeleton he could control.
However, he was stumped on how to make this skeleton issue orders to the rest of the cavalry.
These skeletons possessed no consciousness at all; they could not be controlled mentally.
Moreover, the combat skeleton he had just refined was not directed by thought either. Like a mechanical attacker, it contained only the evil power he had infused along with attack pattern diagrams. Once triggered by the Undying Skeleton Technique, it would simply unleash attacks on enemies.
Yet it was incapable of issuing any commands.
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