In the process of using a crowbar to pry open the door, Xia Houyan deeply realized a truth:

There are limits to what a crowbar can do.

After inserting the crowbar into the gap next to the iron door, the lord pushed the crowbar with all his might, but it failed to loosen the large iron block deeply embedded in the stone wall. The sparkling magic on the iron door

The runes seemed to be mocking the lord's weakness.

At that moment, a series of Chinese proverbs describing overestimation of one's own abilities, such as "a mantis's arm is like a cart", "a centipede wearing a basin", "a dragonfly shaking a stone pillar", etc. came to Xia Houyan's mind, and he found himself playing the role of an insect among them.

Seeing that the lord was out of breath from exhaustion, Alice and Lawrence, who were proficient in martial arts, also came up and tried, but they also failed to shake the magic secret door on the wall.

Only Master Laurie had anticipated this scene, and leaned aside in a leisurely manner and pouted:

"Give up, this door must have been magically restricted by Senior Adrian - with his strength reaching the eighth level of 'Arch Mage' back then, not to mention you, even Sir Gawain wouldn't be able to pry it open.

"

Sir Gawain is the captain of His Majesty's royal guard and a well-known strongman in the empire.

"Oh my god." Xia Houyan gasped, "Then what should we do? We're blocked here by an iron door?"

Master Lowry also frowned: "There must be a way to break this restriction, but it must not be by brute force, but by magic: as we all know, only magic can defeat magic!"

Can magic defeat magic? Xia Houyan suddenly thought of something and said:

"You guys, step back and stay away!"

"What's wrong?" Master Laurie asked in confusion when he saw the Lord's solemn words.

"I'm going to try to use necromancy to open this door!" Xia Houyan gritted his teeth, "But I'm afraid of accidental injury, so you stay away!"

Master Laurie thought for a while, since Senior Adrian also studied necromancy back then, then the necromancy of his professional counterpart, Lord Lord, might actually work wonders! The matter was so important that the master did not dare to neglect it.

A guard climbed up the stone steps and opened a distance of four or five meters from the lord and the secret door at the bottom of the stone steps.

Xia Houyan stared at the iron door in front of him and took a few deep breaths.

He did not read the entire "Essentials of Necromancy" which was an obscure and huge book, but he still remembered another spell besides resurrection and corpse control.

The reason for remembering this spell is simple: it is the last spell recorded in the book.

Just like Internet readers who skip large plots and directly subscribe to the finale, out of curiosity last night, the lord directly turned to the last page of "Essence of Necromancy", and then saw the man who was the author of the magic book.

The grandmaster-level magic at the end.

Its name is: Finger of Death.

Facts have shown that the magical effect of "The Finger of Death" is indeed worthy of its transcendent status as a single chapter covering the entire book!

Unlike fire, frost or other bad magic factions, most of the spells of necromancy are used to deal with corpses, and there are very few direct offensive spells; and "Finger of Death" is the only one among them.

Exception, an exceptionally powerful exception.

The effect of "Finger of Death" is simple: kill the target immediately!

The shorter the explanation, the stronger the effect. The ancients were honest and did not deceive me.

However, the flaws of "Death Finger" are as obvious as its power:

First of all, the chanting time of "The Finger of Death" is as long as an old lady's foot wrap, which basically means that it has no use in actual combat:

In a one-on-one duel, by the time the magician finishes reciting the spell, the enemy will have already spread your ashes;

However, under military combat conditions where magicians are protected by guards and troops and can chant long spells with peace of mind, group damage magic that can harvest thousands of heads at every turn is much more popular than this single-target special move!

Secondly, the "finger of death" requires the caster to point his finger at the target to guide the impact of the netherworld's magic power - not to mention what if he accidentally points to the wrong person. If the target is moving at high speed, the magician's

Whether your fingers can keep up is still a problem!

Historically, the few necromancers who had the courage to use the "Finger of Death" in actual combat almost all accidentally threw this terrifying ultimate move onto the soldiers next to the target...

Therefore, although it has the terrifying power of killing with one hit, the "finger of death" is almost recognized by the magic world as tasteless and a pity to throw away: no matter how powerful the rocket launcher is, if there is no chance to launch it, it is better to use a slingshot to destroy it.

The stones coming out are strong.

However, Xia Houyan felt that facing an iron door that was motionless and like a sandbag was a great opportunity to practice the "Finger of Death"; and this spell belonged to the strongest level of necromancy magic. If the door just happened to be

If there is some command to "open the door only when strong enough necromancy magic is detected", then the "finger of death" is the most suitable for the situation!

Xia Houyan pointed his right hand firmly at the center of the iron door, and began to recite the "finger of death" incantation in his mouth - the incantation was not long, and for Elliot Igor's brain that had been trained in magic education, it was difficult to memorize it completely.

Not a problem at all;

But the really fucked up part of why "The Finger of Death" takes so long to chant is that it requires the caster to repeat the spell thirteen times without missing a word before it can take effect!

The official Xiahou recited the incantation thirteen times, and also greeted the ancestors of the inventor of the incantation thirteen times in his heart.

As the last syllable of the finger of death spell emerged from the lord's hoarse throat for the thirteenth time, extremely strong magic fluctuations suddenly appeared in the air!

A huge phantom of a god appeared above the lord's head!

Xia Houyan glanced above his head and found to his surprise that it was indeed his old acquaintance, dear Mr. Prince of Hell.

The lord is used to it, but this is the first time for Master Laurie to carefully observe the phantom summoned by the lord!

Staring at the figure in black robes in the sky, Master Laurie felt his mind go blank!

Even if Master Laurie is killed, he still doesn't think that the god of death who controls the magic power of the underworld looks like this!

Where is the black cloak? Where is the scythe? Where is the pale, ghostly face?

Why is this phantom wearing a weird hat with a bead curtain hanging on its head?

Who is this guy?

Who!

Before Master Lowry could recover from the heavy blow, the shadow in the sky shattered into dust and returned to the void. A thin gray ray shot out from the tip of the lord's index finger and disappeared in an instant.

Inside the iron gate.

As the ghostly magic power shot into the door, Master Laurie was surprised and inexplicable when he heard a low, pretentious voice suddenly echoing in the air:

"Cough, cough... Welcome, strange necromancer... I am Archmage Simon Adrian, explorer of the underworld, conqueror of death, Lord of Thousand Corpses, King of All Souls... Hahaha

Ha ha……"

After the burst of exaggerated laughter ended, the voice cleared its throat and continued:

"Ahem... Well, what you are hearing now is actually the recording left by Simon Adrian. Unfortunately, I am not at home at the moment! However, my magic laboratory always welcomes fellow necromancers and the God of Death.

Your arrival!"

Master Laurie recalled the shadow of the "God of Death" that had no resemblance to the real God of Death, and thought sourly that Adrian actually left a message saying that the Lord was a "fellow believer in the God of Death"...
Chapter completed!