Chapter 750: The Descent of the Nether Abyss!_2
Fang Mu gave these three drops of Mermaid Essence Blood to the Cursed Mermaid not for use before evolving into the Abyss Mermaid.
Instead, he intended for the Cursed Mermaid to absorb these three drops after evolving into the Abyss Mermaid to solidify the foundation of her Bloodline.
This would ensure smoother Bloodline Transformation for the Cursed Mermaid in the future!
Otherwise, it's possible that after evolving into the Abyss Mermaid, the Cursed Mermaid's Bloodline might never have a chance to improve again.
Fang Mu wanted to guarantee that the Bloodline of the Abyss Mermaid would advance further when stepping into Order.
While Yan Yubanruo was enhancing himself and the Cursed Mermaid, Fang Mu seriously pondered the application of Yan Yubanruo's sequential-level skill [Netherworld Soul Hunting].
When using [Netherworld Soul Hunting] with only one Soul Bell, Yan Yubanruo could only refine a semi-undead, semi-soul entity with Ghost Blood and Ghost Flame.
These Soul of Life creatures retained the abilities they had before death, making them akin to the Cursed Mermaid's Ghost Servant. They filled the gap of undead creatures that lacked soul-body forms.
This allowed Yan Yubanruo to harness these refined Souls of Life to gain additional combat methods.
Though powerful, this capability was merely moderate; however, things changed drastically with three Soul Bells.
These three semi-undead, semi-soul entities meticulously selected and refined by Yan Yubanruo became vital in combat.
This significantly boosted Yan Yubanruo's Combat Capability.
When selecting Souls of Life, it's best to choose Souls of Life acquired from the Giant Beast World. Should similar units like the Blade Spider be encountered again in the future, killing them would yield additional rewards!
Yan Yubanruo's absorption of Souls of Life was incredibly fast, and the Cursed Mermaid, carrying Yan Yubanruo's Bloodline, demonstrated the same speed.
The Emperor Beast Court took nearly half a day without reaching out to Fang Mu, which made Fang Mu silently lament how truly corrupt such alliances of Beast Taming Tribes were.
Due to decision-making powers held by the leaders of each tribe, passing a resolution took an exorbitant amount of time.
Although involving multiple influencers in decisions ensures the accuracy of those decisions to the maximum extent,
it could lead to catastrophic delays during critical moments.
Fang Mu refrained from urging Xiao Yi; he wanted the Emperor Beast Court to realize this issue independently.
Meanwhile, the Blue Curse Orchid had essentially cleared the pollution within the Emperor Beast Court and moved to the entrance of the Dimensional Channel, taking over the surging waves of dimensional creatures from the Eighth Legion.
These dimensional creature tides became the food for Blue Curse Orchid. At this moment, it was like a child who had been starving for a long time, eating with immense delight.
The eerie Curse Energy exuding from the Cursed Mermaid suddenly surged violently.
The Cursed Mermaid's gray fish tail was now glazed with a layer of light, transforming into a silvery-gray shade.
The gray color continued to fade, becoming lighter and lighter.
The snake-scale-like scales growing on the Cursed Mermaid's cheeks and arms became finer and smaller, gradually disappearing, leaving only faint marks.
Her long gray hair, like her fish tail, kept transitioning to silver.
The vicious curse aura around the Cursed Mermaid was dissipating, replaced by an extraordinarily noble aura.
This aura bore a resemblance to the aura emanating from Yan Yubanruo.
As the energy fluctuation surrounding the Cursed Mermaid reached its peak, a river-like flow of what seemed like liquid mercury coiled around her body.
This bestowed the Cursed Mermaid an aura of opulence mixed with solitude.
It was evidently clear that the Cursed Mermaid had already evolved into the Abyss Mermaid.
However, even after evolving into the Abyss Mermaid, the Cursed Mermaid still displayed her characteristic servile attitude, which starkly clashed with the elegance exuding from the Abyss Mermaid.
Fang Mu used the Innate Divine Skill [Eye of Omniscience] from Fool's Shadow to examine the evolved Abyss Mermaid.
[Beast Name]: Abyss Mermaid
[Beast Species]: Mermaid Family/Ghost Soul Mermaid Branch
[Beast Level]: Sequence Nine
[Beast Element]: Undying
[Beast Potential]: Sequential
[Beast Quality]: Legendary
Skills:
[Ghost Soul Stinger]: Using fish bones intertwined with Dead Qi to directly attack the target's soul. If the target resists, the fish bones shatter within the target's soul, releasing Dead Qi.
[Soul Devouring Pull]: Devours and absorbs wandering souls, refining them into Souls of Death.
[Soul-binding Lamp]: Transforms into a lamp, singing the Mermaid's elegy. When the bodies of undead creatures are destroyed, the lamp receives their intact souls, collects parts of the target's physique within itself, and fuses the hatched physique with the undead creature's body, ultimately generating Dead Creatures.
[Soul Fixing Gaze]: Stares at the target using bloodline power to amplify the soul while preventing enemy abilities that separate souls from bodies through direct gaze fixation.
[Grudge Curse Spread]: Casts Grudge Curse on a target. Souls affected by the curse transfer damage sustained by the cursed target equally to others under the curse's influence. Additionally, one cursed target is designated as a conductor for spreading curses to other entities (Grudge Curse can only simultaneously affect up to two targets).
[Abyss Descending]: Uses one's energy to summon the Abyss that forms a domain. Allies within it are protected from curses and soul-spiritual trauma, while enemies experience mental and soul stagnation due to Abyssal Waters, with significantly lowered overall resistance.
Exclusive Traits:
[The Affectionate Princess]: Charms living beings; charmed individuals developing affectionate feelings merge with her and are fully controlled. Damage sustained by the merged being becomes nourishment for her own Dead Qi.
[The Heartless Princess]: Tramples on the heart, mind, and soul of living beings, driving them to emotional torment until reaching self-destructive thoughts, indirectly impacting contractual bonds.
[Attach Body Fusion]: Attaches to a target sharing her energy origin. When fused, she prioritizes the fused target to integrate with others sharing the same energy source, allowing harm absorbed by fused individuals to divide across herself.
Evolutionary Path:
①: King-level·Deep Sea Mermaid, ②: King-level·Soul Refining Mermaid, ③: Corpse Field Fish Witch.
The sequence skill [Abyss Descending] is a domain-type skill that boosts allies while controlling and weakening enemies.
This simultaneous ability to boost multiple allies and control and debilitate multiple enemies perfectly aligns with Yan Yubanruo's undead-focused combat style.
Undead Creatures, driven by Soul Flames, inherently fear attacks targeting the soul.
The Abyss Mermaid's skill [Abyss Descending] generates an Abyss that mitigates spiritual and soul damage.
While Fang Mu couldn't currently determine the exact strength of this protection, considering the cultivation and Bloodline strength of the Abyss Mermaid, the effect of the sequential skill couldn't be weak!
The Abyss River, by washing over enemy units, slowed their mental and soul responses, reducing reaction time.
Even if enemy Beast Masters issued commands instantly, their contracted Guardian Beasts could not act effectively due to the Abyss River's impact.
Beyond this control skill, Fang Mu was particularly impressed by the Abyss River's ability to lower the overall resistance of enemy targets.
This kind of comprehensive resistance reduction was rare; despite viewing countless Guardian Beasts with real data, it was the first time Fang Mu had witnessed such a feat.