Chapter 631: Section 418: Selling Flying Head Skill?
A battle against a swarm of lantern fish made Cang Xu the star among these people.
The Undead Mages gathered around Cang Xu, their gazes filled with a mix of curiosity and a hint of burning intensity.
The Little Prince asked out of curiosity, “Xu Jia, how did your Death Skulls suddenly acquire the ability to cast spells, and why haven’t we seen you use them before?”
Cang Xu replied that it was only after he had engraved the Magic Models into the Death Skulls that they were able to use corresponding spells.
Realization dawned on the Little Prince as he looked at the Death Skulls with newfound respect and exclaimed, “Could the Flying Head Skill actually have such a clever use?”
The ship ghost mused, “A creature’s skull is used for thinking and serves as the material basis for providing spiritual power. That must be why Death Skulls can be engraved with Magic Models.”
“If that’s the case, then different Death Skulls should be able to be engraved with varying numbers of Magic Models. The higher the Intelligence level of the Death Skulls in life, the more Magic Models they should be able to hold.”
The ship ghost briefly analyzed and then looked at Cang Xu with a questioning gaze.
Cang Xu felt a chill in his heart and could only nod, “Yes, that’s exactly right.”
As the Undead Orthodoxy lineage, the ship ghost had an excellent understanding of Undead Magic, which enabled him to analyze a lot of things at first glance.
Cang Xu had a wealth of practical experience, which indeed proved that the ship ghost’s analysis was spot on.
Cang Xu had used many Undead Materials to craft Death Skulls. He also consciously engraved Magic Models on different types of Death Skulls for comparison.
Currently, the Death Skulls with the most Magic Models engraved on them came from the Sharp Clawed Water Monkeys.
Within the White Hair Sea Trench, Sharp Clawed Water Monkeys did not hold a high status, being in the middle to lower end of the food chain.
However, compared to other sea beasts, their level of Intelligence was quite remarkable.
The ease of engraving Magic Models on the Death Skulls of Water Monkeys was relatively lower, and the success rate of the end products was higher.
Cang Xu said to the other Undead Mages with a wry smile, “The difficulty of engraving Magic Models into these Death Skulls is very high. What you see is only the finished product; the failed Death Skulls have been discarded, and their number is five to six times that of these successes.”
Cang Xu was not exaggerating.
Because the engravings were done in the hold of the Ghost Ship.
Since the ship ghost could merge as one with the Ghost Ship, it probably already saw him engraving these Magic Models.
Thus, hiding anything was unnecessary, and it was better to be open and honest.
The Little Prince stroked his chin with his delicate fingers, pondering, “So, these Death Skulls can actually be considered as individual Magic Books. By engraving Magic Models into these Death Skulls, isn’t it like creating one Magic Book after another?”
“Following this train of thought, the success rate of producing these engraved Magic Models should be related to the alchemy skill of the Undead Mage, right?”
The Little Prince looked to Cang Xu as he spoke.
Cang Xu could only nod slightly once more.
The Little Prince’s tone grew ever more amazed, “If all these dead heads are Magic Books, then the cost of making Magic Books is far too cheap! This must be the greatest advantage of the Flying Head Skill. The stronger the alchemy skill of the Undead Mage, the lower the cost of producing Magic Books.”
Cang Xu had decided to keep quiet himself.
From this one battle alone, without having said much, both the ship ghost and the Little Prince had discerned a lot of the subtleties of the Flying Head Skill.
The ship ghost added, “Cost is only one of its advantages.”
He looked toward Little Prince, “Death Skulls are much more useful than Magic Books. Suppose you had so many Magic Books, could you use them all at the same time? That’s clearly impossible.”
“But an Undead Mage can manipulate these Death Skulls to cast spells simultaneously.”
Hearing this, the Undead Samurai Ku Feng also showed a face of shock.
Even though he was not an Undead Mage, he understood the value of the Flying Head Skill from these words.
Cang Xu was feeling uneasy and hurriedly explained, “These Death Skulls are far inferior to regular Magic Books; they have many drawbacks.”
“Even if I imprint the Magic Models on them, as soon as these Death Skulls use a spell, the Magic Model will start to wear out. The more they are used, the more they wear out, and eventually, they will be unable to cast spells. But that’s not the worst part.”
“Those Death Skulls that have had their Magic Models erased due to excessive spellcasting cannot be re-imprinted with new Magic Models.”
Little Prince listened and suddenly understood, “I see, it’s like a piece of paper that, once drawn and scribbled on, can’t be wiped clean and is no longer usable.”
“Although Death Skulls are indeed Undead Life, they are not complete Mages.”
“No, to be precise, they are half-finished products,” said the ship ghost.
Little Prince nodded, greatly acknowledging, “I also think these Death Skulls have a lot of room for improvement.”
This was also the reason why the Corpse Doctor disseminated the Flying Head Skill.
He wanted to release some foundational knowledge and, through different people’s practice, develop different ways of improvement.
Little Prince continued, “Right now, they should be considered not as Magic Books but as bundles of Magic Scrolls, consumables.”
“But how to put it, in fact, the vast majority of Magic Books are also consumables, it’s just that Mages often replenish materials during their use to compensate for this consumption.”
Cang Xu sighed again, “Actually, these Death Skulls are far less capable than regular ghosts, skeletons, and zombies.”
“Their own combat abilities are much weaker.”
“Even if a Mage Group can be formed with them, can’t regular Undead Mages do the same?”
“Using Skeleton Archers en masse can create an Archer Legion, focusing ghosts can form a Ghost Army. The most classic is the Corpse Witch, for any group of Corpse Witches is a Mage Group, isn’t it?”
“What you said is correct,” said the ship ghost, “but I think Death Skulls should have significant advantages over those conventional Undead Life forms.”
“If I’m not mistaken, their load on an Undead Mage’s spiritual power should be much less than that of ghosts and zombies, etc.”
“Moreover, if we want to organize a Mage Group, we have to be very selective. Among the Undead Life we create, only a few possess the ability to cast spells, and even fewer have the same spellcasting abilities.”
“If the spells aren’t the same, it’s difficult to achieve scale effects.”
“Death Skulls, however, find casting spells especially easy, and they can actively choose which Magic Model to imprint.”
“An Undead Mage manipulating these Death Skulls to cast spells is much easier than controlling a Mage Group formed from conventional Undead Life and allows for finer control.”
Cang Xu was left speechless again.
The ship ghost’s insights were too sharp; he was truly from the Undead Lineage.
Staring at Cang Xu, the ship ghost suddenly said, “Are you selling your Flying Head Skill?”
Upon hearing this, Cang Xu’s spirits lifted.
Wasn’t this the response he was hoping for?