Lu Ning picked up the black bell.

As Lu Ning's hand touched the bell, a powerful force of death surged into his body.

After absorbing this power of death, Lu Ning's mental strength immediately increased significantly.

Lu Ning hadn't expected to get a buy-one-get-one-free deal.

He took the bell and shook it.

With a clanging sound, Lu Ning's skin and muscles immediately began to rot.

At the same time, a phantom image of the Yellow Springs appeared in the void.

The next moment, skeleton warriors clad in black armor leaped out of the underworld and landed in front of Lu Ning.

The skeletal warrior's eye sockets burned with a dim yellow flame, and his mental fluctuations were close to those of a saint.

Lu Ning seemed to be deep in thought. He could sense that the strength of the summoned skeletal warrior was related to him.

Normally, with his current seventh-level mental strength, the skeletal warriors he summons probably wouldn't reach this level.

However, Lu Ning himself possessed the power of death, which greatly enhanced the strength of the skeletal warriors he summoned.

Just as Lu Ning was pondering, An Lan and the others looked at the summoned skeletal warrior with somewhat surprised expressions.

Yern examined the skeletal warrior and said, "His aura is quite strong. Is this soul weapon a summoning type?"

Lu Ning nodded slightly: "Yes, the skeletal warriors can be summoned using the power of death."

Osiris laughed and said, "That's perfect for you."

The others nodded in agreement; Lu Ning was the only one present who possessed the power of death.

An Lan asked curiously, "Lu Ning, how long can these skeletal warriors stay in reality? What's the maximum number that can be summoned?"

Lu Ning shook his head: "I don't know, but we can try it."

Lu Ning rang the bell again.

Lu Ning's skin and flesh began to rot again, but because the previous rot had already healed, the degree of rot did not worsen.

If it were an awakened being without the ability to recover, then being summoned twice in a row would probably cause even their internal organs to rot.

As Lu Ning rang the bell again, the phantom of the Yellow Springs reappeared, and another batch of skeletal warriors appeared.

An Lan's eyes lit up as she watched this scene.

It seems that this bell can continuously summon skeletal warriors, but because every time the bell is shaken, the user's physical body will be rotted by the power of death.

This means that a normally awakened person would probably be unable to continue after shaking the device once or twice.

However, Lu Ning is not subject to this restriction; he can summon continuously.

I wonder if there's a limit to the number of summons this bell can hold?

If there were no limit to the number of summons, then Lu Ning alone would be equivalent to an army of skeleton warriors.

Moreover, each of the skeletal warriors possesses strength approaching that of a saint!

An Lan said impatiently, "Lu Ning, you should try again."

Lu Ning nodded and continued shaking, with ten skeleton warriors appearing each time.

After he shook the machine ten times and a hundred skeleton warriors appeared, no matter how much Lu Ning shook it, no new skeleton warriors appeared.

An Lan said, "It seems the limit is only one hundred skeleton warriors. Let's see how long they can stay in reality."

Everyone waited quietly.

About ten minutes later, Lu Ning felt the skeletal warrior loosen his mental connection with him.

Subsequently, the skeletal warrior decayed in a very short time, turning into a pool of corpse fluid.

"It can summon up to one hundred skeletal warriors close to the Saint level, lasting for ten minutes." An Lan said with some surprise, "That's pretty good."

Lu Ning seemed to be deep in thought as he continued to shake the bell.

The next moment, more skeletal warriors appeared.

An Lan smiled brightly: "So it seems that even if you disappeared before, Lu Ning, you can still continue to summon. Given your condition, you don't need to worry about side effects and can always maintain a level of one hundred skeleton warriors."

The people standing nearby, including Yann, were somewhat shocked.

Osiris said, "If a hundred skeletal warriors who are close to the Saint level were to gang up on a Saint, even the Saint would probably find it troublesome, right?"

Aishalin nodded: "Most importantly, as long as Lu Ning himself doesn't have any problems, even if he destroys the skeletal warriors, Lu Ning can still continue to summon them. This kind of consumption ability is something that a weak saint might not be able to withstand."

Su Qi exclaimed with envy, "This soul weapon is so powerful!"

Aila shook her head and said, "Su Qi, don't be fooled by the strength of this soul weapon. It's only because Lu Ning himself is powerful. Even if a normal seventh-tier awakened person used this soul weapon to summon, the skeletal warriors they could summon probably wouldn't have this level of strength, and they could only summon them once or twice."

Steve nodded and sighed, "Ayra is right, it's Lu Ning himself who's strong."

In fact, any of the Horcruxes in Lu Ning's possession, including the Crimson Sword, the Crown of Pain, the Bone Pocket Watch, and even the Bloodborne Heart.

These soul artifacts, if placed in the hands of any other awakened being, could not possibly play the same role as Lu Ning.

An Lan said, "The most important thing is Lu Ning's immortality, plus the fact that his mental pollution level will not increase. This allows Lu Ning to not worry about side effects and to use the power of the soul weapon to its fullest extent."

Although high-risk soul artifacts are powerful, even saints cannot unleash their full potential due to their side effects.

On one hand, there are side effects; on the other hand, there is mental pollution.

While saints can suppress high-risk soul artifacts to some extent and reduce mental pollution and side effects, they cannot completely eliminate them.

In this respect, Lu Ning is stronger than even a saint... and even a demigod.

After all, while demigods might be immune to the side effects of high-risk soul artifacts, they cannot avoid the side effects of extremely dangerous soul artifacts.

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