Global Composite Master: Compositing an Undead Army from the Start

Chapter 422: Chapter 231 God of Power! (Three in One, 3/5)_2

He had previously contemplated this matter when facing some agile enemies. If there was a perfect troop Formation to pin down the opponent, their agility would be useless. Previously, his only way of dealing with them in a cramped space was to attempt to hit them by employing an exceptionally dense attack, akin to finding a needle in a haystack. If there was a fantastic troop Formation that could steadily confine the enemy, the entire team’s attack hit rate could potentially increase manifold.

After Jing introduced Chen Mo to the utility of troop Formations, he casually sprinkled some powder and instantly summoned tens of thousands of Skeleton Monsters. These Skeleton Monsters had low attributes. After all, other people’s Skeleton Summoning Skills hadn’t been synthesized as many times as Chen Mo’s, which was extremely high-grade and possessed so many quirks.

The Skeleton Summoning Skill learned by a normal Skeleton Mage professional is quite weak. However, ordinary Skeleton Mages don’t usually employ skeleton summoning in actual combat primarily to use this Skill against others. Instead, they use the Skeleton Monsters summoned through this Skill as mediums for summoning other, more formidable Undead Units.

Owing to his Dominator’s Appearance Skill, Chen Mo could summon all types of Ghosts without any preconditions. If he didn’t have this passive ability, whenever Chen Mo needed to summon top-tier Ghosts, he would receive The Heavenly Path’s Hint about needing to prepare a medium. Similarly, to summon a large number of Ghosts, a medium was required. Take the powder that Jing had just sprinkled, for instance. It was the “Undead Powder,” a necessary item for summoning large numbers of Ghosts! Ordinary Skeleton Mage professionals were typically required to carry this regularly, unless their profession specifically stated they didn’t need it. Therefore, despite seemingly being able to summon a substantial number of Ghosts, the Skeleton Mage class line was actually quite restricted.

The more powerful the Ghosts, the higher the summoning requirements. The greater the number of summons, the higher the summoning requirements. This was unlike Chen Mo, who not only had a chance to directly summon god-grade Ghosts but also a chance to summon several hundred times the number of summoned creatures.

As tens of thousands of Skeleton Monsters emerged, Jing immediately showed Chen Mo some Formations. Soon, the Skeleton Monsters’ formation underwent three changes. The first was a formation resembling an Eight Trigrams Array. The second was a formation resembling a Yin Yang Formation. The third was a formation resembling a Hurricane Formation.

According to Jing, the Eight Trigrams Array is a confinement Formation, the Yin Yang Formation is a single-kill Formation, and the Hurricane Formation is a group-kill Formation. These three Formations are quite practical. Among them, the Eight Trigrams Array is the most complex Formation. To achieve the effect of the confinement Formation, ordinary Skeleton Monsters are naturally insufficient. It requires the deployment of at least several types of functional Ghosts, working together, to create a perfect Eight Trigrams confinement Formation. The advantage of a confinement Formation is its versatility: it can be used to kill or trap enemies. This allows one’s side to gather information about the enemy and then decide whether to flee or fight. As long as the enemy remains trapped, the initiative lies with the summoner’s side.

The latter two kill Formations are set up to maximize the team’s attack efficiency. They can be easily set up even with ordinary Skeleton Monsters. However, compared to the Eight Trigrams Array, the latter two Formations have weaker defenses and require timely replenishment of Ghosts. Otherwise, they can be broken relatively easily.

“These three troop Formations are rather basic versions,” Jing explained. “There are advanced versions of higher-ranking troop Formations beyond these, but they typically require stronger Ghosts to be part of the Formation. They’re not easy to learn, and the usage conditions are very stringent. At your Level, you probably can’t summon many top-tier Ghosts. So, it’s better to first study these three basic troop Formations until you understand them and can use them proficiently.”

Hearing his mentor say this, Chen Mo nodded with a smile. Although he could summon plenty of top-tier Ghosts, his Level was still too low to summon them as abundantly as ordinary Skeleton Monsters. Therefore, they were still somewhat inadequate for setting up Formations. For now, it was better to first thoroughly understand the basics of these three Formations.

For instance, Chen Mo already found the Yin Yang Formation quite useful. He had just entered the Formation to test it. If he were trapped in the middle to be killed, even if he could swiftly defeat the surrounding Skeleton Monsters, the Formation of Skeleton Monsters could constantly replenish their ranks to attack him in a spiral manner. He felt as if he had fallen into a huge millstone, continuously being ground down.

Fortunately, Chen Mo was powerful enough. Additionally, the Skeleton Monsters summoned by his mentor were only for teaching purposes and weren’t summoned at full strength, so their combat prowess wasn’t formidable. Thus, Chen Mo didn’t suffer any injuries even when entrapped.

Apart from issues with Formations, Jing also provided Chen Mo with some guidance on the development paths for a Skeleton Mage. Ordinary people couldn’t possibly trigger a hidden profession rebirth mission like Chen Mo when they underwent a profession change, nor could they always pass five-star level rebirth missions. Therefore, their opportunities to enhance their Skills were limited. Under such circumstances, differences in development paths would emerge. Since they couldn’t have everything, different paths had to be chosen.

Generally, there were two paths for Skeleton Mages. One was the elite summoning route, and the other was the mass summoning route. For the elite summoning route, the goal was naturally to summon stronger Undead Units. The mass summoning route, however, prioritized quantity over quality. It could only be said that each had its pros and cons.

However, for Chen Mo, he didn’t actually need to make a choice; he could have it all.