In the darkness of the Death Ruin, a dense deathly aura spread out in every direction. This region was akin to a realm of death, which made others feel a chill down their spines.
Rustle!
But today, the deathly silence in the Death Ruin had been completely torn apart with countless people flocking over. The chaotic sounds of fighting made the Death Ruin extremely noisy.
When Mu Chen led the party of the Great Heaven Domain into the Death Ruin, he pushed the speed of his army to the limits. They were like an unstoppable spear that swiftly swept towards the depths of the Death Ruin.
But under their swift movements, they soon saw something obstructing their path. It was hundreds and thousands of zombie warriors. Those warriors were donned in rotten armour and their bodies had already withered, looking like skeletons. Only their sunken eye sockets flickered with crimson light, emanating an evil aura that could destroy everything around them.
It was those zombie warriors that obstructed the other forces that were pouring into the Death Ruin. Boundless Spiritual Energy burst out as an intense battle broke out between both sides.
These warriors, who exuded a decaying aura, had clearly lost their minds and were like walking corpses. They didn't know any pain and only charged forward without fear of death. Furthermore, their attacks were extremely precise, advancing and retreating as one. The Spiritual Energy that carried a decaying aura surged and seemed to have completely fused together, exploding with an extremely powerful lethality. Many of the forces that were originally considered to be tyrannical had lost their lives.
It was all because they were caught off guard that they suffered a great loss in their hands.
"Those zombie warriors …"
Mu Chen's gaze trembled as he looked at the zombie warriors that knew when to advance and retreat.
He exchanged a glance with Jiu You and their gazes turned grave. That's because they realised that the aura coming from those zombie warriors was the same as the Senior of the Ancient Haven Palace that they had encountered in the first ruin.
"Those warriors must have fought with the Fiend Clans when they were alive and had the evil aura infiltrated their bodies.
This is the reason for their current state. "Jiu You solemnly said.
"The Fiend Clans?" The eyes of the Mountain Splitting King and the rest turned grave.
Although the ancient war happened a long time ago, it didn't stop them from knowing how terrifying the Fiend Clans were. The Fiend Clans were terrifying existences in the Great Thousand World.
They were all his greatest enemies.
"Be careful."
Mu Chen reminded.
After that, his figure flew out once again. The massive army behind him had also received his orders and started to be cautious. Boundless Battle Will rippled as their cautious gazes locked onto the surroundings.
The massive army swept past like a storm. Perhaps it was because the might of this army was too tyrannical, but they didn't dare to move.
The smaller zombie warriors did not stop them. Instead, they allowed them to pass through.
He went straight into the depths.
However, not only did they not let Mu Chen feel relieved, his heart had tensed up instead. His gaze became even more vigilant as he swept his gaze around.
His vigilance was soon proven to be correct. When they flew across the dark land, a violent Battle Will fluctuation suddenly burst out from the dark ravine in the distance. In the next instant, countless black torrents swept across like seawater, filled with a rotten smell.
That torrent was also a powerful battle intent.
Mu Chen squinted his eyes and looked at the mountain stream. He saw thousands of dried-up silhouettes rising into the sky with boundless Battle Will spreading out. However, there wasn't any boiling Battle Will. On the contrary, it was filled with a cold fluctuation of death.
"There's no need for King Mu to make a move. Leave them to my Spiritual Swordsmen."
The Spiritual Sword King looked at the zombie army before he laughed towards Mu Chen and waved his hand. Instantly, the Spiritual Swordsmen behind him unleashed a deep roar. As the boundless Battle Will spread out, it had vaguely formed into a silhouette holding a huge sword above the Spiritual Swordsmen.
That silhouette was formed from Battle Will, and the Spirit of Battle Will was refined by the Spiritual Swordsmen with the help of Mu Chen.
Buzz!
A torrential sword roar resounded as the huge silhouette furiously slashed down with its sword. Instantly, a sword light that was a few hundred feet in size swept out with powerful Battle Will spreading within the boundless sword light.
Rustle!
The sword light was like a smear of light that streaked across the horizon, instantly tearing apart the black Battle Will that was whistling over. Thereafter, the silhouette had pushed his Battle Will to the limits and sword light whistled out in every direction, enveloping the zombie troop of a few thousand.
Boom!
Boom!
As the two sides fought, violent Battle Wills wreaked havoc, riddling the heavens and earth with holes. But in this ferocious confrontation, the Spiritual Swordsmen were clearly more ferocious with the power of the Spirit of Battle Will. As the Battle Will swept out, the zombie army of thousands was swiftly defeated.
As the soldiers of the zombie army were killed by the sword lights, the aura of decay on their bodies began to dissipate, and their withered bodies turned into ashes.
Before they were reduced to ashes, a smile of relief appeared on their shriveled faces. It wasn't because they still had some consciousness left, but because they instinctively wanted to be freed.
As the zombie soldiers were reduced to ashes, surges of bizarre energy rippled out, causing the eyes of Mu Chen and the rest to light up. That's because that energy was the Fallen Origin Aura that they needed.
The Spiritual Sword King laughed as he waved his sleeve and absorbed the massive Fallen Origin Aura. In just ten-odd breaths of time, he had refined hundreds of Fallen Origin Pellets.
This amount was practically equivalent to the harvest of a grade-3 ruin.
"This Death Ruin must be a grade-1 ruin."
The eyes of the Mountain Splitting King and the rest turned red. They inwardly felt that the Spiritual Sword King was truly cunning.
"It's all thanks to King Mu's help to refine the Spirit of Battle Will.
Otherwise, my Spiritual Swordsmen would have to pay a price to defeat them. "The Spiritual Sword King cupped his fists towards Mu Chen.
He politely smiled.
If his Spirit Swordsmen had yet to refine the Spirit of Battle Will, he would have to pay a price even if he managed to win against the zombie army. But with the help of the Spirit of Battle Will, he didn't suffer any losses at all. This was an increase in his strength.
This increase in strength wasn't just a little.
Mu Chen smiled before turning to the Mountain Splitting King and the rest. "This is just the beginning. At that time, I'm afraid that it's impossible for you guys to not make a move."
The Mountain Splitting King and the rest licked their lips.
Their excited expressions didn't have the slightest trace of fear. Evidently, the harvest from this good start had triggered their killing intent.
"Let's speed up."
Mu Chen cast his gaze into the distance.
He could sense it.
There were violent Spiritual Energy fluctuations everywhere in the Death Ruin. Evidently, the various forces had sensed the large amount of Fallen Origin Qi in the bodies of the zombie warriors. The Fallen Origin Qi was much more powerful than ordinary grade-3 ruins. Therefore, they had all sped up their hunting speed.
Mu Chen's gaze was fixed on the deepest part of the Death Ruin.
However, there was a smear of graveness in the depths of his eyes.
The experts that had fallen in this region seemed to have been corroded by the evil aura of the Fiend Clans. Therefore, he didn't know if the Battle Formation Master they were looking for was in the same situation. If that was the case, then they might have to face a Battle Formation Master whose consciousness had been corroded by the evil aura.
Although he still did not know how much power that battle formation master would possess in that case, no matter what, even the weakest battle formation master would be a rather terrifying existence.
But at this moment, he wasn't willing to retreat. Therefore, regardless of whether it was a dragon's pond or a tiger's den, he had to give it a try.
The path of an expert required fearlessness.
Thinking about it, Mu Chen no longer hesitated. He waved his sleeve and flew out. Behind him, a huge army galloped past with a momentum that shook the heavens and earth, attracting the attention of the various forces.
As they ventured deeper, the zombie army that Mu Chen's party encountered increased in number. Furthermore, the scale of the zombie army was also growing stronger. Thus, Mu Chen's party's progress had also started to be hindered. But fortunately, their formation was too luxurious. Therefore, although their speed was slightly affected, it couldn't stop them from advancing.
Along with Mu Chen's party gradually advancing, the number of forces that they encountered in the surroundings had also started to decrease. But the remaining forces were all powerful forces with a decent formation.
After all, in such a dangerous situation, if they weren't capable, they would have already been wiped out by the zombie army. But even so, there weren't many forces that could make it deep into the Death Ruin.
As the army ventured deeper into the Death Ruin, Mu Chen's body tensed up even more. This was his intuition towards danger.
In the sky that was filled with darkness, Mu Chen's figure suddenly stopped as he frowned his brows and looked up ahead. There were over a thousand miserable-looking silhouettes flying over. Those silhouettes were covered in blood and the Spiritual Energy undulations around them were extremely dispirited and chaotic.
Mu Chen waved his hand and the army behind him immediately stopped with caution in their eyes.
"Those are the forces of the Martial Zenith Sect." The Mountain Splitting King looked at those miserable-looking people and his face slightly changed as he solemnly said.
Mu Chen, Jiu You and the rest had abruptly narrowed their eyes. The Martial Zenith Sect was a top force in the Northern Region and their strength wasn't weak. Previously, there was a Sixth Grade Sovereign in their party. But looking at the fleeing party, that Sixth Grade Sovereign had already disappeared.
"That Sixth Grade Sovereign of theirs has been killed." Mu Chen suddenly said as he looked into the distance.
"How do you know?" The hearts of the Mountain Splitting King and the rest trembled as they asked.
Mu Chen pointed up ahead and saw an earth-shattering black mist rolling over from the depths of the darkness. Within the black mist, there were vaguely trembling footsteps that resounded in the heavens and earth.
The entire heavens and earth lightly trembled under the orderly footsteps.
As the black mist gradually dissipated, countless black-armoured silhouettes that were emitting a rotten aura spread out until the end of one's sight. Astonishing Battle Will whistled like an ocean above this troop.
The pitch-black Battle Will violently gathered and formed into a massive black demonic wolf above this troop. The demonic wolf roared towards the sky, which shook the heavens and earth.
This rotten troop actually possessed the Spirit of Battle Will!
"Spirit of Battle Will?!"
The faces of the Mountain Splitting King and Jiu You all changed as they couldn't help exclaiming. Their faces turned extremely grave. It looked like the Martial Zenith Sect should have been annihilated by this terrifying troop before them.
Mu Chen's eyes narrowed at this moment as he abruptly shifted his gaze, looking above the troop. Under the surging Battle Will, a black silhouette was vaguely visible.
Hiss!
Mu Chen lightly inhaled a chilled breath as he exclaimed in shock, "There's actually someone leading this troop?!"