In the city that was covered in moss, decaying Undead creatures roamed everywhere. In fact, even the bones of the Skeletal Warriors were covered in a thick layer of moss. They lay in the grass, beside the withered trees, and in the rubble. They seemed to have not moved for hundreds of years, and the only thing that supported them was the powerful Undead tinder. Fans of the book also liked to read: The Undead Tinder.
The undead were also an immortal animal, but no one was willing to obtain this way of immortality that lost their soul. This was a group of pitiful and sad fellows.
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"This won't do. There are too many guards here!"
Cloudway stood on top of the city wall and stared at the undead inside with a frown. "We're going to die if we keep going, and there's a powerful Corpse King here as well. I've seen the power of those Corpse Kings before, and they're incredibly powerful. Not even our court spellcasters are a match for them."
I glanced behind the palace lanterns and saw a group of black-robed mages with terrifying faces. They were none other than the legendary Corpse Wizard Kings. Their levels appeared on my Dark Pupils. They were Level 210 Immortal Rank minibosses, the same level as the Bloodblade Ghost Generals, but their ranged magic attacks were even more deadly. Moreover, there were at least three Corpse Wizard Kings in a group. Just as Prince Cloudway said, we would die a horrible death if we tried to fight them head-on.
We had no choice but to take a detour.
I looked to my left and said, "There's a smithy down there, but there aren't too many undead there. The core of the Eye of the Purgatory is not far away from here, and your quest is more or less complete. You may return to your kingdom once you're done checking out the situation at the Eye of the Purgatory."
Cloudway nodded. "Mn. I'll return to the border of Vanished God City and mobilize my million-strong army once I receive the intel!"
"Let's go!"
This time, I led the way and walked at the very front. At the fourth fork in the road, we walked down the stone steps. Below us was an abandoned blacksmith's shop. Everywhere was rusted, and a large number of rusted iron tools were piled up together. All that was left of the blacksmith was a skeleton lying on the table. The other book friends looked at it normally.
We avoided the axe warriors in the distance and snuck into the second city wall. The undead's guard was far too weak. Perhaps they had never imagined that humans would be able to break through the blockade of the Night Creature army in the outer forest. That was why they had let their guard down.
Ahead, a purple light shot out from Monarch City, illuminating the buildings in the city.
Prince Cloudway shuddered. "We're here. I can feel the core of the Eye of Purgatory. Goddammit, they really are summoning souls from purgatory!
Let's go and take a look at the scale and power of the Eye of Purgatory! "
"Your Highness, it's better to be careful," I warned.
Cloudway nodded. "Yes, I understand!"
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There were 15 undead soldiers guarding the entrance of the palace. They were all Level 210 dread-rank mobs, and one of them was a Level 210 Immortal Rank miniboss wielding a fiery red longsword. It was none other than the Bloodblade Ghost General, a Level 210 Immortal Rank miniboss.
Lin Yixin said hurriedly, "Cloudway, leave these undead to us. It won't be too late to enter the palace after we take care of them, right?"
Cloudway nodded. "Thank you, young warriors!"
Alright, it was time for us to harvest experience and equipment.
I gripped my Cyan Netherworld Sword and walked at the forefront of the party. "I'll use Dragon Slaying Slash to aggro the mobs, so I should be able to aggro 7 Undead Soldiers and a Bloodblade Ghost General. I'll tank the Bloodblade Ghost General, and the three of you can deal with the remaining 7 Undead Soldiers. Sis, make sure to heal us from both sides.
"Got it."
He raised his sword, and a green sword light descended from the sky and slammed into the Bloodblade Ghost General's head, causing a huge damage number — 29837 — to pop up above his head. The rest of the readers were dumbfounded.
"Roar roar! Die, you damned invader!"
The Bloodblade Ghost General charged toward me angrily. The 9 undead soldiers beside him were aggroed by the Bloodblade Ghost General, and they actually charged me together. Thankfully, it wasn't all 15 of them!
Clang clang clang!
The Bloodblade Ghost General's longsword struck my shield three times in a row, and it hurt like hell. Fuck, this miniboss's Attack is insane!
I swiftly moved to Lin Yixin's side and executed Thousand Ice Slash + Burning Blade Slash + Ice Flame Slash + Ice Purgatory. The Phantom Wolf King's Purgatory Storm, Lian Xin's Ice Spiral Matrix, Dimensional Storm, Beiming Xue's Spiraling Blade, and Lian Xin's pet's Ghost Chariot Slash were enough to reduce the Level 210 dread-rank mobs to less than 50% HP in an instant. Even the NPCs were stunned by this level of DPS.
Lin Yixin's positioning was so good that she looked like a beautiful butterfly pinning down a bunch of undead soldiers. She kept herself at arm's length and didn't forget to deal damage at the same time.
The battle was over in less than three minutes. All 15 undead soldiers had died, and I had pinned down the Bloodblade Ghost General until the very end.
"Pa da!"
A pair of Earth-grade boots dropped to the ground. The Bloodblade Ghost General had dropped some good stuff this time, so I tossed them to Lin Yixin. It was about time I gave something to Snowy Cathaya.
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Cloudway stared at the empty palace entrance and said impatiently, "Alright, let's go in. I want to see who the hell summoned those devils from the purgatory is!"
"Mn."
A group of people rushed into the palace. The intense purple light was unbearable, and the stairs leading to the palace entrance revealed a gigantic black whirlpool. Purple lightning crackled around the whirlpool, and it looked exactly the same as the Eye of the Purgatory that Coldblade had summoned in the past!
The Eye of the Purgatory's power had completely crushed the stones on the stairs, but there were still a lot of them being sucked into the vortex. The summoning formation was still expanding, and the Eye of the Purgatory was connected to another plane of existence. Sinister looking Corpse Eaters leaped out of the purple light and ran toward the back of the palace. There was a city road leading to a forest, and the Night Creature army was growing stronger and stronger. It was this teleportation method.
"Dammit!"
Prince Cloudway clenched his fists and gritted his teeth as he stared at the necromancers standing on the stairs. Suddenly, Cloudway's eyes filled with shock and disbelief. He yelled, "No … no way! How could this be? Don't tell me … you're the one who wants to destroy the kingdom …"
An old mage dressed in black robes was smiling sinisterly at the top of the stairs and holding a scepter in his hand. Suddenly, he pulled down his hood to reveal an old face shrouded in black energy. He smiled at Cloudway and said, "Oh, you're finally here, my child, my best student, the prince of the empire, Cloudway!"
"Impossible … this is impossible …"
Cloudway gritted his teeth and shouted angrily, "Mentor Dios!
You're my mentor and my father's mentor. You've lived for more than 300 years, and you're the Founding Magus of our empire! Why are you loyal to Ovia the Bloody Finger? Why did you activate the powerful Eye of Purgatory teleportation array for him?!
We finally understood why Cloudway was so angry. The person controlling the Eye of the Purgatory was none other than the founding magus of Vanished God City, the Holy Devil?
Dios (Immortal Rank Boss) Level 215 Magic Attack:???
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Introduction: A former Grand Magus of the Vanished God Empire. He has cultivated for 300 years and is extremely powerful. His understanding of magic has reached the peak, and he is the guide of several generations of kings of the Vanished God Empire. Unfortunately, Dios is far from satisfied with his own strength. He seeks even greater power, so he chose to submit to Ovia the Bloody Finger. He is willing to serve him and betray the empire...
Dios suddenly smiled at the angry young prince. "Don't be angry, my child, Cloudway. Everyone else, please read normally."
Cloudway raised his sword and asked angrily, "Why did you betray the empire?"
Dios smiled sinisterly. "Betray?
What is betrayal? What is loyalty?
Cloudway, you are still too young to understand the meaning of betrayal. I, Dios, have lived in the Vanished God Empire for more than three hundred years, and I'm still at the mercy of others. I've seen the so-called nobles' anger at the peasants, and I've seen the lies, compromises, and deceit of those in power time and time again. I've seen through all the hypocrisy in the world, and if betrayal can't be changed, then I'll destroy everything! "
"No!"
Cloudway unsheathed his sword and pointed it at his former mentor, shouting angrily, "No! You can change your royal authority and make the citizens loyal to you one step at a time, but once you fall into the abyss, you will be disloyal to humanity! Today, I will stop you from falling any further! My mentor, I will kill you!"
Dios burst into laughter when he heard Cloudway say that he was going to kill his mentor. "Alright, let me see how much you've improved over the past few years. Cloudway, I'm going to kill you, the future star of the empire, without mercy. I'm going to make that mediocre ruler suffer so much that he'll wish he was dead, hahaha …"
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Clang clang!
Both Lin Yixin and I unsheathed our swords at the same time and prepared to fight the Level 215 Immortal Rank boss!