Chapter 299

A rotten, foul, and unpleasant odor spread with the appearance of the thousands of Undead; the fear that the living feel when facing the Undead was mixed with this nauseating, disgusting smell.

It made some timid demi-humans vomit directly!

Across the entire battlefield, all the demi-humans stopped fighting, looking blankly and fearfully at the Undead crawling out from underground.

Even the group of beast-bodied quadrupedal demi-humans who were besieging Gao Jin stopped their hands.

A brief silence!

"Ah!"

A viscera egg ejected a blood-smeared intestine from its twisted, wriggling flesh, binding the nearest demi-human and dragging it into its abdomen.

Screams rang out.

It broke this eerie, panicked atmosphere.

As the "Hero King" Base with the highest prestige on the battlefield, he immediately roared through a magic item amplifier: "Everyone stop fighting, deal with these Undead first!"

As soon as the words fell!

"Hero King" Base's face showed a solemnity never seen before, holding his shield and gripping the one-handed heavy sword named "Sand Shooter."

"Hekete Weishi! And that Ogre, Gao Jin!"

"Assist me, let's take down this necromancer first!"

"Hero King" Base shouted at the two strongest demi-humans on the battlefield.

He had heard that there were necromancers among humans who could summon Undead, but they could only summon one or two at most.

A situation like this, where thousands were summoned in one breath, had never appeared even in legends, let alone having been seen before.

This was definitely a magic caster who could be described as "terrifying"!

Facing such a formidable enemy, even "Hero King" Base, this proud King of Demi-humans, had to adopt a strategy of encirclement, which only the weak would do.

On the cliff.

Tang Zheng looked down at the Alliance Leader, who had instantly become the enemy of all demi-human races, and frowned slightly.

Making himself the target of everyone's hostility?

7th Rank Magic: "Undead Army."

It can summon thousands of Undead and belongs to a special type of rank magic; it looks grand in scale, but in reality, it is just a group of low-rank Undead.

Such magic.

Tang Zheng didn't even have the interest to spend skill points to learn it.

At this moment, there were tens of thousands of demi-humans on the battlefield, and the thousand or so Undead would be wiped out by this group of demi-humans before long.

What is the point of doing this?

Tang Zheng lowered his head and looked at Na Sulini, the Magic-Manifesting person he was holding, who had only one breath left.

He had already learned the whole story from the other party's mouth; he had originally thought that everything today was the Alliance Leader's doing.

After all, this inexplicable war was deliberately provoked by the Alliance Leader killing "Black Steel" Mu Wa.

As it turned out, from Na Sulini, he learned that many demi-human races had already noticed something when they were conducting large-scale food trades with humans, but none of them acted rashly.

Instead, they had secretly contacted races like the Magic-Manifesting ones and the Blue Maggots, so even without today's war, the rebellion of the Blue Maggot King and other demi-humans would have happened anyway.

Regarding this situation.

Tang Zheng was neither surprised nor unexpected; he didn't treat these demi-humans as fools, and there was no lack of clever demi-humans in each race.

The original plan was to throw the entire hilly region into chaos, using the ample food and water sources in his hands to win over a batch and kill a batch.

Then, with the help of the "drought" influence.

Quickly complete the rule over the demi-humans, thereby making the Holy Kingdom and the Slane Theocracy feel threatened and forced to intervene.

"Free Will" could also successfully intervene and gain the opportunity to contact the high-level officials of the two countries.

The Holy Kingdom was one thing.

Facing the Slane Theocracy, Tang Zheng's attitude had always been cautious; he had to make contact in a reasonable way.

In this process, the rebellion of the demi-humans was inevitable and necessary; if a forced alliance didn't turn against them on the battlefield, it would be a miracle.

The script Tang Zheng gave himself as this "mysterious red-robed spellcaster" was one of a defeated retreat.

What really surprised him.

Was the change in the situation after the Alliance Leader appeared; he didn't think there was no pushing from the other side in this.

"Khajiit."

Tang Zheng remembered what the other party hadn't said before: "What did you mean when you said before that your Alliance Leader was continuing to complete a ritual left unfinished 20 years ago?"

Khajiit stood aside, cautious and fearful, first nodding, then shaking his head blankly: "At that time, I hadn't joined 【Zuranon】 yet."

"I only heard from other disciples that the incident 20 years ago was an operation the Alliance Leader conducted in an attempt to create a High-Rank Undead through a ritual."

"It's just that it failed in the end; I don't know the specific reason."

Khajiit answered coweringly.

"Creating a High-Rank Undead?" Tang Zheng looked back at the battlefield, somewhat surprised.

"Ye-yes."

Khajiit had no intention of hiding information and hurriedly answered in a panic: "The Undead summoned by relying on 'Undead Summoning' and 'Undead Creation' are mostly limited in strength."

"Like the Bone Dragon summoned by my lord using the 'Orb of Death,' although its strength is not high, it possesses magic immunity, completely countering the power of magic casters!"

"This type of special Undead cannot be created through summoning and creation; what the Alliance Leader wants to create through the ritual is this kind of special High-Rank Undead."

He understood what Khajiit meant.

"Create chaos, use this war, and use the death energy and negative energy generated when demi-humans die to complete this ritual."

Tang Zheng's gaze narrowed slightly; he already understood what the Alliance Leader wanted to do.

The fundamental purpose of the "Undead Army" magic is to use the negative energy generated by summoning thousands of low-rank Undead.

To completely trigger the even more massive negative energy and death energy on the battlefield; this 7th Rank magic is just the prelude to the ritual!

Magic light flickered incessantly in Tang Zheng's eyes; in his field of vision.

Across the entire battlefield.

Strands of negative energy and death energy, invisible to the naked eye, were being pulled by the magic ritual constructed from the large number of demi-human corpses and blood on the ground, continuously converging toward the Alliance Leader's position.

"A big move."

Tang Zheng had had various guesses before, but he really didn't expect the Alliance Leader to have this intention; a thought stirred in his heart, and the magic light in his eyes became even brighter:

"This magic ritual... the Death Spiral Ritual? No, the core is wrong; is it similar to a blood sacrifice ritual core?"

The blurry, massive ritual on the battlefield, its pattern construction gradually connected in Tang Zheng's mind, becoming clear.

If it were in the past, he might not have been able to detect the ritual at all, or even the differences within it, but now, under the influence of the 【Magic Overlord】 passive ability "Magic Master."

Tang Zheng could easily distinguish the difference between the ritual the Alliance Leader set up and the "Death Spiral Ritual."

Although they were the same framework, the core had changed!

Tang Zheng observed with all his might, and a terrifying magic and pressure gradually radiated from his body, making the surrounding air seem to become viscous at this moment.

The Mist Witch and Khajiit both had cold sweat on their foreheads and found it difficult to breathe.

"Should I intervene?"

While analyzing and observing the entire ritual, this thought emerged in Tang Zheng's mind.

"No."

Tang Zheng's gaze revealed a sharp glint, and he thought to himself.

Although the Alliance Leader's appearance disrupted his original layout and plan, the development of the current situation did not contradict his original plan.

The Slane Theocracy's Star-Gazing Thousand Miles was still watching here; now he didn't even need to find a reason.

The only thing Tang Zheng cared about was whether this ritual could really succeed in creating a "High-Rank Undead."

The "High-Rank Undead" Khajiit referred to might not be the "High-Rank Undead" he imagined.

"Let me see everything you are plotting, Alliance Leader, don't let people down."

Tang Zheng gradually reined in the invisible oppressive feeling released by mobilizing his magic power, thought for a moment, and began to issue instructions:

"Mist."

"Master." The Mist Witch only felt the pressure lift and hurriedly gasped for air to respond.

"Since all the demi-humans have rebelled, then things must have gone wrong on Crusch's side just like ours."

"This subordinate will go immediately!" The Mist Witch was startled and reacted as well; the series of events just now had caused her not to think in this direction at all.

"No need."

Tang Zheng shook his head: "There is no need to worry about Crusch's safety."

"Whether it is to resolve the drought in the hilly region or to make up for the lack of water sources, these demi-humans need Crusch's assistance; she is actually quite safe right now."

"These demi-human races won't trust humans, but they will trust you, who are also demi-humans; you go to Crusch's side now and disguise yourself to assist these demi-humans for the time being."

Hearing the master's instructions.

The panic in the Mist Witch's bright yellow pupils dissipated: "Hehe, this subordinate understands; the master wants us two to act as nails."

"You even know what a 'nail' is." Tang Zheng.

The Mist Witch relaxed and left quickly.

"That."

"My, my lord, what about me." Khajiit spoke in a low voice.

Tang Zheng glanced at Khajiit and returned his gaze to the chaotic battlefield below: "Watch the show."

Khajiit could only shut his mouth; he couldn't see through Tang Zheng at all now, even though he had already emphasized what the Alliance Leader was doing and its danger.

The man in front of him remained indifferent!

A haunting sense of death constantly impacted Khajiit's heart; he was already a dead man in the Alliance Leader's eyes.

To survive.

He could only rely on the mysterious red-robed spellcaster in front of him.

…………

In the short time just now.

More than half of the thousands of summoned Undead had already died; the strength of these low-rank Undead was not high, except for individuals like the viscera eggs.

Most demi-humans could easily deal with these low-level Undead after shaking off their fear.

The Alliance Leader's aura was somewhat weak at this moment; casting 7th Rank magic was not an easy task.

His attention was now only on the three demi-humans.

Gao Jin, "Beast General" Hekete Weishi, and "Hero King" Base!

The three of them pierced through layers of defense lines constructed by the Undead like sharp arrows from three directions, rushing rapidly toward the Alliance Leader's position.

"Stop him, Heavy Armored Skeleton Warrior!"

The Alliance Leader's hoarse voice rang out.

Bang!

The Heavy Armored Skeleton Warrior stomped on the ground, making a muffled sound, and when it ran, its bones rubbed together, emitting a harsh "clack-clack" noise.

It was the first to collide with Gao Jin, blocking him.

"Skeleton Griffin!" said the Alliance Leader.

"Hiss!"

The Skeleton Griffin circling in the sky flapped its wings and dived rapidly from the air, the air hissing wherever it passed.

It also blocked "Beast General" Hekete Weishi.

With the two 5th Rank Undead gone, the Alliance Leader appeared to be protected only by a group of low-rank Undead.

"Sandstorm!"

"Hero King" Base swung the one-handed heavy sword in his hand, releasing a surge of earthy yellow sand from the blade.

It blew away the group of Undead blocking his path; the pervasive yellow sand not only obscured "Hero King" Base's figure but also blocked the Alliance Leader's vision.

The most dangerous thing about a magic caster is their strange and bizarre magic.

"Hero King" Base knew this very well, so he used the magic equipment in his hand to make it impossible for the other party to tell exactly where he was.

"As long as I get close, I win!"

"Hero King" Base moved rapidly in the yellow sandstorm, his sturdy body making no footsteps at all; this was clearly the effect of the magic item shoes on his feet.

Swish—

The figure with silver-white hair had already circled behind the Alliance Leader in the blink of an eye, seeing that the Alliance Leader seemed not to have reacted yet.

"Go to hell, human!"

"Hero King" Base sneered inwardly, a ferocious smile on his face, and suddenly rushed over:

"Unhesitating Assault!"

"Strong Arm Heroic Strike!"

"Strong Strike!"

Whoosh!

The golden ornament item on his horns flashed, and the magic item's ability was activated.

"Hero King" Base's massive figure arrived in front of the Alliance Leader in the blink of an eye, and the one-handed heavy sword in his hand slashed down fiercely.

"Dragon Lightning!"

The Alliance Leader, who had been facing away from him, turned around abruptly as if he had discovered him long ago, releasing dazzling blue lightning from his arm.

"Gahaha, I expected you to have means of detection magic."

"Hero King" Base let out a mocking laugh, his left foot exerted force suddenly, and his massive figure had already appeared at the Alliance Leader's side.

How could a magic caster's reaction speed compare to a powerful warrior like him? The act of attacking with full force just now was clearly a feint.

Whoosh!

The one-handed heavy sword slashed.

Boom!

A black giant tower shield, two meters tall and emitting death energy, appeared out of thin air to block the Alliance Leader's side.

"A shield?"

"Hero King" Base was momentarily stunned; the swinging blade did not change its move but slashed down with even more violent power:

"Using armor in front of me is a truly stupid move!"

"Weapon Destruction!"

A faint stream of light emerged from "Hero King" Base's entire body, and the blade slashed heavily onto this giant tower shield.

Clang—Dang!!

The one-handed heavy sword slashed onto the black tower shield, emitting a harsh metallic friction hiss and dazzling sparks.

"How... could it be!"

"Hero King" Base widened his eyes; the black tower shield was not only not destroyed, but it didn't even have a single scratch.

(End of chapter)