Chapter 439: Death Knight

Facing the immense pressure of the powerful Demon Race Undead Army, even the Iron Blood Mercenary Group had to contract their defensive line and resist the undead's attacks with all their might.

The bodies of the Demon Race Undead are quite sturdy; a Level 4 Demon Race Undead requires a Level 5 warrior to cleave it open. Yet, the Demon Race Undead appearing this time were at least Level 4, immediately bringing tremendous pressure upon the Iron Blood Mercenary Group.

Fortunately, the magicians positioned at the rear of the mercenary group simultaneously cast various auxiliary magic, delaying the Undead Army's attack; otherwise, this initial contact would have caused significant casualties to the mercenary group.

"Heh heh, it seems these skeleton frames are not without their uses!" The cloaked figure watched the Iron Blood Mercenary Group below being forced to retreat bit by bit, a wicked smile curling the corners of their mouth. "Rest assured, this is only the first wave; there are even greater gifts waiting for you afterward!"

He clearly remembered Laonuo saying that this was only the first batch of undead he had awakened, and that there would be a continuous stream of undead rushing toward this battlefield afterward. The first batch alone had forced the caravan into this predicament; if another batch came, burying these people completely would certainly not be a problem.

"Now it just depends on when that second batch of the Undead Army arrives."

"There is someone in the shadows!" Chen Jing's gaze swept secretly over a towering boulder in the distance.

Because of the appearance of the undead, she had expanded her sensory abilities to the limit and instantly discovered the cloaked figure in the distance. However, because the distance was too great, she could only sense the direction the other party was in and could not pinpoint their specific location.

Just as the cloaked figure was waiting for the next batch of the Undead Army, Laonuo, who was hidden in the shadows, was facing a huge crisis.

Before him, a person wearing a mask covering the upper half of their face with a dragon shape stood in mid-air, fierce winds howling around their body, as if they were a god.

"Who exactly are you?" Laonuo asked, gritting his teeth.

The mysterious person before him was truly too terrifying. One had to know that he had just summoned a full thousand Demon Race Undead, but before this man, they were no different from paper cutouts, directly torn into fragments. Although he had many enemies, he remembered never having provoked such a powerhouse.

"The undead sleeping here—were they awakened by you?" Lingyun, surrounded by swirling storms, spoke slowly.

"That's right, but what does that have to do with you, Excellency?" Laonuo said, gritting his teeth.

"It certainly has to do with me!" Lingyun's gaze fell upon Laonuo. "If the undead here are awakened due to a chain reaction, the entire Continent will fall into a crisis of destruction!"

"What kind of joke are you telling? What chain reaction? They are merely some undead; without the support of my power, could they even move?" Hearing Lingyun's words, a trace of disdain flashed in Laonuo's eyes, and he said coldly.

No sooner had Laonuo finished speaking than a roar suddenly came from not far away. Hearing this sound, Laonuo's expression could not help but change slightly, and he suddenly turned his head to look in the direction the sound came from. There, the Demon Race skeleton soldiers he had just summoned had somehow all turned into a pile of powder, and at the same time, the ground suddenly bulged into a large mound, and a huge dried corpse crawled out from the earth, letting out a roar.

Sensing the powerful aura emanating from the dried corpse, Laonuo's expression could not help but change. This dried corpse that had just crawled out of the ground was unequivocally a Holy Domain Level 1 existence. Most importantly, he believed that he had never summoned such a thing before; in other words, the Demon Race Undead under his control had sacrificed themselves to summon a higher-level existence without his permission. This situation was clearly a sign of Undead Magic spiraling out of control. Once Undead Magic spirals out of control, the results are unpredictable. And the Undead Mage who causes such a situation is usually wanted and hunted by the entire Continent.

Ignoring the astonished Laonuo on the side, Lingyun turned his gaze to the dried corpse. After the dried corpse appeared, the ground around it suddenly began to squirm, and skeleton hands suddenly broke through the surface and reached out.

Seeing this scene, a flash of lightning suddenly crossed Lingyun's eyes, and a powerful pressure emanated from his body, causing the air around him to distort. Sensing that powerful momentum on Lingyun, Laonuo's expression changed drastically.

In the battle just now, he had exhausted all his means, and even his Crystal Ball, which he regarded as his lifeline, had been smashed to pieces, yet he hadn't made Lingyun's aura fluctuate in the slightest. But now, Lingyun was actively elevating his aura, which made him feel somewhat puzzled—was it really necessary to make such a big fuss over a mere Holy Domain Initial Stage dried corpse?

"Zzzzz..." Purple Thunder suddenly emerged around Lingyun. The Thunder transformed into streaks of electric snakes that slithered around Lingyun, releasing terrifying power. In the blink of an eye, a terrifying Thunder Domain appeared around Lingyun.

Looking at the Thunder Domain around Lingyun, Laonuo felt his hair stand on end. For an Undead Mage who practices Undead Magic, Holy Light, Thunder, and flames are their greatest nemeses. Laonuo believed that if Lingyun had used this kind of Thunder when he attacked him earlier, he could have blasted him into a pile of ashes within a few breaths.

"Purple Heaven Dragon Sword Technique!"

Following Lingyun's low shout, the Thunder Domain around him suddenly boiled, and lifelike Thunder Giant Dragons leaped out from the Thunder Domain, circling around Lingyun and letting out roars of dragons.

"Go!"

Lingyun's hand pointed forward abruptly, and the Thunder Giant Dragons circling him instantly tore through the air and charged toward the dried corpse. If this strike landed on the dried corpse, it would absolutely be able to turn it completely into fly ash. Even Laonuo on the side was sighing that Lingyun's strike was simply making a mountain out of a molehill.

Just as the Thunder Dragon was about to touch the dried corpse, a sudden change occurred; an angry roar came from deep underground, as if some ancient fierce beast had awakened. Massive bone shields suddenly rose from the ground, blocking the front of the dried corpse. Within just a few breaths, twenty-two massive bone shields stood before the dried corpse.

"Boom!" The Thunder Giant Dragon slammed heavily into the bone shields, emitting a violent roaring sound. The powerful shockwave instantly swept across the surroundings, blasting the surrounding Demon Race skeleton soldiers into fragments.

"What is this?" Looking at the bone shields that had suddenly risen from the ground, Laonuo's expression could not help but change.

"Crack, crack..." The ground suddenly shattered, and a tall figure slowly stepped out from underground, carrying a terrifying murderous aura.

"A Death Knight transformed from a Devil Knight?" Lingyun's eyes narrowed slightly, the lightning around him flickering.

The Death Knight that crawled out from underground let out a roar, his figure instantly crossing a distance of several hundred meters and appearing before Lingyun. He raised the Long sword in his hand high, the Long sword wreathed in a terrifying Death Qi, and slashed heavily down toward Lingyun.

"Thunder Sword!" Lingyun gave a low shout, and the Thunder Domain around him suddenly contracted, condensing in his hand into a deep purple Long sword.

The two swords slammed heavily together, and invisible air waves spread outward with the two as the center, causing cracks to appear on the ground. A powerful force field formed around their bodies, causing cracks to appear on the ground around them.

"Get lost!" A flash of lightning crossed Lingyun's eyes, and thunder light bloomed around his body, blasting the Death Knight before him away.

As soon as the Death Knight landed, a powerful Death Qi surged around him, and a tall Devil skeleton horse appeared by his side. The Death Knight vaulted onto the horse, and the great sword in his hand suddenly transformed into a knight's lance. The Devil skeleton horse lowered its head slightly, snorted, and suddenly kicked the ground with all four limbs, turning into a streak of light with the Death Knight and charging toward Lingyun.

"Devil Charge, is it?"

Lingyun had seen plenty of such charges; if it were on a battlefield, the full-force charge of a Holy Domain Devil Knight would be enough to pierce through a heavy infantry phalanx. The Thunder Sword in his hand left his grasp, the tip of the sword aimed at the charging Death Knight, and the sword body began to spin rapidly. A purple Thunder Dragon emerged from the sword body, letting out a silent roar toward the charging Death Knight.

In the blink of an eye, the lance tip and the sword tip slammed heavily together, and a massive beam of light shot into the sky amidst a violent roar, shaking the entire Stone Forest.