Chapter 886: Purifying the Hero Tomb

Watching the army of skeletons slowly advancing toward the defensive line across the mountains and plains, even Laobobo could not help but gasp; the oppressive feeling given off by this slow, unstoppable momentum was truly immense.

"Fire Rain Meteor, fire!" Just as the skeleton army entered the attack range of the garrison, Laobobo shouted the order.

When dealing with undead creatures, light-type magic is most effective, followed by fire-type and nature-type. To cope with all kinds of possible situations, the garrison had naturally prepared a large number of Magic Scrolls, and now, in this place, they were finally put to use.

Streaks of crimson light shot up from the city walls, and in an instant, streaks of red light appeared in the sky. The streaks of light, wrapped in terrifying heat waves, flew rapidly toward the ground; only when they were close did one realize they were clearly giant stones burning fiercely.

The giant stones slammed into the phalanx of the skeleton army, instantly inciting sky-high waves of fire and shockwaves. The skeletons hit head-on by the Fire Rain Meteor were turned into fly ash almost instantly, and the skeletons around them were also blown away by the air waves, subsequently turning into ashes within the waves of fire.

Although the bombardment of the Fire Rain Meteor disrupted the formation of the skeleton army, the skeleton army still moved toward the city walls with unwavering determination. This is also one of the most terrifying aspects of the undead; they do not feel fear, they only firmly execute the orders they have received, destroying everything in their path.

Seeing large numbers of skeletons turn into fly ash under the Fire Rain Meteor, Laobobo's brows furrowed even tighter. From the start of the battle until now, he had not seen any high-level undead make a move. Laobobo did not believe that there were no high-level undead in such a massive skeleton army; after all, without high-level undead in command, this skeleton army would have scattered long ago. So, what exactly was the reason that those high-level undead had not made a move?

Suddenly, a possibility occurred to Laobobo, and his heart sank. It was that the high-level undead commanding this skeleton army believed there was no need for them to act at all, and that this skeleton army alone was enough to flatten their defensive line.

Thinking of this, a trace of anger rose in Laobobo's heart; the enemy did not look at them as anything at all. But then, a sense of powerlessness rose in his heart; the fact that the opponent looked down on them meant the opponent had absolute confidence in being able to deal with them, and in a crushing manner at that.

Now, Laobobo's only hope was that reinforcements would arrive as soon as possible, and the fact that the opponent had only sent out the skeleton army as cannon fodder meant they could delay for a longer time; he hoped this could become the help they needed to survive.

While the garrison of the Hero Tomb and the skeleton army were at war, a Space Array suddenly opened above the Hero Tomb, and Lingyun and the two others stepped out from the Space Array.

"Is this place the Hero Tomb of the Norton Empire?" Lingyun looked at the cemetery below, his tone filled with a trace of curiosity; after all, when he last left the God-Given Continent, the Norton Empire did not have a Hero Tomb.

"That's right, this place is the Hero Tomb." Aiweier nodded.

After her reincarnation, she had slipped out of the Morning Light Forest many times to travel all over the Continent, so she had naturally seen the Hero Tomb.

"No, it seems there is a problem with this Hero Tomb." Aiweier's expression changed slightly as she looked at the Hero Tomb below; she felt a powerful undead aura from within it.

"If everyone buried in the Hero Tomb becomes an undead, that would be quite a big trouble; it's better not to let this situation happen!" Oufeina said, and golden light began to rise around her. "Great Purification Art!"

Vast light flowed out from Oufeina, enveloping the entire Hero Tomb. The Death Qi within the Hero Tomb seemed to sense a crisis and suddenly began to boil, and the various graves within the Hero Tomb also began to shake. But they no longer had a chance; the light descending from the sky forcibly dispersed the Death Qi, strangling the yet-to-emerge Undead Resurrection in the cradle.

A shrill roar sounded from the cemetery, and a skeleton with six arms suddenly broke through the soil, wanting to pounce toward Oufeina.

But the moment this skeleton broke through the soil, the ground beside it suddenly burst, and three giant vines drilled out from the ground, wrapping directly around its body.

The bound six-armed skeleton struggled desperately, and the Death Qi boiled frantically within it, wanting to erode the vines binding it. But the vines binding the six-armed skeleton were not ordinary objects either; green light circulated on the vines, actually continuously dissolving the Death Qi on the six-armed skeleton's body.

"Crack, crack—"

As the vines tightened continuously, cracks also appeared on the skeleton of the six-armed skeleton, and these cracks were still constantly expanding. Finally, with a crisp sound, the six-armed skeleton was completely crushed by the vines, turning into a pile of broken bones on the ground.

After the six-armed skeleton disappeared, the rioting Death Qi in the Hero Tomb suddenly quieted down, returning to its original calm appearance.

"I have already cleared away the Death Qi; the rest is up to you. You are more skilled at this than I am!" Oufeina looked toward Aiweier beside her.

Aiweier nodded, and specks of green light drifted out from her body, scattering toward the Hero Tomb below. Once these light spots touched the plants in the Hero Tomb, they instantly merged with the plants. The plants that absorbed the light spots began to grow, condensing into small flower buds one by one. As the flower buds gradually bloomed, the Hero Tomb was also stained with a bit of color, gaining a trace of vitality.

"Natural Protection?" Looking at the Hero Tomb shrouded in the aura of nature, Oufeina nodded slightly.

These blooming flowers all contained powerful Natural Power. If one wanted to launch Undead Magic in this place to awaken the dead here, they would first have to eliminate all the Natural Power here. But to eliminate the Natural Protection laid down by Aiweier, one would have to be at least on par with Aiweier. In other words, if the God of Death did not come in person, it would be impossible to awaken the dead here.

While Lingyun and the three others erased the possibility of the Hero Tomb becoming a member of the undead, the situation on the side of the Hero Tomb garrison had already become precarious.

Although the garrison poured all their firepower onto the skeleton army, the number of skeletons was simply too large; for every skeleton knocked down, two, three, or even ten or a hundred would fill the gap.

"If we keep fighting like this, even if the enemy doesn't fight back, we'll be exhausted to death!" A Pawn pulled the longbow in his hand, and large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead one after another.

"Damn it, they've already approached the city walls!" Laobobo reached out and released a giant whirlwind, blowing away a large group of skeletons, but he still could not stop the advance of the skeleton army.

Just at this moment, the skeleton army had already reached the base of the city walls. Large numbers of skeletons scattered and piled up as skeletons, actually forcibly using their own bodies to stack up a passage as high as the city walls.

"Oh no!"

When the first skeleton climbed onto the top of the wall, Laobobo's expression finally changed. Their greatest advantage and reliance was the tall city wall; now that the skeleton army had breached the city wall, what they would have to face would be the most brutal hand-to-hand combat.