Chapter 136: The Counterfeit Undead Empire

The entire squad of Holy Knights was blasted to death, leaving only one Holy Spirit Angel bound in holy burial shrouds, eyes covered, lying quietly.

Ang took advantage of the moment to stuff it into the Palace of Rest, then proceeded to examine the little angel's body. The moment his finger touched its skin, it hissed and emitted white smoke.

"Eh? Such pure holy light power. Has the little one turned into a true angel?" Negris flew over, curiously poking it with a small claw, which immediately resulted in another puff of white smoke.

At the same time, a searing pain shot into Negris's soul, as if it had been scalded.

Filin came over to poke it curiously, then retracted his hand with a hiss.

Miss Lisha came over to poke it curiously, then retracted her hand with an 'ouch'.

Lan came over, Anna came over, the little zombie came over, the little zombie, the little zombie, the little zombie.

"Ao!" The impatient little angel punched the little zombie right in the eye socket, causing it to smoke.

"It seems it really has become a Holy Spirit. Very pure holy light power, and it carries a soul-searing force. I thought my claw had blistered." Negris remarked.

Miss Lisha asked, puzzled, "How can this be? Why isn't the little angel's soul harmed? Holy light should be the first thing to sear its soul."

"Ang is shielding it. No matter how strong the holy light is, it can't burn away a soul protected by the God of the Undead."

"Then why didn't its body turn to ash when it released Holy Light Flash just now?" Filin asked.

"Because its body was restored by true holy light—a true angelic vessel. It won't conflict with Holy Light Flash."

"Does that mean it can release Holy Light Flash anytime, anywhere from now on?" Miss Lisha's eyes lit up.

"Shall we test it?" Everyone turned their gaze toward Ang.

Ang nodded at the little angel.

The little angel pushed its palms forward, releasing a small cluster of holy light as if exhaling a sigh.

"It needs recharging. It might be out of energy," Negris noted.

Ang channeled holy light to replenish the little angel. After 'gnawing' on holy light equivalent to over ninety Rank 1 Purification Spells, the little angel tilted its head and let out an "Ao."

"It says it needs that long to release it again," Ang translated for everyone.

"Uh, how long is 'that long'?" Negris asked.

Ang converted the time: "Three hours."

"Ai..." Miss Lisha sighed in disappointment. "I had already imagined Ang carrying the little angel, recharging it along the way, and 'bang-bang-banging' enemies into oblivion. What a pity, three hours."

Everyone imagined the scene Miss Lisha described and sighed in disappointment.

Negris said irritably, "Even a Six-Winged Angel couldn't release it continuously; the vessel wouldn't withstand it. This is already fast enough. It used to take two days to recover after one release."

Previously, it took the little angel two days to recover its body after one Holy Light Flash.

After checking the little angel's body, everyone finally turned their attention to Filin and Miss Lisha. Negris asked, "What's going on with these Holy Knights?"

Filin replied, "We don't know either. We were very smooth on the way back from the Dark Face City. Once we got on the new road, these Holy Knights appeared and chased us all the way back."

Jielisi bowed to Ang before speaking: "These Holy Knights are enemies who have been wandering around the Dark Face City for years. They must have been tracking us, wanting to find out where we were going, which is why they followed."

"Wandering?" Negris didn't quite understand the term.

Filin explained, "It's like this: their 'Dark Face City' isn't really a city, but a massive underground cave system spread across a rocky hill area. It covers several thousand square kilometers with exits everywhere, like a giant anthill. It's even larger than our Lich City. It would be impossible to blockade all the entrances and exits without hundreds of thousands of troops."

"That's why the Church of Light has stationed a Bai Yin Knight Order there to guard and search the area. We must have been spotted when we left, and they followed us quietly, hoping for a bigger harvest. They just didn't expect a road to suddenly appear in the desert, allowing us to run back in one go."

Negris nodded in understanding. Having been to Lich City, one look at the scale of such a massive underground space made it clear why it couldn't be blockaded by a small force.

"What's the situation there now? What about the bacteria that corrodes undead? Did you bring it back?" Negris asked.

"We brought it back, and we also brought back a patient. The people of Dark Face City said they would pay any price if we could save him," Filin said.

Negris glanced behind them, his gaze finally landing on the horse-like object wrapped tightly in cloth, occasionally leaking death energy.

"You brought back a 'patient'?" Negris emphasized the word 'patient'.

"Well, not exactly a person," Jielisi ran over to the horse-like object, took out a box, and placed it on the ground.

"This box... can it hold a 'patient'?" Negris asked suspiciously. The box was only thirty centimeters in length, width, and height; it couldn't possibly hold a person, even if they were dismantled.

Finally, Anna went over and opened the box. She was a living human, so she didn't need to fear the bacteria that 'corrodes undead'.

As the box opened, a golden skull inside clattered its jaw and roared with its soul: "You despicable wretches, how dare you treat me, Jin Ya Ge Ben, like this! When my King descends, he will surely tear you all to shreds!"

Negris signaled Anna to close the box and asked, puzzled, "What's going on?"

Filin said, "According to the information I gathered in Dark Face City, this Jin Ya Ge Ben claims to be an envoy of the Undead Empire. Some time ago, he appeared near Dark Face City with a squad of Bai Yin Skeletons, demanding that the undead of Dark Face City pledge allegiance to the Undead Empire. Before the leadership could decide, this golden skeleton fell ill. Its body kept rotting until only the head remained."

"The Bai Yin Skeletons he brought suffered the same fate. From then on, this bacteria began spreading in Dark Face City, infecting more and more undead. Yet, this Jin Ya Ge Ben insists that Dark Face City sabotaged him and demands they pay the price."

"Jielisi was also infected, but she recovered after being touched by the Lord's holy light. The people of Dark Face City were overjoyed and wanted to come and pay their respects to the Lord, but it's not easy for them to leave the city. They can't leave all at once, or the Bai Yin Knight Order will easily discover them."

Negris couldn't listen to the rest: The Undead Empire? Someone is impersonating the Undead Empire?