Chapter 401: The True Monarch Strikes

A storm more violent than any before was brewing outside the military camp. Dark clouds gathered in the sky, a sense of killing intent spread, and the ground trembled as if something terrifying were about to break through the surface.

"Boom— Roar—"

Something unknown seemed to be awakening. Looking out, the surroundings were pitch black; one could only hear sounds like explosions and the constant, distant roars of unknown monsters coming from the darkness.

At this moment, the Ghostly Gods commanding the paper-figure army had already unfurled their respective Ghostly Domains, firmly shrouding the area within a hundred miles of the camp's perimeter.

The sky here was also thick with dark clouds, lightning flashing and thunder rolling. Within those clouds, streaks of sword Qi remained coiled, ready to burst forth at any moment. On the ground, mountains of corpses and seas of blood rose and fell; a vast number of paper-figure soldiers had already been stained red, and layers upon layers of paper cities, walls, and ghosts were spread everywhere.

At the center, the Hundred-Battle General Ghost stood motionless. Beside him, one army after another emerged, and these forces began to march toward the paper-figure army.

Before long, these armies that had appeared out of thin air overlapped and intertwined with the paper-figure army, making it difficult to distinguish the real from the illusory.

Looking from afar, the scale of the paper-figure army seemed to have doubled, with heavy armor and cold weapons everywhere.

The power of the divine statue formation and the Hundred-Battle General Ghost covered the entire paper-figure army, allowing these forces to be instantly reinforced in any direction.

Furthermore, the Tanshi Gui was hiding quietly within the dark clouds, its eyes growing increasingly scarlet as it looked outward, driven by intense hunger and the desire to devour.

The Giant Corpse Demon Ghost still stood on the perimeter, holding a giant axe. The vast stretches of the Underworld soil beneath its feet had already been polluted, and a large number of twisted corpses were constantly expanding outward.

The other two Ghostly Gods had suffered significant damage in the previous round of fighting, but Lin Feng did not care; he simply sacrificed some ghosts to them and let them continue to fight!

The only purpose of these two Ghostly Gods was to hold back enemies of the same level; Lin Feng had no other expectations for them.

Overall, the strength of the paper-figure army had increased by one or two times compared to a short while ago, especially since the Hundred-Battle General Ghost and others had advanced to become Ghostly Gods, making their abilities even more powerful!

"Boom—"

Suddenly, a terrifying shockwave erupted from the darkness outside, and the Hundred-Battle General Ghost immediately began to mobilize the power of the paper-figure army to intercept it.

"Clatter— Boom—"

In an instant, the sea of blood surged, whipping up monstrous waves, and layers of giant walls rose directly from the ground. The two forces, one soft and one hard, collided directly with that special shockwave.

However, in just a split second, the waves of blood were broken through, and the giant walls were pierced with large holes. Fortunately, by the time the shockwave reached the front of the paper-figure army, it had been weakened to the extreme and finally dissipated completely.

"Thump— Thump— Thump—"

"Clatter— Clatter—"

Following this, one dull sound after another rang out, and then more than a dozen giant, rotting beasts—some with bones visible in places—slowly appeared before the paper-figure army.

These beasts had been dead for who knows how many years, yet their remains still retained the savage, ferocious aura of their past.

All the beast carcasses were wrapped in rusted chains or nailed with armor plates of an ancient style.

Through the paper-figure army, Lin Feng recognized at a glance that these beasts belonged to the Underworld Prison. In ancient times, they had been imprisoned there, and later, the Lord of the Underworld Prison had continuously modified them, fusing them with a massive amount of ghostly power until they became what they were now.

Although these beasts looked tattered and broken, their actual strength was extraordinarily formidable; the previous shockwave had been unleashed by just one of them.

"Roar— Roar—"

"Boom!"

As these beasts appeared, they opened their mouths and roared directly at the paper-figure army, and a terrifying shockwave erupted from them instantly.

A violent clash broke out immediately between the defensive perimeter of the paper-figure army and these beast carcasses. Previously, a single beast had been enough to break through the paper-figure army's defenses; now, with more than a dozen of them together, the entire formation began to shake violently.

Even the Tanshi Gui and the Giant Corpse Demon Ghost had to take action before the paper-figure army could withstand the beasts' assault.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

A moment later, streaks of sword light shot toward the beasts, but the beasts didn't even dodge, charging forward head-on against the sword light and forcibly tearing gaps in the formation!

Although the razor-sharp sword light pierced huge wounds into their bodies, it clearly had no effect. The beasts opened their mouths and swallowed large numbers of paper-figure soldiers, and their wounds healed in the blink of an eye.

The Tanshi Gui and the Giant Corpse Demon Ghost moved out one after another to slaughter these beasts, and the Limitless Sword Ghost and Sky-Zombie Thunder Ghost within the paper-figure army also joined the fray.

Almost instantly, the previously stable formation began to show problems, yet the real enemy had not even appeared yet.

"Master, someone is coming toward the camp!"

Inside the camp, the Shuangzi Gui suddenly warned Lin Feng. It was clear that this time, the opponent had no intention of holding back.

"How many? From what direction?"

"There are three! From these three directions!"

"Good, they've come!"

Lin Feng's eyes snapped open, and the Extreme Dao Heaven Ghost, which had been standing like a statue beside him, instantly raised the long spear in its hand.

"Sure-hit! Eradicate!"

The long spear in its hand flew out directly, and at that moment, the surrounding space seemed to be pierced through, instantly hitting one of the targets sneaking toward the camp.

"Pfft."

The spear pierced straight through the target's body, and the target instantly exploded into a mass of filthy blood. The entire process occurred without any extra commotion.

This spear was a terrifying weapon that had once nailed a True Monarch to death. At this moment, it erupted suddenly, and because it ignored spatial distance, even if the target knew it was coming, they could not dodge it.

After successfully killing one target, the spear continued to fly forward, but the next moment, it appeared behind another target, piercing through their body and instantly obliterating them.

Next was the third target, but this time, when the spear appeared beside them, it seemed to encounter some powerful resistance and did not instantly pierce into their body.

"Time has slowed down?"

Lin Feng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he realized what was happening. He subconsciously pointed a finger at the target and uttered the word, "Fix!"

The target could have originally dodged the spear, but due to the influence of Lin Feng's immobilization technique, their movements stiffened slightly, and they were immediately pierced through the body by the spear.

"Impossible!"

This was an old man wearing a deep red burial robe. As he looked at the spear deeply embedded in his chest and then at Lin Feng, who was watching him quietly, his expression was filled with disbelief. ===== CHAPTER 402 =====