Chapter 544: Undead Catastrophe VS Fourth Catastrophe

Wen Di Ge's words were cut‑and‑dried, but unfortunately the situation won't change just because of his guarantee.

"Um, okay, that's about it! Hey, fine, not yet, oh! Good, ah… haha, I didn't expect them to still have big iron lumps, haha."

Even though he's almost turned into a battlefield reporter, these tens of thousands of armed workers just won't die; instead they've begun a counter‑offensive in some regions.

The Wolf King is too embarrassed to slap the National Teacher's face, so he can only laugh along, nodding at the ugly battlefield situation.

…perhaps after the most awkward ten minutes of their lives…

"Your Majesty! Good news, Your Majesty!"

"What is it?"

"I've figured it out; they're not just laborers at all, but elite troops sent by humans—otherwise how could they be this strong!"

Wolf King: …

After a moment of silence, he could only give a ceremonial acknowledgment.

"Uh, haha, right."

The Wolf King, regrettably soft‑handed, is willing to give Lao Yang Tou face, but a sly, treacherous player would not.

Ten minutes is already enough for them to muster their forces.

Moreover, this battle isn't against the orderly Royal Court regulars, but against a bunch of useless undead who only go "uh‑uh‑ah‑ah" and act on instinct.

So this time the High Tower Community lifted restrictions entirely; players can come whenever they want, as long as they don't backstab their brothers, with no real‑world repercussions!

Hehe, out in the world, you assign your own identity; tonight on the wasteland, you earn your own experience!

Thus, in the distant white, tranquil forest, beneath countless startled birds, the true Southern Giant Cockroach joined the battlefield!

"Charge!"

"Alright, I'm charging!"

"Now you can't not charge!"

The reason the Aberrations can, like legendary beasts, earn a category beyond the five major species is that they are very special.

Some fear light, some fear fire, and some fear garlic and mithril, living like game NPCs, faithfully following the Beast‑Chess rules.

And the steep price yields them many bizarre abilities, including powerful constructs like bloodlines and proxy evil spirits.

Precisely because of their existence, Aberrations have become the most dreaded among the seven major species, spawning many terrifying legends in the cold night wind.

After all, lazy dragons and diligent angels are hard to locate, but a muttering ghost might be spotted by a glance under the bed.

So Wen Di Ge is confident about his Undead Catastrophe; these skeletons and zombies look deadly, how could they possibly be…

"Whoa, awesome, there really is a living zombie! I have to let it bite me right now to feel it!"

"Family, look, I ripped the skull soldier's head off! Ouch, it's still crack‑crack moving!"

"Experience! Experience!! Ah, experience!!!"

Can't help it; the players are all veteran old warriors.

Not to mention the gentle game Double Moon Struggle with its built‑in harmony system, they usually go wild with horror movies, novels, and games.

And originally Ji Ming, to crank up the difficulty for players, specially set them up with a Soul‑Spirit Tower challenge; that thing is a truly intense haunted house.

So if the game hadn't equipped them with weapons, it would be fine; perhaps fleeing unarmed would be thrilling.

The problem is now the players not only have weapons, but all are big, flashy gear; they have magic, and also righteous Qi that counters Aberrations!

And unlike the most useless firearms in Earth horror works, guns in this world can harm not only zombies but even untouchable ghosts.

As for the logic behind all this…

Considering that Daoists are roughly equivalent to Eastern exorcists, and that the origin of firearms is the black gunpowder they accidentally refined.

Man! Since even water in a church can drown Satan, isn't it only natural that the wondrous Eastern black fire could scorch a Cain?

So it's not just guns; cannons work too, not just tanks—rockets work, even magical mechs bearing two Gatling guns have been deployed!

The Skeleton Giant, Wen Di Ge's proud elite unit, a super executioner that can take on a squad of Wolf Soldiers single‑handed without disadvantage.

Some level‑10 to 20 players might still run wild, but against a similarly sized magical mech, their heads get blown off in less than three rounds.

"This can't be!"

The incoherent Wen Di Ge stared dumbfounded; that thing is about level 40, and dies in an instant? This horse‑stepping is too much!

Unfortunately, perhaps that's life; there are many more unfair things in this world, and getting angry won't help.

So after the idle guild players swept a swath of undead, the regular armies of various nations lined up neatly and stepped onto the battlefield.

Armored divisions, mechanized brigades, aerial formations, more and better Miss Katyusha, and a superhero organization brimming with (non‑existent) hope and friendship.

Catastrophe?

Disaster!

Before a true catastrophe, the Undead Catastrophe is negligible.

But clearly our side is falling back inch by inch, while the Wolf King merely smiles and sighs, and only after he has had his fill of Wen Di Ge's disgrace does he speak softly.

"National Teacher, these humans seem quite competent, huh."

Lao Yang Tou's bony frame actually broke a sweat this time, wiping and nodding.

"Indeed, Your Majesty Wolf King, it seems we must give it our all."

"Hmm."

The Wolf King, who already sees himself as a protector of A Xi Bao, lifts his head slightly and proclaims loudly.

"Relay my command: release the White Tiger King!"

"Ugh… uh…"

Accompanied by a heavy, distant hum, the Titan Undead stretches out a hand and tears the chain bound around its neck.

The layered suppression magic pressing on the White Tiger is removed by Wen Di Ge, restoring the vigor of a level‑70 super‑strong magical beast.

And the first thing it does after the seal is lifted is plant its four paws on the ground, howl skyward, and let its powerful roar blanket the arena.

The tiger roars through the forest, seizing hearts and souls, like a heavenly blade hanging overhead.

For a moment, every sentient being in the arena felt as if a brilliantly patterned ferocious tiger were howling beside their ears.

Under such oppressive pressure, an instinctual fear inherited from distant ancestors rumbled incessantly, making them feel a vague pain throughout their bodies…

No, this is not a hallucination!

Because in the next instant they were shocked to discover that dreadful cracks were actually appearing on their bodies, one after another!

Indeed, this is no ordinary roar; it's an acoustic weapon loaded with icy murderous intent!

The Frost Forest Tiger Man's innate skill, as a golden lineage, delivers a truly astonishing full‑map AOE, far surpassing Gua Zi Ge's Water Drop!

Moreover, this damage ignores friend or foe; if the living players on our side are only wounded, then many soul‑fire‑unstable skeletons are shattered on the spot by the roar.

Especially the undead Giant nearest the White Tiger, whose half‑body cracked widely as if a mischievous child had gotten wet in winter.

"Awo—"

And the hurtful creature didn't hold back; it hurled the white Haji Mi on its shoulder down to the ground with force.

"Roar!"

That hit wasn't easy on the White Tiger, and the big cat still has some pride; it stopped attacking people, turned back and began huffing at the Giant.

Both are powerful beings built on a level‑70 foundation; if they were to grapple, who would win is truly uncertain, as each possesses the strength to threaten the other's life.

Thus, the Giant, sensing the White Tiger's hostility, let out another angry roar, lowered its body, and tried to seize it for a few more strikes.

However, the White Tiger, swift‑eyed and quick‑handed, not only deftly evaded the Giant's toss, but also snapped back, clamping its jaws tightly around the Giant's wrist.

"Roar!"

"Ah— this."

The players, busy drinking healing potions and waiting for their HP to refill, were stunned by the sight.

What the heck is going on?

Where's the promised dual‑boss fight?

Why are the bosses fighting each other?

Wolf King and Wen Di Ge were equally baffled.

What the heck is happening?

We were supposed to have a smooth push all the way.

Why is our own ultimate weapon turning on each other?

"Stop fighting! Halt, you stop fighting!"

Wen Di Ge rushed forward to tweak the data, lowering the conflict coefficient between the Titan undead and the Primordial White Tiger, which caused them to redirect all their hatred toward the living humans on the ground.

But Lao Yang Tou was thrilled; the players were now doomed,

Both this man and the tiger are born with the ability to love, and a single tremor can cause a mass of bodies to collapse, a single roar can make everyone fall flat.

On the players' side, although both the fodder troops and the elite core are plentiful to a deadly degree, they lack any top‑tier power above level 70.

Without qualified top‑pillar units to hold the BOSS, they were quickly overwhelmed, being forced back step by step by the encircling undead army.

It's not that no one tried to recreate the previous feat of surrounding and slaying the two great demon kings, such as the few super‑powered heroes from the White Eagle family.

Although each looked rather frightening, they rushed forward at once to fight for their patron's votes.

However, even the Bison‑people and White‑Fox people, despite being variants of the Bull‑people and Fox‑people, are merely bronze bloodlines; being comparable to half‑elves or centaurs is already a lofty achievement.

But the Frost Forest Tiger Men and the Titan Giants before us are genuine golden bloodlines; even if their minds are not fully intact, they are not the kind of foes the two demon kings can easily swindle.

In other words, players might be able to sweat it out and slaughter the two level‑70 early‑game masters, but if they encounter a fully‑charged level‑70 ultimate perfection—an unparalleled contemporary sky‑pride—they'll only be massacred.

But!

As everyone knows, the way to level up in Yangyue World is to grind experience; strictly speaking, it means killing as many different creatures in as great numbers as possible.

The more you kill, and the more brutally you kill, the faster you grow stronger.

Thus, at this critical moment, a group of top players led by Bagua You Shen bypassed the two giants and charged straight into the wave of undead calamity.

"Kill! Level up quickly!"

"All I have here are skeleton giants; if you haven't eaten a few, hurry up and level up!"

"Blood clan! I caught three blood‑sucking things; trade them for as many witches as possible!"

Wolf King immediately saw the Pioneers' intent and hurriedly ordered Wen Di Ge to find a way to encircle them, lest the undead calamity become someone else's experience pack.

How could Wen Di Ge not know this? Yet these top players are as slippery as loaches; ordinary undead can't even snag their cloaks.

So Wolf King tried to command the White Tiger to fall back, but the little tiger, while agile, doesn't distinguish friend from foe; instead of catching humans, it inadvertently healed its own minions, gaining a level.

—Hohoho, this is all experience fodder!

"Damn!"

Moreover, to break the stalemate, each of these players entered the enemy rear with a death‑defying resolve, so their leveling efficiency and speed were extremely high.

So that by the time Wolf King and Wen Di Ge finally wiped their faces and decided to act personally, a lucky survivor had already successfully reached level 70.

"Kids, don't be scared, I'm coming!"

The first, naturally, was Bagua You Shen; there's no other way—Shui Di Ren Zhu Li works like that, just crashing wherever pointed.

And as a man who has been basking in the spotlight since the Battle of Falling God Mountain, he's popular not only in Huaxia but worldwide.

Thus, upon reaching level 70 and advancing to the next tier of the Iron Guard profession tree—'War Iron Guard'—he also became a quasi‑god.

On the surface, the water droplet made of divine mystic ice became even smoother, its cold glint under sunlight looking purely metallic.

But that wasn't enough; Gua Zi Ge took a sixty‑level skeleton monster whose head he had blasted off as a framework, and directly attached it to its neck.

He then extended the icy flesh over its entire body, encasing the skeleton like solid flesh, shaping it into a lion‑like behemoth.

Up to this point, everything seems rather meaningless, since the resulting glacier beast lacks any real compatibility.

Let alone two giants, even the two former Beast Kings would likely disintegrate on the spot, becoming a laughingstock.

But if Guazi Ge's "Zheng Qi Nourishing Body Technique" breaks through to the fifth turn, the awakened battle soul would happen to be a six‑eyed male lion with an exoskeleton?

So, under this tough True Qi‑formed hide that tightly and seamlessly covers the whole lion, it moved!

Skeleton, inner structure, outer armor, layered and flawless, the momentum of the Bagua Roaming Body surged more than double on the spot!

Indeed, this is the Human Soul Unity – Xuanbing Ice Demon Lion Form that Guazi Ge developed.

Originally all this was only a theoretical conjecture by his staff behind him, but after breaking through to Level 70+ Quasi‑God it actually became possible!

And there are countless heroes in the world; he is not the only one who, in a dire situation, successfully broke through to Level 70.

First was the man who also ascended to Quasi‑God, whose eyes flashed like electricity and who formed a star‑striped divine ring above his head.

Then came the Demonic Flute Immortal, also a Quasi‑God, standing on a giant lizard with several merit wheels rotating behind him.

Next is Constance, who, thanks to innate talent, successfully tamed a massive horde of undead and can be called the strongest summoner on the player side.

Finally, the Iris Temple, who once had a brief encounter with Ji Ming in the Withered Water Territory, carries a host of ancestral heroic spirits.

After sacrificing a large amount of high‑level combat power, the player side finally succeeded in hatching three Quasi‑Gods and two top‑tier combat powers.

(End of Chapter)