Chapter 730: Undead Tomb

It is already deep winter, and the northern New Continent is bitterly cold.

Lei En speeds through the sky like wind and lightning; within his view is endless ice and snow, with no horizon in sight. The New Continent's terrain generally runs northwest‑southeast, and the Karnod Icefield occupies the entire north, so the icefield follows the same orientation.

North of Bear Island, a long coastline is backed by a mountain range stretching for ten thousand li.

Lei En crossed the mountains in just over two hours and entered the Karnod Icefield. The ground is only black and white, with no other colors visible; a biting wind slams his face, and even he can barely endure it, forcing him to raise a prism light shield to fend off the frigid gusts.

Aside from the cold wind, there is no other sound.

This death‑silent world is one of the Prime Material Plane's most famous life‑prohibited zones.

The extreme low temperature is not the greatest foe; the truly chilling threat is the countless Undead Armies sleeping beneath the icefield.

Lei En's purpose is not to slay the undead, nor to storm the Heavenly Disaster Legion's lair—that would be a suicide mission. He plans to cross the Karnod Icefield toward the far‑north polar glacier to find a site for a teleportation array, to serve as a relay between Mo Du and Shield Island.

Long‑range teleportation from the Old Continent to the New Continent has been monopolized by several great powers, making the cost exorbitant, and Lei En does not wish to pay that unfair fee.

Moreover, for secrecy, the best option is to build his own teleportation array.

Lei En has long had a plan for this.

The array cannot span Wu Jin Zhi Hai and must take a detour, but it does not require five or six hops like Flower Mist Island does.

With a suitable relay, two teleports are sufficient.

Back then, the Weizelan Wizards and Mo Du aristocrats did exactly that; later it was learned that they placed the relay north of the Karnod Icefield, in the polar glacier where even the Undead Army struggles to survive.

Master Luin spent years testing to find a suitable relay.

He ultimately chose a place called "Sword Bay Town."

Lei En consulted records, locating Sword Bay Town on the map and learning its history. In the Third Epoch, Sword Bay Town was inhabited by a cold‑resistant human branch that had its own civilization and heritage, built a town, but was wiped out during the Dark Millennium.

Teleporting from near Mo Du to Sword Bay Town follows a route roughly along the Old Continent's coast, never crossing the deep sea, making it very safe.

From Sword Bay Town, one can teleport to any point on the New Continent.

Amid the booming roar,

Lei En streaked like a flash of thunder from the heights; as his figure receded, some decayed corpses burst from the ground, gazing upward yet seeing nothing.

He turned back, saw a disturbance on the ground, and couldn't help being surprised.

The number and distribution of the Undead Army exceeded expectations.

This is the northwestern edge of the Karnod Icefield, tens of thousands of li from its core; rumors say the Heavenly Disaster Legion and the Death Knot Seal erected a massive fortress there, littered with undead creatures forming an endless undead legion.

Yet even at such a distant northwestern corner, there are so many undead.

Although they are low‑stage skeleton zombies, the sheer quantity of undead is already beyond ordinary imagination.

Lei En instantly recalled the events of three years ago.

The Heavenly Disaster Legion invaded Weizelan and seized the "Book of the Dead." This divine artifact, forged by the Lord of the Dead, can communicate with the Lord of the Dead and summon Undead Armies from the Abyssal nether; it is unknown whose hands it ultimately fell into.

Death Lord Esaaz, or the Death Knot Seal's chief Lich Sazastan?

Whichever party holds the Book of the Dead, it is bad news. The undead numbers on the Karnod Icefield have surged, clearly linked to the book.

While pondering, Lei En slowed his speed, reducing the noise of his flight.

He does not wish to expose his trail; establishing a teleport relay demands absolute secrecy, and if the undead forces discover it, endless trouble will follow.

"If only I'd known, I'd have sent Reslin."

Lei En realized his misstep; Reslin could silently teleport across the Karnod Icefield at great speed, but since he needed to quickly set up the Hes magical array to aid Reslin in striking the Grand Mage, he had to run the leg himself.

"Roa…"

A dragon's roar came from ahead.

Lei En shook his head helplessly, truly, trouble follows wherever he thinks of it.

The ground ten‑plus li away trembled and cracked; a massive silhouette rose from the ice, spreading its broad wings, thrusting upward, and sped toward him.

It is a Bone Dragon.

It measures over twenty meters in length, its body of pale dragon bone, with ghost‑blue flame burning in its eye sockets; its wings lack any muscle or membrane, yet it flies fast and steady, powered by potent death energy.

A tall human figure sits on the Bone Dragon's back, clad in jet‑black, ferocious armor, wielding a two‑handed greatsword.

Death Knight!

Because he is so far away, Lei En cannot use his Soul Eye to discern the Death Knight's rank; judging by its aura, it must be either a Mid‑stage legendary or a high‑stage, otherwise it wouldn't have sensed him from such a distance.

He does not wish to fight, intending to retreat into the Ethereal Plane.

All Death Knights in the world are controlled by Death Lord Esaaz; if this Death Knight has any link to the Death Lord, a direct encounter could expose him.

Yet Lei En also saw the cracked ice spew countless gargoyles, wraiths, spider demons, skeleton warriors, ghostly bats, zombies, and the like; the Undead Army surged like a tide, instantly numbering hundreds and continuously swelling.

Lei En's eyes lit up.

Beneath the ice lies an undead tomb!

Just like the demon nest near the Abyssal Gate, the Undead Army also has similar gathering spots, usually a massive tomb excavated underground, housing a few hundred to tens of thousands of undead.

It is said the largest tomb contains hundreds of thousands of undead.

Lei En is currently low on energy, with nowhere to harvest souls; seeing so many undead appear instantly sparked his interest.

"Anyway, this is still far from Sword Bay Town…"

"Disguise myself, then use other means to eradicate this undead tomb; they probably won't discover my identity."

"It's worth a single gamble."

Lei En instantly decided, activating a living metal to alter his physique and appearance, turning into a kind‑faced, tall slender elderly man with a huge nose, hair and beard in disheveled strands, looking scruffy. He also donned a gray magical robe, sheathed the Thunder God's Hammer, and drew from the Nebula Ring a massive staff taller than himself.

The jet‑black staff seemed wooden, but was actually forged from meteorite iron and refined gold, weighing three thousand pounds.

The staff bears no enchantments; its sole purpose is to smash people.

After the disguise, Lei En thought, and a spherical mental force field expanded around him, the massive willpower sustaining his flight as he pressed onward.

Soon, the Bone Dragon grew ever nearer in his sight, less than a mile away.

It beat its wings, accelerating toward him, while the Death Knight on its back raised his two‑handed sword, his outer armor coating in frost, emitting powerful death energy.

Lei En glanced with his Soul Eye.

The level‑18 Death Knight, whose Bone Dragon beneath him is also Legendary High‑rank, was probably an adult white dragon in life.

When the distance between them was under five hundred meters, Lei En could already clearly sense the Death Knight's soul state, confirming it was normal; it was likely only stationed here by the Death Lord to command the Undead Army guarding this wasteland.

The Undead Army that surged from the tomb also included five or six Legendary High‑ranks.

The All-Seeing Eye pierced the ice, reaching the tomb's depths, and found the Undead force numbered around three thousand, not enough to fear.

"Swift battle, swift resolution."

Lei En suddenly accelerated, raising his staff toward the Death Knight on the Bone Dragon's back.

Flames flickered in the Death Knight's eyes, his mind becoming extremely wary. Yet in the next second, the Wizard over three hundred meters away vanished without casting any spell. As confusion rose, he sensed movement behind him.

Someone stepped onto the Bone Dragon's back!

The Death Knight reacted instantly, instantly sensing the enemy's location; his cold mind made the most precise judgment and swung his great sword horizontally backward.

Dead Spirit Slash!

The keen great sword cleaved the air, its force heavy, delivering both frost and Shadow Magic damage.

At the same time, the Death Knight's body rose, detaching from the Bone Dragon's neck, turning to face the enemy. A corner of his eye already spotted the foe—it was the Wizard, only three steps away.

A strange feeling arose in the Death Knight's icy mind.

The enemy was clearly a caster, yet he defied a caster's combat doctrine by not keeping distance, instead teleporting right before him—was he intending melee combat?

The thought flashed in an instant, not yet settled.

Clang!

His great sword struck the opponent's staff, sparks scattering, producing a huge metallic clang.

The blade shattered into several pieces; the Death Knight felt a terrifying force travel from his arm to his body, his hands instantly pulverized, his whole body shaken into numbness. The blue flame in his eyes flared wildly; he knew he faced an extremely dreadful foe, but it was too late to react.

The Death Knight watched helplessly as his great sword was broken by the staff, then the opponent raised the staff and slammed it toward his head.

Undead do not need to breathe, yet the terrifying momentum of the falling staff gave the Death Knight a feeling of suffocation.

He is not a Wizard at all!

That was the Death Knight's most immediate thought.

Bang—, his white bone armor's ice‑frozen body, like an eggshell under the staff, shattered instantly, his whole form exploding like a puff of flour, turning into ice shards that scattered.

"Roar!"

The Bone Dragon turned its head and saw its master reduced to fragments, opening its mouth to spew a blast of icy dragon breath.

Lei En gave it a glance.

Mind Blast!

The Bone Dragon possessed Willpower, giving it extremely high resistance to mental attacks, yet being struck by a Seven‑ring Mind Blast caused a brief lag; the flame in its dragon eye dimmed as if about to extinguish, and its breath naturally ceased.

When it regained consciousness, the enemy had vanished again.

Before the Bone Dragon could locate the enemy, its head was struck repeatedly; a huge bang rang out, countless ice flakes flew, and its frost armor was instantly shattered.

A crater appeared on its hard skull.

Lei En stood beside the skull cavity, and while the dragon's bones were still dazed, his eyes emitted a dark‑green beam.

Disintegrate!

His Disintegrate came from the Eye Demon Elder's demon soul, reaching Seven‑ring, amplified by the "Eye Wave Beam", then linked with the "green" spell of the Rainbow Light Principle, boosting its power threefold, already surpassing those Legendary Dark Mages skilled in Shadow Magic.

The Disintegrate beam struck straight for the Bone Dragon's brain, hitting its soul.

Poof!

A soft sound rang; the dragon bone had just been hit by a Mind Blast, its soul still trembling, its defenses weakened, and this time it could no longer withstand Disintegrate.

The massive Bone Dragon's body shivered, the flame in its eyes extinguished, its entire skeleton crumbling like millennia‑worn stone, turning into fine dust that drifted away with the wind.

In just a few seconds, Lei En eliminated two Legendary High‑ranks.

Two powerful souls were absorbed, and his soul‑energy pool began to rise rapidly.

He hovered mid‑air, extending his left hand toward the swarming stone golems and wraiths, his palm forming a void for several seconds before releasing an aura storm.

The Eight‑ring spiritual storm had an enormous range, enveloping every Undead in the sky.

The invisible vortex swept each Undead, infiltrating their souls; wave after wave of mental shock caused soul injuries. Simultaneously, the spiritual storm destroyed their bodies, sweeping up over three hundred stone golems and more than a hundred wraiths, trapping them like a massive net and crushing them into countless fragments.

Each soul was absorbed from a distance.

In under half a minute, the hundreds of Undead flying in the sky were wiped out, none escaping.

Lei En opened a portal and stepped through, appearing above the Undead tomb. The Undead army still had a few Legendary High‑ranks; they saw Lei En's terrifying power yet felt no fear, as fear does not exist within Undead Willpower.

Those Legendary Undead surged into the sky to attack Lei En, met by a gigantic staff.

Bang bang bang bang…

Lei En moved like a whack‑a‑mole, leaping and flashing with mind jumps and blinks, swinging his staff, one hit per target, blasting those Legendary Undead into fragments. The undaunted Undead, before being shattered, hurled spells or swung weapons, all completely ignored by Lei En.

In under half a minute, all Legendary Undead were annihilated, their souls converting into electricity.

On the ground remained over a thousand ground‑bound Undead.

Even more within the tomb.

Lei En waved his hand to cast, releasing the Eight‑ring spiritual storm, harvesting souls in massive swaths. The storm is a channeling spell, consuming vast soul‑energy; he maintained it for over ten seconds before it ceased.

The All-Seeing Eye saw through the tomb, revealing several hundred remaining Undead.

Lei En performed a mind jump to the tomb's entrance.

He gathered a massive Electric Blast Orb in his hand; the terrifying lightning energy almost solidified, and with six lightning entities amplifying it, the Eight‑ring Electric Blast Orb's power already surpassed a typical Nine‑ring spell.

Like a blinding mini‑sun, the luminous sphere was hurled by Lei En into the Undead tomb.

He instantly blinked away.

Boom!

A earth‑shaking explosion roared like an earthquake, causing the ice surface within several hundred meters to collapse, a massive number of souls were sucked in from afar, and the electric charge in the Soul Power Pool surged dramatically.

(End of chapter)