Meanwhile, outside...

The Great Xia Kingdom, Donghai City.

It was midday, the sun was shining brightly, and a gentle breeze was blowing.

The wide streets were bustling with people, and the air still held the lingering joy of the army's triumphant return.

At a tea stall on the street, several old neighbors were drinking large bowls of tea and chatting enthusiastically.

"Oh my, you guys didn't see it! This morning, the Eternal Night Guild's team entered the city. What a sight! They were all so menacing. They truly deserve to be the pride of our East Sea City!" An old man wearing a felt hat exclaimed, slapping his thigh.

"That's right! I heard they slaughtered those Japanese devils in Japan!" another man chimed in, his face full of pride.

Just as everyone was chatting enthusiastically...

The once clear blue sky suddenly darkened without warning.

It wasn't the kind of gloom where the sun is obscured by a few clouds, but the kind of pitch blackness that comes with the night!

"Huh? What's going on? Why is it so dark?" The old man in the felt hat paused for a moment, holding his teacup, and looked up /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ at the sky in confusion.

Upon seeing this, he froze completely.

In just a few seconds, an endless, thick cloud appeared out of nowhere above Donghai City. The cloud, as black as ink, churned, converged, and spun wildly at an illogical speed at the zenith, forming a gigantic black vortex that covered the entire city!

Boom—

A deep, muffled rumble of thunder echoed from the center of the thick clouds.

The thunder wasn't harsh, but it carried a terrifying pressure that made every living being tremble in their very soul. It was as if an enormous, invisible hand was tightly gripping the hearts of tens of millions of people in Donghai City!

Snap.

The old man in the felt hat dropped the teacup in his hand and shattered it on the ground. His legs went weak, and he uncontrollably knelt down, panting heavily.

Not only him, but also the street vendors, the patrolling city defense soldiers, and even those professionals of considerable rank, all looked up with pale faces, staring in horror at the strange change in the sky.

"Lightning...purple lightning!" someone pointed to the sky and screamed shrilly.

Deep within the churning black vortex, streaks of purplish-black lightning, as thick as water tanks, were swirling and intertwining wildly.

The air became extremely oppressive, making even breathing difficult. The surrounding temperature plummeted, and a chilling, murderous aura enveloped the area.

The city's defense forces realized that something had changed.

"Quickly! Sound the highest level air raid siren! Activate the city's defensive array!"

The city defense commander stood on the city wall and shouted into the communicator, his face pale.

"Buzz—!"

Alarms blared throughout the city, and pillars of light rose from the four directions of Donghai City, intertwining to form an energy dome in the sky above the city.

at the same time.

Zhou Huai, who was at the Eternal Night Guild base, opened his eyes.

He was resting with his eyes closed, sorting through the information sent back by his clone.

But at this moment, I had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

Zhou Huai walked to the French windows and looked out.

All that could be seen in the distance was a black vortex on the horizon, with purple lightning churning within it.

He frowned, his expression grave.

"This lightning is strange..."

Zhou Huai muttered to himself.

"It is definitely not an unusual natural phenomenon."

"What exactly is going on?"

Zhou Huai was deep in thought.

"Bang!"

The mahogany door to the office was pushed open, and a subordinate of the Eternal Night Guild rushed in, stumbling and falling to one knee in front of Zhou Huai, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

"My Lord...My Lord! Something has happened!"

His subordinate was panting heavily, his voice filled with panic.

Zhou Huai said in a deep voice, "What's the panic? The sky hasn't fallen yet! Tell me, what exactly happened?"

The subordinate swallowed hard and hurriedly reported, "It's President Jasmine! She just sent me here via urgent message to report to you!"

"Something's happened in the ruins... in the Abyss of Mist ruins! They've been attacked, and their defenses have been breached!"

Hearing this, Zhou Huai's heart tightened.

The Abyss of Mist? 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

He turned to look at the purple thunderclouds outside the window.

Could it be... that the unusual weather outside is related to the ruins?

"Understood."

Zhou Huai forced himself to calm down. Now was not the time to investigate the cause. Qin Ming and Jasmine had brought the core elites of the Eternal Night Guild. If they were all wiped out, it would be a devastating loss for him.

"Go down first and calm the guild members down. Tell everyone not to leave the base."

"Yes! Your subordinate obeys!" The subordinate breathed a sigh of relief, kowtowed repeatedly, and retreated.

After the office door closed, Zhou Huai closed his eyes.

He has now sent most of his clones to control the ancient races within the Great Xia territory.

Only two remained at the Donghai City base on standby.

Yi the Archer and Gabriel!

In a secret chamber deep within the base, two figures with their eyes closed simultaneously opened them.

Da Yi raised the Star Bow beside him; Gabriel unfurled six pure white wings behind him, and a sacred radiance illuminated the entire underground space.

Two figures transformed into two streaks of light, one gold and one silver, breaking through the base's skylight and heading towards the teleportation array in the Abyss of Mist.

...

Inside the ruins of the Abyss of Mist.

"Run! Don't look back! Priest, keep healing! Warrior, raise your shields!"

Qin Ming's voice was hoarse, his left arm hung limply at his side, and blood dripped from the blood groove of the epic dagger onto the stone slab.

Behind him was a horrifying sight.

The main force of the Eternal Night Guild is fleeing.

The once orderly formation had long since crumbled, and everyone was running frantically toward the exit of the ruins.

Behind them was a vast army of undead!

The white sea of ​​bones stretched as far as the eye could see. Countless skeleton soldiers with ghostly blue flames burning in their eye sockets, death knights riding nightmare warhorses, and vengeful spirits floating in mid-air swept in.

"roar--!!!"

In mid-air, two colossal abyssal skeletal dragons, each over fifty meters long, roared.

They flapped their bony wings. With each breath, large amounts of dark green acid poured down.

"Ahhh!"

A dozen heavily armored warriors at the back were hit by the acid. Their epic armor was corroded and penetrated. Within seconds, before they could even scream, they turned into pools of steaming blood.

"asshole!"

Qin Ming watched as his brothers, with whom he had shared life and death, died tragically before his eyes. He turned around, wanting to rush forward and fight to the death.

"Vice President! Don't go! You can't stop them!"

Acheng grabbed Qin Ming's shoulder. Half of his tower shield had been corroded away, and his face was covered in dust and blood. "Hurry up and leave! If we don't leave, we'll all die here!"

"Where's Jasmine? Where is Jasmine?!" Qin Ming grabbed A-Cheng by the collar.

"President Jasmine is maintaining the stability of the teleportation array! She told us to retreat first, and she's going to cover the rear!" Ah Cheng cried out.

"Has she gone mad? A mere mage, what kind of queen is she?!"

Qin Ming shoved A Cheng aside and shouted through gritted teeth, "You take the men and retreat first! I'll go and meet her! The rules of Eternal Night are that we will never abandon any brother!"

Before he finished speaking, a giant skeletal dragon in the sky suddenly lowered its head, its eerie green eyes locking onto Qin Ming.

It realized that this human was the leader of the ants.

"hold head high--!"

The bone dragon opened its blood-red maw, and a mass of dark green dragon breath, several times larger than before, was gathering deep within its throat. The laws of death distorted the surrounding space.

"Vice President! Watch out for your head!" Ah Cheng roared.

Qin Ming raised his head and looked at the destructive force that was about to fall.

"Now, I'm really going to die here..."

He gripped the dagger tightly, not backing down, but instead burning his fighting spirit to its limit, preparing to take the blow head-on.

At this critical moment!

A golden streak of light suddenly pierced through the darkness from the dome of the ruins and fell!

"Bang--!!!"

The golden light struck the head of the skeletal dragon that was about to exhale!

With a loud bang, the level 50 hell-level BOSS was actually sent flying backward by the impact!

The skeleton tumbled through the air and crashed into the undead army behind it, crushing hundreds and thousands of skeleton soldiers.

"What...what's going on?"

Qin Ming and A Cheng stopped and looked ahead.

Where the bone dragon had been hovering, a handsome man holding a longbow appeared.

He stood suspended in mid-air, gazing down at the sea of ​​the dead.

"Master Da...Da Yi?!"