Just as Zhou Huai was about to have Da Yi try using a large-scale law skill to clear the field.

"Da, da, da..."

A series of extremely crisp, yet strangely rhythmic hoofbeats pierced through the chaotic fighting and explosions on the battlefield, clearly reaching Zhou Huai's ears.

The sound wasn't loud, yet it felt as if every step was landing on one's heart, carrying a suffocating sense of oppression.

Zhou Huai raised his head, his gaze passing over the sea of ​​skeletons in front of him, and fixed on the rear of the undead army.

Amidst the densely packed army of white bones, a wide passage slowly parted, much like Moses parting the sea.

A man, riding a tall skeletal warhorse, slowly emerged from the shadows.

Unlike other ordinary skeletons that are pale and tattered.

Although this person was also a skeleton, his bones had a chilling dark golden luster.

Even more bizarrely, his entire body was emitting a ghostly blue light!

That wasn't an ordinary magical aura; it was tightly enveloped in materialized blue soul flames! Even the skeletal warhorse beneath him had raging blue flames burning on its four hooves, and wherever it passed, even the stone slabs on the /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ ground were burned to nothingness!

He wore a tattered but still recognizable ancient general's armor, and dragged a heavy, two-meter-long sword covered in dark red rust.

He had no eyeballs, but his eye sockets, burning with blue ghostly flames, pierced through endless space and locked onto Gabriel in mid-air!

"They're up to no good!" Alarm bells rang in Zhou Huai's mind.

The next second, the blue skeleton squeezed the horse's belly hard.

"roar--!"

The skeletal warhorse let out a roar that was neither dragon nor skeletal, its four hooves flying as it transformed into a streak of blue lightning, directly trampling over the bones of countless of its kind, and charging into a terrifying solo charge amidst a deluge of holy light and arrows!

The holy light that could easily melt ordinary skeletons only made a slight "sizzling" sound when it landed on his blue flame armor, and it didn't even slow him down in the slightest!

"I am the Imperial General, Song Chenghao!"

A sound like two pieces of pig iron rubbing together exploded across the entire dome of the ruins, carrying with it an unparalleled ferocity that transcended millennia!

"Those who block my king's chariot!"

"die!!!"

With a deafening roar, the skeletal warhorse charged directly beneath Gabriel. The skeletal general, who called himself Song Chenghao, pushed off the stirrups with all his might, launching himself into the air like a cannonball and closing the distance with Gabriel.

He gripped the rusty longsword tightly with both hands and swung it upwards in a simple, unadorned motion!

boom--!

With a single swing of his sword, he cleaved the surrounding space in two!

A massive amount of necromantic energy, as viscous and violent as a tsunami, erupted from the blade!

Zhou Huai's eyes widened, and he had no time to dodge. He could only control Gabriel to grip the Holy Light Cross Sword with both hands and block downwards with all his might!

"Bang!!!"

One gold and one white, necromantic energy and holy light, two completely opposite and irreconcilable forces of light, clashed violently together in mid-air!

The violent energy fluctuations transformed into a visible shockwave, pulverizing all ordinary skeletons within a radius of hundreds of meters!

At the heart of this terrifying collision, Zhou Huai felt an excruciating pain in Gabriel's arms that felt like it was shattering his bones.

His Gabriel, a dignified SS-class holy-type clone, was actually at a disadvantage in a direct clash of power!

"Whoosh!"

Gabriel's body was violently thrown several meters away by this violent force, and his six wings of light on his back flickered violently as he barely managed to stabilize himself in mid-air.

Zhou Huai gasped as he watched the blue skeleton below steadily land back on its horse and swing its long sword.

"Such terrifying power...extremely strong!"

He quickly assessed the opponent's combat strength in his mind.

The power contained in that last strike indicated that the person in question was at least a peak SS-level professional in their lifetime! Moreover, their level was definitely above 70! Or even higher!

If it weren't just a dead body that had lost most of its supernatural powers and skills in life, Gabriel would have been seriously injured, if not killed instantly, by that slash!

etc......

Zhou Huai's brows suddenly furrowed tightly, as if a bolt of lightning had struck his mind.

"Song Chenghao?!"

"This name... why does it sound so familiar?"

He frantically searched his memory, and an image jumped out from the depths of his mind.

That was when he first stepped into the prison beneath the mysterious and unpredictable Ancient Palace in Donghai City, following the original owner's father, Zhou Feng.

Deep within that dark, oppressive prison, where countless ancient monsters were imprisoned.

The terrifying undead general who was in charge of guarding the peerless artifact, the Heaven-Suppressing Seal, also referred to himself in the same way when he crushed Zhou Feng to death!

"This humble general is former General Song Chenghao!"

That's him!

Zhou Huai's heart clenched violently, and a chill ran down his spine straight to the top of his head.

What on earth is going on?!

Who is this "king" he's talking about?

To be able to maintain such fanatical loyalty even after the death of a general who was at least level 70 or above and a peak SS-level general in life.

Could it be... that supreme being who, back in the deepest part of the Eternal Palace, sat upon the high throne, whose mere presence, though faint, filled him and all his avatars with despair?!

A sense of extreme foreboding rose in Zhou Huai's heart.

Previously, Mr. Duan of the Dawn Guild used a sacrificial ritual to awaken the ancient awakeners hidden within humans. Zhou Huai had assumed that this was the beginning of the entire version's purge.

But now it seems he was terribly wrong!

Looking down at the ever-growing undead army and the imposing undead general.

Zhou Huai's palms were sweating.

Could it be that, apart from those ancient remnants that parasitize human bodies, there are others?

These were originally destined to be buried forever deep within the ruins, those terrifyingly powerful beings from ancient times...

Is it time for a full awakening, a return to the human world?!

They wanted to confirm Zhou Huai's conjecture.

Suddenly, the sound of drums came from the darkness behind the skeleton army. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Thump!

Thump! Thump!

The drumbeats weren't loud, yet they made all the living people feel a dull ache in their chests.

Qin Ming, A Cheng, and the members of the Eternal Night Guild who were queuing up to evacuate in front of the teleportation array all turned pale and coughed up blood!

Gabriel, who was suspended in mid-air, also had his six-winged light wings on his back pause, and their radiance dimmed slightly.

Amidst the drumbeats, the mournful sound of a horn rang out once more.

Woo-woo-woo

The sound of horns sang a hymn to the dead, announcing the end of all things.

The sounds of drums and horns mingled together, echoing through the ruins.

The horde of skeletons that had been attacking stopped abruptly upon hearing the sound.

They stiffly turned around, facing the darkness behind the army, and made a move that shocked everyone.

"Crack..."

Tens of thousands of skeletons knelt down on one knee in perfect unison!

They lowered their heads, the eerie blue flames of their souls flickering violently in their empty eye sockets, revealing a fanatical worship.

"What the hell is going on?" Ah Cheng wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looking at the scene before him, his voice trembling.

“They...they are welcoming something...” Jasmine said, her face pale, as she maintained the teleportation array.

Zhou Huai controlled Gabriel and Da Yi, hovering high in the sky, his expression solemn.

My worst fears are about to come true.

The undead general Song Chenghao also turned his horse around, dismounted, knelt respectfully on one knee, held his long sword horizontally in front of him, and lowered his head.

Immediately afterwards, a powerful surge of will swept across the entire ruins, entering the minds of every living being!

"Our King has appeared!"

"Welcome, Your Majesty!!"