Accompanied by the ancient and desolate sound of the horn, the darkness ahead receded to both sides.

Zhou Huai controlled Gabriel and Da Yi, hovering in mid-air, staring at the dark end.

"Thump...thump...thump..."

The earthquake trembled.

Eight colossal skeletal beasts, several times larger than the two hellish bone dragons from before, slowly entered the field of vision, dragging a massive throne made of countless skulls of unknown beasts with heavy steps!

On that throne sat a breathtaking figure.

He also appeared as a skeleton, clad in heavy armor, his tattered black cloak fluttering in the deathly aura.

However, this seemingly frail skeleton exudes an unparalleled aura of looking down upon the world and regarding all things as ants!

When he appeared, the laws of the entire ruins were forcibly rewritten, and the air stopped flowing!

Below, thousands upon thousands of skeletons lowered their heads, emitting fanatical spiritual thoughts and worshipping madly.

"It really was him..."

Zhou Huai, who was in the underground base of Donghai City, clenched his fist so tightly that his nails dug into his flesh.

When he first entered the Hall of Eternity, he was deeply impressed by this king of the old era.

I had initially thought it was just a remnant of a body lost in the long river of time...

Unexpectedly, the other party actually had a day when they could be resurrected!

The ruins are suspended in mid-air.

The Skeleton King, seated on his throne, slowly raised his head.

His empty, skeletal eyes did not contain the ghostly blue flames, but instead burned two purple flames!

The purple flames flickered as he gazed at Yi and Gabriel in the distant sky, then at two slightly larger flying insects.

The next second.

The Skeleton King didn't even get up; he simply raised a skeletal finger and pointed it at Gabriel, who was bathed in holy light.

"Buzz—!"

A purple light shone from his fingertips!

There were no earth-shattering chants, nor any magic circles flying everywhere.

It was just a purple beam of light, only as thick as an arm, released into the void!

"Defense! Absolute defense!"

Zhou Huai's consciousness was roaring wildly as he manipulated Gabriel to make a critical reaction within a fraction of a second!

"Bang!"

Gabriel's six wings of light closed, enveloping his body! All the holy mana within him was completely drained at this moment, transforming into a huge shield of holy light engraved with holy runes, which stood in front of him!

This is the strongest defense achieved by a dual S-rank Holy-type professional who burns their very essence!

However--

"Sizzle!"

The purple beam of light touched the Shield of Holy Light with a light touch.

There was no stalemate, and no explosion.

The red-hot wire pierced through a piece of butter; the Holy Light Shield couldn't stop it for even a millisecond, and it crumbled!

Immediately afterwards, the purple beam of light pierced through Gabriel's divine body, which was strong enough to withstand forbidden spells, without any resistance!

"Smack!"

A crisp cracking sound echoed in Zhou Huai's mind.

Gabriel's long health bar was instantly emptied!

"Well......"

Gabriel didn't even have time to let out a scream before his perfect body was eroded by the purple light, turning into countless golden specks of light and falling to the ground!

Sold out instantly!

Damn it!

Zhou Huai quickly withdrew his consciousness from the collapsing body of Gabriel, enduring the mental pain, and transferred all his consciousness to Da Yi beside him.

"Walk!"

Without any hesitation, Zhou Huai controlled Da Yi and, without saying a word, turned around and transformed into a dazzling starlight meteor, frantically fleeing towards the teleportation array that was not yet completely closed!

We can't win!

This is not even a power of the same dimension!

Below, Song Chenghao, the undead general who had just knelt on one knee, saw this and his eyes blazed with blue flames. He raised his rusty longsword and roared, "You have offended my king! Do not flee!"

Just as he was about to mount his horse and give chase, a cold, ethereal voice echoed in his mind.

"Do not pursue a desperate enemy."

The Skeleton King slowly withdrew his finger, his purple pupils gazing at the endless darkness of the ruins' dome.

"Come with me, let's go out."

Song Chenghao shuddered, immediately sheathed his sword, and respectfully knelt on one knee, bowing his head deeply: "I will obey Your Majesty's instructions!"

At the Skeleton King's command, the tens of thousands of undead soldiers who had been kneeling like statues stood up in unison.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The massive army marched forward, surrounding the enormous bone throne, their target the exit of the ruins! 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Along the way, the ferocious beasts that originally lived on the outskirts of the Misty Abyss sensed the coming of the end of the world and let out extremely terrified cries, fleeing in panic without thinking of any way, not daring to stay for even half a minute!

...

On the other side.

"Buzz—!"

The teleportation array blazed brightly, and Da Yi's figure, looking somewhat disheveled, burst out of the light barrier and landed heavily in the center of the Eternal Night Guild's hall.

At this moment, the guild hall was practically a giant field hospital.

The air was thick with the stench of blood and the smell of high-grade medicine.

"Quick! Priest! There's another one alive over here! Quickly cast a healing spell on him!"

"Bandages! Bring me some high-quality hemostatic bandages! His intestines are spilling out!"

"Get out of the way! Don't ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) block the way! Carry the seriously wounded to the inner room!"

Although a small number of elites were forever left on the cold stone slabs of the ruins, fortunately, Qin Ming and Jasmine commanded well, and most of them escaped alive.

Hundreds of battered guild members slumped to the ground, their faces pale and still in shock.

Zhou Huai, controlling Da Yi, stood in the center of the hall, his brows furrowed tightly into a deep frown.

He took a breath, suppressing the turmoil in his heart.

"Too powerful..."

"That Skeleton King is incredibly powerful!"

Zhou Huai quickly calculated the destructive power of that attack in his mind.

"With just a single finger, without even using any skills, he instantly killed Gabriel, a double S-rank warrior at full strength!"

"This overwhelming power is even greater than that of the SSS-rank Amaterasu who was resurrected in Japan—Kujou Naruya!"

"Another terrifyingly powerful expert, at least a 3S-level!"

Zhou Huai's fists clenched so tightly they cracked, a feeling of irritation rising within him.

Damn it!

The mysterious Mr. Duan from the Dawn Guild has been racking his brains to figure out a way to deal with this, and now how did this ancient monster suddenly appear out of nowhere!

What's wrong with this world? Has it gone mad?!

Just then, Qin Ming quickly walked over.

"My lord... what should we do next?"

After a moment's thought, Zhou Huai gave instructions.

"Take a few fast assassins and ride the fastest mounts in the guild to the outer perimeter of the ruins! Notify the Great Xia military forces stationed there!"

"Tell their commander that the skeleton army in the ruins is about to break out! Tell them to evacuate immediately, right now, and at once!"

"Don't have any illusions! Tell them that if they don't evacuate, no matter how many people they leave behind, they will all die there! Not a single one will survive!"

Qin Ming gasped, then loudly accepted the order: "Yes! I'll go right away!"