In an instant, he wanted to dodge to the side, but the golden lightning fell too fast.

In an instant, it struck his left arm.

"Ah!"

As an undead, he once again felt pain, this golden lightning pierced his soul.

His right arm also broke off, turning into charred debris and falling to the ground.

But at this moment, he couldn't care about that anymore.

The instinct for survival drove his soul to keep running forward.

After all, he was still a gold-class undead, and the toughness of his soul allowed him to endure the pain and keep running.

Other undead, however, if struck, had no room to evade.

Each strike turned the undead around the weak point into dust in an instant.

The golden lightning fell like a torrential rain, constantly erupting among the retreating undead formations.

The piercing pain of the soul made countless undead scream miserably.

The entire battlefield was filled with the sounds of wailing from the undead, oblivious to pain.

"Celestial punishment, the gods have cast celestial punishment!"

Countless ordinary soldiers and members of the Second Church of the faithful knelt on the ground, worshipping Kane floating in the air.

During the time they fought against the undead, when had they ever heard the wails of the undead?

At this moment, Kane floated in mid-air, with countless bolts of lightning falling before him.

Not far away, the Witch Demon was protected by two Immortal Guards holding shields.

The golden lightning struck the great shields they held aloft, causing no harm other than making their bodies bend slightly.

The Witch Demon stared intently with its hollow eye sockets at Kane's direction.

As if to imprint Kane's soul into its own.

The battle beast, a rotting corpse riddled with scars, slowly pulled the chariot, dragging it backward.

As for those undead who hadn't yet retreated.

Under such attacks, only luck could keep them alive.

Boom!

When the last bolt of lightning fell and the dark clouds dispersed.

The sky was approaching nightfall.

Seeing the dark clouds above disappear with no more lightning, the undead even felt a sense of surviving a great calamity.

They felt their souls relax for the first time in ages.

This deeply imprinted Kane's presence into their souls.

The remaining undead had disappeared over the hillside, and the entire defensive battle, with Kane and his team's sudden support, finally achieved victory.

"We won, we drove the undead back."

"Finally held it down, I thought I was going to die here today."

"Where's the captain, has anyone seen where the captain is?"

With victory's arrival, all the surviving soldiers began cheering for their lives.

Surviving a near-death situation always brings excitement.

After the war.

Everyone on Kane's side, with healing skills, started treating all their injured comrades.

Many on Kane's side were severely wounded, getting injured on the battlefield was very common.

No matter how strong you are, two fists can't fight four hands.

Fortunately, their side had strong healing techniques.

Thanks to the guild's instructor system, and the courses frequently conducted by Meizike and Finaris.

This led to the guild members having superb skills, whether using various spells for treatment or precise medical healing.

Kane withdrew from the state of divine power, retrieved a bottle of magic potion from his waist, and took a swig.

While his magical power wasn't completely exhausted, it was close to depletion.

Feeling the surged magical power within him again.

Actually, the last grand celestial punishment wasn't necessary to use.

Because the undead had intentions to retreat anyway, if not, capturing the fortress would be almost impossible once Kane and his team arrived.

The reason for using that final celestial punishment was mainly to show off.

Not just for the enemies, but also for those from the Holy Light Alliance behind him.

Previously, Kane and his team wiping out numerous undead in an instant the displayed strength and helping them re-secure the fortress weren't enough to leave a deep impression.

However, the final celestial punishment and the divine might that Kane's state brought made everyone remember.

Everyone knew in their hearts about Kane's power, brought by absolute strength.

No matter what is said, this is ultimately a world where strength rules supreme.

In future interactions between both sides, this celestial punishment would firmly remind them of Kane and his team's existence.

Making them deeply consider and deliberate before making any decisions.

It also acted as a deterrent to the undead on the opposite side, not necessarily instilling fear.

But at least, making them calm down temporarily and rethink their next attack, whether it could break through Kane's and his team's defenses.

Without securing forces strong enough to oppose Kane, they wouldn't rashly attack again.

And the time in between was what Kane needed.

After having roughly recovered some magic, Kane stood up, patted his back, and asked Yoyo beside him.

"How many casualties did we suffer in this war?"

Heard Kane's words, Yoyo immediately replied: "The Lantern Knight Order lost 4 members, and among the Explorers, the captain of Gnate's squad, Gnate himself, fell."

Hearing Yoyo's words, Kane immediately recalled the Explorer, donned in knightly garb and behaving properly.

They were still the weakest presence in the guild, probably at the peak of Silver, yet not at the bottleneck.

However, inevitably, deaths among Explorers had begun, and this indeed couldn't be avoided.

Then Kane told Yoyo: "Inform them to bring the bodies, they should have been well preserved, right?"

Yoyo nodded: "Preserved very well, Meizike has already checked them."

"Good, that's fine."

Then Yoyo sent the information.

At that time, the Bishop who had been waiting in the distance hurriedly approached.

After the undead began to retreat en masse, he had already headed this way.

He waited in the distance for a long time, and only when Kane was finished resting with nothing else to do did he dare to disturb him.

Kane had already noticed him long ago but did not intentionally call him over.

When the Bishop finally arrived before Kane, Kane scrutinized him carefully.

This was a burly old man about 1.9 meters tall, with hair cropped short and a mix of gray and white.

His face bore numerous scars, and his heavy plate armor was adorned with golden engravings.

Under the armor, he wore a red and white robe, with a thick Divine Scripture hanging at his waist.

In Kane's eyes, this Bishop possessed gold-class strength, with energy levels approximately the same as Shire's group.

Seeing Kane observing him, he placed his hands on his chest and bowed.

"Sir, thank you and... your friends for coming to our aid."

"On behalf of everyone in the fortress, I thank you for your arrival. Without you, this fortress would have fallen."

Kane waved his hand: "No need to mind, we are all living beings, it's our duty to repel the undead."

The Bishop nodded, as he was about to speak, he saw the arrival of the Lantern Knight Order.

Seeing that they seemed to be looking for Kane, he quickly stepped back a few steps, giving way.