On the right flank of the formation, a sea of skeletons surged forward like a tide.

Feng Qingyan raised her staff high, unleashing over fifty 【Flame Burst】 spells in rapid succession; orange-red fireballs slammed into the skeleton horde one after another, ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) sending bone fragments flying in the explosions.

In just one minute, she had consumed nearly half of her mana.

"Phew..." Feng Qingyan let out a long breath, planting her staff on the ground as her protective shield flickered violently.

She reached to her waist to pull out a potion, her hand trembling slightly as she unscrewed the cap.

She tilted her head back and downed it, her throat bobbing, then wiped her mouth and spat lightly, "This mana potion tastes as bitter as coptis... I'll have Master Li add some honey next time."

At the same time, Zhao Hu had gone berserk with slaughter.

Charging at the very front of the Great Qin Elite Soldiers formation with only his axe, the blade of his Vicious Bite was stained with bone fragments from skeletons and the black blood of the undead.

He was like a tireless meat grinder, his axe blade flying.

His Grudge value accumulated continuously; every time he blocked an attack, it increased by ten points, and every time he received an attack, it increased by twenty points.

Once his Grudge reached one hundred, the Spirit Possession skill activated, wrapping his body in a grey-black phantom that reduced incoming damage by twenty percent.

His health bar fluctuated under Su Yurou's Healing Spell, but it never dipped below forty percent.

An Undead Warrior's spear pierced his left arm, -90.

Zhao Hu backhanded his axe into the Undead Warrior's neck, triggering the Vicious Curse, which reduced the Undead Warrior's attack power by twenty percent. As the blade bit into flesh, the Vicious Retribution effect activated, increasing his damage by twenty percent while restoring a small amount of health.

The Undead Warrior's health bar plummeted, and Zhao Hu finished it off with another axe strike; its skull shattered, and its soulfire extinguished.

An Undead Knight charged from the flank, its lance thrusting straight at Zhao Hu's back.

Zhao Hu did not turn around; he activated 【Iron Wall Body】, and a pale yellow shield equivalent to 30% of his maximum health appeared around him.

The lance struck the shield, piercing only an inch before getting stuck.

The Undead Knight abandoned the lance and drew its sword; with a flash of light, it struck directly at the back of Zhao Hu's neck.

Zhao Hu dodged to the side and backhanded his axe at the horse's legs. The Undead Knight reined the horse to leap up, thrusting its sword tip downward. Zhao Hu raised his axe to block, and with a "clang," sparks flew everywhere.

The Undead Knight's sword strikes were like the wind, hacking continuously. Zhao Hu's shield shattered on the third strike, and he retreated two steps, steadying his stance.

Zhao Hu backhanded his axe toward the knight's waist and abdomen, but the knight dodged to the side, its sword tip thrusting toward Zhao Hu's shoulder socket.

Zhao Hu hunched his shoulder, the sword tip slicing through his armor plating. He seized the opportunity to stomp forward fiercely, swinging his second axe strike horizontally, which landed squarely on the knight's ribs.

The knight staggered, but its soulfire had not yet extinguished; it swung its sword to strike again.

Zhao Hu did not dodge or parry, bringing his third axe strike down directly onto its head.

The knight raised its sword to block, but both it and the sword were knocked sideways by the force of the blow.

Zhao Hu immediately followed up with a fourth axe strike, sweeping horizontally to snap the knight's blade, the axe edge continuing on to hack into its neck.

The Undead Knight fell from its horse, its soulfire extinguished.

Zhao Hu continued his rampage, leaving a bloody path paved with undead corpses behind him.

Meng Yi held his halberd, his gaze scanning the battlefield like a hawk, and he glanced at the sky in the distance.

The fierce battle between Lin Feng and Akmond continued; crimson spear radiance and a pitch-black lance collided three hundred meters in the air, sending waves of energy exploding outward in expanding circles.

Meng Yi withdrew his gaze and pointed his halberd forward.

"Arrowhead Formation, advance!"

Eight thousand Great Qin Elite Soldiers shifted their formation in unison; the soldiers in the front row leveled their halberds, leaned forward, and increased their agility, forming a charge stance.

The formation cut into the sea of skeletons like a sharp knife. Meng Yi charged at the very front, thrusting his halberd repeatedly, one kill per strike, as shockwaves exploded among the skeleton horde, knocking back the surrounding skeletons.

Behind him, the Commanders of Five Hundred and Centurions performed their respective duties: the Spear Array: Cheval de Frise stabilized the flanks, the Arrowhead: Breakthrough tore open gaps, and the Qin Crossbow: Rapid Fire sniped the Necromancers.

Bai Yi led his five-hundred-man squad to cut in from the flank.

He saw a Necromancer in the skeleton horde casting a spell; the pitch-black light on its withered wood staff had reached its peak, and the bones of thirty skeletons began to wiggle.

Bai Yi raised his Qin Crossbow and activated 【Qin Crossbow: Rapid Fire】; five crossbow bolts were fired in rapid succession, three of which nailed the Necromancer in the chest, triggering the immobilization effect.

The Necromancer froze in place, its spellcasting interrupted. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Bai Yi charged forward, thrusting his halberd into its skull from the side, piercing it through and extinguishing its soulfire.

He retracted his halberd and swept it horizontally, sending two Skeleton Warriors flying.

Bai Er led several Centurions on the left flank of the formation, adopting the 【Spear Array: Cheval de Frise】 stance, with halberd tips pointed diagonally forward, bodies slightly crouched, and halberd shafts aligned side-by-side.

Skeleton Warriors rushed up, collided with the halberd tips, and were pierced and stuck; those behind them stepped up and were pierced in turn.

The halberd tips thrust repeatedly into the skeleton horde, shattering the grey-white bones.

The Elite Soldiers behind the Centurions thrust their halberds in unison, tearing a gap in the left flank of the skeleton sea.

Bai San and Bai Si were on the right flank of the formation, charging with 【Arrowhead: Breakthrough】 and leading the Elite Soldiers into the Undead Warrior lines, thrusting their halberds repeatedly as the Undead Warriors' health bars dropped rapidly under the tips of their weapons.

Bai Five and Bai Liu followed behind Bai San, using Qin Crossbow: Rapid Fire to snipe the Undead Archers attempting to flank them.

The Great Qin Elite Soldiers' Army Formation advanced steadily through the sea of skeletons, like a precision meat grinder, crushing hundreds of skeletons with every step.

Meng Yi stood at the front of the formation, his halberd thrusting repeatedly, each strike precisely piercing a skeleton's eye socket.

He glanced at Zhao Hu in the distance; the blood-drenched man was charging left and right through the undead horde, the Grudge phantom flickering on his body, and every time his axe blade fell, it kicked up a spray of black blood.

Meng Yi withdrew his gaze and pointed his halberd forward, his voice steady as iron, "All forces, press forward!"

The Great Qin Elite Soldiers took a step forward in unison, their movements so uniform that the sound of their boots hitting the ground made the earth tremble slightly.

Their halberds thrust in unison, and the sea of skeletons collapsed in swathes before the formation.

The Commanders of Five Hundred led the charge, using Arrowhead: Breakthrough to tear the skeleton sea's formation into fragments, while the Centurions followed closely behind, using Qin Crossbow: Rapid Fire to snipe the remaining officers.

...

In the air, the duel between the powerful had already begun.

When Lin Feng charged toward Akmond, fifteen more figures rose into the sky from the direction of Thang Long City; combined with Deputy City Lord Liu Zhenshan, Hamza, and the others, the human side's flying combat force reached twenty-seven people.

On the undead side, bone dragons, high-ranking Death Knights, and liches rose into the air, twenty dark shadows trailing black streaks through the sky.

The strongest expert from Annan Country and another level 40 expert confronted the Lich King Kel-Thuzad.

Kel-Thuzad wore dark golden robes, and the head of the withered wood staff in his hand was inlaid with a black gemstone the size of a fist, with the auras of four pieces of golden equipment swirling around him.

He waved his staff, and a beam of dark purple light shot toward the strongest expert from Annan Country, who raised his shield to block, causing the beam to explode against the shield's surface.

The other level 40 expert flanked from the side, slashing a scimitar toward Kel-Thuzad's neck, but Kel-Thuzad tilted his head to dodge, raised his staff high, and forced the two back.

The three were locked in a fierce struggle, light and flames splashing everywhere as shockwaves rolled through the air.