readytorunbook Chapter 563 - 286: Undead Calamity
Chapter 563 - 286: Undead Calamity
"Finally, we’re going on an adventure together. I’ve been looking forward to this for a long, long time."
In Diane’s eyes, there was a hint of expectation, and she unconsciously tightened her grip on his hand, her delight evident.
"It’s not something fun. We’re heading to the core of the Netherworld now." Baiyi was a bit helpless; the capital’s genius combat theory was top-notch, and their combat skills were also superb, because the Federation had provided them with everything they desired.
Yet their perception of danger was their weak point...
But one must grow, just like how the SSS-level and numerous S-level warriors from the capital ventured to All Heavens; once they have the ability to protect themselves, they need to be trained comprehensively.
The capital had Luo Men and the Divine Artifact for protection, ensuring there was no real safety concern.
Yet here...
"Don’t resist..."
Baiyi said softly as the Demon’s Will began to descend upon Diane.
This specialty had no limit to the number it could affect; Baiyi could even bless an entire city’s living creatures simultaneously, though this consumed his Spiritual Power and Magic Power.
Fortunately, Baiyi was two-faced; no matter how much the Light Side consumed, it wouldn’t affect the Dark Side’s combat power.
"What’s this..." Diane felt herself suddenly enhanced significantly, with her magic power increased by 30% and her spiritual power also enhanced by 30%.
For a Necromancer, this could mean a doubling of combat power.
"A talent that can save your life in times of danger," Baiyi said with a smile.
The specialty he bestowed was Spiritual Protection and Demon Soul Blood.
One was the sharing of external Spiritual Power, the other automatically restored 100% Life Value when below 1%.
With Baiyi’s current recovery power in his Dark Side, needing Spiritual Protection wasn’t important; even if his head exploded, it could recover to full health in three seconds.
On the contrary, a fragile Necromancer needed Resurrection Armor and defense more.
Diane was a bit helpless: "Why do you all think I’m weak?"
Baiyi took out a large Soul Crystal and tossed it into his mouth, chewing lightly; three uses of Demon’s Will had reduced his Spiritual Power and Magic Power to only 40% of the original, due to the cost of fully enhancing two abilities.
Demacia, that weakling, had only used 5%.
"It’s not that I think you’re weak, but if something happens to you... what about our child?" Baiyi spread his hands.
"Child?" Diane’s eyes widened, subconsciously looking down at herself: "What child? How come I don’t know?"
"There will be one in the future," Baiyi replied with a smile.
Bang~
Diane blushed slightly and punched him angrily: "Don’t joke about that, I thought..."
"Thought what?"
"You..."
Buzz~
"Master, we’ve arrived at the Wei Sea."
Now, the Wei Sea was shrouded in a thick, dark green mist, with some unfamiliar monsters leaping out of the water, generally much larger than normal fish, bearing marks of deformity to varying degrees.
Under the setting sun, the once clear blue sea now resembled a dirty Abyssal Sea.
"How could this be..."
Diane turned away from Baiyi’s gaze, mumbling subconsciously as she saw the scene.
"Netherworld, Hell, Abyss, Undead, all tend to cause such disasters," Baiyi mused, "It was only when the Death God was around that they behaved a bit, but now, both the Death God and Subordinate God have disappeared, leaving the deathly powers under the control of some ancient Old Gods."
Diane paused in silence, softly saying: "Let’s go, we should first head to that Divine Bottom Sea Trench."
186-A scanned the surroundings, confirmed the position, and started moving toward the Divine Bottom Sea Trench.
This time, it traveled through spatial turbulence, always reserving some energy to deal with dangers. Even though Luoning’s premonition indicated a smooth journey this time, if one casually relaxed, the future would not be of just one frame; every thought could create a new future.
"Scared?" Seeing Diane’s growing silence, Baiyi reached out to touch her head, asking softly.
Diane leaned on Baiyi’s shoulder: "No, just a bit wistful. The New Gods shattered the order and initiated this millennium-long Dark Era, but it seems all races are looking forward to Their return."
Diane reached out, a massive blue whale over a thousand meters long pierced through the head by a bone spear. She extracted the utterly filthy soul and annihilated it, softly saying: "Before, I didn’t quite understand, but now I kind of do."
"The New Gods ruled for nearly ten million years, but the calamity records from the Ancient God Era were preserved well by the Mages. Comparison breeds happiness," Baiyi explained.
He used an analogy: "For instance, if someone has a bowl of rice every day, they’ll expect a bowl of meat. If they really get to live with meat, they’ll never wish to return to the hard days before.
Even if everything eventually crumbles, they’ll only yearn for the peak times, striving to climb to the peak again."
"Mm." Diane nodded, gazing at the boundless Nether Fog, her eyes full of contemplation: "Do you think... we’ll be able to establish an order where people no longer yearn for the New God Era?"
Baiyi paused for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, as long as we are alive, that day will come."
Buzz~
A sudden sense of danger locked onto Baiyi, and the previously calm Wei Sea started to churn, with countless malice attacking from all sides, as though the entire ocean targeted him.
Baiyi felt a bit helpless; this was why he didn’t want to come. If not for the Saint Tower, all those Netherworld creatures would have to die.
Even with the Saint Tower, one slap had killed three Legendaries and nearly killed this Demigod.
This kind of hatred, Baiyi could think of it.
Donning the title of Soul Master, Baiyi halted 186-A’s advance, silently waiting.
"What’s wrong?" Diane stood up somewhat anxiously, her voice bearing a hint of seriousness.
"They hold some resentment towards me, but that demigod is currently in a heavily wounded state, so the issue shouldn’t be particularly big," Baiyi explained as his eyes gradually turned scarlet.
Diane nodded: "A group fight? That’s simple."
Diane extended her hand, and a Skull Magic Staff materialized from the void; she grasped it with both hands, closing her eyes.
When she opened them again, a gray light began to spread, and the sunset in the sky became suffused with gray, as if the world was already dead.
Undead Calamity!
Buzz~
Black-grey fog slowly descended from the sky, forming a wide waterfall.
The Nether Fog began to merge with the Undead Fog, each emitting a sizzling sound.
The Undead passage opened at this time, Diane’s eyes gradually turned purple, her whole body slowly levitating in the air, framed against the grey waterfall, now looking like a proud queen.
"Fallen undead of eternal life, heed the call of the king, bringing eternal downfall to the world...."
As the spell spread, a dragon roar erupted in the sky.
Five Giant Dragons flew out from within, among them one Witch Demon Dragon, one Mechanical Giant Dragon, and three Bone Dragons.
The Witch Demon Dragon’s withered wings blotted out the sky, with Deep Blue Soul Fires flickering behind them, the terrifying Dragon Power quelling the Nether Fog across the entire sea surface.
Buzz~
Diane raised her staff, and as the spell reached a climax,
The Mechanical Skeleton Legion suddenly appeared beside her, along with a massive army of Witch Demons and Evil Spirits, with Or, now a Golden Lower Tier Witch Demon, not considered top tier among these Necromancers, merely ranked alongside Bodun at the bottom.
They just had better equipment than the other Undead Creatures because Baiyi had gifted them.
After hundreds of spellcasters and thousands of high-tier Evil Spirits, came a vast ocean of skeletons.
They followed the Undead Calamity’s waterfall, continuously falling toward the ocean, forming a skeleton waterfall.
Amidst them, Undead Knights riding warhorses, Dark Warriors wielding heavy swords, and various high-end Undead Type creatures plunged madly into the sea on top of the skeletal ocean.
The Netherworld was completely suppressed by the Undead at this moment, and the Netherworld within dozens of miles collapsed, entirely engulfed by the Undead Calamity.
Diane’s magic power grew ever stronger, and as several Legendaries emerged with heavy expressions at the front, the light of the Undead shone again atop Diane’s staff.
An endless surge of undead auras exploded in blue light, and the grey sky deepened further.
The vast undead auras soared once more.
Prompting the Legendaries to start retreating.
"Cartman, tear them apart!"
Diane, looking coldly ahead, pointed her staff, a grey aura expanded massively, and the soul fire in the Witch Demon Dragon’s eyes blazed up, flapping its wings ferociously, and it flew out instantly.