Supreme Emptiness

Everyone looked towards the foot of the mountain.

The dead corpses of demon beasts, rotting all over their bodies like black tides.

From the foot of the Boundary Mountain, extending to the ends of the earth.

At this moment.

The evening sunset.

The last rays of light in the world lingered faintly within the clouds.

Making the world alternately dark.

And briefly bright.

Like a dying ember in the wind, struggling, striving, to send the last bit of blessing to the people on Boundary Mountain.

Finally.

The afterglow faded away.

The earth plunged into endless, infinite darkness.

Approaching.

Were corpses of demon beasts, like mountains, marching in a grand procession.

Even though Jiang Fan had already brought back a living dead corpse.

They were already mentally prepared for the dead corpse army.

However.

When they saw the endless dead corpse army up close, grotesque, rotting all over, yet marching towards them in the darkness.

They couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

Fear, like a beast appearing at night, pounced on them from the darkness.

Rumble—

The Boundary Mountain shook again!

Triggered a massive avalanche.

Everyone looked up.

It was a hundred barbaric elephants, lined up in formation, ramming the Boundary Mountain again with their massive bodies.

Their skeletons had become brittle from years of decay.

After the previous collision, most of them had already cracked.

A few heads were already smashed.

Yet, they still retreated a hundred feet, then launched another assault.

Relentlessly crashing into the Boundary Mountain.

Their strange actions puzzled the people on the mountain peak.

Li Qingfeng and Lu Xiunian, who had long guarded this place, watched the avalanche triggered on Boundary Mountain.

After a brief thought, they suddenly realized their intent.

"Stop them quickly!"

Li Qingfeng shouted,

"They are trying to break the ice and snow on the Boundary Mountain, exposing the rocky slopes to make it easier for the dead corpse army to climb!"

The Boundary Mountain had endured thousands of years of wind and frost.

The surface had long since solidified into a smooth ice layer.

Previously, only apes, spiders, and other climbing proficient demon beasts could easily leap up the Boundary Mountain.

For the rest of the demon beasts, it was quite laborious.

The current dead corpse army were all deceased demon beasts.

In terms of agility, they were far inferior to when they were alive.

Therefore, to ascend the Boundary Mountain.

The smooth ice layer was the first problem they needed to overcome.

The demon race priest was evidently a competent commander.

Had already made arrangements, deploying a hundred barbaric elephants to first shatter the ice layer at the cost of their bodies.

In this way.

The originally rugged rocky slopes would be exposed, allowing the dead corpse army to climb more easily.

Lei Zhenhai's eyes gleamed.

Resolutely said, "Kill them!"

He was the first to take action.

Taking out a charred piece of wood, it was indeed Thunderstruck Wood.

Containing the remnant power of thunder and lightning from when heavenly tribulation struck the wood.

"Go!"

He operated his cultivation technique, drawing out the lightning from the Thunderstruck Wood, and directed it at one barbaric elephant.

Sizzle—

The lightning instantly erupted.

Turning into a purple lightning bolt as thick as a finger, piercing through the air, striking one of the barbaric elephants.

In an instant.

A large amount of death energy steamed from the barbaric elephant's body.

With the dispersal of the death energy.

The barbaric elephant fell heavily without even a scream, crushing another nearby barbaric elephant along with it.

Elders from various sects took out fire talismans one after another, some directly using flame techniques.

Together they attacked the hundred barbaric elephants.

Just as Jiang Fan had mentioned earlier.

These dead corpses were evil beings, extremely afraid of things imbued with yang energy.

When the flames fell on them, they immediately scorched the death energy from their bodies.

The ignited barbaric elephants, in panic, squeezed towards the side, igniting nearby barbaric elephants as well.

The twenty or so flames shot out ended up igniting over thirty barbaric elephants.

The firelight soaring to the sky.

Not only illuminated the battlefield, but also the eyes of the people on the mountain peak.

The dead corpses were not invincible!

The disciples from various sects were greatly encouraged.

One after another, they ignited their prepared torches, throwing them toward the foot of the Boundary Mountain.

Most lacked the strength, unable to throw them over a hundred feet, falling on the slopes either near or far.

A few with sufficient strength managed to throw them into the midst of the barbaric elephants, successfully igniting one.

But this didn't deter the disciples from continuing their attempts at throwing.

Thanks to Jiang Fan.

They had more wood than they could count, they couldn't possibly run out.

Thus.

Torch after torch, like a meteor shower, drew arcs of varying lengths across the night sky.

And the hundred barbaric elephants charging at Boundary Mountain, eventually couldn't withstand the saturated torch attack.

As they launched their fifth assault on Boundary Mountain.

Most of the barbaric elephants had already been ignited.

Fell one after another on the ground.

The remaining few dozen, shattered beyond recognition from colliding with the Boundary Mountain.

Unable to exert any effective impact on the Boundary Mountain.

In the midst of the dead corpse army.

On the back of an inconspicuous demon beast.

The demon race priest watched the dynamics of Boundary Mountain from afar, hands behind her back.

Her cold and beautiful face revealed a hint of surprise,

"Using flame to restrain my dead corpse army?"

"Humph! That human brat's doing!"

This time, she led the dead corpse army to attack.

Only the Demon Emperor knew.

The move was sudden and swift.

Giving no chance for the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion to gather intelligence.

The goal was to catch the Guardians of the Human Clan off guard.

It's hateful that the little human had captured a dead corpse puppet in advance, alerting the Human Clan Guardians on Boundary Mountain in advance.

And based on the characteristics of that dead corpse puppet, they researched some defensive measures.

Otherwise.

A mere hundred barbaric elephants could have easily cleared the ice layer on Boundary Mountain.

Then, the dead corpse army would sweep upward, ending the battle quickly!

"I must personally slay you!"

Thinking of Jiang Fan's face, the demon race priest was filled with hatred.

As she watched the hundred barbaric elephants burn one after another.

Her eyes showed little fluctuation, indifferent, she commanded,

"Advance!"

Squeak, squeak—

From within the dead corpse army.

Suddenly emerged rats the size of dogs.

Skeletal all over.

Black smoke flickered in their eyes.

In incomprehensibly large numbers.

Over a thousand!

They were very fast, with unmatched agility, jumping onto the slippery slopes, quickly climbing upwards.

"Kill! Don't let them get close!"

Lei Zhenhai again drew a lightning bolt from the Thunderstruck Wood, shot it at a rapidly sprinting rat demon.

With a puff.

The death energy in its eyes dissipated, immediately lifeless as if losing its soul, rolling a few times and lying still on the ground.

Sect elders and disciples who saw this did not hesitate.

They took action one after another.

Instantly, flames soared again, illuminating the entire snowy slope.

Compared to the barbaric elephants.

The rat demons were much weaker.

Immediately lost mobility after being touched by the flames.

In just the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Corpses were strewn everywhere on the snowy slope, all of them rat demon corpses.

Ouyang Jun, panting heavily.

Excited filaments flashed in his eyes, he shouted, "Come on, sending a bunch of little mice, do you underestimate us?"

Hahaha!

The disciples, who had been tense all along, relaxed with excitement after achieving consecutive small victories.

The dead corpse army wasn't as terrifying as imagined.

Using flame to restrain them, it was no difficulty.

Jiang Fan, standing at a high place, overlooking the ground full of rat demon corpses, frowned.

There was no reason to send such weak rat demons to their deaths.

That demon race priest didn't seem foolish.

Suddenly.

A rat demon dead near its companions caught Jiang Fan's attention.

The environment was dark earlier, didn't notice it.

At this moment, Jiang Fan discovered, the rat demon's abdomen was tied with a fist-sized beast skin bag.

Bulging, unknown what was inside.

With the death of the rat demon.

The beast skin bag rapidly dissolved.

Looking at the other rat demon corpses.

Without exception, all had similar beast skin bags tied to their bellies.

Jiang Fan's expression changed, immediately reminding, "These rat demons all have something on their bellies!"

"Quick, clear away their corpses!"

The real threat was not these rat demons themselves.

But the mysterious beast skin bags on their bellies!