Supreme Emptiness

No matter what.

Since the Demon Priest has appeared.

That means the duel between two commanders has begun.

"Take another hit!"

Lei Zhenghai drew lightning from the Thunderstruck Wood and struck across the Boundary Mountain.

The Demon Priestess instinctively touched her neck.

Only to remember that her necklace had been stolen by that scoundrel.

But she didn't panic.

With a thought.

The enormous dead corpse puppet beside her rose into the air and pounced on the lightning.

As the thunder light flashed.

The dead corpse puppet exploded into countless pieces, scattering and burning on the ground.

"Hmph! That's all you have?"

She stomped her foot.

The dead corpse puppets at her feet, along with the army, charged towards the peak of Boundary Mountain.

The snow-covered and rocky slope.

Could no longer hinder her, carrying the Demon Priestess, easily climbing to the mountainside.

The forefront of the dead corpse army had reached the edge of the peak.

Lei Zhenghai shouted in a deep voice: "Hold the Boundary Mountain!"

He himself absorbed a large amount of thunder power, attacking the Demon Priestess.

The Demon Priestess thought again.

Several dead corpse puppets blocked the thunder power on their own.

At the same time, she waved her sleeve.

A mass of black necrotic qi shot into the sky, growing rapidly with the wind into a giant ten-zhang tall skull.

With a chilling howl, it pounced suddenly at Lei Zhenghai.

Lei Zhenghai's face changed.

He drew several strands of thunder power and struck at the skull all at once.

Puff, puff—

The necrotic qi within the skull was exceptionally dense, and such a powerful thunder strike could not penetrate it.

Boom—

The skull opened its mouth, diving down to bite Lei Zhenghai fiercely.

Not good!

Lei Zhenghai quickly dodged away.

The ground was instantly shattered into pieces by the skull's impact.

The ten Thunderstruck Woods he had laid out also exploded and flew away.

His face changed again.

The True Thunder Sect's technique relied on borrowing the power of heaven and earth's thunder to unleash its power.

Thunderstruck Wood was commonly used by True Thunder Sect's disciples to store thunder power.

These were all the Thunderstruck Woods he had brought.

Meanwhile.

The dead corpse army had approached.

The elders and disciples stationed at Boundary Mountain from the Four Great Sects, inevitably engaged in direct combat with the dead corpse puppets.

The Supreme Sect faced the initial impact.

Lu Xiunian and two other elders stood at the forefront.

Xia Chaoge, Hua Xiangchen, Li Shiqian, and other disciples stood behind them, taking advantage of the gaps between the elders to strike down enemies.

A Fifth-Level Core Formation snake demon, leading the charge, bypassed many dead corpse puppets and attacked first.

Its house-sized head crashed towards Lu Xiunian in the middle.

"Hmph!"

Lu Xiunian's palms surged with spiritual power, combined with an Earth-level technique.

He unleashed a torrent of force, forming an almost tangible palm strike.

Boom—

The rotting head of the colossal dead serpent was immediately smashed to pieces.

The residual force also swept the dead corpse puppets on both sides off their feet.

Creating a crescent-shaped knocked-down pattern.

This strike.

Exhibited his savage Seventh Level Core Formation strength beyond doubt!

The elders on both sides, and the disciples behind them, were all invigorated.

Whoosh!

Suddenly!

The air erupted with a fierce roar!

The enormous serpent, without its head, abruptly lashed out with its several-zhang long skeletal body!

Lu Xiunian and the two elders were caught off guard.

They staggered back, crashing into several Supreme Sect disciples.

"You beast!" Lu Xiunian shouted in surprise and anger, "Crush it into powder!"

"Let's see if it dares to move again!"

One elder closely followed.

The other elder stood still.

Droplets of blood.

Seeped from his forehead, down past his eyes, over his nose, and finally down to his chin, forming a stream of blood.

Splattering between his feet.

Lu Xiunian turned his head and his eyes narrowed sharply.

There was a rolling pin-sized bloody hole in the elder's forehead.

Penetrating from his forehead to the back of his head.

In the bloody hole, Lu Xiunian saw the terrified and shocked faces of the disciples.

From the serpent's tail strike just now.

A sharp bone spike had accidentally pierced through his head.

"Lin Zhen!" Lu Xiunian's face changed dramatically.

In his disbelief, Lin Zhen fell slowly onto the icy snow.

His eyes opened and closed.

Reflecting the starless, moonless dark night sky.

He hadn't lived to see the dawn.

Fallen before the dawn.

"No!!!" Lu Xiunian roared with grief and anger.

His Junior Brother of many years, just like that… in such an unexpected fall!

He was angry, grief-stricken, and mostly blamed himself.

If he had not been so careless.

Elder Lin would still be alive!!

Whoosh—

The serpent's tail attacked again.

Lu Xiunian, overwhelmed with grief and anger, roared: "Die!!"

Terrifying spiritual power, dominating palm power.

Instantly shattered the giant serpent's tail that ambushed again into countless bone fragments.

In the serpent's belly, the dimly flickering necrotic qi.

Controlled a remaining bone spike, attempting to strike again!

Crunch!

A massive foot stomped down.

Crushing both bone and necrotic qi!

Lu Xiunian charged down the slope, his eyes bloodshot.

He stared at the incoming beast tide and rushed forward: "Damn it! You all deserve to die!!!"

Xia Chaoge, Hua Xiangchen, and Li Shiqian and other disciples' eyes were also red.

Elder Lin Zhen had always been the gentlest with disciples.

Even disciples from other peaks would receive his care.

And he had suddenly died.

Hua Xiangchen, eyes red, roared and charged up, taking Lin Zhen's place.

Furiously slashing at a wolf demon attempting to ambush Lu Xiunian from the side.

Xia Chaoge and Li Shiqian then respectively filled Lu Xiunian's spot.

Fighting the oncoming demon beasts in anger.

This scene was not unique.

The members of the four sects, never having fought dead corpse puppets directly before.

Instantly faced massive impact.

These dead corpse puppets, even with their heads smashed, or their bodies shattered, still retained combat ability.

Inexperienced, they quickly had their defense line broken.

The worst was the Giant Sect.

Close-quarters combat naturally put them at a disadvantage.

Unprepared, they were suddenly charged by a missing half-bodied leopard demon, into the disciples' ranks.

Its sharp bone spurs, like sickles.

Injured eight disciples.

Two of them were fatally wounded on the spot!

"You beast!"

By the time the elders arrived and smashed the leopard demon to pieces.

Their disciples had suffered heavy losses.

Over half lost their combat ability instantly.

The Myriad Swords Sect fared no better.

Previously, with the control of fire, thunder, and other positive energies.

They were under the illusion.

That dead corpse puppets were easy to handle.

However, in direct combat, their troubling nature became evident.

Their unfeeling attitude towards pain and death.

Even with their bodies broken apart, they didn't die.

In an instant, the Myriad Swords Sect's defense line was repeatedly pushed back by several enormous dead corpse puppets.

Three disciples were injured by flying bone shards.

One even had a finger cut off.

Liang Feiyan furiously unleashed sharp sword qi, chopping the dead corpses into pieces.

But even these fragments continued attacking.

What's worse, while the front was not yet cleared of dead corpse puppets, more surged from the rear!

The True Thunder Sect fared slightly better.

Elders and disciples unleashed thunderbolts, immediately paralyzing the dead corpse puppets on the spot.

But the three neighboring sects' lines crumbled one after another.

They soon faced dead corpse puppets from the sides too.

Attacking them from three sides.

The True Thunder Sect couldn't hold either.

An elder, in haste to save a disciple, had his heart gouged out by a bone claw!

The enraged Lu Xiunian was forced to retreat, fighting and retreating with the advancing beast tide.

The situation crumbled.

On the verge of being overrun!

"Sect Master Lei! Think of something!"

"The defense…is breaking!"

Lei Zhenghai felt lost.

He never imagined that the dead corpse army, half of which they had previously easily annihilated.

Just one clash.

Had broken the human defense line!

If this continued, defeat was inevitable!

And with the army pressing close, they had no chance to escape!

As he was at a loss.

A loud voice suddenly echoed across the battlefield.

"Attack their necrotic qi!"

"That's their only weak spot!"