Lord: I can see loyalty.

[Name: Umm Bral]

[Race: Antigo]

Age: 697

[Faction: None]

[Hobbies: Magic, killing, necromancy, enslaving others]

【Features: Curse, Sage, Necromancy, Immortality】

Loyalty: Not loyal to you

[Status: Unlocking progress: 89%, Power weakened]

Antigods? Vio didn't bother with the newly added "Status" line; instead, he focused on the race.

He seemed to have some recollection of the Antigo people...

Before he could think any further, Neil, whose head had been split open, had already undergone a strange transformation!

The crack in his head did not completely heal; it stopped just as it was about to close and then split open from the middle.

Or rather, his skin began to peel away from the cracks, and beneath the skin was not a bloody, fleshy face, but a monstrous face like the Eclipse God above!

Whoosh!

The next moment, a beam of light surged from Neil's body, but Vio was prepared and jumped backward at an extremely fast speed.

With a "pfft," Vio was surprised to find that despite having dodged the attack, he was still injured in the chest.

He abruptly raised his head, his gaze fixed on Neil, who was radiating golden light. A panel then appeared:

Name: Neil Donovan

Race: Human

Age: 25

[Faction: Under the command of the God of Eclipse]

[Hobbies: dueling with others, watching gladiatorial performances, and tormenting defeated opponents]

【Characteristics: Fighting fanatic, swordsmanship talent, intermediate level Quicksand Swordsmanship, advanced level Basic Swordsmanship】

Loyalty: Not loyal to you

[Status: Dead, Under Control]

But in no time, the original [Nil Donovan] on the panel began to distort and then turned into [Umbrella]!

The hobbies, characteristics, and statuses listed below also began to disappear, covered by Umbral's entry.

"My lord!" The militiamen rushed over, "Quickly, cover our lord!"

"No need." Vio waved his hand, his eyes observing Neil. "I'm worried about that guy..."

Before he could finish speaking, a series of thuds came from all directions. As the dust settled, the figures slowly stood up.

They were actually a group of immortal soldiers!

Vio glanced at the panel and found that most of them were of average strength, even weaker than ordinary militiamen. Perhaps it was because they hadn't regained consciousness like Duke and become stronger through training.

"My lord," Duke said, now distancing himself from the first enhanced immortal soldier and approaching Vio. "We must deal with that guy up there first. The God of Eclipse probably wants to use him to reappear in the world!"

Vio nodded, gripped his sword again, and ordered, "Hold these undead monsters back!"

"My lord," Duke said, choosing not to continue fighting the enhanced immortal soldier, "I'll go with you. I won't die, and I can test this guy's abilities."

Upon hearing this, Vio nodded after a moment's thought and said to Jimmy and Gina beside him, "Jimmy, Gina, you two hold off that incredibly powerful Longevity Army."

"Yes, sir!"

After giving instructions to the scene, Duke saw that "Neil" had once again used light to conjure several weapons to attack, and without hesitation, he took the lead in meeting them.

Several beams of light pierced his body, but he did not stop and continued to approach Neil.

Vio also raised his sword and quickly swung it to block countless attacks. Then, he found an opportunity to rush out and, together with Duke, charged towards Neil.

call!call!

Two sword shadows struck simultaneously, landing on Neil's shoulders once more, but he showed no reaction, his pupils glowing white as he stared ahead.

Then, the severed flesh began to heal rapidly, even attempting to swallow the two men's weapons, causing them to withdraw their swords.

Vio quickly distanced himself from Duke, his expression slightly grim.

"This guy's regenerative ability is now the same as the Longevity Army..." Vio watched as his opponent returned to normal and got into position again.

Duke's empty gaze never left his opponent. He gripped his weapon tightly, as if he had made a decision. He approached Vio and whispered, "My lord, I will test him again. Please be careful."

Before Vio could answer, Duke strode forward, gripped his weapon, and jumped toward Neil.

Nanier remained unresponsive as before, but the light emanating from his body surged towards the direction from which Duke attacked, and then coalesced into a large shield.

It's now!

Without any hesitation, Vio gathered his strength in his legs and then unleashed it!

He charged towards the undefended Neil like an arrow, this time aiming for Neil's neck.

But to Vio's surprise, the creature opened its mouth, and a bare hand shot out, piercing directly into the sword tip and grabbing him.

"Lord!" Duke shouted, but his own situation was also precarious. After blocking his attack, the light shield twisted rapidly and transformed into several weapons.

With nowhere to hide while suspended in mid-air, Duke was instantly pierced by various sharp blades, and then slammed to the ground, pinning him to the earth.

Duke tried to use his weapon to cut the light blade that had imprisoned him on the ground, but several beams of white light shot out from the end of the blade, knocking the weapon away from his hand.

"My lord..." Duke had lost his ability to fight.

Vio, seeing the light hand rushing towards him, had no choice but to abandon his attack and turn around to barely dodge the blow.

But before he could catch his breath, the light weapon suspended in mid-air stopped dispersing and, as if it had a life of its own, attacked Vio from all sorts of tricky angles.

Vio could only stand up and use his intermediate-level Dune Swordsmanship speed to quickly block, but one blade still grazed his shoulder and another slashed his thigh, instantly staining his clothes under his armor with blood.

Despite the excruciating pain from his wounds and the rapid depletion of his energy, he dared not relax for a moment and could only maintain his maximum speed.

At this critical moment, a fleeting image flashed through his mind of the afterimages left by the clash of swords during his sparring session with Gina, and he recalled fragments of words his father, Odom, had once used to teach him swordsmanship...

Vio swung his sword at full speed, and he felt his thoughts drifting away. But at the same time, his speed increased even more, so much so that he didn't even realize it!

In an instant, Vio had sliced ​​away all the incoming light blades, leaving Neil standing there completely unprepared.

boom!

Without hesitation, Vio's scattered pupils focused again, and in the next moment, his entire figure had vanished, leaving only an afterimage in place.

puff!

A series of sharp cutting sounds rang out almost simultaneously, and Neil's body, which was glowing, trembled violently as several wounds instantly appeared on his body!

His powerful regenerative ability seemed completely unable to keep up with the speed of the strikes. In the blink of an eye, his body was covered with cracks, from which golden light was overflowing, making him look like a stone statue about to shatter.

"Ugh—!" A non-human, agonizing roar, a mixture of Neil's and some ancient being's pain, erupted from his mouth.

The light emanating from him began to fade, and Duke was finally freed. He looked at Vio with disbelief in his eyes.

Vio landed lightly, gripped his sword, and slowly stood up. He took a deep breath and could clearly feel the change in his physical strength, his speed far exceeding that of ordinary people.

Vio didn't need to check the panel; he already understood:

He has already broken through to the advanced level of Dune Swordsmanship.

But before anyone else could react, Neil's body, which had been cut open with several sword marks, began to emit an even more astonishing light!

With a crack, his body shattered!

Neil's body shattered like porcelain, and then a dark shadow emerged from it, heading straight for Vio.

The shadowy figure looked exactly like the God of Devouring!

Looking at the dark figure, Vio finally remembered what the Antigods of Umbral were.

He remembered hearing about swordsmanship from an adventurer who served as his family's swordsmanship instructor when he was a child.

The Antig race, which humans classify as a demon race, are skilled in necromancy and are not gods at all.

In other words, this is his necromancy?

Vio naturally dared not draw his sword rashly, and quickly jumped to the side to create distance.

The dark figure pursued relentlessly, faintly emitting the roar of an ancient creature, and quickened its pace.

But Vio's speed had already surpassed that of the others. He nimbly moved through the interior of Stonehenge, his gaze inadvertently glancing at the sealing patterns on the messy stone walls, as if he had thought of something.

Taking a deep breath, Vio leaped to a small pattern and steadied himself as the opponent charged at him again.

call!

Seeing Vio stop, the shadowy figure accelerated again, and was now only a hair's breadth away from him. Vio pushed off with his feet and jumped to the side.

"!"

The dark figure crashed into the pattern instantly, and a roar came from its head as its black body began to twist and struggle.

Until it disappears completely.

"Resolved?" Vio breathed a sigh of relief, gripping his sword, and looked up at the figure of the God of Eclipse, Umbral, beneath the crystal high above.

Clearly, only a remnant soul was dealt with; the Devourer Umbral is still alive.

"My lord!" Duke hurried to Vio's side, unable to hide his excitement.

Vio did not respond to the other party, but instead turned his gaze to the militiamen who were still entangled with the Changsheng Army.

Although these guys didn't have much fighting power, they kept wearing down everyone's stamina by remaining neither alive nor dead.

The same applies to Gina's battle against Jimmy and the enhanced immortal army.

After a moment's thought, Vio sped forward and, before anyone could react, slashed down a member of the Longevity Army with his sword, then stomped him onto the sealing runes.

呲!

At the sound, the immortal soldier began to struggle violently, but in less than a moment, he completely lost consciousness, leaving only a body that had stopped healing.

"Press them into the patterns on the stone wall!" Vio shouted to the militiamen without hesitation after the experiment was successful.

The Changsheng Army, which already had little combat capability, rapidly dwindled in number after their weakness was discovered, until only the first Changsheng Army member to appear, the one who had been enhanced, remained.

Jimmy and Gina went into battle one after another, both of them exhausted. Unlike the other immortal soldiers, their opponents, combined with their healing abilities, could only be worn down.

Vio and Duke, who still had some strength left, rushed forward, cut their opponent in half at the waist, and pressed him down onto the sealing runes.

"Ugh—!"

The Changsheng Army erupted in a scream, leaving only two severed corpses.