The undead have descended upon the world? I possess a sword that can cleave the heavens once more!

As the longsword was swung, the blade traced an arc in mid-air within the deep dark domain.

Wherever its jet-black sword passed, the surrounding dark mist disintegrated and collapsed to both sides, leaving a clearly visible, almost vacuum-like trail.

And as the longsword was swung, a crescent-shaped, jet-black sword aura silently drifted out from the blade.

The sword energy resembled a flattened black moon, with sharp and even edges, as if it had swallowed up all the surrounding light, forming a small patch of darkness in the mist that was even denser than the mist itself.

Although it looks like it's floating by, the sword energy is actually extremely fast!

Its movement is peculiar: on the surface, it seems to drift by slowly, leisurely and unhurriedly, like a black leaf falling in the wind.

However, its actual speed was extremely fast, so fast that it crossed the distance between the silver giant and the army of corpses almost the instant it left the sword, as if it had directly pierced through space itself and appeared silently in front of the army of corpses.

At the very front of the army of corpses, the dozen or so enormous corpses that were advancing also noticed the dark sword light that was already approaching them!

They also sensed the strange fluctuations emanating from that dark sword light, which seemed capable of bringing everything to destruction!

As ninth-tier corpse species that had just emerged from an S-level restricted area, they were not unfamiliar with that kind of fluctuation; in fact, they could be said to be very familiar with it.

After all, just now at the edge of the S-level restricted area, they had witnessed the clash and battle between those powerhouses above the tenth rank from afar!

That was a battlefield they wouldn't even approach: even from tens of kilometers away, they could feel the aftershocks of those attacks hitting the barrier!

Upon recognizing the fluctuation, their expressions immediately changed drastically, and terror flashed in their sticky eyes.

"How is this possible! The aura of rules is so strong!"

"No! That human seems to have truly mastered the power of the rules!"

"The power of rules! How could we possibly resist them!"

"Isn't this just sending them to their deaths?"

"Stop! Stop! Stop!"

The group of ninth-tier corpses, including the one-eyed giant lion and the four-eyed giant tiger, who had just regained their fighting spirit, immediately stopped their advance.

Even a small portion of the ninth-tier corpses made a move as if preparing to retreat.

Unlike the lower-level corpses below, they are very aware of the power of the rules.

When facing an enemy who wields the power of rules, even if the enemy is not yet proficient in it, all beings that are not involved in the level of rules, including them, cannot withstand a single move from the enemy!

Above the rules and below the rules are two different worlds, separated by an insurmountable chasm!

But they did not retreat; they simply stopped and looked at the three-headed giant snake leading the way.

Clearly, they were still very wary of the three-headed serpent's earlier threat of "extreme punishment"!

Hearing the commotion behind them, the three-headed serpent stopped moving forward.

Of its three heads, the two on the left and right glanced back at their kin who were already terrified and refused to move forward, while the head in the middle kept a close eye on the approaching black sword light. The sticky look in all three eyes darkened at the same time.

Sensing the terrifying aura of destruction and annihilation ahead, it knew that it didn't have much time left to make a decision!

A thoughtful look flashed in its three pairs of sticky eyes.

We absolutely cannot back down.

Disobeying the orders of the adults in the restricted area may lead to something far more terrifying than death.

After all, when it comes to methods of torture, if the Desire Corpse Clan claims to be second, then no other race dares to claim to be first!

And ahead of them are the enemies who have mastered the rules, and there are only a few of them...

But retreating means death, and not retreating also means death.

With this in mind, the three-headed serpent had already made its decision.

Then it immediately issued a command in a cold voice:

"No backing up!!!"

"All lower-ranking kin, continue forward!!!"

Then, its three heads looked at the ninth-tier kin behind it who had stopped in their tracks: "I want to activate the divine rune array bestowed upon me by the masters!!!"

"You, immediately concentrate all your strength on me!"

Upon hearing this, the faces of those ninth-tier corpse species, who had previously looked terrified, immediately lit up with a hint of joy, as if they had seen a glimmer of hope.

"What! A divine rune array!!!"

"Great! We're saved!!!"

"Big brother, it has to be you!"

The three-headed serpent's icy voice rang out again: "Enough talk! Hurry up!"

Then, the dozen or so ninth-tier corpse creatures no longer hesitated, and a thick, black, writhing blood vessel extended from their bodies, connecting to the three-headed giant snake.

The black blood vessels writhed, seemingly transferring some substance or energy from the dozen or so corpses into the three-headed giant snake at the front.

The three-headed serpent, now empowered, glowed with countless energy nodes. These nodes, like specks of light rising from beneath its scales, lit up one by one, connecting to form a vast, semi-transparent, black illusory shield that enveloped its towering form.

"It's a defensive ceremonial array!"

"It should be able to withstand that attack!"

"You have to hold on!"

The group of ninth-tier corpses that had turned into power banks and the three-headed giant snake at the front all stared solemnly at the pitch-black sword light that carried a terrifying aura.

The next moment, the sword light arrived as promised.

boom--!!!

The instant the pitch-black sword energy made contact with the pale black semi-transparent light shield, a huge roar resounded, and the dark mist around the light shield appeared to be lifted outward in a ring shape, as if some kind of invisible shock wave exploded from the point of contact.

At the same time, the aftershocks of the collision alone caused the low-level corpses outside the light barrier to instantly turn into black smoke and dissipate, leaving not even a trace behind.

Experience points +2000

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Ignoring the notifications from the Sword Manual panel, Wu You, who was hovering between the brows of the silver-white giant, turned his gaze to the intersection of the sword energy and the semi-transparent light shield.

A hint of surprise flickered in his silver eyes.

"A power similar to divinity? But clearly much lower in level than divinity?"

"Yes, it only resembles the form, but it lacks even a trace of divine transcendence; it's more like a forced imitation."

"That's interesting."