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

Dark mist churned around the silver-white giant, pressed down by the enormous silver-white light into a thin layer of gray.

Wu You hovered between the illusory brows, calmly watching the slowly advancing army of corpses in the distance, or more precisely, watching what was happening on the light black, semi-transparent light shield.

The moment the pitch-black sword energy came into contact with the pale black semi-transparent light shield, the various ninth-tier corpse species inside the light shield tensed up.

Some of them retracted their limbs, while others crouched low, their gazes all focusing on the point where the two met:

The edge of the sword energy was contacting the surface of the light shield, emitting a series of low and dense squeaks, as if something was squeezing a piece of glass that was about to shatter from the outside.

The light cover was shaking, and with each sound, it created a fine crack on its surface.

At the same time, a peculiar power extended from that pitch-black sword energy, slowly and continuously seeping into the surface of the light shield, like a drop of ink falling on damp paper, spreading outwards along the lines, gradually disintegrating and melting the pale black surface of the light shield.

Seeing this, the dozen or so ninth-tier corpses that were acting as power banks immediately increased the exploitation of their own essence. Dense patterns began to appear on the surface of the black writhing blood vessels extending from their bodies, like taut pipes, continuously transmitting the squeezed power to the three-headed giant snake at the front.

On the surface of the three-headed serpent's body, the energy nodes also became brighter almost simultaneously, rapidly superimposing the newly generated light shield layer on the old layer that was being dissolved.

With the concerted efforts of all the ninth-tier corpse species.

Whenever the peculiar power within the dark sword energy dissolves one layer of the pale black light shield, a new layer immediately forms within the shield, which is constantly supplied with energy. This process of dissolving and replenishing creates a fragile balance.

And so, the pitch-black sword energy continuously disintegrated the pale black light shield, while the pale black light shield continued to regenerate.

For a moment, the pitch-black sword energy failed to immediately penetrate the pale black light shield!

Moreover, as the two sides continued to clash, the power within the dark sword energy was also being continuously depleted.

Finally, just as the original power of all the corpse species was about to be exhausted, the dark sword energy began to fade slowly and then gradually dissipated.

Upon witnessing this scene, the ninth-tier corpses, whose size had shrunk considerably after being drained, let out low growls inside the light barrier, their voices carrying a tremor of relief at surviving a catastrophe.

"Very good!"

"It's blocked!"

"We've blocked their path!"

Seeing the dark sword energy dissipate, even the three-headed giant serpent couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Then it looked at its kin behind it, who looked haggard and dejected, and encouraged them, "Very good!"

"It seems their rules aren't as powerful as we thought!"

"Given that the opponent is only at the ninth rank, they must have been exhausted after unleashing this attack based on the rules!"

"Now is our chance to counterattack!"

"Moreover, the main force will arrive soon."

"At this moment, the advantage is in my hands!"

Upon hearing this, the group of power banks perked up, seemingly rekindling their fighting spirit.

But soon enough, one of the ninth-tier corpse species noticed something was wrong.

It suddenly stopped moving, its gaze piercing through the fading light barrier to look at the still bright and dazzling silver-white figure in the distance, and couldn't help but murmur a question:

"Brother, why does the other side seem to be in the same condition as before?"

"He doesn't look exhausted."

Upon hearing this, the other ninth-tier corpse species followed its gaze, their eyes once again filled with doubt.

"Yeah, bro, why does the other side still look the same?"

"Compared to just now, it seems like there's no change at all."

"Yeah, could it be that they weren't even using any force at all?"

As they spoke, they severed their connection with the three-headed serpent and retracted the black, writhing veins that had extended from their bodies.

Seeing this, a cold glint flashed in the three-headed serpent's eyes. It coldly glanced at the kin who had spoken first, and spoke faster than before: "If you are exhausted on the battlefield, will you let the enemy notice anything?"

It paused, as if using its gaze to suppress the brewing wavering.

"Their opponent is at the ninth rank, aren't we at the ninth rank too?"

"And it's currently high tide!"

"Have you ever seen a human who could easily defeat us at the same level during the tides?!"

"Still one against many?"

"Even if the other side has reached the level of power at the rule level, you are not unaware of how much the consumption and backlash of the rules can cause."

"Is that a power that a ninth-tier cultivator can control?"

"So the other side must be at their last gasp; they're just putting up a brave fight!"

After listening to the three-headed giant snake's analysis, the ninth-tier corpse species remained silent for a moment before turning their gazes back to the front, as if choosing to believe it once again.

Meanwhile, Wu You, hovering between the silver-white giant's brows, watched as the ninth-tier corpses, linked together and using various methods—some forming semi-transparent light shields, others barely managing to block his casual sword strike—drifted off into the distance.

He recalled the first time he encountered the Corpse Seed.

At that time, let alone a ninth-tier corpse species, even the lowest-ranking first-tier corpse species could drive him to the brink of despair, and he would have to fight desperately to win a sliver of hope.

Now, with just a casual swing of his sword, less than ten percent of his power, a mere probing strike, he had caused more than a dozen ninth-tier corpse creatures to exhaust their life force and use every means at their disposal.

In this way, they are barely able to resist and barely survive.

As for the lower-level corpse species, they couldn't withstand even the slightest aftershock of that sword strike.

His silver eyes once again turned to the army of tens of thousands of corpses in front of him, including a dozen or so ninth-tier corpses: "Now, you are the challengers."

Then, the black longsword in his hand lit up again, and the light on the blade slowly slid along the spine of the sword. The black threads of light were like rekindled fuses, flowing from the guard to the tip of the sword.

. . . . . .

Meanwhile, somewhere deep within the dark realm.

Wang Qi and Gongsun Baizhan were rushing towards the stronghold.

Suddenly, Wang Qi, who was running ahead, seemed to see a bright green light rapidly approaching them from the thick fog ahead.

Wang Qi was also startled and immediately conjured a blue flame spear in his hand.

But just as Wang Qi was about to throw his blue fire spear, at the next moment...

The green light arrived first, and then the aged voice descended through the dark mist.

"it's me."

Upon hearing this voice, Wang Qi was startled and stopped in his tracks.

A flicker of disbelief crossed his eyes: "Old Wei?"

Then, the emerald light spread out, and Old Wei's figure emerged from the mist, his breathing slightly more rapid than usual.

Gongsun Baizhan, who was behind, also stopped when he saw what was happening in front of him.

Old Wei glanced at Wang Qi and Gongsun Baizhan's condition, said nothing, but waved his hand. Two beams of emerald light fell on the two men, and their wounds began to heal at a visible speed, and their strength slowly returned.

Then, without giving them time to thank him, Old Wei asked directly and briefly, "Have you seen Wu You?"