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

In an inconspicuous spot amidst the horde of zombies, a one-horned figure sitting atop a six-tier giant wolf, twice the height of two people, saw that the silver-white giant was surrounded by a group of tenth-tier kin. Just as it was about to step forward to complete a part of its plan, it decided to do so.

But a thought flashed through its mind, and it paused, having already stood up, before sitting down again.

It sat back on the wolf's back, its eyes narrowing as its gaze fell on the black longsword in the hand of the silver-white giant in the distance. It muttered to itself, "Let those useless fools go and probe first. Divinity... can only belong to me..."

The giant wolf didn't stop; it carried it forward through the horde of corpses.

After the unicorn sat back down, its figure disappeared back into the surging black tide of low-level corpses, vanishing in the blink of an eye.

On the other side, upon hearing the words emanating from the silver-white giant, the humanoid figures all frowned, then exchanged glances and simultaneously let out a cold laugh: "You, a mere human, have surrounded us?"

"Hehehe."

"Perhaps it is our current state, which resembles that of your weak human race, that has given you some unrealistic fantasies?"

"Alright, next—"

"Face true despair!"

boom--

The shockwave exploded outwards from the center of the four humanoid corpses, sending debris and black smoke into the air.

Those contracted and condensed human figures expanded dozens or even hundreds of times in an instant. Their muscles, bones, and fur were reshaped amidst the cracking sounds, as if something from the inside had ripped open the husks and revealed what was underneath.

A moment later, four strange creatures, far larger than ninth-tier corpses, appeared around the silver-white giant.

Among them are four-eyed giant tiger corpses with two wings; giant ape corpses with only one eye; python-like corpses with sharp teeth and a long, forked tongue constantly moving in and out of their mouths; and eagle corpses covered in green feathers, without wings but with six claws!

They come in all shapes and sizes, and each emits a different aura. The only thing they have in common is that their eyes are filled with a sticky substance that churns up like mud!

Not only that, each of them, taken individually, is even larger than that silver giant!

Seeing all the Tier 10 corpses reveal their true forms, Elder Wei's heart tightened again beside the stronghold's teleportation portal: "Let me see your limit..."

On the city wall, the torchbearers of the eighth and ninth ranks, who had been sighing and complaining, fell silent.

Seeing the four figures, each larger than the silver giant, surrounding it, they seemed to have already foreseen the outcome.

Someone let out a low sigh, a heavy sigh that seemed to be squeezed out of their chest, and several people next to them lowered their heads as well.

"well..."

A somber and heavy atmosphere began to spread among them.

There is only one exception.

Hu Lie stood atop the city wall, his eyes filled with anticipation, seemingly waiting to see how the battle would unfold.

Just then, Hu Lie, who was staring intently at the outside of the stronghold, faintly heard shouts carrying his name.

He immediately turned his head to look down at the city wall.

Beside the city wall inside the stronghold, Wang Qi and Gongsun Baizhan were waving at him continuously:

"Uncle Hu! Uncle Hu! We want to see what's happening in the battle outside too!"

Hu Lie paused for a moment, then jumped down from the top of the city wall, scooped up the two of them, and stepped back onto the top of the city wall.

Wang Qi and Gongsun Baizhan, who had landed on the city wall, immediately looked towards the outside of the stronghold.

Although their strength was insufficient to allow them to see the specific situation clearly, they could still see the silver giant surrounded by four even larger corpses.

"That's Old Wu!!!" Wang Qi's voice even changed slightly.

"It's over, the chief is surrounded!" Gongsun Baizhan shouted.

Hearing the two shouting, Hu Lie simply shook his head: "You still don't understand him."

Upon hearing this, Wang Qi, Gongsun Baizhan, and Zhao Xuan all looked at Hu Lie.

Hu Lie simply shook his head, offering no explanation, his gaze remaining fixed on the surrounded silver-white figure.

. . .

On the battlefield, Wu You couldn't help but shake his head upon hearing the confident words of the group of zombies.

Do they really think that creating an encirclement and then revealing their true form will be effective?

It wanted to get closer and surround him, but wasn't he also waiting for them to get closer?

If they ran away when they saw him, Wu You might not necessarily chase after them.

After all, he could tell which ones were the main source of experience points and which ones were just extras!

But now they're so close together, there's absolutely no chance of them escaping!

"True despair?"

Wu You's neutral and indifferent voice once again emanated from the silver-white giant.

Before the words had even finished, suddenly, without any warning, the black longsword in the silver giant's hand lit up!

The next moment, an aura of destruction so dense it was almost tangible instantly filled the entire surrounding space!

Almost simultaneously, four jet-black sword energies silently emanated from the black longswords towards the four enormous corpses! It was as if they devoured all light and sound in their path!

Sensing the strange fluctuation, the four-eyed, two-winged giant tiger wanted to mock again: "Hmph, power at the rule level? How much of it can you actually unleash—"

But it soon lost its voice. As one of the jet-black sword energies drew closer and closer to it, it could feel the destructive power contained within it!

At this moment, it had no doubt that if it were really hit, it would not even have the chance to abandon its body and escape!

The next moment, the mud in its eyes churned and the light spots on its body, arranged in a special rhythm, lit up one after another.

Then, all its power was poured into those points of light.

In just a moment, with the help of those light spots containing a special rhythm, an incomparably bright and explosive dark red ball of light took shape in his mouth.

"You have rules, but we also have divine runes and rituals!!!"

Sensing the peculiar aura emanating from the sphere of light, Wu You realized: it was that power that mimicked divinity once again.

"So this is called the Divine Rune Ritual?"

The next instant, the ball of light shot out and collided with the jet-black sword energy that was aimed at it.

At this moment, even the sticky eyes of the four-eyed, two-winged giant tiger showed a hint of anticipation.

But immediately, the expression in its eyes froze.

There was no loud noise, no explosion, and no shockwave.

Yes, it exists, but it decomposes silently.

Then, the jet-black sword energy, with almost no diminishing force and a long trail, plunged into the chest of the massive body of the two-winged, four-eyed tiger without any obstruction.

It looked down at the wound on its chest and couldn't help but think: Our so-called encirclement plan to lure the enemy in is probably nothing but a joke to them.

With this thought in mind, its enormous body, along with its lustful essence, vanished into nothingness, leaving not even a trace of black smoke behind.

The fate of the other three 10th-tier corpse species was basically the same as that of the two-winged, four-eyed giant tiger.

They either used defensive divine runes or, like the two-winged, four-eyed giant tiger, tried to clash with the sword energy of the Pivot of Calamity. But unsurprisingly, their fate was to completely and utterly vanish from this world.

In less than a few seconds, the four level-ten corpse species were completely wiped out!

Old Wei, standing by the stronghold's teleportation portal, was stunned. The group of eighth and ninth-rank torchbearers on the city wall were also stunned. Zhao Xuan, Zhu Yuanzhi, and others were also stunned. Wang Qi and Gongsun Baizhan were equally speechless with their mouths agape.

Only Hu Lie nodded, revealing an expression that said, "Just as I expected."

Amidst the horde of corpses, the one-horned figure watched as the four immense auras in the distance extinguished one after another, and frowned deeply: "Such powerful rules..."

But then it seemed to remember something, and its brow relaxed slightly:

"With such terrifying power, the burden must be equally enormous."

"How many sword strikes can you still deliver now?"

It paused, gazing at the silvery-white light and shadow in the distance, its gaze thick and cold:

"Moreover, above the rules, there are territories!"