novelraw Chapter 256
Chapter 256
Chapter 256: Demon Repelling Sword, Full Release, The Brave Hero’s Full-Powered Attack—Truly Frightening, Dragon! （8K）
The heat from the dragon’s breath mixed with the unpleasant smell of burnt flesh.
Carried by the wind, it was sucked into Xia Li’s nostrils.
Xia Li frowned uncomfortably.
The smell reminded him of the first time Lucia made spicy chicken at home.
That day, the chili peppers and chicken in the pot were burnt to a crisp, and even the kitchen’s range hood, which was smoking from overuse, couldn’t get rid of the strong, pungent smell of burnt flesh.
After this comparison, Xia Li seriously suspected that Lucia must have secretly used dragon flame when she was cooking that time.
“Groan……Groan?”
The skeleton standing in front of Xia Li tilted its head.
Its highly decomposed throat squeezed out air, making a sticky, indistinct sound. Unlike the surrounding skeleton soldiers, this skeleton hadn’t been burnt to ashes by the dragon’s breath. Xia Li judged that it must have been protected by the divine artifact.
There were still some remnants of skin on the surface of the skeleton’s bones. These skins were stretched tightly over the bones, and the bloodless muscles stuck to the skeleton, presenting a mixed color of white and yellow.
When he got close enough, Xia Li even smelled a stench of dead rats.
In comparison, the burnt smell of dragon’s breath was better……
Frowning, Xia Li stepped forward, twisting his body as he exerted force on his wrist.
Like most single-player gamers, after turning on the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow （game modifier）, he lost interest in studying the BOSS.
Rather than enjoying the sense of danger brought by the battle, these players prefer to choose speedruns, or to stand in place and enjoy the pleasure of abusing the BOSS.
But obviously, Xia Li belonged to the former.
He chose speedrun.
The evil dragon behind him was sparing no effort in releasing its magic power. Xia Li didn’t know how long the dragon could last.
It was quite dangerous for a dragon to exhaust its magic power, so Xia Li didn’t want to waste any time here.
He decisively slashed out with the charged sword light.
The pale blue light forced the surrounding white bones back half a step.
The moment they came into contact with the blue light, the white bones, which were enveloped by an unknown force, lost their support and collapsed instantly like a building that had lost its load-bearing capacity.
At the same time, the surrounding skeleton soldiers seemed to have received some kind of command. Thousands of white bones wriggled on the ground, charging towards Xia Li one after another.
The BOSS wasn’t stupid either. It knew to use human wave tactics to hold Xia Li back.
A dazzling white light condensed in the pile of bones. The decaying undead with the strong stench turned its skull, its upper and lower teeth knocking against each other, its sticky vocal cords squeezing out an unpleasant sound.
It should be some kind of chanting.
It seemed to be preparing to release a skill.
So Xia Li didn’t hesitate any longer.
He swung the Demon Repelling Sword, the blue sword light drawing a semi-circle. With a thought, the sword light instantly faded to white.
Unlike the deathly white light emanating from the necromancer’s magic staff, the white light on the Demon Repelling Sword was gentle yet sharp, like a beacon of peace in this desolate, pitch-black land.
“Third Release!”
Xia Li shouted in a low voice.
Starting from third gear.
This was the highest starting gear without any harm to the body.
The moves of the sword technique were interlocking, each sword strike adding to the previous one. Only by perfectly executing each move could he unleash its full power.
The same principle applied to unsealing the Demon Repelling Sword.
The white bones that were cut by the sword light were split in two.
Because the weight of his left and right body wasn’t symmetrical, the white bones on the right side fell first, tilting to the ground.
But soon, the fallen bones were gathered together again by the converging magic power. The scars that had been cut in half by the Demon Repelling Sword were reconnected and joined as if they had been glued together, forming a new, perfect body.
This situation was similar to what Xia Li had expected.
The most troublesome thing for him was that these enemies were simply dead.
A normal living being would have been split in two by his sword.
Even a demon with powerful magic power would have its magic power instantly dissolve like white sugar in hot water the moment it was cut in two.
But the dead wouldn’t.
No matter how many times the dead died, no matter how much their magic power dissolved, they could be ‘resurrected’ again by the magic power that was poured in next.
To make these undead soldiers unable to stand up again……
He was afraid that he had to start with the translucent white mist that filled the air.
So, the effective range of ‘Demon Repelling’……
Xia Li looked up at the distance, a plan forming in his mind that even startled himself.
His Demon Repelling ability had to be at least level with this battlefield.
That is to say, he would use his own ability to cover this entire pockmarked black land……
The range was estimated to be over two hundred kilometers.
Can it be done?
Xia Li’s heart sank as he asked himself.
However, the current situation didn’t give him time to think too much.
The condensed white mist rushed towards him. Although the Demon Repelling Sword could dispel all magic, the fine dust particles mixed in the air were still inevitably inhaled by Xia Li.
Xia Li suddenly felt a strong sense of unease.
His brain lost control of his limbs, as if even his heart had stopped beating at this moment.
This reminded Xia Li of the experience of ‘sleep paralysis’ during his naps.
It was a near-death panic of consciousness being trapped in the physical shell, unable to call for help from heaven or earth.
Undoubtedly, this was an attack from the soul.
He had only inhaled a little bit of white mist, and he had lost consciousness for a moment.
This kind of divine artifact that can cause damage to the soul……
Its power is actually ‘summoning’?!
His heart was a little bewildered, but Xia Li’s resolute eyes never changed.
Whether it’s a donkey or a horse, let’s break through it first!
“Fourth Release!”
His black and white sneakers stomped heavily on the skull of the undead, crushing the skull. The moment it shattered, he leaped high into the air.
The heat wave from the high temperature arrived a second before the flames. The exploding flames burst where Xia Li had just leaped.
Wherever the dragon’s breath passed, everything was annihilated into ashes.
Good.
Xia Li was somewhat relieved.
He had a little bit of coordination with Lucia.
The skeletal bones that were turned to ashes by the dragon’s breath couldn’t be ‘resurrected’. They would turn to bone ash and remain silent on this land forever.
But the shortcomings were also obvious.
It could only be used to clear out small monsters.
The magic intensity of the dragon’s breath wasn’t enough to shake the big BOSS holding the withered wooden staff.
Landing on his feet again, Xia Li exhaled a mouthful of turbid white air.
He grasped the sword with both hands and swung it upwards from below.
He split the necromancer in two again from the lower body.
The same sharp cut, the same body that stuck back together again.
The difference was that every time Xia Li swung his second sword, the influence of the Demon Repelling Sword would increase exponentially.
The range being ‘Demon Repelled’ was doubling at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The Legion of Undead within the range would collapse like dominoes.
“Five!”
In the story that Lucia told.
Standing before Xia Li was a general who should have died on the battlefield.
Before his death, his fear, unease, anger, hatred……all these emotions were mixed together, awakening the artifact buried deep underground.
At this time, the artifact had absorbed a considerable amount of terrifying negative emotions.
Artifacts are more or less spiritual. On this cursed land where wars have been raging for years, the artifact was affected over time, and the general’s emotions before his death became the last spark that activated the artifact.
Xia Li didn’t ask whether the general belonged to the empire or the kingdom. It didn’t matter to him.
In war, every warrior who takes up arms, whether for their country, their beliefs, or even for money, is a hero.
At the moment of death, this heroic general must have had many regrets in his heart.
People are both emotional and rational.
Parents, wives, children……relatives, friends, comrades.
The warriors drew their weapons with the awareness of sacrificing their lives, stepped onto the battlefield, and their greatest regret before death was not being able to return home.
“Six!”
“Seven!”
Two consecutive sword swings pushed back the white bone group.
With Xia Li as the center, the bones within a thousand meters all fell down.
The Demon Repelling ability only lasted for a few seconds, and after a few seconds they stood up again.
As if to make up for their regret of not being able to return to their homeland even after death, they stiffly stepped forward, their empty eye sockets gazing ahead, moving forward fearlessly.
“Eight.”
At this time, the Demon Repelling Sword in Xia Li’s hand was infinitely close to gold.
The divine golden light pierced through the white mist. Wherever the light passed, the thousands of undead bones seemed to have received divine redemption. They all raised their heads in unison, looking towards Xia Li who was holding the sword high in the center.
Then the bones fell apart, and the undead, having lost their support, were unable to stand up again.
The Undead General, guarded behind by thousands upon thousands of undead soldiers, finally noticed something was wrong.
No matter how many times, it could use its summoning power to awaken the undead on this scorched black earth.
But now, it found that it had lost control of the area beneath its feet.
It wasn’t that complicated, so-called redemption.
It was simply that the other party’s power had overridden its own, causing its own ability to lose its effect.
The problem was……
The golden light.
There was something wrong with the golden light!
When the light shone, their undead were like ancient vampires thrown into the sun, instantly losing their vitality and turning to nothing.
Realizing this, the Undead General waved the scepter in its hand.
Dense bones began to pile up in front of it, quickly forming a hill as high as a small mountain.
In Xia Li’s eyes, this scene was probably the kind that would cause frame drops in a game, and would make people exclaim “Wow, that’s awesome!” in a special effects movie.
It was still quite shocking.
The boundless bones piled higher and higher until they reached their limit, then bent downwards in a skewed arc, forming a strange and twisted curve above Xia Li’s head.
At this moment, only one word flashed through Xia Li’s mind:
Wave.
What was rolling over his head was a wave!
But this wave wasn’t made of water or sea, but the bones of dead people and beasts!
In the dense white spots above his head, every dot was a human skull.
It made Xia Li’s scalp tingle.
The Undead General, standing at the top of the bone wave, waved its long arm, and the wave swept over like a tsunami, trying to engulf Xia Li.
Even with limited intelligence, the Undead General had sensed the enemy’s strengths and weaknesses.
It had tried many times and found that magic attacks were useless against the enemy.
Except for the strongest soul attack that made the enemy dazed for a second, all other magic attacks had no effect on the enemy.
On the contrary, the undead soldiers behind the enemy, who were clumsily wielding their weapons, had caused some damage to the enemy.
Therefore, even the strongest magic was futile.
What the enemy feared were physical attacks!
It just so happened that what it didn’t lack were these melee soldiers who were willing to ‘die’.
With such a huge number, even the most physically fit swordsman, even if he had magic that could purify the undead, would be exhausted to death on the spot.
“Cackle, cackle.”
The Undead General, having found the answer, was dominated by desire. Its crumbling bones shook, and its upper and lower jaws collided, making a strange laughter.
The bones piled up in front of Xia Li were like a collapsing skyscraper.
At this moment, even if Xia Li used the power of the Demon Repelling Sword to kill all these skeletons, their falling speed and what they dropped wouldn’t change.
No matter what, they would engulf Xia Li when they fell.
And the weapons in their hands, with any luck, would pierce straight through Xia Li’s body.
Once Xia Li was submerged in the corpses, even if he was still alive, the holy golden light emanating from his hand wouldn’t be able to penetrate such a sea of bones.
This was ‘physical’ coverage.
No matter how powerful the sun was, it would be useless when its light was blocked.
Theoretically, this was indeed a very smart and decisive choice.
But in the end, the Undead General was just a ‘lucky one’ who happened to gain power.
When a person possesses power beyond their control, the result is often tragedy.
“Lucia!”
Xia Li, sensing the danger, shouted.
He gripped the hilt of the sword with both hands and flipped his wrist over.
The tip of the Demon Repelling Sword quickly reversed direction, pointing downwards in a blocking gesture.
“Roar—!”
Lucia, whose name had been called, stopped tangling with the ants on the ground and spread her huge dragon wings, soaring into the sky.
“Coming!”
She responded to Xia Li in an equally loud voice.
When it came to who was ‘bigger’, Lucia had never lost.
With the impact force of her massive body, it was a piece of cake to smash a hole in the sea of corpses.
She only needed to calculate the height and aim the hole at Xia Li to ensure he could pass through.
Simple!
“Cute Star Flying Crash!”
The evil dragon roared and suddenly retracted her wings, diving down from the sky!
Xia Li: “…”
So, why did Lucia in her girl form call it ‘Dragon Collision’ when she charged, but when she actually transformed into a dragon, she called it ‘Cute Star Flying Crash’?
Isn’t this the other way around??
As for the ‘Cute Star Flying Crash’ meme, Lucia learned it when she watched Xia Li play Monster Hunter.
Her comment was: Learned from playing Monster Hunter.
“Boom!”
Looking up at the huge hole created by the evil dragon, Xia Li was somewhat amused.
If she used dragon’s breath, it would be difficult to burn a hole in such a large number of corpses in an instant, but if she used her physical strength to collide, then it could be done.
The Undead General’s strategic plan was clever, but the evil dragon’s countermeasure wasn’t stupid either.
But still……
“I called you to dodge!!”
Xia Li shouted.
Unfortunately, after using ‘Cute Star Flying Crash’, the dragon soared back into the sky and didn’t hear the second half of Xia Li’s sentence.
But, it didn’t matter.
Xia Li exhaled another breath of turbid air and turned half a circle on his toes.
The light blade, which should have been swung in a circle, was neutralized by him, and didn’t slash towards the sky.
“Nine!”
“Rumble—”
The collapsing sea of corpses crashed down, making a heavy sound in Xia Li’s ears.
The white sea of corpses, crashing down like a tsunami, had a huge hole in the center, and Xia Li happened to be in that hole, so he wasn’t harmed in the slightest.
The golden light emanating from the Demon Repelling Sword once again seized control of this space. After the undead soldiers that made up the sea of corpses fell, they didn’t stand up again.
“How many more times do I have to count?!”
The evil dragon descended from the sky, the dragon’s breath brewing in her belly spewing out, clearing the battlefield around Xia Li.
Xia Li’s previously obstructed vision instantly widened.
“No more!”
Xia Li responded loudly, waving at Lucia in mid-air.
“Let me up!” he said.
Lucia steadied herself and quickly flapped her wings, landing on the ground. She lowered her neck to let Xia Li climb on.
In the past, when fighting, Lucia rarely heard Xia Li count to 5 in his countdown to death.
When dragon slaying, he couldn’t even count to half. This time, he actually counted to 9, which surprised Lucia.
To be able to reach such a large number in his death countdown……
It meant that he was really serious this time.
Lucia hadn’t seen the Brave Hero’s super-serious sword strike yet, and perhaps today she would have the opportunity to witness it firsthand.
But……
What surprised Lucia even more was.
The Brave Hero’s sword was melee.
Even if it could slash out powerful sword energy, such sword energy would be at a disadvantage against the range of magic attacks.
For a skilled swordsman, the most taboo thing was to distance himself from the enemy.
But now, Xia Li chose to ride on Lucia, the silver dragon.
Riding on the back of the silver dragon……how could he use a sword to kill the enemy?
Could it be that……
“Can’t beat him?!”
“Are we finally running away!!”
◈◈◈
Lucia asked in a surprised tone.
Her words completely threw off Xia Li, who was in the middle of preparing his ultimate move.
“…”
No way.
I’m in the middle of a good fight, why is this dragon always thinking about running away?
Every time she fought with Xia Li before, she would run away halfway through.
This time was no different.
Truly worthy of being the number one retreat artist of Azure Continent.
“My dictionary is different from yours,” Xia Li said pretentiously, “My dictionary doesn’t have the word ‘run away’!”
“Mm-hmm!” Lucia nodded her massive dragon head, “Mine neither!”
After saying that, she added in a loud voice.
“It wasn’t that I couldn’t beat you before, it was mainly because I wasn’t in good shape!!”
“…”
Xia Li was speechless as he listened.
This dragon’s stubbornness wasn’t a one-time thing.
It didn’t matter if he let her have her way.
After all, he was going to marry her and take her home as his wife.
Looking at the dense white bones that had once again piled up beneath his feet, Xia Li put aside those messy thoughts.
The remaining combat power of the undead legion…
Unknown.
The number of undead the Undead General could still summon from the battlefield…
Also unknown.
Xia Li’s mentor had once said.
When you encounter an unknown, powerful enemy.
There’s only one thing left for you to do.
Face them with 100% seriousness.
And then, eliminate them as quickly as possible!
Although the world’s strongest Sword Saint hadn’t been born yet, her teachings had long been engraved in Xia Li’s heart.
“Clang!”
Suddenly.
The golden long sword slipped from Xia Li’s hand.
The Demon Repelling Sword, losing its master’s grip, fell to the ground… on the dragon’s head.
Lucia was startled.
First, she was frightened by the sharp weapon that suddenly landed on her head, and then she felt a deep panic.
He’s using a potion!
The Brave Hero is using a potion and dropped his sword!
It makes the dragon feel insecure!!
And, don’t just casually throw the Demon Repelling Sword on the dragon’s head!
If the blade was facing down, wouldn’t she die?!
“…Roar.”
Facing the ocean of white bones that had already surged into the sky, almost at the same altitude as her flight.
Lucia let out a roar that lacked confidence.
Although she had been prepared to be the main carry and protect Xia Li behind her.
But just a few minutes into the battle, she was shocked by the scale of the enemy, followed by a reliance on Xia Li, subconsciously placing all her hopes on him.
After all, she was a Pureblood Silver Dragon who had mastered the ‘retreat tactic’ to the extreme.
If she hadn’t retreated by now, there must be a strategy.
Xia Li was her entire strategy.
But at this moment, when Xia Li dropped his sword, Lucia completely panicked.
She hesitated for a few seconds between ‘should I really run away’ and ‘should I stay’.
Maybe it’s better to leave first…
Maybe she left in too much of a hurry and didn’t hear the rest of what the old black dragon had to say.
What if the old black dragon wanted to add that they needed to make some strategic adjustments?
Lucia thought shamelessly.
But above her, Xia Li’s unwavering aura made her want to believe in him again.
“Step back a bit.”
Xia Li suddenly said.
His voice was cold, completely devoid of his usual gentle tone.
It made the dragon feel nervous.
A little handsome…
No, to use Earth’s terms, that was cool, very cool.
Lucia flapped her dragon wings in reverse, flying backwards for tens of meters in a difficult maneuver.
She looked up at Xia Li above her, unsure.
Xia Li didn’t react, the distance was probably about right.
Look, look closely!
The Brave Hero’s super serious attack!
Wouldn’t he just jump down with the sword?
Lucia felt she was ready.
“Weng—”
The blinding golden light from above made Lucia close her eyes.
In an instant, the Demon Repelling Sword resonated with every wisp of magic in the air, creating a magnificent and sharp sound above her head.
Vaguely, Lucia seemed to hear Xia Li say something about ‘full release’, she wasn’t sure.
Then, when she opened her eyes.
A bow had appeared in Xia Li’s hand.
A golden longbow!
Lucia’s heart skipped a beat.
She suddenly remembered.
It wasn’t that she hadn’t asked what Xia Li’s ‘ultimate move’ was, but that Xia Li had actually told her over and over again.
Archery,
Archery…
The first weapon Xia Li learned when he came to Azure Continent was the bow and arrow!
This was a story Xia Li had told Lucia, and it was also an ability he had used repeatedly on Earth.
He had known from the beginning…
That the Demon Repelling Sword would transform into a bow after its full release!
The longbow, bathed in golden light, emitted a long, resonant hum. After releasing its full power, the Demon Repelling Sword had been completely transformed.
Lifelike golden wings stretched out from both ends of the bow towards the heavens and earth, resembling a pair of outstretched wings of the sky.
The blade unfolded from its tip, transforming into an arrow held in Xia Li’s hand.
He held the bow with one hand and drew the arrow on the bowstring with the other.
The bowstring gradually stretched until it reached its full draw.
The slight trembling of the bow was either due to the force of the draw or the Demon Repelling Sword’s own excitement.
The only thing Lucia could be sure of was that this trembling wasn’t fear or timidity.
But excitement!
The abundant magic in the air was becoming increasingly restless.
Even Lucia, who knew the Demon Repelling Sword wouldn’t harm her, felt a sense of panic from the impact of its supreme power.
This feeling was like her dragon scales were about to explode and disappear, and the magic in the air would instantly become a vacuum…
On Earth, this feeling would be like going out without any clothes on!
Terrifying for a dragon!
“Clatter, clatter, clatter”
The tide of corpses above them showed no signs of diminishing in momentum, they continued to pile up, their height already surpassing Lucia in mid-air.
Given enough time, their combined size could even engulf Lucia.
Not only the height, but also the thickness of this stacked wall…
They were like a fortress built by giants, their defense reaching an astonishing level.
Lucia estimated in her heart.
Using ‘Cute Star Flying Crash’ at this point would definitely be useless.
She might even get caught up in it herself.
“Shoot quickly!”
Seeing the situation was getting out of hand, Lucia urged.
Xia Li squinted one eye, focusing his gaze on the arrowhead.
He first aimed at the white light hidden behind the sea of corpses.
The Undead General’s head, heart… finally, he aimed at the withered staff in the Undead General’s hand.
The twelve-sided crystal at the top of the withered staff was the cause of all this.
If he could take down the white crystal, there was no doubt it would directly end this battle.
But…
Xia Li hesitated.
Listening to the ‘clattering’ sound of bones colliding from the tsunami above his head.
To Xia Li’s ears, it sounded like thousands upon thousands of souls unable to return home, wailing in despair.
He pulled the bowstring even tighter.
This time.
He aimed at the sky.
With a swift whoosh.
The golden arrow shot into the sky.
“Huh?”
Lucia watched the golden meteor streak across the sky, her heart tightening again.
He shot,
He shot in the wrong direction!
It must be because she had been naughty lately, often making Xia Li experience the feeling of riding a roller coaster, so Xia Li was now getting back at her, letting her experience the feeling of riding a roller coaster too.
“Roar, roar!”
This definitely wouldn’t work!
Lucia took a deep breath.
The air entered her abdomen, fully inflating her chest cavity.
Then, a silver-white magic circle quietly appeared in front of Lucia’s dragon mouth.
The rotating magic circle, layer upon layer, stacked into dozens of intricate formations composed of ancient patterns and words.
This was her strongest attack…
And also an attack that would drain all the magic power in her body.
10th Tier ━ Silver Dragon’s Breath.
This scorched earth would be forever frozen.
As for…
Whether the Undead General would crawl out again, that would depend on luck.
But, to be honest, Lucia didn’t think she could stand up to a divine artifact.
However.
Just as she was about to go all out.
Even though the magic hadn’t been released yet, Lucia felt as if all the magic power in her body had been drained.
The Silver Dragon’s flapping wings suddenly stopped in mid-air.
The scene turned black and white, the space here as if a pause button had been pressed by some powerful force.
The thousand-meter-high sea of white bones, the giant dragon preparing to cast magic in mid-air, the flowing air as heavy as lead.
All moving objects were forcibly stopped at this moment.
Only on the black and white earth…
A shower of golden arrows began to slowly fall from the sky.
Countless, innumerable arrows descended like a drizzle.
Their number was so vast, their density even surpassing the millions of undead soldiers awakened on the earth.
The arrow rain soaked the earth, becoming the only light in this colorless scene.
The monstrous tide of corpses began to crumble, collapsing downwards like a broken ant bridge.
Every bone that came into contact with the golden arrow rain would sizzle with white smoke, then sink into this dark earth.
Xia Li’s left hand, holding the bow, didn’t lower, but remained in the posture of drawing the bow, quietly watching this golden rain of arrows.
In the face of the value of life.
These struggles for power and influence seemed insignificant.
Life was neither right nor wrong, nor was it high or low, all the undead were heroes, they deserved respect.
“Rest in peace.”
Xia Li said.
After saying that, he drew the bow again.
He retracted a small portion of the slowly descending arrow rain that hadn’t yet touched the ground.
The arrows gathered together like silk threads, once again forming a sharp golden arrow.
This time, Xia Li didn’t hesitate, aiming the arrow at the fallen Undead General.
The other’s upper and lower jaws kept colliding, as if chanting something.
He hadn’t given up yet.
Just as he had once held a weapon to defend his home and country, until the moment he fell, he had never chosen to give up.
Was it worth it?
Xia Li watched as he repeatedly waved his staff, trying to find a trace of magic in this air that absolutely contained no magic to cast a spell.
This doubt suddenly flashed through Xia Li’s mind.
Was it worth it?
Was it really worth it for him to do something even if it meant death?
Just like the thousands upon thousands of soldiers buried in this land, they fell one after another, constantly repeating the war, engaging in a meaningless tragedy.
Was it really worth it for them to do this?
The answer was: yes.
The moment they believed it was worth it, then it was worth it.
A profound human history should always be played out by someone.
Their sacrifice, although an inevitable tragedy.
But it left a painful lesson for future generations.
History would prove that what they did wasn’t necessarily right, but it was definitely valuable.
“Whoosh—”
The golden arrow pierced through the sky, drawing a perfect arc in mid-air.
It shot straight towards the fallen Undead General!
The Undead General had just climbed out of the pile of skeletons, the arrow rain had deprived him of most of his strength, but he still wanted to struggle.
But in the next second, the arrow pierced his brow bone.
The connection of souls quietly broke, he turned his arm stiffly like a jammed machine.
The withered staff in his hand approached his body again and again, white light emanating from the twelve-sided crystal on the staff, attempting to reconnect the link between souls.
However, after several attempts, it still failed.
“Whoosh—!!”
Another arrow shot out.
This time it hit the crystal itself.
With a crisp ‘crack’, the crystal shattered.
The Undead General raised his left hand, as if wanting to touch Xia Li, who was riding on the Silver Dragon’s back.
Then, he lost all his strength, his arm dropped, and he could no longer wake up.
Xia Li’s narrowed eyes finally relaxed.
The glow of the Demon Repelling Sword clung to his black pupils, dyeing his originally pure black eyes with a touch of brilliant gold.
He focused his vision, seeing the fragments of armor remaining on the Undead General’s shoulder.
There was a symbol of a sword and shield on it.
This was the Orca Empire…
No, it should now be called the ‘Orca Rebel Army’s’ banner emblem.
“You didn’t lose.”
Xia Li thought that within fifty years, the Orca Empire would replace the current decaying Lyon Empire and become a prosperous and powerful nation.
He muttered to himself, looking at the dead skeletons on the ground.
“You will achieve victory in the near future, a new nation will be born.”
“Your wives and children will live happily under your protection.”
As Xia Li finished these words, a wisp of white smoke emerged from the Undead General’s skull.
The white smoke dissipated, returning to the world.
It seemed he had truly found peace.
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