Heavenly God Palace vs. Dead Servant
Inside the secret realm, a group of people from the Heavenly God Palace stood at the entrance. The leader was a Bald Head man who was nearly 3.8 meters tall. He was the Vice Palace Lord of the Heavenly God Palace Kornahan.
Standing not far from him was a short-haired woman who was about 3.6 meters tall. She was also the Vice Palace Lord of the Heavenly God Palace, and her name was Lorinda.
The two men both had furrowed brows, and the twenty-odd people around them all had similar expressions.
"Can't we get in touch with anyone?" Bald Head Vice Palace Lord Kornahan looked up at the others.
"The communicator shows it's available, but there's been no response from Li Bo," said Vice Palace Lord Lorinda, shaking her head.
"We haven't received a response either." Everyone else gave the same negative answer.
"There are two possibilities for this situation: either Li Bo has been murdered, or his current location is causing strong interference with the communicator," an elder added.
"Five elders, come with us to investigate the source of the energy fluctuations. The rest of you, find those who participated in the competition and send them all out." Seeing that he could not contact Li Bo, Kornahan decisively gave the order to take immediate action.
Two Vice Palace Lord and five elders sped toward the area of energy fluctuations.
The other dozen or so people scattered in all directions, searching for the other participants.
Gu Ding remained where he was, choosing to wait. In this situation, he could only wait for the assistance of the Heavenly God Palace group; it would be unwise to provoke the Death Servants. Although he didn't think the group from the Heavenly God Palace could help him complete the sneak attack, he still wanted to give it a try.
"The two Vice Palace Lords and five elders are all rushing in this direction," the Sea Emperor added. "Currently, the number of participants who have been zombified has reached thirty-seven. I've noticed that some of them really have no sense of danger whatsoever, and they don't even slow down. They just rush straight into the area covered by the black clouds. Some people are cautious, but their soul strength is still too weak. They only take one step in before they are instantly zombified, without even a chance to escape."
"These people definitely don't believe the danger the Heavenly God Palace spoke of; they think there are some treasures in this area, which is why they rushed in." Gu Ding could easily imagine why those people would rush into this area. He felt somewhat helpless about it. He couldn't stop this from happening.
Soon, another half hour passed, and the two Vice Palace Lords and several elders of the Heavenly God Palace finally arrived at the outer edge of the area covered by dark clouds.
Seeing this unusual scene, the group became very cautious.
"This area is a bit strange. Don't make any rash moves. I'll probe it and see if there's anything unusual," Kornahan said. He took a step forward and entered the area covered by dark clouds.
The curse immediately seeped into Kornahan's body, and his physical form began to decay slowly. The soul attack he suffered was blocked by a Pseudo-Heavenly God Profound Artifact. After taking out a bottle of Beast Blood from his Storage Space and drinking it, the decay of his physical body actually began to reverse.
Kornahan then turned around and shouted to the crowd, "There's a powerful soul attack, and the physical body is showing strong signs of corruption. Those without Pseudo Profound Artifact for soul defense, do not come in!"
"In that case, Third Elder, Fifth Elder, and Sixth Elder, wait outside to meet us. Second Elder, Fourth Elder, Kornahan, and I will go in together." Lorinda looked at the elders.
"Vice Palace Lord, I can go in with you too!" The Third Elder frowned. He didn't know why Lorinda had arranged for him to be outside, because everyone knew that he had Pseudo Profound Artifact for soul defense.
"Third Elder, there's not much difference between four or five people going in. We also need someone with soul defense capabilities outside this area to prevent any unforeseen circumstances. If Fifth Elder and Sixth Elder stay behind and are attacked by souls, we'll lose two powerful Combat Strength for nothing. With you here, we can avoid such accidents. Also, if anything happens outside, notify us immediately. Our opponents this time are definitely not simple." Lorinda's intuition made her very vigilant about this incident.
"Let's go!" Lorinda gave the order, and the two elders followed her into the cloud-covered area.
As soon as the three of them stepped inside, they had the same feeling as Kornahan.
However, the attack on the soul was immediately blocked by the Pseudo Profound Artifact, and the decay of the physical body was resisted by their blood energy. Although their blood energy was constantly being depleted, the Beast Blood in their Storage Space was enough to sustain this consumption.
The reason why Li Bo was zombified so quickly was not because his blood and qi were not strong enough, but because his consciousness was stripped away too quickly, and he completely lost his ability to protect himself, allowing the curse of zombification to corrode his physical body.
Kornahan, who blocked the soul attack, maintained a clear consciousness, and their body's vital energy automatically circulated to protect their physical bodies.
The two Vice Palace Lords and two elders sped towards the depths of the energy fluctuations, slowing their pace considerably and appearing very cautious.
Upon witnessing this scene, the Sea Emperor immediately shared the good news with Gu Ding.
"Four of them entered Deadpool's attack range, but thanks to the Pseudo Profound Artifact that protect against soul attacks, they successfully blocked the soul attacks and were not greatly affected by the zombification."
Upon hearing this news, Gu Ding also became somewhat hopeful, "If that's the case, we have a chance to win."
"But have you considered this: your Absolute Seal ability will be exposed?" the Sea Emperor reminded him.
"I'm not too worried about this. There are quite a few special abilities that have evolved in this world, and there might even be abilities similar to Absolute Seal. If they see them, they'll at most be surprised, but they shouldn't be able to conclude that I'm an outsider based on that." Gu Ding had actually thought about this issue a long time ago, but he didn't think it would have much of an impact. "Besides, I'll only be staying in this world for a few more months, so I don't need to worry about the people here knowing my Trump Card."
"That's true. Besides supernatural powers that enhance physical strength, many people in this world possess other types of supernatural powers, and some of them are indeed quite strange." The Sea Emperor also realized that his worries were actually a bit unnecessary.
A few minutes later, the Sea Emperor's voice came again.
"They've already penetrated to within 100 kilometers; you can continue to go deeper now."
After hearing this, Gu Ding immediately moved closer to Deadpool's location. Following Sea Emperor's instructions, he kept himself about ten kilometers further away from the group from the Heavenly God Palace.
Therefore, Deadpool's first target will definitely be the Heavenly God Palace, not himself.
More than ten minutes later, the four people from the Heavenly God Palace finally saw the source of all this turmoil.
It was a strange life form without legs. It resembled a giant black cloak suspended in mid-air. The group saw black, misty objects writhing beneath the cloak's brim. The cloak, nearly a hundred meters long, billowed in a bizarre manner, as if a strong wind were blowing it.
"What is this thing?!" The same thought simultaneously crossed the minds of the four of them.
Almost simultaneously, the life form within the black cloak suddenly let out a shrill cry, a sound that resembled countless women simultaneously uttering their most piercing screams, mixed with what sounded like whispers in the dead of night.
Upon hearing that sharp cry, the four knew it was definitely not a good thing. They immediately pounced on the man in the black cloak.
At that moment, the ground suddenly trembled, and tens of thousands of corpses leaped out from the ground and surrounded the four of them.
Even Sea Emperor was somewhat surprised to see this. He knew that Deadpool was in a graveyard, but he didn't expect that Deadpool could even directly control completely dead corpses.
Those corpses were not just human, but also included many demonic beasts.
Moreover, these corpses were all quite powerful in life, all at the True God level. Some were even at the Eighth Sequence or Ninth Sequence.
Clearly, this Deadpool wasn't a passive, dumb guy; he remained motionless, indicating he had planned ahead.
"This is not a good situation. That dead servant has resurrected all the corpses underground, and the four people from the Heavenly God Palace are now completely surrounded." The Sea Emperor had not expected this unexpected turn of events.
Within a radius of 300 kilometers, other corpses continued to emerge from the ground, converging on the location of the Deadpool.
Even Gu Ding, who was getting closer to Deadpool, began to encounter attacks from some corpses.
However, for Gu Ding, his Soul Impact was enough to annihilate the faint consciousness scattered by Deadpool. The corpses that attacked him fell to the ground instantly under the Soul Impact, completely losing contact with Deadpool.
However, the four members of the Heavenly God Palace were not so fortunate. Although most of the True God corpses were not as strong as the four of them, their sheer number was terrifying. Moreover, several corpses at the level of Ninth Sequence True Gods were relentlessly attacking them, and coupled with the negative effects of the zombification within their bodies, the four of them were caught in an unprecedentedly difficult battle.
"This can't go on. If our vital energy is depleted too much, we'll turn into zombies. I'll try using a soul attack and see if it works," Lorinda Way of Sound to the other three. Although most people in this world have weak souls, Lorinda was an exception; her soul strength was naturally equal to her physical strength. Because of this, the Palace Master of the Heavenly God Palace valued her highly and taught her many techniques of soul attack.
As Lorinda finished speaking, a powerful surge of soul energy radiated outwards.
Impacted by the power of the soul, the faint consciousness of Deadpool scattered among those corpses was instantly annihilated, and swathes of corpses collapsed and did not rise.
"It seems the soul attack is effective!" Having succeeded with her first strike, Lorinda immediately intensified her Soul Impact.
The corpses controlled by Deadpool collapsed one after another, and Deadpool quickly noticed this, lowering his head. Although the four could not see his eyes, they could feel a gaze, almost tangible, sweeping over them.
"Ah!!!" Another shrill scream rang out, and a wave of Soul Impact energy swept directly towards the four of them.
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[Sorry, there was a bit of an unexpected situation these past two days, which caused me to miss two updates. Thank you everyone for your concern, I'm fine, don't worry~~] (To be continued~^~)