War Against the Baylam Empire

Mist Sea, aboard the Trensoost Empire Ship.

Captain Ivry sensed a surging force pouring in from the Underworld.

Rumble! The Empire suddenly shook violently, as if it were about to leap from the sea.

Within dozens of nautical miles centered on the colossal ship, every living creature instantly died and rotted away.

Yet Ivry and the others remained unaffected, for they had long existed between life and death.

Rumble! The Empire shook violently again. A sailor hurriedly pushed open the Captain's Cabin door. "Captain, it's the engine room!"

Ivry's gaze sharpened. "The Ancient Death God's corpse!"

He immediately began praying to the Creator and reported the matter.

The Creator had once placed a seal in the room containing the Ancient Death God's corpse. Ivry could do nothing about it and could only pray to the deity to strengthen the seal.

However, the Creator was very busy at the moment.

Hobart was fairly confident about stopping the Ancient Death God's resurrection. He possessed not only the Black Emperor pathway's Uniqueness, but also the 0-80 Brass Book of Rules.

Although the resurrected Ancient Death God represented death, He possessed only symbolic significance and lacked any Uniqueness within Him.

In other words, His status was extremely high, but His actual abilities were far inferior to those of a true God of Death.

Even so, an ordinary Sequence 1 would find dealing with such an existence exceedingly difficult. But Hobart was no ordinary Sequence 1—He could use a Uniqueness! The Ancient Death God seemed to sense the danger. He blinked at Hobart, and the Illusory Gates within His eyes seemed to gain a degree of vitality, flickering with fantastical light.

Hobart's vision blurred. The next instant, He slammed heavily into the barrier formed by the Nation of Order's power, nearly dropping the Brass