Mysterious Expert Intervenes, Undead Calamity!

Li Xingze did not choose to act alongside Zhan Kong and the others. Instead, he rode the Goldflame Dragon Lion out of the Barrier alone.

"It's time to use this Undead Forbidden Curse!"

To prevent any uncontrollable developments, Li Xingze still decided to use a lower-rated Water Element Forbidden Curse to assist in summoning a mage.

As the two Forbidden Curse Scrolls vanished, a familiar elderly figure appeared before Li Xingze—it was the old man from the Summoning Plane.

"Why is it you again?" Li Xingze could not help asking the question that came from the depths of his soul.

Could this cheat have been created by this old man?

The Gray-Robed Mage seemed to see through Li Xingze's doubts and explained with a smile, "That is thanks to this old man's quick hands. Easy jobs like this are not easy to come by."

"A job?" Li Xingze was completely dumbfounded.

"You may not know this, young friend." The Gray-Robed Mage seemed to take this job very seriously. "Besides this old man, there are many experts from the Myriad Realms who also work as mercenaries."

"Mercenaries?" Li Xingze was left dizzy by what he heard.

"Since they're mercenaries, why don't I need to pay any compensation?" Li Xingze found the key issue.

"Young friend, you jest. You are a top-tier client. All mercenaries are fighting to earn Contribution Points from you—why would they ask for any payment?"

"I see." Li Xingze roughly pieced it together.

Perhaps after some powerful expert had fallen, this account had somehow ended up in his hands and become his cheat.

These Forbidden Curse Scrolls might seem powerful, but to true experts, they were nothing more than a drop in the bucket.

After figuring this out, Li Xingze's last lingering concern completely vanished.

"I'll have to trouble you, sir, to cast the Undead Forbidden Curse once." Li Xingze looked at the Gray-Robed Mage. "Do not harm any humans. Just kill these demonic wolves."

"Oh, right. There's also a Demonic Wolf Pack nearby. It would be best if you could wipe them out as well."

After all, he had used two Forbidden Curse Scrolls. Li Xingze had to get the most out of them.

"That naturally won't be a problem, but I must have the exact location of that Demonic Wolf Pack. Otherwise, it will be difficult for this old man to cast the spell," the Gray-Robed Mage said somewhat awkwardly.

Li Xingze frowned. He could only take out his phone and search through the map, eventually pointing out the location of the Southern Mountain Range.

"It should be around here."

"Rest assured, young friend. This old man will begin preparing at once!"

The Gray-Robed Mage waved the Ancient Scepter, and his entire body shot into the sky like a cannonball. He finally stopped ten thousand meters above the ground, raised his scepter high, and began chanting.

His voice was low and filled with power, every syllable sending ripples through space.

As the chant continued, the surrounding air began to grow heavy, as if even time had frozen at that moment. Countless thin cracks split open across the sky.

Wisps of ghostly blue smoke emerged from the cracks. They swirled through the air and gradually filled the entire heavens.

Countless undead squeezed out from the cracks. There were terrifyingly imposing Bone Dragons, gigantic beasts as massive as mountains, but even more numerous were the densely packed, eerie Dark Knights.

Ghostly green light flickered in their eyes, and they possessed an unparalleled thirst for battle.

The number of undead continued to grow, as though an undead rain were falling. Before long, they covered the entirety of Bo City, and even the demon-infested lands around the city were caught in the disaster.

The Demonic Wolf Pack in particular suffered greatly. A savage Bone Dragon was crazily harvesting the lives of those demonic wolves.

Zhan Kong and the others, who had originally planned to gang up on the Winged Azure Wolf, could only postpone their plans upon seeing this.

"Undead?" Zhan Kong stared in shock at the undead in the streets and the constant stream of undead falling from the sky. "How could there be undead in Bo City? Aren't these things supposed to exist only in the Ancient Capital?"

One or two undead might have been a coincidence, but this dense sight, like an ocean of undead, could never be a coincidence.

What baffled Zhan Kong and the other Military Mages most was that these bloodthirsty undead ignored them and instead turned to besiege the demonic wolves.

The demonic wolf pack, which had just been bullying its enemies with superior numbers, was now directly swallowed by the undead horde.

"Could there be an Undead Mage in Bo City?"

Zhan Kong pondered silently. There were already very few Undead Mages in China, and he had never even heard of one at this level.

To summon such a massive number of undead, along with Bone Dragons that blotted out the sky, one had to be at least Monarch-level.

Could this be at the Forbidden Curse level?

Did China even have an Undead Forbidden Curse?

Could there be some reclusive master hidden in Bo City?

"If these undead were targeting us, we probably wouldn't be able to hold out for even a moment," one Military Mage said.

The other Military Mages nodded in agreement. The Undead Element was simply too terrifying—there was no comparison with the Summoning Element.

"Since a powerful expert has taken action, go check whether there are any civilians in distress within the city," Zhan Kong ordered.

A battle of this level was no longer something a High-level Magister like him could interfere with.

Zhan Kong once again felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

On Li Xingze's side, with these undead present, the Winged Azure Wolf, which had once stood like an overlord atop the tallest building, was now fleeing in panic under the undead's pursuit.

However, the Monarch-level Bone Dragon was clearly much faster in flight. With just a single swipe of its claw, it blasted the Winged Azure Wolf down.

The moment the undead on the ground saw the Winged Azure Wolf, they all rushed at it like wolves pouncing on prey.

"Too brutal!"

Li Xingze swallowed hard. The once enormous Winged Azure Wolf had not even left behind a single bone.

"Good thing the Soul Essence is intact."

Li Xingze took out the Undead Magic Artifact and stored the Commander-level Soul Essence inside. It was worth quite a bit of money.

"Unfortunately, the Southern Mountain Range is still some distance from Bo City. Even riding Little Gold, I won't make it in time."

Li Xingze felt troubled. The Soul Essence could not be preserved for long; it would disappear in less than three minutes.

"Forget it. Getting a Great Commander-level Soul Essence is already pretty good."

Li Xingze did not dwell on it too much. A Commander-level Soul Essence was worth roughly three to five hundred million. (P.S. The original work mentioned that high-quality Soul Essences were worth around five hundred million.)

For an Intermediate-Level Mage like him, three to five hundred million was more than enough for now.

At worst, he could have Hai Bo Dong take on more bounty missions in the future. Letting such a useful tool go unused would be a waste.

"Did I forget something?" Li Xingze suddenly slapped his forehead. "That's right, Mo Fan!"

The Black Vatican traitor—Bai Yang!

"Hope I'm not too late!"

Li Xingze hurriedly mounted the Goldflame Dragon Lion's back and sped toward the road between Tianlan High School and the Barrier that everyone had to pass through.

He Yu, Zhang Yinglu.

They had been classmates for two or three years, after all. Li Xingze truly did not want anything to happen to them.

In a concealed corner, Mu He's expression was incomparably grim.

"When did Bo City gain such a powerful Undead Mage? The entire plan has been ruined. How am I supposed to explain this to the Cardinal?"

With such a supreme powerhouse around, the Black Vatican could only hide like rats.

There was simply nothing they could do.