Just as the three sects were preparing to investigate, still unsure what had happened.
A surge of savage spiritual power suddenly gathered in the sky. Space shattered, and dozens of mountain-sized phantoms with indistinguishable faces coalesced within the fractured space.
The phantoms glanced down, and ghostly energy swept out like a tsunami. Then pitch-black ghost claws descended, slamming viciously into the great formation!
Boom!
The formation assembled by the army shattered the instant the ghost claws struck. The fat monk spat blood, the chariot beneath his feet broke apart, and his entire lower body was driven into the earth!
"Raise the banners!"
Howls rang out as streaks of black, spectral light appeared in the sky, filling it like a sea of stars in an instant!
Ghostly energy howled down. Before the soldiers could recover from the dizziness caused by their formation shattering, a chill gripped their bodies, and snowflakes relentlessly ate away at them.
They were about to circulate their magical power and struggle free when they discovered, to their horror, that hideous specters had appeared beside them without their noticing. The specters opened their gaping, blood-red maws and gnawed at their bodies.
Others burrowed straight through the openings in their bodies to wrest control from their souls!
"Aaaaaah!"
Piercing screams echoed across the battlefield. Dense death energy surged into the sky, while the crunch of flesh and frenzied wails became the battlefield's dominant sounds.
Seeing this, experts at the Tribulation Transcendence Realm and above immediately brought out immortal artifacts, intending to carve out sanctuaries with their own strength. Before they could act, however, a chill swept over them. Ghosts of the same level had already surrounded them.
The overwhelming numerical advantage made them hesitate instinctively. In that instant, many felt their bodies go numb. Looking down, they found that