Hill resisted the urge to look back at the Moonlight Pool and merely nodded in thanks.
So it was some kind of evil Divine Artifact?
How had it ended up in the hands of a bunch of none-too-bright undead? Divine Artifacts were intelligent, and every last one of them was proud.
Hill was baffled. He could not imagine whose Divine Artifact would stoop so low.
On the giant screen, Xue Yunfeng walked over to the wall with a puzzled look and glanced at it. "Yunyan, try an offensive divine spell."
Without hesitation, Yunyan fired a Scorching Ray at the Blood Pool. It convulsed and let out a piercing scream. The nearby Undead could not help covering their ears.
"Damn it! Why does Toril keep producing weird crap like this? The damn thing's alive!" Xue Yunfeng turned and shouted, "Light Law mages, join the formation! Sun God priests, switch to offensive divine spells. Everyone else, keep the rain coming."
Around a hundred thousand Light Law mages quickly joined the battle, while Scorching Rays flew from the priests on every side... But the Blood Pool made no further sound.
It seemed Yunyan had simply gotten lucky with that first hit. The Divine Artifact hiding in the Blood Pool had been caught off guard by his Scorching Ray.
The Undead's efforts finally paid off two hours later. A strange silver crown burst from the Blood Pool and flew into the distance.
Several quick-reacting mages and priests cast attack spells, but the silver circlet, with four bony horns jutting from it and a black diamond set in its band, still shot away.
Hill's mouth fell open. After a stunned pause, he murmured, "Myrkul's Horned Crown! What's it doing here?"
This Greater Divine Artifact held part of the divinity and intellect of the Skeleton King,