Bones moved like a tide; bones stood still like a forest.
When the charging skeleton warriors all stopped and dropped to one knee, Malinda and the Chief Swordswoman were dumbstruck. Neither could have imagined anything like this happening.
Especially Malinda.
Undead were her specialty.
She knew she could never achieve anything on this scale.
Perhaps she could seize control of a dozen or so low-level undead and command them directly.
But 3,000?
Not a chance!
Unless...
Ascension Rank!
Then had Arthur reached Ascension Rank?
Malinda considered that question again, then shook her head.
It probably isn't Ascension Rank, but the Black Cat Faction's core Mystic Art, Communing with the Netherworld!
The legendary Communing with the Netherworld really does seem capable of commanding undead...
I thought that was just a rumor. To think it was true!
Arthur really does have an enviable wealth of hidden resources!
As these thoughts ran through her mind, she maintained a calm smile, as though everything was exactly as it should be.
This only astonished the Chief Swordswoman further when she instinctively looked toward Malinda in her shock.
But a moment later, the Chief Swordswoman thought of something.
"Communing with the Netherworld?
"Is this Communing with the Netherworld?"
The Chief Swordswoman asked softly.
"Yes, this is Communing with the Netherworld!"
Malinda nodded with absolute certainty.
They made no attempt to conceal their conversation, so the member of the Pale Hand heard every word clearly.
Compared with Malinda and the Chief Swordswoman's astonishment, the Pale Hand member was utterly incredulous, shocked to the point of having their entire worldview overturned.
They had never imagined that the Sea of Bones under their control could actually be seized.
How is this possible?
*The Sea of Bones is an advanced Mystic Art of the Pale Hand. How could it be