Before Jialing Pass, thunder roared!
Heavy banks of dark clouds shrouded the sky over Lima Plain. Low rumbles of thunder slowly rolled out from within them, eventually echoing without end for a hundred miles around.
The ground where the two armies fought glowed purple-black, forming a circle that covered almost all of Lima Plain before Jialing Pass.
A moment later, the black light suffusing the battlefield outside Jialing Pass began to fade. As it dissipated, circles of purple-black demon markings whirled across the battlefield. Then countless dark figures burrowed out of the ground.
"Kill!"
Earth-shaking cries of slaughter rang out from the battlefield before Jialing Pass, deafening everyone. Even the surrounding mountains trembled faintly beneath those cries.
Atop Jialing Pass's walls, which towered hundreds of yards high, the soldiers of the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall stared gravely at the dark figures nearby. Over the years, they had encountered countless strange things, but never anything like this. The soldiers and Soul Masters who had died on the battlefield had actually returned to life?
"Bibi Dong, you've truly gone mad!" Standing at the center of the battlements, Qian Renxue shouted fiercely at the sight before her. "You actually used a secret art to turn the dead into undead and summon them back!"
"Could this be the real reason both armies' fallen soldiers disappeared overnight? After their bodies turned into black mist and dispersed, the magic formation Bibi Dong placed deep underground converted them into energy, then brought them back to life through some strange method."
Just then, an icy voice suddenly rang out above Jialing Pass's battlements. "Xiao Xue, surrender. You cannot withstand my assault."
Qian Renxue's expression changed at the sound. Two beams of golden light burst from her eyes and shot into the black mist in the sky.