Sea of Undead

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

During these three days, Xiao Yu was not idle. The guild had been established and was called the Underworld Dynasty, so naturally, he had to organize some activities.

He led these three thousand Undead players on expeditions east and west, fighting fiercely against the adventurer players in the Death Wilderness. In the early stages of the battle, they gained a considerable advantage. There was no way around it; being organized was always better than being disorganized. Originally, they could easily defeat monster players of equal numbers, or even fight adventurers who were two or three times their size, thanks to the various advantages of small-team combat. But this time, they suffered a great loss.

The Undead army of the Underworld Dynasty, led by Xiao Yu, swept through the land without any resistance. In a short time, corpses littered dozens of miles away, and the army was pushed all the way to the vicinity of the Kaolin Camp.

Without hesitation, Xiao Yu launched a direct attack on Kaolin Camp.

The real-world Kaolin Camp is indeed not as simple as the one in the dungeon, where a few dozen people could easily take it down. Not only is it guarded by hundreds of NPC troops, but there are also hundreds of players resting at the Kaolin Camp. However, even they couldn't withstand the siege of thousands of Undead.

The Kaolin Camp didn't even have city walls, only a wooden fence. In the end, Xiao Yu led his troops to conquer the Kaolin Camp, gaining a lot of equipment and merit points, which can be considered a great start for the Underworld Dynasty.

Unfortunately, there were too many wolves and not enough meat. While there were many equipment drops, there were even more people trying to get them. In the end, Xiao Yu didn't get anything good; he only obtained another Soul Fire Fragment and learned a new combat skill.

After conquering the Kaolin Camp, the Undead of the Underworld Dynasty, having tasted the sweetness of victory, found the profits quite tempting Xiao Yu also thought it was time to strike while the iron was hot, so he prepared to attack another human camp stronghold, the Bode Camp.

However, the adventurers quickly reacted, and some immediately took the lead in organizing the scattered adventurers into a large team of over two thousand. They fought against Xiao Yu's Undead army of the Underworld Dynasty in the wilderness outside the Bode Camp. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, and eventually, both sides were struggling to hold on—in this game, the experience lost from death, the potions consumed in battle, and the scrolls used all cost money.

Ultimately, neither side could find a solution, and the massive brawl ended abruptly.

In addition, some other changes have occurred in the Burying Ground. For example, many new accounts have appeared in the camp in the past few days, including a large number of Blasphemers players.

This is all thanks to Xiao Yu. These Blasphemers all appeared after learning about the part-time methods of Blasphemers from Xiao Yu. These Undead players did not choose to worship the Naraku, God of Death after they were born. Instead, they formed teams and went to the Mist Wilderness as soon as they were born, and even found high-level players to escort them there.

Then, they completed the Blasphemy Ritual in the Mist Wilderness and became Blasphemers. As a result, the part-time job of Blasphemers suddenly became very common. However, these people were still at a very low level. Even though they had been leveling up frantically these past two days, they were generally only around level three or four.

Not only have a large number of Blasphemers appeared among the Undead, but also among adventurer players and other monster Blasphemers. This has all spread in the last few days. In an instant, the originally sparsely populated Mist Wilderness has become a very lively place, with various players who come to work as Blasphemers lining up on the edges of several maps around the Mist Wilderness.

However, the game's official response to the rampant Blasphemers has been non-existent, seemingly unconcerned that Blasphemers presence would disrupt the game's balance.

These newly minted Blasphemers are all at low levels. However, compared to the first batch of Blasphemers like Xiao Yu, these new Blasphemers have one advantage: they don't need to worry about their main class level. Many of them don't even do the advancement quests and use all the experience they gain from killing monsters to level up their Blasphemers.

As a result, many level 1 skeletons, or level 1 Warrior, level 1 mages, and level 3 or 4 Blasphemers appeared, and this abnormal class combination became a trend for a time.

At least for now, the Blasphemers have a huge advantage. Even among adventurers, the Blasphemers are in no way weaker than regular classes.

Xiao Yu's Underworld Dynasty has also recruited quite a few Blasphemers players in the past few days, totaling more than 500. These Blasphemers go to the Temple of Death every day to use Divine Power Drawing or Divine Power Theft skills. This blatant poaching has not attracted the attention of the gods.

This is probably a protective measure taken by the game company to safeguard players.

After all, players are the source of the game's livelihood. If players are to be hunted down by the gods for being Blasphemers, then the game company will be the one who suffers from player dissatisfaction.

Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the Blasphemers players could form their own faction. He guessed that this might be part of the game company's plan: players could join the gods if they wanted, or remain independent if they didn't.

It's just unknown where the Blasphemers forces will ultimately end up in the context of the War of the Gods.

However, a single spark can start a prairie fire, Xiao Yu believed that the Blasphemers would eventually grow into a terrifying force.

The day finally arrived for the attack on Fang Fortress.

Today is Saturday, and with the news of a large-scale siege event, the number of players logging on is unusually high. The Burying Ground are densely packed with all kinds of Undead. The sky is filled with ghosts, the ground is covered with skeletons, and zombies roam freely, making it feel like a ghost town.

At the heart of the Burying Ground, a colossal skull tower had been erected sometime during the ages. This skull tower was constructed from countless bones, with a throne made entirely of skulls at its very top. Remarkably, the tower was movable, with thirty-six skeletal giants serving as its porters and bodyguards. The Undead Andrew appeared atop the skull tower, seated on his skull throne, accompanied by the Skeleton King, Emperor Odyssey.

As the Undead below grew larger and larger, and it was already 9 o'clock, Andrew stood up from his throne.

"Dead souls, children of God of Death, my brethren, this world is born of life, and death will ultimately devour everything. Today is the day we, the Undead, rise up! Arise, Undead! Let those wretched living join us, join us in eternal death and Tranquility, follow the guidance of God of Death's will, rise up!"

As Andrew shouted, several massive stone gates opened on the ground surrounding the Burying Ground, and countless armies of the Undead poured out from them.

As the Undead army grew larger and larger around them, cheers erupted from below. The Undead players had initially thought they would have to conquer the city on their own, but now they realized that there seemed to be quite a few cannon fodder among them.

The skeleton army began to assemble on the open ground outside the Burying Ground, forming several distinct armies.

First, there's the Undead Andrew's direct forces, a mixed army of skeletons, zombies, and ghosts, numbering over 100,000. However, their quality is somewhat inconsistent. This is unavoidable; Undead individual combat strength is relatively weak, especially some low-level skeletons and zombies, whose combat power is simply appalling. A single human infantryman could easily take down several of them. The skeleton soldiers the players control are already relatively standard Undead, while skeleton Warrior, skeleton swordsmen, and Undead are considered mid-level Undead units. Even so, they can't defeat adventurers of the same level in a one-on-one fight.

Only high-level Undead, such as Skeleton Knights and Ghost Assassins, possess the strength to defeat adventurers of the same level in a one-on-one fight. However, such high-level Undead are few in number, so the only way to win in battle is through sheer numbers. Therefore, when Andrew was building his army, he adopted an indiscriminate approach, accepting any undead as long as Undead. As a result, although the army appeared large in scale, it was quite disorganized.

The second force was King Odyssey and his skeleton Legion. Since they had all died more than a hundred years ago, King Odyssey and his men were all in roughly the same state of decay. They were all skeleton soldiers, skeleton Warrior, skeleton knights, skeleton generals, skeleton guards, and other skeleton-type Undead. Many of them were still wearing their former armor and carrying their former weapons (although the swords and blades were rusty and looked terrible), and riding their former mounts (which had turned into skeleton horses).

Even so, this vast army of white skeletons still looked much more imposing, only fewer in number, probably only around 30,000.

In addition, there are several smaller auxiliary forces, including the Undead vassal armies led by Andrew's two apprentices, and several Legion led by Undead Warlord, such as the Den of Evil Legion with its Corpsefire and the Underworld Dynasty Legion led by Xiao Yu. These Legion each consist of only a few thousand people.

All the Undead combined numbered over a hundred Undead, like a boundless ocean. With Andrew's command, the sea of Undead began its advance towards Fang Fortress.

Meanwhile, the Fang Fortress had also received the news long ago. In fact, this was an official regional large-scale monster siege event, and various announcements had been issued in advance, with the event time even deliberately chosen to be a Saturday.

Although Xiao Yu didn't know how the game company controlled the forces in the game, it was clearly more effective than what the Sky Group did.

Therefore, the Fang Fortress was well prepared. In addition to the original few thousand garrison troops, there were more than ten thousand adventurer players, bringing the total to nearly twenty thousand. Moreover, they were the defenders, and although they had city walls, they were still capable of fighting.

In addition, a 20,000-strong reinforcement army from the Kern Kingdom is on its way.

At 10:00 AM, the Undead army finally arrived at the outskirts of Fang Fortress.

"Look over there!" someone shouted.

The adventurers standing on the city walls all looked towards the distant horizon, where they saw a dense, Undead army surging towards Fang Fortress like a tidal wave, stretching endlessly and looking quite spectacular.

"Damn, how are we supposed to hold this off?! So many monsters!" someone muttered under their breath.

"What are you afraid of? We have reinforcements. We just need to hold out until they arrive," someone immediately replied.

"Look at that tower!"

Almost everyone saw the tower, as the Skull Tower stood out prominently among the Undead army, and the Undead Andrew standing atop it also came into the view of both sides' players.

"Damn, this guy looks really tough. He must be the final boss. Killing him will definitely drop some great gear."

"Then go and do it! Don't just talk the talk, walk the walk!"

Shut up!

"I heard that Undead is one of Naraku, God of Death's Chosen; it might be difficult to defend today."

"The God of Death's Chosen? Holy crap, no way! I heard the Chosen are the gods' representatives on Earth, kind of like the Pope. This guy's fighting power must be insane! Is he even capable?!"

The players on the city wall began to chatter amongst themselves.

"Don't worry, everyone. My uncle works at Excellence Technology Company, and I've learned some information from him. Generally, in these monster siege events, once the gods intervene, it's a two-way bet. If one side has the power of the gods, the other side will definitely have it too. Since the other side has the God of Death's Chosen, our side will definitely have similar high-level NPCs appearing. Now it's just a matter of whether it's the God of Light or the God of Order who sent them."

Sure enough, while the players were discussing, a group of Priest dressed in golden priest robes walked to the open space behind the city wall and formed a large summoning circle.

Among these Priest were Priest of the God of Order and Priest of the God of Light.

One of the Priest of the God of Light said, "This time, the Undead Andrew has launched a massive invasion. It's clear that the God of Death, Naraku, God of Death, intends to seize this territory. Although we don't know why Naraku, God of Death is so determined to take this area, there's no doubt we must stop his plot. To deal with the Chosen of God of Death, we must seek help from our Lord. Only by summoning the Light God Envoy can we stop the Undead army outside. Therefore, this time, it will be our Priest of the God of Light who will perform the summoning. You Priest of the God of Order, please protect us from the outside!"

"Agreed, of course!" the Priest of the God of Order replied one after another. The God of Order and the God of Light were allies, and their followers could coexist peacefully.

At that moment, an announcement rang in the players' ears.

System Announcement: The Undead army is about to launch an attack. The Priest in the city are preparing to summon the Light God Envoy. Players are urged to fight bravely and hold out until the summoning ritual is successful.

The summoning ritual will last for 2 hours and 59 minutes.

Reinforcements from the Kern Kingdom are on their way. Fight hard and hold out until they arrive, then launch a counterattack.

Reinforcements will arrive in 1 hour and 59 minutes.

Meanwhile, the Undead players outside also heard the system notification.

System notification: The Priest of the God of Light is summoning the Light God Envoy, and reinforcements from the Kern Kingdom are about to arrive. We must launch an attack as soon as possible and capture this fortress before the summoning ritual is completed. Good luck, Undead warriors!

The summoning ritual will last for 2 hours and 59 minutes.

Reinforcements will arrive in 1 hour and 59 minutes.

Holy crap, there are reinforcements and even divine messengers to help! It seems the key to today's battle is just a matter of time.

Xiao Yu thought to himself, if he couldn't take the Fang Fortress within three hours, then he would basically lose.

At that moment, with Andrew's command, the Undead army moved.