Deep within the ruins, permeated with ancient dust, there were no orders to assemble, nor the clash of metal. There was only the CLACK-CLACK of bones grinding together.
Under the command of Garson’s will, the Human Race Undead Soldiers quickly arranged themselves into a tight battle formation.
Mottled bone arms replaced Shields, and tightly clenched Bone Fists took the place of Sword Axes. Although their equipment was gone, the formation composed of ghastly white bones still exuded the chilling aura of battle-hardened elites.
This silent discipline made the three people other than Raine feel as if they had traveled through five hundred years of time, witnessing the formidable military might of this legion during its final battle. Their confidence couldn’t help but grow.
Among the four-person squad, Kaelin’s emotions were the most complex. She gazed at her ancestor’s back—which remained as tall and steadfast as a mountain even after turning into a skeleton—and the soldiers assembling in silence. She seemed to see the scene from all those years ago, when they knew this journey would be one of no return, yet still embarked on the expedition without hesitation.
"Child... stay close to us..." Garson’s voice was deep and powerful, commanding the formation to advance.
The group followed closely behind the neat military formation, marching toward the Unyielding Hall.
Along the way, the Human Race Undead in the passageways and front hall that had originally fallen into chaos seemed to answer a silent call. One after another, they stepped out from the Shadows and silently joined the ranks. Their steps went from stumbling to steady, and the faint blue Flames in their eye sockets were no longer lost. They closely followed the burly skeleton of their Commander ahead. Throughout this process, many Undead Soldiers picked up bone rods to serve as weapons, giving themselves at least some basic armament.
When Raine and his group followed the procession and once again stepped into the extremely spacious Unyielding Hall, the sight before them still made their scalps tingle. Thousands of faint blue points of light glowed densely in the boundless darkness, looking like pairs of eyes opening from Hell. Whether it was the aimlessly wandering Human Race Undead or the restless Skeleton Beasts, at the very moment the group stepped inside, they all turned their hollow eye sockets toward them in unison.
Time seemed to freeze at this moment. The entire space plunged into a suffocating and eerie deathly silence, with only the countless faint blue Flames flickering noiselessly. A bone-chilling killing intent quietly spread through the air.
Immediately after, at Garson’s signal, Kaelin raised the Wolf’s Oath in her hand high into the air without hesitation!
HUMMM—
A soft, azure radiance rippled outward like water waves, instantly sweeping across the entire hall. The light dispelled a portion of the darkness and illuminated the hollow eye sockets of those Human Race Undead.
In the very next second, the Human Race Undead—whose eyes had previously held nothing but killing intent—suddenly jolted their skeletal bodies. That azure light touched the most unforgettable memories deep within their residual consciousness.
That was the color of the Clan, the color of the Commander’s battle flag!
Immediately afterward, they saw the burly skeleton they had once sworn to follow to the death! They saw the comrades they had fought alongside!
CLICK-CLACK... CLICK-CLACK...
One skeleton after another produced rustling sounds of collision out of sheer agitation. The killing intent in their eyes dissipated instantly, replaced by a desperate urgency to return to their ranks! That urgency bordered on madness!
A few Human Race Undead closest to the front were the first to lose their composure. They violently shoved aside the Skeleton Beasts blocking their way, sprinting desperately toward the military formation where Garson stood. As they ran, they remained fiercely locked onto their Commander and comrades; they knew that was where they truly belonged!
However, the Skeleton Beasts were enraged by this sudden turn of events.
"AWOOO!"
Accompanied by silent roars, several of the nearest Warg Skeletons lunged forward, attempting to tear those human skeletons to shreds.
WHOOSH—CRASH!
A mottled Long-handled War Axe whistled down from the sky, preemptively smashing those Warg Skeletons to pieces on the spot. With bone fragments flying everywhere, the massive axe blade embedded itself into the ground, its body trembling and humming continuously.
Garson took the lead, leaping forward to block the path between the returning Human Race Undead and the Skeleton Beasts. He yanked out the Giant Axe and hoisted it high into the air.
"Warriors of the Fenglang... follow me and crush them!"
His battle cry was like thunder, exploding deep within the consciousness of all the Human Race Undead. With that said, he swung the War Axe with his massive bone arm, charging headfirst into the tide of Skeleton Beasts ahead.
"KILL!"
The silent war cry resonated on a conscious level. Behind him, the Undead Legion instantly transformed into a sharp spearhead, following in his footsteps to brutally carve into that Sen Bai sea of the undead.
The eerie deathly silence was completely shattered, and the battle fully erupted in the blink of an eye. The sounds of bones colliding and shattering intertwined with roars and wails on the conscious level. Two Sen Bai torrents clashed madly within the Unyielding Hall, kicking up wave after wave of Sen Bai bone fragments.
The entire battlefield fell into absolute chaos. Those Human Race Undead who had just regained their residual consciousness were either desperately charging toward the formation, or violently tearing into the Skeleton Beasts beside them on the spot. Among them were not only ordinary Clan Warriors but also former Clan Mages. Although, as Low Tier Undead, they no longer possessed the ability of Casting and could only engage in close-quarters combat, they were no less fierce.
They parried with bone arms, struck with Bone Fists, smashed with bone rods, and tore with their teeth. They even dug their Bone Claws into the eye sockets of the Skeleton Beasts, attempting to snuff out those faint blue Frenzy Flames. Even if they were torn to pieces by the Skeleton Beasts, in their final moments, they would still latch onto one of their enemy’s limbs and ruthlessly rip it off.