Chapter 134: This is the Ultimate Insult
Chapter 136: This is the Ultimate Insult
“Boom, boom!”
“Boom, boom!”
The reinforcements from Casterly Court played their part. A large number of heavy armaments opened fire from the rear, their brilliant explosions engulfing the mountains of corpses and seas of bones. Meanwhile, the self-propelled constructs provided cover for the knights, helping them break through the undead legion’s solid formation.
Most notable were Jiali’s floating cannon arrays. With ample resources, the silver and purple-haired girl’s Decay Domination was akin to a god descending.
Brilliant sparks bloomed amidst the undead construct army, their deafening roars filling the air.
In contrast, the undead legion’s spellcasters were mostly held back in the rear. With this advantage, the battle was no longer an even match.
Yonglan and Enesyin played a crucial role in splitting the battlefield. The knightly army clearly understood this, with the knights at the forefront charging desperately and shouting:
“Forward! Keep moving forward! The Godslayer is fighting alone! How can we let our King be surrounded?!”
Fueled by such conviction, the knightly army advanced like a broken bamboo. However, the undead army was simply too numerous.
The Overlord had brought nearly the entire main force of the dynasty to make a statement. The knightly expeditionary force wasn’t even a full contingent. Even as they shattered defenses layer by layer, the enemies before them remained endless, with no end in sight.
“Thump, thump—”
Just as the knights began to feel weary, a violent tremor emanated from the rear of the undead army, causing considerable commotion. The undead army’s tight formations began to loosen.
“Thump, thump—”
The tremors grew clearer and closer. With each shake, large numbers of dynasty guards were sent flying like rag dolls.
The knights at the forefront peered into the distance and shouted:
“It’s the King! The King is fighting!”
Luqia, brushing aside a strand of hair clinging to her cheek, asked:
“Is the King still fighting the enemy? We need to hurry and support him!”
“No,” the knight, standing on higher ground, replied to his comrades with a strange tone. “The King is using the enemy’s Demigod to fight…”
What did that mean? Did he even hear himself?
Luqia and the others looked confused, thinking he had misspoke. But when the next tremor shook the ground, the dynasty guards at the very front of the knightly army were also blown away by the shockwave. The true situation behind them finally became apparent to the knights.
Contrary to their expectation of the Godslayer fighting arduously amidst a vast army, Yonglan appeared to be at ease.
In fact, he was more than at ease.
Yonglan dodged and weaved through the tide-like undead army, smashing through the dynasty guards’ seemingly impervious formations with forceful blows.
His weapon was neither a heavy hammer forged with the Soul Forging Technique nor a powerful spell.
It was a skeletal giant.
The skeletal construct, far larger than Yonglan, was gripped by the warrior with one hand and used as a battering ram, smashing and smashing. The massive Undead Overlord was being wielded with a savage brutality, his body becoming a tool to crush the undead army.
Compared to the skeletal giant, Yonglan was almost negligibly small. Yet, the absurd scene, like an ant moving an elephant, was unfolding before their eyes. The knightly army was so stunned that they momentarily forgot they were on a battlefield, halting their advance for the first time since the battle began.
“Thump, thump, thump—”
The overlord of the Undead Dynasty, a Demigod giant with a steel body comparable to a Divine Construct, was being thrown around like a toy, utterly devoid of dignity.
At times, he was slammed down like a pillow; at others, dragged across the ground like a mop. The gems and runes on the skeletal giant’s armor were ground away, his crown fell off, his robe was torn to shreds, and his Blade Spear was lost somewhere.
He couldn’t even utter a word, only being dragged by Yonglan and used to smash dynasty guards and sweep away colossal constructs, thereby causing earth-shattering tremors.
Dealing with the Undead Overlord wasn’t difficult. After all, a mechanism boss is only as hard as its counter-strategy.
The solution to Decay Domination was directly provided to Yonglan. Its weaknesses were too fatal for a Godslayer of humble origins. Once he decided against engaging the Undead Overlord in a protracted duel, dealing with him became incredibly easy.
Yonglan had to admit that the Undead Overlord, empowered by the Undead Legion, was indeed strong. Even he couldn’t face him head-on.
But such an obvious weakness, when targeted, was easily exploited. After slaughtering about half of the Overlord’s personal guard, Yonglan was able to seize the Undead Overlord.
When the frenzied slaughter continued until only a few thousand of the personal guard remained, the Undead Overlord showed clear signs of weakness. Yonglan mercilessly annihilated the remaining guards, completely ending the legion.
Then, the Demigod of the Undead Dynasty was heavily wounded by the backlash from the Undead Legion. His soulfire suddenly dimmed significantly. Yonglan simply seized the Undead Overlord, who had lost the ability to resist, and used him as a weapon.
After all, the construct’s body was genuinely tough; its weight was no illusion.
And so, the spectacle of Yonglan dragging the skeletal giant’s body and rampaging across the battlefield unfolded. Even those with the utmost confidence in the Godslayer wouldn’t have imagined anything more than their King winning the battle and decapitating the Undead Overlord.
But this… this was worse than beheading and planting a flag. It was an ultimate insult!
He absolutely did not treat the dignified Undead Overlord, the dynasty’s Demigod, as an equal enemy but as a tool to be used at will.
That was a Demigod! A supreme mortal being, second only to Celestial Gods, a foe the Knight Kingdoms could never contend with. Yet, he was now being humiliated and worn down like a mop or a rag.
However, Yonglan discovered through his own experience that Demigods, in terms of Tier, were only comparable to modern Heroes.
This wasn’t to say Demigods performed better than Heroes. Comparing the stable spirit matter environment after the Primal King’s creation to ancient times was inherently unequal. A Hero-tier artificer from later eras coming to ancient times would receive significant bonuses and wouldn’t have trouble dealing with a so-called Demigod.
“Long live our King!”
“Long live!”
Gazing at Yonglan’s heroic figure, dragging and smashing the skeletal giant, a knight opened his mouth, his eyes closed, and he waved his arm vigorously, shouting fanatically.
The knightly army continued their advance. Their enemies were the undead army, whose formations had been utterly ruined, caught between attacks, and had collapsed into disarray. Since Yonglan had specifically targeted and eliminated the mage siege engines responsible for command, the undead army’s command system had also completely broken down.
After wreaking havoc on the front lines and clearing obstacles for the knightly army, Yonglan dragged the Undead Overlord to pave the way for the knights. Using the enemy’s commander as a weapon to smash their own forces was, in a way, dark humor.
This continued until the triumphant expeditionary force crushed the last remaining undead legion, and no enemies with the will to fight remained on the battlefield.
The knights didn’t rush to pursue the fleeing enemy soldiers. Instead, they looked at their King. The Godslayer walked onto the fallen Floating Fortress, preparing to execute the skeletal giant.
