Demon Sword Sect’s Undercover
Chapter 571 - 571 570 Undead Army 2

571: Chapter 570: Undead Army 2 571: Chapter 570: Undead Army 2 Nan Xiangye had always been extremely proud of his Flying Sword, which belonged to the Fire Element Sword System.

His single Flying Sword, emanating a blinding Fire Element Power, seldom met a match within a ten-foot radius.

But the number of undead creatures was simply too great, overwhelmingly dense, layer upon layer blocking the way, slaying one only to have new monstrosities spring forth.

After consecutively piercing through three undead creatures, even the powerful force of his Flying Sword had to return to the Purple Mansion for a power boost.

If their team had only him as its spearhead, their charge would have halted there.

Then, they would have been entangled by the relentless undead, falling into a difficult fight and inevitably losing their formation and coordination.

Yet they continued to break forward because Hou Niao was with them.

Nan Xiangye’s Flying Sword had to retract, but Hou Niao’s Flying Sword remained unwavering, its might undiminished!

However, the biggest weakness of a Tongtian Realm Cultivator who couldn’t perform Sword Light Division was exposed in such a group battle.

Even if the Flying Sword remained as sharp as ever, it could only stab one by one, unable to achieve a sweeping attack.

The undead creatures, on the other hand, were coming in even larger numbers, their resolve set on taking out this human formation’s spearhead!

As it became clear that Hou Niao’s single Flying Sword couldn’t keep up, and while Nan Xiangye’s Flying Sword hadn’t launched again, the other three companions’ Techniques seemed slightly inadequate in their destructive effects.

Yet Hou Niao, serving as the vanguard spearhead, showed no signs of slowing down.

With a single gesture, a Longsword appeared in hand, swinging towards several undead creatures that had evaded the Flying Sword.

Striking from afar and slashing up close, Hou Niao, with his individual power, dragged the entire team forward in a rush, even speeding up in the process.

Wang Gandang felt bone fragments continuously scattering and flying around his body as if walking into a rain of bones.

This scene didn’t surprise him because he was the only one who knew the true strength of Senior Brother Hou.

Although unsure why Senior Brother Hou hadn’t yet used his Ultimate Skill that reveals no person but only the sword, considering that the leading Senior Brother still had plenty of strength, all fear vanished from his heart, and he controlled his Magic Artifact even more adeptly.

The next moment, Nan Xiangye’s Flying Sword struck again.

In the brief instant it took him to gather the power for his sword, the entire team had surged forward another hundred yards.

As he joined the fray, the team broke through the encirclement before he even cut down several of the Hundred-Eye creatures.

The Undead Army’s strategy to overwhelm them with sheer numbers had failed.

It was only then that Hou Niao retracted his sword back into the Mansion, and immediately launched it out again, laughing heartily, “Let’s do it again.

This time, everyone go all out in the attack—no need to waste any Mana protecting me.

Offense is the best defense!”

The entire battlefield was in utter chaos.

The first division of human Cultivators directly collided with the Undead Army.

There were sharp and unmatched teams like Gui Team, and there were those who were bogged down in a tough fight by the undead, but then the human Cultivators’ second division piled on, throwing the situation into complete disarray.

Yu Zhengxing stood in the back, watching the battle with a cool head.

To be honest, he didn’t have much confidence in a melee of two hundred human Cultivators against nearly a thousand undead; he refrained from joining the Golden Core Level battle for fear that his men, being at a numerical disadvantage, might be routed.

Of course, the individual strength of the human Cultivators was superior to that of the undead creatures.

Having spent years in the Kneecap Desert, he was very clear about the comparative strength between them.

Cultivators like these elite Sect disciples could each match the strongest among the Hundred-Eye creatures, whereas the strength of these creatures in the Undead Army varied greatly.

His only worry was their number.

His plan was to personally intervene if necessary, striving to hold the main battlefield until a few of his Golden Core comrades returned.

But as soon as the battle began, he realized he had still underestimated the strength of his subordinates.

Even though the first clash was still at a disadvantage under the overwhelming numbers of the Undead Army, it was just a slight setback, far from collapse.

When the second group of Cultivators joined the fray, the overall situation immediately balanced out, with both sides exchanging blows.

All this was thanks to the first squad of archers – Gui Team.

Under the leadership of his most promising junior disciple, Hou Niao, who attracted the most powerful fire from the Undead Army and restrained hundreds of those with a hundred eyes, they still managed to break through with ease, killing dozens and still having energy to spare.

There was much to ponder in this.

His vision was exceptional; in just a few moments, he had discerned that there were no high-ranking undead creatures pretending to be weak among the main force of the Undead Army.

Seeing Gui Team, led by Hou Niao, slaughtering their way back again, unstoppable, he made a decision.

With a leap, he headed straight to the Golden Core battlefield to join the battle.

Now that the Tongtian Realm battlefield was secure, he, of course, needed to focus on helping his Golden Core comrades.

Not one of the battlefields could be neglected.

…

Hou Niao’s Gui Team was now a little crazed in their fighting.

Under his instruction, the entire team focused on the offensive, with two Flying Swords slashing through the front, the Dharma Manifestation Bureau rampaging, and the radiant glow of Techniques sweeping from behind.

This multi-layered attack structure left virtually no undead creatures able to approach, and the few that came close stood no chance under Hou Niao’s sharp and unrivaled close-quarters swordsmanship.

When the formation accelerated to its limit, they hardly needed to worry about attacks from the surroundings.

The undead creatures probably couldn’t even keep up, and they simply absorbed the insignificant attacks with their bodily defenses.

In this regard, Yuan Shangyuan and Wang Gandang played a vital role.

One possessed incredible physical endurance and toughness; the other had an endless supply of precious equipment…

Under Gui Team’s strong assault targeted at the densely packed ranks of the Undead Army, they not only broke through the enemy, but also freed trapped comrades.

The tactic was repeated, and more and more areas broke through the deadlock, tipping the situation visibly in favor of the humans.

Conversely, as the human Cultivators’ morale soared, the tide of the numbers ebbed and flowed rapidly, and the Undead Army began showing signs of collapse.

Undying, after all, is just an adjective.

In this world, is there truly anything that is completely immortal?

It is only to mortals that their terrifying skeletal bodies seem as if they could be undying and indestructible.

They still knew fear and had never possessed faith.

When the battle became irreversibly lost, turning to flee became the inevitable choice.

When the numbers of the Undead Army dwindled to less than twice that of the human Cultivators, a collapse ensued.

The human Cultivators entered the most gratifying phase of the war, the slaughter phase.

But there were also experienced Cultivators who understood the undead creatures profoundly and shouted, “Don’t chase too far.

Our mission is not to exterminate, but to protect!”

Undead creatures could never be completely killed off unless one day the Kneecap Desert turns into a green land; once fear takes hold in these instinct-driven beings, it is difficult to correct.

The vast majority of them would never return to the regions bordering humanity for the rest of their lives.

That is the nature of the undead.

So, to kill or not had already become less significant.