Sealed Divine Throne II: Twin Sons of Dragon
Chapter 160 - 79 Wraith Flood_2

Chapter 160: Chapter 79 Wraith Flood_2

"What’s happening in the West?" Long Dangdang knitted his brows.

Ling Menglu said, "Have you ever heard of reanimation?"

Long Dangdang paused, "Reanimation? What’s that?"

Long Kongkong sneered, "Dummy, reanimation is when a dead body comes back to life."

Long Dangdang ignored him, and just looked at Ling Menglu who furrowed her eyebrows, "It’s roughly that concept. In the west, especially along the coast, beginning decades ago, some villages experienced graves reanimating. Corpses climbed out of their tombs, either as zombies or skeletons, attacking livestock and humans. They were fearless and incredibly hard to kill, spreading plague, causing multiple mass death incidents."

Long Dangdang exclaimed in surprise, "How come we haven’t heard anything?"

Ling Menglu said, "The Federation instituted a strict news blackout to avoid public panic. The Sacred Legate also dispatched special teams to deal with it. However, the situation is worse than imagined. These reanimated entities aren’t the same as the previous dark creatures of the demon tribe, they aren’t even afraid of light specialty magic and can even operate during the day. They have incredibly strong vitality and some formidable entities have started to appear. The most terrifying are some professionists who were buried and died years ago, inexplicably revived, becoming powerful amongst these wraith entities and even stronger than they were alive."

Long Kongkong couldn’t help but say, "That’s still not as strong as the Sacred Legate. Why not just wipe them out?"

Ling Menglu nodded, "At the beginning, the Sacred Legate thought and did exactly that, killing all these wraith entities that appeared. It truly did bring peace for a while, and just when everyone thought it was a one-time occurrence, about half a year later, wraith entities appeared again. This time the affected villages numbered in the teens, causing hundreds of casualties, even turning a few villages into dead zones. Those who died in the villages also transformed into wraith entities. At this point, the Federal Government and the Sacred Legate started to take it seriously, immediately sending investigation teams and strong forces to look into it. But strangely, the wraith entities disappeared once again, as if they had never appeared. That was until a year later..."

At this point, she paused, and then took a deep breath, "A year later, the wraith entities reappeared, and this time, not just zombies and skeletons appeared but new wraith entities too, they also attacked our cities for the first time. One small city had its walls breached before they could prepare..."

Long Dangdang asked solemnly, "Didn’t the Sacred Legate find any causes in their earlier investigations?"

Ling Menglu said, "We conducted a thorough investigation, but not a trace of the wraith entities could be found during that time period. The Sacred Legate in charge of the investigation even dug up some graves, but there were no unusual signs. This siege awakened the entire Federation, prompting them to station troops in areas prone to wraith outbreaks. After the said siege was quelled, the wraith entities then went silent for eight months without any discernible pattern. When they appeared again, they seemed deliberately to avoid the Federation’s blockade, showing up in a broader area and causing further damage. What’s even more terrifying is that wraith entities appeared in a medium-sized city and the Sacred Legate Cemetery inside that city was attacked. The remains of more than a thousand professionists turned into wraiths, including several who were above the 7th Rank. The city suffered massive destruction.

Long Dangdang’s brows furrowed. "You’re saying, these wraith entities are intelligent? They could even evade the Sacred Legate’s prosecution and could locate the Sacred Legate Cemetery to resurrect the professionists and strengthen themselves."

"Yes! Moreover, it’s difficult to kill these wraith entities. Even if their skulls are shattered, they still possess some level of combat strength. Unless their bodies are completely crushed, they are not truly destroyed. And even now, the Sacred Legate hasn’t found out the origin of these wraith entities or why they appeared. Their arrival was abrupt, as if they sprung up suddenly. They appear almost every few months with no predictable pattern, and the longest intervals between sightings are several years. Presently, about a dozen cities on the western continent are under surveillance, and every Sacred Legate Cemetery is being strictly monitored, which resulted in a manpower shortage. It’s likely that’s why your teacher isn’t here, he probably went to the west."

In recent years, wraith entities have been appearing more frequently, and their overall coverage and combat strength have increased significantly. More varieties of wraith entities are emerging. As no source could be pinpointed, the Federation has now classified the problems caused by these wraith entities as the biggest crisis humanity has encountered since the demon tribe. Tens of thousands have died due these attacks. The Federal Government has named these events as the Wraith Flood. The Sacred Legate has started to re-establish the demon hunting team, specifically to investigate and kill these wraiths."

Long Dangdang and Long Kongkong exchanged glances, their eyes reflecting shock. Even before today, neither of them, including their father who is the Deputy Temple Master of the Soaring Dragon City’s priests branch temple, had been informed about the Wraith Flood. However, in reality, tens of thousands of people had already died in this disaster. No wonder the Nine Great Sages of Spirit Furnace Academy decided to resume operation, allowing them the chance to integrate with the Wisdom Spirit Furnace.’

"These aren’t random events. We’ve discussed this matter with the Sacred Legate. The locations of the attacks and the strategy of the wraith entities clearly suggest some form of intelligent planning. As if designed to cause devastation." a voice came from Small Tree, who then transformed into a luminary shadow and emerged from Long Kongkong’s chest.

Long Dangdang asked, "So, in order to solve the problem, we need to find the mastermind behind all this? And the Sacred Legate currently has no leads?"

The shadowy figure that Small Tree had become nodded slightly, and said, "Exactly. I once asked Senior Vast Ocean about this. He told me that something similar happened in the history of the Land of the Sacred and Demonic. The previous incident was of a much shorter duration but far more intense, almost leading to the extinction of humans on the entire continent."

A white halo surged out, and as the Clear Moon Vast Ocean Spirit Furnace emerged from Long Dangdang’s chest, Senior Vast Ocean’s voice accompanied it. "Yes. That major catastrophe was called the Wraith Calamity. It was triggered by a human who, after experiencing immense injustice and provocation, cultivated wraith magic and caused the disaster. There are some differences between this Wraith Flood and the previous Wraith Calamity, but some similarities exist. One difference is that the wraith Mage that emerged then was more powerful, but did not target ordinary people. He only attacked the country that had caused him great harm, organizing an extremely formidable wraith legion in a short period of time and devastated that country. Whereas, this time, the appearance of the wraith entities seems scattered and lacks the tactics typical of a wraith Mage, who hasn’t been seen for years. However, one similarity between these two incidents is that the wraith entities in both disasters are not afraid of light. Normally, light should be a natural deterrent for wraith entities, who should not even be able to survive in daylight."

"Then why are there instances of them withstanding light?" Ling Menglu asked this time.

Vast Ocean was silent for a moment before he calmly replied, "It should be a result of the horrifying wraith Mage who emerged nearly twenty thousand years ago, even before the emergence of the demon tribe. His full title was Spectral Saint Mage, the Wraith Calamity! Yes, before becoming a wraith Mage, he was an exceptional light specialty mage!"