Sealed Divine Throne II: Twin Sons of Dragon
Chapter 814 - 407: City of the Wraiths_2

Chapter 814: Chapter 407: City of the Wraiths_2

With Little Evil’s scouting, Long Dangdang controlled the Earth escape shuttle to dive another hundred meters, ensuring that they would not be detected before continuing forward. Avoiding underground sewers and some particularly hard rock layers, the Earth escape shuttle sped toward the deep recesses of the Wraith Kingdom.

At their current speed, they could cover about five hundred kilometers in one day. This speed was much slower than flying or surface travel, but it offered greater safety.

Long Dangdang also took this opportunity to rest and adjust inside the Earth escape shuttle. Controlling the shuttle with just a clone was sufficient, allowing him to rest and simultaneously contemplate the plans for the rescue operation.

He estimated that his brother was already in action, but given their prior experience, breaking through the Blessed Sun military camp would not be easy. Long Dangdang’s appearance at the Blessed Sun military camp was for this exact reason. Without the ability for long-distance transfer, his allies, having been previously startled by the Blessed Sun military camp, were unlikely to be let out. It was important to note that among their team, six had ranked in the top thirty-six in the Great Impartation Contest. With Ling Menglu being the first of the Priests Temple and Long Kongkong being the first of the Knights Temple, so many future stars were not to be recklessly endangered. Long Dangdang had not only escaped himself but had also blocked his allies’ route into the Wraith Kingdom. It was most likely that his allies were left in the Blessed Sun military camp, fighting alongside the main army. Thus, he believed he had ample time to search within the Wraith Kingdom for a chance to rescue their parents and Hep Benn.

The Earth escape shuttle would play a crucial role in this, so, Long Dangdang spared no effort to use more spiritual power to constantly monitor the state of the Earth escape shuttle.

A day quickly passed, and only then did Long Dangdang control the Earth escape shuttle to ascend to the surface, stopping when they were only about ten meters below ground. Even at this depth, detecting any activity below the surface was very difficult. At the very least, it required a 7th Rank spiritual power expert focusing on this small area to possibly spot any signs.

Activating both the Far Horizon Proximity Spirit Furnace and the Gently Absorb Slowly Regurgitate Spirit Furnace, and controlling his breath to prevent it from leaking out, Long Dangdang instant transferred silently.

Earlier he had let Little Evil scout through spiritual power, and there didn’t seem to be any obvious spiritual power fluctuations nearby, suggesting it was still a wilderness area.

Flashing silently, Long Dangdang returned to the ground, but the next moment, his pupils involuntarily constricted as he quickly prostrated his body.

It was already night outside, a time deliberately chosen by Long Dangdang, but he was immediately attracted by a light in the distance.

It appeared to be a city, and even from a distance, the city walls were still brilliantly illuminated. This was an operational city within the Wraith Kingdom.

Rapidly spreading out his map to check, and combining it with the direction he had previously traveled, Long Dangdang immediately identified the city as being Wanning City, which had also been an important town of the Federation once. From his distant vantage point, he could vaguely see numerous figures on the city walls, patrolling like human soldiers.

Without retrieving the Earth escape shuttle underground, Long Dangdang remembered his current location. His eyes emitted a faint purple hue, shrouded in the aura of deep darkness. He conjured a simple low-level Deep Darkness Magic, Night Mist, which enveloped the area around his body. He also used the Gently Absorb Slowly Regurgitate Spirit Furnace to control the flow of time and cover his aura, then he quickly approached the direction of Wanning City.

Though not Calamity City, scouting this was the first undead city he encountered, undoubtedly aiding in his understanding of wraith entities.

Soon, he arrived near Wanning City, gaining a clearer view of the top of the city.

Atop the city walls, indeed, were patrolling figures, but they were clearly not humans — rather, they were squads of skeleton soldiers.

The skeleton soldiers had faint green Soul Flames flickering within their eye sockets, and the patrolling teams were incredibly neat and continuously rotated. At that moment, the city gates were closed, but Long Dangdang faintly sensed a considerable presence of wraith energy within the city.

He refrained from recklessly teleporting into the city, as spatial attribute fluctuations were very noticeable and could easily be detected. Being deep behind enemy lines alone, he had to be exceedingly cautious every moment to avoid exposing himself.

Leaping lightly, his toes touched the wall as he power-poached upwards, and in the next moment, Long Dangdang had already scaled the city walls. With a flash of his body, he passed through a gap between two patrolling teams of skeleton soldiers, vaulted over the city walls, and descended to the ground.

As he landed, he was as light as a leaf, carefully picking a dark corner to gently land.

During his descent, he also looked towards the city, and in that moment, Long Dangdang couldn’t help but reveal a look of amazement in his eyes.

Indeed, everything he saw before him was utterly astonishing.

Originally, he thought that a city occupied by the undead would be completely desolate, filled with the aura of the undead. However, what entered his sight was an entirely different scene.

Inside the city, everywhere was bustling with... undead. But these undead were not like those he had imagined, who lacked consciousness and possessed only instincts of killing and attacking.

The patrolling skeleton soldiers were mostly undead that looked almost like humans, and what shocked Long Dangdang even more was that there were rows of shops lining the streets.

Some undead were entering and exiting these shops, and some even wore clothes no different from those of humans. If not for the undead aura emanating from their bodies, they really looked no different from the human world.

Long Dangdang could confirm for sure that this was a functioning city—yes, a city in operation!

The intelligence of the undead had actually reached the level of keeping a city running, which was incredibly unbelievable. He didn’t know if the Federation had any news about this, but at least he hadn’t heard of it, nor dared even to think about it.

He took out a fruit from his storage ring and swallowed it; it was the Deception Fruit obtained from an auction. Swiftly activating his spiritual power to draw out the medicinal effect, Long Dangdang immediately exuded an aura identical to that of the undead. He changed into simple cloth attire before he walked towards the street.

As expected, the undead creatures on the street could not discern his human aura, allowing Long Dangdang to breathe a sigh of relief. He restrained his spiritual power fluctuations, covered both by the Gently Absorb Slowly Regurgitate Spirit Furnace and the Deception Fruit, and was not worried about being discovered.

Only then did he continue along the street, observing everything around him.

Here, there were not only places like clothing stores and weapon shops but even restaurants identical to those in human cities.

On the streets, the patrolling skeleton soldiers, which were clearly the lowest rank of undead, would still actively move aside when facing the undead who looked like humans but had cyan-tinted skin.

Along the way, Long Dangdang also saw some undead creatures of different species, but they all seemed harmonious. The only difference from humans was that they rarely spoke, or perhaps had little ability to speak. However, their mental fluctuations were clearly stronger than in the human world. Apparently, some undead creatures communicated mentally.

The Wraith Kingdom, were they really turning the undead into an actual country?

As he was walking, the name of a shop caught Long Dangdang’s attention.

The signboard of the shop read "Soul Stone" in big letters, with two smaller characters beside it: Exclusive.

Soul Stone? What is that?

This shop was noticeably larger than the surrounding ones, and those who entered and exited were relatively well-dressed, higher-ranking undead, especially the wraiths.

Long Dangdang hesitated for a moment but still stepped into the shop.