Chapter 492: Chapter 412: Retreat
The three Immortals of the ’Magic Martial Holy Hall’ were all present. Sazer, the ’Taiyang King,’ frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Space Confinement! A radius of ten thousand miles has been sealed; it is likely the work of an Immortal from the Space Magic branch."
This was the worst-case scenario.
When facing ordinary Legends or even Immortals, as long as one could encircle them, escape would not be a concern. However, Mages proficient in ’Space Confinement’ were often also adept at other space-related magic such as ’Blink,’ ’Instant Teleportation,’ ’Traversal,’ and ’Transmission.’ Their means of escape were simply too numerous.
"The ’Holy Angel Wings’ should not be fully tamed yet. Strike now and quickly deploy a Space Confinement Magic Formation."
Talosha, the ’Organization’s Eye,’ swiftly suggested.
"And also a Magic Formation to block long-range communication,"
Gai Sen, the ’Phantom Knight,’ added as a follow-up.
The three-hundred-strong team sprang into action, heading directly toward the Star Cluster Graveyard.
Setting up a Magic Formation with a ten-thousand-mile radius was immensely challenging and could not be done in a short time. The area had to be reduced—just enough to encase the ’Holy Angel Wings.’ A radius of a hundred miles would suffice.
They advanced rapidly.
As the saying goes, "When humans gather by the tens of thousands, the land becomes a sea of people."
This was equally true for the undead.
A 400,000-strong Undead Army blanketed the land. Coupled with the doubling effect of Mirror Image Magic, the sheer number reached a staggering 800,000 undead, densely occupying over ten square kilometers with the ’Holy Angel Wings’ at their core.
When the ’Magic Martial Holy Hall’ traversed thousands of miles to arrive, this was the scene they beheld.
"An Undead Disaster?"
"A Mirror Image Army?"
"How... how can there be this many?!"
Sazer, Talosha, and Gai Sen, although Immortals with lifetimes spanning centuries and immense experience, could not conceal their shock when faced with the spectacle of an 800,000-strong Undead Army.
It was simply too overwhelming.
In the valley.
On the hills.
In the skies.
An area equivalent to 1,200 standard football fields, layered and lined, all teeming with undead.
First-level skeletons.
Second-level skeletons.
Third-level skeletons.
This was the elite Undead Army commanded by one of the Ancestors of the Undead Realm. Just a glance was enough to send shivers down one’s spine.
A typical Legendary Undead Mage, upon casting ’Undead Disaster,’ could summon no more than a ten-thousand-strong Undead Army. Yet even this was enough to dominate among Legends. If they could summon twenty or thirty thousand undead, they could press even an Extreme Legend into retreat.
But here—
How many were there?
It was uncountable.
Truly uncountable.
"Your Graces, shall... shall we proceed with the Confinement?"
The ’Magic Martial Holy Hall’s’ Chief Great Knight, Lie Yan, couldn’t help but swallow nervously as he asked in a hushed tone.
After receiving intelligence about the ’Holy Angel Wings,’ their organization had acted decisively, sparing no expense. First, the three Immortals and most of their Legendary ranks were summoned to their headquarters. Then, deploying the Transmission Formation, their three hundred representatives undertook six consecutive teleportations to arrive here.
The cost incurred was so great that even the three Immortals felt a pang of pain.
Acquiring the Half-God Artifact ’Holy Angel Wings’ would certainly have been ideal. Yet, looking at the current scenario, even summoning an additional three thousand knights might not suffice against an almost million-strong Undead Army.
"Insane!"
The usually stoic and reticent ’Phantom Knight’ could not resist cursing aloud.
Upon learning of the ’Holy Angel Wings,’ this Immortal had calmly orchestrated troop arrangements, decisively convened forces through teleportation, and, amidst restrained excitement, had been brimming with confidence about claiming the Half-God Artifact.
Who could have anticipated this? A frigid bucket of water had been poured over them, chilling them to the core!
And it wasn’t just the ’Magic Martial Holy Hall’ that was taken aback.
More factions had begun to arrive. While they had initially been able to draw closer, by now, they could only observe from over a hundred miles away.
One by one, all stood in stunned silence.
The Undead Army, mobilizing swiftly, stationed sentries every three steps and outposts every five. With the ’Holy Angel Wings’ and Chen Jichuan as their nucleus, they secured every chokepoint leading to the Star Cluster Graveyard.
This was mountainous terrain. Even Mages, capable of soaring through the skies and burrowing through the earth, were forced to withdraw their arrogance in the presence of an 800,000-strong Undead Army.
"Is Undead Magic truly this powerful?!"
One of the latecomer Mages could not help but question, nearly losing their composure in the face of such an overwhelming force.
"I’ve witnessed ’Undead Disaster’ before. At most, it summoned ten or twenty thousand undead. How could it possibly reach this scale?"
"Exactly! I know an Undead Mage who once cast ’Undead Disaster’ to summon ten thousand undead. The cost nearly exhausted half of his life’s wealth. The larger the summoned force, the greater the demands of the Ancestors from the Undead Realm. A million-strong army—selling oneself wouldn’t be enough!"
Some had encountered ’Undead Disaster,’ while others even knew Legendary Mages who wielded the spell. Yet the more extensive their experience, the greater their astonishment.
"Does his Magic Power know no limits?"
"Impossible!"
"I suspect he must possess a Magic Power reserve imbued within a ’Divine Artifact.’ Otherwise, there is no way to summon an Undead Army of this scale, let alone sustain a prolonged Mirror Image Magic spell."
"A Divine Artifact?!"
With a Half-God Artifact emerging before them, and another possible Divine Artifact in the hands of the one subduing it, the gathered Legends’ eyes burned with greed.
But they could only suppress their desires.
With the Undead Army holding the lines, countless ants could topple even an elephant. Unless they, too, possessed infinite Magic Power, all they could do was watch from a distance without daring to act.
The situation left the three Immortals from the ’Magic Martial Holy Hall,’ along with their four Extreme Legends, four Top Legends, twelve Ordinary Legends, and over two hundred ’Holy Hall Knights’ and ’Holy Hall Mages,’ in a state of aggravating impotence as they bore witness to the unfolding events.
As the Undead Army continued to expand, they had no choice but to retreat step by step, avoiding direct confrontation.
"This is humiliating!"
When had the ’Magic Martial Holy Hall,’ considered among the strongest on the continent, ever suffered such indignation while having three Immortals in their ranks?