Zheng Jinshang panted heavily, his aura seeming slightly weaker. This summoning was evidently rather draining. Even he—who had reached peak Stage Five—found it taxing. However, all of this was worth it.
This ancient nether corpse was extremely tyrannical; it was akin to a Stage Six Bright Moon-rank monster, enough to kill off this group of people and stabilize the situation for him!
A hint of savageness flashed across Zheng Jinshang’s face. When he returned to his senses, he saw a stream of brilliant sword glow tear through the air and slash right toward the ancient corpse.
“Haha, laughable!” He couldn’t help breaking into a hideous grin. These fellows before me are truly overconfident!
“This ancient nether corpse is an extremely powerful creature to begin with. Its body is nurtured with Yin energy, and its strength is enough to rival a Stage Six existence. The attack of a Stage Four being won’t even be able to break through its defense at all!”
Amidst the sneer, the sword ray that Link swung out struck the ancient corpse, and a muffled thud instantly sounded. It sounded like a wooden club beating on bedding.
The figure of the hideous ancient corpse covered in black hair took several steps back before it stopped.
The sword glow had left a light mark on its body; rotting flesh turned out, with purplish-black blood trickling from it. This injury wasn’t considered a severe one. But just this one wound had already caused Zheng Jinshang’s gaze to change. The heart in his chest even dropped for a moment; he was rather shocked!
One had to know that the ancient nether corpse’s defense was something that even he—a peak Stage Five existence—found difficult to break through!
A Stage Four player was actually able to leave a wound on the ancient corpse… Zheng Jinshang almost thought that he was seeing an illusion! How could he not feel surprised in his heart?
Link’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he stared at the ancient corpse—which had black Yin energy lingering around it.
His earlier strike originally ought to cause a more severe injury, but the majority of its force had been stripped away. It was just like landing a punch on cotton; the force that the ancient corpse ultimately bore was much less.
Is it the black Yin energy that is helping the ancient corpse strip the strength? Link already had some guesses in his heart.
But no matter how good the ancient corpse was at stripping power, if Link were to strike with his all… With his powerful attribute screen, it would be enough to blow the other party up!
Wounded by a strike, the damage might not be great, but it was extremely insulting. It further incited the ancient corpse’s ferociousness!
Deep inside its black hollow eye sockets, there seemed to be crimson glows lighting up!
Roar!
The ancient corpse’s snarl shook the forest. White air blasts burst out; the killing intent was at full strength!
The snarls even carried the effect of mental impact; it caused Xue Linglong and the others’ faces to turn pale and their gazes to turn blank.
Right then, the black-haired ancient corpse turned into a black shadow. Enveloping an extremely nauseating foul wind, it pounced directly toward Link!
Link had no intention of fighting with this monster; there really was no need to.
The [Holy Spirit Necklace] on his neck bloomed with radiance, and the [Holy Sword of the Light] skill was instantly launched!
The [King’s Sword] danced, drawing out a quick and fierce sword arc. Streaks of light power gathered, and a splendid glow bloomed; in an instant, white light enveloped the world!
In the emptiness, pure holy light seemed to be scattering down. A huge golden sword—which was several feet long—suddenly appeared. Its might was vast, and a sacred aura shook the place as if it were a primordial divine punishment seeking to quell all evil and bewilderment!
The holy aura caused the ancient corpse’s body—which came pouncing—to tremble. It paused as if it had encountered its natural enemy; it was fearful!
The pupils of Zheng Jinshang—who was slightly in the distance contracted greatly; shock and horror were written all over his face.
It wasn’t just this holy sword’s might that was terrifying; most importantly, his ancient nether corpse was inherently countered by this holy light’s attributes!
Zheng Jinshang’s heart pounded; a chill had already surged from his tailbone to the top of his skull!
Link took all of the ancient corpse and Zheng Jinshang’s reactions in as the [King’s Sword] rampantly landed!
Sword fall!
The massive holy sword similarly slashed down with the same thundering power!
The blinding white light reflected in everyone’s eyes. The might of this strike caused the universe to turn dull!
Light damage that was 1,000% of Link’s intelligence attribute… This was undoubtedly a frightening skill to the ancient nether corpse!
Facing the falling holy sword, the fierce light in the ancient corpse’s eye sockets trembled unceasingly. It was extremely restless, like a convict awaiting their final judgment!
Roar!
The black-haired ancient corpse let out another snarl, but there was clearly insufficient power. It sounded a little flustered, and it was an empty show of strength.
The black mist around the ancient corpse surged madly, instantly turning into a huge shield that stood before him.
Rumble!
Explosions sounded without ceasing!
The massive shield formed by the black mist actually cracked at every inch!
The golden holy sword was like a hot knife slicing through butter—the huge black shield swiftly collapsed. The sword was totally difficult to resist!
The black-haired ancient corpse was about to retreat quickly, but the holy sword had already landed on his body; he could only let out a piteous shriek!
Rotting flesh was constantly crushed by the holy sword’s sword energy. Before purplish-black corpse blood could flow, it had already evaporated and turned into nothingness.
“No!” As the summoner, Zheng Jinshang also let out an agonizing wail.
For the sake of convenient manipulation, a portion of his consciousness had adhered to the ancient corpse. Presently, this portion of consciousness was swiftly being worn away as if it were being dismembered!
Boom!
Amidst the stifled noise, a black shadow fell to the ground hard! It was the black-haired ancient corpse. Presently, it was long scarred and battered like a torn gunny sack. There were still holy flame wounds around its body; it was constantly being burned.
Its previous ferocity had long vanished.
Zheng Jinshang couldn’t care for the piercing pain in his head. He hurriedly dashed toward the ancient corpse, wanting to employ his skills to do some salvaging or allow the ancient corpse to return to the Nether Lands and be nurtured with Yin energy.
But by the time he arrived, only remains of the ancient corpse were left on the ground—it couldn’t be manipulated anymore!
Zheng Jinshang’s eyes were full of resentment; he gritted his teeth so hard that they rattled.
This was a powerful ancient corpse that he had spent innumerable resources to cultivate, and it was the core of his combat ability. Now, everything was ruined!
Zheng Jinshang’s eyes were red, fixed on Link like a wild beast on the verge of despair. “Return me my ancient corpse! It’s absolutely irreconcilable between us!”
Link’s countenance remained indifferent as he only said one word, “Noisy.”
Zheng Jinshang’s expression stiffened, and the rage in his heart flared! He didn’t catch the slightest joy from defeating the ancient corpse and humiliation toward him in Link’s words; there was only undisguised disregard!
It was as if Link had always thought nothing of him; he didn’t have the slightest sense of presence!
This virtually triggered Zheng Jinshang such that he almost went mad. It made him even more miserable and indignant than having insults hurled at him!
“Kill! Kill… Kill you!” Zheng Jinshang roared lowly. He pulled out talismans from his bosom and tossed them toward the spell formation.
Xue Linglong and the others were instantly on the alert. He wants to activate the spell formation forcefully!
Originally, this spell formation had been prepared for Zheng Jinshang’s breakthrough to Stage Six.
By using large numbers of high-level players as the formation’s foundation, not only could it allow Zheng Jinshang to break through the bottleneck, but he could even possess a tyrannical corpse army!
Right now, the number of [Doomsday Online] players inside the formation was still insufficient, but Zheng Jinshang could no longer care for that much. He desperately wanted to take off the head of that man in white!
Obscure chanting sounded; the talismans that Zheng Jinshang tossed turned into blood-red runes and blended into the spell formation. A strange aura then rippled outward!
“We cannot let him activate the spell formation!” Zhao Yongkang’s brows were tightly knitted; his eyes were filled with apprehension!
