Just as Zhou Huai was about to let Da Yi try using a large-scale Law skill to clear the field.

"Clop, clop, clop..."

A crisp yet bizarrely rhythmic sound of horse hooves pierced through the chaotic sounds of slaughter and explosions on the battlefield, clearly reaching Zhou Huai's ears.

Though the sound was not loud, it felt as if every step was treading on people's hearts, carrying a suffocating sense of oppression.

Zhou Huai raised his head, his gaze sweeping past the sea of skeletons ahead and locking tightly onto the very rear of the undead army.

Within that dense army of white bones, as if Moses parting the sea, a wide passageway slowly parted.

A figure straddling a tall skeletal warhorse slowly stepped out from the shadows.

Unlike the other ordinary skeletons that were pale and tattered all over.

Although this person was also a skeletal body, its bones presented a chilling dark gold luster.

What was even stranger was that its entire body was exuding a dim blue glow!

That was not an ordinary magical halo, but was tightly wrapped by materialized blue soul flames!

Even the skeletal warhorse beneath it had roaring blue flames burning on its four hooves, and wherever it passed, even the stone slabs on the ground were burned into nothingness!

It wore a tattered ancient general's armor that still vaguely showed extremely high specifications, dragging a heavy long saber two meters long and covered in dark red rust in its hand.

It had no eyeballs, but those eye sockets burning with dim blue fire crossed endless space, firmly locking onto Gabriel in mid-air!

"Unfriendly visitor!"

Alarm bells rang loudly in Zhou Huai's heart.

The next second, the blue skeleton forcefully pinched its horse's belly.

"Roar——!"

The skeletal warhorse let out a roar that sounded neither like a dragon nor a beast, its four hooves flying as it turned into a blue streak of lightning, directly stepping on the remains of countless of its own kind, braving the Holy Light and rain of arrows pouring across the sky, launching a horrifying solo charge!

The Holy Light that could easily melt ordinary skeletons, when falling on its blue flame armor, actually only made a slight "sizzle" sound, failing to slow down its speed by even a fraction!

"I am the Imperial Bodyguard Grand General, Song Chenghao!"

A voice like two pieces of raw iron rubbing together exploded across the entire dome of the ruins, carrying an unrivaled ferocity that spanned across eternity!

"Those who block My King's holy carriage!"

"Die!!!"

Accompanied by this earth-shaking roar, the skeletal warhorse had already rushed directly below Gabriel.

The skeletal general who claimed to be Song Chenghao kicked hard against the stirrups with both legs, shooting straight up into the sky like a cannonball to close the distance with Gabriel.

He gripped the rusted long saber tightly with both hands, swinging it upward without any fancy tricks in a single slash!

Boom——!

With a single slash, the surrounding space was split in half!

Bursting forth from the blade was a massive amount of dense, violent necromantic energy resembling a tsunami!

Zhou Huai widened his eyes, completely unable to dodge, and could only manipulate Gabriel to hold the Holy Light cross sword with both hands, using all his strength to block downward!

"Bang!!!"

One golden and one white, necromantic energy and sacred Holy Light—two completely opposing, incompatible intense lights fiercely intertwined and collided in mid-air!

The violent energy fluctuations turned into a visible shockwave, shattering all ordinary skeletons within a radius of hundreds of meters into dust!

At the center of this terrifying collision, Zhou Huai only felt a sharp pain coming from Gabriel's arms that felt as if it would shatter the bones.

The Gabriel he controlled, a dignified SS-Level Holy-type Avatar, actually fell into a disadvantage in a head-on clash of strength!

"Whoosh!"

Gabriel's body was abruptly blown back several meters by this violent force, the six wings of light behind it flickering violently as it barely stabilized its footing in mid-air.

Zhou Huai watched the blue skeleton below land steadily back onto the horse's back and shake the long saber in its hand, gasping a breath of cold air.

"What terrifying power... Its strength is extremely formidable!"

He quickly evaluated the opponent's combat power in his mind.

The power contained in that slash just now meant this person was at least an SS-Level or higher Peak Professional during its lifetime!

And its Level was definitely above level 70!

Or even higher!

If not for the fact that this was merely a corpse after death, having lost most of its Divine Abilities and skills from its lifetime, Gabriel would definitely have been severely injured by that slash just now, if not instantly killed!

Wait...

Zhou Huai's brows suddenly knitted tightly together, a flash of lightning cutting through his mind.

"Song Chenghao?!"

"This name... why does it sound so familiar?"

He frantically searched through his memories, and an image jumped out from the depths of his mind.

That was back when he followed the original body's father, Zhou Feng, stepping into the underground of Donghai City for the first time, inside the prison beneath that unfathomable Eternal Hall.

Deep within that gloomy, oppressive prison holding countless ancient fierce entities.

The terrifying undead general responsible for guarding the peerless Divine Artifact, the Heaven-Suppressing Seal, had referred to himself the exact same way when crushing Zhou Feng to death!

"This subordinate, former Grand General Song Chenghao!"

It's him!

Zhou Huai's heart spasmed violently, a chill shooting straight up his spine to his scalp.

What on earth is going on?!

And who was that king he spoke of?

An existence capable of making a grand general who was at least above level 70 and an SS-Level Peak during his lifetime maintain such fanatical loyalty even after death.

Could it be... that supreme existence sitting atop the high throne in the deepest part of the Eternal Hall, who only emitted a faint aura that made him and all his Avatars feel despair?!

An extremely ominous premonition rose in Zhou Huai's heart.

Previously, Mr. Duan of the Dawnbreaker Guild used a sacrificial ritual to awaken the Ancient Awakened Ones hidden within human bodies.

Zhou Huai had originally thought that was the entire beginning of the version's major cleansing.

But now it seemed, he was absurdly wrong!

Looking at the increasingly growing undead army below, as well as that imposing undead grand general.

Cold sweat seeped from Zhou Huai's palms.

Could it be that, aside from the Ancient Remnant Clan parasitic within human bodies...

Those terrifying powerhouses from ancient times that should have been buried forever by the passage of time deep within the ruins...

Were also starting to awaken comprehensively and return to the mortal world?!

As if to verify Zhou Huai's conjecture.

From the darkness behind the skeleton army, waves of drumbeats suddenly echoed.

Thud!

Thud! Thud!

The drumbeats were not loud, yet they shook all the living beings' chests, making them feel stuffy.

Qin Ming, A Cheng, and the members of the Evernight Guild lining up to evacuate in front of the Teleportation Array all turned pale and spat out fresh blood!

Floating in mid-air, Gabriel's six wings of light also stuttered in response, their radiance dimming slightly.

Between the drumbeats, desolate horn sounds rang out once again.

Woo—— woo——

The horn sounds played the hymn of the undead, proclaiming the end of all things.

The drumbeats and horn sounds intertwined, echoing through the ruins.

Hearing the sounds, the sea of skeletons that was still attacking uniformly stopped its movements.

They stiffly turned around, facing the darkness behind the army, and made an action that shocked everyone.

"Crack..."

Tens of thousands of skeleton armies actually knelt down on one knee in unison!

They lowered their heads, the dim blue soul fires in their hollow eye sockets beating violently, revealing a fanatical adoration.

"What... what the hell is going on here?"

A Cheng wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looking at the scene before him with a trembling voice.

"They... they are welcoming something..."

Moli said with a pale face, maintaining the Teleportation Array.

Zhou Huai manipulated Gabriel and Da Yi, floating high in the air with a solemn expression.

His worst conjecture was about to come true.

The undead general Song Chenghao also turned his horse around, dismounted, and respectfully knelt on one knee, holding his long saber horizontally across his front and lowering his head.

Immediately following, a tidal wave of consciousness swept across the entire ruins, transmitting into the minds of every living being!

"Our King has appeared!"

"Welcome Our King!!!"