Accompanied by the ancient and desolate sound of horns, the darkness ahead retreated to both sides.

Zhou Huai controlled Gabriel and Da Yi, suspended mid-air, staring at the end of that gloomy darkness.

"Thump... Thump... Thump..."

The earth trembled.

Eight colossal skeleton beasts, whose sizes were several times larger than the two Hell-class bone dragons from before, stepped with heavy paces, pulling a massive throne built from the skulls of countless unknown giant beasts as they slowly drove into view!

Atop that throne sat a suffocating figure.

Also appearing as a white-bone skeleton, he wore heavy armor, and a tattered black cloak fluttered loudly amidst the Death Qi.

However, even such a seemingly frail skeleton exuded a supreme aura of looking down upon the world and viewing all living things as mere ants!

When he appeared, the Laws of the entire ruin were forcibly rewritten, and the air stopped flowing!

Below, tens of thousands of skeleton armies buried their heads even lower, emitting fanatical soul consciousness as they frantically worshipped.

"It really is him..."

Zhou Huai's main body, currently in the underground base of Donghai City, clenched his fists so hard that his nails embedded into his flesh.

When he first entered the Eternal Hall, he had a deep impression of this king of the old era.

He originally thought that was merely a remnant corpse within the long river of time...

Never did he expect that the other party would actually have a day of resurrection!

In mid-air above the ruins.

That Skeleton King sitting atop the throne slowly raised his head.

Within his hollow skeleton double pupils, there was no deep blue ghost fire, but rather two burning clusters of purple flames!

The purple fire danced as he sized up Da Yi and Gabriel in the distant sky, looking at them like two slightly larger flying insects.

The next second.

The Skeleton King did not even stand up; he merely raised a bone finger, pointing from afar at Gabriel, who was bathed in Holy Light.

"Hum——!"

Above his fingertip, a purple radiance lit up!

There was no earth-shattering incantation, nor any magic arrays dancing across the sky.

It was merely a purple beam of light, only as thick as an arm, released within the the void!

"Defense! Absolute Defense!"

Zhou Huai's consciousness roared frantically, and he controlled Gabriel to make an ultimate reaction within zero point zero one seconds!

"Bang!"

The six wings of light behind Gabriel closed, enveloping his body! All the Holy mana values within his body were completely drained at this moment, transforming into a huge Holy Light shield engraved with holy runes, blocking in front of him!

This was the strongest defense of burning the Origin by a double-S-rank Holy-type Professional!

However——

"Sizzle!"

That purple beam of light casually touched the Holy Light shield.

There was no stalemate, no explosion.

Like a red-hot iron wire piercing through a piece of butter, the Holy Light shield could not block it even for a millisecond before melting away like ice!

Immediately afterward, the purple beam of light pierced through Gabriel's Holy body—which was sufficient to withstand Forbidden Spells—without any stagnation!

"Snap!"

A crisp shattering sound resounded in Zhou Huai's mind.

The long health bar above Gabriel's head was directly emptied!

"Ugh..."

Gabriel didn't even have time to let out a miserable scream before that perfect body transformed into scattered golden light points across the sky under the erosion of the purple light, completely perishing!

One-hit kill!

"Dammit!"

Zhou Huai quickly withdrew his consciousness from the dissipating body of Gabriel, enduring the mental pain, and transferred all his consciousness to the nearby Da Yi.

"Go!"

Without any hesitation, Zhou Huai controlled Da Yi, without saying another word, and directly turned into a dazzling starlight meteor, frantically fleeing toward the Teleportation Array that had not yet fully closed!

We can't fight this!

This is simply not a power of the same dimension!

Below, the Undead General Song Chenghao, who had just knelt on one knee, saw this, and the blue fire in his eye sockets blazed fiercely. Lifting that rusted long saber, he roared, "You who offend my king, don't you dare leave!"

Just as he was about to mount his horse to pursue, a chilling and ethereal voice resounded in his mind.

"Do not pursue a desperate enemy."

The Skeleton King slowly retracted his finger, his purple pupils gazing into the endless darkness of the ruins' dome.

"Follow me out."

Song Chenghao's entire body shook. He immediately sheathed his saber, respectfully knelt on one knee, and buried his head deep: "Understood, obeying my king's instructions!"

Following the Skeleton King's order, the tens of thousands of undead armies that had previously knelt like statues stood up in unison.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The army marched mightily, crowding around that huge white-bone throne, with their target pointing straight at the exit of the ruins!

Wherever they passed along the way, those fierce exotic beasts that originally inhabited the outer periphery of the Abyss of Mist felt the arrival of doomsday, successively emitting wails of extreme terror, fleeing in panic without choosing their path, not daring to linger even for half a minute!

...

On the other side.

"Hum——!"

The light of the Teleportation Array lit up violently, and Da Yi's figure rushed out of the light curtain somewhat disheveled, landing heavily in the center of the Evernight Guild's hall.

At this moment, the guild hall was simply a huge field hospital.

The air was filled with a heavy smell of blood and Advanced potions.

"Hurry! Priest! There's still a living one over here! Heal him quickly!"

"Bandages! Bring the Advanced hemostatic bandages over! His intestines are spilling out!"

"Step aside! Don't block the way! Carry the seriously wounded to the inner room!"

Although a small portion of the elite stayed forever on the cold stone slabs of the ruins, fortunately, Qin Ming and Moli commanded properly, and most people ran out alive.

Hundreds of scarred guild members collapsed on the ground, their faces pale and still shaken with fear.

Zhou Huai controlled Da Yi, standing in the center of the hall, his brows tightly knitted into a shape resembling the character 'Chuan'.

He took a breath, suppressing the roaring upheaval in his heart.

"Too strong..."

"That Skeleton King's strength is extremely terrifying!"

Zhou Huai rapidly calculated the destructive power of that attack just now in his mind.

"With just a single finger, without even using a skill, he instantly killed the fully-statused double-S-rank Gabriel!"

"This overwhelming level of power is even above that resurrected SSS-rank Amaterasu of Sakura Country—Kujo Naruya!"

"This is yet another terrifying powerhouse of at least triple-S rank!"

Zhou Huai's fists clenched so hard they cracked, a sense of irritation welling up in his heart.

Dammit!

That inscrutable Mr. Duan of the Dawnbreaker Guild was already racking his brains trying to figure out how to deal with him, and now how did such an ancient monster pop out of thin air again!

What on earth is wrong with this world? Has it gone mad?!

Just at this moment, Qin Ming walked over quickly.

"Lord... What should we do next?"

Zhou Huai pondered briefly and gave instructions.

"You immediately take a few fast assassins, mount the fastest mounts in the guild, and go to the outer periphery of the ruins! Notify the Great Xia Military Department troops stationed there!"

"Tell their commander that the skeleton army inside the ruins is about to rush out! Tell them to immediately, right now, rapidly evacuate!"

"Do not hold any wishful thinking! Tell them that if they don't evacuate, no matter how many people they leave behind, all of them will have to die there! Not a single one will survive!"

Qin Ming drew a sharp breath and acknowledged the order loudly: "Yes! I'll go right now!"