Chapter 31: Slaughtering the Undead

The undead, emitting a cold and eerie mist of death, floated silently, bizarre and grotesque.

A sense of deep-sea dread gradually spread.

Gunie, immersed in the Dark Essence, quietly felt all of this.

With an Elite+3 soul and a Leader-level robust physique,

Gunie had a strong tolerance for perceived pressure.

When he descended another five hundred meters, he was now over fifteen hundred meters deep.

Gunie saw the slope of the seabed.

At the same time, he saw the dilapidated abandoned altar indicated by the system.

It was a massive altar like an underwater pyramid.

From the huge, collapsed totem stone pillars around it, the wide plaza, and the broad roads built around the altar,

Gunie could sense the glory that once existed here long ago.

Starting from the top of the pyramid of the ancient altar,

a large number of undead gathered together, forming a winding "undead queue."

It wound down the slope of the pyramid, finally ending at the base of the altar.

It was about two to three hundred meters long.

"If I'm not mistaken, beneath that mass of undead creatures lies the altar chain."

"But these undead creatures are not low in rank."

Surveying the entire massive pyramid, Gunie pondered.

These densely packed undead were at least Tier 3, with Tier 4 everywhere.

There were even many Tier 5, and a few Tier 6.

Gunie's Source Vision reached its peak, confirming there were no Tier 7 Transcendent Master-level undead, and only then did he relax.

Against Tier 6 undead, Gunie could still contend with secret pattern spells, and might even use the terrain to slaughter them.

But if there were Tier 7 Transcendent Master-level undead here, Gunie would turn and leave immediately.

Tier 7 was a powerful existence that Gunie could not yet contend with.

Besides the large number of undead gathered around the altar chain,

around the altar near the chain and suspended in the seawater were a great many Tier 2 and Tier 3 undead.

Gunie roughly estimated that the undead he had encountered, even if not five thousand, were at least three to four thousand.

Even with a massive expenditure of Source Power, Gunie might not be able to kill such a large group of undead quickly.

Moreover, once a powerful spell was cast, the Source Power fluctuation would surely attract the attention of the powerful undead.

Tier 5 and Tier 6 undead creatures, with some intelligence, had keen perception.

"A direct confrontation is definitely not advisable."

"And in the water, the power of many of my spells is greatly reduced."

"These half-soul undead have a strong craving for devouring flesh and souls."

"Earlier, from the Tier 1 undead above, I could see that."

"Perhaps... I could..."

As he pondered, a very bold and radical idea blossomed in Gunie's mind.

After careful consideration, Gunie felt the plan was highly feasible; if executed, it could drive these half-soul undead into a frenzy of self-slaughter.

"First, I need to find a suitable place to hide."

As Gunie thought, his gaze naturally fell on the broken altar below.

The pyramid altar was not intact.

Near the top of the slope, many massive stones that formed the pyramid had collapsed, creating numerous crevices suitable for hiding.

Then Gunie leaped and silently moved toward the pyramid.

Soon, in a very concealed spot, Gunie found a good hiding place.

With a slight peek, Gunie could see the large number of undead outside.

Hiding behind, he used the massive stones as cover.

Plus, Gunie was perfectly concealed within the Dark Essence, so the undead could not sense his presence at all.

"Perfect."

Gunie said to himself.

After hiding, Gunie's gaze searched the chain area for his prey.

Soon, at the altar chain, a seemingly powerful Tier 4 undead caught Gunie's eye.

Compared to other undead, this Tier 4 undead had condensed an "Undead Black Armor."

As an undead creature, it could only form such "Undead Black Armor" by devouring enough souls.

This one was clearly not weak; using it as an experiment target would yield better results.

Forming a Soul-Fixing Divine Ring spell, Gunie followed the mysterious rhythm of the World Essence and cast it toward this Tier 4 black-armored undead.

The next moment, in Gunie's perception, a total of forty-three Tier 3 and Tier 4 undead were locked by the Soul-Fixing Divine Ring spell.

As a high-level spell already at Level 5, combined with Gunie following the rhythm of the World Essence,

these forty-three Tier 3 and Tier 4 undead did not detect even a trace of being locked; they still lay prostrate on the chain, absorbing something.

"Indeed, the higher the spell level, the greater the power."

"Even undead creatures of the half-soul type, which are higher in rank and have an advantage in soul, cannot detect the traces of my spell."

The advantage of a "Level 5" spell was fully displayed at this moment.

As Gunie pondered, following the guidance of the Soul-Fixing Divine Ring spell,

he cast an extremely compressed version of "Blood Shield."

Subtly, a Blood Shield about the size of a fist condensed directly within the chest cavity of this Tier 4 black-armored undead creature.

Gunie's plan was simple.

Use the "Blood Shield," which contained rich and abundant blood essence, to drive the entire undead group into a bloodthirsty, frenzied mode of mutual slaughter.

This extremely compressed Blood Shield was condensed inside the body of this Tier 4 undead.

It would surely attract the attacking impulses of the surrounding undead, and that was enough.

Sure enough, the moment the Blood Shield condensed,

hundreds of undead creatures within a hundred meters slowly awakened from their dormant state.

They sniffed a very rich and desirable strange blood.

Their gazes all fell on that Tier 4 black-armored undead that had condensed the Blood Shield.

And that Tier 4 black-armored undead itself also awakened.

The black-armored undead looked at itself with some confusion; even it felt a bloodthirsty craving for its own body.

Had it been hungry too long?

Uh...

A roaring, burly undead lunged at the black-armored undead with a claw strike.

This attacking posture made the black-armored undead very alert.

The black-armored undead retreated and, with a single hand, pulled out.

"Whoosh!"

Black mist swirled and coalesced into an undead blade.

As it retreated, five or six claws struck at it again from behind.

The black-armored undead was also fierce; it swung its blade in a backhand slash.

Sizzle, sizzle...

Immediately, several Tier 3 and Tier 4 undead were hit and let out painful roars.

Roars of anger rang out, coupled with bloodthirsty craving; although these undead had some intelligence, their intellect was now dominated by the thirst for blood.

Roar, roar...

Hah, hah...

Some undead also drew their undead war blades, undead swords, or other forms of undead weapons, and charged forward with howls.

They wanted to draw the blood from this black-armored undead; they were too parched.

Most of these Tier 3 and Tier 4 undead creatures had already condensed their own undead weapons.

And the more powerful ones had even condensed undead armor.

As many undead charged forward, a melee began.