Chapter 32 Deep-Sea Ambush

Under the siege of over a hundred undead, that black-armored undead was no match.

In an instant, it was beaten senseless by the mob, letting out a series of shrill howls.

"Not bad."

Gunie, hiding in the distance, nodded slightly at the sight.

"But the scope of this melee isn't wide enough. Let me add some fuel to the fire!"

Earlier, the Soul-Fixing Divine Ring Curse had immobilized forty-three undead.

These undead were now Gunie's targets.

Following the guidance of the Soul-Fixing Divine Ring Curse, Gunie released one extremely compressed Blood Shield after another.

As one aura of blood after another appeared, more and more undead around joined the melee.

Their target was the undead emitting the blood aura.

Even those fifth-order, and even sixth-order undead joined the fray.

Humans go mad under extreme hunger.

And these creatures, who naturally crave devouring flesh and blood, could hardly restrain their bloodthirsty desires when sensing abundant blood energy.

As Gunie continued releasing Blood Shields,

more and more undead began to join the battle circle.

When over forty Blood Shields had been released,

Gunie, never one to shy away from chaos,

threw another Soul-Fixing Divine Ring Curse.

This time, over fifty more undead were locked onto by Gunie.

Gunie began the second wave of Blood Shield releases.

As the battle progressed, Gunie started seeing some undead remains falling downward.

Some undead had already begun to die.

By the time the second wave of Blood Shields was fully released,

the commotion had grown louder and louder.

Even the first- and second-order undead over a kilometer above the ocean surface sensed the rich and abundant blood aura here.

Those weaker undead were more easily lured by the scent of blood, and soon first- and second-order undead descending from above began to gradually join the battle circle.

And Gunie started the covert third wave of Blood Shield releases, fanning the flames.

Gunie hadn't expected that this group of undead gathered deep at the seabed would be so easily driven mad by his blood aura.

"Perhaps... it's because my blood aura is special."

Seeing more and more undead remains falling one after another, Gunie pondered inwardly.

"My blood not only contains a strong and rich blood aura, but also possesses a thick life aura that makes one salivate, along with the essence of leader-level blood."

"No wonder so many undead go crazy for it."

Gunie mused silently.

"The crazier you are, the better—saves me the effort of eliminating you."

Under Gunie's subsequent fourth, fifth waves... and continuous fanning of the flames,

the tide of undead melee grew increasingly fierce.

Undead corpses fell like raindrops, densely and numerously, toward the seabed.

About twenty minutes or so later,

the original number of four to five thousand undead had now dwindled to just over a thousand.

During the subsequent battle, Gunie specifically targeted fifth- and sixth-order undead for his releases.

This way, as large numbers of undead swarmed them, these fifth- and sixth-order undead not only died quickly but also got injured quickly themselves.

By now, those fifth- and sixth-order undead were either dead or severely wounded, and under the subsequent siege of many undead, they had virtually no chance of survival.

It could be said that at this point, among the thousand or so undead, there were basically none that could threaten Gunie.

"Feels... about time to release a big Thunder Flame Curse to wrap things up."

Seeing that the number of undead was no longer too large, and the fifth- and sixth-order ones were mostly dead or wounded, Gunie thought to himself.

Both the Lesser and Greater Thunderflame Incantations, Gunei had attempted to release underwater.

Generally speaking, the conductivity of water easily prevents incantations like lightning from exerting their power.

But the Greater and Lesser Thunderflame Incantations are not pure lightning; they are penetrating incantations imbued with destructive might.

Even in seawater, they can still fulfill their intended function.

In fact, their conduction speed in water is slightly faster than in air.

"As for the coverage area of the Greater Thunderflame Incantation, it can cover about a quarter of the ocean undead."

"The Greater Thunderflame Incantation has 24 syllables. I currently possess 18 secret crossing runes, so I only need to chant 6 syllables—that is, 1.5 seconds—to release a Greater Thunderflame Incantation."

"By releasing a few more Greater Thunderflame Incantations, I can easily cover all these ocean undead."

With this thought, Gunei no longer continued to wait.

Preparing to wipe out all the ocean undead behind him in one go, waiting for the subsequent undead to slowly kill each other would take far too long.

Thereupon, Gunei calmed his mind and began to chant the syllables of the Greater Thunderflame Incantation.

The Greater Thunderflame Incantation is a secret-pattern elementary incantation.

Incantation syllables: 24.

Incantation cycle consumption: 10.

It has two casting forms: one is the single-target conduction form, i.e., single-target attack.

Moreover, under the guidance of the guiding incantation, this conductive incantation is essentially guaranteed to hit, unless one can perform a powerful concealment to evade.

For Gunei, to avoid the guidance of the high-tier fifth-level Soul-Fixing Divine Ring Incantation, one would need at least a fifth- or sixth-level high-tier concealment incantation. Such a possibility cannot be said to be nonexistent, but it is nearly impossible.

Even if I am only a third-tier incantationist and you are a fifth- or sixth-tier shadow-system powerhouse.

But my incantation level is higher than yours; once I lock onto you, you simply cannot evade.

This is the advantage of having a high incantation level.

The other form, different from single-target attack, is naturally group attack.

And this is the attack form Gunei is currently employing: area coverage attack.

Within a certain range, dense thunderflame lightning bolts crisscross in all directions.

Although each Thunderflame Curse was weak in power, it could still inflict considerable damage on high-level undead, and could easily cause lethal damage to mid- and low-level undead.

Gunie had been chanting the incantation for less than a second.

Suddenly, an anomaly occurred.

"Whoosh..."

A fiercely powerful, peculiar stream of water instantly burst forth around Gunie, coiling around his limbs like a twisting dragon, rendering him completely immobile.

Gunie's heart sank.

"Someone is ambushing!"

The moment the water bound Gunie's body, a sharp blade easily cut through the high-pressure water layer over three thousand meters deep, thrusting straight toward Gunie's head.

The danger of death vividly bloomed in Gunie's mind.

At this moment, Gunie was in the middle of casting a spell.

Admittedly, the enemy had chosen the timing perfectly.

Whether it was to escape the spell or to take out a defensive scroll, both would require interrupting the casting of the Great Thunderflame Curse.

And as a backlash from a low-level Secret Pattern spell, one could imagine how terrifying its power would be.

Even if Gunie endured it, he would still have to pay a great price.

The physical backlash was manageable, but the main issue was the spiritual backlash, which could render Gunie unable to cast spells for several seconds, or even ten or more seconds.

Fortunately, Gunie was not entirely unprepared.

He had long anticipated being ambushed during spellcasting.

The perfect preparation was naturally the "secondary soul."

The existence of the secondary soul granted Gunie the ability to dual-cast, making it impossible for the enemy to interrupt his spellcasting.

But now, without the secondary soul, Gunie had to resort to a second strategy.

The ultimate essence of a magic tank—tank it head-on!

Thoughts surged.

In an instant, the spirit helmet, resembling a space helmet, materialized, perfectly encasing Gunie's head.

As the crystal luster burst forth, the sharp blade struck.