The pits dug by the undead are so magnificent that they can even be described as an underground kingdom. The tunnels are connected to the underground halls, which are basically oval-shaped, and there are solid rock pillars in the middle of the tunnels to support the top of the cave. The tunnels taken by the expeditionary force expedition team are relatively low and cramped, with an average height of 4.5 meters and a width of about 10 meters, and the huge Zerg monsters can also pass through smoothly.

The tunnel was dark and lightless, and the expedition team did not light the torches, only a dozen crystal lanterns served as communication tools, but the blades coated with silver light potions shone with a cold white light. Nearly 100 warriors, each armed with weapons, gathered into a long snake and swam quickly in the dark tunnels.

At the other end of the passage, there were pale points of light, which were the soul fire that danced in the eye sockets of the undead wormmen. They also gathered in a wave and rushed in the direction of the expedition.

The two sides crossed a distance of several kilometers and soon collided with a speed.

The dragon maids, Leila and Delhi, charged at the front of the expedition with half-moon-shaped axe blades as high as their bodies. The dragon maid's vertical pupils can see through the darkness and fog, the undead Ant-Man's movements are slow like snails crawling in their eyes, and the lightning reflex gives them super-fast reaction speed, and the heavy and huge sharp axe blade pulls out silver-white streamers to split the undead like chopping melons and vegetables.

They rushed forward, their movements as swift as cats, their steps as light as deer, their attacks as fierce as tigers, their whirling and wielding their giant blades as graceful as a dance of pleasure, their silver blades tearing through the air like lightning in the night. The hordes of undead creatures could not stop the dragon maid's onslaught, and the stump of the ant-man, severed arms, and the muddy and sticky black blood were stained with silver light and quickly decayed and withered, emitting a sour smell.

The army of undead creatures in the tunnel was brutally killed by the two dragon maids. Occasionally, the fish that slipped through the net were also blocked by the alchemy militia, and were chopped to pieces by the heavy pure gold one-handed halberd.

However, the number of undead creatures seems endless, and there is more than one species of black blood ant-men. At the end of the passage, a large number of undead insects poured out, clinging to the top of the cavern, avoiding the dragon maids who were slaughtering on the ground, and crawling directly along the uneven stone walls to the expedition, ready to attack the middle part of the expedition from above the heads of the human warriors.

"The eight-legged spiders came, and the warriors used bows and arrows against them...... Lord Imerson, the rest of the eight-legged spiders are up to you!" Charlotte immediately ordered when she noticed the dense pale flames on the stone wall of the cave roof.

Eight-legged spiders resemble spiders, they are only a quarter of Ant-Man's size, about the size of an eight-year-old child, and have a slightly weaker strength level than an adult, but they are agile and fast, able to move freely on cliff faces, have a dark and hard carapace, and rely on sharp arthropods and large jaws to damage enemies.

This undead creature will leap onto enemies from different angles, take hits with its non-vital nature, and rely on numbers to drown and shred individual enemies. Randall's expedition casualties were mainly caused by eight-legged spiders.

Despite the fact that the eight-legged spiders are completely devoid of the characteristics of sapient species, and are large spider monsters that are alive, Emerson has concluded that this is a variant of Ant-Man based on their carapace and visceral system. In fact, all types of undead insects are of the same origin, and Emerson is an authority on monsterology, and he is sure that his judgment is correct, but he can't explain why the black-blooded undead ant-men take on a variety of strange life forms. Even the undead ant-men were different from the ones Imerson had seen in the swamp, they were more robust, with spikes on their carapaces, and their appearance was very hideous and terrifying.

However, the strength of the souls of these undead insects is directly proportional to their size. It takes 9 seconds for Emerson's will to penetrate the soul of a black-blooded undead ant-man, while it takes less than 3 seconds to penetrate the soul of an eight-legged spider, and it can handle 4 at a time. More than half of the wizard's current undead minions are eight-legged spiders.

The alchemy militia opened their bows and shot arrows, dozens of silver threads shot towards the top of the cave one after another, and all the eight-legged spiders who were hit by the arrows fell from the stone wall one after another, and the silver light potion applied to the sharp arrows made their wounds quickly wither, and they no longer had the ability to climb to the stone wall again, and even their movement speed became extremely slow.

This is due to their relatively small size, and if they were replaced by the Black Blood Ant-Man, it is unlikely that the sharp arrows soaked in the silver light potion would not achieve such a significant killing effect.

The undead followed one another, fearless, and finally an eight-legged spider approached the expedition, but they were greeted by their own kind with glowing red eye sockets. More than thirty eight-legged spiders under Imerson's control stopped their former companions at the top of the cave. They bite each other and pierce their opponents with their sharp arthropods. Only the undead wormmen fell to the ground, and the alchemy militia armed with one-handed halberds immediately stepped forward to cut off their heads.

There were so many undead that eight-legged spiders sprung up as they rained down the arrows, shot down wizard minions, and pounced on the alchemist militia. Due to the Alchemy Militia's close combat, the frequency of the expedition's firing was significantly reduced, resulting in more eight-legged spiders breaking through the defensive circle.

Charlotte turned her wrist, and the long sword spilled silver waves, cutting off the heads of four eight-legged spiders, and shouted eagerly: "Don't stop, Randall warriors rush forward!

In the face of pressure from the undead, the team must not stand still, or they will be pushed back to square one.

Imerson unreservedly exerted his extraordinary ability, the void behind his head generated mysterious dark red runes, and the eight-legged spiders within 10 meters became sluggish and stiff, and the pale flames in their eye sockets were gradually infected by the dark red flames, and turned their heads to pounce on the nearest undead creature around them.

With the help of the Grand Wizard, the bad situation was reversed little by little, the speed of the team's advance increased again, and the rain of arrows returned to denseness.

When the expedition team rushed into the underground hall at the other end of the passage, they saw hundreds of undead creatures and felt their scalps tingle.

"The Lord says, Evil will be defeated and darkness will be dispelled. ”

Pastor Dane's expression was solemn and solemn, and he held aloft the relict crystal given by Father Miller, and the brilliant holy light illuminated the entire underground hall. Countless undead creatures seemed frightened, and retreated into three other pitch-black tunnels.

This is the most basic form of the Holy Light Technique, symbolizing the identity of the Radiant Priest. Aside from being used for illumination, the Holy Light Technique had no extraordinary effect. But Dane borrowed the power of the Relic Crystal, and the bright light actually had a magical effect similar to that of dispelling evil.

This light could not destroy any type of undead wormmen, but it could weaken a quarter of their strength and speed. The Randalls' elite warriors have a huge advantage in fighting the undead where the light illuminates them.

The priest of the Lord of Light is the natural enemy of the black-blooded undead, and even if he encounters a gold-level undead wormman, Dain's holy fire spell can turn them to ashes.

Looking at the empty underground hall, Dane's expression was solemn, and there was no joy in his heart. The undead are fearless, and they retreat not out of fear, but by the control of the Lord of Sorrow. Compared to the brainless and chaotic undead, the combat power of organized undead creatures is not on the same level at all.

It was the first time Charlotte had seen such an amazing effect of the Holy Light Technique on the undead, she bowed her head slightly and asked, "Lord Dain, how long can your Holy Light Technique last?"

Dane held the Relic Crystal in his left hand and muttered, "This Holy Light is a gift from an adult and can last a whole day. However, this is a wild wilderness, not a glorious human realm, and no matter how powerful the holy power is, it will take 3 days for the adult's holy crystal to automatically replenish the holy power. He smiled bitterly and said, "If my own holy power is exhausted, I may not be able to recover in three years...... You must know that all divine arts have domain characteristics, and the entire human realm is the realm of our lord's holy light, and it is difficult for us clergymen to recover their holy power when they are separated from the realm. ”

Charlotte bit her red lip lightly and nodded, "I understand...... It only takes us half a day to get back to the ground the way we came. Lord Dane, please hold on, and we'll get out. ”

"Madam, I must remind you that even with the guidance of the Light, the Lord of Sorrow will not let us go easily. He may have mustered more undead wormmen ready to stop us at the front. ”

Charlotte frowned and said, "There is a small underground hall through the three passages ahead, and that hall only has two passages in front and back, and the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. We can block up the two passages there and let the drake dig a hole up to the ground. That way, we don't have to crush the army of the undead of the Lord of Sorrows head-on. ”

"It's a safer approach. Dane nodded in agreement, holding up the Relic Crystal and said, "Let's go." ”

For the rest of the journey, the expedition did not encounter a single undead creature. Charlotte's mood grew heavier and heavier, and they could imagine that the Lord of Sorrow was mobilizing a large army of undead insects waiting for the expedition to fall into the net.

It wasn't until the team passed through two underground halls in a row and entered Charlotte's last preset passage that everyone breathed a sigh of relief. As long as there are no legions of the undead in the underground hall in front, the expedition will be relatively safe. Even if the Lord of Sorrow reacted, it would not be so easy for its minions to break through the only two passageway entrances.

The tall and burly Caligula suddenly stopped, and said, "There are undead monsters in the underground hall in front of ......"

Charlotte's heart suddenly sank, and she asked, "Aka, are there many monsters in front of you?"

Aka smiled innocently, patted his chest and said, "There is only one giant shield beetle, and the brave Aka can kill it." ”

Charlotte decisively ordered: "Quick! Let's rush over and set up defenses in the underground hall!"

The expedition team sprinted with all their might, and in the blink of an eye, they ran through several kilometers of passages and entered the underground hall, where they saw a three-meter-tall humanoid beetle crouching alone in the middle of the hall, its burning pale flame eye sockets staring at Wizard Emerson.

The Giant Shield Beetle, a combat-type undead man, is the strongest undead the expedition has encountered so far. Their strength and carapace were so hard that the silver-tiered fierce warrior Marcie couldn't break through their defenses head-on.

Priest Dain has temporarily rated the Giant Shield Beetle as a gold-level undead.

Although it has gold-level strength, the combat power of the giant shield beetle is still not enough in front of Caligula, who has deeply ignited the fire of the soul and mastered the touch of the heart. Their attacks are too simple, rushing and dashing, leaping and falling, arthropod sweeping, curling up to defend, and just a few moves, Acre and the Dragon Maiden can easily subdue a giant shield beetle.

What's more, there's only one giant shield beetle here.

The blood python Marcy stretched out her tongue and licked her plump red lips, her gorgeous face showed a look of eagerness, and she clenched the pure gold spear in her hand, intending to step forward and compete with the giant shield beetle head-on.

Her strength is one level lower than that of the Giant Shield Beetle, but her mental state is one level higher than that of the Giant Shield Beetle.

Charlotte grabbed Marcy's arm, turned to Emerson and said, "It looks like I'm looking for you." ”

Dane cast three psychic powers in a row on Imerson and said, "Listen to what he has to say." ”

"Aka, Leila, you protect Lord Imoson, and the others seal the holes on both sides and establish a defensive line. Charlotte waved her hand, and the expedition team immediately entered the underground hall and set up defenses at the openings of the passages on both sides.

"Aka is brave, Aka is the bravest!"

The silly big man screamed, activating the seed of valor given to him by the glorious god of war Ron, his eyes turned white gold, and he jumped on the body of the giant shield beetle, holding its head with one hand.

It took a bit of work for Caligula to kill the giant shield beetle, but it was easy to neutralize it. Pressed down on the head by a gold-level fierce warrior, this monster can't exert its strength.

However, it didn't move at all, allowing Caligula to hang on his back armor.

Imerson stepped forward and cast a spell that infected its soul. Immediately, a consciousness entered the wizard's mind.

"Powerful law native species, we meet again. ”

"Lord of Sorrows, the previous attack was a good thing you did!"

"I admit it, but that's also because you refuse to communicate with me, and I can only order my undead to send you to the Wither Witch King's tomb. ”

"The Withered Witch King?"

"Yes, the crystal skull you saw and took away is the remains of the withered Witch King...... To be precise, it was the withered witch king 1500 years ago, and it was also the last withered witch king. ”

"What do you mean?"

"I don't need to explain to you that the backers of your Elven Empire have invaded the tomb of the Calamity Witch King. It was a very powerful High Elf, and I wanted to guide him to destroy the other three Witch King Cages, but his goal was clear, and I didn't need to bother...... So, you're useless to me, I can let you go, and you don't have to let your beasts burrow. ”

Imerson pressed the surprise in his heart, turned his brain quickly, and asked, "Then why are you still coming to me?"

"Tell you something you should know as a reward for saving me, and you did it even though you had no intention of saving me......"

Emerson said lightly: "You say, I'll listen." ”

"I am the Lord of Sorrow, the most powerful Witch King of Despair in the Assyrian Empire, and I am all due to you humans!"

"That was more than 1,500 years ago, when a human team broke into the Empire, and I and the three witch kings of Wither, Plague, and Fury warmly entertained them, but they actually destroyed the foundation of the Assyrian Empire and released the Demon Monarch trapped in the realm of all souls, so that we Assyrians can no longer draw on the power of the realm of all souls, and are powerless to fight against the army of the undead Ant-Man. As a last resort, we can only sacrifice ourselves to lock up the soul of the Demon Monarch and the main will of the undead, and the price is the severance of the inheritance of the Four Seasons Witch King. ”

"Demon Sovereign, undead?"

"The big tentacle you glimpsed earlier is the Demon Monarch, whom I call the Black Blood Master...... As for the undead, the ant-men you meet in the underground tunnels are all his descendants and clones, but they have dug their nests under the temple, and the area that overlaps with the realm of all souls has been turned into undead by me. ”

"I don't know why the mighty Human Empire is now subservient to the will of the Elven Queen, but we Assyrians and the Undead were once vassals of the Human Empire, and even the Demon Monarch in the Realm of All Souls was prepared by the Human Empire for us Assyrians. ”

"Because of this, we had good intentions towards that human team, but they personally destroyed the demon cages arranged by our ancestors...... I remember the power they wielded, just like that crystal-wielding companion of yours. ”

"The awakening of the Demon Monarch has led to a mutation in the realm of all souls, and the four great witch kings of the Assyrian Empire sacrificed themselves not only to seal the demon monarch, but more importantly to protect the realm of all souls from collapse. ”

"Now, I have devoured the will of the soul of the Witch Kings and Witch Doctors of the Realm of All Souls, and I have become the Lord of Sorrow. I can replace the Demon Monarch, stabilize the realm of all souls, and restore the lineage of the four great witch kings of the Assyrian Empire. The problem is, I can't banish the will of the Demon Monarch and the Undead. These two guys are trapped in the realm of all souls, and the Assyrian witch doctor cannot use the power of the ancestral spirits...... Did you pass through the Forest of Despair and see that ooze monster?The Assyrian witch doctors tried everything to save me, they tried to kill the black-blooded lord entrenched in the temple but failed without exception, the souls of the dead could not enter the realm of all souls, and finally turned into unintelligent ooze monsters, and over the years, ooze monsters gathered into super-large elemental undead. ”

"This is the torture of the Assyrians! Not being able to enter the realm of all spirits after death is the cruelest punishment for us!"

The Lord of Sorrow calmed his anger and continued, "All of this was caused by you humans, and I have decided to reneg on my ancient oath and not to stop the undead as revenge for you humans. ”

"Of course, you don't care if the undead return or not, do you?"

Imerson was filled with confusion, but he remained silent, responding to the temptations of the Sorrowful Lord with silent silence.

The Lord of Sorrows mocked again, saying, "I have come to an agreement with the Immortal that we will help Him out of trouble and that we will no longer be hostile to one another...... Since the Human Empire has been annexed by the Elven Empire, it doesn't matter if you, as an envoy of the Elven Empire, end up as an undead...... Haha, if you are still the archmage of the Human Empire and deliberately pretend to be an envoy of the Elven Empire, how will you feel when you hear this news? Anyway, you can't stop all this, because the strong people of the Elven Empire are really here, they are in the temple, and there are also people in the Ant-Man pit under the temple. What we need you to do, they're doing. ”

"You think too much, I don't know what the Human Empire is, I'm the envoy of the Elven Empire. Imerson throbbed inside, but insisted on the identity that Victor had made up for him.

"Is that so? Then you have to hurry. The Lord of Sorrow said jokingly: "The radiant power of the Black Blood Lord can turn Ant-Man into a black-blooded demon, and the Assyrian witch doctor into a demented person, the Assyrians cannot enter the tomb of the Four Seasons Witch King, and the Ant-Man cannot enter the realm where the temple and the realm of all souls overlap, but humans can, and elves can...... Your entry into the Witch King's Crypt means that the seal is lifted, and my undead servants can enter the Witch King's Tomb. ”

"So what?" Imerson asked faintly.

"Then it depends on what price the Elven Empire is willing to pay to eliminate the Black Blood Master. ”

"Aren't you trying to retrieve Freya's Tears? I tell you, it's in the body of the Black Blood Lord, who relies on it to gain the right to walk in this world, but its body is trapped in the realm of all souls, and only one tentacle sticks out of the sacrificial pit of the temple. It is impossible for the Elven Empire to kill Him unless His essence is completely out of the realm of all spirits. In this way, I and the will of the undead will be freed. The realm of all souls rebelongs to the people of the Assyrian Empire, and that is my purpose. As for what the Black Blood Lord and the Undead will do when they are freed, I don't care. ”

"If the undead are the cancer of the Human Empire, then the Black Blood Master, as the Demon Monarch, is the enemy of the Elven Empire! ”

"I might as well tell you that by placing the crystal skulls of the Four Great Witch Kings on the pedestal of the temple's sacrificial pit, the Black Blood Lord will be able to break free from the shackles of the realm of all spirits, and his strength will increase fourfold, but it will still be his weakest moment. Your Elven Empire will take the opportunity to kill him and you will be able to retrieve Freya's Tears. ”

Emerson asked rhetorically in the tone of an envoy of the Elven Empire, "Why should I believe you?"

"It doesn't matter believe it or not, I can let you out of the underground tunnels. The Mourning Lord's voice grew fainter and weaker until it was far away, "Although you have done me a great favor, I will definitely release and banish the Black Blood Master, but it will take a little more time...... Once the Black Blood Lord's body crawls out of the realm of all souls, he will use the extraordinary effect of Freya's Tears to shape the perfect body. At what cost is the Elven Empire ready to pay to destroy a Demon Monarch with a perfect body?"