Chapter 364: Chapter 360: Nightmare Knight

Time passed quickly, and the five rejuvenated pets successively crawled out from the Platinum Eggs, eagerly eyeing the entrance to the third level.

Bai Qi stepped out of the safety house, rubbing his sleepy eyes, and said,

“Everyone’s healed up? Then let’s set off.”

The five pets nodded repeatedly and, following Bai Qi, stepped into the teleportation circle. They then disappeared on the spot.

An urge to vomit accompanied the dizzying teleportation.

The teleportation into the third layer seemed highly unstable. Bai Qi felt like he had been tossed into a washing machine, randomly jostling about. It felt as if every organ in his body was going to be squeezed out.

Blurp, blurp.

(Master, the teleportation corridor here seems to be damaged.)

Delta, extremely sensitive to space, immediately detected the anomaly and promptly initiated the Void Echo, integrating Bai Qi into the void, thus eliminating the feeling of turbulence.

“Phew~ Now I understand why the lavamen would try to stop me. With such a teleportation circle, Beast Masters of a lower level might have been seriously injured even before they got to the third layer, right?”

Bai Qi forcefully puffed out a few breaths, slowly adjusting his state. Gradually, the surrounding scenery also revealed itself.

Deathly silence.

This was Bai Qi’s initial reaction upon entering here.

The dark yellow sky, the decayed earth.

The entire world appeared to be heading towards death.

The thick scent of decay caused a feeling of discomfort for Bai Qi and other living beings, but for Alpha and Jerry, who were undead, as well as the Six Sword Servants, it was incomparably comfortable. The omnipresent dark power constantly flowed into their bodies, reinforcing their souls and bodies bit by bit.

Shadows and death were the fundamental themes of the undead.

“If Alpha and the others lived in such places regularly, I guess their leveling speed would be even faster, right?”

Looking at the expressions on Alpha and Jerry, Bai Qi couldn’t help but remember what Bai Heguang had said to him during their first training session.

One of the reasons Beast Masters tend to specialize in one department for cultivation, besides limited energy and resources, is the attributes of the secret realm.

Whoo~

A cold wind blew past, and Bai Qi instinctively shrunk his neck. He was about to order the pets to move on when a pale bone claw suddenly drilled out from under the ground, scraping the surrounding dirt bit by bit.

In a flash, bone claws emerged everywhere like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. But this sight didn’t give them a sense of vigorous life, instead, it sent a chill down their spine.

“Did you guys notice these things hidden around us just now?”

Bai Qi looked at the ground under his feet with a bit of wariness. After thinking for a moment, he asked from atop Delta.

Click, clatter.

(Boss, their energy is blended with the land, making it hard to distinguish.)

Alpha shook his head. As the Undead King, he unleashed a powerful oppressive force that suppressed the undead under their feet, forcing them to retreat.

Awuu, awuu…

(I didn’t detect their spiritual fluctuations either….)

Beta’s spiritual eyes scanned around, but in its spirit power detection, it only saw a mass of dark power.

“Is this what the lavamen refer to as the purest undead? No soul, just a walking dead being driven by the dark power?”

Bai Qi quickly understood the difference between them and Alpha.

Even though they were all skeletons, Alpha and his ilk possessed the Fire of Soul, which was one of the reasons the Undead Department could be contracted.

But in front of him, they were just moving skeletal bodies.

Click, clatter…

Just as Bai Qi and the others were about to proceed, these undead emerged one after another from the ground. Skeletons crawled out en masse, rushing like a sea of bones towards Bai Qi.

“For safety’s sake, everyone stay together. Alpha, you and the Six Sword Servants lead the way. Jerry, keep an eye out for wandering souls.”

Bai Qi swiftly issued instructions. The five pets took them seriously, carrying out their duties, on guard against potential enemies.

Since they had no souls, these skeletons had no concept of fear. They instinctively attacked Bai Qi and the other living beings, continuing to do so even though they were shattered into pieces.

In fact, some skeletons that were completely shattered were even drawn together by the dark power and reassembled themselves, rejoining the attacking formation.

“The Undead Catastrophe… It must be something like this…”

Thinking back on the records of the Undead Catastrophe from books, Bai Qi’s expression became even more solemn.

No soul, no life.

As long as the dark power wasn’t banished, these skeletons would keep getting up, incessantly attacking living beings. They would continue this until all living beings had fallen and become their companions.

“Schuck, Gamma, prepare the Holy Light Bomb!”

“Okay.”

Clomp, clomp.

(Gamma copies.)

The Twin Pets responded in unison. Schuck manipulated the Etherium Liquid Gold to change rapidly, while Gamma split off a part of itself. The Twin-Life Contract churned, transforming the split-off entity into the Holy Light State swiftly.

However, the Holy Light entity didn’t attack on its own. Instead, it climbed onto the giant cannon that Gamma had morphed into, bouncing merrily, and directly crawled into the barrel.

The Holy Light entity was launched directly out, accurately landing in the middle of the sea of bones.

Boom!

A white mushroom cloud rose, and a large empty area suddenly appeared in the seamless bone sea. The residual energy caused the progressing skeletons, who had no idea why, to follow in the footsteps of the other fallen skeletons.

Holy Light and Shadow were naturally born and mutually exclusive. Under the purification power of the Holy Light, these skeletons were absolutely unable to rise again.

Seeing the outstanding effectiveness of the Holy Light bombs, Schuck and Gamma launched their offensive again. Mushroom clouds kept rising, taking away countless skeletons.

However, the advancing trend of the bone ocean still remained unchanged.

“It’d have been helpful if we mastered the core Annihilation Weapon technology,” Bai Qi said, looking at the endless bone ocean with a headache.

Although his five pets had much higher energy values than beasts of the same rank, with an absolutely full endurance capacity, they still wouldn’t last under such continuous consumption.

Besides, the amount of the prepared mechanical weapons was limited, there was almost no perfect solution.

“Alpha, can you try to influence them?” Bai Qi asked.

Cackling…

(I’ll try.)

Alpha swung the Sword of Death, breaking a ring of skeletons. Before these skeletons could get up, it absorbed the Shadow Department Power first, which was spilled out from their broken bones.

Without the support of the Shadow Department Power, these skeletons fell one after another, began to absorb the power from the land for recovery, but only to be thoroughly trampled into fragments by their companions from behind.

“As long as the Shadow Department Power is absorbed, the recovery speed will be reduced; huh… I can’t believe I didn’t think of this simple logic earlier.”

Bai Qi took an instant look and secretly cursed. He immediately released all the Six Sword Servants to do nothing but absorb the Shadow Department Power.

After seeing things happened, Delta and Gamma also responded. One of them directly absorbed the Shadow Department Power into the body to trigger evolution, and the other simply divided it into countless parts, opened the Energy Absorption Aura, and began to absorb the surrounding Shadow Department Power crazily.

Gradually, the skeletons around Bai Qi became sparse, and the few that slipped through the net were easily killed by the Six Sword Servants, becoming their nutrients.

These skeletons, born from the land after being nurtured for many years, had every inch of their bones filled with the Shadow Department Power. Now that they were so unreasonably absorbed by Bai Qi’s pets, it would be impossible to recover their previous state in a short time.

Cackling…

(Boss, seems like I’ve leveled up.)

Alpha put away his long sword, returned to Bai Qi’s side, and shared his changes immediately.

“You leveled up so soon?”

Bai Qi was slightly taken aback. Since Alpha reached the Fifth Stage, his leveling speed had notably slowed down, but now he had leveled up just by mowing down skeletons?

[Name]: Death Sword Monarch (Alpha)

[Nature]: Undead Department

[Growth Level]: Fifth Stage, Level Five

[Bloodline Level]: Mid-level King

[Racial Skills]: Death Force Field (Transcendent Level-Master), Sword of Death (Transcendent Level -Perfect), Sword of the Wind Chaser (Transcendent Level – Master), Undying Flame (Super Level- Master), Dark Reflection (Super Level -Master), Gravity Amplification(Super Level – Perfect), Dragon Might (High Level – Perfect), Skeleton Manipulation (High Level – Perfect)

[Energy Value]: 53E8400W

…

Is the effect of the same property secret realm really this strong?

I must get one in the future!

Um, no, it seems that the attributes of his pets are different, they can’t be used universally.

“So… does this mean I’ll have to make a different attribute secret realm for each of these guys in the future?”

Bai Qi suddenly became a headache at the thought, and the scene of his wallet being empty with both hands full of secret realm rings seemed to appear in his mind.

I have to work hard to make money again…

“Schuck, dig up some soil to take back, and see if we can create a shadow land artificially later.”

Bai Qi looked at the skeletons, which seemed to be regaining a rising trend, and suddenly had other ideas.

Given that people thrive due to their geographical features, although a secret realm of the same attribute was momentarily out of reach, it should be no problem to use the soil from this Shadow Land to nurture bones, right?

Upon receiving Bai Qi’s command, Schuck immediately started to act, and Alpha with Six Sword Servants, without wasting any time, silently absorbed the ceaseless Shadow Department Power under their feet.

The other pets, meanwhile, seized the time to replenish their energy.

Once again, silence prevailed over this land.

“Is the third level just like this? It seems a bit different from what the Magma men mentioned.”

Bai Qi looked at the quiet world ahead and his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

He didn’t believe that the Magma men were merely speaking alarmingly. Yes, the Undead Catastrophe was terrifying, but it shouldn’t have required the Law Emperor to make such a fuss. There must be other crises hidden here.

At the very least, it wouldn’t be weaker than the guardian of the second level – the Three Corpse Ghost Beast.

Hope it won’t be too ridiculous…

Bai Qi sighed silently, planning to meditate for a while to regain some energy. Suddenly, his five pets became alert and went directly into combat mode.

On a not-so-far hill, a group of Bone Knights riding the Nightmares slowly appeared, their numbers much greater than Bai Qi and his pets.

Nightmare Knights.

Damn it, just when I was thinking about it! Don’t tell me that every thought, good or bad, becomes a reality!