Chapter 123: Chapter 123: This is the [Divine Descent]!
Among these Chosen Ones, Liu Ruoxi’s equipment was rather simple, consisting only of swords, yet hers was the most numerous. Shen Hao had provided her with different types of swords for varying situations!
The one she currently held, although only a Blue Fifteenth Level, was more suitable for the situation at hand.
With both hands gripping the hilt, Liu Ruoxi raised the sword high, then stepped forward and brought it down in a heavy chop from nearly a kilometer away!
In an instant, a hundred-meter-long massive Sword Energy appeared out of thin air amidst the horde of Undead, brutally cleaving through nearly a hundred of them!
Then it was lifted again, and again she chopped down.
She was but standing in place, over and over repeating the motion of chopping, and the fog that had dispersed in front of her seemed to be continuously sliced by a gigantic blade!
Sacre and others were completely dumbfounded.
Although they had known that the one coming to support them was one of the most powerful Chosen Ones besides President Shen Hao, such a display still far exceeded their expectations.
It was not even comparable to the performance during the first Blood Demon Great War!
It was even as powerful as Shen Hao back then!
So, what about Shen Hao?
Shen Hao, who had also continued to grow for three months, that God of Mankind, how strong was he now?
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Everyone couldn’t help but look forward with anticipation, but what worried them even more was that they simply might not last until that moment!
Suddenly receiving a message, Sacre shouted toward Yang Jun, “Even more Undead are coming! Including those from other cities! There are many, very, very many!”
At this very moment, the Undead within this great city were swarming out like bees, with at least over a million, and after realizing that a frontal breakthrough would result in massive casualties, they even began to attempt bypassing the front and directly descended from the Undead World into the middle of the airport!
The true war was just beginning.
Yang Jun changed his Shield method, dispersing the Golden Light amongst every Soldier, even every person evacuating, in an attempt to protect them as much as possible, but the speed of the Undead was ever increasing, and casualties finally occurred among the new recruits of the Cultivator Legion.
Kang Ji saw one of his teammates surrounded by layers of Undead until his Spiritual Power was exhausted, the protective Golden Light quickly dimming, eventually losing all signs of life.
“Move! Don’t stay in one place!” he shouted to the others around him, slapping Gale Talismans on his body like they cost nothing, his figure dashing rapidly, with his Thunder Sword continuously releasing lightning, not even needing to aim because there were simply too many Undead!
They could only do their utmost to protect the departing transport aircraft from being destroyed.
Great Formations, talismans, flares of Magic light flew chaotically everywhere; the Cultivator Legion’s manner of war with the Undead was different from the past, but just as brutal!
“Song Cheng!” Yang Jun roared.
“Try this!” Song Cheng flung out a scroll and tore it open fiercely.
In an instant, a miniature Sun appeared overhead, the Holy Light Illumination bathed the land, with countless Dead Souls wailing as they dissolved and died!
It was none other than a Blue Level 14 product, the Magic Scroll “Holy Light Illumination”!
However, it seemed the Undead were thoroughly enraged, with more Dead Souls rushing towards the mini Sun like moths to a flame!
Even as they quickly disintegrated, they continued without end!
The Holy Light was rapidly being extinguished.
They were given hardly any time to breathe.
“Do you have any more?” Yang Jun roared again!
“Not much left! You have no idea how expensive this stuff is!” Song Cheng’s face was rather pale, but he still took out three more scrolls!
Indeed, these were already unlocked products that were expensive, with three combined costing as much as a Space Shuttle!
Shen Hao had only bought twenty in total, just to try out the effect, and Song Cheng’s group had brought only ten.
After all, the emergence of a battlefield of this scale had come much earlier than anyone expected!
No one had anticipated that the inherently instinctual Undead would suddenly move in an organized manner!
“God.” Sacre, a Chosen One himself, could only pray in despair while catching his breath and watching the still furiously charging Undead with no end in sight.
But unlike in the past, where prayers were only a form of wishful thinking, they now knew precisely where their Hope lay!
Just as long as that person arrived!
Even though no one had seen Shen Hao take action after the Blood Demon War, and even though they knew that over a million Undead were accelerating their approach as if hell-bent on annihilating their Cultivator Legion, still, no one doubted that everything would end the moment Shen Hao arrived!
Even Yang Jun could not recall how many times he had tried calling out to his team leader in his mind.
The Imprint on the back of his hand had already disappeared after Shen Hao upgraded his ability, the new ability was not marked by imprints but by calling!
Yes, calling!
There was no need for prayers, for a select few who garnered special attention from Shen Hao, as long as they called out in their minds, as long as Perception was not blocked, Shen Hao could naturally hear them.
But now, it was being blocked.
Blocked by the Inner World!
“How long have we held out, two hours?” Song Cheng shouted on one side, his face turning somewhat pale, his “ammunition” reserves had been depleted in this short time, now relying on the effects of drugs to recover his Magic Power.
“Only thirty-six minutes,” Yang Jun said somberly.
The Undead moved fast! Very fast!
Perhaps because they lack a physical body, without weight, their acceleration is also fast! From a stationary position a hundred meters away, they could reach in front of them in less than two seconds!
This means that the undead from other cities could arrive at any moment!
Besides, they also discovered another characteristic of the undead.
When a sufficient number of undead gathered together, they would drastically change the environment over a wide area, bringing bone-chilling coldness. That “yin energy” would erode their bodies and suppress their strength, everything seemed just like what the group leader had called “Undead World”!
However, looking around and seeing this number of undead.
To call it “Undead World” was no exaggeration at all.
It wasn’t just their bodies that were affected, even their clothes, the ground, airplanes, everything seemed to be rapidly decaying!
At this moment, many people felt a kind of terror, fearing that if the entire world were completely occupied by the undead, then the whole world would turn into the likeness of an “Undead World”!
“Yang Jun, look to the southeast!” Liu Ruoxi suddenly cried out, urgency in her voice.
Yang Jun and Song Cheng both looked in that direction at the same time.
Even as battle-hardened warriors, in that moment, they were still stunned.
It was a sky-enveloping white fog!
Wherever it passed, everything on the ground was rapidly frozen, then corroded, all things withering! With their keen vision, the three of them could even clearly see the countless undead whirling and wailing within the white fog!
“It’s much faster than we anticipated!” Yang Jun’s face turned extremely grim.
Given the way the fog blanketed everything, not even taking off in an airplane might be quick enough.
These undead seemed to be sucking away all the heat, and once they attacked in large numbers, even the engines of airplanes would be frozen!
“It must be the yin energy brought about by their numbers, increasing their collective speed,” Liu Ruoxi turned around, holding her long sword she walked directly towards that direction, “Song Cheng and I will hold them off, Yang Jun you take the rest and retreat.”
Yang Jun opened his mouth as if to say something but couldn’t utter a word.
Because it was indeed the best course of action.
But even Chosen Ones at the Second Stage weren’t invincible, facing such numbers of undead, these so-called “strongest Chosen Ones under Shen Hao” also faced the risk of being completely overrun and rapidly sacrificed.
“After the retreat, I’ll come back,” was all Yang Jun could finally say.
“You better be quick,” Song Cheng said with a mournful face, tilting his head back and gulping down a large bottle of Magic Potion.
For someone of his profession, though strong on the battlefield, the consumption was equally huge.
This was already the fourth bottle he had drunk in the last thirty-something minutes.
“All units, retreat!” Yang Jun shouted loudly!
By then, others had also noticed the sky-enveloping undead, and some of their faces turned pale in an instant.
The number of undead far exceeded their imagination, and when they joined with the undead already in the city, everyone could perceive the consequences.
They would be swallowed up by countless undead at a density several times greater than the current one!
Just like those who had already been sacrificed.
Yang Jun’s order to retreat made some people heave a great sigh of relief, Kang Ji among them. However, he and many others quickly noticed the desperate expressions of Sacre and the civilians who hadn’t evacuated yet.
Obviously, their retreat was almost a death sentence for these people!
And it wasn’t just these people at risk; if this number of undead were to turn and directly assault the city before their eyes, still home to eight million survivors, it would likely be completely engulfed in a matter of minutes, turning into the first City of the Undead!
Would it be the last?
Kang Ji’s mind went blank, not knowing what he was thinking, when he suddenly yelled out to Yang Jun, “Commander Yang, let us hold on a bit longer, just until President Shen Hao arrives, then victory will be ours!”
Indeed.
The name Shen Hao seemed to give many people courage.
No matter how disastrous the conclusion, no matter how horrific the scene, the vast majority of them believed that after Shen Hao’s arrival, victory would surely be theirs!
More and more people were putting forward the same request.
Yang Jun looked at this scene with a measure of gratification; in his eyes, these people couldn’t previously be considered “warriors,” even resembling a ragtag army, but now, they were swiftly transforming into true warriors!
But precisely because of this, he couldn’t let them just die here.
The blow would be too great for the Cultivators’ Legion that was still in formation.
But just as he was about to forcefully issue the order!
Traces of faint golden Thunder emerged from the void suddenly! And more and more appeared, accompanied by the divine Suppression, rapidly surrounding every person!
It brought an unprecedented sense of power!
Their originally depleted Spiritual Power and Magic Power surged rapidly, their bodies felt as though they were clad in Thunder armor, filled with power, and even their wills underwent a change; a fervent fighting spirit and fearless courage kept surging forth from their hearts!
Kang Ji and the others stood there completely stunned!
But they quickly understood what was happening!
President Shen Hao had arrived!
No, the President hadn’t arrived yet, but his power had!
This was “Divine Descent”!