380: Chapter 380 The Undead Sacrifice Array

Just when everyone thought the crisis had been resolved and were preparing to evacuate the Sea of Deathly Sand, a sudden change occurred!

"Rumble—"

The entire Sea of Deathly Sand suddenly began to shake violently.

Sand grains jumped continuously, and countless fissures split open on the ground, revealing a heart-palpitating blood-red light from within.

"What's going on?"

Guo Xiangyang's expression changed abruptly, "An earthquake?"

But he soon realized that this was by no means an ordinary earthquake.

Because those fissures began to spread and connect, eventually forming a massive magic array on the ground covering a radius of ten kilometers!

The lines of the magic array were composed of pure dark red light, complex enough to make one dizzy.

Each line seemed to squirm like a living thing, emitting a dense aura of death.

In the center of the magic array, a hundred-meter-diameter blood-red vortex slowly rotated, beginning to crazily absorb everything around it.

The corpses of the Sand Locusts shredded by the blood-red tornado, the blood mist filling the sky, the endless yellow sand, and the residual magic power in the air—at this moment, all were swallowed by that blood-red vortex!

"This is—"

Guo Xiangyang's pupils constricted, his voice trembling, "Could it be—"

Before he could finish, the scene in the sky made everyone gasp.

The originally pitch-black night sky was now dyed a weird blood red.

A huge blood moon appeared in the sky!

No, that was not a moon, but an energy core condensed from pure magic power!

Beneath the blood moon, a blurred humanoid phantom was slowly condensing.

The phantom was faint at first, but as the magic array absorbed more and more energy, it became increasingly clear.

It was a hundred-meter-tall giant silhouette, holding a bone sword, draped in a tattered robe, with two balls of eerie blue flames burning where its head should be!

The pressure emitted by the phantom alone made all Beast Tamers below the Tenth Rank present weak in the knees, barely able to stand.

Guo Xiangyang took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.

He stared fixedly at the phantom in the sky, squeezing a few words through his teeth: "This is—the Undead Sacrificial Array!"

"Undead Sacrificial Array?"

Chen Yi frowned, "What is that?"

He had never heard of this term before.

Guo Xiangyang explained in a deep voice: "This is a natural phenomenon unique to the Plane Battlefield, extremely rare! Once triggered, it generates an array within a certain area, absorbing all non-living energy within the array to condense into a—at least Thirteenth Rank or higher—Demon Emperor!"

"What?"

Black Rose exclaimed, "A Thirteenth Rank or higher Demon Emperor?"

All the Beast Tamers present turned pale.

Thirteenth Rank, that was already the level of the top powerhouses on the human side.

In the entire Dragon Kingdom, there were currently only three Beast Tamers above the Thirteenth Rank, and most of them were in seclusion or guarding important regions; it was impossible for them to be stationed at the Plane Battlefield for a long time!

The most critical thing was that the Demon Emperor condensed by this kind of array would increase in strength as it absorbed energy.

The Sea of Deathly Sand had just witnessed the death of 300,000 Sand Locusts, plus the corpse of the Heavenly Insect Empress; these energies—could absolutely not be underestimated!

One million Sand Locusts, plus the corpses of hundreds of Beast Kings, and the energy accumulated in the Sea of Deathly Sand over thousands of years—

What a terrifying existence would this condense into?

"We must stop it!"

Li Tianhe roared, "While it hasn't fully formed yet!"

"Right!"

Gao Yu also reacted, "Everyone, attack the magic array! Interrupt the energy absorption!"

But it was already too late.

The phantom in the sky had finished condensing.

It was a hundred-meter-tall skeleton mage, holding a bone sword spliced together from countless remains.

Eerie blue soul fire burned in its eye sockets, and it wore a tattered black robe, constantly absorbing the surrounding aura of death.

The most terrifying thing was its aura—it was a collection of pure death, decay, and despair. Just by standing there, it caused the temperature for dozens of miles around to plummet, and the air was filled with a bone-chilling cold!

"Could that be—"

Guo Xiangyang stared fixedly at the skeleton mage, whispering with a trembling voice, "Tier 14 Demon Emperor, Skeleton Progenitor?"

As soon as the words "Skeleton Progenitor" were spoken, all the Beast Tamers' expressions changed drastically.

Regardless of age or gender, everyone remembered this name vividly!

"Skeleton Progenitor—wasn't it killed thousands of years ago by the joint efforts of the two strongest Beast Tamers, the Flame Emperor and the Yellow Emperor?"

"Legend has it that when the Skeleton Progenitor first descended into the world, it destroyed half the continent in just three days, causing the deaths of hundreds of millions of people! Later, the Flame Emperor and the Yellow Emperor gathered the power of the entire continent and paid a heavy price to seal it—"

"It wasn't a seal! It was a complete execution! The Flame Emperor's Heaven-Burning Fire and the Yellow Emperor's Yellow Path Meteor bombarded it simultaneously, burning the Skeleton Progenitor's soul to ashes! This is recorded in history books!"

"Then how could it—"

Guo Xiangyang stared fixedly at the Skeleton Progenitor in the sky, muttering: "Undead Sacrificial Array—I understand now!"

"This kind of array can absorb death energy and recreate powerful undead that existed in history."

"Although the Skeleton Progenitor was killed, its existence has already been branded into the world's death rules! As long as there is enough death energy, it can be summoned again!"

At this moment, the Skeleton Progenitor had fully condensed.

It lowered its head, its eerie blue soul fire sweeping over the people below, emitting a hoarse laugh: "Hehehe—fresh souls—delicious lives—"

Just hearing this voice, many of the weaker Beast Tamers turned pale, with blood spilling from their mouths and noses.

Clearly, it was a sonic attack!

"Everyone, cover your ears!"

Guo Xiangyang roared.

But it was already too late.

The Skeleton Progenitor raised its bone sword and tapped it lightly.

"Death Ripple."

An invisible ripple spread out from it as the center.

Wherever the ripple passed, the sandy ground instantly turned grayish-white, and all life force was drained in an instant.

Several Beast Tamers and spirit beasts who couldn't dodge in time were swept by the ripple; their bodies rapidly withered, turning into dry bones within seconds!

"No—"

Someone let out a wail.

But the Skeleton Progenitor didn't care at all; it opened its bony hand, and those dry bones flew towards it automatically, being absorbed into its body.

With every dry bone absorbed, its aura grew stronger by a fraction.

"It's absorbing life to strengthen itself!"

"We can't let it continue!"

"Attack! Everyone above the Twelfth Rank, follow me! The rest fall back and protect the wounded!"

Before the words had even faded, he had already charged out first.

Li Tianhe and Gao Yu followed closely behind, and the three's Contracted Spirit Beasts also appeared simultaneously, all of them possessing powerful bloodlines above the Twelfth Rank.

For a moment, over a dozen terrifying auras erupted simultaneously, and various skills bombarded the Skeleton Progenitor continuously.

"Flame Dragon Breath!"

"Phoenix Dances in the Nine Heavens!"

"Holy Light Judgement!"

"Thunderous Strike!"

Colorful lights illuminated the night sky, and every strike was enough to destroy a mountain peak.

But as they slammed into the Skeleton Progenitor—

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

Just like iron tools striking an indestructible metal, it only splashed a few sparks.

The Skeleton Progenitor didn't even move; a translucent black shield simply appeared on its body surface.

All attacks landing on the shield were easily blocked.