"Such a weak Great Emperor."
Three consecutive punches landed on the old emperor's face, red, spicy, and sour were splattered everywhere, showing he was more breathing in than out.
The old undead seemed to finally awaken from his past hatred and the old emperor's words, looking at this enemy who was hit by three punches and unsure if he's dead or alive, he didn't care anymore.
If he's dead, that's best; if not, let him live on, ugly and pathetic.
Suddenly, a bright light shone outside the bedchamber.
"The Great Emperor has been killed by an assassin! Royal Magic Order, launch attacks on the assassin!" The prince's voice echoed from the darkness.
In an instant, dozens of fireballs arced towards the old emperor's bedchamber, and Xue Dili, just escaping from the chamber, was stunned; he wanted to say maybe the old thing could still be saved.
The next moment, none of the fireballs found Xue Dili, they all blasted into the bedchamber like grenades exploding, blowing it to smithereens, and then collapsed in the next round of explosions.
Xue Dili: "..."
He suspected this damn prince wasn't aiming to blow him up but simply to destroy his old man.
"Let's go quickly, this old thing living this way is truly pitiful..." The old undead looked at the ruined bedchamber and the constantly bombarding prince in the distance, without a trace of longing.
It seemed at this moment, he completely bid farewell to the past, turning away without looking back.
Another round of explosions sounded, and this time the old emperor's bedchamber completely collapsed and exploded, turning his unyielding royal path and dignity into dust.
The blast wind made Xue Dili's clothing flutter fiercely.
"The assassin is here!" A sudden shout interrupted Xue Dili's escape route, and the next moment, the fireballs aimed at the old emperor's bedchamber began flying towards him sporadically.
"Perception Magic, there's a hero-level mage in the palace." The old undead added to Xue Dili.
After all, he wasn't from the Empire, and what he taught was only swordsmanship and divine art, knowing very little about other imperial knowledge.
Xue Dili immediately broke into a sprint.
As he vaulted over the wall, he saw an elderly man in luxurious clothes with two guards.
Four pairs of eyes looked at each other.
"That's young Leoric, the prince!" The old undead's voice came immediately.
Xue Dili didn't hesitate at all, after all, he had been through crutches plus Death Knight's special training, and his Imperial Swordsmanship, if not perfect, was quite accomplished.
Besides, faced with this sudden skirmish, he immediately unsheathed his Rune Sword, rotating the blade over 180 degrees with his body.
The guard about to draw his sword was instantly forced back by this strike, his arm slashed, while Xue Dili pressed on to directly target young Leoric, executing the ultimate swordsmanship he had pondered for a long time!
Severing Slash!
His body dodged, driving a Spin Slash, then leapt up, using the gravitational potential energy to deliver a descending strike!
Dragon Ascension!
"Boom!"
The ground of the Imperial Palace was hit with a blast wave by the descending impact, but Xue Dili was shocked to realize there was no sensation of hitting an entity.
At the crucial moment, young Leoric was pulled away by his guard, narrowly avoiding this sneak attack.
Not a chance, man...
Even this could miss?
Seeing the opponent drawing out their sword to counterattack, Xue Dili immediately shouted out.
"Old Deng, save me!"
Pure white ribs instantly enveloped Xue Dili, with long swords caught between them.
The massive ribs quickly grew a half-body, and the skeletal hand grabbed the prince, young Leoric.
"Undead! How is this possible!" Young Leoric and his guards momentarily couldn't believe it; how could the undead appear in the palace?
Moreover, a legendary-level undead!
"Young Leoric, your luck isn't too good." The half-body Skeleton Demon clasped the prince, lifting him to its face.
The prince was horrified, suddenly realizing who this undead was, and simultaneously, spine-chilling fear took over, trembling and stammering: "Uncle Barak?! Spare me, nothing to do with me, please, spare me..."
"Buzz!"
The skeletal hand squeezed tight, the blood mist exploded, turning him into "prince paste."
The giant Skeleton Demon supported itself on the ground with both hands, its lower body and bone wings rapidly growing.
Paying no mind to the already terrified guards rolling on the ground, the skeletal demon ascended and then flew away from the palace.
Only leaving the entire palace in incomparable chaos, cries for help, roaring, and other royal descendants who, upon receiving the news, immediately led their men into the palace to fight...
The Royal Knight Order and the Church Court's Holy Knight Order continued their chase within the Imperial Capital, at this moment, the whole Imperial Capital seemed to have fallen into total chaos.
Guarding the Imperial Capital walls, General Julia saw the palace explosion, immediately jumping out of bed, rallying his troops to aid the palace.
However, just as he started gathering a squadron of confidants, the sentry tower's bell rang.
General Julia, using the faint light, was horrified to notice that in the distance, countless ghostly blue flames loomed like they bore endless resentment towards the living, approaching the Imperial Capital.
Over dozens of kilometers, the putrid stench of decay could be smelled.
The Undead Army, here they come!
Just at the Empire's internal chaos peak!
General Julia looked strugglingly towards the palace direction, immediately turning to say: "Everyone, prepare to defend against the Undead Army!"
Few responded, the morale had plummeted to the lowest point.
...
"Uh..." Xue Dili clutched his chest, feeling an indescribable wrenching pain.
Tears seemed to keep flowing from the corners of his eyes, but upon wiping them, his hands were full of fresh red blood.
If there were a mirror now, he might have seen blood slowly seeping around his facial features, a sign of capillary rupture.
"Boy, your body is in worse condition than I imagined. You must not use undead power again!" Inside his body, Old Barak's tone was very urgent.
He originally thought using his power a few times wouldn't be an issue for Xue Dili, but it now seemed, the undead power was a taboo not to be touched by the living.
Even if their souls were linked, even if Xue Dili's soul was considered by the Empire and the Church Court to be at a "Half-Undead" level.
The cost of using this "death" power, they still knew nothing about.
And Old Undead was still in a "sealed" state, which meant that Demonic Sword.
He could no longer directly use any power, otherwise, he could have broken out of the Great Cathedral underground by himself.
He had to rely on a carrier wielding the sword to use his full power again, the Skeleton Demon form.
"Now, even you, can at most use 3 minutes of power. Otherwise, by then, your organs will completely fail, and your soul will undergo undead transformation, no matter how advanced your world's medical level is!" the old man continued with earnest advice.
"Don't worry, I know my body better than you. This is just going to the hospital for a few weeks at most." Xue Dili wiped the bloodstains from his face.
It seemed the capillary rupture wasn't too severe, but due to insufficient cerebral blood supply, he was starting to feel drowsy.