As night fell, the news of the Ancient Capital being attacked by two Monarch-level undead spread like wildfire across the nation.
The Ancient Capital was the foremost front line against the undead and the most formidable fortress protecting humanity from them.
Once it was breached, the undead army would surge like a tide towards the land of China, with unimaginable consequences!
The Undead Kingdom and the Demon Kingdom were distinctly different.
The Undead Kingdom harbored an endless craving for living beings, like insatiable evil spirits; whether humans provoked them or not, they would actively invade.
The Demon Kingdom, however, generally adhered to the principle of 'we don't offend unless offended,' unless special circumstances arose.
It was for this reason that the invasion of the undead was even more terrifying; as the news spread, panic immediately gripped the entire nation.
However, the Ancient Capital was not entirely unprepared; it possessed a powerful force capable of contending with Monarch-level undead—the Ancient Capital Imperial Guards.
Lu Huan, the Chief of the Imperial Guards, was an exceptionally powerful Battle Mage among Super-Order Mages.
The moment they learned of the undead attack, the Imperial Guards swiftly ascended the city walls and engaged in fierce combat with the undead.
"Chief, the Magic Association has already received the news; they'll be here very soon!" General Instructor Fei Jiao said with a solemn expression and a hint of urgency in his voice.
Across from him, Lu Huan also looked serious, nodding slightly: "This undead attack was too sudden. The Undead Monarch and the Bone-Shattering Underworld Monarch have never approached within ten kilometers of the Ancient Capital before. This sudden siege is probably not that simple."
Lu Huan's brows were tightly furrowed, his eyes revealing deep worry.
He knew that such an abnormal situation meant these undead monarchs might be plotting something terrible.
As the two spoke, the figures of the Undead Monarch and the Bone-Shattering Underworld Monarch approached the city wall like gathering storm clouds.
Lu Huan no longer hesitated and decided to take the initiative.
In an instant, between the dark sky and the earth, a vast deep-blue ocean suddenly appeared.
Waves surged, and the roar of the tsunami was deafening, as if exploding right beside their ears.
The sea wind howled, and the towering waves seemed to completely erase the boundary between heaven and earth!
The undead desperately climbing the city walls were instantly swallowed by the monstrous waves.
The rolling waves, like fierce giant beasts, tore their decaying bodies to shreds!!
Despite being in the darkness, people could not witness this spectacular sight with their own eyes, only hearing the deafening roar of the tsunami, but the overwhelming momentum of overturning mountains and swallowing everything seemed to truly appear before them, sending chills down their spines!
"Roar!!"
The Undead Monarch roared skyward and directly crossed the tide, charging fiercely towards the city wall.
At the same time, the Bone-Shattering Underworld Monarch in the sky spread its grim white bone wings, and a colossal bone claw, carrying endless Death energy, descended fiercely towards Lu Huan.
Clearly, they viewed Lu Huan as the biggest threat on the city wall and sought to eliminate him in one fell swoop.
Although Lu Huan was capable of contending with these two lesser monarchs, he had to concentrate fully, finding it quite strenuous to respond.
While struggling to resist, he shouted towards a direction on the city wall: "What are you still observing? Hurry and help me! If we can keep these two monarchs here today, the Ancient Capital can usher in a long period of peace!"
Following his shout, a Mage soared from the city wall, powerful magical elements surging wildly around him, exuding an extraordinary aura.
This person was Han Ji, the President of the Bell Tower Magic Association, whose strength was on par with Lu Huan.
"Hahaha, since you've spoken, it would be too ungracious of me not to act!" Han Ji laughed heartily, unhesitatingly unleashing the magic he had already prepared.
In an instant, the space under the night sky violently shook, as if a piece had been forcibly peeled off by an invisible giant hand, then transforming into two massive spatial grinding discs spanning the sky.
The two Monarch-level undead were instantly trapped by the grinding discs, their decaying bodies making cracking sounds under the discs' crushing force.
Seeing this, Lu Huan also cast magic again.
Under their tacit cooperation, the two undead monarchs not only could no longer approach the Ancient Capital by a single step but were instead forced further and further away, only able to struggle and roar in vain.
The powerful strength of a Advanced Level Mage at max cultivation was displayed vividly at this moment.
"Resolve them quickly, lest we prolong the night and invite trouble!" Lu Huan shouted, the magical radiance around him growing even more dazzling.
In this land ravaged by undead, countless slumbering Monarch-level undead existed, the eight most powerful of which were known to the world as the Eight Directional Undead Monarchs.
If they also joined the siege, the Ancient Capital would certainly be in dire peril.
However, fate always seemed to enjoy playing tricks; the very things one feared most were most likely to happen.
Just then, a flash of lightning tore through the night sky, followed by a thunderous roar.
In the distance, a small black dot suddenly appeared.
This dot continuously grew larger, and in the blink of an eye, it became as massive as a mountain peak.
It appeared to move slowly, but in reality, each step spanned an immense distance, rapidly approaching at a visible speed.
Behind it, seven powerful figures shrouded in dense Death energy followed.
The Eight Directional Undead Monarchs had truly arrived!
"W-what is this? Is this really undead?!"
"It's over, that's the Mountain Peak Corpse, the Mountain Peak Corpse is here!!!"
"These damned undead, why do they have to invade the world of the living? Wouldn't it be better to just stay underground and rot?!"
Panic spread like a plague along the city wall.
Even the most resolute Mages, facing this super-being that descended like the heavens, capable of destroying everything, couldn't help but feel waves of fear deep inside.
That was humanity's most primal fear of colossal beings!
How many people could maintain their resolve and overcome this fear through sheer will?
At least on this city wall, most Mid-Level Mages were already affected, even making frequent errors in their magic casting.
"What exactly happened in the Undead Kingdom to make the Eight Directional Undead Monarchs mobilize collectively?" Han Ji felt a chill run from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, filled with confusion.
Undead were not unintelligent, low-level creatures; on the contrary, the longer they lived, the deeper their wisdom became.
This large-scale wave of undead was definitely not a momentary whim of theirs!
"Could it be that an Undead Monarch has awakened?" Lu Huan couldn't help but blurt out.
"Impossible, those Undead Monarchs are either dead or injured, and those remaining Undead Monarchs who are slumbering underground, barely clinging to life, absolutely cannot command the Eight Directional Undead Monarchs!" Han Ji immediately rejected this speculation.
However, no sooner had he spoken than Han Ji seemed to suddenly remember something, his face changing drastically as he exclaimed, "No, there's still one Undead Monarch from the Ancient era; we've never found his tomb, and we still don't know if he still exists in this plane!"
At his reminder, Lu Huan instantly recalled this Undead Monarch, or rather, the Undead Emperor, the creator of the Undead Kingdom—the Ancient King