The arrival of the Eight Directional Undead Monarchs brought the Outer City Wall of the Ancient Capital to the brink of collapse.
There was nothing they could do; the Undead Monarchs had suddenly appeared, and the Magic Association and Judgment Association hadn't yet uncovered the Black Vatican's conspiracy.
Or rather, they had only just found the tail in Bo City not long ago and hadn't yet traced it to the Ancient Capital.
Even if those in power knew about the current catastrophe in the Ancient Capital, they couldn't rush over immediately. They could only hope the Ancient Capital could hold on for a while longer.
But the Eight Directional Undead Monarchs were clearly not something the Ancient Capital could handle.
Just as Han Ji and Lu Huan secretly thought that darkness was about to descend, the Eight Directional Undead Monarchs suddenly stopped.
The tide of undead beneath their feet still crashed against the city wall.
But in a battle of this level, they were nothing more than cannon fodder. A casual spell from Lu Huan could wipe out most of them.
"Why did they stop?"
Lu Huan looked at the Eight Directional Undead Monarchs, and the sense of unease in his heart grew stronger.
It was as if they were waiting for something, preparing to welcome something.
Amidst his unease, several powerful figures descended from the sky.
Upon seeing the arrivals, Lu Huan's unease instantly vanished.
Reinforcements had arrived! The Ancient Capital was saved!
Even if the Eight Directional Undead Monarchs attacked, there was a very good chance they could hold the city!
However, he didn't even have time to greet the powerhouses from the Magic Association, the military, and other organizations.
Above the Ancient Capital city.
An enormous black hole shattered Space, and darkness flowed out from within!!!!!!
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Time rewound to half an hour earlier.
The Black Vatican had already begun operations simultaneously inside and outside the Ancient Capital.
Although the early start of the grand ceremony meant the Magic Association hadn't traced them, because of the early start, the amount of violent spring water produced by the Black Herbalist wasn't very much, only causing a portion of the undead to fall into a frenzy.
In truth, what Salang wanted was for the world to know her actions, yet be powerless to stop them, only able to watch everything unfold.
Only then could it be called a grand ceremony!!
So she still actively exposed her intentions, giving the Magic Association some time to react.
She wanted them to arrive at the Ancient Capital before the Sha Abyss appeared, to witness the fall of a thousand-year-old city!
Perhaps they had a very good chance of resisting the Eight Directional Undead Monarchs' siege and holding the city walls.
But Salang didn't care.
As long as the Sha Abyss successfully descended upon the Ancient Capital, the entire city would instantly be crushed by the Ancient King's undead kingdom.
The Ancient Capital could not resist the Sha Abyss ruled by the Ancient King.
Here, they would welcome their ruler from thousands of years ago!
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At this moment.
In a secret room within the Ancient Capital.
Jiang Yuan sat quietly on the ground, his brows tightly furrowed. The black substances on his body had disappeared, and there were no longer any restrictions on using magic.
Yet, he still hadn't tried to escape from the room.
Just a moment ago, Mu He was still here.
After he and a group of Black Vatican members hidden in cloaks left, the room had been heavily contaminated by curse power.
According to Mu He, even a Advanced Level Mage would be severely wounded if they touched this curse power.
A High-level Mage, needless to say, would be instantly devoured by the curse upon contact.
Clearly, Mu He's words were definitely not alarmist; over ninety-five percent of it was true.
Even with that five percent of falsehood, Jiang Yuan dared not gamble this time.
He was still trying to find a way to escape from here.
If Jiang Yuan died, the Sha Abyss would descend immediately, without any buffer.
Even a Monarch-level demon would be completely devoured if it fell into the Sha Abyss.
Precisely because Jiang Yuan had now become a human bomb, the Black Vatican had long since moved away from the area he was in.
They would use remote control of the curse power to kill Jiang Yuan when the time was right.
"These Black Vatican rats from the sewers, once I have the strength, I must root them out completely!"
"If I can still get out alive," Jiang Yuan mocked himself.
Jiang Yuan somewhat wanted to transform himself into an undead, to escape his current predicament in an undead form.
The curse power here couldn't kill the undead.
Actually, becoming an undead wasn't much; as long as he could scheme to obtain resurrection divine magic, he could commit suicide later and then resurrect himself with the resurrection divine magic.
He'd be a good man again then!
But Jiang Yuan still decided to try to save himself one more time.
Before, he had tried everything he had related to Space.
The result was still nothing.
"Damn it, what exactly is the Space talent?!" Jiang Yuan felt like there was truly no way, and just as he was about to give up, he suddenly remembered an external object related to Space.
The imperial jade seal!
Jiang Yuan immediately took out the imperial jade seal.
As the vessel linked to the Ancient King, the imperial jade seal not only guided the Ancient King's Space coordinates but also served as a way to find the Ancient King's Space coordinates.
Otherwise, how could the Black Vatican have known that the Ancient King placed his tomb within the Sha Abyss?
The Black Vatican, at its core, was still human. No matter how powerful they were, they couldn't compare to so many magic organizations.
Their notoriety stemmed from their insane actions, the result of being reckless and not caring about consequences, which meant they had no bottom line.
This was also why the Black Vatican was universally reviled, yet many feared them greatly.
Just as Jiang Yuan was searching for the Space coordinates on the imperial jade seal, the room suddenly underwent a drastic change.
The curse power that had been quietly lurking in the room suddenly began to boil.
They were like Death grasping Jiang Yuan's soul, slowly stripping away his life.
After a careful search, Jiang Yuan found the Space coordinates on the imperial jade seal.
These coordinates were not at all hidden; no wonder they were easily deciphered.
Jiang Yuan made one last attempt.
If it didn't work, he would have no choice but to become an undead.
With the Overclocked State, becoming an undead wouldn't affect his mind.
Immediately after, Jiang Yuan used his spiritual power to violently strike the Space coordinates on the imperial jade seal.
The imperial jade seal suddenly began to shake frantically.
Below it, the Space within the room seemed to peel away a chunk, like a black hole that suddenly emerged.
The black hole didn't expand but erupted with an extremely powerful suction, pulling Jiang Yuan, who had activated the Space coordinates, and the imperial jade seal into it together.
All of this happened in an instant!
The next second, Jiang Yuan appeared directly before a bloody throne.
On the bloody throne sat an ancient armored figure. Even after thousands of years of erosion, a cold gleam still remained on it.
Jiang Yuan could even see his own reflection on the armored plates.
When he saw everything before him, he knew where he had arrived.
This was the depths of the Sha Abyss, the center of the Ancient King's tomb!
Sitting on the bloody crown was the former Ancient King, now only an empty armored shell.
But this armor inherited almost all of the Ancient King's power!
"Cough." Jiang Yuan suddenly felt a wave of weakness, and after a stumble, he knelt on one knee.
Even after escaping the room, the curse power still lingered like a ghost. His life had already withered, and he was nearing Death.
He couldn't lift the curse, and no one could help him lift it.