At this moment, Long Yi finally had the mental capacity to think about the battle that had just ended.

This battle largely conformed to Long Yi’s expectations, with every unit on the battlefield fulfilling its assigned role. However, he was taken aback by the quantity of the Black Dragon Empire’s undead army. Long Yi originally thought that his Molten Beasts were large enough in number to crush the undead on the battlefield. But he didn’t expect the Black Dragon Empire to be so insanely determined!

Fortunately, the follow-up offensive kept up and completely curtailed the opponent’s momentum.

The emergence of the Backplate Dragon Cannon was enough to deter the undead army, the long-distance bombardment representing a deadly threat to them. Especially, the explosive shell which inflicted dozens, hundreds, or even hundreds of casualties was enough to make any commander grieve - even if it was just an undead army.

However, deciding how to conduct the ensuing battles was going to be a problem.

The conventional forces did not dare to advance without resolving the issue of the undead army. But the good news was that the Black Dragon Empire didn’t plan to fight while dealing with the epidemic. The undead army, however, was virtually inexhaustible, with thousands dying every day in an empire as large as the Black Dragon Empire. Even if only one undead soldier was born out of a hundred, their numbers were significant enough to cause concern.

Clearly, there weren’t enough Molten Beasts.

However, news came from Darkness Town at this moment.

The Dark Saintess had prepared a gift for Long Yi.

Upon hearing this news, Long Yi hurried to the Underground City.

The Worm Vehicle did not precisely bring Long Yi to Darkness Town. In fact, when he passed through Darkness Town, he noticed it seemed exceptionally dark today with little activity.

The Worm Vehicle took him to a newly developed underground space. It was spacious and organized into several levels. Each level was neatly stacked with piles of objects, with thousands interlaced rows and columns. But what were they?

Finally, at the top level, Long Yi saw the Dark Saintess.

This level was illuminated like daylight by a large gathering of fireflies.

At this moment, the Dark Saintess was not alone. Large groups of people busied themselves around her. Light illuminated upon some distant figures slowly approaching her, curling into balls in front of her. They revealed an external Crystal Stone while a gem on the mechanical device on the chest of the Dark Saintess flickered with light. The light seemed to be engraving some patterns on that curled-up object.

The sound of the Worm Vehicle operating wasn’t quiet, and almost everyone heard it. After finishing her task, the Dark Saintess turned to look.

"Brother Long!" The Dark Saintess excitedly called out on seeing Long Yi. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Long Yi approached her, seeing tiny beads of sweat on her forehead and a tired expression on her face. Her pride and excitement, however, were clearly visible.

"What...What are you doing?" Long Yi asked, confused. He observed the objects curled up in front of him which were almost as tall as him. "What...are these?"

"These are a brand-new application of the knowledge we acquired in the process of researching the golem!"

Pride shone on the face of the Dark Saintess.

Turns out, the Dark Clan, also known as the core clan created by the giants, was like those who know how to operate a machine but not how to create it. They didn’t understand how golems worked, so they had been researching how to restore and recreate golems underground. After acquiring a golem from the elves, the Dark Saintess had personally visited the White Dragon Empire to inspect it. The conclusion was that recreating the shell of a golem was easy, but reconstructing its power system was still a challenge.

However, the Dark Clan obtained a lot of knowledge through their natural understanding of golems. At least, they managed to restore a miniaturized power system! Although Long Yi didn’t ask them to do anything, the Dark Saintess didn’t intend to sit by while Long Yi fought alone. The plan to rebuild the miniaturized combat golem under her supervision, using the small power system, was put into motion. After several trials, the final product was now in front of Long Yi.

"There are a total of thirty thousand combat golems here. All have your mark, and you can command them to do anything!"

The Dark Saintess excitedly said.

Long Yi was so moved he didn’t know what to say. This was like sending charcoal in snowy weather!

"Get up!"

Long Yi faced the golem, which had curled up in front of him, and said.

With a clank!

Ding ding!

Clang clang!

The sound of metal collision echoed as the completely closed mechanism split open, and a metal golem clad in heavy armor slowly stood up. The five-meter tall golem didn’t have a traditional head because that had no meaning for a golem. It had a strong body, thick arms, one arm had three mechanical claw fingers, while the other was empty.

Long Yi looked at the Dark Saintess, confused.

"A Light Cannon can be installed here!" the Dark Saintess happily announced.

Long Yi immediately widened his eyes, didn’t say a word, and silently gave her a thumbs up.

"Actually, we cannot claim the fully invention of this," the Dark Saintess said, somewhat embarrassed. "The giants had designed some small automatic golems to protect humans, but they were never really constructed since they weren’t needed and stayed only in blueprint phase. Our ancestors, being the core clan, had seen those blueprints. We just followed these blueprints to reconstruct this golem, but the power system is our original invention!"