Chapter 36: Chapter36-Undead Army Against Undead Army

After obtaining the passage badge, John did not waste any more time.

The moment he left Axis City, he directly activated the authority of space and soared into the air, his figure flying rapidly toward the sealed zone.

Before long, he arrived at the Northern Exclusion Zone.

Looking down from the sky, the entire sealed region looked like a black hemisphere pressed over the ground.

An area spanning more than ten kilometers in radius was sealed beneath the hemisphere. Its range was vast.

John took out the badge and put it on. Then, without hesitation, he plunged straight into the sealing barrier.

Ripples spread across the barrier, and he successfully entered the sealed zone.

The moment he stepped inside, the scenery before his eyes changed abruptly. Only three colors remained: black, white, and gray.

Large amounts of ash drifted through the air. The entire forest looked as though it had been burned to cinders, leaving behind only a barren, bald wasteland.

John landed in the desolate forest and continued rushing deeper inside.

Along the way, there was not a single trace of human life. Ashes were everywhere.

It was only after traveling several miles deeper that traces of villages finally appeared within John’s field of vision.

However, those villages had long since fallen into ruin. At the center of the villages, a gigantic rock tree had rooted itself deeply into the earth.

Its crowns intertwined with one another, resembling a black crown spreading open.

Large numbers of grayish-black vines extended from the body of the rock tree, tightly wrapping around the houses in the nearby villages.

At the covered well openings, countless white bones had grown out.

After getting closer, one could also see many villagers’ corpses hanging from the tree, swaying constantly like fruit.

John’s gaze sharpened. He immediately cast Detect on the gigantic rock tree.

[Meteorite Corpse Tree]

[Rank]: S-rank BOSS

[Skills]: Summon Undead, Death Domain, Ashen Storm...

[Description]: A being formed from a meteorite that fell from beyond the heavens three hundred years ago. It has rooted itself in the center of the ruins of Uru Village, constantly growing by feeding on flesh, blood, and departed souls. It is the incarnation of a follower of the God of Undead, waiting for the sleeping deity to awaken.

...

After seeing that this Meteorite Corpse Tree was actually a follower of the God of Undead, John immediately felt relieved.

The God of Undead and his followers had always been the sort who only knew how to toy with corpses. They were naturally countered by John’s devouring system.

Its stat panel was not too exaggerated either. Dealing with it would not be difficult.

However, for the sake of caution, John still chose to land first in one of the nearby villages.

He first found several villagers’ corpses hanging from the tree and chose to devour them.

[You have devoured a Lv.10 Undead Puppet. Free attribute points +3!]

[You have devoured a Lv.15 Undead Puppet. Free attribute points +5!]

...

After devouring several corpses in succession, John confirmed that there were no unexpected situations like the Phoenix Blood-infected individuals he had encountered before.

Only then did he let out a long breath.

"This makes things much easier."

Immediately, his figure flashed, and he once again shot into the air.

The ring on his hand suddenly erupted with a scorching beam of light, instantly striking the trunk of the Meteorite Corpse Tree!

[-10980!]

After suddenly suffering an attack, the originally sleeping Meteorite Corpse Tree instantly awakened.

Large numbers of black vines danced wildly, and many corpses were directly flung to the ground, shattering apart.

Rumble!

The enraged Meteorite Corpse Tree directly uprooted itself from the ground. Countless roots continuously broke through the soil.

The entire region immediately shook violently, with giant rocks surging up from below.

The moment the Meteorite Corpse Tree completely emerged from the earth, every village and forest within several kilometers was flattened to the ground.

Dense, tangled roots supported the enormous body of the Meteorite Corpse Tree, while its black crown pierced straight into the clouds.

It was like a giant that had come to life. Its trunk twisted, revealing a hideous face.

Seeing the devastated ground below, John felt somewhat fortunate.

Luckily, he had already been floating in the air. Otherwise, if he had remained on the ground, he would probably have been buried underground by now.

At that moment, the face on the tree trunk let out a furious roar.

"Where did this lowly creature come from? How dare you disturb my slumber!"

John twisted his neck and sneered.

"A mere undead follower dares to shout in front of me?" 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

When it came to dealing with undead creatures like this, no one was more experienced than him!

Sensing John’s mockery, the tree instantly flew into a rage.

"Arrogant!"

Its trunk suddenly shook, and countless pitch-black leaves fluttered down.

After the leaves landed, they transformed into one humanoid undead monster after another.

The Meteorite Corpse Tree had activated its S-rank Summon Undead!

More and more undead creatures appeared, their numbers terrifying.

"Interesting. So it actually knows a summoning skill."

John remained incomparably calm. He was rather curious about how strong the undead creatures summoned by this stone tree were.

He wondered how they compared to his own A-rank Summon Undead.

Swish, swish, swish!

At that moment, large numbers of undead archers and mages aimed at John in midair.

A storm of bone arrows and undead magic orbs shot toward him in unison, densely packed together into a single mass.

John’s expression did not change. A silver-white luster flashed over his body.

He activated a piece of the authority of space, together with his own extremely high Agility attribute. His figure pulled out countless afterimages in the air.

After one full round of undead attacks, they had not even touched the corner of John’s clothes.

After dodging them, however, he did not immediately devour the undead army below.

Instead, his figure flashed, and he swept to another spot in the sky.

"Isn’t it just an undead army? I have one too.

"Let me test your level!"

As his words fell, John’s mind stirred, and he instantly cast his own Summon Undead.

[You have activated the A-rank skill Summon Undead, consuming 50% MP!]

John exhausted half of his MP in one go.

After the round of attribute allocation in Starter Village, his current Spirit attribute had reached a massive 50,000. Correspondingly, his MP had directly expanded to 5,000,000.

With one round of summoning, countless undead instantly surged forth.

Rumble!

The ground beneath him abruptly cracked open.

A deep blue rift appeared, directly connecting to the undead plane.

Dense masses of undead poured out, and every single one of them had fairly high stats.

The Undead Pope stepped out, holding a staff made of white bone.

Around him, large numbers of undead knights gathered, forming a mighty procession.

There were also undead warlocks, undead lords...

These undead creatures all came from the beings John had previously killed.

Although the highest-ranked undead creatures were only A-rank, their stats were all quite high!

As for the undead army on the opposite side, while their stats were not as exaggerated, there were quite a few S-rank existences among them.

The two undead armies instantly collided with each other.

The terrifying aura of death even blasted apart the clouds in the sky.

At first, John believed that with his side’s numbers and stats, he could at least crush the enemy undead army.

But very soon, he discovered something was wrong.

Within his undead army, the vast majority of low-level undead were practically unconscious. They attacked purely by instinct.

Even if their own companions were beside them, they would swing their blades forward without the slightest hesitation.

After the other low-grade undead sensed the damage from those attacks, they quickly retaliated.

The entire undead army descended into chaos.

Before long, a large number of friendly fire incidents broke out within John’s undead army due to the chaotic, disorganized charge!