Chapter 766: Singular Annihilation (II) (1/2)

After a whole quarter of an hour, the grey haze around the undead kings dispersed slowly.

When the Knight of Judgement of the Dead faced Long Haochen again, his prior aggression had vanished completely.

“Esteemed human king, you have demonstrated your ability and sincerity with your blood pact. Since you are able to form a contract like that with Austin Griffin, we have decided to believe you. We hope you can keep your promise and keep Griffin restrained,” the Knight of Judgement of the Dead referred to Long Haochen in a different way, implying their agreement and their recognition of Long Haochen.

Long Haochen nodded emotionlessly, “I won’t repeat what I just said.”

Although the Knight of Judgement of the Dead was unable to gain a further promise from Long Haochen, he did not pursue the matter. He glanced at Haoyue in the distance in some fear, before leading the undead kings and their undead army away in a slow retreat.

Watching the undead kings vanish slowly, Long Haochen produced a deep sigh. White light expanded from his limbs, before all gathering towards the huge gemstone on his chest. When all the light had been absorbed, the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation vanished silently with the central gemstone.

Long Haochen tottered slightly. His face was extremely pale. He only managed to stay on his feet with Han Yu’s support.

He was not weakened due to overexhaustion of spiritual energy. Instead, the weakness came from his soul. The Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation made him feel like he had endless power, but the mental effort required to control this terrifying powerful was horrifying. Even though he had completely fused with the throne, Long Haochen had almost expended all of his mental force in the battle earlier. It was very normal for his soul to be weakened. This was also one of the main reasons why he did not want to keep fighting. If it continued, it would probably take too heavy of a toll on his soul.

After a moment of meditation, Long Haochen stabilised his condition. He said to his companions beside him, “Han Yu, brother Zhang, please survey the surroundings. Everyone else scattered yourselves in the outskirts of the Domain of Purification. Let’s wait for Haoyue’s evolution to be completed.”

“Alright.” Everyone moved quickly. They all took up a particular position, while Cai’er remained in the Domain of Purification. There was not a single undead creature that could enter the domain without alerting them even if they had become invisible.

Long Haochen guarded Cai’er. His eyes were closed as he continued to recover his mental force. To his surprise, the chain around his neck transformed from the holy unicorn began to give off a gentle, mental pulse, actually connecting with his mind.

The unicorn could not help him recover his mental force directly, but it could bear some of his mental exhaustion. That way, Long Haochen would be able to recover his mental force just like when he normally cultivated. It would obviously be much faster.

Under Cai’er’s rapid absorption, the power of purification became thinner and thinner, while Cai’er’s aura became stronger and stronger. Even the Tower of Eternity beneath her turned into the same white as the power of purification.

The undead army had indeed retreated and they showed no sign of returning. Long Haochen could guess what the Knight of Judgement of the Dead and the undead kings were thinking.

Their thoughts were very simple. If they kept fighting, there was no chance for them to achieve victory, nor was it possible for them to stop Austin Griffin from awakening. At most, they would just make Long Haochen lose a few people, but that would be setting their grievances in stone. Once Austin Griffin did awaken, would it still spare them?

Long Haochen used the blood pact to prove his close relationship with Haoyue, so the Knight of Judgement of the Dead needed to gamble on it. He gambled that Long Haochen would keep his promise and stop targeting them. The undead kings actually had no other choice aside from this after weighing the benefits and consequences.

It was impossible for people to tell the time in this world of black and red. Cai’er’s cultivation increased as Haoyue continued to evolve, while everyone else remained alert while waiting. However, in another world, a war unfolded.

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Boom! With a flash of nine-colored light, a beautiful figure fell down in the distance and fell into a forest that covered almost a thousand square meters.

The beautiful figure was a special creature. It was very pretty and it was jade-green in color with a hint of blue. Its head was very similar to dragons, while it stood around fifteen meters tall. Its long tale was covered with rings of dark purple symbols.