CHAPTER 523: DARK OVERLORD’S TRUMP CARD (2)

Most Undead Races are considered to have less intelligence, and among them, the Skeletal Race’s intelligence is even worse.

Moreover, when it comes to the Skeletal Warriors below the Nether Soul Realm, they are basically mindless beasts that follow their instincts, which are to kill the living and gain power.

They don’t make strategies or plans, and because of this, less than one percent of Skeletal Warriors reach the Nether Soul Realm.

Despite all that, the Skeletal Warriors under the Dark Overlord were able to accurately follow his orders thanks to the Special Skill: Undead Synchronicity.

’Swiish’

’Swiish’

After the entire Undead Skeletal Army was divided into 1000 teams, every 4–5 teams, which means around 4000–5000 Undead Skeletal Warriors, jumped onto a Humanoid Blood Monster.

In no time, the 20-meter-tall Humanoid Blood Monsters were completely swarmed by the Undead Skeletal Warriors, and surprisingly, the Blood Monsters let the Undead Skeletal Warriors do whatever they wanted to them.

’Did these 208 Blood Monsters notice my plan?’

Seeing that none of the Blood Monsters were trying to retaliate against the Undead Skeletal Warriors, Dark Overlord frowned.

According to his plan, the Blood Monsters were supposed to go berserk and become even crazier.

So, when he saw that the Humanoid Blood Monsters acted like saints, Dark Overlord felt those mindless beasts might have noticed his plan.

’...Or maybe not.’

However, in the next second, Dark Overlord saw something that made him heave a sigh of relief.

One of the Humanoid Blood Monsters suddenly let out a guttural roar as crimson energy erupted from its entire body.

[Blood Explosion]

In the next instant—

’Booooom!!!’

A violent explosion swallowed everything within a hundred meters, reducing the 4000–5000 Undead Skeletal Warriors clinging and overwhelming it into nothing but scattered bone dust.

Even though the Blood Monster had annihilated all the undead swarming it, the cost was steep—its Blood Essence had been drained at an alarming rate.

Its towering 20-meter frame visibly shrank, collapsing into a much smaller, five-meter-tall form. Its aura flickered weakly, like a candle in the wind.

’Boom!’ ’Boom!’

Following that example, the remaining 207 Humanoid Blood Monsters unleashed the same skill one after another.

Each explosion shattered another four to five thousand Undead Skeletal Warriors until the battlefield was littered with fractured bones and fading abyssal energy.

In just a few minutes... the entire one-million-strong Undead Skeletal Army had been obliterated.

But instead of rage, Dark Overlord was excited.

’Excellent... my plan will definitely work.’

Dark Overlord’s empty eye sockets gleamed with an eerie light.

He hadn’t expected that using just one powerful skill would cripple the Blood Monsters to this degree.

But seeing them so weakened now—shrunken, drained, and unstable—his confidence surged.

If anything... the loss of his entire army had only made the next step easier.

"Th-the entire Undead Skeletal Army... destroyed by the Humanoid Monsters!"

"What are we going to do now?"

"I have complete trust in Dark Overlord. He must have a trump card."

"From the moment Sir Dark Overlord summoned his entire army, he had that... unsettling smile on his skull. This was all part of his plan."

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Among the Lin Family cultivators, a clear divide formed—some stood tense and pale, shaken by the loss of so many undead, while others stared at Dark Overlord with unwavering belief, their eyes filled with anticipation.

Dark Overlord slowly raised his skeletal hand toward the sky.

"It is time to end this."

His voice carried an unsettling weight as he whispered—"Death Rebound... activate."

In the next second, one million abyssal energy orbs rose silently from the battlefield, each containing the condensed essence of a fallen undead warrior.

The orbs trembled violently before splitting into 4000–5000 clusters, each locking onto a weakened Humanoid Blood Monster.

’BOOOOOOM!!!’

The sky itself seemed to split apart as the orbs rained down like judgment, streaking toward the crippled giants.

Death Rebound is a special skill that almost every Undead Being possesses.

According to the skill description, whenever an Undead Creature is slain, its body would instantly condense all of its remaining strength into abyssal energy before detonating it at its killer.

And this was not some weak, dying blow—it was the full-powered attack of the Undead being at the moment of its death.

In this case, every single Undead Skeletal Warrior was at the same level as Dark Overlord—Level 9 Nether Soul Realm. Even a Perfected Nascent Soul Realm expert would suffer serious injuries if they were careless when facing just one such Death Rebound.

But right now... each weakened Humanoid Blood Monster had personally slaughtered 4000–5000 of these Undead Skeletal Warriors. Which meant... they were about to receive 4000–5000 simultaneous Death Rebound blasts of Nether Soul Realm power—all at once.

Moreover, Death Rebound was a pure abyssal energy attack—extremely effective against the Blood Monsters’ corrupted essence. Their already-unstable Blood Essence would not be able to withstand even a fraction of the incoming onslaught.

’Unless they have the ability to revive, there is no chance for survival.’

Dark Overlord muttered to himself as he looked at the battlefield that was about to explode soon.

’BOOM!’ ’BOOM!’ ’BOOM!’

As expected, there was no suspense in what happened next.

One after another, the weakened giants were obliterated in midair, their bodies bursting apart into clouds of shredded flesh and splattering blood mist.

In just a few breaths, all 208 Humanoid Blood Monsters were reduced to nothing but scattered gore and fading crimson vapour.

Every Lin Family cultivator stood frozen in place, staring at the battlefield with only one thought in their heads, ’T-this... did we win?’

They had just witnessed Dark Overlord annihilate every single Blood Monster without taking a single step from where he stood.

The silence lasted for a moment... and then—

"We won!"

"Dark Overlord did it!"

Cheers erupted across the Lin Family ranks. The anxious tension that had weighed on them a moment ago transformed into unrestrained celebration.

Some even laughed wildly, their voices echoing across the now-silent battlefield.

"The only sad thing is the loss of the Undead Skeletal Army."

Even though they won, the Lin Family Cultivators didn’t forget the cost the Dark Overlord had to pay to destroy the Humanoid Blood Monsters.

Dark Overlord, meanwhile, merely lowered his skeletal hand, the faint blue flames in his eye sockets flickering with quiet satisfaction.

’It is time to use the real trump card.’

Soon, the satisfied smile on his skull turned into an evil smile as Dark Overlord slowly reached into the tattered folds of his ghost robe and pulled out a purple-colored crown that pulsed with an eerie, soul-chilling light.

’Swiish’

Placing it upon his skull, the blue flames in his eyes blazed into roaring infernos as his voice echoed across the battlefield like the tolling of a death bell: "Rise once more... my eternal army. Come to me, you Undead Emperor."

’Swiish’

’Kacha’

’Rumble’

In the next second, under the horrified and disbelieving gazes of every Lin Family cultivator present, the ground trembled violently—

’KRAAA!’ ’KRAAA!’ ’KRAAA!’

From the endless piles of shattered bones and torn armour, all one million Undead Skeletal Warriors stood up again, fully restored, their hollow eye sockets glowing with fresh abyssal light.

The battlefield, which had just fallen silent, was once again drowned in an ocean of bone and death.

"T-this... this is an Absolute Victory."

Old Cedric could not help but excitedly shout it out loud.