Lin Moyu didn’t use Soul Blaze, since he had already tried. It was useless.

Thunderlight Beasts had no souls. They were more like puppets, weapons built for combat.

All his actions took less than a second.

In the very next moment, a barrage of attacks exploded against the Thunderlight Divine Beast.

The Skeletal Berserk Warriors, empowered by Enhance Troops, activated their skill and unleashed a fearsome assault.

Each Skeletal Berserk Warrior had a base attribute of 276,000, which was amplified by the Lich Generals and Enhance Troops, boosting it to a staggering 1.24 million.

On top of that, the Berserk Blast skill dealt 600% of strength as damage.

That meant a single axe swing hit like an ordinary attack with over 8 million strength.

The overwhelming force tore through the boss’s defenses, dealing devastating damage.

If this were just an ordinary monster, even one with similar attributes, it would've been obliterated instantly.

Although the Thunderlight Divine Beast was a world rank boss, with extremely high health and the Enhanced Health trait. But even so, it couldn’t endure the relentless assault of over 10,000 Skeletal Berserk Warriors.

And they weren’t alone. The Skeletal Great Magi and Skeletal Marksmen also unleashed deadly attacks, piling on even more damage.

In almost an instant, the boss was heavily wounded.

Then, the Thunderlight Divine Beast began to glow.

Lin Moyu’s heart skipped a beat. He immediately ordered the Skeletal Berserk Warriors to retreat, thinking it was about to self-destruct.

But something felt off.

“The aura isn’t right. This isn’t a detonation, but another skill.”

The Thunderlight Divine Beast’s aura didn’t spiral out of control.

Skill: Thunder Wrath!

In an instant, the entire passage was engulfed in a massive surge of lightning.

Had this been outside, thunder would have shaken the skies.

But in the Lightning Burial Canyon, there wasn’t a single sound.

The thunder was there, yet it was utterly silent, as if swallowed by the canyon itself.

And that silence made it all the more terrifying.

Lin Moyu’s hair stood on end, and a chill shot down his spine.

He could only watch as lightning exploded throughout the passage, engulfing his undead army and himself.

The blast lasted barely half a second. A flash, and it was gone.

But in that brief moment, Lin Moyu felt the brush of death.

That single skill had nearly wiped out his entire army, nearly instakilled him.

Of course, he knew he wouldn’t die, and his undead army wouldn't perish, not with the Undying Ring skill present.

But this was just one Thunderlight Divine Beast.

Soon, he’d be facing two, maybe even three.

And if they started taking turns casting Thunder Wrath, he wouldn’t be able to survive.

The worst part? The skill was unavoidable.

The lightning covered the entire passage, striking everyone within it.

“This won’t work. I have to change tactics.” Lin Moyu thought grimly.

Dozens of healing spells descended at once, flooding his undead army, allowing the near-decimated undead forces to recover.

Enhance Troops was still active. Barely five seconds had passed.

The skeletons launched a renewed, frenzied assault on the Thunderlight Divine Beast.

Lin Moyu stayed alert, eyes locked on the boss, dreading the next casting of Thunder Wrath.

Fortunately, the Thunderlight Divine Beast didn’t cast Thunder Wrath again before death came for it.

Its aura began to destabilize, wild arcs of lightning crackling chaotically across its body.

“It’s going to self-destruct!” Lin Moyu’s expression tightened as he gave the retreat order.

The Skeletal Berserk Warriors immediately fell back as far as they could.

At this point, the entire undead army was tangled in lightning and couldn’t be recalled.

The only option was to put as much distance between themselves and the Thunderlight Divine Beast as possible.

Aside from the Skeletal Berserk Warriors, Lin Moyu led the rest of the undead army toward the entrance of the passage.

They pulled back to roughly 2,000 meters.

This was the reason he had lured the Thunderlight Divine Beast forward over a thousand meters to begin with: to create a safe distance for this moment.

Still, Lin Moyu didn’t know if the distance would be enough. He could only gamble.

As for the Skeletal Berserk Warriors, they would retreat as far as they could. There was nothing more he could do for them.

Lightning surged again, and Lin Moyu shut his eyes instinctively.

The light was blinding, so intense it could burn out his retinas if he kept them open.

Even with his eyes closed, he could still feel the brightness, like the lightning was searing through his eyelids.

“The Self-destruction range is 1,500 meters.”

“It’s very powerful, and Undying Ring is ineffective.”

“Comprehensive Link is also ineffective.”

Through his spirit connection, Lin Moyu felt his Skeletal Berserk Warriors being obliterated.

With the Undying Ring skill, the Skeletal Berserk Warriors revived after being killed, only to fall again immediately after.

Meanwhile, the overwhelming burst damage rendered the Comprehensive Link talent ineffective.

Lin Moyu let out a quiet sigh. This loss was even heavier than the last.

The sheer range of the explosion caused nearly all of his Skeletal Berserk Warriors to be wiped out.

Still, he felt a sense of relief. His decision had been the right one.

If he had stuck with his previous approach, the 1,500-meter blast radius would’ve caught him.

Gazing at the now-empty passage, Lin Moyu sighed and pressed forward, braving the lightning.

At the same time, he summoned new Skeletal Berserk Warriors to fill the ranks.

As he stepped into the eighth passage, the Enhance Troops skill had already come off cooldown.

This stage wasn’t particularly challenging. With the Enhance Troops skill, handling two Thunderlight Divine Beasts posed no real problem.

Even if they used Thunder Wrath back-to-back, with his Undying Ring skill, the undead army wouldn’t be wiped out.

The real concern was their self-destruction.

He didn’t know whether the blast range would expand if both bosses detonated simultaneously.

Based on past experience, the range remained the same as long as they weren’t too far apart. Still, Lin Moyu wasn’t one to take chances.

After the stars descended, he lured the Thunderlight Divine Beasts 2,000 meters deeper into the passage, giving himself over 3,000 meters of space.

Just as he had predicted, when the two bosses exploded, the range expanded to 2,000 meters.

If he had handled it like in the seventh stage, he would've been in serious trouble.

At best, his undead army would be devastated. At worst, he would have met his end.

The price was a complete annihilation of the Skeletal Berserk Warriors.

But it wasn’t the first time.

Lin Moyu had already steeled himself for such losses. It still stung, but he accepted it.

Things had come too far, there was no turning back now.

The ninth passage was the final stage.

Lin Moyu sat cross-legged at the entrance.

During the last battle against the two Thunderlight Divine Beasts, the back-to-back casts of Thunder Wrath had pushed Undying Ring into cooldown.

He looked ahead, at the six branching paths before him.

“Through all the long years… has anyone ever made it this far?”

He already knew which way to go—the far-left path

So many choices, so many forks, to choose correctly every single time, and arrive here must be nearly impossible.

And this place, its difficulty was at the forbidden zone rank.

Lin Moyu had a feeling he might be the first human class user to reach this place in thousands of years.

As he waited for the cooldown to reset, he quietly strategized.

“Three Thunderlight Divine Beasts. Probably level 82.”

“With Enhance Troops, I can take down two.”

“But three consecutive Thunder Wraths... that would be enough to wipe out both me and the undead army."

"Which means... I have to stop at least one of them from casting it."

Lin Moyu knew his limit. He could withstand two waves of Thunder Wrath.

Therefore, he had to eliminate one of the Thunderlight Divine Beasts instantly. Only then would he have a fighting chance.

He took out a Solidified Fire God's Blood Essence. With it, he could summon a Fire Lich capable of unleashing a fake God-level detonation.

But it wasn’t a guaranteed solution. If the blast failed to kill the target, he’d be the one to die instead.

After a moment of contemplation, Lin Moyu put the blood essence away and retrieved the Poison God’s corpse instead.

At once, a noxious poison filled the air, and the surrounding plants withered on contact.

The Poison God's entire body was toxic. Wherever it passed, not a single blade of grass could survive.

Lin Moyu took out a jade bottle and began extracting blood essence.

With a God’s corpse in hand, there was no shortage of blood essence to draw from.

He planned to use the Poison God's Blood Essence to summon a Poison Lich, hoping its self-destruction could deal the Thunderlight Divine Beasts.

Self-destruction versus self-destruction, whoever was stronger would prevail.

This was one of Lin Moyu’s trump cards.

In addition, he also stationed 10,000 Skeletal Marksmen outside the passage, along with 10 Lich Generals.

This way, they’d be safe from the Thunder Wrath skill.

If the Poison Lich’s explosion failed to stop the spell, these troops would be his final hope.

Twenty-four hours later, as the cooldown for Undying Ring finally ended, Lin Moyu gripped the Poison God’s Blood Essence.

Leaving the 10,000 Skeletal Marksmen behind, he stepped resolutely into the ninth stage.