CHAPTER 501: CHAPTER 422 DEFENSE OF THE CAPITAL

Cangyan spread across the ground, igniting all the Immortal Creatures with its Nether Fire.

After a brief moment of grief and wailing, they stopped struggling and one by one became the followers of the Immortal Bone.

A large corner of the White Bone Plain burned fiercely like this.

"I’ve never heard of this effect from Blue Abyssal Flame!"

The Singer turned back to witness this scene, his face changed dramatically, "Cang Yan Knight! What are you up to?"

The Cang Yan Knight, whose soul body resided within the Headless Knight, was nearly breaking down, his Soul Flame trembling frantically.

"How would I know? I haven’t even developed this effect myself! Something’s not right, this newly born immortal creature is exceedingly abnormal!"

The Phantom Queen spiraled around the Withered King and asked in a low voice.

"Withered King, did you sense it too?"

The Withered King nodded slightly, "Indeed... When I fought at close range with that immortal follower just now, I could feel the power of a natural-born king.

Without a doubt, it has the natural gift of an Immortal King!"

Upon hearing this, the others, including the Singer, were relieved, but the Cang Yan Knight’s soul flame twisted with jealousy.

Among the five major forces, only the Withered King, Phantom Queen, and Singer have the natural gift of an Immortal King.

It’s a type of presence, something indescribable.

Immortal creatures with this gift naturally command the allegiance of other immortals.

This ability can be innate, such as the Singer’s true form, which is known as the king of immortal creatures—the Witch Demon.

Or it can naturally arise within a certain tribe, like the Lava Skeleton King in the Sulfur Mountain Range and the Phantom Queen among the five.

Of course, the gift of an Immortal King can also be cultivated later, but it’s quite troublesome.

The Withered King is outstanding in this regard.

However, this cultivated royal aura is far less effective than the first two types.

Otherwise, the situation of the Cang Yan Knight’s defection wouldn’t occur.

Yet, the Shadow Lord and the Cang Yan Knight do not possess this gift. They have tried to cultivate it later in life but have not completely succeeded to this day.

This is why their territories are the smallest within the alliance.

They cannot even crown themselves with the title of King behind their names.

But this guy, who emerged from who knows where and is not even a Demigod, has the natural gift of an Immortal King!

And it seems he is not on the same level as the Phantom Queen but like the Singer, a natural-born king already standing at the pinnacle of all immortal creatures!

This is too frightening!

Every day on the Nether Beach, a variety of new immortals come into existence, while older species become extinct.

This is why the alliance wasn’t overly surprised to see new undead types like the Fierce Zombies.

However, the emergence of a king-level tribe of immortals like the Witch Demon is no small matter!

Yet now is not the time to dwell on these matters.

The army of the undead is advancing toward the Knight Domain, and the original five-army coalition has all become an army of Immortal Bone.

The enemy’s forces suddenly surged by nearly five times. Although the new additions aren’t as difficult to deal with as Fierce Zombies, the sheer number is certainly headache-inducing.

The trickiest part is the new Cangyan learned by the Immortal Bone!

If he can easily subdue the previous army of immortals, then no matter how many more troops are sent, it would only bolster their ranks!

"Cang Yan Knight! Tell us quickly, what are the weaknesses of your Cangyan!"

Cang Yan Knight was furious upon hearing this, "Are you kidding me?"

"If you don’t tell us, none of us five will survive!"

The Singer’s voice was unprecedentedly serious, "Don’t you understand? In the hands of that Immortal King, your Cangyan has already transformed.

We must find a way to withstand the opponent’s Cangyan to stand a chance.

Otherwise, we should just scatter and flee for our lives!"

Cang Yan Knight gritted his teeth, but he had to admit that the other was right.

If this tide is not stemmed, any number of forces is laughable.

"The principle behind Cangyan is actually using a stronger Soul Flame to trigger a rampage of the target’s Soul Flame.

Once the opponent’s self-awareness collapses, their Soul Flame can be devoured.

It’s like feeding the opponent an irresistible delicacy, stuffing them to death, and then consuming them whole."

After hearing Cang Yan Knight’s explanation, the other four leaders seemed to have an understanding.

The Soul Flame of immortals is the locus of their consciousness, and one important way to increase strength is to continually strengthen this flame.

Therefore, in the Nether Beach, there are many ways to directly attack the opponent’s Soul Flame.

There are also many spells specifically for defending and protecting the Soul Flame.

The reason Cang Yan Knight could establish himself was mainly because of his signature Blue Abyssal Flame, capable of devouring and assimilating the opponent’s Soul Flame.

And the vast majority of defenses are ineffective against it.

Now as he explains, everyone understood that this was essentially using reverse thinking, bypassing the common line of thought.

Feeding the opponent’s Soul Flame with a potent tonic, then collecting with interest after they were overstuffed, certainly was a novel approach.

But once the principle was understood, defending against it becomes quite straightforward.

Being the most knowledgeable and capable among the five, the Singer was the first to think of an effective solution.

"Using the Soul shocking Spell to keep the soldiers’ Soul Flame in a constantly trembling state should be able to defend against this technique.

Phantom Queen, gather all the Wailing Banshees and Screaming Monsters to cast the Soul shocking Spell on the entire army!

We cannot let their forces be further bolstered!"

Although the Phantom Queen was displeased with the commanding tone of the Singer, she had to admit it was the best solution at the moment.

She turned around to gather all the appropriate troops within the remaining forces, while the Singer rose into the sky, beginning to outline a Magic Ban Curse in mid-air.

Amid the rushing elements, countless magical glows burst from above, bombarding the advancing enemy forces below like torrential rain.

Admittedly, this strike indeed destroyed more than half of the army of immortals ignited by the Cangyan.

Yet the Fierce Zombies were hardly affected.

The Golden Armored Corpses and Silver Armored Corpses were basically unharmed, with half of the Copper Armor Corpses destroyed, and nearly all of the Iron Armor Corpses obliterated.

However, those scattered corpse parts were constantly absorbing the nearby Cangyan and rapidly growing.

Before long, the number of the Fierce Zombie army doubled!

"What on earth is this thing!"

Even the experienced Divine Witch Demon nearly lost his composure.

"We are all immortals, is this appropriate?"

"There it is!"

The Cang Yan Knight suddenly shouted, leading the charge across a dry riverbed.

He stopped on the opposite bank, and after waiting for the remaining forces to cross, he suddenly waved his hand.

In an instant, the ground quaked, and using the riverbed as a boundary, a massive Barrier slowly rose, blocking the advance of the Fierce Zombie army.

The Withered King widened his eyes, "You had such a trick?"

"It was meant to defend against you."

The Cang Yan Knight looked back at his distant home city, filled with melancholy.

Together they had planned to plunder the enemy’s territories and resources; how did it end up as a defense battle for the capital?

After this battle, even if they repelled the enemy, he would have to find a way to leave.

Having his secret exposed, he could not remain here.

As he finally sighed in relief, the Phantom Queen let out a scream.

"Oh! What are those guys doing?"