"These are just common beast-man soldiers. There are far stronger individuals above them in the Beast-man Clan, especially the Beast-man Sword Saint. He is incredibly strong, and we dare not confront him head-on.
Beast-men are unskilled in magic, but their physical bodies are formidable. Combined with their recently acquired ability to activate Blood Curses by burning their lifeblood, their overall strength has surged significantly. Our Undead can hardly withstand their onslaught."
"I see. Did you manage to record the attributes of the Beast-man Sword Saint?" The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the novel•fire.net
"I am sorry, My Lord, the Beast-man Sword Saint wears a Blood Curse Talisman, so I cannot record his information."
"Hmm, I have a general idea. How long has it been since the last beast-man invasion of the Land of the Undead?"
"It has been almost a month. I estimate they will launch their next attack within a few days."
[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: The beast-man army will attack again in three days. Please take advantage of the strategic location of Undead City and fend off this attack!
Completing the defense mission will grant 1,000 Undead Worship Degrees! (Opening the Undead’s Secret Realm requires 10,000 Undead Worship Degrees.)]
Chen Mo opened the map and saw that the Land of the Undead, where he was, was some distance from the Norton Kingdom. "Instead of waiting for them," he pondered, "wouldn’t it be faster if we launched a counterattack?"
"A counterattack? But My Lord, we don’t have enough manpower. The death energy in our Land of the Undead is severely depleted, making it very difficult to summon even low-tier Undead."
"Really?" Chen Mo then tried using his summoning skill and quickly received a hint from the Heavenly Path.
[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: Please note, due to the severe deficiency of death energy in your current environment, the amount of Undead you can summon has been reduced to 1%!]
[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: Congratulations on triggering the ’Undead Rally’s’ fifty-fold summoning chance. The number of units summoned this time is increased fifty-fold!]
[The Heavenly Path’s Hint: You have successfully summoned 2,000 Skeleton Monsters!]
"As expected of My Lord! Even when the death energy is so thin, you can still easily summon so many Skeleton Monsters!" Seeing Chen Mo effortlessly summon 2,000 Skeleton Monsters, the nearby Gu Daofu immediately began to shower him with praise.
I see. In an area of low death energy, my Undead summoning ability also takes quite a hit. Luckily, I have the passive ability, ’Undead Rally’, to compensate.
Having confirmed that he could still summon a substantial number of Undead, Chen Mo was relieved. Otherwise, he would have had to deploy the twenty thousand Undead he had stored within his reclusion space. Among these twenty thousand Undead were five Undead Knights, one hundred Undead Mages, and the remainder were all Skeleton Monsters. If he unleashed them all at once, their combined combat power would be terrifying.
However, he still didn’t know the enemy’s strength or how much combat power would be needed. After all, this is an entire Beastman Empire; their combat power should not be underestimated.
"You stay here and guard Undead City. I will go to the Beastman Empire and assess the situation."
Having confirmed his summoning ability, Chen Mo decided to take the initiative rather than sit idly by. Otherwise, when the next wave of beast-men attacks, I’m not sure if we can hold Undead City. After all, this is a ten-star hidden mission. The Heavenly Path itself indicated its difficulty, so defending the city will not be simple. Moreover, the Heavenly Path has given me three days to prepare. Isn’t this an opportunity to accomplish something within that time? Whether it’s fortifying Undead City or something else, anything that enhances our combat power should be acceptable.
Chen Mo decided to use these three days to replenish some death energy. This way, all combat units in the Land of the Undead should receive a strength boost, which would be quite beneficial.
"My Lord, are you planning to go to the Beastman Empire alone? Those beast-men wield mysterious Blood Curses. Their combat power is likely much greater than it appears. They must not be underestimated!"
"Don’t worry. I am only going to conduct reconnaissance. You all just guard this place."
"Rest assured, My Lord! Even if it means spilling our own blood and guts, we will defend Undead City to the death!" Gu Daofu declared, pounding his chest with his magic wand.
Chen Mo nodded and took to the air, flying towards the Beastman Empire. Expending energy to accelerate, he transformed into a streak of light shooting towards his destination. In the blink of an eye, he reached the Beastman Empire, which was tens of thousands of meters away.
Upon arriving near the Beastman Empire, Chen Mo activated the Divine Stealth Box and entered an invisible state.
Unlike human kingdoms, the Beastman Empire lacked tall city walls; their domain was composed of various tribes, most of which were encircled by tall wooden fences.
Within the tribes, green-skinned beast-men went about their various tasks. After a brief survey, Chen Mo located the Orc Barracks.
A massacre is unnecessary. Without the living, how can there be Undead? Annihilating the Beast-man Clan would be detrimental to the cyclical growth of death energy. The primary objective is to destroy the beast-men’s effective strength and give them a taste of undead horror. After all, the mission prompt mentioned spreading fear and the shadow of death. If there are no living beings left, to whom would I spread fear and the shadow of death?
After some searching, Chen Mo finally found several Orc Barracks. It had to be said that the beast-men possessed strong reproductive capabilities; their clan was flourishing, and the barracks teemed with a vast number of soldiers.