Dark clouds loomed outside the seaside stronghold. The ocean seemed undisturbed and tranquil on the surface, but a heavy weight pressing down made everyone short of breath.

Diexi stood atop a reef by the shore, solemnly staring at the thunderclouds over the water. Crimson light winked in and out of existence around her body.

“General Yuchi, my recklessness has brought trouble down upon you,” the zombie girl sighed morosely.

Yuchi Hanxing blinked and shook her head without a word.

“Yuchi Hanxing!” a solemn voice sounded ponderously from the sky. “You have one hour. If you don’t serve up five hundred thousand heads by then, my monster spirit army will assault the stronghold!”

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

Roar roar roar!

Tall waves rose from the ocean, powerful monster spirit soldiers howling and gibbering incessantly in every one of them. They were all immortals, incomparable to the regular soldiers that Diexi had slaughtered....