Chapter 1078: Chapter 1078

Du You observed the beetles quietly while staring intently inside the city. "Good, they haven’t discovered us yet, soon there will be no undead outside the city. Yu Shi, now send over all your Demon Extermination Spirits."

Du You remained silent, simply using the panel to command remotely.

"Too left, too left, a bit to the right, no, that’s too much." Du You amusingly directed, while Lin Yushi beside him pouted unhappily, her eyes clearly revealing her resentment, but she said nothing.

It was Lin Yucha, however, who, seeing Du You playing happily, had a hint of a smile flash in her eyes. Even amidst the battle, Lin Yucha felt very warm, truly wishing this life could continue forever.

On the battlefield, by the time the Demon Extermination Spirits were almost in place, there were hardly any undead creatures visible outside. These dark beetles were just insects, so they could not trigger the city’s defense system to attack automatically.

But the Demon Extermination Spirits were different; they belonged to special creatures. When they got close, some of the White Bone Towers atop the city began to attack. Hidden inside the White Bone Towers were undead creatures that suddenly threw arrows and spears down below. With such a commotion, it was impossible for the Undead Mages not to notice.

"What’s going on, someone is attacking, damn it, it must be those humans again."

A dry-faced fellow, looking almost like a skin-covered skeleton shouted. Perhaps in their eyes, they were no longer human. There were only two kinds of beings here: Undead Mages and Mage apprentices.

The largest building inside the city was the academy, which housed over a hundred apprentices.

In the city, anyone who had reached the status of a formal mage was a bigwig. There were over thirty Undead Mages in the city; otherwise, it wouldn’t have been possible to establish such a large city. Especially their city lord, he was the most powerful entity in the vicinity, rarely matched by others. Many believed that their city lord was the most powerful.

"Not right, the turmoil is getting bigger, it seems the enemy is no simple foe." Suddenly, everyone realized something was amiss.

"Can’t wait any longer, I’m going to notify my teacher, you should hurry too, a great battle might be starting soon."

The Mage apprentices weren’t very worried, as they had experienced such great battles before. On the contrary, humans often cleared out, and whenever they discovered the City of the Dead they would attack, whether they were good or evil.

Especially those armies from the Holy See, they attacked indiscriminately. However, in the past decade or so, they had experienced many great battles. Invariably, they would deal with those who came attacking them, some joined them, some became undead or turned into corpses.

Even over so many years, their city had not relocated, which shows how safe it was here.

Everyone believed it would be the same this time. But soon, they realized something was off. Many beetles suddenly flew above the city walls and entered the interior of the city.

These beetles gnawed at anything, whether it was city walls, undead, or other buildings. Anything targeted by the dark beetles was completely devoured. Moreover, as they fed, these beetles also split into more beetles.

"No, this isn’t the army of the Holy See, they all have the Light Attribute, this is Dark Attribute, very similar to us. Who exactly is attacking us? Aren’t Dark Mages our allies?"

"Hmph, there are always some who are courting death coming to cause trouble." At that moment, an elderly mage appeared.

This mage looked more like a skeleton than a person, his entire body was skin over bones, and his skin was black, his eyes almost invisible. Only within his eye sockets, two flames burned.

No sooner had the old mage appeared than he waved his Magic Staff, releasing a large cloud of gray mist, quickly enveloping a vast area of beetles in front. "See, it’s that simple, if you cultivate well you could do it too."

No sooner had the elderly mage finished speaking than his expression changed. The Death Fog he had released was disappearing quickly, and when he could finally see inside, he discovered some beetles devouring his Death Fog. That’s the nature of the dark beetles; if they are not dealt with all at once, then the magic will be consumed.

After consuming the magic energy, the beetles’ rate of division accelerated, one turning into two, two into four. The helping Undead Mage’s face turned extremely ugly.

"Haha, got beaten, did you? I’ve always said, our strongest power as Undead Mages lies in controlling the undead, don’t bother with those useless methods. If you’re going to cast spells yourself, you might as well become a Dark Mage."

A raspy female voice came through, but this woman looked much the same as the previous fellow.

With a wave of her Magic Staff, numerous undead creatures received the command to attack. Although the beetles were small and not easy to hit for these undead creatures, it was not completely ineffective.

Undead creatures of tier two and above could imbue their attacks with some death force. Each sword swing would kill some beetles. But it was soon discovered that the beetles could also devour the death force carried by the sword. Thus, the rate of elimination was very slow, nowhere near keeping up with the rate at which the beetles reproduced.

Surrounding them were many non-attackable buildings and zombies with flesh, which were great materials for the beetles to reproduce themselves. Once the beetles entered the body of a zombie, the zombies’ attacks became useless.

Gradually, more and more beetles appeared, covering the entire city. Above the city, it was as if a black cloud had enveloped it. The central Mage Tower had no choice but to attack. Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⁂𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⁂𝔫𝔢𝔱

A stream of white light swept across, turning many beetles into ashes. However, there were still beetles that fed on the energy dissipated by the white light, continuing to reproduce. The beetles completely ignored the concept of death, knowing only to keep gnawing at their foes, endlessly splitting and reproducing.

From the beginning, after two tier-five experts began to fight, these Undead Mages and apprentices showed delighted expressions. But soon afterward, everyone’s expressions changed; the beetle’s reproduction rate was much faster than their elimination rate. Even if the apprentices precisely controlled their undead to attack, it was futile.

"Haven’t you found him yet? That Dark Mage must be hiding nearby."

"No, if I had found him I would have torn him to pieces. Damn, where is he. What kind of magic is this, to be on such a large scale?"