Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

Zhao Manyan finally understood why Mo Fan sounded so serious on his call.

They felt an enormous pressure after seeing the great pain the undead chain gang was displaying, let alone the sight of the cruel Underworld Monarch Frog's heavy, fleshy body, and its rough skin tied to the chains...

The Underworld Monarch Frog let out an unpleasant cry. The lumps on its body began to expand suddenly. Its chains broke loose as strange Curses of the Underworld surfaced on its skin, and then flew off towards the Yoked!

The Curses imprinted on the Yoked immediately glowed with a bloody red light. They were under great pain just a moment ago, but they had now been released. Their hollow pupils emitted an intimidating light as they stared at the Northguard Fortress!

"Where...where did they come from?" the spooked aide-de-camp blurted out.

No one on the walls was complaining about the Commander's decision now. They had never seen such terrifying creatures. They could not even tell if their magic would be effective against these underworld existences!

They had yet to receive an order. Even their superiors were clueless about what they were supposed to do!

"Sentries, stay alert; attack!" a woman's icy voice echoed throughout the Northguard Fortress.

The sentry towers were set up in different positions, forming an octagon. Each sentry tower was stationed by fifty destructive Mages. When they all cast the same spell, it would activate the Octagon Sentry Formation!

"Wind Octagon Formation!" Commander Bin Wei ordered.

A green light bearing the sharpness of wind rose from the eight sentry towers. The air of the entire yellow land suddenly felt thinner; Wind Patterns appeared one after another above the sentry towers, forming a spectacular, massive octahedral pattern!

"It's a Layering Formation!" Zhao Manyan blurted out in surprise when he saw the giant Wind Pattern.

A Layering Formation was extremely powerful and effective in a battle. Super and Advanced Mages were extremely low in number compared to the rest of the army. However, most Basic and Intermediate Mages struggled to inflict any damage on demon creatures, who usually had sturdy skins and high defenses, even if they were all attacking at the same time. However, a Layer Formation was able to absorb the energy and Star Patterns within the formation and combine them into a single powerful spell!

"Sallow Heaven Tornado!" a captain yelled in the Octagon Sentry Formation. The massive Wind Formation gradually dissipated, replaced by a wind dragon soaring into the sky. It went from covering a circle a hundred meters across to being almost a thousand meters long. It had grown from a young little dragon to a heavenly dragon!

The strong wind swept out fiercely. The Layering Formation had turned the Wind Disc into a spell more than a hundred times larger than an Intermediate Spell. Its strength was comparable to a Super Spell, too!

Zhao Manyan felt a little relieved when he saw the giant tornado heading toward the Yoked charging at the fortress. The defenses of the Northguard Fortress were a lot stronger than he had imagined. They had cast a powerful Wind Spell with the Layering Formation right away!

The Yoked charged forward fearlessly, even when they were facing the enormous Wind Spell. Perhaps they were afraid of being eaten by the Underworld Monarch Frog if they backed off. They would rather charge into battle instead of being digested slowly in the Underworld Monarch Frog's guts.

Killing a living human would ease their suffering a little. The Yoked had long desired to see a living city. They wanted every human in the city to die at their hands, just so they could free themselves from the eternal torture!

The Yoked were still bound with chains. When the giant tornado swept at them, they whipped their chains into the ground.

The Yoked had great teamwork and a close relationship among themselves. They fixed their chains to the ground and held one another to withstand the strong wind!

The massive Wind Disc was effective at blowing enemies into the air. The enemies would lose their sense of direction and feel dizzy from the rapid spinning. Their bones would break into pieces when they slammed back to the ground.

However, the Yoked did not lose their intelligence. They were supporting one another and holding on tight, forming a sturdy wall of bodies chained to the ground. The Super Spell-strength Wind Spell howled down on them as it made contact with their wall!

Yellow sand was blown into the air. The ground seemed to heave a few meters. However, the relieved look that Zhao Manyan had just a while ago was gone now.

Not a single one of them was blown into the air!

The powerful Wind Spell did not even hurt any of the Yoked, who were supposed to be worn out by fatigue!

Zhao Manyan took a deep breath. He saw the yellow sand dispersing, revealing the bulky and fearless Yoked holding their ground firmly...

The Octagon Sentry Formation was a powerful Layering Formation, but these Yoked, chained together and enslaved by the Underworld Monarch Frog, were like a well-trained army. Even a Super Spell was unable to destroy the wall they had formed!

"It...it didn't work!" The aide-de-camp, Guan Pingfang, was stunned. As a Mage specialized in Magic Formations, he was well aware of how powerful the Octagon Sentry Formation was; he never expected the Octagon Sentry Formation that he was so proud of to be defeated so easily!

Commander Bin Wei was not very surprised. She had the highest cultivation among the soldiers. She could easily tell that these underworld slaves were stronger than ordinary demon creatures, judging from their auras alone. She already knew the battle was not going to be easy!

Bin Wei looked at Lingling and asked, "Do you know any way to deal with them?"

"Theoretically, once we kill the Underworld Monarch Frog, its slaves will turn into empty shells, but judging from the situation, I doubt we can get close to the Underworld Monarch Frog without killing all the Yoked..." Lingling replied.

Lingling had only read the ancient record briefly. She had no clue what the weaknesses of these underworld creatures were!

"Then let's kill them all! I don't believe these filthy undead stand a chance against our Northguard Fortress!" Captain Chang Yi swore angrily.

They would counter soldiers with arms, and water with an earth weir. It was just a bunch of undead, it was not like they had never fought them before!

"General, allow my vanguards to crush them!" Chang Yi volunteered.

"Be patient, we'll see what they are capable of first," Bin Wei replied shortly.

"These undead are no ordinary undead! It's unwise to fight them at a close distance. Their soul chains are deadly, and might result in great losses to us!" Lingling interjected.