"I clearly remember that this thing only appeared after the 20th Abyss Trial, how come it's here now?" Jiang Yan looked at the compass in his hand repeatedly in disbelief.

These are dusty fragments of the world; once selected, they can guide the user to a world where a past era has been preserved.

They might obtain treasures left behind by those powerful civilizations, or they might gain nothing at all.

Without exception, every world is filled with countless abyssal monsters.

A thought suddenly flashed through Jiang Yan's mind.

Perhaps these things existed in a previous life, but the information was blocked by the acquirer. In fact, the world fragments sold later were very likely defective products that they had explored.

As expected... the winner takes all.

Shaking his head helplessly, Jiang Yan looked at the compass's attributes.

[The Sealed World Fragment: Mythology - Choose one of the following four world fragments]

The Library of the Magic Era

The Seventh Armory of the Silver Glamour Empire

【The Flame Apostle's Lava Hell】

The Laboratory of the Third Undead Emperor

Huh? It's a self-selected option.

Jiang Yan examined the four options.

One and three are worlds that have never been heard of before, and their names don't seem to match.

In the second world, he remembered hearing from the special being who used the causality skill mention it on the tenth floor of the Tower of Inheritance. It was a very powerful civilization, and Shield One and Shield Two came from an ordinary legion of the Silver Glorious Empire.

Needless to say, the fourth world, "Dragon Burial Abyss," which is capable of stealing the bones of the dragon race, was created by the third Undead Emperor. The data from its laboratory is of immeasurable value, and it may even contain legendary mythical blueprints.

After a brief moment of hesitation, Jiang Yan ultimately chose the fourth world.

In any case, high-level troops are far more important than weapons.

[Ding! Choice successful. You have obtained the Sealed World Fragment: The Laboratory of the Third Undead Emperor.]

The compass needle spun rapidly, countless phantom images of the world flashed by, and finally stopped at a certain point.

Jiang Yan carefully put the compass away.

Within world fragments of this level, there might even be high-level abyssal demons; one must wait until they become gods before exploring them.

As for now, let's focus on unifying the entire continent.

I wonder how Hina's progress is.

Thinking it over, Jiang Yan stopped lingering and silently recited in his heart:

"return."

......

On the other side, in the Misty Valley.

Time in the Abyss Trials is different from that on the mainland.

Only an hour had passed over there, but 10 days had already passed on the mainland.

At this moment, on a raised earthen slope, Hina, hidden in the night, gazed at the vast swamp in the distance.

Behind her stood a dense, silent array of over 200,000 undead warriors.

In the ten days of non-stop fighting, those warriors formed from fragile skeletons had been almost all killed or wounded, leaving only the strong and elite.

Even the weakest batch has a strength close to level 50.

At the very front of the army, dozens of abominations swayed and fiddled with their rotting flesh, while a large patch of yellowish-green gas enveloped the surrounding area.

The Frost Bone Dragon flapped its wings in disgust, blowing the airflow in the opposite direction.

Since the long-distance teleportation array was completed, Sheena specially arranged a thousand-man skeleton brigade to transport the unused flesh and blood back to the Stitching Cave in Holy Spirit City.

These dozens of abominations are the result of many days of work.

Now their enemy is the "swamp poison frog".

This is the last powerful clan on the main road leading from Misty Valley to the outside world.

It has a demigod-level poisonous dragon guarding it.

As dragons, they naturally possess a strong resistance to abnormal states inherited from their lineage, making them uncontrollable by curse marks.

But Sheena remained calm. Two days ago, she had already advanced to demigod status, mastered the power of laws, and with the 20% all-ability bonus from the Lord Skill: Military Order, her current rating was close to 400,000.

She dares to instantly kill any low-ranking epic dragon that dares to show its face!

"Kill you all, and the mission will be complete. The Emperor will be very happy when he returns."

Sheena murmured softly, her crimson eyes growing even brighter.

A longbow slipped silently from its bow, and an arrow was nocked and drawn.

Boom!

With a faint twang of the bowstring, 36 black arrows silently pierced the night, precisely striking the swamp poisonous frogs on guard.

Thirty-six skeleton warriors rose from their corpses and, without hesitation, punched the bewildered poisonous frog beside them.

Only then did they let out a mournful cry.

"Quack quack quack! (Something's fishy!)"

"Leave no one alive!"

With a command from Sheena, a hundred-meter-long bone dragon soared into the air, and a massive cold current descended from the sky, freezing large swathes of swamp inch by inch.

After ascending to the Eternal Frozen Breath, these ice crystals will remain indefinitely unless destroyed by a powerful energy source.

The swamp poison frogs were stunned.

They weren't particularly strong, and in the past they relied on the natural barrier of the swamp to defend themselves from enemies, spitting out venom and then hiding in the swamp. Now, seeing the cold air spreading, they all scrambled to the shore in a panic.

But the undead army was not idle. Led by dozens of abominations, more than 200,000 warriors rushed forward under the cover of night.

A giant poisonous frog with different patterns spotted the approaching army immediately and was about to shout to organize a counterattack when an invisible curse descended.

But Sheena intervened just in time.

After advancing to demigod status, with the blessing of the laws, she could clearly perceive everything within a ten-kilometer radius, and the upper limit of her soul's capacity also increased several times.

She precisely located each of the poisonous frogs responsible for commanding the others, and unleashed a series of curse seals.

Immediately, the entire swamp poison frog swarm descended into chaos.

"Back off! Back off!"

"Ready for square dancing!"

"Practice Kunquan, practice Kunquan."

The strange commands left many ordinary poisonous frogs bewildered until the undead army was almost upon them, at which point they realized what was happening and hurriedly opened their mouths to spit out streams of venom.

The deep purple venom had a strong corrosive effect, and large blood holes instantly appeared on the abominations that were blocking the way at the front.

But they seemed oblivious to the pain, charging even faster as they plunged into the enemy ranks, grabbing several poisonous frogs with their four arms and stuffing them directly into their bellies.

Once the Devouring ability reached its maximum level, it began to transform rapidly, and the corroded blood holes healed visibly and quickly.

At the same time, the yellow corrosive aura from the seams of their bodies spread out in large swaths, and together with the several abominations that sublimated into corrosive halos, the surrounding areas of poisonous frogs began to rot rapidly.

"Quack quack!"

Amidst the chaotic shouts, they finally clashed with the skeleton army in close combat.

In its panic, a poisonous frog spurted its venom at a skeleton warrior's face, completely corroding his skull. However, the bone knife in its hand continued its momentum, slicing through the warrior's rotting skin.

perish together!

The skeleton mage, who had been hiding in the back, silently raised his staff, and two smaller skeletons climbed up from the poisonous frog's corpse and rejoined the battle.

The swamp poisonous frogs, already in disarray under chaotic command, lost their morale upon seeing this and scattered in all directions.

They ran and croaked loudly, their chorus of frogs particularly loud in the quiet night.

A powerful aura seemed to be slowly awakening amidst the cries.