Have you ever heard of an ancient myth...?
"The power of the undead is the most evil and insidious force..."
"As the Holy Lord of Light, such evil forces can never corrupt my heart..."
"But this road is destined to be difficult and arduous. Are you willing to help me?"
Jiang Yan tried his best to exude a sacred aura, looking sincerely at the dwarves.
This was what he had said to Anna earlier, thinking it would be easy to appease the little dwarf.
To further bolster his argument, he even summoned a holy skeleton using the threat of natural disaster: "I think this is enough to prove my point."
"We are willing; serving the Holy Light is the highest honor for our dwarven race!"
Sure enough, after sensing the genuine divine aura and hearing these impassioned words, the simple-minded dwarf became excited and believed in Jiang Yan's identity as the Holy Lord of Light.
After all, they had already saved my life, and now that the conflict of faith is over, there's no reason to refuse them again.
[Given that your reputation requirements have been met, you have gained the allegiance of 37 dwarven survivors.]
Hearing this suggestion, Jiang Yan's smile became even more sincere: "Originally, I should have taken you back to Holy Spirit City to experience our home filled with holy light, but now there's an important matter that only you can handle..."
“Give me your orders, Lord,” the dwarves said eagerly.
"I need to set up a teleportation array, but this place is teeming with monsters. Could you set up some outposts around here?"
“Of course, Holy Lord,” the dwarves said, patting their chests. “This is our specialty, let’s begin.”
Jiang Yan looked at the dwarves who immediately got to work and showed a satisfied expression. He really liked these little guys whose execution was comparable to that of angels and whose treatment was on par with that of the undead.
He even considered rewarding these guys with the baptismal function of the Angel Gate, turning them into angels should they die from overwork.
This way, you can stay at your job forever. When you get tired, you can close your eyes and pray for faith. After praying, you can continue working. You don't even need a bed. It's perfect!
"Let's go here. How long will it take?" After careful reconnaissance, Jiang Yan selected a location and signaled the two spirit array masters accompanying him to begin setting up the teleportation magic array. After all, there was still quite a distance between Holy Spirit City and Misty Valley.
“Lord, you require a teleportation array capable of transporting at least a hundred people at a time, which is considered a medium-sized teleportation array. It will take at least a week for just the two of us,” a spirit array master said after a moment of calculation.
"Well, I will leave some soldiers behind to protect you. You can proceed to the next location after the construction is completed." Jiang Yan sighed softly.
He couldn't help but think of Li Miaolin, who was still in the Federation.
I wonder how well that girl has mastered her professional skills. That's the highest-level support professional card in the Federation. If she were here, the efficiency would at least double.
Unfortunately, once logged into the newly unsealed Abyss Dimension, one cannot enter or leave for a year.
"Your Majesty, what are you thinking about?"
A slightly seductive voice came from behind him. Jiang Yan looked up and saw Xina walking towards him with a smile.
"Nothing. By the way, how much further are you away from becoming a demigod?"
“Just a little bit more.” Hearing this, Xina seemed a little troubled: “I have mastered the laws long ago. If it were before, I could have become a god directly. But these damn world laws require repeated accumulation.”
"No rush, there are plenty of monsters in the valley. We can clear them all out. I'm still a little short of advancing in rank," Jiang Yan said with a smile.
The advancement of a lord is much more difficult than that of a member of a clan. Since the last Abyss Uprising, when he was upgraded to Silver Rank 9, he is still a little short of advancing to Gold Rank.
"Great!" When it came to the battle, Sheena's bright red eyes lit up, and she became extremely excited.
"Push through without leaving a single one alive?"
"Let's finish clearing out those large clusters first," Jiang Yan said, shaking his head.
He planned to keep some of the monsters for later use after recruiting the angel army and upgrading them.
"Okay, then I'll go and gather the troops."
As soon as he finished speaking, his agile figure disappeared into the night like an elf.
"Wait..." Jiang Yan smiled wryly as he watched the other person's departing figure. He had originally planned to rest for the night and wait until dawn to talk about it.
Fine, I'll just go along with her crazy behavior this once.
Jiang Yan began to try to recall information about Misty Valley.
I remember there were three particularly tough opponents in the first half: the Mountain Ape Clan, the Dream Grass, and the Demonic Butterfly Fairy.
Among them, the Dreamweed is a plant-like life form that releases large amounts of mist, erodes brain nerves, and creates illusions. It is naturally countered by the mindless army of the undead.
The only problem is that the kill experience is too low, which doesn't meet the requirements.
The demonic butterfly fairies have the ability to fly, and the undead army, which is currently composed mainly of basic skeleton warriors, is not at an advantage against them. It would be more appropriate to leave them for the angel warriors to train in the future.
That leaves only mountain apes.
A creature with grayish-white skin, possessing both offensive and defensive capabilities, and agility. They are numerous, always appearing in groups, and are fond of robbing others and are extremely vengeful.
In his previous life, Jiang Yan was forced into a corner and finally managed to break through by referring to the method of a master—setting fire to the forest.
These are the ones!
With the right experience, they can also provide a large number of manpower for Sheena. Most importantly, these creatures are vengeful.
They will come and deliver them on their own initiative.
...
Half an hour later.
Two rows of eerie fires stretched endlessly into the pitch-black night.
Five ten-meter-tall abominations walked at the front, leaving huge footprints on the ground with each step.
A bone dragon over a hundred meters long coiled in the sky, with Jiang Yan and Xina standing one after the other on its dark blue head.
Sheena was unusually lively throughout the journey.
Whenever a foolish beast or monster gets close, she will accurately kill it, turning it into a member of her skeleton army.
The silent journey lasted for three hours until we arrived at a mountain forest.
The two of them exchanged glances and looked down.
Pairs of scarlet eyes emerged from the darkness, countless and densely packed. By the moonlight, one could vaguely make out grayish-white outlines and slender, sharp claws in the shadows.
Ordinary troops, witnessing this scene, would likely have their morale plummet. However, the undead army believed in only one word: recklessness!
Whoosh whoosh!
Standing atop the dragon's head, Sheena drew her bow repeatedly, and in an instant, hundreds of black arrows plunged into the night, drawing back the curtain on the battle.
"squeak--!"
A series of screams shattered the brief silence, and countless gray-white figures suddenly rushed out with strange cries.
Upon first entering the battlefield, Abomination became excited and swung his meteor hammer, forged from his spine. Two mountain apes, unable to dodge in time, had two bloody holes smashed into their chests and collapsed to the ground, lifeless.
Upon smelling the blood, the five abominations went even crazier. They charged into the enemy ranks, abandoning their weapons and grabbing enemies with their four thick, stitched arms, stuffing them into their ripped bellies while laughing maniacally.
The Devouring skill, having been elevated to its maximum level through ultimate sublimation, reached its limit at this moment.
The damage caused by the mountain apes' attacks couldn't even keep up with their recovery rate.
Meanwhile, the corrosive aura was slowly taking effect. Unbeknownst to them, the grayish-white skin of the mountain apes began to fester, and even the weapons of ordinary skeleton soldiers could easily break through their defenses.
"Tsk tsk, even more powerful than I imagined, comparable to the Silver rank troops," Jiang Yan exclaimed.
Upon hearing this, the frost bone dragon beneath their feet flickered its deep blue eye sockets.
"You say you're more powerful?" Jiang Yan couldn't help but chuckle, and immediately beckoned Xina to fly up: "Go on, remember to collect them, I still have a use for these corpses."
Appropriately satisfying the subordinates' desire for recognition is also a skill that an excellent lord needs to possess.
The Frost Bone Dragon swung its massive head and swept low into the sky, its huge tailbone flicking casually, sending dozens of mountain apes flying.
The dragon's might, tinged with the aura of death, sent these low-ranking beings scattering in terror.
It opened its enormous maw, and a chilling current that seemed capable of freezing souls surged forth. Wherever it passed, everything was annihilated, swathes of enemies turned into ice crystals, and even the air itself froze.
These mountain apes, which had caused Jiang Yan countless troubles in his previous life, were almost powerless against the combined forces of the undead army, suffering heavy casualties.
At the same time, a notification finally appeared on the information panel of all realms.
[You have reached Silver Tier 10. Please use the Gold Advancement Token to upgrade as soon as possible.]
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