After Lin Qian's voice echoed, in mid-air, the black face and the swirling clouds and smoke seemed to freeze, as if time had stopped.
"Hahahaha, I hope you can still speak so boldly when facing my army of the undead," the voice of the Black Demon once again reverberated across the entire Soul Martial Continent.
The army of the undead!
After the Black Demon's words echoed, everyone on the Soul Martial Continent came to their senses, murmuring to themselves, so the eerie, reanimated corpses are referred to as the undead?
"It seems you are quite proud of your army of the undead. However, from the appearance of your undead army until now, it seems the Empire's army and Beast Army have always been the victors," Lin Qian's voice was full of sarcasm, the slow and deliberate tone echoing in the ears of everyone on the Soul Martial Continent. "So, are you daring to admit it?"
"This, I must admit. My army of the undead has indeed not won a single battle against your Empire's forces," the Black Demon's voice echoed once more after a moment, acknowledging Lin Qian's words.
As Lin Qian said, the Black Demon's undead army had indeed not won against the Empire's army and Beast Army.
Acknowledging this wasn't a big deal.
However, this news took on a completely different meaning for the rest of the Soul Martial Continent.
To cope with the army of the undead, they had paid an extremely hard price, with countless lives lost, only to temporarily gain some stability.
Yet, this Xia Empire, after engaging with the army of the undead, still remained undefeated. Such strength was astonishing.
The power of the Xia Empire had surpassed everyone's imagination!
"But do you think my army of the undead is merely this strong?" At this moment, the Black Demon's previously vanished voice reappeared, tauntingly speaking. "I haven't even revealed my trump card yet. To think you believe victory is certain, you're too arrogant."
"Prepare to welcome your nightmare, Emperor of the Xia Empire."
"Hahahaha…"
The Black Demon's wild laughter echoed throughout the sky before gradually fading.
At the same time, in the outer starry sky, the Black Demon's expression was solemn, sitting cross-legged on that small asteroid, eyes tightly shut, his aura surging and merging into the massive red array.
The surging soul power emerged from the Black Demon's body, infusing into the surrounding array, causing the already dazzling scarlet soul light to shine even brighter.
Even though the beings on the Soul Martial Continent were separated by layers of deathly mist, they could still clearly see the faint crimson glow appearing in the sky.
Meanwhile, the assembled army of the undead lay prostrate on the ground, as if in slumber. In the sky, black deathly mist flowed like smoke, enveloping these undead soldiers.
The undead army lay on the ground, seemingly asleep, but the black smoke seeped into their seven orifices, causing their aura to rise steadily.
Seeing this situation, those nearby tried to attack, but found their soul power completely blocked by the dense deathly mist.
With no success in attacking, everyone could only watch in despair as the undead army's strength continuously increased under the black smoke, helpless.
Lin Qian, through the exploration of scouting beasts, Swift Wind, and Night Shadow, also discovered this situation and tried to order the army to attack, but it was in vain.
Even using the Annihilation Impact Soul Cannon still could not breach the deathly mist protecting the undead army.
Watching the increasing strength of the undead army, Lin Qian's mood grew increasingly unsettled and grave.
At this moment, Lin Qian suddenly received an unexpected message. His thoughts shifted, and he flew towards the location of the Chaotic Star Sea.
After leaving the Xia Empire's territory, Lin Qian's speed reached its peak, heading straight towards the largest island in the southern part of the Chaotic Star Sea.
At this moment, on that largest island, a young man reigned supreme, known as Lord Ren!
In the Chaotic Star Sea, Lord Ren was the kindest, fair in rewards and punishments, not slaughtering innocents, and had a strong power, having gathered many subordinates and dominated the largest island in the southern part of the Chaotic Star Sea, naming it Ren Island.
Almost everyone who sought refuge from persecution in the Chaotic Star Sea came to Ren Island. In just five years, it had developed into a major force in the Chaotic Star Sea.
However, Ren Island was now plunged into chaos.
Earlier, when the army of the undead appeared, Lord Ren and his forces fought fiercely and barely managed to win.
Just at this moment, a father and son who had previously allied with Lord Ren suddenly turned against him, secretly contacting the rival forces from Qing Island and launching an attack on Ren Island amid the chaos.
Although Ren Island had suffered some losses in fighting the undead army, the casualties were not very severe, but many were seriously injured, especially the strongest Awakening Realm Lord Ren, who was on the brink of death.
At this moment, Ren Village in the center of Ren Island was tightly sealed, with the defensive array outside constantly under attack, and the people of Ren Island, hearing the commotion outside, looked ashen.
In the center of the crowd, a young man with a grim expression, covered in blood, with deep wounds, and a weakening aura, spoke.
"I will hold them off. You take this chance to escape. The remaining undead on the island have been obliterated by the stranger's self-detonation. There's no major danger left," the young man said to the hundreds of people before him. "It's a pity that the others on the island…"
"No, Lord, we agreed to share life and death. How can we abandon you?"
Hearing this, the young man scolded, "Foolish. It's better to listen to me. We'll find another chance to avenge me!"
Crack!
At that moment, a crisp shattering sound rang out, causing everyone's expressions to change drastically.
Everyone knew what this sound meant.
The young man hurriedly got up and rushed out to the plaza outside the village hall, followed by hundreds of subordinates.
At this moment, many people were storming in from outside, numbering at least ten thousand.
The young man, with a solemn face, looked at the leading figures, gritting his teeth and saying, "Qin Lingtian! Qin Batian!"
If Lin Qian had arrived here, he would have been surprised to see that these two were none other than the Emperor and the former Emperor of the Qin Dynasty who had escaped previously.