Born couldn't help but panic, and he pleaded with Li Yu.
"My Lord, please! Our God Race will be scorched by the sunlight. Although we won't die, it will be extremely painful! Give me more time, I will definitely find Arthur God-King!"
"No need."
Li Yu stood on the mountaintop, his tone as cold as ice.
"The best way you can help me is to scream more miserably later."
The sunlight finally shone on Born's head. His skin immediately emitted wisps of smoke, as if splashed with sulfuric acid, quickly becoming red, swollen, and cracked, revealing the pale white bones underneath.
"Ah!" A shrill roar echoed far into the dense forest.
"I'll give you one day."
Li Yu looked at him struggling in pain and said coldly.
"If no one comes to save you, then die."
Born immediately roared in zombie language.
"Save me! Notify the Royal City, send the strongest God Race warriors to save me!"
The news spread like a plague through the zombie race's network.
"Have you heard? King Born's head was taken by a wild human and is being exposed to the sun!"
"Human? Are there still wild ones? Aren't humans all livestock?"
"Where did this human come from, so audacious, to be able to beat King Born like this?"
Less than an hour later, the ground suddenly trembled violently.
Thousands of zombie knights, fully covered in metal armor, rode mutated hyenas, charging down the hill amidst dust.
Their armor was seamless, encasing their entire bodies, evidently to resist the sunlight.
At the forefront was a behemoth over five meters tall. He carried a giant axe on his shoulder, resembling an executioner from Resident Evil, and rode an even larger zombie dog. The man and dog stood there like moving steel fortresses.
"It's the God-King's Guard, Ettore the Butcher!"
Born roared with ecstasy at the sight.
"Save me! Quickly save me!"
The giant raised his great axe, pointed it at Li Yu on the mountaintop, and roared in a booming voice.
"Human, surrender, and I will leave you a complete corpse!"
Li Yu couldn't be bothered with nonsense, raising his hand and striking down with a golden lightning bolt.
The current, like a long snake, instantly pierced through the giant zombie's chest, wildly jumping between the metal armor.
"Sizzle!"
The powerful current not only destroyed the zombie's body but also formed a microwave effect with the metal armor, turning the armor into a microwave oven.
Soon, thousands of zombies, emitting smoke, along with their mounts, all fell to the ground. A burnt smell like roasted meat emanated from beneath their armor. Their brains had been heated to boiling by the current, and even with the zombie's immortal body, they were dead beyond dead.
All the zombies watching the scene through the biological network globally instantly fell silent.
Huh?
That's it?
Thousands of Royal City guards, the strongest warriors of the God Race, were wiped out without even making a move?
Li Yu turned to look at Born, raising an eyebrow.
"It seems your God Race isn't very capable. They all lay down as soon as they met?"
Born's appearance at this moment was even more terrifying than an ordinary primal species. His facial muscles were scorched black by the sunlight, and his exposed gums were everted, yet he still managed to force a fawning smile.
"These small fries are no match for you, my Lord! Wait a little longer, my grandfather might come!"
Li Yu chuckled: "That would be for the best. Remember, you only have one day left to live."
That cold smile made Born realize that the other party was definitely not joking.
To survive, Born could no longer hold back. He roared frantically in zombie language.
"Father, save me! This human is very strong, send Grandfather's Death Knight Legion and Priest Legion!"
"Oh, and wake up the divine beast, the Earth Dragon!"
"This human can control ice and lightning. Don't attack from the ground, come from underground! He must be killed, otherwise our God Race will be annihilated!"
He thought Li Yu wouldn't understand him speaking in zombie language, but he didn't know that Reincarnation Space's universal language module had already automatically translated every sentence.
Li Yu nodded slightly. This guy finally had some use. He wanted to see what other trump cards this zombie civilization had.
Not long after, the ground beneath his feet began to tremble violently, as if a behemoth was moving underground.
Large patches of inky shadow suddenly appeared in the dense forest, moving on their own like living creatures. Wherever they passed, even the sunlight was swallowed.
Born no longer pretended, letting out a series of sinister laughs.
"Human, you're dead, haha, the Shadow Knights are here! They are the elite troops who have fought alongside Grandfather their entire lives, guarding the Imperial City. You should feel honored that they are coming to kill you!"
Li Yu frowned slightly. These newly appeared zombies clearly exceeded the limits of what normal zombies could possess.
If he hadn't guessed wrong, they should be Fallen Reincarnators brought to this world from another realm.
If this zombie civilization were allowed to develop for another few hundred years, it might truly form a brilliant civilization intertwined with swords and magic.
Unfortunately, this civilization was the product of Fallen Reincarnator interference and was not recognized by the planetary consciousness.
If it continued to develop, the entire world would revert to chaos.
Li Yu's vision darkened, and he found that at some point, he was already in an alternate dimension. All around him was inky blackness, making it impossible to distinguish up, down, left, or right.
Hundreds of zombie knights in black armor, riding skeletal horses, silently formed a circle. Blue flames burned in their eye sockets, and their cold gazes were uniformly fixed on Li Yu.
The leading knight drew the long sword from his waist. The blade gleamed coldly in the shadows, silently issuing the attack command.
The next second, the figures of these Dark Knights began to fade, gradually merging into the surrounding shadows.
They could actually merge themselves into the shadows, only manifesting physically when launching an attack. Long swords suddenly thrust out from the shadows... Although they couldn't break Li Yu's defense, Li Yu couldn't kill them for a while either.
When he punched, the bodies of these knights would instantly become ethereal, completely avoiding the damage.
There was indeed some skill to this; no wonder humans were defeated by these so-called God Race back then!
Li Yu became interested. Ice armor condensed on the surface of his body, and with himself as the origin, circles of white halos enveloped the entire area!
Aquarius's ultimate skill, Frost Halo!
Each halo that appeared would lower the ambient temperature by 10%, until it reached Absolute Zero.
Since learning Absolute Zero, Li Yu had never encountered an existence that could contend with this ability.
Even photons would be frozen at Absolute Zero, unable to move!
What could mere Dark Knights do?
These Dark Knights' movements gradually became slow!
Soon, they turned into ice sculptures, completely losing all motion.
Li Yu threw a punch!
Crack!
The entire shadow space shattered completely before his eyes!
After being delayed for this short while, a huge pit had appeared at Born's original location, leading directly underground.
His head had disappeared, presumably rescued by whatever was underground.
An dark-golden ring suddenly appeared on the ground before Li Yu's eyes, entirely entwined with solidified black mist, constantly emitting painful roars.
What is this?
Li Yu picked it up, and an item property panel immediately popped up before his eyes.
[netherworld ring: From the Lord of the Rings world, engraved with dark runes of the same origin as the One Ring. Legend has it that it is a forbidden creation forged by Melkor with his innate darkness and the grievances of the Nine Ringwraiths before his banishment.]
[Skill: Summon Dark netherworld ring Knights. The ring will send a summons to the remnant souls of the Nine Ringwraiths in the shadow plane. Each time, netherworld ring Knights can be summoned, the number depending on the summoner's spiritual attribute.]
[Domain Suppression: The shadow barrier unfolded by the ring will cause enemies within its range to fall into Ringwraith illusions, repeatedly burning them with their most terrifying memories. Those with weak willpower will directly collapse and become nourishment for the barrier.]
[Warning: Soul Erosion. After each use, the holder's soul will be eroded by darkness. If the cumulative summons exceed 99 times, the soul will be devoured by the ring, becoming a new netherworld ring Knight, trapped in the shadow plane forever.]
Trash!
The summoned creatures are so weak, and there are a bunch of side effects.
Li Yu directly threw the ring into his private space, planning to sell it back to Reincarnation Space.
However, he also confirmed one thing because of this: that Arthur God-King was indeed a Reincarnator without a doubt!