The gray mist spreads, gradually expanding from one kilometer to the surroundings, two kilometers, three kilometers...

The souls within the gray mist multiply, increasing from one hundred to two hundred, three hundred... one thousand, two thousand...

Watching the rapidly increasing number of soul bodies, Chu Chen's expression gradually turned grim.

"Lei Yao, attack it, we can't let it continue summoning souls."

Upon hearing the command, Lei Yao snapped out of its shock and roared furiously, charging towards the Soul-devouring Beetle.

The Soul-devouring Beetle seemed to have anticipated this, opening its menacing mouthparts and emitting an extremely piercing shriek.

Chu Chen felt a stabbing pain in his ears and couldn't help but cover them, letting out a painful groan.

Lei Yao, closer to the Soul-devouring Beetle, suffered even more and quickly retreated to increase the distance between them.

At this moment, the souls hovering in mid-air seemed to come alive, their eyes filled with madness.

They emitted silent screams and rushed swiftly towards the decomposing corpses on the ground.

Corpses that had long lost life stood up eerily.

Some had just recently perished, their bodies relatively intact, looking none too unsettling.

However, most had missing claws, bodies badly rotted, and maggots squirming within, appearing extremely terrifying.

Most horrifying were those skeletons, with ghostly flames flickering within their skulls, making eerie "click-clack" sounds as they moved.

Chu Chen's scalp tingled with numbness upon seeing this. The Soul-devouring Beetle's methods were extraordinarily terrifying — truly an undead catastrophe.

Controlled by the Soul-devouring Beetle, the undead army charged madly at Chu Chen and his companions.

Chu Chen's brows furrowed tightly at the sight; the number of undead was overwhelming, over five thousand, and more continued to appear.

At this moment, Lei Yao was confronting the Soul-devouring Beetle, seemingly looking for an opportunity to strike.

However, Lei Yao kept glancing at Chu Chen's side, clearly concerned.

Chu Chen spoke in a deep voice: "Lei Yao, don't worry about my side, I'll block them for you. Focus on your combat." Then he raised his hand and summoned Nirvana, Cage, and Feng Shuang.

Seeing the companions surrounding Chu Chen, Lei Yao felt assured.

"Roar"

Lei Yao let out a furious roar, currents enveloping its body, as a suit of armor formed from condensed Thunder Element appeared instantly.

At that moment, Nirvana emitted a low growl, seemingly communicating something with Lei Yao.

As a Beast Master, Chu Chen naturally understood Nirvana's meaning.

Nirvana wanted Lei Yao to stack its Talent.

Lei Yao nodded and charged straight at the Soul-devouring Beetle, tightly clenching its right fist and swinging a punch.

The Soul-devouring Beetle raised its pincers in response.

"Boom"

Lei Yao's fist smashed directly onto the Soul-devouring Beetle's pincers.

The Soul-devouring Beetle staggered backward from the heavy blow, while Lei Yao remained in place, seemingly holding the advantage, though the blood dripping from its right fist betrayed it.

Lei Yao didn't care and attacked again.

"Bang bang bang"

The sound of heavy impacts echoed continuously through the forest.

Moments later, a crisp "crack" sounded, as Lei Yao forcefully shattered the Soul-devouring Beetle's pincers, though its own fist had long become a bloody mess with several finger bones also fractured.

"Roar"

Lei Yao let out a low growl, and a mysterious power enveloped its entire being. The injuries on its body surface and the fractured finger bones healed instantly.

At that moment, Nirvana let out a muffled groan as cracks appeared on its Insect Armor and limbs.

Nirvana looked at Lei Yao, not only without anger but nodding in approval. It dared not be overconfident; directly executing Limb Regeneration, its aura instantaneously rose to Second Rank Lord Level.

Seeing Lei Yao gaining the upper hand, Chu Chen finally felt relieved.

"Alright, everyone prepare for battle, don't let them interfere with Lei Yao's combat."

All four Guardian Beasts nodded solemnly in response.

Cage and Nirvana stood in the center, while Feng Shuang and Shadow Kill hovered on either side.

The so-called undead army was merely a group of skill-less puppets, relying only on physical power in combat. That was why Chu Chen felt confident in holding them off.

As the undead army pressed closer, Chu Chen said solemnly: "Use skills to attack."

With Chu Chen's words falling, all four Guardian Beasts simultaneously released their skills.

Nirvana, being a Defensive Guardian Beast, had relatively limited attack methods, with Wooden Cone being its only ranged attack skill.

A green wooden cone, over two meters long, shot directly into the undead army.

The Wooden Cone possessed great power, piercing through more than a dozen undead bodies in just a breath, annihilating the souls within simultaneously.

Shadow Kill unleashed its strongest move without reservation, Demon-Slaying Blade Domain.

Shadow Kill flew above the undead army, forming a twenty-meter-wide black Domain centered on its body, then transformed into a remnant shadow and vanished.

Blade lights, black and golden, flickered incessantly within the Domain.

Every flicker sliced several undead in two, their souls too were cut down.

In a flash, the undead within the Demon-Slaying Blade Domain were slaughtered, numbering around two hundred.

Cage also deployed its strongest strike, Water Burial.

It let out a roar as dense Water Element gathered swiftly.

Mere moments later, a massive wave over ten meters high and more than twenty meters wide formed in front of Cage.

Cage struggled to control the wave, directing it towards the undead army.

Watching the approaching wave, the undead army's eyes remained crazed; they evidently lacked rationality.

"Boom"

The wave smashed hundreds of undead into powder.

This strike was potent and expansive, but highly consuming.

Cage shook its head, its body swaying slightly before curling its snake form to stabilize.

Chu Chen couldn't help but frown at this sight; Cage had limited battle experience, spending most of its time in cultivation, hence this situation.

In battle, if it couldn't defeat the opponent in one blow, defeat would inevitably be its fate.

However, what troubled Chu Chen more was the fanatical undead army.

The full-force strike from three Guardian Beasts only killed several hundred — practically insubstantial to the undead army.

At this moment, Feng Shuang took action. Raising its hands high, dense Ice and Wind Elements quickly converged into the sky.

Within a breath, the sky coalesced into a massive dark cloud, even blocking out the sunlight.

Snowflakes fell from the cloud, followed by a gale driving the flakes farther.

The snowfall intensified, soon covering most of the undead army in snow.

Snowflakes landed on the undead, instantly freezing into ice, each piece seemingly alive, spreading swiftly, forming lifelike ice sculptures in the blink of an eye.

This attack, however, couldn't kill the undead.

They struggled briefly before breaking the ice and charging onward, albeit slower.

Chu Chen was somewhat helpless at the sight; Feng Shuang's current Realm was only First Rank Commander Level; had it reached Lord Level, this skill alone could eradicate over a thousand undead.

Feng Shuang seemed to be expecting this outcome, observing the still-moving undead army without any change in expression.

It let out a cry, and a formless force rushed towards the undead army.

The ice chunks clinging to the undead army suddenly shattered.

"Bang bang bang"

The intense explosions echoed within the undead army.

Undead, blown apart, sent limbs flying like sword strikes in all directions.

The "whizz" of shattering debris sounded, affecting even the undead army originally out of the attack range.

The number of casualties in the undead army instantly more than doubled.

Within mere moments, the casualties in the undead army rose from over one thousand to over two thousand.

The three Guardian Beasts were shocked, watching the undead fall like harvested wheat.

Seeing this, Chu Chen smiled contentedly; the destructive power of Ice Burst was stronger than he anticipated.

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