Each solemn vow, like a nail, firmly pinned this legion of a thousand to the Icefield.

They were exhausted to the extreme, their fighting energy depleted, their bodies already scarred.

The snow fell heavier and heavier, and amidst the blizzard, the Cold Iron Legion had just crushed the Nest, barely taking a breath when a strange vibration rose on the right flank of the battle line.

Footsteps, heavy, eerie, like the traveling souls of the dead across the Snowfield.

"What is that?"

A young knight just turned his head, when a shadowy figure suddenly leapt from the snow fog!

"Enemy attack——!!"

Dozens of black shadows burst through the snow, breaking through the icy seal like a swarm of locusts.

These were insect corpses, but not ordinary insect corpses.

Their forms were taller, with fighting energy faintly surging among the decayed flesh, remnants of past combat techniques and battle spirit, marking them as the elite Snow Swearers of the past, the fiercest souls of the Northern Territory.

The one charging at the forefront was a war corpse clad in Cracked Snow Armor.

Its eyes hollow, bearing a trace of sorrowful smile that shouldn't belong to an insect corpse, dragging a giant axe on the ground, with axe blade stained with fresh blood marks.

"Hiro..." an old knight recognized the familiar yet eerie figure.

The leader of the Snow Swearers, the nightmare of countless Northern Lords!

Yet at this moment, he was no longer human.

On his face still hung the sorrowful smile from the moment of death, as if mourning for bringing annihilation upon the Snow Swearers.

But that smile, beneath the hollow pupils of the insect corpse now, exuded a bone-chilling aura of death.

In the next moment, his giant axe swept horizontally, charging into the knights' formation!

"Stop him!!"

Three Elite Knights advanced in unison, their shield wall like a mountain.

Yet only a loud "Boom——!!" was heard.

One axe fell, shattering three heavy shields with raw force, the knights' armor and bodies alike were launched into the snow, blood splattering everywhere!

The fourth knight attempted to counter from the flank, only to be swatted aside by Hiro.

The entire person was flung high, then nailed dead onto a frozen stone pillar by an insect corpse knight using a Broken Sword.

"They... they can still coordinate in battle!" Deputy Commander Lix was shocked.

These insect corpses were not simply berserkers, but retained all their combat techniques, cooperation, and killing intent from life, the elite Snow Swearer knights!

And not just that...

"They are consuming the corpses."

One insect corpse crouched down, siphoning the blood of the slain knight into the "Living Pouch" on its chest, the pale blue insect membrane pulsated like a heart, emanating intense fighting energy pulses.

Blood Boiling · Corpse Version: Restores fighting energy state through devouring "Living Flesh," battle strength increases instead of declining.

"These are... anti-knight demon weapons!!"

"Fall back! Quick, fall back——!"

Lix roared, but High Tier insect corpses wove through the ranks like ghosts, speed and strength far exceeding those of the same tier, screams echoed as they passed.

The snow was stained deep black with blood, a huge gap ripped in the line within a mere ten seconds.

Just as everyone was on the brink of collapse, a heavy rumble arose from the city.

Iron boots stamped the ground, pressing down like a mountain.

Duke Edmund appeared!

Clad in heavy armor, wielding a massive hammer, his fighting energy slowly surged, like a giant beast awakening from slumber.

A force akin to gravity burst forth from his body!

"Bloodline Talent · War Gravity"

The charging insect corpses instantly veered direction, rushing towards him with abandon, instinctively attracted, forced to focus all their hatred on this iron wall of the battlefield.

For senseless insect corpses, this was the most fatal provocation.

"Follow the Duke! Hold the line!"

Several Extraordinary Knights responded immediately, intertwining sword shadows and fighting energy, coordinating attacks around the Duke.

The battle reignited instantly, the blue flame-like fighting energy mingling with the insect corpses' ichor in the cold wind.

The piercing axe blade cleaved the air.

The corpse of Hiro advanced through the snow, its movements steady to the point of elegance, the swing of the giant axe still retaining the precision and rhythm of life.

He spoke no more, yet his killing intent surged like a tide, his axe strikes like snow waves bursting forth in a storm, shaking back the heavily armored knights, flesh flying.

Several Extraordinary Knights gritted their teeth, igniting bloodline power and fighting energy simultaneously, like sparks in the cold night, confronting Hiro and his companions' ruthless killing intent head-on.

It was a brutal contest igniting both sanity and strength.

The Duke spoke not a word, yet his figure crashed into the fray like a mountain.

Every step he took shattered ice and echoed resoundingly, the heavy armor clanged sharply, the great hammer swung down with terrifying pressure, like an avalanche crashing down. He defeated not with speed, but by crushing might.

"Take this hammer strike of mine."

A cold shout rang out, the great hammer enveloped with heavy fighting energy, struck Hiro's left shoulder, sending him flying several steps back, the ground instantly exploded into a deep pit, ice and snow flying.

The corpse of Hiro was cracked but did not fall, the axe blade reversed, slicing with an almost instinctual precision.

This axe was almost a death blow, directly cleaving towards Edmond's chest!

"Clang!!!"

The axe blade clashed against the thick armor, ringing out a resounding shower of sparks, blood mist erupted from the crevices of the heavy armor, Edmond groaned, staggering half a step, but immediately steadied himself.

His bloodline power fully unleashed, War Gravity like a magnet forcibly dragging the insect corpses from all directions, gathering them around him, attempting to contain the core of the battlefield within himself alone.

Meanwhile, the other High Tier insect corpses around Hiro, their chests swelled, their bodies exhibiting intense insect-like transformations!

"Self-destruct! Duke, watch out!"

A sharp shout echoed, as the insect corpse suddenly exploded, spraying foul blood plasma, attempting to implant living insect eggs directly into the Duke!

"Courting death."

Edmond roared, his fighting energy instantly covering his body like a steel wall, hot and viscous, forcibly sealing the breach, suppressing the parasitic assault externally.

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