Chapter 1691: Chapter 513: Netherworld Channel_3

Four people and a peacock continued to follow the tree roots.

Originally, they intended to avoid the World Tree’s roots, but no matter which direction they took, they were met with boundless fog and endless roots.

By the looks of it, finding their way back within seven days seemed impossible.

Elder Clinton was as disheartened and pessimistic as ever, often playing the role of the “negative emotion generator” of the team, prattling on without end.

The peacock was also influenced by the old man, appearing quite grave.

However, Leonard Churchill and Sophia Jones were in much better spirits.

Their attitude towards death was very calm.

Moreover, they were aware of Elder Clinton’s special quality.

Following the old man, there was always more hope of surviving compared to others.

Plus, if it were just the few of them who had arrived at this “Dead Passage”, Leonard Churchill would indeed worry about how to find a way out.

But now, with the people from the Three Great Outer God Sects here as well, they were far from a hopeless situation.

At the very least, the Golden Dragon God Marlodis intended to return to the Card Master Plane, so there was a glimmer of hope.

Initially, they sought to avoid the battlefield, but now, it seemed they needed to find a way to locate the members of the Three Great Sects.

But even before that, Leonard Churchill and his companions had to find a few people.

Just then, Sophia Jones received a distress signal from Bonnie and the others.

In other words, Bonnie and her group, who had left early, had not escaped the Death Domain and were likewise trapped within it.

…

The Revolutionary Army had devices for mutual positioning on them.

Following the direction, Leonard Churchill and the four quickly navigated through the gaps between the tree roots.

They did not know whether it was because Elder Clinton was in their team or it was just luck, but they had a smooth journey.

However, as smooth as their journey was, Bonnie and her group didn’t share the same fortune.

Roughly half an hour later, as Leonard Churchill’s group advanced, they suddenly heard the sounds of fierce combat emanating from deep within the roots.

Sophia Jones sensed something and shouted, “It’s Bonnie and the others in danger!”

Before her words fell, she had already charged into the depths of the darkness.

Leonard Churchill originally wanted to follow along and see, but suddenly, a rich Undead Air surged around them.

In a blink, a horde of decrepit Skeleton Monsters emerged from the void within the roots.

These Skeleton Monsters had hollow eye sockets with twin flickers of green ghostly fire burning in them, and despite their armor being corroded, they still appeared sturdy, as if forged from undying souls. The skeletons were armed with rusty longswords, Magic Wands, and there were even knights riding skeleton horses…

Skeleton Warriors, Ghost Knights, Skull Mages, Headless Knights, Fallen Wraiths…

As far as the eye could see, countless in number.

Leonard Churchill frowned upon seeing this, unsure why so many Skeleton Monsters had suddenly appeared.

However, Elder Clinton beside him was scared witless, stammering, “This… this is the Undead Spirit Army! No good, we’ve probably intruded into an Undead Lord’s territory!”

As soon as he finished talking, a group of people hurried over at the edge of their vision.

Sophia Jones covered the rear, while the several people in front turned out to be the officers of the Revolutionary Army.

“Deadly Poison Doctor” Bonnie, “Holy Hammer” Sam, “Blaster” Rosin, “Sick Tiger” Dan Dong, John Charlie…

Although everyone was more or less injured, thankfully, there were no casualties.

Leading them was Sam, who was wielding a Heavy Shield and barging through the paths; he shouted anxiously upon seeing Leonard Churchill, “Leonard Churchill, run for it! These monsters can revive indefinitely, they are unkillable!”

With one sentence, he pointed out the crux of the problem.

It wasn’t the monsters that were terrifying, but their “unkillability.”

…

Leonard Churchill also realized the crisis was severe and thought of leaving first.

But just with this slight delay, their path back was already densely packed with Skeleton Monsters.

In that instant, the Skeleton Knights charged, the Skeleton Warriors swung their corroding weapons as they rushed forward, and the Skull Mages cast their Black Light Magic…

Luckily, the tier of these Skeleton Monsters was not too high, seemingly ranging from first to sixth tier.

Most were low-level Skeletons.

Leonard Churchill didn’t give them a chance to surround him, throwing a punch: “Domineering Fist*Fierce Tiger Rush!”

As the punch was unleashed, it seemed as if a tiger roared through the wind, the strength of the punch was like a mountain torrent.

Only the sound of “crackling and smashing” could be heard as skeleton bones broke apart, and a path hundreds of meters long was instantly cleared in front.

Skeleton remains were scattered on the ground.

However, before Leonard Churchill could take a breath of relief, a spine-chilling scene unfolded before his eyes.

The dense Undead Air around him swirled, and the clicking sound of bones reconstructing themselves could be heard; the Skeleton bones that were smashed to pieces were inexplicably standing intact again!

“Huh… perfectly restored?”

Leonard Churchill looked on, completely puzzled.

Not just the shattered ones, even those Skeletons that had turned into a pile of bone dust also regenerated.

Which is to say, his punch just now was utterly futile.

No wonder the executives of the Revolutionary Army fled in such a panic; with these monsters being indestructible, every blow would still end in defeat.

However, witnessing this scene, Leonard Churchill’s expression became strange.

He felt an odd sense of deja vu.

He had encountered an endless number of Skeleton Monsters in the “Grand Cemetery Labyrinth” before when he was still a Card Master Apprentice.

At that time, he had found an effective way to deal with Skeleton Monsters; Skeletons lack flesh and brain, causing issues with their perception system.

They could only detect human Spirit fluctuations, such as “excitement,” “bravery,” “fear”…

In other words, controlling certain intense Spirit fluctuations could to some extent prevent being detected by these monsters.

However, back in the Labyrinth, they were all low-level Skeletons, and this approach was feasible.

Leonard Churchill didn’t know if it would work on these Skeletons.

But turning around, he saw Elder Clinton had already set the right example, his gaze suddenly froze as if he’d turned into a wax figure from a wax museum.

At the same time, he didn’t forget to urgently remind, “Leonard Churchill, kid, play dead!”

Leonard Churchill smiled.

Indeed, the Old Man was reliable at the crucial moment.

Thinking to give it a try, he reined in his thoughts and suppressed all his Spirit fluctuations as much as possible.

This attempt proved to be effective.

Skeletons that were previously eying him with hostility almost all left his vicinity, turning towards the sprinting executives instead.

Seeing this, Leonard Churchill knew that he still had to think of a way to fight.

He and Elder Clinton could perfectly control their Spirit fluctuations, but others might not be able to. Moreover, those Fifth Tier and above Skeleton Monsters seemed to have gained intelligence.

Playing dead was not the best choice.

With that thought, Leonard Churchill pierced the skulls and the ghostly fires of several nearby Skeletons with his flying knife.

“Crash,” the bones slackened into a heap.

However, as this pile of bones struggled to regenerate with creaking sounds, a surge of black devouring power covered them from Leonard Churchill.

He used the Feast Ability, directly devouring the dispersing Extraordinary Traits.

[Using Feast Devour, Tenacity +0.05, Unknown Dark Elemental Affinity +0.001]

[Using Feast Devour, Tenacity +0.017, Undead Affinity +0.003]

[Using…]

“Heh heh, just as I thought…”

Leonard Churchill watched the two Skeleton Monsters that weren’t regenerating again and the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

In “I Am the World,” everything must follow Cause and Effect.

That’s why when he saw the monsters resurrecting infinitely before, his first thought was about the principle behind their resurrection.

And when Leonard Churchill saw the moment the ghostly fires of the previously slain Skeleton Monsters dispersing, turning into a state that could be devoured, he guessed this possibility.

Once he discovered that [Feast] could devour, these monsters, to him, were simply Transcendent experience.