8: Chapter 8 Civilization Suppression

The moment his words fell, that barren land, which everyone deemed a death trap, underwent a sudden and violent transformation!

Along the charging path of the Undead Knight, the ground collapsed without warning, and dozens of chains forged from black iron and rock shot out from the underground like predatory vipers.

They wrapped with pinpoint precision around the seemingly indestructible joints of the skeletal warhorse's hooves!

These traps, which incorporated the crude yet practical forging techniques of the Orc race and the solid Law of the Rock Giant civilization, were an appetizer Jiang Xun had specifically prepared for Li Ang during the previous rounds of plundering.

"What?"

Li Ang's pupils shrank to the size of pinpoints in an instant.

He didn't even have time to react.

Crack!

The skeletal warhorse let out a mournful cry; its iron hooves, capable of crushing city walls, were firmly caught by the tenacious chains, and the immense momentum caused it to lose its balance and crash forward.

That arrogant Silver Rank Undead Knight was thrown off the horse's back like a comical sack, rolling several times on the ground before coming to a stop, the soul fire burning on its body dimming significantly.

The entire venue fell into dead silence.

Everyone's smiles froze on their faces, their mouths hanging open wide enough to fit an egg.

What happened?

That was a Silver Rank trump card!

Just like that... it fell?

However, this was only the beginning.

"Move."

Jiang Xun's command came without the slightest hesitation.

The thirty Body Cultivators moved.

They ignored the skeletal warhorse, which was trapped by the chains and struggling frantically, and instead moved like phantoms from three directions, closing in on the Undead Knight that had just climbed to its feet.

Their speed was so fast that they left trails of afterimages on the light screen.

"Roar!"

The Undead Knight let out an angry roar, feeling unprecedented humiliation as it swung its cavalry lance, sweeping toward the approaching believers.

The power of the Silver Rank stirred up a fierce wind that tore through the air.

On the podium, the Director exclaimed in shock, "Dodge quickly! The power of this strike is enough to tear through Bronze Rank defenses!"

However, Jiang Xun's believers paid no heed.

Instead of retreating, they advanced, charging head-on into the deadly lance wind!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Ten Bronze Rank warriors, like ten immovable mountains, used their rock-armored arms to forcibly block the cavalry lance.

The immense power caused the ground beneath their feet to crack inch by inch, but their formation did not waver in the slightest.

Meanwhile, the other twenty black iron rank believers seized the opportunity to close in.

They had no weapons in their hands.

All they had were rock fragments with edges honed to extreme sharpness.

They had only one target.

The Undead Knight's nape, the fifth vertebra!

That was the only, and most fatal, weak point Jiang Xun had found through the memories of the Undead Civilization he had plundered!

It was the most unstable node of Law connection, forcibly catalyzed by external power!

"No! Stop them!"

Li Ang finally snapped out of his shock and let out a shrill, desperate scream.

He frantically channeled his Divine Power, trying to control the Undead Knight to defend.

But it was too late.

The twenty black iron rank Body Cultivators poured all the Qi and blood power within them into the rock fragments in their hands and stabbed down fiercely with indomitable determination!

Puchi!

The Silver bone armor, capable of withstanding blade strikes, was as fragile as paper before these rock fragments infused with the Human Race's Qi and blood power.

A crisp cracking sound echoed throughout the Divine Kingdom.

The Undead Knight's movements suddenly stiffened.

It slowly lowered its head, watching the pulsing soul fire in its chest extinguishing at a visible rate.

Spiderweb-like cracks rapidly spread from its fifth vertebra across its entire body.

Boom!!!

A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar.

The Silver Rank Undead Knight, which Li Ang regarded as his greatest trump card and the entire school deemed invincible, exploded right before everyone's eyes!

It shattered into silver specks of light that danced across the sky!

The entire examination arena was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

Time seemed to have frozen at this moment.

Everyone stared blankly at the scene on the light screen, their minds blank, unable to think.

An E-Rank Talent.

Using thirty believers who were at most Bronze Rank.

They had defeated a Silver Rank trump card unit head-on.

This was no longer a miracle.

This was a myth!

Yet Jiang Xun, the creator of this myth, showed not a trace of joy on his face.

The moment the Undead Knight exploded, he keenly captured a trace of imperceptible black mist trying to escape into the Void Realm.

"Want to leave?"

Jiang Xun sneered, fully activating his SSS-rank Talent.

An invisible vortex instantly engulfed that trace of black mist along with the silver specks of light dancing in the sky!

"Plunder!"

Rumble!

A massive amount of Law fragments, like a burst dam, flooded frantically into Jiang Xun's Divine Kingdom.

The silver rain of light did not dissipate; instead, guided by an invisible force, it poured entirely onto the thirty Body Cultivators.

"Ah!"

The ten Bronze Rank warriors roared toward the sky, a sound of both pain and ecstasy.

Their bones, their Meridians, and their flesh all underwent a earth-shaking transformation under the scouring of this pure Silver Law!

A pressure far exceeding Bronze—sharp, domineering, and filled with the aura of slaughter—erupted from them!

[Your ten core believers have successfully achieved a Breakthrough from Bronze Rank and promoted to Silver Rank!]

Throughout the entire Divine Kingdom, Spiritual Qi rose.

The ten warriors, draped in silver radiance, knelt on one knee, offering their most fanatical loyalty to the towering figure in the sky.

"Praise you! Great Lord of Immortality!"

"Impossible... This is absolutely impossible!"

In the real world, Li Ang watched the scene on the light screen, his eyes bloodshot, letting out a beast-like roar.

His Dao Heart completely collapsed at this moment.

"Reassemble! Reassemble for me!"

He frantically mobilized all the death energy in his Divine Kingdom, wanting to piece the shattered Undead Knight back together.

However, when those death energies approached that area, they disappeared without a trace, like a clay ox entering the sea.

"It's useless."

Jiang Xun's calm voice, like a final judgment, shattered Li Ang's last hope.

"The moment you summoned that knight, the dominance of the death Law on this battlefield had already changed hands."

"You are already out."

Pfft!

Li Ang could no longer hold on; he spat out a mouthful of blood, his body collapsing like a pile of mud in front of the console, his eyes hollow, completely losing all vitality.

On the podium, there was dead silence.

The principal's hand holding the teacup was trembling slightly.

The Director's mouth opened and closed, opened and closed, but not a single word could come out.

The gaze they directed at Jiang Xun had shifted from initial disdain to deep fear.

Jiang Xun paid no attention to the commotion outside.

He glanced at his reborn Silver Rank believers, and then at the other end of the light screen, at the completely collapsed and chaotic Undead Divine Kingdom.

A cold arc curled at the corner of his mouth.

He adjusted his glasses and stepped toward the still-open passage to the Divine Kingdom.

"Your trump card has been delivered."

"Now, shouldn't I go to your lair and be a guest?"