Chapter 152: Unorthodox Fighting Style

The sun had set, and night had just begun to blanket the land.

From within the Undead Mist, a dense mass of skeletons and zombies surged forth.

Some held farming tools, others carried long spears. They trampled over bone fragments with a CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH as they swarmed toward the canyon fortress.

Many of the zombies were still clad in the tattered armor of the Alliance Army…

Above the skeleton army flew Undead Knights, fully encased in armor and riding the bones of griffins. Leaping blue Soul Fire flickered in their eyes as they charged fearlessly toward the fortress.

Witch Demons and Necromancers cast Magic from the rear, increasing the skeletons’ movement speed.

…

「Hoshan Canyon.」

Fire Mages used the Lighting Technique, while Light Mages bathed the Divine Archers and soldiers in Holy Light, increasing their strength and protecting them from the Undead’s corrupting aura.

Meanwhile, Earth Mages turned the ground before the canyon into a swamp, slowing the advance of the skeletons and zombies.

The Mages chanted in unison, and rows of earth spikes erupted from the ground, smashing the skeletons to pieces. The Magic Crystal Cannons roared, blasting the flying Undead Knights in the sky into smithereens.

The Divine Archers of the Elf Race also drew their bows, firing at the Undead Knights…

After one volley of attacks, another layer of bone fragments carpeted the ground before the canyon.

But from the Undead Mist, skeletons and zombies continued to charge the fortress in endless waves, their morale completely unaffected. Just as Geser had said, they were simply impossible to kill completely.

“Your Eminence, this is just the prelude. After the Divine Archers’ arrows and the Mages’ Magical Power are depleted, more powerful Undead will charge,” Geser explained, clutching a wad of toilet paper wrapped around a stone as he updated him on the battle’s progress.

Like him, the Sword Saint and the Mad War Saint each had wads of toilet paper hanging from their bodies, and even the Divine Archers’ arrows had strips of toilet paper tied to them.

The toilet paper was covered in filth.

Noticing where Li Ye was looking, Geser smiled and said, “Your Eminence, for the past few days, we’ve relied on the Purifying Cloth to fight the Undead and weaken their combat strength. We wouldn’t have been able to hold out this long otherwise. Wrapping them around stones lets us throw the Purifying Cloths farther and more accurately.”

“Actually, a Purifying Cloth that has been… ‘recycled’ a few times has a stronger Curse Power. But we don’t dare take that risk. A ‘recycled’ Purifying Cloth is highly damaging to us as well, and we don’t have time to adapt to the curse…”

Under the effect of Morale Like a Rainbow, the Holy Guard Army had forgotten their fear. Each holding a used Purifying Cloth, they were eager for a fight.

“Your Eminence, I don’t know if the Purifying Cloth will affect you, but many of the ones we’ve thrown have been picked up by the Undead.” Geser looked embarrassed. “Those intelligent Undead Warriors will also hurl Purifying Cloths at us. Your Eminence must be careful not to get hit by them.”

Urk!

‘So, I really have changed the very nature of warfare.’

Li Ye was momentarily speechless but kept his composure. “Mm, I understand. After tonight’s battle, I will equip every soldier in the fortress with a Purifying Cloth.”

Fiona bit her lip, glancing furtively at the Purifying Cloth wrapped around her Little Leather Whip.

She had originally despised the combat style Aragon had created, but in the end, she had integrated it herself.

‘What can I do? The Curse Power of the Purifying Cloth is just too good.’

…

Finally, after the first wave of attrition.

Dozens of Undead Dragon Knights on Bone Dragons charged out of the Undead Mist. They wielded Dragon Spears, their bodies wreathed in black fog.

On the ground, several thousand Undead Knights charged forth. They and their warhorses were encased in thick armor, plowing straight through the Sea of the Dead toward the canyon gate.

The Bone Dragons flapped their wings a few times and arrived above the fortress.

Then, the first thing the Undead Dragon Knights did was toss shredded pieces of toilet paper down at the soldiers on the fortress walls.

They fluttered down like snowflakes.

The Wind Mages hurriedly unleashed the Gale Technique they had prepared, blowing the scraps of paper outside the canyon.

Clearly, they had suffered greatly from this tactic before.

Quade, Kenneth, and the Beastman Race Berserkers riding giant beasts roared and immediately threw the stone-wrapped wads of toilet paper in their hands. Some were aimed at the Bone Dragon Knights in the sky, others at the heavily armored Undead Knights on the ground…

Some of the toilet paper was stained red, some yellow, some a pitch-black color, all emitting an indescribable odor…

Not to be outdone, the Bone Dragon Knights and Undead Knights hurled their own wads of toilet paper at the high-ranking Warriors on the fortress walls.

It was as if a rain of toilet paper was falling from the sky.

The Sword Saints and Berserkers either dodged or used their Fighting Qi to shoot down the wads of toilet paper flying at them, their expressions exceptionally tense, afraid of being tainted by even a speck.

Urk!

Amidst the rain of toilet paper, the muscles at the corner of Li Ye’s eyes twitched involuntarily.

‘The saying “A shit-covered mop is as mighty as Lu Bu reincarnated” was being demonstrated to its fullest extent in this world!’

‘The soccer team from the first world that brought soccer balls to the battlefield would probably be utterly defeated if they faced this filthy legion using its forbidden items!’

‘This stuff is just too unreasonable.’

Ultimately, the scraps of paper couldn’t all be blown away. A soldier tainted by a piece of it showed a look of terror on his face. He reached out to wipe it off, but his left foot tripped his right, and he tumbled headfirst off the wall. He was impaled by the long spear of an Undead Knight below, dying a violent death.

The Undead Knight flung the impaled corpse to the ground. From the wall, a Fire Mage quickly threw a Fireball at the body, incinerating it to prevent it from being resurrected by the Undead…

Some of the Bone Dragon Knights in the sky were hit by the wads of toilet paper. Their Soul Fire trembled violently, and a Bone Dragon that had been flying normally suddenly crashed into the one beside it.

The two colliding Bone Dragons spiraled as they fell from the sky. Before they could regain control, Quade had already slashed out with a blazing Sword Qi, shattering the skeletal frame of a Bone Dragon Knight…

A similar scene was playing out all over the battlefield.

Everyone was avoiding the thrown wads of toilet paper like the plague…

“That’s right! You’re all doing great! Just like that!” the toilet paper roll exclaimed excitedly. “Sooner or later, Lord Ling’s accomplishments will surpass the Primordial Golden Dipper and the Human Emperor Banner, becoming the most evil and powerful demonic artifact in the world…”

“Aragon, should we go?” Fiona asked, swallowing hard.

“Mm.” Li Ye nodded. With a wave of his hand, SWISH, countless rolls of toilet paper flew out from behind him, crisscrossing as they unfurled toward the Bone Dragon Knights, the Undead Knights, and the Sea of the Dead on the ground, blotting out everyone’s sight.

Wherever the toilet paper passed, ordinary skeletons and zombies were smashed to pieces. The stronger Undead Knights and Bone Dragon Knights only struggled for a moment after being entangled before the tightening paper crushed them into bone fragments.

At the same time, within his range of perception, Li Ye indiscriminately used the Magic, Meteor Fire Rain, covering not only the Sea of the Dead below but also all the high-ranking experts within the canyon.

Geser was shocked by Aragon’s power, but before they could cheer, the Meteor Fire Rain fell upon their heads.

Meteor Fire Rain was a high-level Magic. Even a Sword Saint would be grievously wounded if hit.

Quade and the others quickly dodged. “Your Eminence, your Magic is out of control! Don’t cast spells while you’re also attacking!”

“Don’t dodge. This is a gift from the gods—Star Shifting,” Li Ye said. “It uses shared damage to absorb the enemy’s strength and transfer it to you.”

Quade and the others froze. But based on their trust in Aragon, they hesitantly lowered their defenses.

The moment they were struck by the Meteor Fire Rain, they were amazed to discover that although they were injured, the strength they had already gained had increased by another twenty percent.

In a single battle, their strength had increased by forty percent.

This was simply a miracle.

‘Praise Aragon! His Magic might be a bit evil, but he truly is the Savior sent by Gandalf…’

Everyone looked at Li Ye with shimmering eyes.

A few members of the Holy Guard Army tried to enter the range of the Meteor Fire Rain to receive the baptism of Star Shifting, but Li Ye spotted them and sent them flying with a gust of wind.

‘Are you kidding me?’

‘My Meteor Fire Rain is precisely aimed at the high-level combatants. It’s such a powerful spell that a low-level person would die instantly on contact, which would activate the “Sacrifice a Teammate” buff.’

‘I haven’t even seen the boss yet. Activating the “Sacrifice a Teammate” buff now would be screwing me over, wouldn’t it?’

As his teammates were “pummeled” by him, Li Ye’s Divine Power from Michael grew rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, it had increased tenfold. But after reaching that tenfold increase, it seemed to get stuck, refusing to rise any further.

Apparently, the level of the Divine Power was too high, and his physical constitution was once again limiting the upper ceiling of his power’s growth.

Still, Li Ye was very satisfied with a tenfold increase in Divine Power. Collecting all seven pieces of the Angel’s Heart would only multiply his initial Divine Power by seven.

His current Divine Power was a tenfold increase on top of the power from the two heart pieces he had already absorbed, equivalent to absorbing three complete Angel’s Hearts. That was already excellent.

With his Divine Power multiplied by ten, Li Ye’s Perception Power expanded to a range of Thousands of Miles Away.

Previously, his perception couldn’t pierce the Undead Mist, but now it penetrated it with ease.

He saw the dense hordes of Undead, a massive Skeleton General dozens of meters tall, a hundred-meter-tall Lava Giant with molten rock flowing over its body, a black dragon exuding an evil aura lying dormant in the Undead Mist, and the Witch Demon King, hidden in a cloak, staring at Hoshan Fortress…

And at the far end of the Sea of the Dead, a Skeleton Monarch wearing a crown and holding a Magic Staff.

The bones of the Skeleton Monarch were as white as jade, and it had six bony wings on its back, unlike an ordinary skeleton.

In its eye sockets leaped a golden soul light, and within that soul light, there seemed to be a hint of a sacred aura.

This was an aura Li Ye was very familiar with—the aura of Michael’s Divine Power.

The moment Li Ye sensed the Skeleton Monarch, the Skeleton Monarch also sensed him. It turned its head to look in his direction, and a deathly white flame erupted in its palm, incinerating the wad of toilet paper it had been holding.

At the same time, a hoarse voice echoed in Li Ye’s mind: “Wait for me. You are mine…”