CHAPTER 556: CHAPTER 7: THE TERRIFYING SEA OF THE DEAD - PART 2

Lin Rui’s eyes instantly narrowed. The "Colonization Mark," yet another mark with only positive effects and no negative ones!

Lin Rui was starting to have a fixed perception of the routine of these broken marks.

Just because there’s no written negative effect doesn’t mean there isn’t one.

It might end up like the "Light Mark," where others see an effect completely different from one’s own.

By the time he enters the Colonization Star, he’ll be the focus of countless forces on the Colonization Star. It’s like having a billion-watt light bulb above his head.

Lin Rui then put the matter aside, thinking that as a strong person, he would inevitably attract attention from all sides.

He wanted to hide behind the crowd and wait for the Explorers to disregard sacrifices to pile through this teleportation device.

But that’s obviously impossible, just like an elephant can’t hide behind a sheep.

His tens of thousands of troops stood at the back; how could the Explorers ignore him? If he, the top-ranked Explorer in terms of power, doesn’t charge, can he expect the ordinary people at the back to make unnecessary sacrifices? The gods might have to personally kick his butt then.

Because the gods were clearly paying attention here, and the progress on the third stage of that Divine Blessing was nearly full.

The last time Lin Rui filled the second stage was in the Demon Cage under the Temple of the Templar Order’s Aurora Divine Hall.

Lin Rui extracted an Epic-level Trait "Epic Trait: Natural Perception: You will be more attuned to the sounds of nature, and each meditation will definitely increase your Spiritual Energy limit! Nature’s will is with you, with every meditation having a 0.1% chance to +1 Will (passive point gain).

Since last time, the progress of this third stage had been stuck for a long time. After all, with six-figure progress needed, relying solely on wars to clear demons was too slow. Clearing a ruin now only gives 500 merit points. If staying in the territory and clearing ruins at this rate, it would take about 200 cycles, or nearly three years, to fill up this progress from the blessing.

Lin Rui was somewhat looking forward to the third-stage reward. A Legendary Trait? Or some key items?

Then Lin Rui thought for a moment and said to Audrey: "Ride the dragon and take a tour of the surface of this satellite. Use the Breath of the Gods to pull out all Heroic Spirit level undead. If there are other unbreached teleportation devices, use the ’Other Shore Flower Mark’ to mark the enemy troops, and the territory’s army will follow the Undead there."

Audrey immediately jumped back onto the dragon with excitement and shouted, "Alright. We’re off!"

Death’s Wings spread its wings and soared high, spiraling in the air to create a sonic boom before darting dozens of miles away, disappearing from everyone’s sight.

The Sanitation No.2 Satellite was not large, only about three times the size of Blue Star.

With Blue Star’s weapons capable of covering the globe in half an hour, Death’s Wings only needed two to three hours to fly around the entire Sanitation No.2 Satellite.

For more than two hours, no news came, and Lin Rui had almost given up hope. With such a long time, if any teleportation gate guardians were discovered, the Explorers would have long since breached them.

However, three hours after Audrey left, the undead under her abruptly went berserk, appearing to be drawn by an exquisite fragrance, setting foot on a path filled with floral scents.

All the undead uniformly turned and marched at full speed toward the southwest direction of the satellite.

Due to their differing physiques, their marching speeds varied, drawing out a column nearly a hundred miles long across two divisions.

Lin Rui immediately led the elite troops from the territory to follow the Undead Army heading toward the target direction.

Even after more than four hours of marching, they had not yet reached the target, but the undead’s state hadn’t faded.

Both Lin Rui and Violet were puzzled.

Violet analyzed, "Lord, the undead are still frantically running toward the target, indicating they can still sense the target linked by Audrey with dark magic. This means the combat target is still alive. How can the opponent withstand the full-force attack of the Explorers for so long? It’s been almost a day now."

Dark Mage’s undead summoned creatures are linked with dark magic. This is well-known in the Azure Realm. Thus, the marks dark mages place on battle targets can be sensed by soldiers similarly linked with dark magic. This existence is somewhat akin to quantum entanglement, able to react regardless of distance.

However, the mark Audrey threw was indeed unbelievably far. The undead under her command have been charging for half a day, and the Dark Tide of the Undead Catastrophe hasn’t reached the target yet. What kind of existence is the opponent? Even a Legendary-level beast guarding a gate should have been torn apart by Death’s Wings by now, right?

Moreover, Audrey not only has Heroic Spirit level undead but also her summoned creatures following her.

She herself has contractually bonded with nearly a squad of Dragon Knights, capable of resurrecting indefinitely. This squad, together with a Legendary-level dragon, is enough to tear through most monsters. Given time, even the guards in front of the teleportation device at the academy should be dismantled.

However, after battling for so long and still casting the "Other Shore Flower Mark," if she wasn’t throwing it for fun, the opponent’s difficulty level was beyond imagination.

Of course, if she dared to throw it for fun, Lin Rui would surely let her know today what it means to be on cloud nine or in utter despair!

But the probability of this happening was extremely low. Though Audrey is usually quite goofy, she has never been this unreliable in battle matters.

Especially since she is now commanding an army of two divisions, it’s impossible to mobilize the entire territory simply for play.

Lin Rui considered for a moment and said to Violet, "You and Marshal Galo continue advancing with the main force. I’ll take Terion and the Aerial Cavalry to check it out."

No unit is perfect; the territory’s heavy infantry is maxed out on attack, defense, damage reduction, recovery, and resistance, inevitably lacking in movement speed.

Basically, heavy-armored units don’t have movement-speed boosting traits, primarily relying on skills for short-distance speed bursts. Long-distance marches depend on strategic treasures for boosts.

Such long-distance marching indeed dragged down the overall marching speed of the army.

Therefore, Lin Rui had to split his forces, leading the Aerial Cavalry ahead.

There’s no other way; to speed up, Lin Rui had to take out his treasured merit points to exchange for items on the merit list.

"Rare Level Troop - Lucky Silver Coin Royal Griffin Exchange Price: 10 merit points, Quantity: 10,000."

Now that he’s sure battles can yield merit points, Lin Rui wasn’t too concerned about spending them. These points don’t contribute to rankings and can be exchanged gradually.

Lin Rui currently had a total of 130 merit points, which could be recovered by fighting two or three more battles.

Therefore, Lin Rui exchanged in one go for thirteen Rare Level Griffins, boosting the Heroic Spirit Level Aerial Cavalry to 70 people.

He then, along with Terion, led these six squads of Aerial Cavalry quickly toward the target.

The flying speed of the Rare Level Griffin was already ten Machs.

After just over twenty minutes, they finally saw the object of Audrey’s battle.

There was no way not to notice it; at the southwestern part of the Sanitation No.2 Satellite, the ground seemed to bear a massive black scar. In this segment of corroding dark land, sprawled far and wide was the Undead Army!

Blood-red light occasionally flashed in the darkness, soon swallowed by the dense darkness.

Terion took a deep breath and asked in shock, "Lord... this Sea of the Dead... must be at a scale of ten million, right?"

Lin Rui, also shocked, widened his eyes in disbelief. This was madness, right?

Even if the undead didn’t eat or drink and needed no supply, there’s no need to amass tens of millions here, right?

How did they assemble such a vast Sea of the Dead?

No wonder there were no Explorers attacking here. No wonder Audrey had been battling here for so long.

Facing this Sea of the Dead, without a powerful army to purify it, fearing Audrey alone would have to fight for several days and nights, right?

The Tombyard Influence of this world took this teleportation device seriously?

What’s the destination for teleportation?

Lin Rui decisively decided to enter the Colonization Star through this teleportation device!