539: Chapter 519: The Beginning of the Long Night 539: Chapter 519: The Beginning of the Long Night Before him was pitch black, and the only source of light was the two bright moons depending on each other.
But now, even they were faintly enveloped in the blood-colored mist, causing the moonlight that flowed down to appear blood-stained.
Was this a normal situation?
Or has even the powerful Main God been targeted by their opponents?
In the long night, the sparse light sources were transmitted far away.
Large lamplight grasses emitted light on the carriages, not only dispelling the dark and cold night but also driving away the dangerous creatures in the forest.
Corpse Monster horde!”
The scouts ahead had already shouted warnings.
The leading knights formed an array and advanced to meet them head-on.
The living and the dead clashed together.
The formation consisting of dozens of knights easily crushed the slow and dull Corpse Monsters.
But no one was excited about this…
“This is the ninth batch in half an hour…”
Lu Ping’an glanced at them and noticed the linen rags on the Corpse Monsters and their wooden farming tools as weapons.
He knew if they hadn’t just crawled out of a nearby grave, they must have been unfortunate farmers not long before.
“Raise the lamplight!”
Small lamplight grasses were handed to the knights on the outer perimeter of the group, responsible for identifying lurking threats in the darkness.
Official explanations, like those from the Rainbow Prophet, merely touch the surface.
People know that these explanations do not give the whole story.
“In the end, it’s because of the collapse of the Earth Sealing Skill…
ancient gods, god corpses, and wreckage have all leaked out from where they were sealed.
The residual force underground from them can turn buried corpses into monsters.”
Originally, the earth had acted as a “prison” and was now transformed into polluted “origin” soaking living beings and granting them “new life.”
The third catastrophe, called the “Catastrophe of the Living”…
includes prisoners that were exposed from the Earth Sealing Skill, which has reached its limit.
And the Sun God who brought it all about?
Well, He was slightly better than His predecessor, shining for at least ten minutes before finally “disappearing.”
The warriors were plunged into a new round of fighting.
Sealing weapons were normally effective against such monsters, but as long as their limbs were destroyed, their attacks could be slowed down considerably.
Explosions rang out one after another.
The “Holy Fire Fruits” Lu Ping’an had distributed earlier were very effective…These weak explosives, described as zero-order, were incredibly useful against the fragile and revived monsters.
Even ordinary farmers dared to pick up “stones” and throw them at the monsters in their way.
The knights maintained their defensive lines deliberately, but their excessively long lines were now frayed from hours of rushing forward.
No one could guarantee how many had bbeenleft behind or lost their lives in the dark night.
Cries and sobs filled the air as many people were still unsure why they had to leave their homes and cities so suddenly.
The few knights, professional warriors, and mercenaries on the periphery continued to chop down and eliminate the endless horde of Corpse Monsters…
while also cleaning up any mutated monsters that suddenly emerged in the crowd.
This was not a zombie crisis caused by biohazard, but at present, merely lying down on the ground after death, the corpse could hardly resist the “Blessing of the Earth” and be reborn quickly.
“It’s like a quagmire…”
Lu Ping’an’s remarkable Spirit Vision didn’t bring him any good news at this time.
In the eyes of others, the land was even and smooth, but to him, it appeared as a swamp filled with black sludge in which each step was extremely difficult to lift.
“…The entire earth has been polluted…”
What Lu Ping’an had discovered was a desperate and hopeless answer.
With just one step on the ground, one could feel the pervasive pollution…
the twisted power was not strong, but it was omnipresent and inescapable.
“Light the lamplight!”
What the refugees could do was light the “lamplight grass” entrusted to them by Lu Ping’an, driving away the pollution with the pure Holy Fire.
The mortals didn’t know what had happened, but they could indeed feel more comfortable and relaxed when they were near those light sources.
“…Is this just the beginning of the Third Disaster?”
In the team’s private channel, various discussions had already begun.
Finally, when the split world had lost its protective layer and its true nature as a “demon-encounters land” had revealed the real difficulty of hell, people began to question where they should flee to and if there were any truly safe places.
Despair and fear were spreading.
The more someone knew, the more despair they felt at this moment.
The lord had secretly approached Lu Ping’an twice, hoping to enter the “safe haven” in advance…
Lu Ping’an directly refused with the excuse of “needing you to stabilize people’s confidence.”
Slaughter, battle, breakthrough, slaughter.
Simple and straightforward cycles repeated endlessly, and time became meaningless.
Endless Corpse Monsters and Demons seemed to leap out from nowhere, and the endless battlefield and darkness made people feel as if they were going in circles.
But Lu Ping’an knew that he was on the right path, the most likely escape route.
The sudden scream wasn’t a good sign.
And the destination it pointed to was a headache.
It was an area with torn and dense black fog, and even the silhouettes of people could be seen in the shadows.
“…This is the battlefield!
Just a few days ago, we fought with those bandits!
Look at the hills above.”
No explanation was needed as Lu Ping’an saw that on the hills before him, there were countless Corpse Monsters.
At the forefront of the newly-appeared Corpse Monster legion was the “Evil Bone,” which had only its upper body left but still floated in mid-air.
This bizarre weather made both sides collide directly.
As Lu Ping’an saw them, the Corpse Monsters also started jumping down like an avalanche.
He heard that two Great Knight ranks had died in that battle.”
“…With the Evil Bone included, it’s three.”