The strong giantkin grew larger, reaching three or four meters tall the moment they charged out of the city gates.
They led the charge, pushing the deepest and furthest into the undead ranks, directly breaking through to the rear.
After all, their size made it inconvenient to move with other races.
At this moment, all the beastkin went into partial beast form, and all kinds of beastly roars erupted.
Qu Weichen had never experienced this kind of group battle, nor had she trained in military formations with the Prison Guard Army.
So, when the city guards, Light Knights, and the remaining Prison Guard Army immediately formed up in pairs or trios to start a disciplined sweep the moment they rushed out, she stood out as completely out of place.
Qu Weichen knew she couldn’t coordinate well with them, so she didn’t join in.
She charged straight at a towering undead knight—her old nightmare.
But now, in this moment, Qu Weichen only felt her blood boiling.
That indescribable state was instantly triggered as her mind sharpened and her fighting spirit surged.
Red lines spread from her heart to her limbs, crawling like a web up to her cheeks.
Her whole body burned with heat, her blood surging, and she rushed at the undead knight at 120% of her usual speed—“Slow Curse” didn’t take effect.
But it didn’t matter.
Qu Weichen casually threw a Misfortune Curse at the abyssal behemoth, her twin daggers blurring in the air as she charged right up to the towering undead knight, slid in, and struck hard at its front leg.
Power exploded in an instant.
She could feel the toughness of the bone, but she didn’t stop, hacking down with all her might.
The knight’s front leg bone was chopped off by the force, flying away and making it lose balance.
A harsh screech came from its skeletal jaws.
Qu Weichen quickly retreated, dodging the knight’s downward slash, and as it lost balance and its bone spike hadn’t yet recovered, she attacked again, using the momentum to leap onto its back—ignoring the undead closing in around her, she jumped onto the knight’s back—“Die!” The twin daggers slashed down in an “X” at the skull.
Qu Weichen hooked her toes tightly onto the horse-like back bones, channeling “Qi” into her daggers.
As the daggers touched the skull, the energy burst out, sending the skull flying high, the soul fire in its eye sockets fading visibly.
[Undead · Centaur Skeleton Hunt (I)]: Killed one centaur skeleton.
Reward: Skill Point_1
She—she killed an undead knight! Qu Weichen didn’t have time to be excited.
She quickly chanted the incantation for Fireball, and everything went smoothly.
As the skeletons lunged at her, a violent explosion erupted from her position—“BOOM!” The damage wasn’t much, but the shockwave sent all the nearby skeletons flying.
Qu Weichen herself was also blasted away, but she was already familiar with the force of the explosion, controlling herself in midair and landing steadily.
Without pausing, she flicked her dagger upward, drawing an invisible arc in the air and hooking a skeleton minion up into the sky.
She stowed her left-hand dagger into her storage ring, clenched her fist, gathered Qi, and smashed down, instantly shattering the minion into countless bone fragments.
[…Impressive.] Number Nine hesitated, thinking, This host actually says she has no talent? Who else would think to exploit a loophole in the undead mage’s magic? That fixed explosion from a failed spell… Beautifully done! [Behind you!]
Qu Weichen slid aside to dodge, catching a glimpse of a massive warhammer spinning down onto the undead knight that tried to ambush her.
The force sent the knight and a bunch of skeleton minions flying.
“Academy students, don’t come here! Fall back immediately!” A tall giantkin woman in city guard uniform blocked Qu Weichen, another warhammer appearing in her hand.
She stomped hard, launching herself like a cannonball at the just-felled undead knight.
Qu Weichen was about to charge forward when she sensed something, rolled on the spot, and found herself facing a young man in Light Knight armor.
“Listen, get back inside the city! This isn’t a playground for you!”
“I’m a Prison Sanctuary guard, I can fight!” Qu Weichen pulled out the token Chen Qingjue had given her from her ring.
She’d never used it before, and never thought her first time would be in a situation like this.
Qu Weichen didn’t say more—who has time for small talk on the battlefield? She hurled her dagger, nailing a skeleton behind the knight, distracting him for a moment.
The knight’s greatsword came down, smashing the skeleton to pieces.
Qu Weichen didn’t hesitate, immediately charging at another undead knight.
The Light Knight gritted his teeth but didn’t chase after her.
Instead, he slashed down with a burst of energy, sending a crescent-shaped sword wave that cleared out the minions around Qu Weichen.
“Kill!”
“Form up, form up! Hold the gate!”
“Where are the Light Temple knights? Dispel the evil spirits!”
The battle raged on.
The elven convoy in the distance had already stopped, disembarking to advance on foot, clearing the way with all kinds of magic to reinforce Uweino.
“Everyone out of the way!” a giantkin shouted, charging into the undead army.
His greatsword glowed with white light, and with a shout, he gripped it with both hands and spun with all his might.
Qi poured in as he spun, sending skeletons flying or shattering them, and with each spin, sword energy shot out, clearing a patch of ground!
“Quick, support, fill the gap!” The giantkin martial artists above tier three were clearly used to this fighting style.
When one’s Qi ran out, another would take over, while the exhausted one retreated to the back to clear minions with brute force.
This was the giantkin’s “Whirlwind Formation.”
Qu Weichen was sent flying by a centaur skeleton, covered in scrapes, her white robe already in tatters.
But the fight wasn’t over, and the fire in her heart hadn’t gone out.
She got up and charged again—slide! Ghost Return! She focused on breaking the centaur skeletons’ leg bones.
As long as she broke one, she’d find a way to climb onto its back and go for the decapitation.
The undead knight thrashed violently, its hoarse growl drawing more skeleton minions to swarm over! More red mist-like evil spirits poured out of the Gate of Hell, some rushing at the city walls, others at the defending army.
Out of the corner of her eye, Qu Weichen saw a red mist evil spirit lunging at her.
She had no magic, probably couldn’t hit it.
But—Qu Weichen gritted her teeth and still climbed onto the undead knight’s back, channeling Qi into her dagger and stabbing down, extinguishing the knight’s soul fire.
“Zzz—” The red mist evil spirit screamed in pain as it rushed over.
Suddenly, golden rain began to fall from the sky, each drop golden.
When it landed on Qu Weichen, a soothing energy flowed into her, healing her wounds.
But when it landed on the undead, black smoke erupted, and the undead made a sound like fire being doused by water, their soul flames dimming.
Qu Weichen took the chance to charge at the surrounding skeleton minions, moving fast, weaving through them with slides and dashes, her dagger gathering Qi again and again—slaughtering!
“The Gate of Hell is closing, hold on everyone!”
[Undead · Skeleton Minion Hunt (I)]: Killed twenty regular skeletons.
Reward: Skill Point_1
[Undead · Centaur Skeleton Hunt (II)]: Killed ten centaur skeletons.
Reward: Skill Point_1
Qu Weichen had no idea how long she’d been fighting.
In this all-out battle, she didn’t and couldn’t hold back at all.
Her Qi kept dropping, and she felt exhaustion and weakness creeping in.
[Ding! Skill [Combat Instinct], current star level: 3]
Finally hit the potential cap? Qu Weichen immediately put a potential point in, raising Combat Instinct to four stars.
Host: Qu Weichen
Class: Necromancer
Skill Points: 8
Potential Points: 1
Just as she caught her breath after killing another skeleton soldier, a thunderous roar erupted from the abyssal behemoth’s side.
Qu Weichen couldn’t help but look over, seeing the dragon bite down on the behemoth’s neck as the others kept up their assault.
Most of the spikes on the behemoth’s back had been broken off in the fight, and it looked utterly miserable now.
“We slay the abyssal behemoth here—kill!”
With that shout, the mountain-sized abyssal behemoth crashed down, vanishing into the abyssal black mist in an instant.
The gate to the abyss faded into a phantom in the sky, then disappeared.
The remaining undead army began their final charge.
Qu Weichen gripped her daggers again—she could still fight! The battle was nearing its end, and she could still kill! She was just a tiny part of the city’s defenders, far weaker than the high-level martial artists fighting desperately—whether from the Prison Sanctuary, the Light Temple, or other races—but in this siege, for the first time, Qu Weichen truly felt the culture of Uweino.
One more undead knight! Qu Weichen made up her mind, quickly charging with the others at the undead army for the final assault.
As she rushed out, planning to break the knight’s leg bone as before, she barely slid in before a huge force slammed her away, sending her crashing into the middle of the undead army—
It was a martial artist in city guard uniform!
“Qu Weichen? So you’re Qu Weichen.” The guard was splattered with blood, and he chuckled.
“The battle’s almost over.
You’ll die here.
Your head… will be worth enough to make me rich for the rest of my life!”
Maybe he was just overconfident, or maybe that was just his nature, but as soon as Qu Weichen heard him, she realized what was happening.
This guy—he must be one of General Pingyuan’s men!
Qu Weichen scrambled up and charged into the undead horde, her twin daggers spinning, hacking down any skeleton that got close.
Her three-star Combat Instinct kicked in, letting her dodge almost all the undead’s attacks as she rolled and crawled, forcing her way into the deepest part of the undead army.
“Is anyone nearby?!”
[No one!]
She could have run back to Uweino, but who knew if more of General Pingyuan’s men were waiting for her? Damn it, at a time like this! Hearing Number Nine’s reply, Qu Weichen immediately summoned a skeleton minion.
The inconspicuous summoning circle appeared deep in the army, and a weak, wobbly skeleton stood up.
No one saw this, not even the guard chasing Qu Weichen.
But the moment the skeleton appeared, the undead around Qu Weichen hesitated for a second, glancing at her, then at the guard hacking down skeletons behind her, and then, as if by agreement, they bypassed Qu Weichen and attacked the guard instead.
“Thank goodness.” Qu Weichen breathed a little easier.
The magic crystal cannons on the walls kept firing, and the mages kept chanting, blasting the densest clusters of skeletons.
This was the final cleanup.
But when a rain of fire meteors crashed down from the sky, Qu Weichen never expected her luck to be this bad.
The little skeleton and the rest of the undead army were turned to ash by the magic.
Luckily, Qu Weichen was far enough away that she was only blasted by the heat wave and thrown hard onto an undead knight.
“Qu Weichen?!”
