The old man was horrified when he learned that the venerable hallow had already reformed his body.
How could he not be scared? venerable hallow was one of the strongest person that he knew, the person who had survived after fighting with his master, venerable two swords about only in soul form!
The reason he was confident in his chances of defeating this enemy was because he knew that his enemy was weakened and couldn't exert his full power due to his soul form. But, now he knew that he was deceived.
Venerable hallow had already reformed his body, he was feigning weakness when he had fought last time by only fighting with his soul form. He was pretending to be a pig to eat tiger!
"KEKEKEK.... I rebuilt my body thousands of years ago. It just that this body is not as powerful as my original body. Even after tempering it for thousands of years, it still could not withstand my power". Venerable hallow replied.
Hearing this, the Oldman was slightly relieved. Atleast, his body wasn't compatible with him. He still couldn't help but ask, "But how could you rebuild your body? You have been trapped here. You could not leave this abyss due to the seal placed by master".
"If your master has the power the seal me here, then I naturally have the ability to break out of this seal. Kekekeke.... After weakening this seal for years after years with my origin power of evil, I managed to weaken the seal and send a part of my soul outside. Using the part of my soul to control other cultivators, I gathered the material to rebuild my body for thousands of years. And, finally I succeed to rebuilt this weak body. Kekekeke... But I will not stay in this body forever. After all, you found the perfect vassal for my soul".
"A youthful body which is fully compatible with my soul, a body which has formed a connection with my Archives's staff. Kekekeke.... To thank you for your contribution, to help me break out of this prison with perfect body, I will turn you all into my loyal eternal servants. JIEJEIEJEIEJE". He started to laugh evilly. Just the thought of leaving this damn place with a youthful body full of potential made him so happy.
"While we were making plans to kill you, you were planning counter measures. So, you fought with us using your soul body last time to deceive us into thinking you are weakened more due to seal". The Oldman finally understood everything.
While he was gloating at the misfortunes of venerable hallow and how fulfilling his revenge would be, he was slowly walking into the abyss. He was being happy while he was dancing in the palm of his enemy. His enemy was deliberately feigning weakness and managed to trick him into believing everything.
"Kekekeke.... I would disdain Scheming against weakling like you if not for this place restricting my cultivation base". Venerable hallow snorted. "However, the game of cat and mouse that I played with you managed to keep me from being bored while I was trapped at this place. Thus, I will give you a chance to display your cards before I crush you and turn you into my eternal servants. The look of despair that will shine in your face will give me euphoria. Jiejiejiejiejie!!! " he laughed evilly as he pointed his both hand at the sky.
He started to chant in strange voice. Finally, a black portal was opened before him after he finished his chant. Laughing evilly he said, "Rise my childrens!!! After slumbering foe years in darkness, it is time see the daylight. Rise up and cover the light in this world in sacred darkness!!! It is time to feast!!!"
Strange creature started walking out from the portal one after another. Each one with red eyes and bloodthirsty nature. The killing invented emitting from each creature was so dense that they were nearly viscous, a proof of the number of people they have slaughtered. This was the evil army using which the venerable hallow had created havoc in the world, slaughtering both innocent mortals and cultivators!!!
Beast men, creatures with body of human and head of beast!!!
Vicious hybrid demonic beasts, beasts created after fusion between different kind of demonic beasts!!!
Gargoyles, strange creatures with huge demonic body, two large horn growing on their head and two huge demonic wing spreading from their backs!!!
More than ten thousands of such creatures came out from the portal. Among them were four creatures which were emitting fluctuation that could exceed the battle prowess of a peak core formation cultivator despite the seal limiting it's cultivation.
A manticore, a vicious poisonous beast from the mythical era with body of a lion and a snake attached to its rear and three strange creatures with large bodies similar to humans. But unlike humans whose body were made up of three components, blood, muscles and bones they were made up of only one. A unique creation of venarable hallow which he liked to call evil skeleton, evil bone and evil muscle respective to the Components they were made up of.
Looking at the vicious creature crawling out like ants from their nest with killing intent, even the battle veterened old man started to feel some pressure. Each of the creatures had the cultivation base ranging from initial to the peak core formation realm. His thousand undead army had to fight against ten thousands, a one to ten battle!
That was excluding his greatest foe, the Venerable hallow whom he had no confidence to win against. But it was difficult to back out once you had ridden on the tiger's back!
Furthermore, after years of planning, today was the day of revenge!
With solemn expression on his face he shouted at the undead army to raise their morale,"Brothers, once we lived in peace and happiness, enjoying the joy of life with our family and loved ones but that was until day, this evil army descended upon us. They slaughtered our family and loved ones, destroyed our homes and lotted every thing that we ever owned and cherished".
"We lost our life once but we resurrected from the dead going against the heavens! I have always wondered the purpose, the reason why we went against heavens even after death! Today, I understood it all. It was for revenge, to provide justice to our deceased, to anhillate this scourge that we failed to do when we were alive. So, today raise your weapons again, and join me in battle as we fulfill our one eternal desire. To eliminate the evil once again! FIGHT!!!". He raised his weapon and challenged venerable at sword point.
"FIGHT!!! "
"FIGHT!!! "
"FIGHT!!! "
The undead were like armies pumped with chicken blood. They shouted 'fight' with loud voice as they descended on the ground in orderly manner as they raised their weapons to fight the evil army.
Their cold gazes were cast on the evil army. With the sheild and spear weilders at the fronts, sword welders at the middle and archers at back, they maintain their formation, ready to attack at a moment's notice.
Suddenly, ground shook endlessly as the expression of the undead army changed. The evil army had arrived.
Just a breath later, a tide of evil army could be seen charging at them from a the distance. There were all kinds of creatures among the army, although they did not all have huge bodies, they all released intense killing intent from their bodies.
Other than creatures like gargoyles and beastmen, there were all kinds of vicious beasts. Beasts with body of horse and head of flood dragons, beasts with alligator head and tiger bodies!
There were all kinds of beasts but needless, to say they were stronger than normal beasts. Their bodies were covered in strange black ruins and all of them were radiating the fluctuations of fourth rank beasts.
As the army of thousands got closer, the smell of death and evil wafted over changing the nature of the surrounding itself into evil. It was no wonder that this army was called the evil army.
Just when evil army was in the range of the archers, one of the undead who was the leader of the army raised his hand in the air.
The undead archers at the back all knocked their arrows into their bows. The arrows were made up of strange material and red runes were drawn at their tip.
swishhh.... Swishhh... Swishhh....
Hundreds of arrows descended from the sky at the army of evil easily penetrating the enemies killing them. After killing the enemies, the runes at the tip of arrow absorbed all of their blood and exploded killing tens of the creatures in their vicinity.
The sounds of arrows being released and sounds of explosions filled the battle field. By the times army was in the fighting ranges, more than two thousands of them were killed by the archers alone.
Then, it was the turn for the shield and spear bearers. The raised their sheild covering their heads, bodies and legs forming the wall. Spears were extending out from the gaps formed in the shield wall.
BOOM.
The charging creatures all collided on the sheield wall using the shield bearers a few steps back but their momentum were broken. Then, the spear welders all pushed their spears from the gaps impaling the charging creatures killing them.
Hundreds of charging creatures were killed by the spears. The spears were impaled into the armies then taken back only to be pushed again.
The undead army killed more than three thousands enemies even before the real battle began!
After the collision, the undead army created gaps at the sheild wall letting a few charging creatures inside before closing it. Then, the sword welders would attack together and kill the creatures.
The undead army was like the beast in the battlefield, opening it's mouth and swallowing the enemies.
The sounds of fighting and bloodmists filled the air as the battle continued.
Meanwhile, in the air, the venerable hallow and the Oldman were facing each other in a showdown!
They raised up high in the before the beginning of their showdown so as to not let their army be affected by the aftermath of their battle.