Alex was satisfied as he entered the underground ruins of the Tower of yin spirits ten minutes later. Based on Franz's previous research, Alex believed that many of the key members of the Tower of Shadows, including possibly the Pope of the Tower of yin spirits, David Trudeau, were inside the old pyramid.
According to previous knowledge, David was the founder and Pope of the Tower of Yin Spirits, and was primarily active in PARSLOV City and the surrounding Nantes County. The tower had recently been causing problems in PARSLOV City, resulting in backlash and the destruction of many of their strongholds. This caused some members of the Tower of Yin Ling to become uncertain and led the tower to only accept individuals who had received divine power from the Void Yin Spirit, as seen by the intoxicated state of people entering this secret base this time. In this situation, David Trudeau, as Pope, had to take responsibility in order to resolve the issue. Alex soon made his way through the tunnel and entered the underground ruins.
Alex left only a small number of undead, including the crusty ghoul and the evil spirit Franz, for self-defence and withdrew the rest to prevent the pyramid's influence on them. He wanted to get close to the pyramid and see how much it affected the zombie monsters without being controlled remotely. He would retreat if the impact was too strong. In any case, he had already gathered a large number of crops this time. Additionally, his current battle power was centred on the undead army.
If he couldn't summon the undead, he would be walking into a trap by going in and hunting with his hands and feet tied. Alex entered the underground ruins and saw a grand and solemn pyramid, but the young man and the two young girls were gone. Alex was not concerned. The movement of the conflict above would be nearly impossible to gauge based on the distance and structure of the abandoned office building above.
It did not matter where the young man had gone. He, on the other hand, had no intention of leaving quietly. He approached the pyramid cautiously and quickly sensed a change in its energy. It was a grand and ancient spirit, like a hibernating ancient wild beast, that made people uneasy.
Alex moved forward more than ten meters, feeling an invisible force field interfering with his connection to the zombie summons. However, this interference was not dangerous as long as the distance was not too great, and the impact was minimal. He relaxed a bit and summoned the Skeleton Soldiers again, forming a battle formation and ready to push forward.
Alex arrived at the entrance of the pyramid, which was a two-meter-high square stone gate that was open. Inside, the stairs led upwards, disappearing into the darkness. The dark wind blowing inside was unsettling, as if entering would lead to a terrifying world. Alex, as a necromancer, was unfazed by the atmosphere and commanded the undead army to enter, following behind with a wand in one hand and a rifle in the other, on high alert.
After several minutes of walking up the steps, He frowned, suspecting that something was unusual because they still hadn't reached the top. This was due to the use of space magic that expanded a small distance multiple times, making it difficult to judge the actual size of the space inside the pyramid. However, no matter how magical it is, space magic has limits.
After walking more than 10 meters, Alex finally saw the exit and there was light inside. He commanded the evil spirit Franz to hide and go outside to investigate, allowing him to see the situation inside through synced vision. Franz's figure vanished instantly, and Alex's vision moved to a pyramid-shaped hall that was larger than a football field.
There were no columns and it appeared to be quite empty. The wicked spirit was floating in the air, allowing his vision to expand. In the centre of the hall, there was an obelisk with elaborate inscriptions and a ball of light hanging from its summit, like a small sun, illuminating the entire space. There were more than a dozen people in a circle, with rays of light on their bodies, sitting cross-legged on the ground beneath the obelisk, forming a large circular configuration.
Alex observed the impact of the evil spirit Franz after the visual synchronization and saw that even though the distance was not close, Franz's eyesight was very good. One of the people in the circle was Pope David Trudeau of the Tower of Yin Spirits, the same young man who had been standing outside the pyramid.
Alex had not only seen a photograph of cult leader David Trudeau in a single paper, but he had to admit that the middle-aged man was very attractive and appealing. Although he was well-known in acting circles, He did not expect him to become the leader of the most widespread cult group in Northwest Province in a matter of years.
Alex sighed slightly but did not hesitate. He immediately ordered an attack on the entire line before the other party could discover his presence. Hundreds of skeleton soldiers, ghouls, and ghosts burst out of the steps in an instant, sprinting and charging while maintaining their formation. The evil spirit Franz remained in the air, acting as a relay satellite to keep Alex's vision aligned, rather than joining the attack at this moment. Seeing the undead warriors under his command charge forward gave Alex the feeling of playing a real-time tactical game.
At the same time, when a dozen people seated beneath the obelisk noticed the movement, they all woke up, standing up one by one and breaking the magical circle. This change made David Trudeau, who was at the centre of the magical circle, very unhappy, or he was no longer David Trudeau at this moment, but a part of the consciousness that came from an evil spirit outside the abyss.
David Trudeau slowly opened his eyes and stood up from the ground. When he was quiet, his mature and attractive face showed a wicked and mad look, with his eyes shining with yellow light and his mouth full of white breath. He let out a soft growl. It seems that the main members of the Tower of Shadows had grown accustomed to this, or they joined the obscure organization of the Tower of Shadows to receive some of the power provided by the void spirits.
"Who's there? How dare you disrupt the worship of the holy god!" David Trudeau yelled when he noticed the presence of the undead monsters. He exclaimed, "Dead and filth dares to blaspheme the holy god!" He raised the black staff in his palm and created a ball of light with black electric sparks as he spoke, then shot it towards the undead horde with a crisp wave.
Alex could not tell what type of magic it was, but it was much weaker than the arcane missile that Dr. Fauci had used to kill silver Trudeau, especially given the speed of the black lightning ball. The ghouls and skeleton troops charging to the front were not slow and they bounced and dodged on all sides to form a swallow-wing formation, exposing the slowest but thickest zombies. A black lightning ball then struck a zombie with a loud bang, knocking the undead, weighing more than 200 kg, to the ground. However, it got up as if nothing was wrong and continued moving forward.
Alex, as a necromancer, realized that the attack just now was not as simple as it seemed. It was a zombie, which had roughly half of its life remaining due to its strong skin and dense blood. This was all due to the zombie monsters, which were unaffected by the attack. If regular ghouls or gun skeleton troops were used instead, it is likely that they would just create a mess of blood and torn bodies.
However, Alex noticed the Pope's strength in the Tower of Yin Spirit at this point. His magical control and comprehension remained at the intermediate apprentice level, but the power of magic was forcibly increased to that of a senior apprentice through the might of the Void Yin Spirit. Alex did not consider such an opponent a threat. If everything else was taken away, the evil spirit Franz or the crusty ghoul could kill the opponent by themselves.
David Trudeau, on the other hand, did not seem to be aware of this. He was confident in the power granted by the Void Yin Spirit in which he believed. When one of his blows failed, he frowned and rattled his staff, preparing more powerful spells. He was going to make a greater move this time and solve the problem with one move before the large throng of undead could reach him.
Along with other key members of the Tower of Yin Spirits, they noticed that David Trudeau was not in a hurry to attack. They were well aware of David Trudeau's favour from the Void Yin Spirit and his great magic, not to mention the substantial number of spells he possessed.
But they did not expect the skeletal soldiers who had been charging at them to suddenly stop, and they were still more than 50 meters away. "Bang Bang Bang!" A barrage of gunshots rang out in the pyramid hall. Five or six of the dozen or so individuals who had come to witness the event were shot and fell to the ground, including David Trudeau, who was ready to cast a spell.
David Trudeau, being the primary target, received the most attacks. He felt extreme pain after seven or eight bullets penetrated his chest and skull. He could not believe his eyes and couldn't figure out why the skeleton soldiers suddenly raised their firearms to shoot before he died.
This is their perception of skeletal troops. They mistook the skeleton soldiers for a group of cannon fodder with rusted weapons that no armed farmer could beat. They were surprised to learn that Alex's skeleton troops were not only elite but also armed with magical guns. They were caught off guard and had no opportunity to deploy defensive magic or defence goods.