Chapter 96: The Undead Beneath the Ice
"Hahaha, they were right, necromancers are just a bunch of brainless skeletons. They couldn't even see through such a simple trap!"
Before Gu Xi could climb up from the ice, a mad laugh echoed from the center of White Star Lake.
Then another voice sounded.
"I told you, as long as we leave some clues, those necromancers will release you themselves."
As that voice echoed, Gu Xi's evil coffin rushed to his side, using its body to protect him.
Taking this opportunity, Gu Xi looked in the direction of the voice.
Gu Xi saw a man draped in white baboon fur standing in the center of White Star Lake, where the lights were densest.
The man was of normal human size, wearing nothing but the white baboon fur, revealing skin covered in various colored undead tattoos.
In his left hand, he held a strange oil lamp, shaped like a pink brain, wrapped in a fine iron mesh with small bells and sparks at each intersection.
In his right hand, he held a dark red, rusted scythe.
While speaking, he didn't pay attention to Gu Xi but stared at the ice beneath White Star Lake.
Beneath the ice, a massive corpse over nine meters tall slowly opened its eyes.
This enormous corpse was somewhat thick, resembling a magnified walrus, with four-meter-long white tusks protruding from its mouth.
The corpse was also studded with about four to five hundred broken tusks.
Its skin was smooth, making it look unlike a walrus corpse.
In fact, this corpse was originally a spirit formed from the graves of walrus people.
Initially, White Star Lake was the secret graveyard of the walrus people, similar to the elephant graveyard for elephants. Every walrus person, feeling near death, would come to White Star Lake, close their eyes, sink to the bottom, and return to the walrus people's graveyard.
This was their best protection for their remains, as no one would expect the walrus people's graveyard to be in a freshwater lake.
But the walrus people didn't anticipate that this world would be discovered and swiftly occupied by the Sunshine Glory Guild.
After the Sunshine Glory Guild took over this world, the environment changed significantly, affecting White Star Lake and severing its connection to the sea in the cold winds.
Some beaver people, who had allied with the initial exploration team of the Sunshine Glory Guild, also settled in White Star Lake.
Their settlement met with fierce resistance from the walrus people. The spirit formed from the walrus graveyard here held a status comparable to Luna in Aridowei.
The necromancers of the Sunshine Glory Guild had effective ways to deal with such spirits.
They used some methods to kill the spirit and seal the walrus graveyard, preventing any strong spirits from emerging.
After that, the walrus people and the beaver people 'peacefully coexisted' at White Star Lake, jointly developing everything in the frozen lake.
The dense yin energy Gu Xi felt when he accidentally shattered the lake surface earlier was the lingering power of the walrus people's graveyard.
The rapidly freezing winds were aimed at sealing the walrus graveyard spirit.
But the slain spirit of the walrus graveyard never gave up any chance to resist.
The mad laughter earlier was his, because Gu Xi's corpse explosion had indeed blasted open the seal on the walrus graveyard.
Although Gu Xi didn't know all this, he had eyes.
He could clearly see the unusual situation over there.
Gu Xi quickly climbed onto the coffin lid, holding the Staff of Shattering, seriously watching everything before him.
Behind him, the gate of the City of Death had already opened, with troops from the Bone-Cutting Battalion, skeleton archers, and ghost units continuously emerging.
"Heh, didn't expect an impatient one to come out."
The man in white baboon fur looked at the open gate of the City of Death with a disdainful smile.
"With just this bit of strength, you want to come out and die? White Star Lake, you've been sealed for so long, don't you want revenge?"
Boom!
As he finished speaking, the ice beneath him shattered, and a sturdy arm stretched out from beneath the ice.
"I told you, my name is Walrus Grave, not White Star Lake."
After speaking, the gigantic walrus corpse climbed out from beneath the ice.
As it climbed, it didn't forget to ask.
"Is this guy included in our deal?"
"No way, a mere level 3 kid with only about two hundred troops. I can easily handle him. I let you out just to vent your anger.
So it doesn't affect your mind.
Thinking it's part of our deal? Do you think my deals are that easy?"
"I knew you guys had bad intentions."
Walrus Grave said angrily.
They both didn't take Gu Xi seriously.
Despite the continuous emergence of troops from the city gate behind Gu Xi, neither considered him a threat.
The guy in white baboon fur was at level 9, beyond the heroic limits of this world.
As for Walrus Grave, despite his massive size, he was just a soldier with exactly level 10 strength.
To them, Gu Xi at level 3 was like a roadside bug, not worth mentioning.
At most, Gu Xi's soldiers were interesting, but they didn't change their plans.
So the guy in white baboon fur suggested Walrus Grave vent his anger.
Otherwise, their future deal wouldn't be easy.
Walrus Grave understood his intention but couldn't change the deal and only snorted heavily, grabbing a seven-meter-long ice anchor from the ice.
Taking a big step forward, Walrus Grave launched himself towards Gu Xi like a cannonball.
"Scatter, skeleton archers attack!"
Gu Xi, standing on the coffin lid, immediately gave orders while the evil coffin carried him away from Walrus Grave's landing spot.
Barely moving away, Gu Xi heard a cracking sound behind him.
Turning back, Gu Xi saw Walrus Grave heavily smashing into his previous position.
The impact shattered the ice, and at least twenty skeleton swordsmen nearby were instantly killed.
But Walrus Grave seemed unscathed, turning his gaze to Gu Xi.
"Trying to run? No way!"
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