Chapter 56

The Purple black-robed man arrogantly looked down at Yue Yang in a haughty manner, "Although you may have defeated Lu Den and Lu Ben, in my eyes, you are just a little worm. I am a lich that has cultivated for 500 years. With a wave of my hand, I can pinch you, little brat, to death like a tick. What does defeating Lu Den and Lu Ben even count for? They are only my undead servant, a human-shaped tool that can breathe. You think you can use Lu Den to threaten me?"

"I've never thought of using it to threaten you. I only thought of keeping it and slowly interrogate it to obtain the information I require." Yue Yang coldly slashed down at the grey-robed necromancer Lu Den's skeletal skull with his crescent blade. He then kicked away Lu Den's skull away by more than 10 meters.

"You're overestimating yourself. You want to oppose me? You will immediately understand what is called a mantis trying to stop a chariot." Lich Suo Ge arrogantly snorted.

"Nope. It should be 'mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind."

Yue Yang laughed as a shadow was pouncing downwards from the sky, in a manner that was faster than lightning, with both arms like the scythes of a reaper.

It was actually the Reaper Mantis who had all along been hiding itself.

Its original target might have been Yue Yang. However, its focus had now shifted to the Zombie Dragon and the afterimage of Yue Yang disappeared from the ground. When Lich Suo Ge used his perception and managed to locate him, he discovered that the brat had already appeared directly underneath. He was approaching like the Reaper Mantis, and in his hands, he wielded the crescent blades. Yue Yang's killing intent was not any lesser than the Reaper Mantis.

Lich Suo Ge was unlike the black-robed Lu Ben. He had absolutely no reaction towards the Reaper Mantis' surprise attack.

He did not panic but instead closed his eyes in an extremely calm manner. Extending his hands, he unhurriedly summoned a gold grimoire.

A Halo Shield formed, blocking his head from the fatal strike.

However, the Zombie Dragon underneath him was not as lucky. Yue Yang slashed him. The dragon's skin, which had become brittle after a prolonged period of rotting and corrosion, was cut open.

In the air, the Reaper Mantis' scythe arms slashed with frightful might, causing the protective cover to concave a little.

In the end, the defense of the Gold-ranked Halo Shield was stronger, and the Reaper Mantis could only back down without any achievement.

In the instant when its arm scythe was rebounded by the shield, the Reaper Mantis attacked for a second time. It swept its arm horizontally, causing the colossal-sized body of the Zombie Dragon to forcefully fly. The body of the Zombie Dragon flew in a curve and smashed into a distant wall of the mountain. It then fell headlong and smashed heavily onto the ground, causing a deafening rumble.

The Reaper Mantis was extremely swift. It had already spread its wings in pursuit.

The Zombie Dragon hadn't had any reactions up until now since it had been resurrected as a zombie. Its movements and response time had become relatively sluggish and were no longer as active as they were when it was still a gigantic dragon. When the Zombie Dragon's instinct to struggle finally arose, the Reaper Mantis' huge mouth had already opened. It viciously bit down, with the Zombie Dragon's forehead as its target.

"What a nice gold-ranked worm. It actually dares to prey on my mount. It is simply overestimating itself." Lich Suo Ge coldly laughed, summoning an orb of ice from his grimoire.

The orb of ice seemed to be a living thing as it flew on its own. It shot like a meteor and hit the back of the Reaper Mantis.

Upon contact, it immediately caused the Reaper Mantis' body to rapidly freeze into ice.

In the instant, before the Reaper Mantis devoured the Zombie Dragon's head, the white colour of freezing ice had already spread across its body. The Reaper Mantis had been frozen into an ice sculpture.

The Zombie Dragon immediately counterattacked. It bit onto the Reaper Mantis, who was stuck inside the ice sculpture and ruthlessly threw it into the ground.

It then swept its huge tail.

Boom!

The Reaper Mantis was knocked into the air, slamming against the mountain wall. Crushed rocks and ice fragments scattered across the sky.

Yue Yang knew that there were eggs in Reaper Mantis's belly so he immediately appeared near it and channeled his Innate Qi through his body.

Lich Suo Ge summoned a Blood Wing Demon Guard, which had a body of raging flames and carried an axe. This Bronze-ranked Level 7 monster from the abyss was called to attack Yue Yang.

Red held the Eye-destroying dagger in her right hand and the golden Dragon Slaying Dagger in her left.

She quickly swept behind the axe-wielding Blood Winged Demon Guard and attacked it.

Yue Yang ignored the Demon Guard and was more concerned with the Reaper Mantis on the ground.

Lich Suo Ge commanded the Blood Winged Demon Guard to fight against the Reaper Mantis but Yue Yang appeared in front of the guard and cut him into two halves.

Lich Suo Ge didn't care at all at first and only prepared to control his axe-wielding Blood Winged Demon Guard to use its Fire Shield Explosion skill to blast the brat away.

But when he watched how easily Yue Yang killed it, He was shocked to his core.

The orb of ice that had been rampaging on the Reaper Mantis' stomach suddenly leaped out, turning towards Yue Yang.

In just an instant, his whole body was frozen over, and he turned into a human ice sculpture.

Seeing this scene, Princess Qian Qian screamed.

But the next instant, the ice sculpture shattered and Yue Yang came out of it while smiling at her. She dashed towards him and hugged him tightly.

She said, "Thank God nothing happens to you. I'm so scared when you turn into an ice sculpture. If something happens to you, I'm not able to forgive myself."

He smiled, "You're worried for me Tigress, I'm honored. Don't worry I'll not die so easily." He looked into her eyes before saying, "And you haven't fulfilled your promise."

She was looking at him with a puzzled look, "What promise?"

Yue Yang asked with a grin, "You forget you owe me one in Tong Tian Tower."

Princess Qian Qian remembered and asked, "What do you want?"

He replied, "Let's talk about it after I finish this battle."

He then looked towards Lich Suo Ge, who was looking at him with terrified eyes.