Under the blood-red sky of the magic circle, an oppressive silence hung between the two armies. On one side, the masters of the Undead Plane stood amidst their legions, the soul fire in their eyes burning with a mixture of arrogance and desperation. On the other, the five Saints of Su Cheng stood as an unbreakable wall of divine might, their auras alone causing the very ground to tremble.
The Lich King broke the silence, his grating voice filled with menace. "You are powerful invaders, I will grant you that. But you are still living flesh. This plane itself is my ally, and it starves for your life force!"
He slammed his screaming skull staff into the murky ground. The blood sacrifice circle pulsed violently, and thick tendrils of crimson energy shot out from the swamp, lashing towards Su Cheng's forces, seeking to drain their vitality.
Before the tendrils could even get close, a wave of pure, white light erupted from the Holy Unicorn, Sophia. "Your foul magic ends here, necromancer!" she declared, her voice ringing with conviction.
[Log]: Your believer Sophia has activated [Holy Domain]! All allied units are shielded from dark magic and life-draining effects! All enemy undead units are weakened!
The crimson tendrils hissed and recoiled as they touched Sophia's radiant domain, unable to penetrate.
The Lich King's soul fire flickered in shock. "Holy power... a unicorn of this rank?!"
His shock was the only opening Gedo needed. "The Lord's feast awaits," the Gnoll Demon King growled. "Zakoff, Mundun, you know your targets. Kalis, cleanse the sky. Sophia, support us. I will take the Lich King."
With a roar that shook the swamp, the battle began. The Two-Headed Troll Zakoff, laughing with both heads, charged directly at the hulking Death Knight. The Mountain Giant Mundun stomped forward, his massive fists ready to crush the Skeleton King. In the air, the Red Dragon Kalis unleashed a torrent of dragon breath, incinerating hundreds of legendary wraiths and skeletal mages.
The Lich King, seeing his ritual neutralized and his commanders engaged, tried to cast a powerful curse. But Gedo was already upon him. The Gnoll Demon King moved with a speed that defied his size, his blood-gold claws clashing against the Lich King's bone shield.
The battle was a showcase of overwhelming power. While the undead masters were formidable Sanctuary-rank beings, they were only at the early or middle stages. Su Cheng's Saints, empowered by countless evolved soul fires and treasures, were all at the high or even peak stages of their rank.
Zakoff's brutal, regenerating fury was a perfect match for the Death Knight's relentless assault, the two trading devastating blows that shattered the ground. Mundun, with his immense size and strength, simply hammered the Skeleton King, cracking his royal bone armor with every punch.
Seeing his forces being systematically dismantled, the Lich King grew desperate. The invaders were too strong; his plan had failed. But he would not allow them to claim the fruits of his world.
"If this plane must die, then you will all die with it!" he shrieked, abandoning his fight with Gedo and teleporting to the center of his blood circle. He plunged his staff deep into the ground, channeling all his power not into the ritual, but into the plane's unstable core. The entire swamp began to tremble violently, and the cracks in the sky widened. He was going to detonate the plane itself.
"As if our Lord would allow it," Gedo sneered. He was fast, but not fast enough to cross the distance in time.
But he didn't have to be. From high above, a shadow descended. The Red Dragon Kalis, having cleared the skies, folded his wings and dove like a crimson comet. His claws, still glowing with the black, sharp light of the sanctuary-level spear he had consumed, were aimed directly at the Lich King.
The Lich King looked up, his soul fire consumed by terror. Before he could react, Kalis's claws pierced through his magical defenses and his body, extinguishing his soul fire in an instant.
With the Lich King's death, the blood-red dome shattered. The Skeleton King and Death Knight, leaderless and now facing multiple Saints, were quickly overwhelmed and destroyed.
The Undead Plane fell silent once more. Su Cheng's believers stood victorious, the sole rulers of a dying world.
[Log]: You have conquered the Undead Plane! The Undead Masters have been slain!
[Log]: Your believers have brought absolute slaughter! Your Slaughter authority has reached a new threshold!
[Log]: You have plundered the harvest! You have obtained 3 Peak Sanctuary-rank Soul Fires, 67 High Sanctuary-rank Soul Fires, and the Lich King's staff, [The Screaming Skull]!