A momentous war had begun.
Initially, there was only red and black light over the Red Sea, but then the entire sky was torn open by a tree-shaped crack spanning ten thousand miles.
Higher up in the sky, a massive vortex appeared in the thick clouds, large enough to swallow the Red Sea, as if it were a void world within.
There, the scenes of the Egyptian Underworld were faintly visible.
Two Underworld Kings stood opposite each other across the void, and their undead armies clashed.
People couldn't count how many undead were there; all the world could see was endless slaughter.
Reports of the war between the two great Undead Empires were rampant. When people in China learned that the Ancient King had gone to fight Khufu, many were not surprised.
When the Ancient King awakened, he had declared that he would rule over all in the Death Kingdom.
This war was bound to happen; it was just unexpected that it would occur so late.
Many countries worried that after the war ended, the victorious Underworld King would bare his fangs at the human world. Only the people of Egypt and neighboring countries, who had long suffered under the oppression of the Egyptian undead, hoped for the Ancient King to become the sole Underworld King.
The descendants of the Pharaohs had had enough of the Pharaohs!
Greece, Athens Acropolis.
Pathenon Temple.
"The Egyptian Undead Empire and the Eastern Undead Empire have gone to war."
Inside the Hall, a female sage informed the Hall Mother Pamir of the war news.
Hearing this, Pamir was not shocked by the war between Emperors. Instead, a slight smile appeared on her face: "A war between Emperors is protracted and cannot be decided in a short time. The Ancient Eastern Emperor will not have time to bother with a human during this period. What a wonderful war."
"This…" The female sage's expression changed.
She hadn't expected the Hall Mother to praise a war, even if it was between demons. Yet, anyone with discerning eyes could see that the war's trajectory would have a huge impact on the world.
"Go, recall our sole candidate. Let her return to receive the worship of the masses and become a Goddess!"
Pamir's order was relayed, and Hailong personally led a team to China.
"Without the Emperor's protection, this is the best time for revenge," Pamir whispered, her fingers caressing a ring.
She turned her head slightly and said to someone behind her: "Find out all of Jiang Yuan's connections in China and locate his whereabouts as quickly as possible. If Jiang Yuan doesn't appear, then kill everyone connected to him!"
Her tone was flat, yet so malicious.
A cold glint flashed in her eyes. Pamir knew this was a heaven-sent opportunity for revenge. Before the Ancient Eastern Emperor and Khufu decided the victor, Jiang Yuan would not receive any of his protection.
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Time rewound to a few days ago.
Jiang Yuan rode the Black Dragon Emperor into the Egyptian Underworld.
The sky and earth were dim, a gray sun hung in the sky, but rather than a sun, it looked more like the pallid whites of a dead person's eyes.
Underworld radiance fell upon the land. The ground was not sand but layers of bone ash, and unweathered bones were like stones.
Every inch of the soil had an extremely dense Death aura. In the magical plane, even the Death aura in an Emperor's tomb would be no more than this, right?
Even the Nether Abyss was only of this concentration, but the size of the Nether Abyss was far smaller compared to the Egyptian Underworld.
The reason why the number of monarch-level undead in Egypt was astonishing became apparent.
With thousands of years of Egypt as nourishment, it was not surprising that the Egyptian Underworld possessed a vast area.
If the Ancient King had chosen the same path as Khufu, the Nether Abyss would only be larger than the Egyptian Underworld.
Jiang Yuan's arrival caused a huge commotion. Khufu immediately sensed a power so strong it sent chills down his spine arriving in his territory, though he was already cold all over.
"That ruler of the Eastern Undead Empire," Khufu said coldly.
As an Underworld King himself, he was well aware of the Ancient King's existence, and he also knew about Queen Huangsha of the ocean.
"How dare you come to my Underworld, you seek Death!" Khufu roared, summoning the Egyptian undead army to engage Jiang Yuan. With someone showing up at his doorstep, what Emperor could tolerate it?
The two Emperors met on the bone-ash sands.
Ten Dark Sword Masters were lined up, golden chains attached to them. At the end of the chains was an ancient golden ark, and the monarch-level Dark Sword Masters had been reduced to charioteers, pulling the golden ark through the air.
Above the golden ark, Khufu was entirely wrapped in white strips of cloth, holding the Pharaoh's Scepter, a symbol of power, with Underworld light shining.
To use monarchs as charioteers, what a shocking sight.
Unfortunately, standing opposite Khufu was Jiang Yuan.
The Black Dragon Emperor beneath him hovered in mid-air, its sky-obscuring wings gently flapping, and a bone-ash sandstorm raged beneath its wings!
With a small Emperor True Dragon as a mount, Khufu immediately found it unbelievable.
Khufu shifted his gaze from the Black Dragon Emperor to Jiang Yuan, and that young figure also shocked him immensely.
Egyptian embalming techniques were already top-tier in the world; it was precisely because of this that he could maintain the same appearance as when he was alive.
Why did the Eastern Emperor in front of him look even more like a living person than he did?
Could it be that the Eastern Empire's undead arts were stronger than Egyptian embalming techniques?
Collecting himself, a sacred light, incompatible with Death, bloomed from Khufu, and he questioned, "Eastern Emperor, why have you come to my Underworld?"
"You are too weak; you are not suitable to be an Underworld King. The Underworld only needs one Underworld King," Jiang Yuan said indifferently.
"I have ruled the Underworld for over four thousand years. You have only been an Undead Emperor for over two thousand years. What right do you have to say I am too weak?" Khufu's aura suddenly erupted, striking directly at Jiang Yuan.
However, this aura didn't even need Jiang Yuan to block it; it was intercepted by Austin.
"You are indeed too weak. My Lord should rule the Underworld and become the sole Underworld King," Austin said disdainfully.
It felt that Khufu was not even as strong as himself, so what right did he have to be compared to My Lord?
"How dare a mere mount interrupt?!" Khufu barked, thrusting his Scepter fiercely into the void, and an incredibly powerful energy pressed down on Austin.
Austin extended its dragon claw and clutched fiercely, and the energy exploded in its palm, light flashing in the sky.
"You are not even worthy of being My Lord's mount," Austin's disdainful gaze became even more apparent.
Khufu was furious about this.
"I can give you a choice: offer up your Underworld, and I will give you a dignified exit," Jiang Yuan said.
"Arrogant Eastern Emperor, overconfidence will make you pay the price!" Khufu swung his Scepter again, and the Egyptian undead army also began to move.
Underworld light shimmered at the tip of the Pharaoh's Scepter, Khufu's aura surged, and the Underworld light in the sky grew brighter and brighter, red occupying the entire world.
Just as Khufu's aura reached its peak, Jiang Yuan was already preparing to fully release the Emperor's power of his armor-robe.
However, he saw Khufu, enveloped in Underworld light, quickly disappear before his eyes.
He just fled, slick as a fish.
Khufu knew that Jiang Yuan was stronger than him, and with the Black Dragon Emperor assisting, he simply couldn't win. So, he planned to summon his son Hephren and other Pharaohs to jointly deal with this war of the undead.
Jiang Yuan found it somewhat amusing to see Khufu flee.
So decisive, he's quite a character.
However, there was no escaping. This was the Egyptian Underworld; no matter how much Khufu fled, he couldn't abandon this Underworld land.