Lord Death Is Now Back Home by Chris

Chapter 1224: The Skeleton Army

These people were either the most important to Chris Shelby or had deep connections with him. Everything affected Chris Shelby's state of mind. Several times, he almost couldn't resist taking action. But with strong willpower, he held back because he knew these were illusions, and he couldn't get lost in them. Chris Shelby walked forward step by step, ignoring whatever happened before him. He acted as if he saw and heard nothing.

Suddenly, everything before him disappeared. Chris Shelby finally breathed a sigh of relief. He knew he had finally walked out of the illusion array.

Then, Chris Shelby turned around and was stunned by what he saw. Countless people were trapped in the illusion. Some couldn't distinguish reality from illusion and were lost within it. Some committed suicide, while others killed each other. Everyone had bloodshot eyes and a crazed look on their faces, wielding swords and slashing wildly.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Everyone had gone mad! Bodies lay on the ground, and the smell of blood filled the palace.

Alongside Chris Shelby, Daniel Williams and Peterson Abernathy also emerged from the illusion. Both were determined individuals and cultivators above the Transcendence level. With strong willpower, they managed to escape the illusion.

Peterson Abernathy couldn't help but exclaim, "Terrifying! Absolutely terrifying!" His face was full of fear. In the illusion, he saw his son Noah Abernathy being stabbed through the heart by Chris Shelby. At that moment, his heart shattered! He wanted revenge but knew he wasn't a match for Chris Shelby. Seeking revenge would be suicidal. Only by finding the Dragon Emblem fragment could he hope to kill Chris Shelby and avenge his son!

Daniel Williams remained silent but wore an expression of lingering fear. Several times, he almost got lost in the illusion. Especially in one vision where he saw himself ascending to the throne. Just as he was about to sit on the dragon chair, Chris Shelby appeared and destroyed everything!

As time passed, more people emerged from the illusion. Among them were Tiger, Devil's Frown, Guardian Tim, and others. Everyone who made it out was at least at the Chief Master level or higher. The illusion tested not only willpower but also strength. The stronger one's abilities, the firmer their willpower.

After two or three hours, most people had escaped the illusion, though two or three thousand had died within it. The palace was filled with bodies and rivers of blood. The intense smell of blood made some people nauseous.

Most of those who died were from the Abernathy family and Daniel Williams' group. However, over a hundred royal guards also perished in the illusion. Seeing those royal guards dead in the illusion tore at Chris Shelby's heart. These were warriors meant to die on the battlefield defending their country, not here. He felt immense guilt.

Although nearly a thousand of Daniel Williams' men had died, his face showed no emotion. To him, all life except his own was insignificant. Death was just death; it didn't matter much to him.

As they say, "A general's success is built on countless bones." As long as they could obtain the Dragon Emblem fragment, these sacrifices were worth it.

Daniel Williams said calmly, "Alright, let's not waste any more time and proceed to the next level of the palace."

At this moment, Peterson Abernathy's face fluctuated between expressions. Compared to Daniel Williams, Peterson Abernathy looked extremely grim because those who died were all from his Abernathy family. Each member was connected by blood ties; losing one weakened their overall strength.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Peterson Abernathy looked at Chris Shelby and asked, "Chris Shelby, do you know what the next test in the palace will be?"

Chris Shelby pondered for a moment before replying, "We've already passed through a trapping array and an illusion array; if I'm correct, the next test is likely a killing array!"

"A killing array?" Everyone exchanged glances upon hearing this.

The trapping and illusion arrays had already been so dangerous; how terrifying would a killing array be? Although most didn't understand

arrays well, just hearing "killing array" made them realize its extreme

danger.

A killing array implied facing deadly threats within it; one wrong move could result in death.

But having come this far, no one was willing to give up now.

So everyone continued forward.

Soon after, their surroundings suddenly changed again.

Everyone's faces turned pale with shock as they saw skeletons appearing before them-standing still with swords in hand.

Guardian Tim exclaimed in horror, "What are these things?"

Chris Shelby replied gravely, "If I'm not mistaken these skeletons are those who were buried alive long ago but have been turned into an army of skeletons using some method!"

Chris Shelby knew about ancient burial customs where nobles would have many people buried alive with them in tombs-a cruel practice indeed resulting in countless deaths inside tombs. But what surprised him was seeing these once-buried people now animated as skeleton warriors-an unimaginable sight!

"What? Skeleton army!" Everyone's faces showed fear upon hearing this-skeleton armies defied common sense! How could dead people become skeleton armies? It felt like being in hell itself!

Crack!

Crack!

Crack!

Before anyone could react further-the skeleton army attacked Chris Shelby and his group wielding broken swords like zombies from a video game!

This wasn't an illusion anymore-it was a killing array-and everything happening now was real!

No one dared take chances-they drew their weapons ready for battle against these skeleton warriors!

Fortunately-the skeleton army

wasn't very strong-they quickly fell

under attack-but then something

strange happened-Christ

Shelby

decapitated one skeleton warrior

only for it to continue attacking

without its head!

Seeing this-Chris Shelby frowned deeply-the skeleton warriors weren't powerful but extremely difficult to deal with-it wouldn't be easy defeating them completely!