042 Powerful

The sudden sound of Kellen's voice, along with the terrifying aura that erupted with it, greatly inspired the frenzy-driven undead army.

It also snapped Little Green back to reality. Having spent a long time idling away while that madwoman launched a frenzied assault, Little Green finally came to his senses.

Though he didn't know what was going on, since Kellen wanted him to stop that person, Little Green would never let him escape.

"Stop me? Just based on a Tier 4 legendary undead? Are you perhaps a bit too overconfident..."

Before the lunatic could finish his words, the blood-red-runed longsword in Little Green's hand swept across his body, cleaving him in two once again.

At the same time, the little ghost Alice appeared once more. Delicate and cute as she usually looked, with an adorable milky charm, she was fierce today when facing the lunatic who had killed Kellen once!

The moment she appeared, she grabbed the lunatic's severed lower body and ripped it apart directly.

The two Tier 4 legendary undead unleashed their own radiance at this very moment.

Meanwhile, the madwoman was not idle either; she lunged forward once more and tore the lunatic's upper body to shreds.

The attacks of the three undead were utterly ferocious. An ordinary Tier 5 entity would likely have been instantly slain right here, yet their opponent was this very lunatic.

Although they successfully killed him once more, it still had no major effect, and the lunatic quickly resurrected again.

However, this resurrection was somewhat different from the previous ones. Earlier, he had offered almost no resistance, but this time, he unleashed an attack the very moment he revived.

With a spinning kick, he successively forced Little Green and Alice back, then his figure flashed, plunging directly into the body of a nearby undead to merge with it.

He had used this exact trick earlier to evade the undead's attacks, and the effect was quite remarkable; once he hid inside, Kellen's undead legion was completely helpless.

This time, however, it was different. The moment he hid himself, the madwoman lunged straight at him.

Caring nothing about whether it was an undead or not, she directly tore the undead harboring the lunatic into pieces, forcing him to reveal his true form once again.

The instant he reappeared, Little Green pounced once more, his longsword cleaving him in two yet again.

The next moment, the lunatic was dismembered all over again.

Yet this fellow still refused to die. A minute later, he recondensed his physical form once more, and this time, gritting his teeth, he lunged straight toward Kellen, who was clearly undergoing evolution.

Seeing this, the madwoman immediately gave chase.

Having lost all reason, her sole target and instinct was to kill the lunatic. The moment he possessed Kellen, this madwoman would undoubtedly kill Kellen without a moment's hesitation.

Little Green and Alice clearly knew this as well, and the two undead moved in an instant.

Little Green was tasked with stopping the madwoman, while Alice was responsible for blocking the lunatic, but both Little Green and Alice failed!

Although the strength of both Little Green and Alice was Tier 4 legendary, making their combat power more terrifying than ordinary Tier 5 beings, they still fell slightly short compared to either the lunatic or the madwoman.

Fast though the two undead were, they were utterly unable to stop them. Almost simultaneously, they were brushed aside by their opponents, and the lunatic and the madwoman arrived before Kellen one after the other.

As it happened, the exact moment the two reached Kellen, Kellen's undead transformation reached its final stage.

The aura of the undead transformation swept outward, and the lunatic, charging head-on, was jarred by the impact. Before he could react, Kellen had already reached out a skeletal hand to grab him by the throat, while turning his head with flashing soul flames, casting a frigid gaze upon the madwoman.

The moment Kellen's gaze landed on the madwoman, his newly awakened undead talent erupted. An oppressive force originating from the soul acted upon the madwoman, causing her to involuntarily drop to her knees before Kellen.

Subduing the lunatic with a single hand, and forcing the madwoman to her knees with a single glance—the transformed Kellen was terrifyingly formidable!

"How is this possible? No matter how furious you are, your aura is merely at the Tier 4 level. How can you be this terrifying, forcing a Tier 5 undead to kneel with a single look?"

The lunatic could not comprehend it at all. How could an existence he could slaughter effortlessly before becoming undead turn into something so terrifying after transformation?

Kellen had no intention of answering his question; his only desire right now was to kill this lunatic who had killed him once!

Clenching his other hand into a fist, Kellen slammed it directly into the lunatic's face.

"You want to kill me? It's useless! Your strength is indeed a bit stronger than before, but there is no way you can kill me! I am immortal!"

"Immortal?"

Hearing this, the corners of Kellen's mouth curled up: "You dare call yourself immortal?"

The moment Kellen laid eyes on him, his Insight Eye had already activated, laying bare all of the lunatic's attributes before Kellen.

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Name: Aigeha (Avatar)
Race: Avatar Puppet of Despair (Holder of one percent of the fragments of the Power of Despair)
Strength: Tier 5 Excellence
Talent: Power of Despair
Effect One: Capable of enhancing one's own strength by absorbing despairing emotions.
Effect Two: Capable of creating avatar puppets utilizing the Power of Despair (The puppet's strength is equal to the main body's, yet it possesses the immortal characteristic. Until the Power of Despair is completely exhausted, the despair puppet will not perish.
Ps: The avatar puppet is connected to the soul of the main body, so if the avatar is completely destroyed, the main body will suffer severe damage, or even perish entirely!)
Effect Three: Embodiment of Despair (Can be used on avatar puppets, allowing the puppet to transform into despair and merge into the target's body to evade attacks.)

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"Did you think that because the entity before me is merely an avatar puppet, I wouldn't be able to kill you? I can only say you are too ignorant. For an existence like yours, I have a thousand ways to destroy you!"

As he spoke, Kellen's fists rained down blows upon the lunatic's head.

Kellen's attack power was not particularly high, but every single punch he landed sent the lunatic into mental disarray.

"What are you trying to do? Are you going to destroy my soul?"

At this moment, realizing what Kellen intended to do, the lunatic was finally gripped by fear and began to struggle frantically.

Yet it was of no use at all. Although his avatar possessed Tier 5 Excellence strength, having consumed too much of the Power of Despair—especially after the massive burst when forcing back Little Green—his combat power had plummeted drastically, leaving him utterly incapable of resisting Kellen.

"Fine! A fine necromancer! Remember this, I will certainly return and bring you boundless despair!"

Finding himself with absolutely no other recourse in the end, the lunatic gritted his teeth and prepared to sever his connection with this puppet avatar to cut off his tail and survive.

Though this would drastically reduce his power, it was still better than being straight-out obliterated by Kellen.

Yet how could Kellen let him escape? Just as he was about to sever the link between himself and the puppet avatar to make his escape, the soul flames in Kellen's eyes leaped violently.

"Flee? Had you fled before being caught by me, you might indeed have gotten away, but now it is a bit too late!"

As he spoke, Kellen directly affixed a Mark of the Dead onto the soul of the lunatic, who was now solely focused on escaping and completely devoid of the ability to resist.

Just as he severed the connection with the puppet avatar to retrieve his soul, he inadvertently brought Kellen's [Mark of the Dead] back with it.

At that very instant, Kellen detonated the [Mark of the Dead] without a moment's hesitation...