The regretful Skeleton Puppets!

The Death-black sword glow instantly swept across several kilometers.

It actually instantly killed thousands of players in the vicinity!

This sweeping sword strike left countless people no time to react. Even if some players activated their Damage Immunity Shield, or triggered 'Evasion', none were spared; all died instantly.

Because this sword strike came with a 100-point Instant Death Affix!

At this stage, without Instant Death resistance, if a player was hit by this sword, their 100% Instant Death gauge would instantly fill, leading to immediate Death!

Among these more than a thousand players…

Some were currently besieging the BOSS.

Some had seen Osirio and were starting to retreat.

Others were still rushing towards the BOSS.

In just that single instant…

These thousands of players were swept by the Death-black sword energy, and their movements suddenly froze, as if time itself had stopped in the entire world.

Subsequently, although their bodies remained motionless, their eyes lost the color of life!

Swish!

Swish swish!

For a moment…

These players felt like they had arrived in a pitch-black area.

"Where is this?"

"My Instant Death gauge is 100%, I was killed by the BOSS?"

"Why can't I move?"

"Even if I was killed by the BOSS, I should resurrect. What kind of ghostly place is this pitch-black area?"

They were confused, nervous, and quickly became afraid.

But they couldn't communicate with each other at all.

It was as if they were the only ones in the entire dark space!

But soon, they heard system prompts again:

——

[You have received 'Undying Blessing', you have received the Upper Affix 'Instant Death +20'!]

[You have received 'Undying Plating', you have received 10 layers of Damage Immunity Shield, and recover 3 layers per second!]

——

???

These two system prompts came one after another, leaving all these thousands of players utterly bewildered!

"What's going on?"

"I was killed by the BOSS, and then I became stronger?"

"There's even such a good thing?"

"Could it be that my cheat has finally arrived?"

But before they could react.

The darkness before their eyes instantly dissipated, and what appeared before them was…

Precisely the scene from when they were besieging the BOSS!

They hadn't resurrected.

Or rather, they hadn't resurrected at a Hideout/teleportation array.

Instead, they had resurrected on the spot?

As they stood there dumbfounded, they all horrifyingly discovered…

They couldn't move at all!

Of course, to be precise, they couldn't move on their own.

Their bodies, stiff and on their own accord, walked towards an area, seemingly gathering with others!

And during the movement…

A scene that horrified everyone occurred.

They saw all the flesh on themselves and others around them begin to rot and fall off!

Although it was in the game, this phenomenon still plunged them into unimaginable terror.

They were extremely afraid!

But they couldn't make any reaction now.

Unable to control their bodies, unable to speak, unable to even open their operation panel, unable to private message friends.

They were completely controlled, and they still retained their consciousness!

…

"Fight for the Undead Royal Family!"

The twenty-meter-tall 'Skeleton' Great Calamity Underworld King, holding a giant skeleton sword over ten meters long, sneered upon seeing this.

The more than a thousand players it had killed all turned into puppets controlled by it, and were granted 'Undying Blessing' and 'Undying Plating', two powerful temporary buff states!

Under the influence of Great Calamity Underworld King · Hals's skill, the flesh of those thousands of players continuously underwent Corruption, quickly turning them into skeletons!

They held various weapons and wore various armors and robes, appearing human-like, but their entire bodies were now nothing but white bones.

Whoosh!

With a command from Hals, the player Skeleton Puppets it controlled all charged out into the surroundings!

Although the BOSS had a range limit.

However…

The players it controlled did not!

Therefore, this Epic-grade BOSS Great Calamity Underworld King's original intention was to attract enough players, capture them all in one fell swoop, and then transform them all into its own puppets!

Thus, a terrifying scene unfolded.

The Great Calamity Underworld King's pair of black-fire burning, eerie eye sockets looked towards the Magic City Ruins in the distance.

It leisurely absorbed all the lifespan dropped by the more than a thousand players in the field.

And because it was an Epic-grade BOSS, its speed of absorbing lifespan was extremely fast.

In front of it were more than a thousand controlled player Skeleton Puppets, clearing the way and leading the charge for it.

Soon, all the lifespan orbs were absorbed by it.

It began to continue advancing towards the Magic City Ruins.

Under its command, those more than a thousand player Skeleton Puppets began to relentlessly pursue and kill surrounding players, relying on their 20 points of Instant Death Affix and their 10 layers of Damage Immunity Shield!

Under the BOSS's enhancement, other players were no match for those player Skeleton Puppets, scattering like frightened birds, some dying, some fleeing.

And anyone who died at the hands of those player Skeleton Puppets…

Also corrupted into white bones and were transformed into 'Skeleton Puppets'!

This situation made these still conscious players want to cry but had no tears!

"Really… this BOSS really has a problem…"

"Wuwuwu, I thought its intelligence was low, but I was the one with low intelligence…"

"I should have listened to the official announcement. Now it's over, I've become a clown!"

"Indeed, Shadow Qin Feng has never been wrong… I truly deserve to die, to actually think Shadow Qin Feng wanted to trick us away to snatch the BOSS…"

These players were all filled with regret!

But at this moment, they weren't too desperate yet.

After all, although they had died once and had their lifespan absorbed by the BOSS, they seemed very safe now.

With 20 points of Instant Death Affix, and a maximum of 10 layers of Damage Immunity Shield that recovered 3 layers per second.

Killing other players felt like they were cheating!

Although they weren't controlling themselves…

They still felt an unprecedented sense of exhilaration.

However…

The truly despairing thing was about to happen soon!

Because they soon discovered that they seemed unable to change back?!

…

Just outside the Magic City Ruins, while Great Calamity Underworld King · Hals was displaying its might, enslaving over a thousand Skeleton Puppets, and continuously pursuing surrounding players.

Qin Feng had already returned to the Evil Spirit Academy with the light and shadow crystal recording the BOSS's image.

As soon as he found Knowledge Eye, he heard Old Zhang Tou raging.

"Didn't I tell them not to go?"

"He's a manager, not only does he not set an example, but how can he even lead a team to their Deaths?"

"Resurrect my ass, none of them resurrected!"

"Kick him out of the guild immediately!"

Qin Feng knew immediately that someone from the Sky Vault Guild hadn't listened and had gone to fight the BOSS and been wiped out…

And Old Zhang Tou's reaction surprised Qin Feng a bit.

No wonder the Sky Vault Guild was able to develop so strongly in his previous life, even rivaling the official Magic City authorities…

The guild rules were quite strict; disobedient members were directly kicked out!

Even if the leader was a manager, there was no room for discussion!