Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone

Chapter 971: Chapter 597: Hell Pit, Endless Blood River Merchant Group

Calamity Sun Demon Country battlefield, Dawn Legion First Combat Master camp.

The camp, usually silent, was now bustling with voices.

This afternoon, Dawn Legion Commander, Longxia Federation’s Legendary Crown [Earthquake Mage] General Zhao Jingyuan issued a full-scale combat order at the frontline.

According to the order’s requirement, Fang Zhou’s First Combat Master was to move towards the frontline tonight.

Fang Zhou was somewhat excited after hearing the news.

The long-awaited war between the Dawn Legion and Calamity Sun Demon Country was finally on the verge of breaking out!

Outside the Hell Pit Fortress of Calamity Sun Demon Country, hundreds of thousands of elite warriors from the Dawn Legion had already gathered on the plains.

Compared to the previous arrays laid out by the Dawn Legion, the current formation appeared even larger.

This was naturally because during the previous military actions, the Dawn Legion had dispatched elite forces to support several battlefields near Blue Star’s mainland, including Beast Fighting City, suppressing many hostile forces.

This caused other major battlefields to also allocate elite forces to aid the Dawn Legion in return.

It was precisely for this reason that Fang Zhou came to Major General Ning Danxin’s First Combat Master.

Having received the message from the Dawn Legion General Headquarters, aside from the necessary forces remaining, a total of 300,000 elite troops, led by the First Combat Master, began marching towards the Hell Pit Fortress on the Calamity Sun Demon Country frontline.

Facing such a massive military force from Dawn Legion, Calamity Sun Demon Country felt pressured.

To consolidate their forces and construct a solid defense line, they retreated more than a hundred kilometers, until reaching the Hell Pit Fortress, which the Dawn Legion’s military might had never touched.

The strategic significance of the Hell Pit Fortress is extraordinary.

Holding it is equivalent to possessing the gateway to Calamity Sun Demon Country.

The Hell Pit Fortress is a giant stone fortress built by Calamity Sun Demon Country over several decades.

Its foundations are entirely sourced from the mountain walls themselves, with the entire fortress directly embedded between the mountain walls, serving as the most favorable barrier against the Longxia Federation’s military might.

Upon discovering troops gathering at the border from Dawn Legion, Calamity Sun Demon Country also amassed considerable forces in the Hell Pit Fortress, determined to defend it to the death.

Thus, under such circumstances, the grand first wave of assault by Dawn Legion turned into a challenging siege warfare!

Major General Ning Danxin, commander of the First Combat Master, wished to avoid heavy casualties, and from the onset of the war, tried every means to lure Calamity Sun Demon Country out of the fortress for battle.

However, the opponent was too experienced, failing to achieve success throughout.

The main commander defending the Hell Pit Fortress in Calamity Sun Demon Country, Count of Naples, was a demon descendant commander with a calm and cautious combat style.

Within the chaotic evil abyssal demon camp, the Count of Naples was also the best choice for defending the critical gateway fortress of Calamity Sun Demon Country.

Because of the disparity in forces, regardless of how Major General Ning Danxin provoked with strategy, the Count of Naples remained unmoved.

He continuously reinforced the walls within the fortress, training soldiers, seemingly prepared to confront Major General Ning Danxin for a prolonged period.

For Fang Zhou, stationed at the rear negative energy mage camp, the days on the frontline were somewhat dull.

One side kept inviting for battle, while the other shut the doors to avoid confrontation.

There were several small-scale siege wars fought, with both sides sustaining losses but no significant impact.

Due to occasional involvement in magic bombardment, Fang Zhou couldn’t find the time for focused meditation and training.

For Middle-High Tier Mages like Fang Zhou, maximizing the power of the Mage Corps is through such a combat method, delivering a unified type of magic power while listening to commands under layered protection, casting combined magic spells.

Conveniently, Fang Zhou’s Blood Spirit Lord Clone was exploring the Blood War Furnace along the Endless Blood River during this period, keeping Fang Zhou busy.

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The sky over the Blood War Furnace was filled with dark clouds, and even the Blood Moon’s light seldom pierced through.

Time seemed chaos-stagnant in the Undead Realm.

Had it not been for having his main body in Calamity Sun Demon Country’s battlefield with accurate timekeeping, Fang Zhou wouldn’t have known how long he had been riding Bone Dragon Uriel along the Endless Blood River’s banks.

On this morning, Fang Zhou suddenly sensed something and turned sharply to look back at the Endless Blood River.

Seeing his reaction, Bone Dragon Uriel also hurriedly turned to look, freezing in place upon seeing.

The originally rushing blood-red waters of the Endless Blood River had a white bone ship appear on it, with several figures bearing grotesque appearances aboard.

These figures held oars, navigating the white bone ship along the Endless Blood River.

This scene abruptly halted Fang Zhou and Uriel.

These past days, they had been traveling along the Endless Blood River’s edge, encountering nothing but skeletons and spiritual bodies until now.

Compared to danger, such an unusual spectacle was instead of greater importance.

Fang Zhou and Uriel could say that they only had a simple understanding of the Blood War Furnace, still lacking much knowledge.

They didn’t even know what dangerous encounters lie ahead as they continued.

"This might be the Endless Blood River Ghost Ship."

Uriel pondered, then tentatively spoke.

"Endless Blood River Ghost Ship, what do they do...

Are they just sailing on the Endless Blood River?"

After hearing this name, Fang Zhou guessed its meaning.

Uriel replied: "I’m also not fully aware of what exactly they are.

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