The Free Country, Freedom, the Royal Capital.

As the political and economic center of the human forces' largest trading nation in the southeast.

Normally, this place should have been filled with various hawkers' cries at all times.

Pedestrians on the streets would flow ceaselessly, and various cargo carriages would be in an endless stream.

However, the Royal Capital, which should have been like this, was completely different at this moment.

The originally clean and tidy streets were now covered with various blood and minced flesh.

Living corpses wandered aimlessly on the streets.

Now, this city, home to millions of people, had clearly become a paradise for the dead.

At this moment, two uninvited guests in white robes arrived here.

Both wore white beaked masks, white suits underneath, and white cloaks over them.

Their plain white clothes were spotless, adorned with ornate gold threads on the cuffs and collars.

And on the cloaks behind them, three pairs of pure white wings were embroidered, with two crossed longswords in front of the wings.

Any living corpses that approached the two were crushed into a pool of blood by an unknown force from ten meters away before they could even get close.

"Senior Blood Raven, is it really okay to send us two newbies for this mission?

That's the Netherworld Witch, you know! The ruthless one who almost wiped out half of the Ymir Empire three hundred years ago!

The two of us combined probably aren't even worthy of carrying her shoes."

The other white-robed person heard this, helplessly rubbed his forehead, and said irritably, "White Dove, you're a captain yourself now. With the blessing of the Holy Relic, it wouldn't be difficult to destroy half an empire, would it?"

"What a joke! That's an empire, an empire with Saint-tier powerhouses guarding it! What would I use to fight? By selling my butt?"

"That's why the Netherworld Witch only almost wiped out half an empire back then, and didn't actually destroy the empire.

Besides, the Netherworld Witch hadn't even reached the Saint-tier three hundred years ago. Now, after being imprisoned for three hundred years, even if she luckily escaped, what of it? She's just a stray dog."

"But Senior, have you ever considered if the Netherworld Witch was released by another Witch?

After all, the Saintess's Hall's seal isn't something just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can break..."

"There are no 'buts.' News has already come from headquarters that the Sixth Seat of the Holy Judgment Knights, Lord Hand of Judgment, will come to support us.

Besides, what if we encounter two Witches?"

As he spoke, Blood Raven suddenly pulled up the sleeve of his left hand, revealing a fair, tender arm.

The arm was fair and smooth, without the slightest blemish.

Just seeing this arm, one could imagine what kind of peerless beauty its owner must be.

However, the person with this arm at the moment was a man who was two meters tall and burly.

This gave off a very strange feeling.

"What's more, for us who have undergone Holy Relic transplantation, what if we confront those two Witches head-on?

We might not necessarily be unable to kill them.

After all...

This is the power of a god!"

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1 butler, 13 maids, 12 male servants, 4 cooks, 2 stablemen, 31 knights, and 70 guards.

These were all the members in the castle besides Lily at this moment.

As expected, they had all turned into a pile of corpses now.

Of course, that wasn't the main point.

The main point was that among these 133 people, only 3 were loyal to Hell.

The old butler Sebas, an old man who had served the Heim Territory since Hell's maternal grandfather's generation.

The old butler Sebas's granddaughter, Anna, a young maid who grew up in Heim Castle since childhood.

The veteran knight Ya Wen, an old knight who had once served Hell's grandfather.

Now he was too old to lift a spear, but he was the instructor for the knights of the Heim Territory.

Among these three, only the old butler's granddaughter Anna was an ordinary person with no cultivation talent.

The old butler was a 9-star Intermediate Mage, while the old knight was a 9-star Intermediate Knight.

Their elemental affinity talent was only blue quality; if they didn't have any fortunate encounters, they would only remain at the second-tier transcendent stage for their entire lives.

To create high-tier undead, the strength and talent of the corpse are very important.

And based on the strength and talent of these two, they could at most create a mid-tier undead.

The reason Lily was able to become a high-tier undead back then was because Hell used the blood essence stone containing Rose's entire body's blood, which was equivalent to performing a preliminary embrace ritual for Lily.

However, there was only that one blood essence stone, so it was obviously impossible to follow the method of summoning Lily.

In that case, a different method would be needed.

Suddenly, Hell remembered that he still had two elemental crystals he had just plucked.

The combination of elemental power and spirit produces magic power, while the combination with vital energy produces battle qi.

Once a creature perishes, all its elements will condense into an elemental crystal in the heart under the guidance of an unknown force.

Undead creatures, on the other hand, can only proceed with the next step after converting the elemental crystal in the heart into a Death-attribute element through Death magic power.

So what if...

The corpse's original elemental crystal was replaced with a Death-attribute elemental crystal?

Thinking this, Hell had already taken out the elemental crystal from the Death Knight he had just acquired. He came to Ya Wen's corpse and squatted down.

Ya Wen was an old knight in his seventies, with a fatal wound in his heart, a single strike to kill.

At this time, the blood had long dried, and only wisps of Death qi continuously drifted out from the wound on his chest.

This was the residue of Death battle qi.

Looking at the corpse with wide-open eyes, Hell didn't hesitate, reaching his hand into the wound. After a while, he pulled out a yellowish crystal the size of a pinky finger.

This was the elemental crystal inside Ya Wen's body, an earth-attribute elemental crystal.

Logically speaking, a part of Ya Wen's soul should also be inside.

And the reason no one had attempted this before should also be related to the difficulty of extracting this part of the soul from the elemental crystal core.

And if the soul was not extracted, even if successful, the soul that ultimately controlled this body would no longer be the body's original owner.

This was the same principle as being possessed by consuming an elemental crystal stone.

And as for separating the soul from the elemental crystal, ordinary necromancers really couldn't do such delicate work.

However, for Hell, who had many terms blessings.

Such a small matter was just basic operation.

Easily erasing the remnant soul of the Death Knight, Hell successfully transferred Ya Wen's remnant soul over.

After stuffing this fourth-tier elemental crystal core into Ya Wen's chest.

Hell silently mobilized the power of the Undead Holy Coffin.

【High-tier Necromancy: Undead Knight Creation】

In an instant, endless Death qi surged from the Undead Holy Coffin, frantically drilling into Ya Wen's corpse.

This dense Death qi even caused the surrounding temperature to drop by a few degrees.

Even a thin layer of frost condensed on the ground.

【Name】: Ya Wen

【Strength】: 9-star High-tier Knight

【Attributes】: Martial Power 63 (49), Magic Power 16, Knowledge - 55 (5), Luck 4, Charm 6, Elemental Affinity 20

【Terms】: Danger Perception (Orange), Intermediate Spear Mastery (Green), Death Battle Qi Affinity (Green), Loyal Servant of the Heim Family (Black), Death Servant (Black), Disoriented (Black), Resentment of the Living (Black)

This counts as a success?

But this strength...

Hell fell into contemplation, looking at Ya Wen's strength, which only reached that of a 9-star High-tier Knight.

Was it because the vital energy of this corpse was insufficient?

Or was it because Ya Wen's original elemental affinity was only green?

Let's test it.

Thinking this, Hell had already replaced his 【Death Battle Qi Affinity (Green)】 with 【Death Battle Qi Affinity (Purple)】.

However, Ya Wen's strength did not change in the slightest.

Then, the second possibility can basically be ruled out.

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【Author's Note: Ya Wen's character card has been updated】