999 Undying

Varian's brain spun at its fastest but his heart rate cooled down and his eyes grew calm.

"We'll attack now, and the battle will last for a few minutes. Kill as many as you can, then retreat back to Neptune." He said in a tone that carried authority.

"What?!" The voice on the other side hissed and spluttered. "The formations are all destroyed! Sir Evander still hold back the Undead Leader until you recover. Then, if you can hold back the Undead Leader, our level 9s will destroy the Undead and abyssal army! This is a golden opportunity! We can't retreat! We aren't retreating!"

Hearing the adamant tone of the other party, Varian's eyes flashed and he said in a low voice. "Sovereign Albert is dead. I can't stay here."

The breathing sound from the other side stopped abruptly, and even the vigorous heartbeat disappeared for a moment. Then the sounds of teeth being gritted and the familiar noise of fists being clenching into palms so tightly that the nails dug into flesh rang. "Is it true?"

The commanding officer of the army didn't ask for a source. He asked for confirmation in a tone that almost seemed to be on the verge of a breakdown.

"Yes." Varian sighed.

A deep sigh of despair came from the comm and Varian felt that it was a man who thought he saw the end of his civilization.

"The situation can still be salvaged, but you have to trust me," Varian said and locked the room Evander was healing in.

"I need you." He said and teleported to the barrier guarding Pluto. His senses spread out and wrapped around the barrier. Then, like tentacles trying to penetrate the ground, they tried to penetrate the barrier.

Sarah and Sia appeared beside him a moment later and did their own check on the barrier. The level 9 humans joined them a few seconds later and looked at Varian for guidance.

In response, a brilliant white sword appeared in Varian's palm. The sheer aura pulsing out caused the level 9s to flinch and step back.

Sia and Sarah were also surprised. This sword was the amalgamation of all the powers Varian had. It's hard to create, took a lot of aura, more time, and wasn't suitable for combat lasting even five minutes.

"Step back," Varian said and threw the sword at full force.

Almost as if a bomb exploded, the space near Varian shook and his arm turned into a mess of blood and bone. But he couldn't even worry about it as the recoil jerked him back violently.

The brilliant sword shot forward faster than a bullet and glowed with a blinding white light.

Then it touched the unsuspecting barrier and the space went dim for a moment before it exploded into a wave of brilliant light.

Like eggshells cracking, the barrier cracked. But it didn't burst off and quickly began to recover.

"Now!"

A light sword and a dark sword struck the barrier followed by a couple more attacks.

The cracked barrier broke away reluctantly but began to recover again.

Sarah and Sia as well as the level 9s took a moment to recover after their strongest attacks but a figure streaked into the gap in the barrier.

"Varian!"

Varian jumped in and teleported near the Undead Leader who was staring at the broken coffins and the destroyed corpses in them with an aggrieved and raging expression.

His presence was sensed and the Undead Leader greeted him with the strongest punch ever.

Varian narrowly escaped from having his chest cracked into two but paid the price with his right arm. It was about to be healed back to normal but once again turned into a mess of flesh and bone.

Not caring one bit, he punched the Undead with his left hand.

The punch connected with the Undead's own and the two were blown away.

Varian didn't give him any breathing space and launched a flurry of attacks. But he wasn't able to suppress his enemy as he did just a while ago!

'His strength rose again…' Varian's eyes shifted to the death energy leaking out of the broken coffins.

There were still two more coffins and Varian intended to destroy them as well. But as if sensing his thoughts, the Undead clapped his hands, and a powerful defensive formation, no less than the barrier that surrounded Pluto, enveloped the two intact coffins.

It only increased Varian's determination to destroy them. But time wasn't on his side.

Unfortunately, neither was space.

"Fuck off!" The Undead performed a strange gesture with his fingers and the space on Pluto began to repel Varian. It's like the air around him turned solid and began to push him off.

Varian searched for the formation responsible for this and cursed when he found it present right next to the coffins inside the new barrier.

The Undead sneered at Varian but his expression froze as a sword of light and a spear of darkness shot at him with wild ferocity. These two attacks were soon followed by a couple more.

With the help of his girls and the level 9s, Varian ganged up on the Undead Leader. There were no surprises.

Even with his improved strength, he's not much stronger than Varian. Coupled with all the assistance, he's quickly beaten to severe injuries. He even lost his arm and a good chunk of his torso.

"Kill him!"

Varian raised his sword to deliver the finishing blow when a light flashed on Pluto.

The Undead was silent during this whole combat but at the last instance, he yelled in a strange language.

The formation covering the coffins expanded out and the next thing they knew, all of them were once again staring at a barrier shielding the little planet.

Only this time, it's significantly stronger than the previous one.

"It'll take a day to take this down," Varian said immediately and grabbed the girls into the ghost ship. "Next time."

The ghost ship boosted to its full speed and disappeared into the secret realms, quickly entering the teleportation formations and reaching Neptune. From there, it was a race against time as Boo headed toward the first planet of the solar system.

In just under thirty minutes, it reached Mercury.

And they caught up with the Sin King who recovered enough a while ago and was now flying back to Sin Abyss with his archdukes.