Chapter 882: Alliance Assembly

There was no doubt that Karl's persuasion had clearly swayed the young child before him.

The ancestral shamans of these forbidden zones had been dormant for too long, accumulating immense power. Yet, they had always hesitated to make any significant moves, constrained by the legends of gods within the continent of Yingzhou.

However, the emergence of Karl, the Necromancer, seemed to open up new possibilities for this faction.

“You must be the tomb guardian of the Western Emperor's lineage, one of the three great bandit factions, right? Given your confident demeanor, I can at least trust some of what you say. But you should know that the reason the five forbidden zones remain secluded is naturally linked to the legends of gods. Are you certain your spell formation can withstand being suppressed by divine power?”

Karl was clearly well-prepared. Without further ado, he directly projected a complete soul imprint into the mind of the holy child, who held a rattle drum before him.

In mere moments, the child absorbed the entire content of the soul imprint, and the smile on his face deepened.

“It seems you've truly brought a significant surprise to the forbidden zones this time! Very well, follow me. I will personally take you to meet the ancestral shamans to see what they make of your proposal.”

As the holy child finished speaking, he leaped into the air, landing on the neck of one of the decaying undead, and began moving deeper into the Rotten Plain.

Karl, immensely excited, stood up and eagerly trotted behind the hundreds of decaying undead, heading towards the heart of the five forbidden zones.

Before long, the holy child led Karl to the vicinity of the ancestral shamans' altar.

This altar was considered the sacred ground of the five forbidden zones, serving as the usual dwelling place for their ancestral shamans. It was one of the most mysterious and terrifying areas in the entire Eastern Region.

Over the years, many bandit factions in the Eastern Region had ventured into the forbidden zones and lost their way, with none ever leaving the land alive.

The bodies of these outsiders were uniformly piled onto the altar, their flesh refined, and their life essences extracted to be shared among the decaying undead dwelling within the forbidden zones.

Possessing eternal life, their very existence was dedicated to researching various forbidden curses, accumulating power, and awaiting the opportune moment to rewrite the history of the entire Yingzhou Continent.

Upon reaching the altar, Karl once again knelt, reverently worshipping it.

After an indeterminate period of devout worship, Karl looked up again. Before him, the silhouette of an elder had appeared—this was the Evil Spirit Ancestral Shaman, the master of the Evil Spirit Forbidden Zone, one of the five great forbidden zones.

The elder wore a mask, obscuring his precise features, but the aura emanating from him was far more potent than that of a Celestial Martial Cultivator.

Even the mere gaze from above caused Karl, kneeling on the ground, to tremble uncontrollably.

“The holy child has already relayed to me the full purpose of your visit. Now, you only need to do one thing to prove your worth.”

Upon hearing the ancestral shaman's words, Karl wasted no time, immediately rising and opening the dark ancient tome he held in his arms.

Dense, eerie runes emanated from the ancient book, and Karl, with his own hands, wove them into a simplified necromantic formation.

The black circular formation rested calmly before Karl's chest. As he continuously infused it with his spiritual power, an incredibly dense necromantic aura began to gather within the formation.

These auras could greatly enhance the vitality of the ancestral shaman-level decaying undead within the forbidden zones. These necromantic essences, accumulated by Karl over years as the tomb guardian of the Western Emperor's Tomb, were formed from condensed yin-sha energy. Unbeknownst to others, this was Karl's most valuable asset for this negotiation.

“Excellent. You have passed the initial test from the forbidden zone. You are no longer our enemy; you may tentatively be considered a guest. However, if you wish to establish a partnership with the ancestral shamans of the five forbidden zones, this capital alone is far from sufficient.” Karl, of course, understood that the ancestral shaman’s words meant he wanted to verify Karl’s grand idea in advance.

Without further hesitation, Karl personally arranged one of the most complex runes from his ancient tome, outlining an eerie forbidden formation on the altar. This formation was rooted in the Five Elements array and powered by necromantic energy.

“My formation, by utilizing the power of the five forbidden zone tribes and infusing it with sufficient necromantic energy, can generate an incredibly powerful soul-assimilating curse.”

“According to the precise intelligence I've gathered, the Western Emperor's Tomb will soon become a gathering point for all major factions in the Eastern Region. If we seize the right moment and successfully develop this powerful curse before the alliance of the Eastern Region's major powers, then we can employ the 'mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind' strategy. By leveraging the power of this curse, we can control all the major factions in the Eastern Region in one fell swoop.”

The Evil Spirit Ancestral Shaman gave Karl a half-smile. “Do you truly have such confidence? Why should I believe you? According to the intelligence I possess, a faction known as the Sacred Flame Divine Sect has finally arrived, led by A-Yang, who is exceptionally powerful. If my judgment is correct, he should have already breached the Western Emperor's Tomb! And you, you must have clashed with A-Yang and escaped the Western Emperor's Tomb as a loser. Am I correct in my assessment?”

Karl nodded with a helpless smile. “As expected of the Ancestral Shaman, your foresight is truly divine. You are right, I do have some ulterior motives for coming here, which is to leverage the power of the five forbidden zones' ancestral shamans to destroy A-Yang's faction. It's just that his charisma is too strong. The three great bandit factions couldn't withstand many rounds against him. If we can seize this opportunity to intervene and control most of the active combat power through the curse, then our dominant position in the Eastern Region will be solidified! By then, the only one we'll need to deal with is A-Yang himself.”

The Evil Spirit Ancestral Shaman burst into hearty laughter. “Perhaps your arrival is indeed a sign of an epochal change for the ancestral shaman forbidden land. Welcome to the forbidden zone team. Come with me into the altar; our grand plan begins now!”

Undoubtedly, Karl's audacious gamble had finally yielded the desired outcome. At this moment, he had officially joined the sphere of influence of the Eastern Region's five forbidden zones, beginning to forge truly powerful forbidden curses, awaiting the time when Xu Yang would rally forces across the Eastern Region.