Looking at the endless tide of undead outside the school, Clayne slowly released a long breath afterward while leaning near the hallway window carefully.

Fortunately...

The concealment formation still worked.

The thick mist continuously distorted the surroundings of the school building while the undead horde outside marched past endlessly as though the entire campus did not even exist at all.

Meanwhile, standing quietly beside the window, Clayne stared toward the streets below afterward.

And the more he looked...

The colder his scalp became continuously.

Because the undead truly looked endless.

No matter how far his eyes wandered throughout the nearby streets and roads, he could still see undead moving continuously like gigantic rivers of corpses flooding throughout the ruined city.

Some walked slowly while dragging broken legs.

Some crawled throughout the ground while leaving dark blood trails behind them.

Others staggered strangely while parts of their organs dangled from torn stomachs continuously.

Meanwhile, black blood covered nearly every road already.

Several vehicles remained overturned throughout the streets while the undead endlessly walked around them like ants swarming throughout a corpse.

The atmosphere itself felt horrifying.

Not merely because of the undead.

But because of their sheer number.

The city itself already looked dead.

Meanwhile, mixed among the countless ordinary undead...

Clayne noticed more horrifying creatures continuously emerging from the tide.

Some undead had giant swollen bodies larger than normal humans.

Others possessed elongated arms dragging heavily throughout the streets.

Several creatures no longer even resembled humans anymore.

One undead slowly passed throughout the road while its entire head continuously twisted with moving tentacles.

Its flesh pulsed unnaturally while wet cracking sounds echoed from inside its body nonstop.

Meanwhile, another creature crawled across a nearby building wall using six deformed limbs while black saliva continuously dripped from its open mouth.

Several more climbed through windows like giant insects.

The more Clayne watched...

The heavier the pressure inside his chest became continuously.

"What kind of apocalypse is this..."

Immediately afterward, Clayne stopped wasting time.

Because even though the concealment formation still functioned...

He did not trust it completely.

Especially after seeing those strange climbing undead earlier.

Without hesitation, Clayne immediately descended throughout the school afterward.

He planned strengthening the defenses even further.

Meanwhile, the lower he descended throughout the floors...

The more vigilant he became continuously.

Because despite the concealment mist surrounding the building...

He still feared something might suddenly appear inside.

Soon afterward...

Clayne reached the entrance gate of the school.

Immediately afterward, he quickly shut the gate completely before dragging nearby metal objects toward it continuously.

Broken desks.

Metal cabinets.

Steel poles.

Shattered fences.

Destroyed railings.

Everything heavy enough immediately became piled against the entrance afterward.

Meanwhile, Clayne continuously reinforced the surrounding windows too.

Every classroom window near the lower floor immediately became sealed tightly using metal chairs, tables, broken steel railings, and shattered furniture.

He did not merely stack them carelessly either.

No.

Clayne deliberately jammed metal objects directly into concrete cracks and window frames tightly.

Several steel poles even became forced deep into walls using his strengthened physical power.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Each impact continuously echoed throughout the school while Clayne worked nonstop afterward.

Meanwhile, sweat slowly covered his forehead continuously.

Because he no longer dared underestimating the undead.

Especially the climbing types.

The thought of those spider like creatures suddenly crawling through classroom windows during the night continuously made his scalp numb.

Soon afterward...

Clayne even climbed outside several classroom windows carefully before reinforcing exterior barriers directly.

Metal chairs became twisted together tightly.

Steel bars got wedged against walls forcefully.

Concrete fragments became piled near openings.

Meanwhile, every possible entrance large enough for creatures to squeeze through immediately became blocked afterward.

The entire school slowly transformed into something resembling a fortress.

Yet despite all that...

Clayne still did not feel safe.

Because outside...

The undead tide still continued endlessly.

The more Clayne worked...

The more he noticed something horrifying.

The undead parade outside had still not stopped.

Not even slightly.

Hours continued passing.

Yet the undead still marched throughout the city continuously.

The streets remained completely packed with moving corpses nonstop.

"What the hell..."

"How many of them are there..."

Clayne could not understand it anymore.

The city itself should not even contain this many people.

Yet the undead outside looked endless.

Like an ocean swallowing everything alive.

No matter how many passed nearby...

More continuously appeared afterward.

Meanwhile, several strange undead occasionally emerged among the crowd too.

Some gigantic.

Some deformed.

Some completely inhuman already.

The entire scene resembled a nightmare becoming reality.

Eventually...

After finishing reinforcing the lower floors completely, Clayne slowly returned upstairs afterward.

By now, even his mind already felt exhausted heavily.

Not merely physically tired.

Mentally tired too.

The nonstop tension throughout the past several days had already accumulated deeply inside him.

Meanwhile, after returning upstairs, Clayne quietly sat beside the hallway window afterward before staring toward the endless undead tide once more.

The concealment mist continuously surrounded the school quietly.

The undead continuously passed nearby without noticing anything.

Yet despite the temporary safety...

Clayne still felt pressure weighing heavily against him.

Because he understood clearly.

This was only temporary.

If the formation failed again...

He would immediately become surrounded by the endless undead outside.

Meanwhile, after calming himself slightly, Clayne finally decided cultivating once more.

Right now...

Strength remained the most important thing.

Without strength...

He would eventually die like everyone else outside.

Immediately afterward, Clayne carefully took out the tiny world once more.

Then soon...

His consciousness quietly entered the tiny cultivation world afterward.

And immediately...

Clayne noticed something strange.

The cultivators around Silent River Hill had disappeared already.

Not a single one remained.

Meanwhile, the once lively forest now looked deathly silent.

The grasses had already turned dark brown red.

Several trees looked withered and dried.

The entire forest region resembled land ravaged endlessly by war and spiritual destruction.

Meanwhile, faint traces of spiritual qi still floated throughout the surroundings continuously.

Looking at the devastated forest, Clayne quietly sighed afterward.

Because earlier...

That place had still been overflowing with cultivators.

Now...

Almost everything had disappeared entirely.

Meanwhile, after observing briefly, Clayne finally withdrew his consciousness again afterward.

At this moment...

He truly felt exhausted.

Especially mentally.

All day long he continuously reinforced windows.

Dragged furniture.

Blocked entrances.

Checked floors repeatedly.

Maintained vigilance nonstop.

Meanwhile, the horrifying undead scenes outside continuously remained inside his mind too.

Fortunately...

Despite the exhaustion...

Clayne could clearly sense something different about his body now.

He had become stronger again.

Far stronger than before.

At first, he thought it was merely imagination.

But eventually...

Clayne slowly sat cross legged afterward before calming his breathing carefully.

Then immediately...

He started cultivating quietly.

The Silent Sword Sect breathing method circulated throughout his body continuously afterward.

Meanwhile, spiritual qi immediately started flowing toward him from the surroundings.

Slowly.

Steadily.

Continuously.

At first...

Everything felt normal.

But soon afterward...

Clayne’s eyes slowly widened.

Because the moment spiritual qi entered his body...

He sensed something unbelievable.

The absorption speed had increased tremendously.

Not only that...

The spiritual qi inside his body also felt incomparably denser now.

Immediately afterward, Clayne carefully focused toward his meridians and internal circulation.

Then soon...

Shock slowly appeared inside his eyes.

Because the spiritual qi flowing throughout his body now had become far stronger than before.

Every circulation continuously strengthened his flesh.

His bones.

His blood.

Even his senses.

Meanwhile, the spiritual qi within his dantian had also expanded greatly already.

At first, Clayne refused believing it.

Because earlier...

He only remembered reaching around the fourth stage.

Yet now...

The spiritual qi density inside his body felt completely different already.

Immediately afterward, Clayne began testing it repeatedly.

He absorbed spiritual qi again.

Circulated it again.

Compressed it again.

Then checked again.

Again.

And again.

Meanwhile, the more he cultivated...

The clearer everything became.

His body continuously absorbed spiritual qi smoothly without resistance.

His physical strength had increased tremendously already.

Even his senses became sharper continuously.

Clayne could now hear faint undead growls from extremely far away outside the school.

He could even hear footsteps from several floors below.

Not only that...

His muscles themselves continuously contained explosive strength already.

Eventually...

Clayne slowly opened his eyes afterward.

Meanwhile, disbelief completely filled his face.

Because after repeatedly confirming everything...

He finally realized something unbelievable.

He had already reached the sixth stage of the Infusion Realm.