Chapter 273
273 Battle 1
Chapter 273 273 Battle Part 1
A crimson meteor streaked across the sky, cutting through the thick fog, leaving behind ripples of red light.
That was space itself trembling and tearing apart.
Before we had even arrived, when we were still more than ten kilometers away, the ground began to tremble slightly, dust began to rise, and pebbles rolled around on the ground.
A tangible pressure silently enveloped all living things within a radius of several kilometers.
It's not mental stress.
It is real physical pressure.
"A big shot from Purgatory has arrived!!"
The other two super-adaptors, who had already run some distance, suddenly turned around and looked at this side. The two unconsciously slowed down, thinking of the captain who was still behind them.
"So what if I die? Why can the captain risk his life, but I can't?!"
The lizardwoman whirled around, her spikes trembling violently, a sign of her body's instinctive fear.
"I've been saved by the captain so many times!?" Her hands trembled. "This time... I'll give my life in return!!"
Suddenly, she took a step, turned around, and rushed towards Han Xiaoyue.
The other person was left standing in place.
"Idiot!" The man's body trembled as well. "I'm not stupid enough to go back and die like you!!"
Bang!
She fled as fast as she could in the distance.
The next second, she flew back at an even faster speed, rushing towards Han Xiaoyue.
"I just remembered! You two still owe me fifty feathers of blood!!"
She wiped away her tears while moving faster and faster.
"If you don't pay back the money, none of you will die!!"
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"That's... Father!?"
At this moment, Prince Lanxi, who was lurking among Yunxiazi, Huangshan, and others, suddenly looked up into the distance.
The immense, catastrophic pressure could be clearly felt even from tens of kilometers away.
That was the most oppressive aura unique to my father, the Grand Duke of Purgatory.
"Is some important person here?" A hint of interest flashed through Lanxi's mind.
She glanced at the fleeing group in front of her, hesitated for a moment, and decided not to make a move, intending to save it for when she came back to continue playing.
Turning around, she suddenly transformed into a red streak and rushed towards the area where her father was.
She wanted to see who could force her father to take action personally. From birth until now, she had never seen anyone strong enough to rival her father. Even the Queen of Extreme Cold could only barely hold on by relying on the source power of extreme cold.
In her mind, apart from the ethereal and illusory Chaos Emperor, her father represented the strongest.
After she left, Yunxiazi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She was at the very front of the group and naturally felt the pressure of the huge red meteor.
She turned around and stared at the shooting star through gritted teeth.
"Quick! Speed up!! This is our best chance to escape!!"
She spoke loudly.
The entire team responded and silently sped up.
But the next moment, the meteor in mid-air suddenly released an even larger red ripple.
The ripples spread rapidly, covering an area of thousands of kilometers in the blink of an eye at near the speed of light.
Amidst the rumbling sound, the earth began to gradually steam and heat up.
The dead tree was set ablaze, bursting into flames. The rocks gradually turned yellowish-brown and then black. The water and blood evaporated, hardening and drying.
The corpses burst into flames, and one by one, they crookedly rose to their feet.
The number of corpses that have died on this land during this period is far more than tens of thousands.
At this moment, these densely packed corpses began to recombine and rise again amidst the burning flames.
They burst from the ground, immediately surrounding Yunxiazi and her group who were about to continue their escape.
A light drizzle fell from the sky, but it did nothing to extinguish the flames on the earth.
"What is this?!" Huang Shan slammed on the brakes and stopped in his tracks, staring intently at the army of fiery corpses blocking his path.
In the blink of an eye, the previously empty space in front of them was now filled with at least several thousand flaming corpses.
Some of the corpses even exuded a stronger mental pressure than she did.
"This is the special domain of the legendary Duke of Purgatory!" At this moment, Palace Master Jiang Zhixia loudly transmitted his voice. As a link between Amamiya and Yunxiazi and others, he quickly relayed the information gathered by the other Amamiya high-ranking officials.
"Within the Purgatory level, titles can be summoned back after absorbing lower-ranking titles, turning them into servants to fight for you. The higher the title, the stronger and more numerous the Purgatory servants! Moreover, they are immortal and indestructible. The only way to break through is to defeat the Purgatory Duke in the core area!"
"Are you kidding me?!" Yunxiazi gritted her teeth. Defeat the Duke?
Previously, they had joined forces and fought for a whole day before finally managing to kill a baron who was comparable to a vanguard commander. This was only after she returned from Qingfeng Path and her strength had greatly increased.
Thus, the battle resulted in the three Blood Ancestors who were besieging the enemy detonating themselves several times in succession, their body tissues being contaminated by the purgatory, causing them heavy losses.
And now, let them defeat the Duke of Purgatory!?
Above barons are viscounts, earls, marquesses, and finally dukes! ??
What do they have to fight with? Their heads?
Looking ahead and around, burning corpses were constantly breaking through the ground everywhere.
Yunxiazi's mind sank lower and lower.
Not only her, but many others in the team also looked desperate.
"If only I had gone to Black Cloud with the previous group," someone muttered to themselves.
"If there were no corpses, would we be able to avoid becoming that kind of monster!?"
"What's there to be afraid of! Even if we're going to die, we'll drag a few people down with us!" Some of the group gave up, some tried to fight back to the death, but most of them placed their hopes on Yunxiazi and focused their attention on what lay ahead.
After all, she is the strongest member of this team.
The air temperature began to rise rapidly, quickly climbing from nearly forty degrees Celsius to fifty degrees Celsius.
Some family members with weaker constitutions have already started sweating profusely and are showing signs of dehydration.
In other words, everyone realized something was wrong and managed to get a cooling relic from Yunxiazi, which barely stabilized the temperature within a hundred meters around them.
"It seems there's no way to escape now." Huang Shan drew his longsword and stood protectively in front of his parents.
"Senior Sister Yunxiazi, you are the strongest and fastest. There's no need for you to stay and be a burden to us. Hurry up and leave while you still can."
“It’s pointless to talk about this now. Some things, if you don’t try, no one will know if they will succeed.” Yunxiazi also drew her signature weapon – the Mingde Sword.
hiss!
Instantly, large numbers of burning corpses began to charge towards them in large numbers.
The burning and exploding flames, the muffled thuds of bones and the ground being trampled, the whistling sounds of weapons being swung—all these things mingled together, creating a nauseating chaos.
meters!
Ten meters!
One meter!!
Click!
Yunxiazi was the first to rush forward, her Gale Sword Technique poised to be unleashed.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning streaked across the sky overhead.
Thunder rumbled, and dark clouds rapidly converged, transforming into a massive black vortex that enveloped the entire world.
In the distance, she heard a familiar voice drifting by.
"wind."
She opened her eyes wide and suddenly realized that the large number of burning corpses in front of her were all forcibly bound by an invisible force, their movements were many times slower than before, and some were even unable to move at all, frozen in place like statues.
"This is!!??"
At this moment, not only her, but also all the Qingfeng Dao people present, as well as the Hong Ling siblings and other Tu Yue people who had fled with her, all looked in the direction of the sound.
All that could be seen was the sky in the distance.
A massive gray tornado, stretching from the sky to the ground, was spinning rapidly.
In the very center of the massive tornado, a humanoid figure was faintly visible, its eyes gleaming with brilliant blue light.
"Dao Lord!?"
This thought arose in everyone's minds almost simultaneously.
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Dark clouds rolled in the sky, a strong wind howled, sand and stones flew on the ground, and the light suddenly dimmed.
midair.
Lin Hui and the red meteor stood facing each other.
One person was surrounded by countless gray streams of air, while the other was engulfed in blazing, high-temperature flames.
"I just wanted to come here and take my own people back with me. I have no ill intentions towards you." Lin Hui looked at the other party and decided to try to communicate first.
"You killed so many of my subordinates, wiped out my vanguard officers, and now you're telling me you meant no harm?" From within the crimson meteor, a tall, imposing humanoid figure clad in black, openwork armor spewed forth streams of crimson flames. Hearing Lin Hui's words, it couldn't help but retort.
"Why take it so seriously? It's just a few insignificant ants being crushed. Why get angry?" Lin Hui said with a smile.
"Ants!? Fine, then let me crush your people over there, okay? They're all ants anyway!" Duke of Purgatory laughed in anger, his five-meter-tall body slightly bent down, staring at Lin Hui.
“That’s different,” Lin Hui smiled.
"What's the difference?!" Duke of Purgatory was even angrier.
“Because even if it’s an ant, it’s still mine.” Lin Hui raised his sword and gently brushed the blade with one hand.
"It's mine, you can't touch it. Even if I say I can, it's just polite talk."
"Good! That's arrogant enough!" Duke of Purgatory laughed loudly. "No wonder he was the first person to unlock the power of the source!"
He clapped his hands together, sending sparks flying.
"How about we make a bet? You and I will have a match. If I win, you'll come with me. If you win, I'll leave this place and wait for the next opportunity!"
"Whether you withdraw or not is none of my business," Lin Hui said. "If I win, I want you." He didn't say it directly, but instead transmitted his next words telepathically.
Duke of Purgatory was taken aback by what he heard, then burst into laughter again.
"Alright, alright! I'm starting to like you, you little rascal. With your personality, you deserve to be in my Holy Prison!"
"So, who's going first?" Lin Hui tilted his longsword to the right, pointing downwards. "Never mind, since you've come from afar, it's better for me, as the host, to entertain you first!"
As soon as the last word "good" was uttered, Lin Hui raised his longsword high.
With a crack, a bolt of lightning crashed down and merged into the blade.
Around Ruyi, a whirlwind surged and spun rapidly, instantly extending and expanding the blade, sending it soaring into the sky and transforming it into a massive sword of energy that pierced straight into the clouds!
The sword of energy suddenly slashed downwards.
Despite its immense size and grandeur, it vanishes without a trace when it strikes.
As if teleported, the entire giant sword of energy vanished from the Duke of Purgatory's sight.
The next moment, he raised his hand and felt a sharp pain in his shoulder.
Crash!
A huge gash stretched from his left shoulder all the way to his right waist.
(End of this chapter)