MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again-Chapter 564 - 52: The Hunt

Lu Hong walked up to the collapsed lower-level demon beast, about to deal the killing blow, but sensed a surge of murderous intent behind him and quickly sidestepped to evade, as a string of bone-chilling cold spears brushed past his hair.

He turned to look and saw that the fifth-level demon beast had somehow appeared in the valley, and the demon beast army was gradually closing in.

Seizing the opportunity before the encirclement was complete, Lu Hong prepared to confront the fifth-level demon beast and accelerated towards his target.

The fifth-level male lion, seeing the human provoking him so brazenly, became furious, and a roar like thunder exploded.

Afflicted by the sonic attack, Lu Hong immediately felt dizzy, his vision blurred, and was accompanied by continuous ringing in his ears.

It was only a fifth-level demon beast, but the destructive power of this skill was definitely comparable to that of a Second Transition Late Stage.

Seeing that his opponent was affected, the male lion immediately sprang into action, pouncing towards Lu Hong with its gaping maw and sharp claws, intent on tearing Lu Hong to shreds.

Having recovered his strength, Lu Hong watched the male lion, now only inches away, roar, huh? I can do that too!

Roar~!

Lionheart’s Roar was suddenly activated.

The fifth-level male lion had clearly not expected this unarmed human to also be able to unleash a sonic skill.

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Faced with the fifth-level demon beast, Lu Hong dared not hold back, pushing Lionheart’s Roar to its limit.

The powerful sound wave exploded like a tangible bomb, blasting throughout the entire valley.

The male lion was flipped into the air by the blast wave, tumbling several times and creating a large crater.

Lu Hong chased after it, raised his fist, and struck down fiercely.

The male lion reacted quickly as well, its claws furiously swiping sideways.

Lu Hong raised his arm to block but was still thrown away by the sheer brute force.

Emerging from the deep pit, the male lion looked at Lu Hong with a hint of wariness.

Roar~! The male lion roared again, and the demon beast minions that had arrived joined the battle, lunging at Lu Hong.

At the same time, countless restraining skills also entangled Lu Hong.

Having nearly grasped the ferocity of the fifth-level demon beasts, Lu Hong no longer lingered and, using the force from the male lion’s blow, quickly fled the valley.

He disappeared into the depths of the forest, with a horde of demon beasts in pursuit.

The male lion frowned, stopped its minions, and then turned to return to the lake.

After escaping for about ten minutes and seeing that no demon beasts caught up with him, Lu Hong finally slowed down and deactivated Lion King’s Arrival.

After killing three fourth-level demon beasts just now, Lu Hong’s level had successfully risen to First Transition Level 4, but it was useless!

If he were a Second Transformation Fierce Blood Warrior right now, with Bloodthirst activated, would he need to fear those demon beasts?

It had been a long time since he’d felt so frustrated. Lu Hong took several deep breaths to adjust his state.

Re-leveling this time seemed to require more experience than before. The Divine Sword was no longer in his hands, and he really had too few means of self-protection. He definitely shouldn’t take risks lightly.

Lu Hong did have Divine Artifacts; the Divine Sword Egg was lying flat in his Space Ring, just not at his beck and call, still sealed by Hua Cai’s enchantment.

Thinking about it now, the Divine Sword that had originally come into his possession suddenly lost its appeal, not as handy as the holy sword.

Leaning against a tree to rest, Lu Hong checked his back construction again, which, after absorbing the blood of demon beasts, showed faint signs of reviving. But to fully activate it and provide him with a combat boost, he was far from ready.

He encountered demon beasts alright, but he couldn’t defeat them once they were in groups. Investigating Adonis also led nowhere, and he remained stuck in this place—damn his bad luck!

Without other options, Lu Hong could only continue to move forward.

After several engagements with the Human Race army, most of Adonis’s demon beasts had formed their own armies, and the number of lone demon beasts was not significant, not enough to fill the gap in experience needed for Lu Hong’s leveling up.

What to do? Take action against the Demon Beast Legion?

Lu Hong sat on the belly of a dead wild boar, his expression extremely conflicted.

Suddenly, a faint disturbance coming from afar caught his attention.

Could it be humans?

Lu Hong quickly felt his way toward it and just managed to see a soldier lifting a long sword to stab at his general’s chest.

"Don’t... don’t kill me!" the general pleaded loudly.

"It’s too late when you rejected Lord Konggelifu!" Madness was etched into the soldier’s face.

Lu Hong picked up a pebble and, with a standard warrior’s wrist flick, threw it.

The hit soldier felt an intense pain in his wrist and involuntarily dropped the long sword.

The soldier, ambushed by the hidden weapon, hastily looked towards the tree behind which Lu Hong was hiding: "Who?!"

"Why do you want to kill him?" Lu Hong revealed himself, approaching the soldier, and demanded an answer.

"Seeking death!" Enraged, the soldier gathered strength around him, and a dark blade suddenly appeared in his hand.

"Netherworld!" Judging the other side to be a lackey of the Netherworld, Lu Hong showed no mercy, side-stepped the slashing attack, and landed a punch on the stomach, causing such pain that the soldier couldn’t even straighten his back and fell to his knees, clutching his belly.

"Kill... just kill him!" The disheveled general hastily ordered Lu Hong.

Lu Hong glanced at him and then raised his foot to crush the soldier’s head.

"What on earth happened to Adonis!"

Seeing the soldier dead, the general finally exhaled in relief. Faced with Lu Hong’s cold demeanor, he obliged with an answer, "I am Philimon, the commander of the Adonis garrison. My garrison was infiltrated by the underlings of the former Duke of Lei Shan. After Earl Bacon left, they secretly sabotaged the teleportation gates, turning Adonis into a place with no way in or out. We didn’t expect their treachery and were caught off guard, with heavy casualties among my brothers. I was forced to lead people deep into the dense forest to escape. But to my surprise, there were still hidden traitors among us. Just yesterday, one of them successfully poisoned my trusted aide, and I too was poisoned severely. If it weren’t for the use of all my magic power to suppress the toxin, I would be dead by now."

Seeing that he mentioned being poisoned, Lu Hong no longer pressed on and helped Philimon to a nearby cave to settle down temporarily.

At the Bacon family estate, Lu Hong had casually taken a magic potion, which did not include a poison cure, and as a warrior, he truly had no power to detoxify. It was up to Philimon to save himself.

After a night’s rest, Philimon’s complexion had improved a lot.

"How are you feeling?" Lu Hong handed Philimon a bag of rations.

Philimon took the food and sighed, "To suppress the toxin, I can’t use any magic power at all, I’m as good as useless."

As he ate the dry food, Philimon sized up Lu Hong, feeling a sense of familiarity, "Have we... met somewhere before?"

"No." Lu Hong shook his head resolutely, "First time seeing you."

"Alright then." Philimon did not dwell on it and continued, "Are you a guest from Earl Bacon’s household?" Although Philimon had not given Lu Hong much consideration, being only at First Transition Level 4 and certainly not qualifying as an esteemed person of an earl’s house, given the current circumstances, he had to put on a veneer of respect to improve their relationship.

Lu Hong could see Philimon’s cautiousness and smiled, "I suppose you could say that Bacon and I are barely friends."

Friends? Philimon scoffed in his mind but outwardly agreed, "That makes sense; otherwise, why would I feel a sense of familiarity with you? I must have seen you when you were traveling with Earl Bacon."

Ignoring the flattery, Lu Hong asked, "Do you know approximately how many of Lei Shan’s remnants there are in Adonis?"

Philimon pondered for a moment, "At least fifty thousand or more."

"Fifty thousand?" Lu Hong was surprised, "How could there be so many? Didn’t you check their identities when you recruited soldiers?"

Philimon sighed, "That’s exactly the problem; all these soldiers were personally conscripted by me from major cities. Their identities were very clean; otherwise, I wouldn’t have been caught unawares like this."

Lu Hong thought of Soul Water, and then asked, "Has their strength increased considerably since then?"

"Yes, most of these soldiers were originally at the bottom tier, their strength around First Transition Level 8, but unexpectedly, on that night, they all demonstrated Second Transition capabilities. The most terrifying was Konggelifu; he must have hidden his true strength and was able to severely injure me with just one strike."

Hearing Philimon’s account, Lu Hong nodded in agreement. There’s no doubt then, it has to be Soul Water.

"Don’t blame yourself for this. If there’s anyone to blame, it’s Lei Shan’s multitude of schemes. They have a special method to control others. Your soldiers may have already been under covert control. Moreover, that Konggelifu could likely be their puppet master. If he is killed, the control over the soldiers can be lifted."

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