MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again-Chapter 584 - 72 Desperate Situation

"Big brother, move back."

As time passed, the charging of the "Blink of an Extreme" reached a pseudo-saturated state, and if not unleashed soon, Lu Hong would no longer be able to suppress the rebellion of the Holy Sword.

Augustus nodded and swiftly retreated.

At the same time, Lu Hong swung the Holy Sword in his hand, and the silvery grey sword light poured out, cutting everything it encountered in two.

The power of the Holy Sword was still immense, but alas, the underworld species were naturally highly immune to physical attacks; the sword’s strike was not fatal to the corpse-devouring beast but instead prematurely activated the incomplete gathering of its soul’s grudges.

The severely wounded beast let out a piercing howl, like the painful wail of a million souls, bursting both men’s eardrums, causing them to retreat repeatedly.

Sensing the external danger, the beast instinctively activated its exclusive skill, "Call of the Dead."

The mutilated corpses piled up inside the third town seemed to be summoned, struggling to rise and rush toward Lu Hong and Augustus.

"Great Spatial Slash!" Augustus stimulated his magic power, a hundred-yard-wide spatial rift tore open, sucking in the surrounding broken corpses.

Under the beast’s summons, the broken corpses throughout the city were activated, piling up like mountains, seemingly about to drown the two men.

Augustus continuously stimulated his spatial skills, enveloping both of them tightly, for the moment no broken corpse could breach the blockade and get close.

"What should we do next? That thing seems to be alive," Augustus said, furrowing his brows, "You need to think of something quickly."

"Physical attacks have limited damage to it, we need to go back and mobilize the army, and use a combined army-spell attack to eradicate it."

"Alright, hold on tight," Augustus nodded, taking Lu Hong and activating the "Spatial Flicker," leaving the inner city.

However, just at that moment, the howling of the corpse-devouring beast came again. This howl carried a special magic power, interrupting the released flicker skill, and counteracting the space magic, severely injuring Augustus.

With the skill interrupted, a grudge-filled mysterious force exploded inside Augustus’s brain.

"Pfft!"

Augustus spit out a mouthful of fresh blood, staggering to the ground, his breath instantly weakened.

"It...," Augustus showed a look of terror as another mouthful of dark blood overflowed from his mouth.

"Don’t talk, suppress the magic power within your body." Although Lu Hong recognized the corpse-devouring beast, he understood very little about its bizarre methods. Just one sound-wave class skill had incapacitated Augustus, and now Lu Hong also felt in over his head.

With Augustus severely injured, the broken corpses faced no obstacles, hissing as they pounced toward the two men.

Lu Hong summoned the Blood Holy Sword, the Blood River tearing through the sky, hanging upside down.

The broken corpses were numerous. To protect Augustus, who was suppressing the weird power within him, Lu Hong had to engage in trench warfare; he turned everything within a hundred yards into a forbidden zone, severing any broken corpse that entered it at the waist.

Thus, the battle continued for three days.

Logically, having not left the city to report safety for three days, Questasa and Liu Mei would definitely send people to check, but no empire soldiers entered the city from start to finish; presumably, the 400,000-strong army stationed outside the city had also been ambushed by the underworld forces, trapped in a predicament.

The broken corpses lacked the consciousness they had when alive, so they also didn’t retain the skills and levels of their past lives, making them relatively less challenging to handle; however, the fatal threat was the special corpse poison they emitted, constantly corroding Lu Hong’s body, rotting his flesh, and poisoning his soul.

In such circumstances, Augustus could not hope to completely suppress the weird power within his body. While the corpse-devouring beast was still active, Lu Hong dared not leave an iron fortress to protect Augustus and withdraw himself, and the situation thus reached a deadlock.

As time passed, Lu Hong’s mood also grew increasingly worse, watching the corpse-devouring beast’s body gradually solidify. Was there really no choice but to watch this disaster mutant beast awaken?

At this time, Augustus spoke, "Younger brother, leave me alone, find a way to kill this monster or rush out of the city for reinforcements. Staying here to guard me is no different from waiting for death."

"I won’t abandon you," Lu Hong shook his head.

"Don’t you care about the Human Race in the northern realm!" Augustus exclaimed in anger, "If sacrificing me can save the entire north, then my life, Augustus, would be worth it!"

Saying so, another mouthful of dark blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

"Don’t talk anymore, save your strength," Lu Hong still did not agree with Augustus’s decision.

"Yes, if we don’t kill this mutant beast, the north is in peril. But I can’t just watch you get killed by these broken corpses. If this mutant beast’s revival is truly a calamity for the northern realm, let us bravely face him. Now with the empire in ruins, through destruction, comes rebirth. I believe the empire can survive this."

After the Tide of Naga, where mutant beasts wreaked havoc and wars posed threats, the underworld inflicted poison, and amidst such calamities, many families within the realms still remained indifferent. They adopted an unconcerned attitude, watching the ruthless wars and countless lives being senselessly sacrificed.

Wasn’t it the same in the northern region?

Regarding the issues in the northern region, Konstantin even proposed to transfer military forces from the Liu Family in the east, clearly showing the uncooperative stance of many realms in the northern region.

"The north is not my north alone," Lu Hong hacked down one corpse after another, and continued, "The Holy Divine Empire is not Konstantin’s private abscess either. It needs our collective protection. I’ve also come to realize in recent days, that the underworld must have been fully prepared for their action. I won’t resort to intrigues, and it’s difficult to fathom their schemes and preclude them in advance. Since I can’t stop them anyhow, I might as well wait until they are all out in the open and catch them all at once!"

After enduring so much, Lu Hong finally let go of his burdens and ceased to be stubborn.

As he spoke, the Blood Holy Sword in Lu Hong’s hand began to burst forth with a sky-high blood light, and the blessing of the Heavenly God was activated.

"Let’s try one last time. If it doesn’t work, I’ll take you away." Lu Hong first used his sword to clear the surrounding new corpses, then raised the Holy Sword high and slashed toward a distant Corpse Devouring Beast.

Heaven Slaying!

With full force, a thousand-foot blood sword coalesced in the sky and fiercely slashed down onto the Third Garrison.

For a moment, the blood light obscured the night sky, burying everything.

After a long while, the blood light finally slowly receded.

Looking at Lu Hong, he knelt on the ground, with the eerie underworld power entwining around his body, constantly gnawing at his flesh, making a creepy sound.

As expected, Lu Hong failed. Although the Corpse Devouring Beast had been severely damaged, it was still brimming with energy and increased the pace of devouring the corpses, moving closer to its true revival.

"Let’s go, I’ll take you away." Lu Hong struggled to wield the Holy Sword, carrying Augustus, and walked slowly through the sea of corpses.

They spent half a day escaping, but the sight before them plunged them into despair again.

"Oh my, isn’t this the renowned Duke of the Human Empire?" a mighty being from the underworld said with a sarcastic face and mocked, "How have you ended up like this?"

Lu Hong looked at the corpses outside the city and the nearly 150,000 soldiers captured, a wave of despair rushing over him.

Seeing Lu Hong’s defeated expression, the underworld being laughed heartily: "Lei Shan still regarded you highly, causing me to devise so many schemes for you. Unexpectedly, by the third plan, you couldn’t hold on anymore. Truly worthless."

While speaking, the underworld being rotated the long knife in his hand, placing it on the neck of a soldier from the Blood-colored Divine Might Army. "Come now, Your Grace, beg me for mercy, and maybe I’ll consider sparing his life."

"Your Grace! Don’t beg these thugs,..."

The soldier didn’t finish his sentence before the underworld being slashed his throat.

"Such noise..."

Ranting, the underworld being then walked to the next soldier and placed the execution knife on his throat: "Your Grace, the last time doesn’t count, shall we go again?"

Looking at the demonic smile on the opponent’s face, Lu Hong’s limbs felt cold, and he stumbled forward crying out, "Don’t, don’t harm him, I beg you to spare him..."

However, begging did not stop the knife from falling, and another corpse collapsed before Lu Hong.

"No!" Lu Hong screamed.

"Ha ha ha!" The underworld being greatly enjoyed tormenting Lu Hong, "Your Grace, you spoke too softly just now, I didn’t hear you!"

"Come on, let’s invite the next victim!"

Waving his hand, the underworld being threw Aragon to the ground.

"Big brother!" Lu Hong tensed up.

The execution knife slapped onto Aragon’s face, and the underworld being chuckled, "So, it’s Your Grace’s brother, no wonder he’s so capable. He killed quite a few of my best men."

"Don’t kill him, don’t kill him, I’m willing to trade everything for his life!" Lu Hong hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Anything at all?"

"Yes, anything."

Holding up a bowl of Soul Water, the underworld being said, "Very well, drink this, and I will grant your request."

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