MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again
Chapter 149 - 142 Mishap

Chapter 149: Chapter 142 Mishap

Lu Hong had just rushed out of the house when he was greeted by an overwhelmingly large fireball.

"Fuck!" Lu Hong twisted his waist in an inhuman posture, narrowly dodging the sneak attack from his adversary.

A basin-sized fireball fell into the house, and a small mushroom cloud erupted, leveling the hut to the ground. The guards who had rushed in were probably out of luck.

Who exactly was this man? How could he be so ruthless as to kill his own people? With a trace of confusion, Lu Hong looked towards his attacker.

He shouldn’t have looked, for the sight gave him quite the shock—Craig?!

Hadn’t Craig just died by his own hand? Then who was this person in front of him? A twin?

"Heh heh, you think you can run after killing my incarnation?" Craig sneered. "Tell me, who sent you?"

Incarnation? Lu Hong’s expression darkened. It was true that earth mages could condense their own avatars, and not just earth, but water mages as well. However, the skill to refine an incarnation was a third-transition early-stage skill. That meant Craig was an authentic third-transition earth Mage!

This was inconsistent with the intel provided by Andrei! Lu Hong cursed inwardly, having come here to assassinate and unexpectedly falling into the enemy’s trap—it was a total failure!

As the number of enemies grew, Lu Hong’s expression became particularly solemn. Escaping alive this time would be up to fate. In the future, he should practice non-professional tasks before undertaking them, such as assassinations which were clearly not his forte.

"Speak!" Craig bellowed. "Who exactly sent you?"

"The third young mistress," Lu Hong didn’t bother with any schemes. He was not well-versed in such tactics, and firmly blamed it on the Golden Family’s third young mistress. Believe it or not, that’s that.

"Heh heh!" Of course, Craig didn’t believe him. "If you wish to incite conflict between the Silver-White and Golden Families, you should come up with a more reliable excuse. If the third young mistress wanted to assassinate me, why would she send a fool like you? You can’t even tell my incarnation from my real body."

Facing the enemy’s mockery, Lu Hong felt embarrassingly awkward. To be honest, he had encountered a fair share of third-transition earth mages in games. He truly, truly, truly did not expect Craig to use an incarnation skill, especially at the very moment he met him—this man’s heart was definitely sinister!

Even though it was a blow to his pride, Lu Hong decided to stand his ground. "Don’t worry, even if the incarnation is dead, you won’t escape with your real body."

"Oh?" Craig laughed. "You’re a mere second-transition early-stage warrior. I really don’t understand where your confidence comes from."

With that, Craig turned to leave and instructed the soldiers in the courtyard, "Keep him alive so that it’s convenient for me to interrogate him."

"Kill!" No sooner had Craig left than the soldiers surrounding Lu Hong launched their attack.

Lu Hong wielded two Holy Swords, suddenly aware of the fluctuation of space above him. In the blink of an eye, a Spatial Slash tore through the air.

At the moment, Lu Hong had no time to locate this Mage first, as the attacking soldiers had put him immediately on the defensive. As the saying goes, "One can hardly fight against the many," even more so when surrounded from all sides.

Blood Qi Shockwave! After a round of combat, Lu Hong’s body was left with numerous wounds. Although the physical damage could heal quickly under the state of ’Lion’s Arrival,’ it was indeed uncomfortable.

Pushing the crowd back, Lu Hong managed to catch a brief breath to scrutinize his situation solemnly. These people were the elite forces of the Silver-White Family. Not to mention the suppression of the Mandarin Duck plane, each of these soldiers possessed strength at the Second-Transition Peak, and with all three cultivations maxed out, the gap in sheer physical power had been bridged by their magic power reserve.

Although this method to overcome the difference in strength wouldn’t last, Lu Hong wouldn’t be able to hold out that long either.

What to do? Lu Hong’s brain raced as he faced this dire situation, needing to find a way to escape.

"I advise you to drop your weapons and surrender. Maybe I can say a few good words for you in front of the Young Master to spare your life," the Space Mage, seemingly a minor leader, said, trying to persuade Lu Hong to surrender. "Just tell us who you’re working for, and I assure your life will be safe."

Psh—Lu Hong sneered inwardly, knowing damn well he wouldn’t survive if he revealed anything. The enemy was just perplexed about whether he really was sent by the Golden Family; if he wasn’t, then his life wasn’t worth sparing, and he would surely be dead.

Moments later, the Space Mage lost his last ounce of patience. "Well then, go ahead and die."

Lu Hong took the initiative, targeting the Space Mage directly. Among all the enemies, the most unpredictable were the Space Mage’s skills, undetectable and powerful.

"Spatial Cutting!" The Space Mage mocked. "You still dare challenge me?"

With the activation of the Spatial Cutting skill, countless transparent fissures suddenly surrounded Lu Hong. Each fissure emitted a dangerous aura, and these space rifts were incredibly sharp. Apart from the Holy Swords in his hands, which could cleave through the rifts, his flesh had no defense.

Moreover, the other soldiers cast their skills at him too, giving Lu Hong no chance at all.

Dammit! Lu Hong was forced back once again, his body sustaining many new wounds.

This can’t go on, Lu Hong took a deep breath as the other sacred sword within him stirred restlessly.

"I’m afraid this time, it’s up to you to break the deadlock, War Holy Sword!"

If one were to ask what Lu Hong’s greatest life-saving weapon was, it would undoubtedly be the two sacred swords. The power of the Steel Holy Sword had already shown its might in the wastelands, but having released its power, the Steel Holy Sword had now fallen into a slumber. Therefore, the War Holy Sword was the obvious choice at the moment, although using it came with a cost, with weakness being the best possible outcome.

At this point, he couldn’t care less about other considerations. Lu Hong made a decisive move, summoning the War Holy Sword and gripping it in his hand.

The Mage of Space frowned slightly; the weapon Lu Hong previously held was good enough, but the sudden switch to another exceptional-looking weapon couldn’t help but arouse envy.

"Extreme Flash!" Lu Hong continually pushed the War Holy Sword, as his stance lowered progressively.

"He’s gathering strength! Don’t let him succeed!" Gathering strength was generally a sign of a powerful skill. The Mage of Space shouted, as an invisible force of space transformed into an iron fist and smashed violently towards Lu Hong.

"Blood Qi Eruption!" In order to buy time for the War Holy Sword to gather strength, Lu Hong released all of his blood qi, which rose like a crimson dragon into the sky, using sheer volume of blood qi to counteract the skills attacking him.

The face of the Mage of Space darkened, chanting a spell silently, and after a brief moment, the spell was complete: "Spatial Cutting!"

This was one of the Mage of Space’s famous moves, targeting and detonating from a distance, capable of instant release by those strong at the Third Transition Late Stage, with immense destructive power and difficult to defend against.

Following the activation of Spatial Cutting, the crimson dragon coiled around Lu Hong stiffened, suddenly bursting apart from the middle and reverting into rolling blood qi.

Having broken through Lu Hong’s defenses, the power of Spatial Cutting remained undiminished, continuing its deadly approach toward Lu Hong.

"It’s too late!" Lu Hong revealed a smile to his opponent. Under his deliberate control, Extreme Flash didn’t trigger the full power of the War Holy Sword, since he still needed to consider how to escape afterward.

The War Holy Sword suddenly shone with a silver-grey light, as if the world around it stood still, save for the rhythm of the sacred sword.

"Slash!" Lu Hong roared, and the War Holy Sword passed in a flash, tracing a beautiful arc.

The surrounding soldiers were powerless to resist, like lambs on a canvas awaiting slaughter, torn to shreds by the edge of the sacred sword.

"Thick Earth Wall!" Just then, Craig reappeared, summoning a massive wall of earth from the ground.

The attack from the War Holy Sword was unstoppable, slicing through the earth wall’s defense in an instant.

Craig was horrified, continuously calling forth earth walls to build layers of defense.

Alas, these were pale in comparison to Extreme Flash. After all, the skills of the Warlord were meant for top-notch destruction.

Craig retreated again and again, dashing away quickly. Having witnessed the exchange just moments ago, he recognized he could not withstand Lu Hong’s skills and decided that his life was more important.

As the power of Extreme Flash subsided, all that met Lu Hong’s gaze were severed in two. Although Craig fled rapidly, he was nearly cleaved in half by the sword’s might, tumbling down from the sky, his landing location unknown.

Lu Hong felt an urge to pursue, but a wave of weakness constantly assailed his brain.

No, he had to find a safe place to recover immediately. Lu Hong made a swift decision and hastily retreated.

As the sensation of powerlessness grew, Lu Hong staggered along the streets of Kado City, which remained unaffected by the Silverwhite Family’s assassination attempts and continued its usual bustle.

Lu Hong pushed on to find a relatively safe place, but nowhere seemed capable of hiding from the Silverwhite Family’s subsequent search. What now?

"Get in the carriage." At that moment, Andrei appeared from nowhere and poked his head out of a carriage, saying, "I’ll take you out of the city!"

Lu Hong hesitated briefly, unsure of Andrei’s intentions, but it was the only gamble he could take given the circumstances; staying in the city meant certain death.

"Alright."

Just as Lu Hong was pulled into the carriage by Andrew, he blacked out, falling into the embrace of the woman beside him.

The woman’s expression instantly darkened as she spoke to Andrei with dissatisfaction, "Are you sure this pervert will make a good ally for us?"

"Uh..." Andrei was taken aback, managing a wry smile, "He should, right?"