MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again
Chapter 370 - 125: Massacre

Chapter 370: Chapter 125: Massacre

Passing through the dim corridor, the room imprisoning Lu Hong was at the end of the hallway. It was a particularly special prison cell.

When the door was pushed open, Anna’s forced smile could no longer hold as she saw the man in front of her covered in blood, with four iron chains piercing through his body, locking him under the Demonic Qi Stone.

The Magic Suppression Stone targeted Magic Power, while the Demonic Qi Stone targeted other energy systems besides Magic Power, making it a hundred times more precious than the Magic Suppression Stone.

"You... you came?" Hearing movement, Lu Hong painfully raised his head and gave Anna a slight smile, "You look very beautiful today."

"How could they do this to you?!" Anna rushed to Lu Hong’s side, trying to activate her Water Skill to heal him, only to discover that her Magic Power was completely gone, leaving her helpless.

Earl Ci Pu spoke calmly, "One hour is the last bit of time Nuoshan fought for you." After speaking, he exited the cell, closed the door, and stood guard for the two of them.

"You said you had arranged everything and that there would be no trouble," Anna said with a sobbing voice, accusing Lu Hong, "You lied to me, you lied to me!"

"Don’t cry." Lu Hong smiled, "I did make arrangements, but plans cannot always keep up with changes."

"What do we do now? What do I need to do to get you out?" Anna touched the iron chains, the biting cold making her fingers ache painfully. And these chains, they pierced through Lu Hong’s body; how much torture must he have endured?

After being identified as an Imperial Baron, many barons were VERY interested in his powers, and torture for information was inevitable.

In recent days, Lu Hong had undergone severe torture. Now, he was barely different from a dead man, hanging on by a thread, unable to let go because of Anna. As a woman who was often seen with him, the alliance’s barons would not let her go, and thus Nuoshan made his last request which was to find a way to get Anna out of the alliance.

"Listen closely." Lu Hong tried to raise his hand to touch Anna’s hair, but his arm felt like a thousand pounds, impossible to lift.

Seeing this, Anna moved her head closer, her tears falling into his palm.

"Soon, Nuoshan will secretly take you to the frontier, you will definitely be captured by Imperial soldiers once you cross the border, do not resist, when they interrogate you, you need only mention the name of Tukuru, and in my name, seek out Caesar, tell him, ’Heart of Naga, Blood of the Lion King, Soul of the Dragon’, he will understand your connection to me and provide you protection."

"No, I don’t want that, I want to be with you," Anna said resolutely, looking at Lu Hong, "Even if it means death!"

"Fool... for my sake, it’s not worth it."

"I don’t care!"

Lu Hong didn’t try to convince Anna, just quietly watching her.

Anna then rolled up her sleeves, carefully wiping the stains from Lu Hong’s body.

Neither spoke, in these last moments, silent yet full of love.

Time passed quickly, Earl Ci Pu opened the cell door, urgently saying, "Anna, Teacher, we must leave now."

Seeing Anna’s reluctant expression, Lu Hong softly said, "Go on, I’ve long been prepared to face death, next year, I still expect you to offer incense for me."

Earl Ci Pu didn’t hesitate, as the regulation in the Fanlothis Prison was strict with no possibility of leniency, once time was up, they had to leave, or else, wait inside for death!

Saying this, Ci Pu stepped forward, grabbed Anna, and dragged her out of the cell.

"Baron, I’m sorry!"

The heavy prison door slowly closed shut, leaving Lu Hong locked in this eternally gloomy condemned cell once again.

Inside a government building in the Seven Floating Worlds, a hundred barons sat together, and the first order of business was to finalize Lu Hong’s death sentence.

No objections were raised, and soon, a draft execution order for Lu Hong was hastily drawn up.

At that moment, the council hall door was pushed open, Marquis Nuoshan strode in, and threw a Crystal Stone on the table.

"My Lord Duke, what brings you here?" a Count stood up in greeting, though his tone contained some displeasure, clearly unhappy with Nuoshan’s abrupt intrusions.

"See for yourselves." Nuoshan pointed at the Crystal Stone on the table, under the influence of Magic Power, Baron Yitian’s proclamation echoed throughout the hall.

"I am Baron Yitian, today I return to the Empire, promising to lead our Human Race to resist the Naga and restore our Empire to a time of great peace and prosperity!"

As the image concluded, Nuoshan loudly questioned, "This is the video data transmitted from within the Empire just an hour ago. You say Champion Marquis is Baron Yitian, then I ask, who might the person declaring this inside the Empire be?"

"Wh...?" The Earls also looked at one another, and Marquis Wei He stood up, cupping his hands in a bow, "My Lord Duke, could this be an imperial tactic designed to confuse our alliance and protect Lu Hong while planning a rescue? Thus, the execution of Lu Hong should proceed as normal without concern."

The Earls thought about it and indeed, especially since during the interrogation, Lu Hong had personally admitted his identity. The sudden declaration from the imperial Baron now seemed nothing more than a show.

Nuoshan didn’t directly contradict, but walked around the meeting place before speaking, "But what if Champion Marquis is not truly the righteous Feilds Baron?"

"He has already admitted it himself, and even if he falsely recognized the Baron’s identity for some reason, there must be some connection with the Empire." With that, the decision to execute remained resolute.

Nuoshan looked at the Earl who had spoken against him, smiled, and said, "Earl Wushui is not wrong, but is this truly all there is?"

Earl Wushui’s expression unchanged, "Please, Duke Nuoshan, speak plainly."

"Why would Champion Marquis admit to being the Baron? Don’t you have any suspicions?" said Nuoshan, his expression icy as he declared, "Coerced into confession!"

The truth of this statement resonated with every Earl. With Nuoshan’s mention, there seemed to be more room for discussion regarding the confession.

"Temporarily shelve the execution decree. Champion Marquis is in the Vanlotus Prison, he cannot escape, nor can anyone enter to rescue him. We will wait until we verify whether the imperial Baron’s claim is true before making a judgment." Nuoshan left no room for rebuttal, dropped his statement, and strode away.

He didn’t say not to kill, just to kill later.

Duke Nuoshan’s abrupt departure was clearly a decree to the other Earls. Though the Earls united were not afraid of the Duke, if the Duke bore a grudge, one day they would stumble.

The Earls looked at each other, seeing no one willing to take a stand, thus the execution documents were put on hold, sparing Lu Hong a few more days.

Though Lu Hong escaped death momentarily, it might have been better if he had died. From then on, someone would come to interrogate him every day, severely torturing him to extract the secrets he hid.

Three days later, the seal of the Great Bright Realm was finally broken by the four Great Dukes. As the army stepped onto this plane, the ground littered with corpses sent chills down their spines.

Progressing forward, Lei Shan’s troops were the first to reach the outside of the Great Bright Hall, this Holy Court’s pilgrimage site, which had long been reduced to ruins.

"A man, go in and search!" Lei Shan’s general, Kedel, called out gruffly, and the soldiers dispersed into the rubble.

Soon after, agonizing screams emanated from inside.

Kedel immediately rushed in with his men and saw the grievously wounded Bai Ling extracting a living heart from a body and swallowing it.

It appeared this was the old devil spoken of by the Holy Court; Kedel drew his weapon, "Take her down!"

Bai Ling let out a maniacal laugh, allowing the soldiers’ weapons and skills to strike her, while she strode towards Kedel, "Your heart seems delicious, give it to me!"

"Go to hell!" Kedel shouted, slashing his long sword from mid-air.

Bai Ling swung her hand, and Kedel’s weapon broke upon impact, followed by her grabbing his neck.

Kedel struggled desperately, but under Bai Ling’s overpowering hold, it was futile.

Bai Ling was ruthless, brutally extracting his heart. As Kedel was not yet fully dead, Bai Ling held the heart up to his face, "Look, it’s still fresh!"

Commanding Kedel, who had heard of the old devil’s ferocity—none in the Holy Court’s million-strong army could contend, yet he ultimately had no concept of a demigod’s power.

Bai Ling opened her mouth, chewed up the heart, and swallowed it alone, after which the massive wounds on her body seemed to slightly heal.

With Kedel dead, his soldiers not only didn’t flee but attacked Bai Ling even more frantically.

Unfortunately, it was all in vain.

Bai Ling, with only half of her body, was nearly immune to both physical and magical attacks. Nong Hua’s plans spanning a hundred years, sacrificing a million lives, had not killed her, how could these ordinary soldiers ever succeed?

As demonic qi surged, in the blink of an eye, thousands of soldiers lay dead.

Before even leaving the ruins, Bai Ling’s ears caught the chaotic sound of footsteps.

A smile appeared on Bai Ling’s lips.

The feast had arrived...