MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again
Chapter 407 - 162: Stand Firm

Chapter 407: Chapter 162: Stand Firm

Xie Zhongxing had guessed right; on the third day after Lu Hong’s return, Nathias, pressing down internal dissent after the queen’s slumber, took up the heavy burden of leading the sea tribe and launched an attack on the empire’s garrison stationed on the island.

Although the sea tribe’s attack was sudden, Xie Zhongxing had fully prepared for it. As soon as the sea tribe stepped within ten miles of the isolated island, they were detected and lost the element of surprise. The first magical defense line was established by the empire’s mages, who cast spells freely at the approaching sea tribe.

Faced with the empire’s barrage of magic, the sea tribe’s army, led by a third-transition strongman, donned a deep blue water shield which absorbed much of the damage.

"Cease casting," seeing that the magical attacks were ineffective, Xie Zhongxing made a quick decision to conserve his mages’ magic power.

"All troops prepare, for a battle in the sea!" Xie Zhongxing commanded in a low voice as the soldiers, stationed behind the defensive works, fearlessly crossed the defenses to meet the endless sea tribe.

Holding the War Holy Sword in hand, Lu Hong took the lead at the forefront.

Nathias stepped forward, staring fixedly at Lu Hong, "It’s you!"

"It’s me," Lu Hong grinned, "I accidentally let you go last time. Not this time."

"Without the domain of a Heavenly God to suppress me, do you think you can be my match?" Nathias couldn’t admit his previous defeat. Now as the leader of the sea tribe, he had managed to stabilize the turbulent internal chaos of the sea tribe, and he absolutely could not afford to lose face now.

"Let’s give it a try," Lu Hong’s eyes twinkled with a hint of amusement.

The next second, a terrifying vibration rippled from the War Holy Sword.

Nathias knew the young man before him had many treasures; even artifacts left by Heavenly Gods could be pulled out casually. The sword emanating terrifying vibrations was certainly no ordinary blade.

"Sea God Trident!" Nathias bellowed, summoning the sea tribe’s divine artifact, "Kill!"

With his command, waves churned over the ocean’s surface as countless sea tribe soldiers madly charged towards the empire’s defenses.

"Utmost—" Lu Hong swung the War Holy Sword fiercely: "Flash!"

Nathias was prepared. Using the trident as a javelin, he threw it towards Lu Hong.

Growing as it went, it eventually transformed into a giant shield.

The Utmost Flash struck the trident, clanging loudly.

The trident, struck by the blow, also flew backward into Nathias’s hands, its surface light slightly dimmed.

Since Lu Hong had used Utmost Flash, this was the first time it had been completely blocked.

Without time to complain, Lu Hong charged down from the isolated island, directly into the sea tribe’s ranks.

Nathias steadied the trembling trident and strode into the battlefield.

Both sides thus engaged in fierce melee over the sea.

Lando and others, leading a mercenary army, followed Lu Hong like a sharp sword continuously piercing the sea tribe.

"Stop them," Nathias wielded the trident to block Lando’s magic attacks and instructed Heichi.

Heichi nodded, kicking away an approaching human race powerhouse, then turned back.

"Men, follow me to kill the enemy!"

Gathering the sea tribe’s powerhouses, Heichi dived into the water to launch a surprise attack from beneath the sea towards Lu Hong and his men.

Above the battlefield, Lu Hong, no longer holding back, switched to the Steel Holy Sword in his hand, suddenly initiating the Steel Fortress Skill.

The enormous Steel Fortress suddenly crashed down among the sea tribe’s ranks, disrupting their formation. Heichi tried fiercely to attack but couldn’t damage the fortress at all.

Nathias controlled the water to temporarily stop Lando, then continuously channeled his magic power into the trident in his hands, launching it again towards Lu Hong’s position.

As the artifact smashed into the Steel Fortress, the so-called invincible fortress was torn open.

Heichi seized his chance and dashed forward, aiming to widen the breach and kill Lu Hong.

Instead, he was met with a powered-up strike from Lu Hong.

"Heaven Slaying!"

The major skill inherent to the Blood Holy Sword took effect — Heichi, unable to dodge, took the hit head-on.

From a distance, within the massive Steel Fortress, a giant blood-colored sword burst forth, staining the entire sky red.

Different from his encounter with Zun Long, this strike, Heaven Slaying, was not concentrated by Lu Hong; he hoped to maximize the damage dealt to the sea tribe.

The blood-colored Sword Qi expanded in every direction; the surrounding sea tribe soldiers stood no chance and were reduced to a mist of blood.

"Are you courting death?!" Outraged and alarmed by Lu Hong’s strike, Nathias saw at least nearly ten thousand of his sea tribe perish. It didn’t look like the power of a third transition, but the threat it posed was certainly on par with a late third transition.

Heichi, half of his body destroyed by the strike, proved himself unyielding. Far from retreating, he instead charged even more frenziedly towards Lu Hong.

"Storm Slash!"

"Elemental Strike!"

Hu Fo and Lando, side by side, fiercely struck down Heichi with two skills.

"Get out of the way!" Heichi bellowed. His ferocity as a top warrior of the sea creatures was revealed as a fierce Magic Power burst forth from his body, no longer restraining itself to avoid harming allies, and Heichi’s long spear swept across.

With a clang, Hu Fo and Lando were forced to retreat continuously, the disparity in their abilities clear at a glance.

Lu Hong gripped the Steel Holy Sword and charged towards the opponent.

"I will kill you!" Heichi, overwhelmed with hatred for Lu Hong, fought back with all his might.

"Damn, he’s still not dead!" Lu Hong cursed under his breath as a burst of Holy Light appeared.

The Holy Sword and the long spear collided fiercely, and an invisible wave erupted, affecting every living being within its indiscriminate range.

"Retreat quickly!" Yan Xinghe yelled, and the mercenaries scattered into the disorganized ranks of the sea creatures, each beginning their own fierce battle.

At the center of the battlefield, Heichi and Lu Hong continued to exchange blows, emitting terrifying fluctuations that made it impossible for others to approach. Sadly, neither could overcome the other.

Lu Hong wanted to use the power of his blood energy, but having been struck by the Naga Queen and having retaliated, his vitality was severely depleted. He wanted, but did not dare to absorb the battlefield’s blood energy. His exterior might have seemed normal, but internally he was heavily damaged. If he forcibly infused a large amount of blood energy, his body would burst.

With his Great War Master class currently at a lower level, without the support of a Heavenly God descending, Lu Hong would have likely been defeated already.

Heichi used his long spear like a cudgel, smashing it down fiercely. Lu Hong blocked with his sword, retreating continuously: "Holy King, grant me strength!"

Before he had even finished speaking, a creamy white Holy Light surged into Lu Hong’s body. Under the enhancement of the Holy Light, the Holy King couldn’t cover Lu Hong completely; he could only, with Lu Hong’s cooperation, send several blessings and buffs into his body.

"Again!" The buffed Lu Hong felt reinvigorated, initiating another offensive.

Apart from the immediate battlefield, fierce wars erupted around the island. Apart from a stalemate at the front, the other flanks continuously fell under the sea creatures’ assault, retreating step by step.

Xie Zhongxing watched a sea creature soldier who had already unleashed its skill seventy-two times without showing the slightest depletion in Magic Power.

The Baron was right; the sea creatures indeed had an endless supply of Magic Power in the ocean. Xie Zhongxing felt bitter. The sea Demon Beasts hadn’t arrived yet, and support from the Snowy Region hadn’t either. How were they to continue fighting?

"Marshal sir, let us tear open the encirclement for you, and protect your escape," a few hundred black guards emerged from the shadows, seemingly arranged by the philosopher to protect him.

"Leave?" Xie Zhongxing chuckled: "I’d rather die in the sea with these soldiers."

Knowing that the sea creatures were intent on a decisive battle, Nathias knew that entering the sea area was the empire’s last main force. If he could annihilate them, capturing the Sacred Empire would be easy. Thus, he went into the deep sea, gathered nearly ten million sea creatures that hadn’t yet been mobilized,

If viewed from high above, the island resembled the yolk of a poached egg, completely surrounded without any escape route.

In the fierce battle, Lu Hong finally couldn’t hold on, falling back in defeat. Bai Baiwan, alongside seven mercenary captains, took over Lu Hong’s position, staunchly facing Heichi.

Looking around, every second, someone was dying, and Lu Hong was powerless.

I need power, Lu Hong cried out from deep within.

I need to advance to Third Transition!

Lu Hong didn’t know how much experience he still needed to break through to the Angry Blood Warrior’s Third Transition. If he couldn’t make the transition, they were undeniably doomed. Only if he could make the transition, relying on the power of blessings to heal, could he unleash Bloodthirst and add to the empire’s merit.

But how easy is it to break through to the Third Transition?

Half an hour passed...

The empire’s struggles grew weaker, and the casualties were heavy.

An hour later, the healing professionals standing on the island had drained their last drop of Magic Power and could no longer provide recovery or healing.

The soldiers mired in the battlefield also exhausted their Magic Power, becoming like lambs to the slaughter on the sea creatures’ chopping block.

Lando and other Third Transition powerhouses fell from the sky, heavily crashing into the sea bottom.

Nathias scanned his surroundings, a smile appearing on his face. They were going to win!

But at this critical moment, a thousand-meter-long whale leaped out of the water, crashing down heavily, the splash carrying terrifying Magic Power, blowing up like a nuclear bomb at the southeast corner of the island.

Nathias’ pupils shrank as he fixated on the emerging giant whale: "Deep Blue? Why have you come here?!"

"Me?" The whale spoke human language: "Not just me, they’ve all come."

Nathias naturally knew who ’they’ were. He suddenly looked up, a giant red crab also emerged from the sea, waving its huge pincers and striking a heavy blow against the sea creatures before them.

The octopus monster and the giant snake were even more ruthless, opening their mouths wide, along with a suction force, sea water and sea creature soldiers were swallowed up, the beasts digesting everything down to the bone fragments.

"How dare you betray the queen?" Nathias reprimanded the four ocean overlords who had suddenly visited: "How dare you?!"