MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again
Chapter 415 - 170 Ambush

Chapter 415: Chapter 170 Ambush

"I’ve already transferred the Black Guard over. The next step in screening the Disaster Church infiltration will be up to them. Mr. Lu, I hope you can root out those hidden within the garrison as soon as possible."

"Everything as you command..."

Before Lu Kuan could finish speaking, an intense surge of magic power suddenly erupted above the grand hall.

"Be careful!" Lu Hong yanked Lu Kuan aside and immediately summoned the Steel Holy Sword, activating the Steel Fortress Skill instantly.

In the next second, layers upon layers of magic runes unfolded in the air above the grand hall, a fierce grey-white magic power piercing down, engulfing the entire mansion within it.

It took a good while for the magic assault to gradually cease. After confirming there was no danger, Lu Hong then deliberately withdrew the fortress’s protection.

"They’ve got some nerve!" Lu Kuan scanned the area, finding that everything in his line of sight had been flattened, meaning that besides the two of them, none of the soldiers inside the mansion had survived.

A surge of anger sprouted within Lu Hong as well, "We must pull them all out and leave none alive!"

"Baron, I will root out all of the Disaster Church followers within the garrison. For the rest, I can only rely on you." The fact that the enemy could lay down a killing magic array inside the mansion indicated that the level of infiltration in the garrison was far higher than originally imagined.

"If you need help, just say the word," Lu Hong nodded and turned to leave.

Now, he needed to find the Black Guard and, together with them, eradicate all the Disaster Church followers!

Not long after leaving the mansion, a member of the Black Guard came to him, "Baron, in the resettlement area near East Look Mountain, we’ve discovered a large number of minions from an unknown force. Should we continue to monitor or proceed with the arrest?"

"Kill!" Lu Hong’s tone was ice-cold, "No need to take any prisoners; they are from the Disaster Church, a major power from beyond the Star Sea. Don’t bother trying to get information from them. These followers are lunatics. If you need more information about them, you can inquire in Umbra. By the way, the civilians who were abducted might not have been taken from the Yuanhua plane yet. Send someone to search for them."

"Understood." The Black Guard nodded and then disappeared through stealth.

The attack on the mansion showed that the Disaster Church had already sensed something amiss and decided to make the first move. East Look Mountain was a teleportation point for the Black Guard; that position could not be lost.

Lu Hong quickly headed to the teleportation point inside Gold City; he had to reach East Look Mountain as soon as possible to ensure the safety of the teleportation gate.

"Baron, where are you headed?" Upon seeing Lu Hong arrive, two garrison soldiers guarding the teleportation gate quickly saluted him.

"East Look Mountain."

"Understood." Noting Lu Hong’s urgency, the two soldiers nodded, adjusted the coordinates, and opened the teleportation gate.

Stepping through the teleportation gate, Lu Hong was shocked.

An axe narrowly missed his scalp, embedding itself in the stone wall behind him.

"Oops, my hand slipped." Torian pulled out the huge axe, coldly smiling at Lu Hong.

"You’re reaching quite far!" It was clear to Lu Hong that this was a conspiracy by the Disaster Church. He wasn’t worried about his own safety, but the situation for Lu Kuan might not be the same.

"Baron, I admire you. Why don’t you join us? Together, we can build up a base of divine grace for the Disaster Church, grow stronger, and create new glories," Torian extended an olive branch to Lu Hong.

"Grow stronger and create new glories?" That sounded strange. Lu Hong chuckled, "You’re from Umbra, aren’t you?"

Torian’s face darkened, "How do you know that?"

"Guess." No sooner had the words left his mouth than Lu Hong kicked over.

But the followers of the Disaster Church on either side were also quick to react, and grey-white magic power formed into chains that wound towards him.

Blood Qi Shockwave!

Facing the ferociously evil followers of the Disaster Church, Lu Hong was anything but merciful; the power of his blood qi erupted with a roar.

The ground shook violently.

This move seemed to alarm a Third Transition Peak expert behind him. A ghostly figure wearing a mask sped through the air, its deadly claws aimed straight at Lu Hong.

Heavenly God descended!

Divine light burst forth, and the Blood Holy Sword was clenched in his hand as Lu Hong met the attack with full force.

The specter let out a shrill scream; Lu Hong’s divine light seemed to have a natural restraint on him. The specter’s body emitted sizzling white smoke, and amidst its lamentation, it was reduced to ashes.

After dealing with the Third Transition Peak warrior, Lu Hong approached the half-dead Torian, stabbed through the other’s shoulder, and hoisted him into mid-air.

The excruciating pain brought the previously fading Torian instantly back to consciousness, making him let out bursts of agonized screams.

"You all seem to underestimate me a bit, just this many people and you come to ambush me?" Lu Hong said with disdain.

Underestimate him? Torian was almost in tears; the ones who had surrounded Lu Hong just before had all been at the latter stages of the Second Transition, strong experts. Heaven knows why this man before him was so formidable, wiping them out with a single move. And then there was that shadow, which was the pride of the fear lineage, its strength comparable to the late stages of the Third Transition.

"Spill it."

"Spit!" Torian spat out: "I won’t betray no matter what..."

He couldn’t finish his sentence; Lu Hong activated his Blood Qi, blasting him into bits: "Hmm, I knew you folks from the Disaster Church were tough. No matter, then."

Having dealt with Torian, Lu Hong then looked towards the remaining few on the ground.

Six people were struggling to get up; Lu Hong dispatched each with one sword strike, beheading four.

In the end, there were only two left. Lu Hong kicked them under a stone wall.

"Do you want to say anything?"

"I..." The cultist from the Disaster Church was internally struggling; he didn’t want to die, but he was also afraid of the repercussions of betraying the church.

"I see." With another sword strike, Lu Hong killed him, his head rolling in front of the last member of the Disaster Church.

"Are you going to talk?" Lu Hong, somewhat impatient, brandished the holy sword.

"Don’t... don’t kill me, I’ll talk, I’ll tell you everything!" The last Disaster Church cultist completely broke down, fearing that Lu Hong would chop him up.

"Oh?" Lu Hong grinned: "That’s more like it."

Retracting the Blood Holy Sword, Lu Hong squatted in front of the collapsed cultist and asked: "What was your mission this time?"

"To capture civilians being relocated by the empire." To save his own life, the cultist didn’t hold back anything he knew: "There were forty thousand of us in total, divided into four groups according to the number of civilian planes the empire was relocating, about ten thousand people each group, including six Third Transition powerhouses."

"What about those civilians?"

"They are all inside the Spatial Chapel."

"Spatial Chapel? In Pear Blossom?" Lu Hong asked curiously.

"No." The cultist shook his head: "It’s the chapel established within the spatial rifts."

"How many of these chapels do you have?" Lu Hong’s expression grew more serious. Hiding in the spatial rifts, what kind of skill was this?

"Eight... eight chapels." The cultist said: "These are reinforcements from headquarters after our failure at Umbra; four are still in the Umbra plane, and the other four are used to detain imperial civilians."

"What’s the purpose of capturing imperial civilians?"

"To allow... to let the will of the great beings from headquarters descend."

As expected, Lu Hong hadn’t guessed wrong. The descent of will sounded high-end, and indeed it was very high-end, only those at the peak of the Third Transition were qualified to use it, but the strength of the will was severely suppressed by the plane unlike the total amount of Magic Power, which, although it decreased in level, wouldn’t decrease in total. The strength of will would simply drop two levels, simple and brutal.

After asking some more questions about the Disaster Cultists’ detailed deployment in Pear Blossom, this cultist’s rank seemed quite high, outlining most of the details quite clearly. With this information, the subsequent capture work immediately became simpler.

Having resolved the Pear Blossom issue, Lu Hong asked: "What’s the internal structure of the Disaster Church like?"

"It comprises four major factions: Death, Plague, Darkness, Fear. Each faction has a Saint Master, and they operate independently. I’ve never been to the headquarters, so I don’t know much else."

"Right." After getting all he wanted, Lu Hong nodded contentedly, then patted the man’s forehead and fiercely burst his head.

Shaking off the blood-stained on his hand, such a person could not be let go. After all, he had never said he would spare them.

Getting to his feet and surveying his surroundings, well... he really didn’t recognize where he was.

After determining his direction, Lu Hong strode off. Anyway, finding the Dark Guard first and passing on the information he had obtained was the priority; not only for the Pear Blossom plane, but other planes also needed to execute the roundup of the Disaster Cultists as soon as possible.

Once those terrifying wills of the Disaster Church descended, it would certainly be another unprecedented disaster for the empire.