MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again
Chapter 416 - 171: Crushing Defeat

Chapter 416: Chapter 171: Crushing Defeat

After half a day, Lu Hong finally emerged from the dense jungle. When he arrived at the nearest resettlement area, he found that it had already been destroyed by the Disaster Church. The older people were killed directly, and the younger ones were gone without a trace, presumably taken captive. The buildings, such as houses, were also destroyed by the Disaster Church, turning the resettlement area into a pile of ruins.

Apparently, the Disaster Church hadn’t received a response from Torian and, realizing they were exposed, brazenly started to plunder.

The enemy moved quickly, and Lu Hong passed through seven or eight resettlement areas along the way. Each one had been ransacked by the Disaster Church, and the usable portals had also been destroyed.

A bunch of animals!

Lu Hong clenched his fists tighter, not sparing even the civilians, no better than the sea race, simply inhuman!

By noon the next day, Lu Hong finally caught up with the murderous culprits.

The details of the battle need not be elaborated upon; none of these followers of the Disaster Church were Third Transition strong, and Lu Hong quickly dealt with them.

Cries of anguish filled the fields as the deaths of loved ones and the destruction of homes led these tormented civilians to weep bitterly.

"Baron," the few members of the garrison stationed in this resettlement area hobbled towards Lu Hong, some with broken arms, some without legs. Fortunately, Lu Hong arrived in time to save their lives.

"Is the portal still operable?"

"Yes, where do you wish to go?" the garrison nodded.

"East Look Mountain." It was of great importance. The imperial army couldn’t spare the hands to deal with the matter of Qianhua, leaving only the Black Guards with the capacity to do so.

"Very well, please follow me."

As soon as he stepped through the portal, a bone-chilling coldness swept over him.

The sky thrummed with terrifying fluctuations.

Looking up, the Supreme Ye Xiao was locked in battle with a Third Transition Peak strong person from the Disaster Church.

Half the sky turned to ice and snow, while the other half was tinged with an ominous grayish-white hue.

The forces clashed vigorously, pitifully affecting the civilians who had not yet fled; they were either killed by the collision of magical powers or captured by the Disaster Church followers and trapped inside a magical artifact.

To capture people, the Disaster Church had specially crafted a magical artifact for imprisoning living creatures, very similar in function to a Space Ring.

As the battle in the sky intensified, on the ground, Lu Kuan commanded the garrison and the Disaster Church followers in a fierce skirmish, with the Black Guards assisting from the side. Sadly, the number of Disaster Church followers far surpassed their own, and most of the dead bodies on the ground were from the empire’s side.

Where were the other Third Transition strong of Snowy Region? Lu Hong furrowed his brows.

"Cough, cough!"

Hearing this, Lu Hong turned around: all the strong from the Snowy Region were lying on the ground, half-dead.

"What happened to you?" Lu Hong inquired.

"The Disaster Church unleashed a toxin that could contaminate the earth; if left unchecked, countless Qianhua would die or be injured."

"So we forced the toxins into our bodies, ensuring they wouldn’t spread any further."

Lu Hong nodded, "You’ve worked hard; I’ll take it from here."

As he spoke, his divine light roared down, and wielding two holy swords, Lu Hong sped through the battlefield, harvesting the lives of the Disaster Church followers.

Protected by divine magic, the Disaster Church followers were powerless to resist Lu Hong’s attacks, and he swiftly cut through them.

Even the Third Transition strong in the sky noticed the anomaly and took a moment to aim at Lu Hong, "You must die! Ghost Howl!"

As the words dropped, countless resentful spirits, like vile ghosts, screeched as they rushed towards Lu Hong.

"You are the one who should die!" Lu Hong condensed divine light into a javelin and hurled it towards the Third Transition strong in the sky.

The Ghost Howl skill was annihilated under the radiance of the divine light, while the javelin, undiminished in speed, bore straight towards the opponent’s chest.

"You?! Only then did the Third Transition strong see the power that Lu Hong had mustered, his face full of shock, "Divine light? Impossible! You’re a warrior! A warrior class!"

The javelin pierced through the opponent’s magical defenses and into the chest of the Third Transition strong.

"Ah~~!" In that moment, the Third Transition powerhouse let out a painful howl, and just like the previous ghostly shadows, steamed up a great deal of white mist before finally dissipating into nothingness.

As the Third Transition powerhouse perished, Ye Xiao also heaved a sigh of relief and withdrew her strength. Truth be told, it was her first time dealing with such peculiar grey-white magic power, and she was nearly overpowered. Had Lu Hong not intervened, she would definitely have been the one to fall before long.

With the death of their leader, the Disaster Church began to think of retreating.

However, Lu Hong wouldn’t let them get away, "Don’t let them escape."

As he spoke, a blood-red curtain descended from the sky, enshrouding East Look Mountain.

With the help of Supreme Ye Xiao, the cleanup ended quickly.

"Thank you for the assistance, Supreme. On behalf of the empire, I thank you," Lu Hong expressed his gratitude unexpectedly, seeing that the Snowy Region had extended such help. Those Third Transition warriors of the Snowy Region looked pale and were breathing faintly, "If you need help, just say the word."

"No need, I will heal them," Supreme Ye Xiao didn’t say much, gathered up her subordinates, and turned to leave.

After seeing off Supreme Ye Xiao, Lu Kuan jogged over, "Baron Sir, if it weren’t for you, the entirety of the Pheasant Flowers would truly have been doomed."

"The matter is not yet over," Lu Hong said with a grave tone, "Beyond the spatial expanses of the Pheasant Flowers, there is a chapel of theirs. We must destroy it to save those innocent civilians!"

"I will have my men search thoroughly."

Lu Hong shook his head, "By ourselves, it won’t do, we need a master of space magic to locate the exact position of that chapel."

Having said that, Lu Hong called over a Black Guard, "Go back immediately, tell Questasa everything that occurred at Pheasant Flowers. The underlings of the Disaster Church are present in all four civilian-transferring dimensions, their lair lies within the spatial rifts, tell him to immediately find a grand space mage to help."

The Black Guard nodded and vanished into a nearby portal.

Before long, Questasa himself came through, his expression exceedingly grim.

"Baron Sir, are you saying there are underhanded dealings by the Disaster Church in all four dimensions?"

"Yes, I learned from a Disaster Church devotee that they are abducting civilians to allow a powerful will to descend, thereby seizing the divine lands."

"I understand," Questasa seemed familiar with the Disaster Church, hence he didn’t ask further.

"Has the space mage not arrived yet?" Lu Hong urgently inquired, since they had resolved Pheasant Flowers, but there were three other dimensions to contend with.

"Soon. I have sent people to contact Vili’s disciple, currently the most powerful space mage in Jinrui City is her," Questasa sensing the urgency in Lu Hong’s heart, added, "As for the other three dimensions, Baron Sir, you need not worry. Upon receiving the Black Guard’s message, I made arrangements. The other three dimensions are still relatively stable and haven’t engaged in the desperate acts of Pheasant Flowers; moreover, judging by the actions of the monitored Disaster Church followers, it seems they do not share information across the four dimensions."

"That’s good," Lu Hong’s greatest fear was them causing trouble simultaneously, making them impossible to manage.

With no contact between these followers of the Disaster Church, they were free to deal with them one by one—none would escape!

After a while, a drunken woman stumbled out of the portal.

"Is she Vili’s disciple?" Lu Hong was somewhat speechless.

"Er... kind of. Vili never officially took on disciples, he was initially interested in Miss Dada, but Miss Dada wasn’t willing."

"Which... which bastard summoned me?" Miss Dada slurred, unable to stand steadily, "Don’t... don’t you know I was drinking?"

Lu Hong stepped forward and stood before her.

"Who... who are you? You have... you have wine?" Miss Dada pointed at the three shadowy figures before her, struggling to merge them into one, "Hey? How come there are three of you now?"

Slap!

Lu Hong couldn’t resist and slapped Dada across the face, sending her tumbling to the ground.

"You dare to hit me?!" Dada sobered up a bit, bellowing at Lu Hong, "You have the guts to hit me?"

Slap!

Just as Dada got up, Lu Hong smacked her down again.

The sharp pain brought her more to consciousness, as she clutched her flaming cheek and glared daggers at Lu Hong, "I am going to kill you! I am going to kill you!"

Lu Hong was indifferent, grabbing her by the collar and lifting Dada into the air, "I don’t care what state you’re in right now or how much hatred you have for me, but you must sober up immediately! With every minute we lose, the lives of over a hundred thousand civilians in Pheasant Flowers are at greater risk!"