MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again
Chapter 429 - 183: Killing Blow

Chapter 429: Chapter 183: Killing Blow

"He is a powerful Third Transition late-stage fighter, highly skilled in earth element skills, be extremely careful," the kind-hearted woman said, exhausted from Wu Erfu’s prolonged torture and the long journey. Lu Hong’s arrival had offered her boundless security, but now, she fell unconscious.

Wu Erfu stood up and sneered at Lu Hong, "Where did this brat come from, looking for death?"

"The one looking for death is you."

Lu Hong had no intention of wasting words with her. To be able to inflict such cruelty on a woman, killing was enough.

No sooner had the words left his mouth than Lu Hong stepped forward like an arrow, heading straight for Wu Erfu.

Wu Erfu’s combat blade was in hand, and a shield blocked in front of him, a great amount of earth element power clinging to it, instantly boosting its defensive capability.

A cold light flashed in Lu Hong’s eyes. He knew all too well the type of torture that left the scars on Lina’s body, having endured such himself, which intensified his hatred towards those who administered such pain.

With the War Holy Sword in hand, the power of his qi and blood erupted mightily. Without any hesitation, he struck Wu Erfu’s shield with a sacrificial blow. Wu Erfu had planned to use the power of the Earth Element to generate earthen spikes in a sneak attack on Lu Hong, but he never expected the War Holy Sword to be so sharp, easily piercing through his shield.

As the Holy Sword’s cold gleam approached the abdomen, the battle-hardened Wu Erfu hurriedly retreated, but unfortunately, Lu Hong was faster.

As the sharp sword pierced in, Wu Erfu’s face twisted in pain as a great amount of qi and blood continuously surged into him, strangling his blood vessels.

Earth Explosion!

Wu Erfu triggered a powerful move, layers of sharp spikes blasting apart in an attempt to push back the attacker.

But Lu Hong, with rage in his heart, didn’t accept such threats at all. Having launched a sacrificial strike, why would he fear harming himself?

Blood Transverse Sky!

Lu Hong uttered a low shout, and a river of blood swept down from the sky, smashing onto the rising spikes, forcefully suppressing Wu Erfu’s newly generated earth element power into the ground.

With his skills shaken, Wu Erfu’s face turned red with the strain of losing in the clash of magic power.

"Die!" Lu Hong pressed his opponent while swinging the Holy Sword towards Wu Erfu’s head.

"Get away!" shouted Wu Erfu, shocked and angry. How could he, a powerful Third Transition late-stage fighter, be suppressed by a seemingly young boy?

Faced with another incoming sharp sword attack, Wu Erfu decisively gave up the magic power contest, risking the danger of backlash and severe injury to dodge the Holy Sword’s lethal blow.

Having evaded the attack, Wu Erfu rolled several times on the ground, stabilizing his form before spitting out mouthfuls of fresh blood.

"Damn it!" Wu Erfu cursed, then scanned his surroundings.

Lu Hong said with a smile, "Are you waiting for reinforcements?"

Wu Erfu’s face darkened as his intentions were revealed, "What of it? Once my men arrive, I will definitely bring you back to my estate for a ’good reception’!"

"Too bad," Lu Hong said with a slight shake of his head. "Your men have already preceded you to the netherworld, you might as well join them soon."

"What?!" Wu Erfu’s face changed, this boy didn’t seem to be lying, but he had brought a full twenty thousand men to capture Lina. Those twenty thousand men were highly coordinated, and there were also six Third Transition experts among them, how could they all have perished in such a short time?

And if not, his men should have arrived by now.

"Don’t believe it?" Lu Hong said, tossing out several military insignias.

Those were the identity marks of several Third Transition strongmen under Wu Erfu’s command, and now that he was well and truly panicked, "Boy, do you know who I am?! I am the Lord of Soaring Cloud City, the future Clan Leader of the Ma Feng family!"

"The Ma Feng family? Never heard of it." Lu Hong said coldly, smiling as he held the Holy Sword and stepped towards Wu Erfu, "I don’t have time to chat with you, Lina still needs help."

"You can’t kill me!" Wu Erfu cried in shock and rage, then pushed his magic power to the limit; a multitude of earth walls sprung from the ground, solidly protecting him within.

Protect him? Clearly, it couldn’t. The War Holy Sword, after a moment’s charging, easily sliced through the earth walls, cleaving Wu Erfu in two along with them.

Actually, Wu Erfu was quite pitiable. Had he chosen to flee, he might have survived a little longer, but a stand-off defense was decisively countered by Lu Hong. After all, the unmatched power of a swift Holy Sword slash was too great.

With Wu Erfu dispatched, Lu Hong glanced at the two unconscious Black Guards and Lina. Summoning the power of his qi and blood, he enveloped the three and left the dense forest behind them.

After traveling for half a day, Lu Hong finally found a mountain cave and settled the three of them down.

The two guards’ injuries were not severe and they quickly regained consciousness under the stern slaps of Lu Hong.

"Who are you?!" The guard instinctively swung the dagger at his waist, trying to drive Lu Hong away.

"Look clearly before you speak," Lu Hong said as he threw out his command token.

Recognizing Lu Hong’s identity, the two guards were overjoyed, "It turns out to be the inspection emissary, sir. We salute you!"

"Get up and talk," Lu Hong continued, "Why was Lina subjected to such brutal torture?"

"Reporting to the emissary, we do not know. We only followed orders from above to go to Wu Erfu’s dungeon to rescue Miss Lina."

"Then check Lina’s injuries now." Lu Hong was a rough man; although he understood combat, he really didn’t know how to heal.

He had shown her to the Holy King, but the few powerful healing spells the Holy King cast were very ineffective. Then it was deduced that she was poisoned, which caused the healing spells to be less effective. Therefore, to completely cure her, it was necessary to find medicine that could remove the poison.

"Miss Lina has been poisoned with the unique poison of Dragon Abyss, the Deathless Pill. This poison significantly reduces the victim’s healing capabilities, making the injuries irremediable and causing one to die in agony."

"Is there an antidote?" Lu Hong asked in a deep voice.

"No," the two guards shook their heads. "This poison is very rare, so the antidote is likewise scarce. The most likely place to find it now would be in Wu Erfu’s mansion."

"Soaring Cloud City," Lu Hong turned to look out of the cave, realizing he had to make another trip.

"You two take good care of Lina; I’ll be back with the antidote," Lu Hong said as he was about to get up and leave.

"Emissary!" The guard quickly called out to Lu Hong.

"What is it?"

The guard looked at the sky and spoke to Lu Hong, "It’s almost dark now, and Wu Erfu definitely won’t give up searching, so you must be careful if you go to Soaring Cloud City for the medicine."

"Heh, Wu Erfu is already dead."

"That’s even worse," the guard’s face changed. "Soaring Cloud City was originally one of the major cities beyond the three great families. The Kyro family had been eyeing it for a long time but held back from taking action due to the Wasp family being close to the Xiao Ke family. Now with Wu Erfu’s death, I fear that Soaring Cloud City might have already changed hands, falling under control of the Kyro family."

"So what?" asked Lu Hong as he turned back.

"This..." The two guards looked at each other, thinking if the emissary had lost his mind? They had already told him that Soaring Cloud City was under tight guard and it would be extremely difficult to retrieve the antidote, yet he still dared to go? Did he think he was a Third Transition Peak expert? The key point is, even a Third Transition Peak expert would not find it easy to move around freely within the city.

"Emissary," one guard kindly reminded him again, "Soaring Cloud City is one of the ancient cities in Dragon Abyss, with a formidable city defense mechanism. Once activated, individual power can be suppressed—a First Transition could suppress a Third Transition expert to Second Transition. This suppression is not due to planar constraints and is very similar to time reversal, capable of regressing someone back to their former Second Transition state."

"There’s such a mechanism?" Lu Hong nodded slightly. Dragon Abyss indeed was powerful, and he wondered what kind of intentions Konstantin had harboring, having Xie’an come here—was it to send him to his death, or was it because he held very high expectations for him? Or was it... for me?

"Emissary, we should first make contact with the Dragon Abyss headquarters and other brothers, then make a detailed plan to obtain the antidote."

"How many people do you have in the Dragon Abyss branch? What’s the level of their strength?"

"This..." Although Lu Hong’s token identified him as an inspection emissary, when it came to the most secretive matters of the Dragon Abyss guards, they still dared not presume to speak.

Seeing the two fall silent, Lu Hong pursed his lips, disappointed that the token given by Questasa wasn’t very useful.

"Take another good look, who am I?"

Stunned by Lu Hong’s abrupt statement, they scrutinized him carefully.

Holy shit?

"Ba... Baron... Baron, sir?!"

Heh! Lu Hong smiled, "Good, you recognize me."

"Baron sir, we have seven thousand three hundred brothers in the Dragon Abyss guards, but a week ago, we were hunted by the Kyro family resulting in the loss of two branches and over six hundred brothers. Therefore, the superiors told us to lie low, to stay away from cities as much as possible. If you wish to go to the nearest hideout, we can lead the way."

Well, indeed, status was more effective than a command token.