MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again
Chapter 431 - 185 Stirring the Waters to Catch Fish

Chapter 431: Chapter 185 Stirring the Waters to Catch Fish

The Cairo family made a move, and the other two major families were not deaf or dumb. Though the Ma Feng family’s intelligence did not arrive in time, the blazing inferno seen soaring towards Soaring Cloud City was a clear indication that a major incident had occurred there.

Moreover, situated close to the Xiao Ke and the Parsa family’s territories, Xiao Ke’s family mobilized a considerable force almost immediately upon spotting the flame to investigate and support Soaring Cloud.

Alongside Xie’an, Parsa Clan Leader Bo Heng also dispatched troops, marching towards Soaring Cloud.

Seeing all three major families initiating actions surrounding Soaring Cloud City, the minor families of Dragon Lake were also spurred into motion, some trailing behind the major families hoping to gain a share of the spoils, while others, fearing repercussions, shut their gates and didn’t dare venture out.

Nevertheless, the Cairo family received the news first, and by the time the great fire had erupted in Soaring Cloud City, Lu Hong with his people had already reached the outskirts and encircled the entire city imperviously.

"All soldiers heed my command! Soaring Cloud City has been attacked by empire forces. Begin now; absolutely no suspect shall escape!"

Following Tu Hetai’s orders, fleeing civilians were deemed suspects and shot dead below the city towers.

Inside there were towering flames, while outside stood the sword-wielding Cairo army. These innocent civilians had only one fate—death.

When Lu Hong arrived outside Soaring Cloud City, Lu Hong had already led his army into the city. As Wu Erfu and his key subordinates were taken out in one swoop by Lu Hong, the Soaring Cloud garrison scattered headlessly, fighting individually and quickly swept away by the Cairo army.

Lu Hong, utilizing the chaos, headed straight into the city aiming for the City Lord Mansion.

The fire ruthlessly devoured everything, and the brutally murdered civilians were visible everywhere.

Lu Hong ground his teeth, "A bunch of beasts, slaughtering innocents for profit!"

Originally intent on retrieving the antidote amidst the chaos, Lu Hong now changed his mind; he wanted to make these scum pay a price.

With the Holy Sword in hand, Lu Hong turned into a blood shadow, slaughtering every Cairo soldier in his path. Bloodthirst quietly activated, continually supplying Lu Hong with immense vital force.

By the time he reached the front of the City Lord Mansion, it had already been taken under Cairo’s secret forces’ control. A group of black-clothed people surrounded the secret forces, guarding against any potential threats.

The arrival of Lu Hong promptly caught these black-clothed individuals’ attention, and without asking his identity, they attacked directly with drawn swords.

"Scram!" Lu Hong lowly snarled as his Blood Qi Force explosively burst, instantly shattering the hearts of these black-clothed individuals.

Stepping into the City Lord Mansion, there was surprisingly no personnel guarding inside. It seemed the core of Soaring Cloud City was not here.

First, get the antidote.

After extensive searching, Lu Hong finally found two vials in Wu Erfu’s bedroom, which appeared to be antidotes, but he would need the Black Guard to determine which was the right one.

After securing the antidotes, Lu Hong was about to leave when he unexpectedly came face to face with Tu Hetai.

"Who are you?" Tu Hetai looked grimly at Lu Hong emerging from the City Lord Mansion. According to Tu Hetai’s intelligence, Wu Erfu possessed an extraordinary treasure; hence he had let his secret force guard the City Lord Mansion while he dealt with his own affairs, intending to retrieve it personally later. He hadn’t expected someone to beat him to it.

"What did you take from inside? Put it down, and perhaps I might consider sparing your life."

Facing Tu Hetai’s threat, Lu Hong chuckled, "You are the ones who set fire to Soaring Cloud City, right?"

"From which family are you?" Instead of answering Lu Hong’s question, Tu Hetai scrutinized him carefully, his mind racing to recall useful information.

Seeing that Tu Hetai hadn’t recognized him yet, Lu Hong didn’t give him any more chances and raised his sword to strike.

Facing Lu Hong’s assault, Tu Hetai coldly smiled, readying to fight? Besides the Three Saints, there was no one he feared... who... who... shit?!

Feeling the surging Blood Qi Force around Lu Hong, Tu Hetai was shocked and simultaneously connected the face before him with the Baron, "You’re Baron Yitian?!"

Lu Hong remained silent, his swordplay becoming even more fierce.

The rolling Blood Qi continuously surged, trapping Tu Hetai tightly.

"Martial Extreme—Thousand Wind Finger!" Tu Hetai, being a rare profession martial warrior of the Third Transition.

With Thousand Wind Finger, Tu Hetai’s fingertips resembled a black hole, drawing in everything around.

Then, in a split second, all absorbed magic power was released, resulting in an impressively powerful burst.

This move was Tu Hetai’s signature skill, under which many powerful fighters had fallen. However, Lu Hong was different; his Blood Qi volume was too vast. The black hole at Tu Hetai’s fingertips, having consumed too much, burst, taking Tu Hetai’s right hand with it.

But Tu Hetai could not even afford to wail, as the sharp holy sword was already piercing towards his chest.

Biting his teeth, Tu Hetai activated his magic artifact, but unfortunately, it still could not withstand Lu Hong’s one strike and was completely destroyed.

Seeing such ferocity from the opponent, Tu Hetai, both shocked and enraged, quickly turned and ran.

"You can’t escape," Lu Hong chased closely behind.

The distance between them narrowed, and just when Lu Hong was about to thrust his sword and kill the opponent, a long spear blocked his path.

The spear’s tip shimmered coldly; Lu Hong reacted quickly—the holy sword retreated to defend, and in an instant, the surrounding magic power surged, transforming into nine dragons that struck at him.

Blood Qi Shockwave!

Lu Hong activated the skill to shatter the opponent’s nine dragons and looked up to see Changkong standing on Tu Hetai, coldly watching Lu Hong, with tens of thousands of elite soldiers already surrounding him.

"Kid, thanks."

Faced with Changkong’s sudden gratitude, Lu Hong was stunned; what did he mean?

However, as the opponent thrust the spear into Tu Hetai’s heart, Ah, understood.

Tu Hetai, full of resentment, stared at Changkong: "You... will not... end well..."

Before he could finish speaking, the magic power surged within Changkong, completely shredding Tu Hetai’s internal organs.

"What trash." Changkong spat, then took a gold token from Tu Hetai’s waist: "You worthy of using it?"

Kicking away Tu Hetai’s corpse, Changkong said to Lu Hong: "Originally, I was thinking about how to encircle and kill you, but you did me a big favor, so I decided to spare your life. Now, you can leave."

"Is that so?" Lu Hong smiled slightly: "Then, I’ll take my leave without further ado."

Saying this, Lu Hong slowly retreated, the soldiers parting to form a path until Lu Hong disappeared, causing Changkong to finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"My lord, why didn’t you order us to shoot him down?" his deputy asked in bewilderment: "Tu Hetai’s death implicates him; if he points out to the Family Head that you killed Tu Hetai, that crime..."

Changkong patted the deputy’s shoulder and smiled: "That person accuses me of killing Tu Hetai? You might as well say that one of you would report me instead."

Changkong’s words exploded like thunder in the ears of the surrounding soldiers.

At once, all the soldiers knelt down.

"Changkong, we absolutely would not betray you!" the deputy trembled.

"Get up, get up," Changkong helped the deputy up and smiled kindly: "Of course, I know your loyalty, or else I wouldn’t have brought you to ambush Tu Hetai, would I?"

Casually tossing Tu Hetai’s corpse into the fire pile beside them, Changkong turned to ask: "Have the Xiao Ke family and the Pasa clan arrived yet?"

"Reporting to the lord, we just received news that the Xiao Ke family is already clashing with our forces north of Soaring Cloud City and as for the Pasa clan, they are confronting our forces on the eastern side of Absolute Peace Valley."

Changkong nodded: "Send the orders down, tell the brothers to hold on a bit longer. Once we completely control the Soaring Cloud formation, everything will be over, and rewards will surely follow."

"Thank you, my lord!"

Changkong ignored the deputy’s gratitude and instead looked meaningfully towards where Lu Hong had disappeared.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to keep Lu Hong; he couldn’t keep him.

The Nine Dragons Flash was his strongest offensive skill, and being countered with a single move by the opponent, Changkong abandoned any thought of silencing him; it wasn’t worth the risk of implicating himself.

Although Tu Hetai wasn’t a top expert, taking him down wasn’t easy either; at least Changkong wasn’t confident about killing him one-on-one. Seeing Tu Hetai reduced to a desperate fugitive indicated that this man’s strength was indeed formidable, so Changkong had to let Lu Hong escape.

As for Lu Hong, he, too, wanted to kill Changkong and the others, but doing so would leave too many traces, thus exposing his identity, a loss exceeding the gain.

If it weren’t for the worry that the confrontation’s disturbance might spread too far, Lu Hong wouldn’t have given Tu Hetai a chance to escape.

There was no choice; the power of his Blood Qi was too distinctive and easily recognizable.

Tu Hetai recognized Lu Hong because he dealt with intelligence and paid more attention to the Star Sea. As for Changkong, he focused more on Dragon Pool; he might know a little about the Baron, but recognizing him wasn’t so easy.