Chapter 164 - Disaster to the East (Part 4)

Chapter 164: Chapter 157: Disaster to the East (Part 4)In less than an hour, a battle report was hastily delivered to the Elders Council.

The Grand Elder opened the battle report and immediately felt darkness close in on his vision, almost spitting blood.

Not a single one of the hundred thousand elite troops survived!

Even the six Third Transition powerhouses who had accompanied the army failed to return alive, the strength of the Blood Beast once again shocked the entire Yuan Hua.

The reason why the Blood Beast Lu Hong had become so formidable was a mixture of chance and happenstance. It all started from his break into East Look Mountain to save people. If the three powerhouses from the Gold Family had not taken matters lightly and fulfilled their duty of overseeing the battle, Lu Hong would have had no opportunity to accumulate the might of Bloodthirst.

Afterward, the Beast King facing the Blood Beast alone gave Lu Hong another chance to grow. Now, the blood feed sent again by the Elders Council had completely nourished the Blood Beast to its limit.

The Blood Beast had grown stronger, but Lu Hong could never return. Engulfed by endless blood energy, the killing intent and the resentment of death had long since dragged Lu Hong’s spirit into the abyss, making awakening almost impossible.

"Send... send Blaze, Hil, Cliff immediately to suppress it!"

With the reluctant decision of the Elders Council, the forces guarding the front lines were instantly halved. Lai Li also received the news that three Priests were being reassigned and immediately ordered an attack. The brief peace on the front lines was shattered, plunging once again into a sea of flames.

After putting down the message from Andrei, Sangxi rested her chin in her hands and murmured, "Under the suppression of the Yuan Hua plane, even the strongest Blaze Master couldn’t massacre a hundred thousand troops overnight, Uncle Andrei, do you think this was a new powerhouse sent by the Empire into Yuan Hua? Could it be one of the legendary seven Tower Masters who guard the Empire?"

"Impossible." Andrei’s mood was not lightened by the blow to the Gold Family, instead, his worries deepened.

"What’s wrong?" Sangxi sat up straight, sensing something amiss with Andrei.

"Do you remember the boy who defected when we rescued Miss Xia Lu?" Andrei said, "The energy and blood he used to break free back then, don’t you find it very similar to the Blood Beast of East Look Mountain?"

"Should be...," Before Sangxi could finish, she also felt some retrospect fear, but she stubbornly said, "It can’t be him, right? If he was really that strong, why did he become so weak after trying to assassinate a Craig?"

"I hope so, perhaps it’s the boy’s master," Andrei considered the worst-case scenario, "Let’s not go out recklessly for now. That boy was rescued by a mysterious powerhouse outside of Gold City, if the Blood Beast of East Look Mountain is summoned by his master, then this person’s strength must be extraordinary, and we can’t afford to offend him."

"What can’t we afford to offend?" Sangxi raised an eyebrow, "Duke Lei Shan has made an agreement with us."

"That’s only if the Yuan Hua formation is unlocked," Andrei said solemnly, "As long as Yuan Hua’s grand formation remains sealed, the Duke’s protection is as good as null. We can’t take that risk, even if ultimately we abandon Yuan Hua, we cannot simply lose our lives here!"

"I know." Sangxi responded faintly, then got up and left.

Andrei lowered his head towards the intelligence on the table, falling into silence.

The news of the Gold Family’s army’s second obliteration at East Look Mountain once again swept through the entire plane. Even the Nightingale, evading the hunt, learned of this from her subordinates.

Nightingale stood on a steep cliff, looking off in the direction of East Look Mountain, knowing this had to be the work of Lu Hong. Yet, after causing such a commotion, how could he possibly extricate himself?

Elsewhere, having been carefully looked after by Pat, the old man, Cliff, had recovered from his serious injuries and was now able to get out of bed and walk a little.

Qi Rong also had his severed arm reattached by a Druid’s healing skills, although it was still not flexible and he was wrapped in bandages, looking like a mummy.

The two were lying in a courtyard with excellent natural light when Pat delivered the latest news from East Look Mountain, "Lord Tukurlu is truly formidable, to have once again annihilated the Gold Family’s hundred thousand elite troops at East Look Mountain."

After hearing Pat’s news, Cliff looked guilty, "If I hadn’t lost my head at the time, falling for the Illusionist’s skill, how would the kid have had to make such a sacrifice?!"

"Big Brother Han, you mean the boss can’t come back?" Qi Rong asked with a heartache.

Cliff nodded, "The last time he used Bloodthirst he almost failed to control himself, falling into murderous intent. Now that he has become a Blood Beast, the chances of awakening are even slimmer."

"There’s really no chance at all?" Qi Rong asked unwillingly, "Didn’t you use the Purification skill last time to restore his sanity?"

"There’s just too much negative emotion this time, even a hundred of me couldn’t wake him up."

"Wait, what are you talking about?" Pat caught something in the two’s conversation and asked, "You mean that Lord Tukuru’s transformation into a Blood Beast is irreversible? This isn’t his Skill?"

"It is a Skill, but it’s a Skill that has gone out of control."

"Fuck!" Pat jumped up in an instant and hurried out of the courtyard, "I’ve got to report this to the boss immediately!"

Pat sprinted all the way, barging into Piao Miao’s residence. At the moment, Piao Miao was sitting on a pile of ancient books, scanning them briefly before tossing them aside, "Nothing, nothing. What exactly is this Skill?!"

"Boss, Boss!" Pat was something of an old-timer in the organization, and the guard seeing him so flustered did not stop him.

With a bang, Pat crashed into the study and tumbled into the pile of books.

"What’s the rush?" Piao Miao furrowed her brow and asked, "What’s happened?"

"Lord Tukuru’s transformation is irreversible, the Thunder Clan’s Hank has declared that he will exhaust his strength and die at East Look Mountain."

"Hank recognizes this Skill?" Since yesterday night’s fight at East Look Mountain, Piao Miao had become very interested in Lu Hong’s powerful Skill, but even after summoning all of the Gold Family’s treasured volumes, she couldn’t find any record of this type of Skill.

"Hank says this Skill is called Bloodthirst."

"Bloodthirst?" Piao Miao was startled, "How is that possible?" She knew of Bloodthirst, a basic Skill of the Angry Blood Warrior, very weak. According to the Empire’s documents, this Skill was only equivalent to a First Transition Level 9 Priest’s healing spell.

"Are you sure you didn’t misunderstand?" After getting Pat’s confirmation, Piao Miao fell into deep thought and after a long time, she said, "Withdraw the brothers lying in ambush near East Look Mountain immediately, leave Tukuru’s case to me, I’ll handle it personally from here on."

"Fire Lord, didn’t you pass by East Look Mountain the day before yesterday when you went back to report?" The three Grand Offerings retreated from the front line and headed straight for East Look Mountain, Cliff asked on the way, "Didn’t you notice anything unusual at that time?"

Master Fire shook his head, "I merely took action in passing and left that place, I didn’t

A Master is a Master after all, their insight is different, and they managed to figure out most of Lu Hong’s current status just from sensing the Blood Beast.

While the three were discussing, the Blood Beast sensed the presence of living people, its fierce eyes suddenly opened wide, and it let out a roar towards Fire and the others.

"I’ll meet it first," Master Fire floated forward, confronting the onrushing Blood Beast with a massive meteor.

As the meteor struck, the Blood Beast was blasted into the ground, and the resulting explosion instantly turned the surrounding thousand miles into a sea of fire.