Chapter 279 - Battle of Cangdu

Chapter 279: Chapter 35: Battle of CangduShould I join the fray? Lu Hong hesitated. If it was a battle of Third Transition Peak powerhouses, going there would be akin to courting death, but he was also very curious to stealthily observe the elves’ methods and see if they were at all like those he remembered from his past gaming experiences.

At that moment, Old Lee floated over to Lu Hong’s side and patted his shoulder affectionately, "His Majesty asked me to bring you into the battle to familiarize yourself with the elves’ skills in advance."

"Don’t worry, with me here, no one will be able to kill you," Old Lee said with great confidence. In the territory of Cangdu City, he indeed had the strength to back up those words.

"Thank you for protecting me, Old Lee," Lu Hong said, bowing slightly. He felt a deep sense of gratitude toward Old Lee.

"No trouble at all. Those elves are quite bold to dare attack Cangdu City. They’ve really grown some guts," said Old Lee as he activated his magic power and whisked Lu Hong into the skies, heading toward the battlefield.

The elves’ attack was not reckless. The Elven Prince had made meticulous preparations. The Kings of the Seven Kingdoms rarely gathered together, and the large conference held in Cangdu City was an opportunity that came once in a millennium. If they could wipe out all the Kings in one go, subsequent activities that the elves planned to carry out in Umbra would face significantly fewer obstacles.

With this in mind, the Elven Prince had taken the risk and decided to deploy his strongest warriors to besiege Cangdu City, aiming to assassinate the Kings of the Seven Kingdoms and overturn Umbra.

The elves were quite formidable. By the time Lu Hong arrived at the battlefield, the King of Cangdu and the three other Kings had already been embroiled in a fierce battle. Each King was surrounded by more than four Third Transition Peak elf warriors. Though they had not yet faced defeat, their situation was far from favorable.

The King of Shate Kingdom launched twirling sandstorms to repel the elven warriors, cursing, "Damn it, the elves play dirty, taking advantage when we’re down!" A month had not been enough for the Kings to recover from the battle with the Burn Snake, and crucially, the number of powerful warriors they could bring on a visit to Cangdu City was limited. Hence, in terms of high-level combat power, the countries of Umbra were at a disadvantage—in fact, for the first time in their conflicts with the elves. Could the four Kings not be furious?

However, luckily, once the great formation of Cangdu was activated, the strength of the elves was generally suppressed by a tier, with thousands of Third Transition powerhouses being pushed down to Second-Transition Peak or mid-phase. Otherwise, by the morning of the next day, Cangdu City might indeed face a change of regime.

Under the suppression of the divine formation, Cangdu’s Heavy Cavalry clashed fiercely with the elven powerhouses. The Heavy Cavalry relied on a small defensive formation to continuously hold the enemy at bay, but the strength of the elves was immense. With their long lifespans granting them vast knowledge, the formation tactics that the Heavy Cavalry prided themselves on did not gain them any advantage against the elves, who could even be seen starting to overwhelm them.

"This time the elves came prepared, Baron, you must be extremely cautious," Old Lee put Lu Hong down. His figure flickered, constantly reaping the lives of the elves around him. But a few breaths later, more elven powerhouses approached, pressing down on Old Lee to reduce his slaughter of the lower-ranked elves.

Lu Hong flexed his muscles, ready to gain experience sent his way—why decline a free offer? Since the Third Transition strong opponents had already been matched up, his arrival was like a bug in the battlefield.

With a thought, the War Holy Sword gripped in his hand, an elf sneaked up from the flank, aiming to assassinate Lu Hong.

Unfortunately, every step taken by the elf was watched by the Divine Eye, leaving him nowhere to hide, and their Stealth Skill was rendered completely ineffective.

Without waiting for the elf to strike, Lu Hong swung his sword down, activating a suppressive skill out of the blue, and split the elf into two halves. The poor elf had no idea that his opponent would be so strong,

Blood sprayed out as Lu Hong was bathed in it, raising the Holy Sword high, "Come on, let me see what kind of ability you elves really have!"

No sooner had his words fallen than seven sharp arrows locked onto Lu Hong’s vital points and came whistling towards him.

Dang, dang, dang.

Every arrow was blocked, but the immense piercing force of each, though not penetrating the Holy Sword, forced Lu Hong to step back with each hit.

Lifting his gaze, another sharp arrow was aimed directly at Lu Hong’s brow.

Green magic power carried a heart-palpitating fluctuation—this was the opponent’s full-force strike!

Without thinking, Lu Hong immediately switched to the Angry Blood Warrior class, and with the Holy Sword in hand once more, the power of Blood Qi transformed into a Barbaric Bull, crashing into the arrow. A thunderous roar echoed as the two forces met as equals.

"You are strong, but it’s unfortunate that your opponent is me," the Elven Prince said with a cold laugh, drawing another arrow, nocking it to his bow, and shooting in one fluid motion.

"Then have a try," Lu Hong took a deep breath, his legs suddenly powering up as he dashed forward at lightning speed, heading straight for the opponent.

"You don’t stand a chance," the Elven Prince infused magic power, shooting three arrows in quick succession.

Each arrow was precisely calculated to hit Lu Hong’s predicted path and vital spots. The archery skill of the Elven Prince was truly unmatched.

Sensing the intent to kill, Lu Hong stimulated an abundant amount of Blood Qi, extravagantly using Blood Qi power to build up a huge shield to fend off the Elven Prince’s attacks.

The Elven Prince was somewhat panicked as he saw Lu Hong steadily closing the distance—what kind of monster was this? A Blood Qi wall several meters thick? Did magic power cost nothing?

With only a hundred meters left, the Elven Prince grew completely panicked, quickly retreating to widen the distance.

"You can’t escape!" Lu Hong was not about to let his adversary go, fervently slashing with his sword to conjure a Blood River that towered to the sky, cutting off the Elf Prince’s line of retreat.

"Prince, don’t be afraid, we’re coming!" The elves, of course, weren’t going to watch their master fall into peril and hurried over to support him.

"Blood Qi!" Lu Hong took a deep breath, "Shockwave!"

Like a nuclear explosion, a massive wave of Blood Qi surged outside Cangdu City, even disturbing the battle between Third Transition powerhouses in the sky.

"Who is that? Why hasn’t any of our powerful clansmen followed him?!" An elder among the elf clan leaders was shocked and furious as he quickly moved to support the Elf Prince.

"Thinking of leaving? Did you ask for my permission?" The King of the Black Nation waved his hand grandly, Magic Power surged, transforming into ferocious beasts armed with deadly fangs, blocking the enemy’s path.

As the wave of Blood Qi swept across the battlefield, elves and soldiers of the Cangdu nation were both pushed out, nearly everyone wounded. After all, Lu Hong was too strong; unbeaten below the Third Transition.

The Elf Prince crashed heavily onto the ground, feeling a piercing pain in his chest: "Why are you so strong?"

"I’m here to kill you lot." Lu Hong didn’t waste words, and his sword chopped down again.

Just then, black Magic Power formed a shield, blocking Lu Hong’s attack.

Lu Hong was stunned; could it be a Divine Punishment caster? Elves possess natural attribute Magic Power, only she could have advanced to be a Divine Punishment caster...

Lu Hong’s eyes emitted a chilling glint, "Miaomiao!"

Looking up, he saw an elf girl not too far away who still bore a faint resemblance to her past self – it was definitely Miaomiao.

"You... you’re Tukuru?!" Miaomiao gasped in horror. She would not forget that voice, the voice that had once saved her and yet she caused the death of an important companion by his side; countless nights, Miaomiao was tormented by that voice, jolting awake in the middle of the night.

"Finally found you." Lu Hong kicked the Elf Prince away and strode towards Miaomiao: "Tell me! Why did you kill Xius?"

"I... I... out of fear, Miaomiao took steps back, "I didn’t want to do it, I really didn’t."

"Didn’t want to? But you still did it, and today! I will avenge Xius!" Saying so, Lu Hong stimulated his entire Blood Qi, condensing a thousand-zhang long sword, and slashed down with all his might!

"Princess, watch out!" At that moment, an Elf elder at the Third Transition Peak desperately broke free from King Liang Chen and rushed over at a high speed; layers of green barriers were stacked up, protecting Miaomiao within them.

The Blood Sword hit the barrier, exploding with a thunderous disturbance, the earth cracked inch by inch, yet Miaomiao was unharmed.

"Die!" The Elf elder gathered Magic Power, shooting a green spear at Lu Hong.

"Heavenly God descends!"

A divine light erupted, and under the protection of Magic immunity, Lu Hong caught the spear and crushed it fiercely, Magic Power shattering.

"How could this be?!" Even the Elf elder was stunned; he was at the Third Transition, the Peak, for crying out loud! Even with the suppression from the Heavenly Formation, he still had the strength of the late Third Transition; how could he be crushed by a mere Second Transition Skill?

"What goes around comes around, you old thing, take my blow too!" Blood Qi gathered overhead; a terrifyingly charged blood sphere floated towards the Elf elder.

"Run!" It wasn’t that the Elf elder was afraid of Lu Hong’s strike, but the sudden appearance of this freak had too great of an impact on the battle. With the assault failing, it was better to leave in time and preserve strength.

On the elder’s command, the elves quickly activated their life-saving magical artifacts. In the blink of an eye, a giant forest sprouted from the ground, and the elves fleeted through it, hastily escaping under its cover.

"Don’t think you can escape!" Lu Hong hastily gave chase, but this forest seemed to be a living entity, each tree attacking actively, continuously hindering Lu Hong.

"Blood Qi Shockwave!" Once again he struck, but this time the power was greatly reduced. The ancient trees of the forest crazily absorbed the power of the Blood Qi, funneling it underground.

Amidst an earth-shattering rumble, a hundred-meter deep pit appeared in front of Cangdu City; focusing his gaze, Lu Hong realized that a large number of elves had already used the cover of night to hide their figures, leaving no trace.

"Next time, I will kill you!" Lu Hong’s roar resonated through the heavens as the divine light slowly faded. The four Kings exchanged glances, their expressions filled with fury.