Chapter 399 - Taking the Initiative to Attack

Chapter 399: Chapter 154: Taking the Initiative to AttackBefore rushing to the frontline, the Nightingale was originally scheduled to arrive at the most forward position of the Empire’s line of defense, the bastion, which was the only prominent part of the Empire’s defensive line and also the site of the Empire’s ambitions. It was there that the counterattack against the Sea Tribe would be sounded.

However, Lu Hong still forcibly changed the teleportation destination; he urgently wanted to see his former comrades and fortunately arrived just in time. Any later, and Yin Feng would be forever parted from him between heaven and earth.

The war was still ongoing, but the Empire was no longer the oppressed party. Along with Lu Hong’s arrival came a great mercenary army; the seven major mercenary corps charged at the forefront like an unstoppable iron torrent, scattering the Sea Tribe’s encampment.

This unforeseen surge of living force came too suddenly; the Sea Tribe’s other two strong ones retaliated against Yin Feng’s command, eager to break free and stabilize their foothold on the lower battlefield.

"Hey, hey, no cheating!"

Suddenly, a saber emitting red flames was held out in front of two.

Yan Xinghe smiled, "Sea Tribe, is it? I’ve been wanting to meet you for a while."

"No time to waste, kill them all." Bai Baiwan also stepped onto the ground. After being deceived by the former King of Mercenaries, his emotions were extremely volatile; massacring was the best way to vent.

Lan Sa and the others had not arrived here; although Nightingale could not win over Lu Hong, most of the mercenaries were still dispatched to the bastion. However, these troops were more than enough to handle the current enemy.

Lu Hong steadily advanced towards the Sea Tribe’s late-stage powerhouses. The blood flowing on the battlefield continuously gathered behind him, transforming into a horrifying fierce beast that gradually perfected its body, emitting a thunderous roar.

"Bloodthirst?" The Sea Tribe’s strong ones might not be from the Era of the Gods, but they still had some understanding of the warrior’s skills.

Facing such a skill with an extremely obvious weakness, the Sea Tribe’s powerhouse did not even think before tossing a cleansing-type skill at Lu Hong.

As a bug-level battlefield divine skill, Bloodthirst’s drawback was its fear of cleansing-type spell skills; even the lowest-level cleansing spell would break it.

But under the protection of divine light, how could magical skills touch Lu Hong?

Thus, amidst the author’s logical order mistake, the ultimate bug was created—during the period of Heavenly God’s descent, Lu Hong’s Bloodthirst was unsolvable!

"How can this be?" the Sea Tribe’s powerhouse finally realized, "Do you have magic immunity?!"

"Yes."

By then, Lu Hong had already reached his opponent, landing a punch on the Sea Tribe powerhouse’s face. The multilayered magical defenses set up by the opponent crumbled like paper, rendered completely ineffective.

The tremendous brute force caved in the face of the Third-Transition powerhouse, his brain matter splattering out, leaving him undeniably dead.

A kill in one hit at the Third-Transition stage? Yan Xinghe’s eyes narrowed slightly, startled by the strength of this baron, who inherited the legacy of the original King of Mercenaries; truly deserving of his title.

Seeing Lu Hong single-handedly eliminate his opponent, Yin Feng shouted excitedly, "Boss is mighty!"

Lu Hong waved his hand, "It’s nothing. Take good rest. I’ll collect some interest for you."

After speaking, he jumped off the city wall, heavily smashing into the sea floor, his immense impact, under his control, turning into towering waves.

Summoning the Blood Holy Sword, Lu Hong swung down both swords—Blood Transverse Sky!

In a breath’s time, a dark red blood river surged out beside Lu Hong, ferociously cutting through the battlefield, burying thousands of Sea Tribe soldiers within it, turning them into nourishment for Lu Hong.

Under the protection of the Holy Sword skill ’Blood Return,’ the resentment and impurities in the blood could no longer affect Lu Hong; the only limit was the total amount of blood he could absorb.

Growing stronger as he fought was a trademark of the Angry Blood Warrior from the Era of the Gods. Of course, the Great War Master and Steel Guardian also had their unique attributes, but Lu Hong had not mastered them sufficiently.

There wasn’t much left to describe in the one-sided battle; Yan Xinghe and Bai Baiwan dealt with the Third-Transition combatants and looked toward Lu Hong, who was storming through the enemy lines. Yan Xinghe smirked and commented, "Our fourth-generation King of Mercenaries seems a bit unprincipled, doesn’t he?"

"What do you mean?" Bai Baiwan was puzzled.

"He’s a top Third-Transition powerhouse," Yan Xinghe pointed at Lu Hong, "Bullying a bunch of Second-Transition Sea Tribes, isn’t that using his strength to bully the weak? I couldn’t bring myself to do such disgraceful acts."

"But Baron Yitian is only at the Second-Transformation Peak!"

"Uh...,"

Wasn’t he right?

"Never mind." Yan Xinghe, not bothering to think further, squatting on the city tower, quietly watched Lu Hong’s magnificent performance.

Within fifteen minutes, the sea tribe was defeated and tens of thousands of their army were almost entirely annihilated.

"We should immediately head to other defensive sections of the city," Nightingale said, landing beside Lu Hong. "I asked Silver Wind; it seems the headquarters might have received news of the sea tribe’s vigorous attack, but reinforcements are yet to arrive. I suspect other defensive sections are facing fiercer attacks."

Lu Hong did not dismiss his Bloodthirst mode and glanced at Nightingale sideways.

That one look sent a shiver through the busty woman’s heart, instinctively putting her in a battle-ready state.

Realizing this, Lu Hong responded, the murderous intent from the Bloodthirst being too intense, he slightly suppressed his boiling power and asked, "Is Silver Wind okay?"

"Nothing major, just severely drained from the prolonged battle," said Nightingale, still unnerved.

"Good." Lu Hong nodded, gazing at the distant sea horizon.

"Shall we set off then?"

Faced with Nightingale’s urging, Lu Hong shook his head, "That would be too troublesome. Even if we can save the second line of defense, we wouldn’t have time to save the third or fourth."

"Saving one is better than none," Nightingale retorted. "The imperial garrison might have suffered severe losses, but they are not entirely useless."

"No," Lu Hong interrupted her, "If they attack the empire, then I shall attack them. I want to see if they are willing to switch homes!"

"Are you crazy?!" Nightingale was shocked by Lu Hong’s plan. "Do you even know where the Naga’s headquarters is? Besides, the Naga Queen is stationed there."

"Don’t worry," Lu Hong interrupted again and explained, "The Naga Queen has her own lair and does not cohabit with the sea tribe. Conveniently, I actually know where their command center is."

Lu Hong was gazing at the ocean precisely to calculate the geographical correspondence to the game map he once knew, where the Naga had established an outpost deep in the ocean, a temporary command center for military deployment, and that was the target he aimed to strike.

"Anyone below Second-Transition should stay back and take some rest. If there are any commands from the empire, let the mercenaries follow the orders," Lu Hong instructed Bai Baiwan, who was not far away. "You two don’t have to come if you don’t want to."

"Huh?" Yan Xinghe looked puzzled. "What do you mean, you look down on us?"

Patted Bai Baiwan’s shoulder, "We can’t let the Baron look down on us, shall we go?"

"Let’s go," agreed Bai Baiwan, jumping down from the city tower.

"Nightingale, you..." Lu Hong initially intended to have the busty woman stay, but seeing Nightingale’s unfriendly expression, he gave up. Fine, if she wants to follow, so be it.

Seeing their boss about to destroy the sea tribe’s headquarters, Silver Wind clamored, "Take me with you!"

"You?" Lu Hong chuckled, "Stand up first, then we’ll talk."

Before his words were even finished, he transformed into a blood-colored streak of light and disappeared into the sky.

"Holy shit! Slow down!" Yan Xinghe and Bai Baiwan were stunned; he was gone, just like that? What kind of speed was that?

"Over here!" Nightingale, being an assassin, barely managed to track Lu Hong’s footsteps and urged the two to quickly follow.

Meanwhile, deep in the sea, the Naga Queen, through the Tide Orb, saw Lu Hong heading straight for the outpost. She activated her power and telepathically warned Black Tooth, "A Human Race powerhouse is heading your way. Be prepared."

"By the Queen’s command!" Black Tooth kneeled on one knee, staying in position until the Queen’s divine thoughts vanished.

"Lord Black Tooth, has the Queen issued commands?" asked a powerful warrior beside Black Tooth.

Black Tooth nodded, "Her Majesty informed me that a Human Race powerhouse is approaching, instructing us to ensure his defeat."

"What? The Human Race? They dare to attack us?" A group of sea tribe warriors laughed. "Do they even have the courage? If it were the Snow Realm, maybe I would believe, but Human Race, no way, no way."

Since the war began, the Human Empire had always been on the defensive, never taking the initiative to enter the ocean. Snow Realm Emperor Bu Sheng, however, had led an army to strike proactively twice, for a simple reason—the Snow Realm has a supreme leader while the empire lacks a Tower Master.

Unaffected by the laughing sea tribe warriors around him, Black Tooth solemnly stated, "Regardless of your assumptions, if Her Majesty says there is, then there must be."

"Lord Black Tooth." At this point, a strong Third-Transition sea tribe warrior stepped forward, "I wish to head to the battlefield to kill the enemy and relieve Her Majesty of her worries."

"Very well," Black Tooth thought for a moment, "Following Her Majesty’s instructions, this individual must have entered from the northern number seven defensive line, which means the men at the seven-number line were defeated. I will assign you fifty thousand troops to eliminate that Human Race powerhouse, hurry to the front line, and complete the mission Ji’an failed to complete, ensuring the success of this battle plan."

"Gregorian accepts the command!" The sea tribe warrior took the command from Black Tooth and then stood up to leave the command center.