Chapter 720 - Rescue
Chapter 720 of "MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again" opens showing suspense: At the end of his patience, Di Ti no longer kept secrets and spoke, "Actually,... Continue the adventure!
At the end of his patience, Di Ti no longer kept secrets and spoke, "Actually, the fifth divine beast of the Endless Forest is my poor son."
"What?!" Ancestor Dragon was greatly surprised. Although he was the original Ancestor Dragon, his first brood of offspring were evolved from his Life Essence, not naturally born. Therefore, his sons did not possess the ability to reproduce, only through the influence of the essence to create their real descendants. Currently, other than the line of Ancestor Dragons, all dragonkin were born from creatures tainted by Dragon Blood, therefore, despite having the rightful inheritance of the Ancestor Dragonās lineage, they were not truly of the Ancestor Dragonās direct descendants.
"How did you produce offspring?" Ancestor Dragonās first thought was that Di Ti had concealed something, but he still held some hope.
Di Ti, also fearing that Ancestor Dragon would misunderstand, hastily explained, "Father, my poor son is indeed your direct grandson."
"Really?!" Ancestor Dragon immediately said joyfully, "Quick, take me to see him!"
Faced with Ancestor Dragonās urging, Di Ti could only shake his head helplessly, "He is not corporeal, Iām afraid he cannot meet you."
Di Tiās words left Ancestor Dragon baffled, "What do you mean? Explain clearly, has my grandson encountered some trouble? Just speak out, and I will definitely solve it for you!"
"Father, before An Hou left, he infused Life Essence into my body to better gain the power of the true dragon and control the Endless Forest. But as time passed, that Life Essence unexpectedly developed a sentient consciousness and began to absorb my power, strengthening itself. From that moment on, I have regarded it as my child. Three thousand years ago, after absorbing most of my power, it finally chose to be born.
"I was overjoyed at that moment; I thought I could see my child, but just as my child was born, thunder roared and all calamities crazily tried to devour him. Despite my utmost efforts, I couldnāt save him."
"So my grandson is dead?" Upon hearing this, Ancestor Dragon also generally understood the origins of this grandson, still based on An Houās Life Essence, created with Di Ti acting as a nurturing host. Regardless, this was indeed the birth method of his lineage, truly making him Ancestor Dragonās grandson.
"No different from being dead," Di Ti lamented, "My poor child, under the devastation of calamities, has only a lingering soul left, which manifests under the moonlight every 100 years for three days."
Di Tiās words seemed to ignite Ancestor Dragonās anger,
"Demon!"
Unbeknownst to Di Ti, how could Ancestor Dragon not understand? If it indeed was a lingering soul, how could it only be detected by the God Realm for three days every hundred years? It was clearly a technique used by demons to create a puppet!
"Demon?!" Di Ti was stunned by Ancestor Dragonās words.
Looking at his tearful daughter-in-law, Ancestor Dragon repressed his anger, sighed, and said, "My dear daughter-in-law, you have suffered. Itās clear that my poor grandson was taken advantage of by a demon on his day of birth, turned into a puppet."
"What?!" Di Ti was unsettled by this, for which mother could accept her child being secretly harmed and turned into a plaything?
"Father, tell me who the demon is? I will seek revenge; I will kill him!" Di Ti emitted a tearful cry, her whole body radiating Gold light, looking ferocious.
Witnessing this scene, Ancestor Dragon gently shook his head to soothe her, "The demon is an entity transformed from the Life Essence of the primordial death gods of cataclysm and demise. It is greatly beneficial to the Underworld King; therefore, it constantly hides in the dark, extremely hard to find. Even I have only seen it once when it appeared voluntarily. The demon possesses the miraculous abilities of the original cataclysm and demise; if it intends to hide, almost no one can detect it, so how can we talk about revenge?"
"We will keep looking, as long as I am alive, I wonāt give up on avenging my poor child!" Saying this, Di Ti extended her wings high, dashed into the clouds, and disappeared from everyoneās sight.
Watching Di Tiās departing silhouette, Lu Hong spoke, "Brother Dragon, shouldnāt we stop her a bit?"
"Let it be, Di Ti is not a child, nothing major will happen. The matter of the demon requires long-term consideration; letās handle the immediate issues first."
Saying this, Ancestor Dragon returned his gaze to the demon beast army sprawled on the ground.
After three months of mobilization, the Endless Forest had gathered a whopping thirty million top-tier demon beasts of level ten and above. The number was terrifyingly staggering.
With the army organized, under the guidance of Ancestor Dragon, the demon beast army commenced their journey toward the Star Sea.
Although thirty million was a substantial number, in front of Ancestor Dragonās immense body, they barely counted; standing on Ancestor Dragonās back, they looked like a large patch of dark spots.
With Ancestor Dragon speeding at full force, it took less than half a month to reach the Star Sea.
Currently, the Star Sea was a vision of devastation.
Every plane they passed was shattered and fractured, tainted by Divine Blood, utterly devoid of life.
Ancestor Dragonās pupils constricted slightly, "How ruthless!"
"What do you mean?" Lu Hong asked, puzzled.
"They have extracted all the life force from the plane, from today onwards, these planes will never give birth to life again, turning completely into a realm of death."
Lu Hong was cold, knowing without thinking that the life force must have been taken by the Demon Beast Divine to mend their own avatars which had been damaged.
After months of bloodshed, the Star Sea alliance was completely routed at the Masari star region by the Demon Beasts, and the battle line had been pushed to the Eternal Continent.
An Hou exerted all his strength to repel the enemy before him. As one of Ancestor Dragonās nine offspring, he had only suffered such grave injuries in a distant campaign during the Era of the Gods.
Seeing An Hou bathed in blood, Hua Cai hurriedly cast a healing Divine Art, "Are you alright?"
"Manageable." An Hou looked at the several Heavenly Gods surrounding them and said somberly, "It seems we might fall here today."
"At least weāve bought some time. Yan Fei and the others should have managed to escape, right?" Facing death, Hua Cai was remarkably calm.
"Escape?" The Shadow Serpent God chuckled, "Who can escape from the palm of Lionheart? It seems you really donāt understand Lionheartās strength."
The Lionheart God had dominated the Era of the Gods, a title both of them were certainly aware of. Seeing the Shadow Serpent God had not given the order to besiege them, An Hou spoke, "Before dying, could you please resolve my confusion?"
"Speak first, and Iāll consider it."
"The Lionheart God should have died in the Era of the Gods. Why has he resurrected now?" Not only An Hou, but this was also the common question among all the Star Sea Gods. They now faced numerous Demon Beast Heavenly Gods who had clearly been slain by the War God during the Era of the Gods. How could they appear in this era?
"Including us?" The Shadow Serpent God chuckled with a teasing look in his eyes.
"Sorry, I only remember the top Demon Beast Divine Beings. As for you, Iāve never heard of you," An Hou sarcastically retorted, not liking the Shadow Serpentās demeanor.
"Is that so?" An Houās words had successfully provoked the Shadow Serpent God.
As for the earlier question, the Shadow Serpent God lost interest in answering.
Accompanied by the surge of Divine Power, the Shadow Serpent suddenly charged at An Hou.
As a descendant of the Ancestor Dragon, An Hou was extremely powerful, but before the top Demon Beast Divine Beings, he was still significantly inferior, especially now as An Hou was injured all over and his strength greatly reduced.
With a single punch, An Hou was sent flying a hundred feet away. Hua Cai raised her hand, but before she could release her Magic, the Shadow Serpent had already clenched her throat.
"I really hate magic, you know?"
During his speech, dark purple lines climbed from the Shadow Serpentās arms onto Hua Caiās body.
"Poison..." With her throat seized by the Shadow Serpent, Hua Caiās face turned red, and as the patterns invaded her body, it quickly turned to purple. Apart from his strong physique, the Shadow Serpent Godās forte was poisoning. Once his toxin entered the body, a Heavenly God would die instantly; those above Heavenly God had to suppress the toxin with all their strength, equivalent to being entirely incapacitated.
The next second, a black beam of light shot out from An Houās mouth and smashed fiercely toward the Shadow Serpent God.
But facing An Houās full-strength hit, the Shadow Serpent merely raised his hand and easily blocked it, "Donāt rush, youāre the next to die."
Saying so, he increased the strength of his grip. The toxin struck the heart, and coupled with the choking dizziness, Hua Cai once again felt the approach of death.
But she didnāt give up resistance, quietly concentrating Divine Power, intent on self-destructing to take her opponent down with her.
Unfortunately, everything Hua Cai did failed to escape the Shadow Serpentās perception, "Thinking of self-destructing? Heh."
With that, the Shadow Serpent punched Hua Cai in the stomach, dispersing the concentrated Divine Power.