Chapter 1462 - A Loud Boom (2/2)

He stared dead at Hao Ren, his face stony from the effect of the toxin. Nonetheless, he was angry. He turned around and snorted, “Whatever. Is the girl an offspring of the Countess?”

“The one I talked to over the radio?” Yes.” Hao Ren smiled while remotely controlling the turrets to fire on the Malevolence. “She is Hessiana. You will meet him later.”

“Oh, yeah?” Hasse’s face was inexpressive. “I am curious to see her.”

The attack of the Soulless was still fierce.

The Bleakbone Dragon continuously spewed deadly Dark Breath from the air. The Soulless Guards launched wave after wave of attack from the steppe. Indescribable nightmare monsters shrieked and threw themselves to the Malevolence in the light column. But this fierce offensive could do little damage to the Malevolence. Lifting its hand, the Malevolence smashed the Soulless into dust and smoke with her lethal shockwave. The resurrection of the Soulless was unable to keep up with the speed of their death; their number on the steppe rapidly declined. Had it not been for Lily, the army in the dreamland would have lost its effectiveness.

But the Soulless had been holding back the Malevolence long enough. As another group of gargoyles crumbled to the ground, the reinforcement had finally arrived.

With the Soulless as the bait, Lockheed led his forces going deep into the Shadow Fortress. After passing through the foyer in the north tower, the Wall of Roses stood in their way.

The demon hunters realized that they had come to the Countess of the Crimson Moon’s place of hibernation. They had no clue why the Soulless Guards led them there, but Lockheed proceeded to order his soldiers to bring down the barrier.

The fierce battle in the cemetery had affected the core operation of the shadowy realm, which in turn weakened the Wall of Roses. Many thorns had withered, and rose petals fell from the sky like rain. Cracks began to appear in the once strong defense. Under the fierce attack of the demon hunters, an opening large enough for the entire Hunter Group to pass through had formed.

Hao Ren saw there as an explosion in the Wall of Roses not far away. The arch gate formed by the thorns and roses vanished in an instant. The blast spread and rose up all the way into the sky and finally left behind a distorted vertical spatial rift on the steppe.

It all happened with a loud boom.

Lockheed was leading a dozen demon hunters barging into the battlefield.

The moment the demon hunters came in, the scene of the Soulless Guards fighting hand in hand with their elder Hasse knocked their socks off. Even the kidnapper, Hao Ren, was not far away and looked Hasse was on his side too.

What the heck was going on?

Lockheed’s brain froze for a long time.

Hao Ren winked at Hasse. “You know what to say.”

Cooperation with Hao Ren was a forced choice, but Hasse knew his priority. He would not sabotage his own effort. “We are working together for now. The priority is to take down the Countess!”

Hasse had no time to explain to Lockheed what the Malevolence was all about. He just needed his men to know what their target was.

What unfolded before the eyes took them unawares. There was nothing like what they had expected before they came into the Shadowy Realm. The demon hunters thought that they would have to fight the Soulless Guards and come face to face with the violent Vivian Ancestor. They anticipated that Hao Ren and his accomplices would attack them, and there would be a crimson moon waiting for them and the soldiers had prepared for the worst. But what happened right now was something they had not been able to foresee.

There were not many Soulless Guards in the Shadow Fortress. The demon hunters did not encounter any meaningful resistance as they went into the cemetery. When they were finally in the graveyard, they saw Hasse and his kidnapper were working together. There was a crimson moon here, but the moonlight lacked the destructive power.

It was totally unexpected. Lockheed was struck dumb.

But it did not take long for him to recover from his daze.

Hasse’s shout of order jolted them. They realized that it was not the time for questioning.

Lockheed raised his right hand and ordered all the demon hunters.

“Listen! Help the elder and the Soulless Guards to attack the Countess!