Chapter 42 (2/2)

“Haha! With Jing Qiu, we can be so much more relaxed! Be they traps or arrays, there is no chance of any of them threatening our lives.” Si Bai Rong laughed cheerfully at that.

“Don’t be so complacent!” Jing Qiu replied. She was still on alert, looking out for possible danger coming from the path ahead. “Dealing with a formidable Master Refiner, we should expect to find numerous arrays. Even though my two Frost Snakes are currently destroying at least 90 percent of the traps ahead, it is safe to assume that there are several arrays left untouched. We must remain cautious as long as we haven’t obtained absolute safety.”

“As you said, more than 90 percent of the arrays are destroyed. What is left to threaten our lives? If we were to compare Lu Huai Ru and you, Jing Qiu? Well, I dare say that there is no chance of him overwhelming you. Jing Qiu, you have been studying in the Eternal Wind Academy, a place full of experts. Having to deal with all of them, how could Lu Huai Ru even come up with something that you have not seen before?” Si Bai Rong said proudly. Still, even though Si Bai Rong seemed confident on the outside, his actions showed otherwise. Following his protector, Liang Yong, who was still on a lookout for possible danger, he never completely let his guard down.

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Hidden within the inner chambers was a large hall.

Lu Huai Ru was sitting high up on the throne, frowning at the current situation. Beside him, there were three other Meteor-ranked Knights prepared to heed his call.

“Damn. Who would have thought that there was actually a Silver Moon Mage?!” Lu Huai Ru grimaced. Before this, he had only seen the frost appearing outside the castle, and judging by the fact that nobody had died from it, he’d thought that the assassins coming for his life should not be a threat. Without even looking at them, he had rushed his way into the inner chambers, and now he was more than regretting it. He didn’t even know who the assassins were or how many had been sent to take his life.

“Cult leader, what should we do?” The three protectors looked towards him.

“What can we even do? With the destructive power of those two Frost Snakes, almost all my arrays have already been destroyed. As for those that are left? With such a pitiful amount, all they can achieve is just making the Frost Snakes lose some of their energy.” Lu Huai Ru shaked his head. “It seems that there is only one way out.”

The entirety of his inner chambers was filled with a plethora of arrays designed to kill. Undoubtedly, there were certain places which had quite the killing power focused in one area.

But those two Frost Snakes…

They had led him to make the ultimate choice in order to deal with the situation – to use the most powerful trap he had in his arsenal.

“There is an Absolute-killing array in the seventh hallway!” Lu Huai Ru called out. “That is actually one of my strongest array formations used for killing. However, with those two snakes leading the way, the array could at most kill off 2-3 Silver Moon Knights. Thus, I would need you three’s help. Right when the assassins enter the formation, I want you to charge forward and finish them off.”

“Yes, as you command.” The three custodian each took out a pendant, before opening it. Within it, there was a single blood-coloured crystal.

With some hesitance, the three knights took the crystals and ate them.

In an instant, their bodies suffered several changes – the skin of the three knights became redder by the seconds, and with a shudder, the Dou Qi within their body began transforming.

This was actually their life-saving treasure – The Demonic Water Crystal. If a Legend ranker were to use it, there would not be too much of an effect. However, if a Meteor Knight or a Silver Moon Knight were to use it, then the effects would be tremendous. Generally, after eating the crystal, a Meteor Knight would temporarily have the strength to rival a Silver Moon Knight. However, once the effects wore off, the user would be fatigued for 2-3 days, or even more.

Still, such a crystal, capable of raising a person’s strength by an entire rank, could be said to be extremely precious. Within the cult of the Demon God in the Azure River County, there was only enough for each person to have a single one of them.

“Don’t be heartbroken. After we get through this ordeal, we will definitely be moving away to another area. Furthermore, I will ask the higher-ups for another crystal for each of you,” Lu Huai Ru said. “Go! Go wait for them at the seventh hallway!”

“Yes.”

The three red-skinned protectors exited the main hall immediately.

As the three of them left, a monster-looking man came walking out of the side doors. His footsteps created slight tremors in the entire hall. Lu Huai Ru stood up immediately. “What happened? Is there trouble brewing?” The monster-looking man asked.

“My Divine Lord, I’m afraid that this place has been exposed.”

“Exposed?” The monster-looking man walked towards the throne and sat down, asking with a frown, “Have they discovered me?”

“If they had discovered you, my Divine Lord, I doubt they would have just sent a few Silver Moon rankers… Instead, they would have dispatched Si Liang Hong, Xiang Pang Yun, and even a few Transcendents over here.”

Ordinary Legend rankers could acquire Bronze orders easily.

For those with power, entering the empire’s list of three thousand names was easy. However, there was a major difference between having their name on the list and not having it on.

As for Si Liang Hong? She had lived for hundreds of years, and was definitely a cold-blooded monster. Xiang Pang Yun though was even more savage than Si Liang Hong. Both of them were currently within the top 500 ranking Legend warriors within the Dragon Mountain Empire. Comparing them with an ordinary Legend ranker would be akin to comparing the heavens and the earth.

“A few Silver Moon rankers?” The monster-looking man scoffed. “Right in front of me, they are just ants. It’s such a pity that you have to leave this area after a few weeks of stay…”