Chapter 176: Illusion

Without the command of the Great Demon Head, the Undead Zombie King, the numerous mutated Zombie Warriors were quickly defeated by the people.

Although they had achieved ultimate victory, Arthas was not happy. Looking at the corpses of the six Holy Knights, his face was gloomy. Suffering such heavy losses right after entering Dragon’s Grave meant that this Angel Squad was practically no longer existing. The fallen Previous Saintess, Flochra, was far stronger than they had expected!

“Let’s go!”

Arthas looked depressed. After resting for a while, he prepared to lead everyone forward. The road ahead was dangerous and unpredictable. No one knew how many terrifying Demon Lord puppets the Great Demon Head, Saintess Flochra, had controlled. But as a Holy Knight, as long as there was a glimmer of hope to complete the mission, he would never give up.

“No, wait!”

Hu Feng shook his head. Looking at the many Glory Knights, he continued, “Brothers, let’s work together to bury the bodies of our fallen companions. We can’t take their bodies back to Glory Castle, but we won’t let their bodies be left out in the wild to be torn apart by beasts!”

“Lord Hu Feng, do you want to disobey orders?” Arthas’s face turned cold. He looked at Hu Feng expressionlessly. “Do you know how dangerous this place is? And burying all the companions’ bodies… Do you know how much time this will waste and how much danger it will bring to the people?”

A cold wind blew. Arthas’s face grew even colder. The sharp sword in his hand pointed at Hu Feng intentionally or not. As he spoke, he took a cold step forward. At the same time, a piercing Killing Intent appeared in the air.

He was extremely displeased because he had been caught off guard by the Great Demon Head, Flochra. He had never liked Hu Feng, a trusted aide of the Great Divine Official Moss, and just not causing trouble for him was already good enough. Unexpectedly, Hu Feng dared to stand up and oppose his orders at this moment. It was practically asking for death!

“We come from the same castle. We have once gone through life and death together. No matter how great the danger here, we must bury their bodies. Lord Arthas, you come from the Great and Holy Bright Summit. You are a Holy Knight standing high above. Perhaps you don’t understand the hardships and feelings of us small people.”

Looking at the imposing Arthas, Hu Feng’s expression did not change. He subtly stirred up the relationship between this guy and the many Glory Knights. True enough, after hearing this, the remaining Glory Knights unconsciously walked forward. Some clustered around him, while the other part tacitly dragged over the bodies of the fallen Glory Knights to bury them together. One by one, they silently rebelled against Arthas, the cold-hearted guy.

“Hmph…”

Arthas snorted coldly, looking at the many Glory Knights who openly disobeyed orders. He drew his sharp sword out a large distance.

People are dead once they die. To him, burying the bodies was purely redundant, a waste of time, and even brought unknown dangers. Dragon’s Grave was full of dangers. The longer they stayed here, the more dangerous it became. He had originally planned to kill a Glory Knight with one sword to set an example, but looking at Prinhus and others who stood silently by, he had to suppress his anger. After a long time, only after the Glory Knights buried their companions’ bodies did he leave in large strides.

“Lord, it looks like… you seem to have offended that guy Arthas. Be careful!” After walking a few steps, Lupus whispered in Hu Feng’s ear, his face showing worry.

“No, Lupus, you are wrong!”

Looking at Arthas walking far ahead, Hu Feng gave a sinister smile and continued, “The one who offended him is not just me! All of us from Glory Castle, except for the three Demi-god Strongers, Prinhus, Reynard, and Moratti, he doesn’t even put in his eyes. To him, they are all cannon fodder that can be sacrificed at any time! Lupus, tell the brothers to be careful from now on!”

“Yes, Lord sees clearly!”

Lupus bowed to accept the order and left quietly. Soon, the remaining fifty-plus Glory Knights closely clustered around Hu Feng and formed a tight defensive formation to move forward slowly. Everyone was on full alert. Even when Arthas looked back again and again to urge them, no one blindly rushed to catch up anymore.

“Lord, luckily you reminded us in time. Otherwise, we might all have died under the claws of those suddenly appearing Zombies!” The Big Head Knight and Lupus protected Hu Feng, who had the weakest strength, in the middle on the left and right. They continued in confusion, “But, Lord, how did you know there were so many Zombie Warriors hiding in the dark?”

The Big Head Knight asked the question that confused everyone. No one could understand how Hu Feng, the weakest Judgment Divine Official, could be the first to discover the danger.

“Big Head, if I say that God is with us and has been protecting us all along, do you believe it?”

Hu Feng smiled and tapped the head of the cowlike Big Head Knight. “Dummy, do you think we Judgment Divine Officials are all freeloaders? You have joined the Divine Court for decades. Have you never heard of the Great Prophecy Technique and Great Divination Technique?”

The Great Prophecy Technique and Great Divination Technique?

The Knights were startled, then overjoyed, and their hearts settled down quite a bit. Their gaze towards Hu Feng gained a hint of respect.

Whether it was the Great Prophecy Technique or the Great Divination Technique, they were all special skills of the Divine Court. Only high-ranking big shots could contact and practice Cultivation. After successful Cultivation, not to mention killing gods if they blocked the way, one could at least avoid evil and seek good fortune with powerful Divine Sense perception and calculation.

Arthas was naturally cold and indifferent, while Prinhus and others were detached. After seeing the horror of the Undead Zombie King, the Glory Knights understood that this trip was probably fraught with peril. Suddenly learning that Hu Feng mastered the legendary Great Prophecy Technique and Great Divination Technique, they finally saw a glimmer of hope to return to Glory Castle alive!

“Actually, I am an evil Lich!”

Looking at the Glory Knights who suddenly understood, Hu Feng smiled wickedly.

The cold and dark Dragon’s Grave was full of deathly atmosphere everywhere. It was extremely uncomfortable for the Knights, making them feel dangerous everywhere. But for him, a Lich King, it was just like a tiger adding wings, as if he had returned to the Underground World where he could command wind and rain. The Zombie Warriors hiding motionless in the dark could hide from the Knights’ perception, but they could never hide from him, a Lich King. No one was more familiar with the fluctuations of the Death Aura in the air than him!

Surrounded by the Glory Knights, Hu Feng followed far behind Arthas. Slowly, they were getting farther and farther from Hei Mu Ya, the outer edge of Dragon’s Grave. No one noticed that far in the sky, a person and a dragon were hanging silently, watching everything that had just happened.

“Miss Dora, shall we secretly take action and kill them…”

The huge Black Dragon swung its sharp giant claws once. Its eyes, as big as lanterns, stared viciously at the figure of Arthas and his group.

“No, Petrus, it’s not time yet. We don’t need to take action. These Divine Court guys won’t live long either!”

The Fairy Dragon sitting on the giant dragon shook its head. Its face was cold as it slowly continued, “The Undead Zombie King, Demon Lord puppets, formidable. It seems that the fallen Previous Saintess Flochra has at least mastered some of the power of the Dark Heavenly Book. We must find her out as soon as possible. Also, Petrus, did you see that Judgment Divine Official? That guy is not simple. Perhaps, he is the most dangerous guy in the Divine Court’s operation this time. Before, even I was deceived by him.”

The Fairy Dragon kept staring at Hu Feng’s figure as she spoke, lost in thought.

“That Judgment Divine Official?”

The Black Dragon called Petrus cried out in surprise, “Miss Dora, no way? That guy is at most Saint Domain Fifth Step. He has the weakest strength among these Divine Court people. He only has a slightly higher status. How could he possibly be the most dangerous guy?”

“True experts always look ordinary. I suspect that this Judgment Divine Official, who looks the weakest, is the Divine Court’s true trump card. The bone marrow of the Primordial Heavenly Dragon King, such a treasure, the Divine Court would definitely not let go. These Divine Court guys might only be using the pursuit of the Previous Saintess Flochra as a pretext. Their real purpose is to come for our Dragon Clan’s treasure!”

The Fairy Dragon’s tone became colder and colder. She grasped at the Void with her right hand, and a trace of Hu Feng’s aura was wrapped around her fingertips.

This aura gave the first impression of being no different from that of an ordinary Divine Official: holy, calm, and pure. But feeling it carefully, one could sense a more hidden and more powerful fluctuation of power. Cold, violent, inclusive of everything, constantly absorbing the surrounding energy, it was like a bottomless pit that could devour the entire heaven and earth. It seemed to be the Origin Power of all magic and fighting aura.

Even though she had seen much, the Fairy Dragon had never seen such power before. Feeling it carefully, her face grew colder and colder.

Led by Arthas, the people continued forward, following the faint perception to search for the hiding place of the Previous Saintess Flochra. The journey was thrilling but safe, killing many Undead wandering in the valley. The farther they got from the edge of Dragon’s Grave, the greater the invisible restraint in the air became. Later, even the Demi-god Strongers like Arthas and Prinhus found it difficult to fly. The Magic Power floating in the air became thinner and thinner. The entire sky was shielded by an invisible barrier.

The entire Dragon’s Grave was a huge valley stretching for thousands of miles. There were no towering peaks in the valley, but rolling hills were everywhere. Many places were filled with large trees that blocked the sky and sun. Walking in the dense forest, the light on the ground became even darker. At some unknown time, everyone passed through a dense forest and arrived at a vast desert. There were no wandering Undead, no magical beasts coming out to forage, and not even a tree. It was deathly quiet and desolate. After walking continuously for several hours, the end of the desert could not be seen.

“That’s not right. We have fallen into an Illusion Formation!”

After passing a huge boulder, the always silent Prinhus suddenly stopped.

He would habitually make a secret mark in every place he passed. The scratch on the side of the boulder in front of him was left by the unique Blade of Doomsday. Looking at this scratch, everyone couldn’t help but feel nervous.

Even the four Demi-god Strongers had not noticed it. What kind of Illusion Formation was this? And who had suddenly set up such a Grand Formation?

Remembering the terrifying Undead Zombie King, people quickly thought of the Previous Saintess Flochra hiding in the dark. One by one, they treated the situation as a major crisis!