Chapter 34: Wrath of the Lich King

“Who are you?”

Looking at Hu Feng who stepped forward, Bald Wolf was a little surprised. In Cold Moon City, who didn’t know his reputation and background? At this moment, ordinary people couldn’t distance themselves fast enough from the thief Cardiron, yet unexpectedly, someone dared to stand up and back him!

“Lord, save me! Lord, you must save me! Cardiron swears to be your servant for the rest of my life!” Looking at Hu Feng’s figure, the panicked Cardiron woke up as if from a dream. He spoke while sincerely prostrating himself before Hu Feng.

Relying on the identity of his backer, Bald Wolf had always walked sideways in Cold Moon City. Falling into his hands this time meant death or at least losing a layer of skin, a fate worse than death. At this moment, even if a high-ranking Great Divine Official arrived, he probably couldn’t save Cardiron’s life. The only hope lay with Hu Feng, the Lich King with a hidden identity.

A generation’s Lich King, an existence that stood above so many Undead experts! Bald Wolf had always been ruthless, but could he be more ruthless than an evil Lich King?

At the critical moment, the panicked Cardiron seemed to grab a lifeline. Hu Feng, the Lich King who had seemed extremely evil before, now felt incredibly safe.

A servant?

Bald Wolf froze, then laughed loudly. He coldly scanned Hu Feng from head to toe. “Hahaha, what a joke! Cardiron, do you think finding a random little Demon Hunter as a backer means you don’t have to pay back the money? Dream on! One more is even better, you two are dead!”

The ferocious Bald Wolf laughed loudly. Hu Feng, wearing the Ghost King Cloak on his head, looked unremarkable, no different from the Demon Hunters found everywhere. He had finally caught the slippery guy Cardiron, so how could he easily let this kid go!

“Wandering in the Wasteland, everyone is just trying to make a living. Fighting to the death at every turn, why is that necessary?” Seeing Bald Wolf arrogantly laughing while on the brink of death, Hu Feng shook his head and slowly continued, “Tell me, exactly how much does Cardiron owe you?”

“Hehe, not much, just two hundred thousand Contribution Points!” Bald Wolf twisted his neck, making a few crisp sounds like popping beans. His developed chest muscles bulged high. After pausing, he continued, “Our Wild Wolf Team is power ful, but we are reasonable. Bring out the two hundred thousand Contribution Points, and you can leave!”

Two hundred thousand Contribution Points?

The onlookers gasped. Cardiron was both shocked and angry, so angry he couldn’t speak. Although he knew Bald Wolf and his gang would ask an exorbitant price, he didn’t expect them to be so greedy. In just over a year, one thousand Contribution Points had risen to two hundred thousand, which was even more ruthless than robbery.

“Two hundred thousand is a bit much, but if you owe someone money, you should pay it back no matter how much it is!” Looking at the ferocious Bald Wolf, Hu Feng continued indifferently, “However, you slapped Cardiron, and this debt cannot just be let go. Although this servant Cardiron deserved to be beaten, being fond of alcohol and gambling, even if you beat him, you should have at least obtained my permission. How about this? One slap is three hundred thousand five hundred and one, plus two hundred thousand for mental compensation. You just need to return me three hundred thousand Contribution Points, and let’s forget the odd change!”

Hu Feng looked calm, as if discussing a simple business deal. His voice wasn’t loud, but it instantly shocked everyone present!

“What? You… you are looking for death!”

Bald Wolf’s face turned red. He took a fierce step forward, radiating Killing Intent. If killing weren’t strictly forbidden in the city, he would have loved to chop Hu Feng in half immediately. After taking a deep breath, he forcefully suppressed the anger in his heart and said viciously, “Young man, I’ll give you another fair chance. I won’t even ask for those two hundred thousand Contribution Points. Let’s play a round of Grand Board Nation-Destroying Chess together. Whoever loses will leave an arm behind!”

After the surprise passed, Bald Wolf was consumed by rage. He originally wanted to enjoy the begging of these two small characters, Hu Feng and Cardiron, but unexpectedly, he was played by Hu Feng in public. In his great anger, he secretly vowed to teach Hu Feng a deep lesson on the spot no matter what.

“What’s an arm? Boring!” Looking at Bald Wolf who was almost going crazy, Hu Feng smiled coldly. “If we’re going to play, let’s play bigger. Whoever loses will cut off their own head!”

“You…”

Bald Wolf’s eyes turned red as he pointed at Hu Feng, speechless. He didn’t expect Hu Feng to be even more ruthless than him. With Grand Board Nation-Destroying Chess, even if one’s chess skills were exquisite, one couldn’t guarantee a win. Even the most vicious fellows often only dared to bet an arm. Unless there was a Blood Sea deep hatred, no one dared to easily bet their own life.

“Young man, very soon, you will regret this!” After taking a deep breath, Bald Wolf forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart. He waved his right hand to signal the Demon Hunters behind him not to act rashly, preparing to turn around and leave.

After hesitating again and again, he still didn’t dare to bet his life on a game of Grand Board Nation-Destroying Chess with Hu Feng. If an arm was gone, one could spend a huge sum to ask a Great Divine Official to cast a Great Life Technique to restore it. If the head was cut off on the spot, the life would be gone, and that would really mean losing everything! There were many ways to kill a person. Private fights were strictly forbidden in Cold Moon City. It wouldn’t be too late to make a move after Hu Feng left the castle!

“Slow down. You slapped my servant, do you think you can just leave without leaving some compensation? It’s not that easy!”

Hu Feng’s eyes flashed with cold light. Before his voice fell, he suddenly made his move. His body swayed and turned into several phantoms, attacking Bald Wolf and his group simultaneously. With a few slaps, several Demon Hunters with the strength of Swordsmen, who were usually arrogant, were sent flying backward. They covered their crotches and rolled on the ground in pain. Especially the leader, Bald Wolf, broke out in a cold sweat from the pain, and his crotch was dripping with blood.

After breaking through to the third stage of Magician, Hu Feng’s Thousand Layer Slash had surpassed its predecessor, becoming even more powerful than Jian Yu, who was a Grand Swordsman back then!

The terrifying thing about Thousand Layer Slash was not how terrifying the power itself was, but that the phantoms instantly created made it hard to distinguish the real from the fake, making it impossible to defend. The more phantoms created, and the more realistic they were, the more powerful the attack. It was said that if one comprehended the next stage, the Grand Illusion Technique, one could instantly create millions of phantoms. Each phantom would even have more than fifty percent of the main body’s combat power. One person could easily crush a huge army. The combat power was extremely terrifying!

After devouring Jian Yu’s Divine Sense and Soul, Hu Feng had not only mastered Thousand Layer Slash but also comprehended a trace of the profound mystery of the Grand Illusion Technique, making his attacks even more elusive!

“Ah… I’m going to kill you!”

After a scream, Bald Wolf, with red eyes, pulled out the heavy and sharp axe from his back with a backhand, trying to get up and fight Hu Feng with his life. Unexpectedly, before he could get up, the five fingers of his right hand were stepped on the ground by Hu Feng and crushed hard. Immediately, he let out a pig-screaming shriek. The fingers were connected to the heart, and the pain made his body convulse.

“Want to fight me with your life?” Looking at Bald Wolf being stepped under his foot, Hu Feng smiled coldly and kicked him away. “With your little strength, you are not qualified. Get lost!”

Trash!

In front of many civilians and Demon Hunters, Bald Wolf the bumpkin could still strut around, but in front of a true Stronger, he wasn’t even dregs. This kind of trash who didn’t know death was coming actually bullied him. He was simply looking for death. Without teaching him a lesson, he wouldn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth. Killing him would only dirty his own hands!

“Amazing, instantly severely injuring several high-level Swordsmen, fast and ruthless. Where did this Grand Swordsman come from?”

“Spectacular! It’s a pity, if the two of them played a round of Grand Board Nation-Destroying Chess, it would be even more spectacular!”

“Tsk, what is this! On the way back this time, that was truly spectacular. A large group of Faith-guarding Knights were killed clean by a pack of Long-haired Evil Ghosts in just a few breaths. None of the Nuns they escorted could escape the claws of evil. I heard the most beautiful White-robed Priestess was a member of the Angel Squad. Her magic attacks were continuous, but sadly she was alone. She was caught alive by a powerful Long-haired Evil Ghost, tied onto a Hell Hound, and taken away!”

……

Witnessing the scene of Hu Feng teaching Bald Wolf a lesson, people whispered to each other. A dusty Demon Hunter spoke while proudly taking out a Magic Staff, recounting the strange encounter on the road to his companion. Hu Feng took a casual look and was shocked in his heart. The Magic Staff in the other party’s hand was actually the staff he had personally refined in the Monastery and given to Ophelia.

Whoosh…

Under the shock, Hu Feng did not hesitate. He surged a wave of Dark Mist from his body, which quickly turned into a large hand. With a ‘whoosh’, it swept the dusty Demon Hunter over. His face gloomy, he coldly said, “Tell me, how did you get this Magic Staff? What is going on with the so-called Long-haired Evil Ghost?”

Under anxiety, Hu Feng could no longer care about hiding his identity and strength. In an instant, he grabbed the unsuspecting Demon Hunter before his eyes. The speed and power erupted in that instant surprised everyone present. The black-robed young man with unfathomable strength who had just finished a game of Grand Board Nation-Destroying Chess was no exception. The long sword on his back buzzed, as if sensing a powerful opponent, surging with fighting intent.

“Ah… Lord, let go, I’ll talk, I’ll talk!”

Sensing Hu Feng’s powerful strength and unmasked killing intent, the Demon Hunter, suppressed by the hand of Dark Mist so he couldn’t lift his head, looked earthy pale and told everything he knew.

It turned out that yesterday, while escorting a caravan back to Cold Moon City, he had bumped into a bloody scene from afar. A team of Knights escorting Nuns was slaughtered one by one by a group of fierce Long-haired Evil Ghosts, with no survivors. After violating them, the heads of the Nuns were cut off and tied to Hell Hounds, their eyes wide open in death.

“The White-robed Priestess tied to the Hell Hound claimed to be a member of the Angel Squad? Did you hear what her name was?” Hu Feng’s face was cold as he questioned the immobilized Demon Hunter.

Before leaving Wuhai Town, he had secretly commanded the summoned Undead to kill a path of survival for the people. With the strength of the Faith-guarding Knight group, escorting the Nuns to the nearby Falling Leaf City shouldn’t have been a problem. For a moment, he couldn’t understand how they could appear near Cold Moon City.

“Yes, that White-robed Priestess claimed to be a member of the Angel Squad, but I don’t know her name. Several Faith-guarding Knights tried desperately to protect her and break out, but unfortunately, they all failed! After that group of Evil Ghosts went far away, I picked up that female Priest’s Magic Staff on the battlefield.” The dusty Demon Hunter was terrified, looking in horror at Hu Feng, whose strength was unfathomable.

“There are branches of the Divine Court and Monastery in Cold Moon City. They should have known the news long ago. Why is there no movement after so long, and no one sent to save that White-robed Priestess?” Hu Feng was both surprised and angry, becoming more and more certain that the female Priest the Demon Hunter mentioned was Ophelia. Thinking of the unease he had felt in his heart over the past two days, he suddenly realized.

It turned out that the unease he sensed during his Cultivation didn’t come from the Underground Castle hidden deep underground with its unpredictable dangers, but was related to Ophelia!

“L… Lord, that group of Long-haired Evil Ghosts are said to be subordinates of a Demon Lord, ordered to hunt on the Wasteland. Let alone ordinary Faith-guarding Knights, even if the Divine Court’s Angel Squad were in the city, I’m afraid…” The dusty Demon Hunter was dripping with cold sweat, explaining in a low, stammering voice, fearing that he would be crushed into meat paste by the hand made of Dark Mist if he wasn’t careful.

On the boundless Dallas Continent, the Human Race was numerous, but their status in the food chain was even lower than ordinary monsters. Every year, nobles of races like Titans, Demons, and Undead came to human Settlements to hunt, plundering vast wealth and population. With slight resistance, immediate destruction awaited. To keep one side safe, many City Lords proactively paid tribute with treasures every year. When encountering a Demon noble out hunting, they couldn’t curry favor fast enough, let alone actively attack.

A Demon Lord?

Hearing the dusty Demon Hunter say this, the surrounding Demon Hunters who were originally filled with righteous indignation all changed their expressions, their hands and feet turning cold.

Killing a few Long-haired Evil Ghosts was nothing, but offending a powerful Demon Lord meant not only would they die, but their affiliated Settlement or castle would likely face destruction. Perhaps even before the Demon Lord made a move personally, they would become wanted criminals in many castles, becoming homeless Wandering Hunters.

“Slaughtered like livestock, and yet you all stand here talking about destroying nations. Trash!”

After understanding what was going on, Hu Feng was furious. A massive Death Aura spread out, covering the sky and earth. With a ‘whoosh’, he unfolded his huge Dark Wings. He took out the heavy Giant Demon Sword and slashed the chessboard in the hall in half with one strike, his Killing Intent awe-inspiring. He coldly swept his gaze over the many cowering Demon Hunters, then his Dark Wings, shimmering with black light, flapped hard, and with a ‘swoosh’, he disappeared.

The Wrath of the Lich King!

After becoming a generation’s Lich King, he was either busy with Cultivation or busy leading the Lich Legion to sweep the forces around the castle. He hadn’t seriously examined this strange world. Although he knew the law of the jungle on the continent and that people had to rely on Settlements or castles to survive and multiply, he didn’t expect them to have degenerated to the point of being slaughtered at will.

The wrath of a commoner kills one person in ten steps; the wrath of the Lich King leaves a thousand miles of barren land!

As a Lich King with great strategy, before cultivating to the Divine Domain, he could tolerate the existence of other forces around the castle, and he could tolerate pressure from all sides. However, he absolutely could not tolerate the woman he liked suffering any harm. Even if the other party was a noble and powerful Demon Lord, he would kill him with his own hands. Even if far away, he must be executed!