Chapter 76: Ghost Dragon

To the forces of the Underground World, every Pillar of Flame was extremely important.

In order to guard this Pillar of Flame and control the surrounding resource points, Hu Feng ordered a small military outpost to be built on the mountain top. He personally set up one power ful Magic Array after another and appointed a Tier 9 Vampire Warrior as the Commander of the outpost.

After leaving behind three hundred Harpy Witches and five hundred Skeleton Warriors, he quickly departed. Under the guidance of the Djinn Queen Cindy, he headed east all the way, rushing straight for Blackwater City, which was listed as a Forbidden Land.

To quickly scout the terrain and further increase the marching speed, he commanded the army to claim every Pillar of Flame along the way as their own. All the wild creatures blocking the way either accepted his Soul control and joined the Lich Legion, or were crushed into meat paste to have their power devoured.

The three thousand divine abilities passed down by the Three Thousand Ancient Demon Gods were all boundlessly powerful, but they varied in strength depending on the individual’s Cultivation. For Hu Feng, the Great Seal Technique was powerful, and the Great Mystery Technique was profound and unfathomable, but among the eight great divine abilities he currently mastered, the Great Devour Technique was still the most powerful.

The remaining seven Demon God Phantoms condensed within his body faintly revolved slowly around the Great Devouring Demon God, who had four faces and eight arms. After devouring the essence blood and souls of a large number of wild creatures, the phantom of the Great Devouring Demon God became increasingly solid. With one opening of its mouth, it seemed as if it could swallow the whole heaven and earth. A trace of violent and profound power came from the Void, showing a faint sign of a further breakthrough.

Cultivating the divine abilities of Ancient Demon Gods, condensing Demon God Phantoms, refining the will of Ancient Demon Gods, condensing Demon God avatars, the descent of Demon Gods…

Focusing his mind to sense the changes of the Demon God Phantom inside his body, Hu Feng was full of expectations for the upcoming Cultivation.

Under the guidance of the Holy Angel Taliana, he understood what the true path of Cultivation was. After cultivating to the Peak of Tier 9 as a Magician, although he was unable to break through to the Great Magician realm for a long time, he was not impatient at all. In the path of Cultivation, haste makes waste; the greater the accumulation, the greater the increase in strength after breaking through the bottleneck. Accumulate richly and break forth vastly.

The terrain of the Underground World was complex, and powerful beasts often lurked in the darkness. To speed up, Hu Feng personally led a team of elites to scout the path ahead. After continuously igniting eight Pillars of Flame, he finally arrived at the outskirts of Blackwater City.

Every time a Pillar of Flame was ignited, the detection of the dark world went one level deeper, and whether it was huge corpses or treasures scattered on the ground, they were all extremely rare. But the boundless cold and dangerous aura rippling on the dark earth made people feel as if they were placed in a stormy sea, unable to stand firm at all.

After igniting eight Pillars of Flame, Hu Feng’s sensing of the dark world became clearer and clearer, and he had a certain grasp of using the Great Teleportation Technique to teleport over directly. Unfortunately, the dark world was really too dangerous; to teleport over rashly without sufficient strength was undoubtedly seeking death!

Standing on the towering hill, a majestic castle appeared in front of him. It was completely black, and four watchtowers that pierced the sky stood on the tall city walls. It was majestic and huge, almost twice the size of the Lich Castle, like a gigantic black beast crouching at the foot of the mountain. A black river wound along the city wall, flowing endlessly.

Blackwater City!

Ancient, huge, majestic…

The massive Blackwater City gave people a strong shock, and an overpowering pressure rushed towards them.

The Lich Castle was already huge enough, but Hu Feng did not expect that the abandoned Underground Castle in front of him was even larger. Its evil energy shot into the sky, and even across a long distance, a strong Death Aura could be felt. The figures of Undead Creatures could be faintly seen, as if stepping into a boundless ancient graveyard. In the thick Death Aura, there was a trace of obscure energy fluctuations. It was hot-blooded and violent; inhaling just a trace made one uncomfortable all over, as if an ant had crawled into the body.

“Could this be the so-called curse of the Ancient Demon God?”

Hu Feng looked grave. With a ‘chi’ sound, a ball of Angel Flame emerged from his right index finger, burning and refining the strange energy that had seeped into his body. As a powerful Lich King, the thicker the Death Aura, the stronger his combat power. What really worried him was the strange energy fluctuation mixed in the Death Aura.

“This is the most dangerous Forbidden Land in the Underground World. Lord, are you sure you want to go in?” The Djinn Queen’s face was pale, and she looked around in horror from time to time. Remembering the tragic battle thousands of years ago, she still had a lingering fear.

“I went through so much trouble to get here. If I don’t go in, should I just stand here and take a distant look before going back?”

Hu Feng took a deep breath and walked in the lead towards the majestic castle as he spoke. The Death Warrior Udely, the Tree Demon Stanley, and the Djinn Queen Cindy followed closely behind. Behind them followed twelve powerful Vampire Warriors. Their pitch-black wings flapped gently from time to time as they skimmed at low altitude without a sound.

The main troop types of the Lich Legion were the large number of Harpy Witches and Skeleton Warriors, but in small-scale battles like raids, scouting, and counter-raids, the fast-moving Vampire Warriors were the main force. A Vampire Squad composed of twelve Tier 9 Vampire Guards came and went like the wind. Usually, they were enough to sweep through many creature nests, but now, each one was more cautious than the other.

The thick Death Aura made every Undead Creature instinctively feel a strong danger.

Woo…

Before everyone had walked far, a sinister wind suddenly struck. A patch of gloomy hand bones emerged from the ground, and a group of gloomy Skeletons appeared. Ignoring the pressure of the Vampire Warriors, they pounced over with a ‘whoosh’.

Different from ordinary Skeletons, every single one of these Skeletons was exceptionally tall, and their bones glowed with a red light, as if strange blood was flowing within them. A Vampire Warrior pounced out and grabbed forcefully, but his sharp five fingers only left five faint claw marks on a Skeleton’s chest bone. Not only did he not succeed in one strike, but he was instead chopped away by the opponent’s Bone Blade.

Mutated Skeletons?

Everyone was shocked and acted together in tacit understanding.

The Tree Demon following behind Hu Feng gave a cold snort. With a ‘whoosh’, he spread out thousands of tough tree roots, tightly binding the many strange Skeletons. The Djinn Queen Cindy, who had been highly alert, reacted even faster. With a flash of silver light, she summoned more than twenty Mirror Puppets using one Vampire Warrior as the main body, and they pounced forward viciously together with the Vampire Squad. The Death Warrior Udely arrived later but struck first. With a forceful chop of his heavy axe, he cut a Skeleton into two pieces!

Compared to the Tier 9 Vampire Warriors, the Death Warrior, who had broken through to the peak of the Twelfth Step, was much more powerful, pressing forward bravely like a killing machine.

Fast, accurate, ruthless…

The crowd cooperated tacitly and went all out as soon as they struck, like tigers and wolves.

Although the group of strange Skeletons in front of them was powerful and much stronger than ordinary Skeletons, after being bound by the tough tree roots, they could only be slaughtered. However, just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, a sinister wind suddenly rose. The strong Death Aura turned into pitch-black Dark Mist, shrouding an area of several miles. A Vampire Warrior standing on the outermost side was suddenly grabbed by a hideous giant claw. With a ‘crack’, he was crushed into meat paste alive and dragged into the depths of the thick mist, disappearing.

“Ga ga ga, tastes not bad!”

A burst of ga ga laughter came from the depths of the mist, followed by the sudden appearance of a huge dragon in front of everyone. It was cold, gloomy, and floated in mid-air like a shadow, without a sound. Its huge eyes were like two clusters of gloomy ghost fire. No life aura could be felt from its body, only a majestic Death Aura and a soaring Killing Intent.

Ghost Dragon?

Everyone was shocked; they did not expect to suddenly encounter a top-tier Undead Creature before even getting close to the city gate. In this place that was rumored to be cursed by the Ancient Demon God, even a small low-tier Skeleton was so powerful, so how terrifying would a Fourteenth Step Ghost Dragon be?

“Attack!”

Hu Feng ordered in a deep voice, quickly taking out the Dark Magic Pen from his bosom.

Standing on the hill, he had already felt a strong danger. After the strange Skeletons and the terrifying Ghost Dragon suddenly appeared, the feeling of danger did not fade; instead, it became even stronger. The huge castle that was looming in the Dark Mist lay across in front of them like an ancient ferocious beast, unpredictable and dangerous!