Chapter 114: Duty-Bound

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"However, an attack at this speed should be very easy to dodge, right?" Asharuiya said.

"Dodge?" Lv Cheng raised an eyebrow.

"Little sister, did you forget that this thing is Space Magic?"

As his words fell, the energy ball that had been flying slowly in the air suddenly began to teleport irregularly, sometimes spanning tens of meters, sometimes hundreds of meters, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right; in just a few breaths, it arrived near the giant shadow on the horizon.

The attack came too suddenly for the giant shadow to dodge, or rather, it couldn't dodge it, and was hit head-on by the energy ball.

A flash of intense white light erupted, bright as day, illuminating the Undead Army on the horizon, and terrifying dimensional energy burst forth from within.

The bright light flashed and vanished; within the spherical space nearly a thousand meters in diameter affected by the dimensional storm, aside from the giant shadow that had been sent flying, everything else—be it Undead, mountains, or land—vanished before the naked eye!

"ROAR!!!!!!!!"

After nearly half a minute of silence, a thunderous roar erupted from the horizon, acting like a shockwave that blasted away a large number of the Undead Army on the ground.

"It seems to be angry." Lv Cheng looked innocent.

"……"

The group wore strange expressions.

From this far away, you threw a giant bomb at it and even blasted it away; with that, how could it not be angry?

"Why don't you throw two more?" Zhu Meng said.

Although this move of Lv Cheng's couldn't cause much damage to Monarch-level creatures, any creature below Monarch-level would be killed instantly as long as they were within the attack range!

The corner of Lv Cheng's eye twitched, "Throw two more? Do you want to hear what you're saying?"

"This ultimate move of mine drains my Space Element Star River just to use it once. Throw more? Do you still want me to have a Space Element?"

Wu Pingjing took out several potions from his person, "Um, I have Magic Energy recovery potions here, would you... like a couple?"

"……"

Seeing this, the others from the Palace Guard also took out their emergency Magic Energy recovery potions and looked at Lv Cheng with anticipation.

The returns from such an ultimate move were far greater than if they went themselves!

Although Undead creatures do not know fear, the Monarchs and Commanders that control them have brains; if he does this a few more times, it might slow down the advance of these Undead.

Even if it couldn't, such a destructive ultimate move, used a few more times, could greatly reduce the difficulty of the upcoming defense!

"Are you guys... really going to be this generous?" Lv Cheng's eye twitched wildly.

"For the Ancient Capital! It is our bounden duty!" Wu Pingjing said earnestly.

"For the Ancient Capital!"

"It is our bounden duty!"

"……"

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The next morning, south side of the outer city wall.

"Brother Cheng, did you... go out for some fun last night?" Mo Fan said with a strange expression.

The commotion outside the city last night was too great, with thunderous roars coming every now and then; he couldn't sleep at all, and until dawn, Lv Cheng and those two sisters hadn't returned.

"I was defending the Ancient Capital." Lv Cheng looked speechless.

At first, it was just those people from the Palace Guard giving him recovery potions, but later on, as the commotion grew larger and larger, people from the Clock Tower Magic Association also came; seeing the effect of his ultimate move, they made a prompt decision to bring out the Clock Tower Magic Association's Magic Energy recovery potions!

And so, he unleashed his ultimate move all night long!

That giant shadow on the horizon was driven away directly by him!

Several mountains outside were even blasted away by him!

"Defending the Ancient Capital?" Mo Fan was somewhat skeptical.

Would Lv Cheng be this proactive?

"Councilor!"

Before Mo Fan could say anything more, the short man brought Asharuiya and her two attendants over at a trot.

Without saying much, Lv Cheng signaled for the short man to lead the way.

"Councilor, where is your guard team?" the short man asked in confusion.

"I didn't bring them," Lv Cheng said.

Zhu Meng and the Palace Guard had to stay behind to guard the Ancient Capital and could not afford any accidents; the safety of these top-tier High-level Mages and Super-level Mages was far more important than the High-level Mages below.

To put it bluntly, if the High-level Mages and Intermediate Mages below died, the Ancient Capital would only lose some defensive strength, but if something happened to Zhu Meng and the others, the Ancient Capital would be finished.

Only Super-level Mages could face Monarch-level Undead; no matter how many High-level Mages went, it would be suicide, and they wouldn't even be qualified to scratch them.

"But..." the short man was somewhat worried.

If something happened to a Councilor, the impact would be enormous!

"Don't worry, my abilities are enough to take you through the Undead Army," Lv Cheng said.

As long as Monarch-level Undead didn't appear, it didn't matter how many Commander-level Undead came.

Moreover, in this ghostly place with such a thick atmosphere of dead bodies, him activating Darkness Descent wouldn't attract attention, and he could play around as he pleased.

"I naturally believe in the Councilor's abilities," Asharuiya said.

Having watched his ultimate move all night, she had gained a further understanding of Lv Cheng's strength.

The Magic Palace didn't just give him the status of Councilor because of the Holy City and Lv Cheng's parents; more importantly, this guy's strength and talent truly deserved this investment!

"Alright." Seeing that he couldn't be persuaded, the short man bit the bullet and led the way.

Although Lv Cheng looked young, he wouldn't be some useless rich kid to dare to leave the city at a time like this, and to go to such a dangerous place as Yangyangcun.

Not bringing guards, perhaps he really did have the ability to pass through the land of the Undead.

……

"What... is going on?"

Sunlight shone upon the earth, and the scent of corpses brought by the intense battle last night quickly dissipated; however, the exaggerated scene before them left the short man leading the way stunned.

The original road had vanished, replaced by one massive spherical crater after another, as if wiped away out of thin air by some terrifying power; looking up, even the mountains on the horizon had strange, spherical gaps in them!

"Ali... aliens?" Mo Fan looked completely bewildered.

This commotion didn't look right no matter how one viewed it!

He had never heard of any Magic that could produce such an effect!

"Do I look like an alien to you?" Lv Cheng asked.

"..."

"You... you did this?" Mo Fan was stunned.

"Master unleashed ultimate moves all night long yesterday," Liu Ru said with inexplicable pride.

"More than half of the Undead Army was wiped out!"

A single Dragon Emperor Different Dimension was a game of 'clear-the-board' with a diameter of one kilometer, and last night Lv Cheng had unleashed a full twenty shots!

Anything below a Monarch would vanish upon contact!

That Undead Army covering the mountains and plains had visibly thinned by more than half after the second half of the night.

"What are you so proud of?" Lv Cheng said, speechless, as he tapped Liu Ru on the head.

"I was essentially doing manual labor all night."

Although his Dragon Emperor Different Dimension had terrifying destructive power, it was precisely because the destructive power was too terrifying that after the attack, not even souls would remain!

Because a soul itself is a type of special energy, his Annihilation Force would thoroughly clear away both matter and energy; perhaps they fell into an unknown dimension, but he certainly couldn't find them.

As for the hundreds of thousands of Undead from last night, if he had killed them normally, he could have absorbed a massive amount of soul energy, but now, he had nothing.

A whole night of work for nothing!

(End of this chapter)