Chapter 140: Applying Both Kindness and Severity

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"What is this thing?"

"Why won't it go out? Someone help me!"

"Why don't you have it on you?"

"Why isn't this stuff hot?"

"……"

The black flames that appeared out of thin air caused a huge reaction; although not lethal, being on fire—and with such eerie black flames at that—didn't feel right no matter how one looked at it.

"Great Mage, is there... is there any way to remedy this?" Han Ji asked anxiously.

News came from all over the city that many people had these black flames appearing on their bodies!

"Remedy?" Dao Long raised an eyebrow.

"There is a way, but I don't think those who were dismissive just a moment ago will believe in this method now."

"Please, tell us!" Han Ji said.

"Simple." Dao Long spread his arms and looked up to embrace the sky.

"Kneel down! Repent with your heart! Pray with your heart!"

"If you are sincere enough, the Demon God might show mercy and spare them this time, but if their repentance is false..."

Dao Long turned his head back, an indescribably eerie smile appearing on his face.

"The Demon God is benevolent, but also strict!"

"If they don't regret it themselves, the Demon God will help them!"

Death? Killing?

Too low-level!

Lv Cheng did not like killing; this was not because he was kind, but because he felt that death was not a punishment—on the contrary, it was too easy.

Once dead, one can feel nothing; only those who are alive can receive punishment!

Only those who are alive can feel pain!

"Brother Fan, why do you have this stuff on you too?" Zhang Xiaohou asked anxiously.

"I..." Mo Fan's expression stiffened.

He hadn't prayed at all just now!

How could he still have this thing?!

"By the way, the Demon God's flames only purify the areas he protects. If you could survive without the Demon God, he wouldn't insist on saying he saved you," Dao Long said inexplicably.

"The subsequent flames will only cover the area within my previous Magic Array. The Demon God's wrath will last a while longer; if you have confidence in yourselves, you can also escape."

"Escape?"

The crowd's expressions stiffened.

After the Demon God in the sky appeared, the Ancient Capital was once again shrouded in a layer of black Barrier. The Undead outside the Barrier were all sucked up, but for some unknown reason just now, after a flash of light, those Undead that hadn't been swallowed all fell back down!

The Demon God was directly above the Ancient Capital!

So, those Undead that were sucked into the sky and then fell back down landed on the Barrier and slid to the edge of the Barrier!

Leave now?

The Undead Army is right in our faces!

"Inside the Barrier is the Demon God's protected zone; he can naturally and rightfully cleanse the trash inside that does not suit his heart," Dao Long said.

"If you are unwilling to accept the Demon God's protection, then pray for your own good fortune."

"We'll rely on ourselves!"

Two unknown high-level officials suddenly flapped their Wind Wings and flew toward the outside of the Barrier.

They didn't think they could survive under the attacks of that monster in the sky; escaping the Ancient Capital was the only way to live!

"Everyone!" Dao Long's voice resounded through the city once again.

He explained the current situation very straightforwardly and briefly, and also gave those with black flames on their bodies two choices.

Stay where you are and pray for the Demon God's forgiveness, or leave the Demon God's protected zone.

Since it has come to this, please don't say the Demon God is heartless.

"Shall we... run?"

Looking at the huge fireball in the high sky that was growing larger and larger, reaching a staggering diameter of several thousand meters, many people in the city began to think of fleeing for their lives.

"It's fake! It's all fake! Han Ji lied to us!"

"Those high-level officials treated us as sacrifices! To save their own lives, they offered us as sacrifices to that monster in the sky!"

A commotion and agitation suddenly appeared in the crowd. Looking over, the troublemakers had intense black flames burning on their bodies.

"You all saw it just now, right? That monster was actually swallowing Undead!"

"It was swallowing Undead just now, and next it will definitely swallow us!"

"Whatever Demon God, it's all fake! Everything is..."

The voice stopped abruptly.

Lu Huan appeared in front of the troublemaker. "Just now, the Chief said it very clearly: those with black flames on their bodies can stay where they are to pray for forgiveness, or they can leave the Barrier. The Mages have already cleared a path, and even several Super-level Mages who have flames on them will open the way for everyone."

"You, why are you causing trouble here?"

"I..." Looking at the Forbidden Guard Mage Chief right in front of him, the troublemaking man fell to the ground with weak legs.

"Send him to the edge of the Barrier; whether he goes out or stays, he can choose for himself." Lu Huan glanced at the accompanying Mage beside him.

Without delay, this Mage, who happened to be a Wind-element Mage, directly flapped his Wind Wings and quickly left the scene with the man who had fallen to the ground.

"Everyone, I am Lu Huan. Regarding the current situation, I need to tell you all that we are also gambling," Lu Huan said earnestly.

"I know many of you are doubting, and to be honest, I am a bit doubtful too, but I truly am grateful to this Demon God who saved the Ancient Capital."

"Without it, the Ancient Capital would be a place where the Undead run rampant right now, and I fear I would already be decapitated, or even left without a whole corpse."

"I do not know if what that Dark Archmage said is true, but I will remain within the city; no matter the outcome, Lu Huan shall live and die with the Ancient Capital!"

"Everyone, do you still have doubts?"

"......"

No one answered; clearly, no one dared to offend the prestige of this Chief of the Imperial Guards in the Ancient Capital, and many of those who had been agitated also quieted down, praying silently.

At the same time, the same farce was being staged in every district of the Ancient Capital, and the high-level Mages who had not left the Barrier also went to various areas to carry out Pacify work.

Only if the high-level personnel do not flee can the people below remain steady; if the high-level personnel all ran, it would be strange if the people below were not panicked.

"No, are we really not running?"

Looking at the increasingly large fireball in the high sky, the atmosphere in the Ancient Capital became more and more tense.

Those who were doubtful and wanted to flee the Ancient Capital ran even more desperately.

Those who were doubtful but dared not face the Undead, and had black flames burning on their bodies, pleaded even more miserably.

Those who were doubtful but had no flames on their bodies all quietly closed their eyes and huddled together.

"If you want to run, then run." Mu Bai looked up at the deep red fireball in the sky that was as dazzling as the sun.

"The diameter of that fireball in the sky is almost enough to cover the Ancient Capital. If that thing really has a problem, unless you currently have the ability to kill your way through the Undead Army, and have the speed of a Wind Element Super-level Mage to sprint in the direction away from the Ancient Capital, and must leave at least one hundred kilometers away from the Ancient Capital before that thing falls, otherwise..."

Mu Bai shrugged, "There is no difference."

Such a large fireball, and it was released by that terrifying Demon God in the sky; judging by the terrifying strength shown just now, where it devoured the Undead Army like drinking water and even the Undead Monarchs could not resist, this Demon God has far exceeded human cognition.

Judging by the power of the Super-level Fire Element Magic he had witnessed during the first charge outside the city, unless that fireball in the sky is truly as Han Ji said and will not harm the innocent, otherwise, even if a legendary Forbidden Curse Mage were present, it would not change the outcome of the Ancient Capital.

All they can do is pray and wait.

At the same time, led by two Super-level Mages, many Mages with black flames burning on their bodies left the Barrier, choosing to face the Undead Army directly.

Dazzling Magic radiance flashed again, and then, in less than a minute, it was completely extinguished.

"Mountain... Mountain Peak Corpse?"

Inside the Barrier, several Mages who were a step too slow watched the Mage squad that had just left the Barrier get swatted away by the Mountain Peak Corpse, and they collapsed to the ground, paralyzed.

The Mages who left from other city gates met the same end; as soon as they left the Barrier, they were besieged by a large number of Undead led by Undead Monarchs, and even Super-level Mages lasted less than a minute before falling directly.

"How could it be like this?" Zhu Meng's face was extremely ugly.

He was not surprised that the Undead besieged those who left the Barrier, but why were even Super-level Mages so vulnerable?

"Idiot, do you really think summoning a Demon God requires nothing in return?" Dao Long still had that look of watching a fool.

Faith Power is not some abstract thing; this thing is the manifestation of concrete Spiritual Power!

His Magic Array just now drained eighty percent of everyone's Spiritual Power inside the Barrier at once, turning it into Faith Power.

This power is not only an aid when Lv Cheng's soul burns, but also the main component that constitutes this Barrier; therefore, while staying inside the Barrier, one does not feel any changes, but once they leave, a Mage who has lost eighty percent of their own Spiritual Power must first overcome the shock brought by this extreme mental fatigue, and then, with only that little energy left, go out to seek death?

The Undead Monarchs outside right now are all Lv Cheng's lackeys.

Having swallowed the soul of the Ancient King and successfully taken control of Sha Yuan, Lv Cheng is now the new master of these Undead!

Once they leave the Barrier, they will inevitably be besieged and killed by the Undead!

Establishing majesty requires a combination of kindness and severity; saving this city, the Demon God's kindness is already enough.

Next, it is only time to establish majesty!

So-called choices never existed in the first place!

Either kneel and pray, and under the majesty of the Demon God, choose to submit from the heart, or else, all go to hell!

(End of this chapter)