Chapter 562: Evil Energy Golem

Luoning's punch not only destroyed Selandier's defensive array, but also ruined the Wangong below beyond recognition.

After a long while, when the heaven and earth finally ceased their violent upheaval, the figures of Yanyi and the others, covered in dust, were revealed once more, looking utterly disheveled.

Yanyi's eyes were filled with panic and confusion, "You... you are not a Legendary! You are a Sage?"

The strike just now definitely did not use Extreme Origin Power, but rather something more like World Power, a force that only a Sage can manipulate.

Yanyi came from the New Moon Continent and served the Sage-tier Flame Lord Phoenix, so he had naturally witnessed the demeanor of a Sage.

Yet he never imagined that Luoning, at such a young age, had actually become a Sage.

This was too heaven-defying!

Back on the Xinyue Continent, in the camp of the Demon God he served, even with the special favor of the King of Nightmare Evil, the speed of cultivation improvement would not be this monstrous and terrifying.

The corners of Luoning's mouth curled up, "What, very surprised?"

He descended slowly from the air, "The defensive array is destroyed, how do you plan to deal with me next?"

Luoning had held back his strength in that last strike.

There was no other reason; there were his own people among those below, and he could not simply disregard Hameng's safety.

At this moment, Hameng was shocked to the extreme; Luoning, who had only been a Silver Moon Knight back then, had actually become a Sage in just a few short years—this was unprecedented in human history!

If he were to bring this news back to the City of Dawn, he reckoned everyone would think he was bragging.

In a daze, joy welled up in his heart; he estimated that his group would soon be able to return to the Xinyue Continent.

He wondered if Lord Ryan would ever imagine that they would be bringing a Sage back with them?

Yanyi gritted his teeth, his face ashen.

Although he had never imagined such a situation, the circumstances had developed to this point, and he had no choice but to fight a desperate battle.

Between the Demon race and humans, there was no room for reconciliation.

"Everyone, attack!"

Yanyi roared loudly, "Sages, we can kill them too!"

Swish! Swish! Swish!

These people with no way out drew their longswords in anger, all activated their Flame Seals, and lunged at Luoning.

Among them, Yanyi even crushed the array Core; at this moment, a faint pressure acted upon Luoning's body.

At the same time, he activated the Flame Emblem, and a fire-red energy revealing a pitch-black hue formed a strange and ferocious Demon God armor, pushing Yanyi's momentum to the extreme.

"Kill!"

With one sword slash, the space trembled, and the formidable power had already reached the peak of the Legendary grade.

"If I hadn't broken through to become a Sage, this strike would have been enough to threaten me!"

Luoning evaluated the opponent's attack, secretly rejoicing that he had not underestimated the enemy and launched a decapitation strike.

If he hadn't broken through, the effect of the Suppression Array would definitely have expanded, and facing this strike from Yanyi, he would not have had an easy time.

"But now..."

Luoning raised his hand and slashed out a hand blade, actually shattering Yanyi's attack into pieces.

Then, with a great stride, the World Power drawn from the Yuansu Zhihai formed layers of air waves, blasting away the Knights who were rushing up.

The situation was almost completely one-sided.

"Ruidar, kill all these human traitors!"

Luoning said, "Including Tailuo Telixiya."

"As you wish, my lord!"

Ruidar moved; although he was also suppressed, it was still enough to deal with these Sun-level Flame Seal Knights.

Pfft, pfft, pfft~

With longswords slicing across throats, he took down one Flame Seal Knight after another.

"Du... Dusang, protect me!"

Tailuo said in terror.

His mind was now occupied by fear and regret, and he actually sought protection from a Silver-grade guard.

Well, Dusang did indeed take action.

It was just that his longsword was plunged into Tailuo's heart.

"You... you..."

Tailuo looked at the longsword that had pierced through his body in horror, and turned his head in disbelief to look at this trusted aide he had promoted.

Hameng drew his longsword and bowed with a smile, "I am sorry, Your Majesty, I am actually an intelligence officer for Lord Luoning; I am afraid I cannot protect you!"

Tailuo was stunned, then furious, "I will kill you!"

He used his last bit of strength to unleash a Battle Technique of a Meteor Knight, wanting to kill this Silver-grade traitor with his own hands.

But how could a strike from a spent force hurt Hameng?

"Sorry, Your Majesty, I am actually a Meteor Knight."

If Hameng had claimed to be Meteor-level when he first entered the palace, he would definitely have been dragged away by Yanyi for experiments, so he had hidden his strength.

"I... so... hate this!"

Tailuo widened his eyes, fell heavily to the ground, and died with his eyes wide open.

Hameng took a look, then joined Ruidar to slaughter the others.

Clang, clang, clang.

As swords clashed, Yanyi was being crushed by Luoning in every aspect.

A late-stage Legendary was, after all, still just a Legendary; compared to a Sage who could mobilize World Power, there was an essential gap.

And at this moment, Luoning also sensed the changes brought about by this great power.

In his current state, unless the enemy possesses treasures or tactics that can restrain a Sage, he could handle even several more Legendaries.

"In modern society, nuclear weapons are a deterrent, but this stuff is never used lightly. But placed here, Legendaries and Sages are equivalent to nuclear weapons, yet such Transcendentalists can move however they please; their deterrent is far greater than nuclear weapons."

Boom!

The Extreme Origin Power of the flame wings slammed into Luoning, but Luoning did not dodge or evade, directly turning the opponent's attack into nothingness.

"This is?"

Yanyi had sharp eyes; this move Luoning just used was not an ordinary defensive method.

Luoning smiled and beckoned: "Come, attack me to your heart's content!"

"Damn it!"

Yanyi attacked frantically, the Extreme Origin Power turning into boundless rage and heat waves, destroying everything in the vicinity and attacking Luoning from all directions with fierce momentum.

Yet, when these attacks neared Luoning's body, they all turned into nothingness, with only two instances actually touching Luoning's physical form.

It was just that the Sage body, strengthened by World Power, clearly would not be injured by such attacks.

"What kind of ability is this?"

His attacks had all failed; Yanyi was shocked.

In this way, he could not even manage to exhaust him.

"This is an ability I created myself, named 'Anti-Nothingness'."

Luoning had had in-depth exchanges with Kaierluosi; although the Flame Domain was indeed the other party's inherited ability and he could not easily learn it, he had accidentally come up with a variant ability.

It can return Fire Attribute Battle Techniques or Magic to nothingness, thereby serving as an astonishing defensive measure.

Up to now, this move of Luoning's is not yet proficient; if the attack is too strong, there is a risk of failure, and it still needs further improvement.

As he spoke, he took out the Liuyan Sword; under the influence of Sage power, the sword body released a brilliant and charming light.

"It's over, Yanyi."

Luoning swung his long sword, using the ability it carried—also his strongest move at present, "Vacuum Strangling Technique"—to end this battle.

Yanyi only felt the surrounding space form a vortex that sucked him in, as if he were trapped in a quagmire, without even the strength to lift his arms.

Subsequently, a huge tearing force acted upon his body; no matter how he struggled or how he erupted with Extreme Origin Power, this tearing force still tore him apart, turning him into countless pieces.

Fresh blood sprayed, staining the ground red.

From this point on, the Holy Storm trio were all killed in action.

A line of familiar text also appeared before Luoning's eyes:

【"King of Slaughter" achievement reached, Attribute Point +30000, Energy Essence +60000】

But before he had time to check, a terrifying aura descended.

"What's going on?"

Luoning snapped back to his senses and looked ahead.

Although Yanyi had been strangled by him, that Flame Emblem from the Flame Lord remained intact.

At this moment, the blood-bathed emblem released sky-piercing evil energy, like a raging beacon fire, and that terrifying aura originated from here.

Luoning was awestruck; this should be the Sage-level power that Yanyi could summon.

It was just that he did not expect such a summoning to be passive rather than active—at the cost of Yanyi's death.

"Humble Mortal, is it you who killed my believer?"

Within the evil energy, a hundred-meter-tall demon statue was revealed; it looked down at Luoning with eyes that despised everything, as if looking at an ant.

"Playing god!"

Luoning raised his sword and slashed vertically; the Burning Heaven Flame surged upward, disrupting this evil energy and distorting the demon statue.

"Humble Mortal, you will pay the price for your stupidity!"

Accompanied by a deafening, thick voice, this evil energy expanded, forming a pitch-black Summoning Magic Array, and a massive dark dragon revealed its form within the array.

"The Flame King will annihilate you!"

The giant dragon raised its sharp claws and grabbed toward Luoning with terrifying momentum. (End of chapter)