Chapter 347: Beginning

Ninth Defense Zone Inner City.

Batch after batch of Inner City residents were sent near a spacious residence in the Noble District.

"This should be about enough. This is already the fifth batch. Lord Lu Wang's meaning is that this is just about right; we can't let all the Inner City residents die, we have to let the one who is descending find some amusement."

A City Defense Guard soldier brushed the dust off his uniform, walked up to the statistical City Defense Guard soldier, and said in a low voice.

The statistical City Defense Guard soldier glanced at his colleague and spoke in a relaxed tone.

"Hm? The number is indeed about right. Now we just wait for the order from Lord Lu Wang, and we can begin the ritual.

By the way, what about those City Defense Guard soldiers who didn't defect to us? Where are they now?"

This City Defense Guard soldier raised his hand to touch his nose, pondered for a moment, and then answered.

"Lord Lu Wang should have sent them to the walls of the Inner City, and told them not to worry about the situation in the Inner City; we are currently cleaning up those nobles."

"Speaking of which, did those nobles take down the High-Level Conference Building with their Noble Private Army? Without the protection of the City Defense Guard soldiers, I'm afraid they won't last long, right?"

Seeing that the statistical City Defense Guard soldier did not know the situation, this City Defense Guard soldier found a random crate, sat down on it, and began to recount the story.

"Those Noble Private Army soldiers look like they have very good weapons and equipment, but the soldiers inside the High-Level Conference Building are resisting desperately, causing the Noble Private Army to suffer no small losses."

Just as the two were chatting, the statistical City Defense Guard soldier suddenly saw several wisps of Black Qi fly over. When the Black Qi drilled into his mind, Lu Wang's voice came from within.

"Begin the Descent Ritual!"

After hearing this news, this City Defense Guard soldier suddenly stood up and said to his colleague standing opposite him.

"Notify everyone, the ritual is about to begin!"

Soon, a group of City Defense Guard soldiers gathered these Inner City residents and surrounded them.

These Inner City residents were full of joy when they were originally brought here, but seeing these City Defense Guard soldiers surrounding them tightly gave these residents an ominous feeling.

"My lord, what are you doing?"

A middle-aged man whose hair was starting to turn white gathered his courage and spoke to the City Defense Guard soldier in front of him.

But the next second, this middle-aged man was decapitated; fresh blood sprayed from his neck like a fountain, and the warm blood splashed onto the faces of the surrounding Inner City residents.

Silence, a brief silence. After about two seconds, chaos erupted in the crowd. People began to flee toward the path they had come from, but their way was blocked by a dozen City Defense Guard soldiers.

"Don't make any pointless struggles, just obediently be the sacrifices!"

A City Defense Guard soldier condensed a large blade in his hand, and a wisp of Black Qi emerged on the blade.

These City Defense Guard soldiers were like evil ghosts from hell; the weapons in their hands were swung crazily, bringing up gusts of wind.

Every swing was accompanied by blood splattering out, like blooming blood flowers.

One by one, fresh heads fell from the necks of those sacrifices like ripe fruit, rolling away with a clatter. Those dull thuds of impact.

These originally fresh lives were now, like humble ants, easily and ruthlessly crushed by these brutal City Defense Guard soldiers.

Some sacrifices were terrified and wanted to escape this horrific slaughterhouse at all costs, but how could their footsteps compare to the well-trained City Defense Guard soldiers? They didn't run far before being caught up by the City Defense Guard soldiers.

Immediately after, only a crisp "crack" sound was heard, and after the headless corpse swayed a few times, it finally fell slowly into a pool of blood.

There were also some sacrifices who held onto a final glimmer of hope, begging the City Defense Guard soldiers to spare their lives. However, their pleas were nothing more than a faint breeze in the ears of this group of cold-blooded executioners.

A City Defense Guard soldier walked up expressionlessly, hand raised and blade falling, ending the life of the sacrifice who was begging him for mercy.

"These sacrifices will be the key to that existence's Descent Ritual; there can be absolutely no mistakes!"

The slaughter continued until only the City Defense Guard soldiers remained standing in this area, and the rest were all corpses of sacrifices lying on the ground; blood flowed on the ground, and the smell of blood was exceptionally pungent.

Immediately after, these bloodstains seemed to possess life, outlining eerie blood-colored patterns on the ground. When all the patterns were combined, the ground began to tremble, making these City Defense Guard soldiers feel a trace of fear.

"As expected of that one's Descent Ritual, this power is just too strong!"

Ninth Defense Zone Outer City.

Pu Lie looked out the window from a residential building at the Modian Iron Guards in bright uniforms hurrying past this residential area.

"My lord, because there are more of these soldiers in the Outer City now, the time it takes for us to gather Believers has increased quite a bit."

A short-haired woman with soft features and a slender figure stood respectfully behind Pu Lie, speaking in a respectful voice.

"How many of my Believers have gathered now?"

Pu Lie pulled the curtains shut and said in a serious tone.

"Reporting to you, my lord, more than half have arrived now, and the remaining Believers are also arriving in the vicinity one after another."

"Damn it, it's all because of that Yingzhou! If it weren't for him, the progress here in the Outer City wouldn't be this slow!"

When Pu Lie arrived at the Outer City, he discovered that the residents of the Outer City were actually doing what, training?

That Yingzhou is truly crazy; how could he dare to let these residents train? Could the meaning of their training be to go to the battlefield to die?

However, after he dealt with those Inner City nobles and allowed the Outer City to expand by quite a few areas, that could actually be used as a gift for his master.

Thinking of this, Pu Lie's gaze turned to the short-haired woman who had come to pick him up. Although this short-haired woman's appearance was not outstanding in his eyes, it wouldn't be a problem to use her to pass the time.

At this moment, the Modian Iron Guards outside the residential building were hurrying to a Training Camp. As soon as they entered the Training Camp, they saw a 2.5-meter-tall, strong, dark-gray-skinned giant competing in strength with another 1.2-meter-tall youth who had exceptionally strong muscles.

The two's movements caused the surrounding Outer City residents who were training to stop and watch from not far away, and many were sighing at the power the two were erupting with.

"My god, is this power that a Human can possess?"

"Incredible!"

"Lord Vulkan, Lord Angron, why have you come here?"

A Modian Sergeant walked up quickly, saluted the two, and spoke.

At this time, Vulkan and Angron both released their strength simultaneously, and Vulkan said to the Modian Sergeant in a deep, resonant voice.

"We are just accompanying our grandmother to walk around the Outer City; she heard that the Outer City has undergone significant changes recently and wanted to come and see."