Chapter 674: Raiders of the Tallarn Desert

Inner City of the Second Defense Zone.

Falke was currently hovering in mid-air, eyes slightly narrowed, with Black Qi surging around his body.

After a long while, Falke slowly opened his eyes and spoke in a gloomy tone.

"That damned Human... the soul I lost is so difficult to recover, and it's still a little bit short even now!"

Falke forcibly suppressed his churning emotions; the most important thing now was to recover his strength.

He closed his deep crimson eyes to observe his Soul Core, watching the Soul Core that was just one final step away from being fully repaired.

Falke could not help but feel a bit impatient; he had spent too much time trying to repair his Soul Core.

Just then, Falke sensed his attendant outside his palace arrive at the main gate, hesitating over whether to knock.

"What is it? Speak."

Falke's voice reached outside the palace, and the slender Demon attendant immediately knelt on the ground and said in a respectful tone.

"Lord Falke, Lord Hudaiqiao headed to the Eighth Defense Zone two days ago. The Eighth Defense Zone is currently at war with the Cyberks, but today, a Human troop appeared from the direction of the Fourth Defense Zone and launched an attack on us, and this Human troop is continuing to penetrate deep into our territory.

Most importantly, after this Human troop launched its attack, Human troops appeared in no fewer than ten other locations as well, beginning to launch attacks on us.

Lord Falke, what do you think we should do now?"

Hearing the Demon attendant's words, Falke thought for a few seconds before speaking.

"Understood, you may withdraw first."

"As you command, Lord Falke."

After the Demon attendant left, Falke slowly raised his palm, which was covered in pitch-black scales, with the palm facing upward.

Gradually, a small patch of thick, impenetrable darkness condensed and formed above his palm.

"Human troops! I will eliminate you all! Consider it a little interest paid by that Yingzhou!"

Falke decided to extract a portion of the Magic Cloud Black Qi to forcefully repair his own Soul Core.

"Hiss—!"

Guided by Falke's mental energy, the Magic Cloud Black Qi swirled and surged toward his hovering body.

"Ugh...!"

When the first wisp of Magic Cloud Black Qi touched Falke's body, he let out a suppressed grunt.

This pure energy was not a gentle tonic; it was violent, cold, and carried intense corrosiveness.

Falke guided these violent wisps of Black Qi, carefully repairing his fragmented Soul Core.

"Not enough... still far from enough!"

Falke felt the cracks in his soul being barely plugged, but that sense of weakness and the faint, stinging pain remained.

"Soon... once the soul is repaired... the energy from those blood-food offerings can be truly absorbed... and that Human... just wait..."

He whispered intermittently, the image of that Yingzhou constantly replaying in his mind.

After a long time, the Magic Cloud near Falke's palace became much dimmer, and Falke stopped the extraction, the Black Qi around his body gradually merging into his physique.

Falke felt his repaired Soul Core, and a flicker of ruthlessness flashed through his scarlet eyes.

Falke walked out of his palace, feeling the magic power that had become stronger after absorbing the Magic Cloud Black Qi.

With a clench of his hands, the surrounding space showed signs of distortion.

"Hmph! Humans! Are you ready to welcome fear? This time, I will slaughter you all in my strongest form!"

Ninth Defense Zone Military Region.

Upon learning that the Valantis squad had missed the first battle, Yingzhou was not overly surprised.

After all, with Vulkan there, the Grey Knight squad going over was merely icing on the cake, making this Sharp Knife even sharper.

"Father, the advance of each Legion is currently very smooth, giving one the impression that they haven't committed their main forces to this battle."

Horus looked at Yingzhou, who was sitting in a chair with his head lowered in thought, and spoke.

"Could it be that the main force of the Demon Aliens hasn't reached the front lines yet?"

Sanguinius's wings behind him fluttered, and he suddenly spoke up.

"Hmm, it's possible. After all, the speed at which the troops led by Vulkan are advancing is very fast; it's normal for the Demon Aliens to be caught off guard for a moment."

Yingzhou glanced at the time and said to Horus.

"By the way, Horus, is there any movement from the Cyberk Aliens over in the Third Defense Zone?"

"No, the report sent back by the garrison Legion in the Third Defense Zone this morning didn't mention anything regarding the Cyberk Aliens."

Just as Horus finished speaking, Lu Zhenda walked in from outside the office, and upon seeing Yingzhou, he spoke.

"Yingzhou, the Third Defense Zone has brought back some relatively intact corpses of Black-Winged Bugs and humanoid Zerg, as per your request."

Upon hearing this news, Yingzhou immediately stood up from his chair and said to Lu Zhenda.

"So fast? Let's go! Lao Lu, take me to have a look."

After instructing Horus to continue monitoring the movements of the Cyberk Aliens in the Third Defense Zone, Yingzhou followed Lu Zhenda out of the office.

"Yes, Father."

Sanguinius watched Yingzhou's departing back, brushed the golden hair on his forehead to the back, and looked at Horus, saying.

"I always feel that Father is very obsessed with collecting the corpses of some Aliens. Do you know the reason why Father does this?"

Horus said without even raising his head.

"Father must have his own plans!"

Sanguinius shrugged imperceptibly and nodded in agreement.

"Hmm, that is natural."

Yingzhou, who was originally heading to the Airport with Lu Zhenda, suddenly heard the notification sound of a Task reward arriving in his mind.

Yingzhou was stunned for a moment, but immediately continued following Lu Zhenda's footsteps.

Regarding the rewards the system had given these past few times, Yingzhou always felt that these rewards portended something.

Because it was hard to find anything among these recent rewards for Yingzhou to complain about, Yingzhou certainly would not think that his luck had suddenly exploded.

"System, perform a Random Legion Summoning."

"Consuming 1 Random Legion Summoning count, currently summoning Legion..."

"Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Tallarn Desert Raiders."

"System, perform a Random Draw."

"Consuming 1 Random Draw count, currently performing Random Draw..."