Chapter 268

The smoke rising outside.

The ground began to tremble.

He turned his head to look.

Dense swarms of fierce beasts stood atop the branches of a colossal tree.

Advancing toward the Northwest Gathering Ground.

"Fierce beasts... they're attacking the settlement..."

A red alarm echoed throughout the entire gathering ground.

War, blood, and energy mingled together.

Like a hell on earth.

Jiang Bufan now spread a pair of flame wings.

Like a god of fire.

Even his pupils were covered in flames.

And before him—

—was a bug with an enormous belly.

Sigh, beneath that belly, smaller insects kept streaming out one after another.

The moment these small insects were born, they were drawn by the scent of blood below.

Without hesitation, they pounced on the people down below.

Jiang Bufan wanted to slay these small insects.

However—

This was the Zerg Mother Empress.

She extended her tentacles, coiling tightly around him.

And beside the Mother Empress were four Zerg Guards.

A Tier 8 Mother Empress.

And four Zerg Guards at the peak of Tier 6.

Although the Mother Empress's combat ability wasn't high,

her tier was.

The only thing Jiang Bufan could do was hold them off.

Otherwise, letting them go down would bring disaster.

High-tier enemies against low-tier people were simply a slaughter.

Below.

The Director of Instruction, holding a blueprint, was walking nonstop along the street.

"Mm... the great formation should be fine,"

The Director of Instruction nodded, then tossed the blueprint down.

The blueprint suddenly went *pang* midair.

Instantly wrapped in flames.

Scattered on the wind.

One could faintly see that the pattern on the blueprint was the sewer layout of the Northwest Gathering Ground.

The densely connected sewers had somehow formed a bizarre formation.

"What a pity, the spatial stone is gone—otherwise it would've been a bit easier."

The Director of Instruction sighed.

Then raised his hand.

A diamond ring sat on his ring finger.

Under the piercing sunlight—

one could see, within the gold-and-silver diamond,

a clump of white substance.

Like ash.

The Director of Instruction seemed to sense something.

Suddenly lowered his hand, his gaze turning toward the outside of the gathering ground.

"Here they come? General Lin..."

In the sky, a fiery-red meteor was plummeting toward the Northwest Gathering Ground.

Looking closely—

one could see the meteor's true appearance.

It was actually a one-armed man in red armor, gripping a long blade.

Lin Shu's gaze swept downward, the corner of his mouth twitching ceaselessly.

Fury filled his eyes.

Especially upon seeing the fierce beasts rushing toward the city wall below.

He drew his blade at once, slashing downward.

A ferocious aura erupted from the blade.

A transparent blade qi descended from the sky.

Thousands of fierce beasts were instantly cleaved clean in two.

"Join our Great Xuan! Die!"

Lin Shu plummeted directly before the city wall.

He raised his great blade, and another hundred-meter blade qi slashed through.

However, just as the blade qi was about to touch the tide of ferocious beasts.

A snow-white hand suddenly extended.

It directly pinched the blade qi.

Crack.

The hundred-meter transparent blade qi shattered like a mirror.

Lin Shu's expression began to freeze.

And the owner of this hand finally revealed himself.

A man who looked extremely handsome.

Shoulder-length white hair, with two red marks on his forehead.

"Traitor!"

The moment he saw the man, Lin Shu immediately began to grind his teeth.

His look was as if he were gazing upon the murderer of his father.

"Big Brother Lin, long time no see."

The man smiled, extended his hand, and waved at Lin Shu.

"Did you plan this conspiracy?! Have you joined the Dawn?"

Lin Shu asked with a cold face.

"No, no, no. This plan was hatched over ten years; I only found out not long ago."

"As for the Dawn... from the moment I was born, I have been theirs."

Bai Fa said helplessly.

"Traitor! Die!"

Lin Shu exerted slight force beneath his feet.

He instantly transformed into a red beam of light.

Rushing to attack Bai Fa!

"How can you call me a traitor? We have been enemies from start to finish; it is just that you are too naive."

He shook his head.

Bai Fa slowly extended his arm.

The arm was quickly covered in black.