Chapter 65: Slaughter in the Jungle

On the first level of the labyrinth, where the torrents converge, this place is a grotto named the "Chamber of a Thousand Rocks."

Over three hundred elite Merman warriors stood here, holding harpoons and quietly watching the rugged, rocky cave and the wide grotto.

Dozens of cave entrances connected to this place.

Not only did the rushing water converge here, but it is said that the Demon King's army and supply troops had also passed through here!

It is no exaggeration to say that this is the transportation hub for the entire southwest of the first level of the labyrinth.

If one wanted to change the direction of the water flow, building a dam here would be the best choice... almost just a few rock walls would be enough to divert the rushing torrent to other exits.

Sodo of the Gray Fin Clan believed that if even an outsider like him could think of this, there was no reason the master of the labyrinth wouldn't know.

That guy might already be on his way!

"You all, guard the surroundings!"

Ordering the warriors to disperse, Sodo closed his eyes.

With the tip of the harpoon in his hand pointing downward, he sank his five senses completely beneath the water surface, spreading out toward the surroundings along with the flowing water waves.

Everything within a hundred meters was under his control! A ferocious smile tugged at the corner of Sodo's mouth.

The taste of the Demon King—

He couldn't wait!

Southwest of the Pine Song Forest.

A robust Lizardman stood beside the cave entrance, his majestic gaze fixed unblinkingly on the cave entrance flooded by the river.

After a long while, he murmured.

"... I wonder if those eight-legged bugs have drowned yet."

Hearing the chieftain's voice, the clansmen standing around exchanged glances, having no ideas themselves, and discussed in low voices.

"I think they're probably drowned."

"It's been almost two hours; we've poured at least tens of thousands of tons of water inside."

"Tens of thousands of tons? That's more than that!"

Nils didn't speak, just looked at Chieftain Sanu with some worry.

Ever since being humiliated by the little devil's envoy last time, their chieftain had been like possessed, never again using a normal name to refer to the monsters in the labyrinth.

For example, the little devil was a winged rat, and the Cave Spiders were eight-legged bugs...

It was clear he was still angry.

Nils paused for a moment and said in a low voice.

"Speaking of which, I didn't expect that new Demon King to completely ignore the life and death of the Shadow-Weaving Nest... It seems we overestimated him."

"Who knows?"

Sanu curled his mouth, his eyes squinting as he stared at the labyrinth entrance, and continued.

"Maybe, as those gill-bearing snakes said, that guy has already gone to the confluence of the torrents. Regardless, we only need to ensure the water flow here remains unobstructed—"

Before his voice had even fallen, a gunshot suddenly rang out from afar.

The Lizardmen quickly looked in the direction of the gunshot, only to see birds startled and dust flying at the edge of the forest.

"Firearm?!"

"Is it humans?!"

"How could—"

Astonished voices rose one after another; the Lizardmen all showed expressions of suspicion and uncertainty, even revealing a hint of panic.

Compared to the new Demon King, it was clear that the human army that had defeated the Demon King's army not long ago was more worthy of their fear.

Sanu, as the chieftain of a clan, was the same.

When he heard the gunshot, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

However, as he fixed his eyes on the distance and saw the white bones running in the rolling dust, he, who had been astonished a second ago, immediately reacted.

"Not humans—"

At the same time, the roar of an Earth Dragon Clan sentry came from afar.

"Undead!! It's the undead!"

Having no time to hesitate, Sanu immediately drew the Dragon Tooth Spear stuck to the side and let out a war cry at the clansmen scattered around.

"Prepare for battle!!!"

In the blink of an eye, the encounter battle at the edge of the jungle had begun! On one side were over five hundred Earth Dragon Clan warriors, and on the other side was an undead army composed of eight hundred skeleton soldiers and undead rats.

Judging from the panel attributes alone, the comprehensive combat power of the latter was far inferior to the former, even though a full one-eighth of these eight hundred undead were Black Iron-tier supernatural beings.

Almost all Earth Dragon Clan warriors had no doubt that they only needed one charge to crush this group of ignorant cannon fodder! However, something unexpected by all the Lizardmen happened—

"Long live Lord Demon King!!!!"

With a loud crunching sound, 【One Gulp Chemical Pool】, wrapped in dynamite packs, rushed directly toward the front row of Lizardmen with bare hands.

The Lizardmen who had just assembled hadn't reacted to what was happening when the fire of the explosion instantly blew them away!

The power seemed to far exceed human gunpowder, so much so that upon seeing the flashing fire, Nils even had the illusion that this was actually magic—

He vaguely remembered hearing from somewhere.

The followers of the ancient Mechanical God Sect could use a "burst magic" of great power, which could even change the color of the sky and collapse mountains with a wave of their hands!

Just as he was stunned, another skeleton soldier followed suit and rushed toward the Lizardman warriors who had been stunned by the explosion at the front line, its creaking mouth seemingly still chewing on something.

"Cat girl! My cat—!"

Boom—! The shockwave of the explosion raged in the forest, the power this time seeming even stronger than the previous wave, directly blasting a gap in the Lizardman warriors' line! Watching the skeleton skirmishers like a tide killing their way over, Nils and Sanu's faces changed completely.

If these were all skeletons that could explode, then what the hell was the point of fighting!? Skeleton soldiers were cannon fodder to begin with.

Trading flesh and blood for cannon fodder, no matter how you trade, they lose!

"Disperse!!!"

Nils roared, letting the clansmen who had subconsciously assembled disperse, but he didn't expect the situation on the battlefield to suddenly turn into a group of skeletons chasing a group of Lizardmen.

Being chased by the undead...

What a great humiliation! Sanu's eyes bulged with bloodshot veins, he took a deep breath and was about to release a Dragon Roar at the sea of skeletons, but a roar killed him first.

"Shut up!" (Dragon Language)

That powerful roar was like a hammer hitting a forge; the earth-shattering loud noise shook his mind, and he almost subconsciously closed his mouth.

If he had been silenced like this at a normal time, it wouldn't have mattered, but unfortunately, the Dragon Roar rolling out from his throat had almost reached his lips.

The vibrating energy was forcibly held back by his tightly closed mouth, almost shifting his internal organs.

Wiping away the blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, Sanu stared straight at the direction from which the roar came with bulging eyes.

Can't be wrong—

That's a Dragon Roar!

And unlike his pure roar, the opponent clearly mastered the true Dragon Language, injecting more advanced power into the roar! But why?!

Sanu couldn't understand.

A mere necromancer, actually worthy of using the power of the Dragon God?!

What a blasphemy!!! "Ah ah ah...!"

A ball of rage surged from his heart, Sanu gripped the Dragon Tooth Spear in his hand, and a pair of amber pupils had completely turned blood red.

He wanted to kill this guy!

Whether it was to avenge the dead clansmen! Or for the glory of Lord Dragon God!

This necromancer must die!!!

"Sun Engine!!!" (Dragon Language)

The furious roar resounded throughout the battlefield, and the spreading shockwave forcibly tore pine needles within a radius of tens of meters from the trees!

The Lizardmen stopped their steps involuntarily, and also raised their heads to let out a deafening roar.

Enveloped by that earth-shaking war cry, the scales on all the Earth Dragon Clan Lizardmen were plated with a faint golden yellow!

Not only that—

The momentum they had originally had, which was like a river flowing a thousand miles, also underwent a earth-shaking change at the same time!

The dynamite made by 【One Gulp Chemical Pool】 was limited; after all, not every skeleton soldier carried a dynamite pack.

As the Lizardmen stopped running and instead charged head-on into the sea of skeletons rushing up.

Faced with the impact of these shock units, the skeleton soldiers, not even LV1, were instantly blown away, their numbers decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The battle situation that had originally tilted toward the Great Graveyard was actually turned back by the opponent.

Mi Ya, hiding on the treetop, was trembling.

She, who had been cheering a second ago, watched large swaths of skeleton soldiers fall, and now didn't dare to cheer anymore.

"Damn it... when did these Lizardmen become so strong?!"

Sure enough—

Was everyone slacking off when working for Lord Thunder Strike·Delagong?! Her gaze tried to search for the trace of Lord Demon King, but she saw that Lord Demon King had already disappeared.

This guy—

Did he slip away?! Luo Yan certainly didn't slip away.

It was just that out of caution, he had ridden Arakdo up a tree at the beginning of the battle and started preparing before casting the spell—

Position construction!

That Earth Dragon Clan chieftain likely had Steel-tier strength, and only higher, not lower; he had to treat it with two hundred percent caution.

This was not just for himself.

It was also for the Great Graveyard! Hu Wan, carrying a firearm, looked at the crazed lizards in astonishment and couldn't help but exclaim and complain.

"Holy crap?! Did this guy open a group berserk?!"

Ye Zhiqiu, standing to the side, was calm in the face of danger, the soul fire burning in his skull even faintly emitting a sharp light.

"BOSS fight is coming!"

Standing here, he was different from before!

Presumably this time, he should be able to be of some use! Gou Shi, to the side, seeing this, hurriedly pushed 【Wang Shi Ru Yan】, who was standing there stupidly, forward, and then pointed at the lizard that was the first to roar and shout.

"Buddy, see that guy?! Rush up and give him a hug!" "Ah?!"

"Don't 'ah', hurry up!!"

Being urged and ordered like this, Wang Shi Ru Yan ran forward in a daze, rushing toward the lizard that was plated all over with golden yellow.

Discovering his move, the Lizardmen nearby carrying scimitars immediately stepped forward to block.

"Holy crap, how the hell do you blow this thing up—"

Wang Shi Ru Yan searched for a long time but couldn't find where the fuse was, then suddenly his toe kicked a tree root, and his whole body lunged forward.

"Damn—"

Almost the moment he hit the ground, scorching flames surged from his palm, instantly transforming into boiling air waves!

With his last consciousness, he saw several Lizardmen blown away by the shockwave of the explosion, and even two pine trees nearby were knocked down!

A few bare bones stepped over him, without a moment's pause, immediately rushing to the next death.

Then, his consciousness went blank.

Although he died in a daze, for a moment he felt...

This life was worth it.

"..."

Connection disconnected.

Zhao Jinyan, leaning on the chair, let out a long breath, pulled off the second-hand VR glasses worn on his head, first wiped the sweat off his head, and then took several deep breaths to calm down.

His heart was beating violently.

It was as if it was about to jump out of his chest!

After an unknown amount of time, a hint of fanaticism gradually rose on that pale, dead-fish-like face, and he came alive from the muddle-headedness as if he had been reborn.

This game—

Is simply awesome!!!

The slaughter in the jungle continued, and the collision of white bones and flesh and blood did not pause because of the fall of one skeleton soldier.

The Lizardmen bathed in golden light were like invulnerable bronze men, and no matter how hard those LV0 cannon fodder tried to hack, they couldn't hurt them at all!

However—

What they relied on at this moment was ultimately the power borrowed from the gods.

As time passed, the halo wrapped around the Earth Dragon Clan warriors gradually faded, and the scales shining with golden light finally stopped glowing.

A Lizardman warrior had just swung his scimitar to hack down a skeleton soldier, and the next second he was stabbed through the chest by an undead rat holding a spear.

"First blood! First blood! I got it! Ga ga ga!"

The player who succeeded in the sneak attack let out a treacherous laugh like a strange cry.

Although he didn't have time to finish being happy before his skull was smashed by a whistling flying axe, the extinguished soul fire had already told of the satisfaction in his heart.

One undead for one Lizardman.

No matter how you look at it, it's a profit! The Earth Dragon Clan warrior stabbed through the chest by the spear let out a roar of pain, but ultimately fell into the mud stained red with blood with full unwillingness.

Seeing the Earth Dragon Clan warriors who had the upper hand showing fatigue, Luo Yan, who had been waiting for a long time, finally seized the opportunity and gave the order to attack through the mouth of Bond.

"Fire!"

A brand new greatsword was raised from Bond's hand, and then slashed down with the sound of breaking air! The players who had been waiting for a long time finally didn't have to endure anymore and pulled the triggers in their hands.

"Pa pa pa—!"

A series of dense gunshots rang out in the forest, the noisy rain of bullets shuttled through, instantly shooting dozens of Lizardman warriors to the ground.

Watching the skeleton soldiers firing like human soldiers, Nils, standing among the Earth Dragon Clan warriors, widened his eyes in astonishment.

Undead with self-awareness were not uncommon—

But this was the first time he had seen a group of them! They must not be allowed to continue shooting!

He swung the scimitar in his hand and knocked down several skeletons, then shouted loudly at the warriors beside him.

"Don't get entangled with these cannon fodder! Charge over—"

Before his voice had fallen, 【Gou Shi】, who had been waiting on the side, finally seized the opportunity, screamed, and rushed up.

"Mine!!! My BOSS!!!"

Nils subconsciously swung the scimitar in his hand, but saw a glimmer of light in the opponent's skull that his treacherous plan had succeeded.

Not good—

He had just thought so, but it was already too late.

The unstable nitroglycerin exploded in an instant, and the flashing flames and flying bone fragments swallowed him in an instant! This was the last of the dynamite.

But at the same time, this was also the last Bronze-tier temple warrior of the Earth Dragon Clan!

"Nils!!!"

Watching the fall of the last young talent in the clan, Sanu let out a roar, his amber pupils so red they seemed about to drip blood.

He wanted to avenge him, but couldn't find where the enemy was! Watching Nils die on the battlefield, the Lizardmen trapped in the quagmire let out angry roars one after another, rushing toward the skeleton shooters who were reloading.

However, how could Luo Yan, who had been ambushed on the side since the beginning of the battle, let these guys succeed so easily? "Grasp of the Skeleton!"

The dazzling black light hit the muddy ground like lightning, and one after another, pale skeleton hands emerged from the mud like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

That wasn't one hand—

But thousands! The dense white bones were like a forest made of thorns!

They grew wildly, raging on the wide land, trying to imprison everything that passed by them! "Ah—!"

"Damn it! What is this thing?!"

"My foot is grabbed!"

The momentum of the Earth Dragon Clan warriors' charge suddenly paused.

And it was this slight, shouldn't-have-been pause that became their final charge.

"Fire!!!"

There was no need for Luo Yan to command, and there was no way to command; the players who finished reloading first pulled the triggers quickly, followed by the next one.

"Pa pa—!"

The constantly ringing gunshots splashed on the Earth Dragon Clan warriors' position like raindrops, ruthlessly taking them and the skeleton soldier cannon fodder away together.

In just a few breaths of time, only two digits of Lizardman soldiers remained standing, and the muddy ground was covered with corpses.

And at this moment, those corpses actually began to stand up slowly.

Terrified expressions appeared on faces covered with scales.

Group Undead Summoning!

If facing endless undead was enough to make them fearful, then now they had to face the corpses of their former comrades—

Watching that his clansmen no longer had the strength to fight, Sanu, trapped in the encirclement, swung the Dragon Tooth Spear in his hand, which was both a staff and a weapon, and finally made a certain determination.

Raising his hand, he knocked away the dozen or so skeleton soldiers surrounding him, and let out a roar of boiling hatred toward the forest.

"Demon King—"

"I admit you have some skills!"

"But if you think you can make the Earth Dragon Clan submit just by this, then you are underestimating us who flow with the blood of dragons!"

Sitting on Arakdo's back, standing in the shadows, Luo Yan said in a slow, methodical voice.

"I never said I wanted you to submit."

"What I want is your head."

The followers of the Demon God can still be won over.

Those who abandon the faith of the Demon God have only two paths—complete death or complete surrender.

Okdo, who was fighting on the front line, shook the blood off his blade, repeated Lord Demon King's words, and then rushed toward Sanu like a gale.

Watching the young talent of the clan being tortured into such a lizard-not-lizard, ghost-not-ghost appearance, Sanu was filled with grief and indignation, and finally recited that final spell.

That was not Dragon Language!

"Great dragon soaring in the sky—"

"Your descendants are willing to use the blood of their whole body and the teeth of young dragons as sacrifices to call for your glory to reappear on this decaying land!"

The tip of the Dragon Tooth Spear flashed, and finally disappeared like dust.

Understanding the content of the spell, Luo Yan's pupils contracted sharply.

This is—

Sacrifice?! Without a moment's hesitation, he immediately used the Silence Spell.

"Shut up!" (Dragon Language)

No use!!! However, Sanu, standing in the eye of the storm, seemed not to hear it, reciting that chilling spell on his own.

Jin Huang lightning circled around his body, and a bolt of lightning suddenly descended from the clear sky, fiercely striking the top of his head!

The surging current stirred up ten thousand feet of dust, destroying his physical body in an instant! But at the same time, the thunder that descended from the nine heavens also gave him a new body!

"Roar—!"

The violent airflow blew away the dust.

When the dust cleared, the existence standing on the battlefield made all the players widen their eyes in surprise.

Only to see that the Earth Dragon Clan chieftain who had stood before Okdo had disappeared.

Replacing him was a true giant dragon with a wingspan of over ten meters, its head towering over the pine tips, like a mountain! Luo Yan hadn't reacted yet.

Arakdo, ridden beneath him, had already kicked his eight legs, sitting terrified in the spider webs between the pine branches, almost dropping Lord Demon King.

"Demon God above! This, what kind of... what kind of majesty is this?!"

On the other side, Mi Ya, floating in the sky, was even more useless, directly scared to pee by this horrific scene.

"Damn it... damn it damn it... giant giant giant dragon?!"

It's really over now!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 66 =====