Chapter 291: The Despair of the Golden Dragon Lady (Part II)

"Ang—"

A high-pitched dragon roar resounded across the plains. A massive golden dragon instantly appeared from Wang Qiu Er's body, carrying an unstoppable momentum as it charged straight toward the City Defense Army.

Mingdu.

"How do you intend to deal with Wang Qiu Er? Release her or keep her detained?" Luo Yu communicated with the main body within the sea of consciousness.

"Forget about detaining her. If you draw Di Tian over, your entire foundation here will be finished. Release her; leave the subsequent matters to me," Su Yu replied slowly.

Wang Qiu Er could not be detained. Di Tian did not yet know that Luo Yu was a clone. If Wang Qiu Er were to fall in Mingdu, it would likely trigger a Beast Tide to assault the Sun Moon Empire.

Looking at the intelligence in the center, Luo Yu continued to ask: "But what about those people from the Three Great Empires? The Holy Spirit Cult and the City Defense Army have already surrounded them. It is estimated that it will be over in two days at most. According to our cooperation with the Holy Spirit Cult, they proposed wanting to capture Wang Qiu Er to become their Saintess. However, I rejected this point. I said I wanted Wang Qiu Er, but the others can only fend for themselves."

"Let them fend for themselves. Just drive them to the Jingyang Mountain Range, and leave the rest to me. It is impossible for Wang Qiu Er to return to Shrek Academy." Su Yu recounted the past and could not help but sigh at the incompetence of Shrek Academy.

Even rescuing people is done in such a stingy way. The specific information was already sent out, yet they still didn't send anyone to rescue them. Do they really think that with this meager strength, they can save anyone?

The original rescue mission was already absurd; the place of detention was not guarded by heavy troops, they didn't send people to check at all times, they didn't apply soul power-restricting handcuffs or shackles, and the place of detention wasn't even a heavily fortified area...

"The movements of the Shrek group have also been exposed. I originally didn't want to make a move against them, but..." Luo Yu paused, feeling somewhat helpless.

Su Yu asked: "You mean those guys have also been near your residence, right? And it wasn't just one person who went."

"Yes, the Shrek Seven Devils have basically all visited. Huo Yuhao likely borrowed the power of the Tian Meng Ice Silkworm to sneak into the residence and had a brief conversation with the three princesses. Do you want me to tell you the content?" Because of the various defenses in Mingdu and the surveillance by top-tier individuals, Luo Yu could not synchronize memories, as there was too much interference.

A moment later, Luo Yu relayed the current situation to Su Yu. In addition, Luo Yu had the latest news, which concerned Su Yu.

The Three Great Empires seem to have been collecting information on Su Yu recently. What exactly it is, I don't know, but Luo Yu can vaguely guess that something big is likely to happen. If it weren't something big, how could they have done it so cleanly that one couldn't find any problems at all?

Collecting information is a common occurrence. Through some secret channels, one can also know which forces are collecting whose information recently. These things are not big secrets, but the cost required to know these things is also not cheap.

"Someone is investigating my past, which involves the Luo Family of the Star Luo Imperial Capital. I am not sure if Luo Jing is a smokescreen pushed out by the person behind the scenes, but if I appear in the Three Great Empires and Luo Jing disappears and no longer appears, then I would instead suspect whether he is that person."

I don't know what strange things the second transmigrator might have. After all, there are already major doubts about me having transmigrated here. If Luo Jing really is that person, then only one of us can survive.

"Why do you think that if Luo Jing disappears and doesn't appear again, you would suspect he is that person?" Luo Yu felt that if Luo Jing appeared again, he would be the one worth suspecting.

Su Yu replied: "If a person frequently appears in the same incident, it is easy to be suspicious, but this person is very smart, and he also knows this principle. I bet that the next time he appears in such an incident, it will definitely be someone else. He will use many people as this smokescreen, and then hide himself among the many smokescreens. However, usually the first smokescreen is a probe, and often the most dangerous place is the safest place."

"So you mean the first smokescreen is the real one?" Luo Yu vaguely guessed Su Yu's thoughts, but was not sure what Su Yu wanted to express.

Su Yu looked out the window and continued: "Not entirely, but those that appear the least and the most are definitely worth suspecting, because human thinking is nothing more than these two pitfalls. But if Luo Jing does not appear among them, then his doing so is meaningless, because as long as he is in the Three Great Empires, he needs power as a reliance."

"Just like my current situation, backed by Mingde Hall, the Emperor, and the Worship Hall." Luo Yu understood immediately; power and status gave him a great advantage.

Su Yu smiled, "Good to know. Then the rest is up to me, and you can arrange the rest yourself. However, I must take Wang Qiu Er away. Leave those guys from the Holy Spirit Cult to you. Xu Tianran will definitely be very happy to see the people of the Holy Spirit Cult die in the hands of the Three Great Empires."

At this time, Wang Qiu Er and her group were still in the middle of fleeing.

"Captain, we estimate that in another half hour, our soul power will be completely exhausted. We can no longer escape..." a team member sighed helplessly.

After a long breakout battle, the original team of more than thirty people was reduced to twenty after this battle and several breakout fights. This time, being surrounded by Lu Jiuyu and his group, after several hours of breakout fighting, another eight people were lost. Now, including Wang Qiu Er, there were only twelve left.

"The Milk Bottles are also used up, and there are no more soul power recovery pills. The Soul Master who could provide us with support also died in the breakout three hours ago. Captain, can we still break out..."

"Captain, why don't we surrender? I... I don't want to die..."

"Captain..."

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Collapse, loss, despair... all kinds of negative emotions surged like a tide. Everything came so suddenly. Wang Qiu Er did not expect such an ending. If...

If Su Yu were still here, would we be like this?

No, he is so strong, he definitely wouldn't be like this...

Wang Qiu Er's eyes were unfocused. The moment she was chosen as captain, the moment she resolutely took on the identity of captain, her mission was to complete the task and bring everyone back to the Three Great Empires unscathed.

But now, more than half were dead or injured, and those who survived were nearly collapsing. Those expectant eyes made Wang Qiu Er's heart tremble.

Captain, there will be reinforcements, right? We will definitely be able to hold on!

Captain, we won't die, right?

Captain, I want to go home...

Captain...

Li Hao, who was previously responsible for reconnaissance, died under the Soul Guidance Cannon of the Sun Moon Empire's City Defense Army. The only thing left was the fragments of his weapon. The moment he was blown up, a fragment was thrown to Wang Qiu Er, because he had once said that if he couldn't return, please take this back to the Three Great Empires, as if he had also gone home...

"I... I don't know, I don't know..."

Wang Qiu Er muttered to herself. She felt a deep sense of powerlessness. Even though the Golden Dragon Spear in her hand gave her powerful combat strength, and even though the Golden Dragon Martial Soul gave her the strength to push through her peers of the current generation, the power of one person is ultimately limited. In the previous breakout battle, she fought until her soul power was nearly exhausted, fought until her hands and feet were numb.

But the enemy still surged up like a tide, endless no matter how many she killed...

Power, she needed more powerful power!

At this moment, she had never felt such a longing for power. She wished she could control those powerful Soul Guidance Devices to blast out a path of escape, wished she could also drive a Soul Guidance Device to take everyone away from this encirclement filled with despair.

Boom!

A team member's Soul Guidance shield was broken by the City Defense Army's Soul Guidance Ray, and a Soul Guidance Hammer smashed heavily onto his body. At that moment, his fragile body flew out like a kite with a broken string.

"Pfft!"

Large mouthfuls of blood were continuously spat out. After struggling for several minutes, his hands covering his chest fell powerlessly, the pupils in his eyes dilated, and his vitality rapidly faded.

He was only a level 15 Soul Master, but when his soul power was exhausted, he still couldn't withstand the impact of the Soul Guidance Device. After all, not everyone has a physique like a monster.

Death was constantly being staged. Familiar faces fell into pools of blood, fell in this impossible mission.

Wang Qiu Er's heart also gradually became numb. Death was inevitable. At this moment, pity, sadness, and pain all seemed so pale and powerless.

When a person dies, it is like a lamp going out. Life is so fragile, fragile to the point that it can disappear completely in just a fleeting moment.

Ten people!

Eight people!

Seven people!

……

Thus, the Wang Qiu Er team, except for Captain Wang Qiu Er, was completely wiped out, killed in the forest outside Mingdu!

"All of you must die!"

The golden light on Wang Qiu Er's body surged, the golden radiance blooming amidst the chaotic Soul Guidance Rays; as the golden light collided with the Soul Guidance Rays, it stirred up a variety of mixed lights, including electric sparks, arc-shaped purple light, and black light shadows.

A powerful shockwave echoed across the battlefield, erupting into a heaven-shaking and earth-shattering terrifying scene within this forest; flesh and blood flew, and the Golden Dragon Spear continuously pierced through the bodies of the City Defense Army, the blood it brought forth scattering wantonly.

This reckless fighting style produced astonishing results; for a time, not a single member of the numerous City Defense Army could block Wang Qiu Er's path of breakout.

At this moment, Wang Qiu Er was like a furious giant dragon, charging and crashing through the formation of the City Defense Army; wherever she went, those who were not dead were injured!

"Why is it like this, why, clearly I have already..."

The Golden Dragon Spear brandished a blur of afterimages, and nothing in its path was spared, yet the City Defense Army still swarmed up like a tide.

Before you become a Soul Saint, you can still be piled to death by ants like a tide through sheer numbers, because you will always have a time when your soul power is exhausted; even if your Defense System is strong, it cannot withstand the simultaneous attack of thousands of Soul Guidance Rays!