Chapter 976: The Plague (1)

Black gas surged like the overturned Milky Way, its endless waves submerging countless monstrous beasts and divine servants alike beneath the earth.

A scream erupted, and the earth seemed to turn into hell.

Innumerable divine servants surged out from the black mist.

Black gas covered their bodies and clothes. This black gas, like insects, burrowed into their skin and then penetrated deep into their bodies.

“Ahh!”

“Help me!”

These divine servants screamed in agony. Some of the weaker ones had already begun to shed flesh from their bodies, and the blood dripping from their insides was mixed with blackness.

“Au, roar!”

From the black mist, monstrous beasts surged forth, their eyes bloodshot, cascading like a torrent to overwhelm the divine servants once again.

Hiss… hiss… hiss…

Flesh was torn piece by piece from the body of the divine servant.

In a split second, a living person was crushed to pieces, bones and all.

The first million divine servants who rushed into Fanggang were all devoured by the army of magical beasts, not a single one left.

“Poisonous dragon, it’s actually a poisonous dragon.”

A divine servant cried out, “Isn’t this city supposed to be the only place where Lu Yu himself possesses the power of the venomous dragon? What’s going on here?”

The divine servant behind them came to a halt.

Millions of celestial beings raised their voices in unison, joining hands to sweep away waves of golden light.

“Roar!”

A venomous dragon surged into the sky, its tail swinging like it had lashed the heavens apart, and charged towards the golden beams swept out by the myriad divine servants.

Bang!

Golden light shattered across the sky as the dragon soared halfway into the air, sweeping one of its claws through the sky.

Buzz.

Millions of divine servants were turned into a rain of blood beneath the dragon’s claws, plummeting towards the earth.

“Lord of the City, this is the power of a City Lord!”

Numerous divine servants howled, their eyes wide with terror, emitting shrieks of panic.

“Roar!”

At the edge of the first realm, two venomous dragons faced each other, roaring towards the sky. Their sonic waves transformed into tangible black spiral energy blasts, shooting out from their mouths. These spirals continuously expanded outward, covering an increasingly wider area.

The remaining millions of divine servants in the sky were sliced into pieces by the sound waves, which continued to expand, piercing through the clouds and illuminating the stars.

“All of them are at the City Lord level!”

The divine servants from the other direction were all stunned; they had just arrived at the battlefield and, upon witnessing this scene, ceased their attacks immediately.

Beyond the first realm, there were a total of one hundred black dragons.

In the heart of the battlefield, thirty-five warriors stood motionless atop the only tavern, their eyes locked onto different venomous dragons.

Luo Mo gazed at the hundred venomous dragons, deep in thought.

Hundreds of venomous dragons rolled through the sky. Wherever their dragon breath passed, divine servants retreated in fear, and screams echoed everywhere.

These venomous dragons not only struck within the city, but their dragon breath also surged toward the armies stationed in the various cities outside the walls.

Any enemies of Fanggang, not even a single venomous dragon will be spared.

However, this was limited to the enemies of the Warcraft army.

Because the poison dragon’s toxic gas could not harm the demon legion at all, the demon army thrived in the poisonous mist like fish in water, becoming even more reckless and ferocious in their attacks.

A cold voice said, “Imparting toxicity to a magic beast and then using the Blood King Beast to spread the antidote ability to countless other magic beasts? In that case, you’d have an army of tens of millions of undead creatures, immune to poison!”

As this person spoke, many people felt headaches.

Even if Lu Yu were dead, this city would still be a big trouble.

“You’re a dead puppet yourself!” Luo Mo realized, shifting his gaze to Lu Yu and accusing, “You didn’t just create puppets for others—you created a puppet of yourself too!”

The Hydra was taken aback, and then quickly understood.

Lu Yu said coldly, “I have been preparing for countless years, all for today, all for this moment. To enter Fanggang, you people alone are not enough.”

The Hydra snarled, “It’s a pity you’re all alone. Kill you, and everything will come to an end.”

Lu Yu laughed loudly and said, “Kill me? This is my home ground here—what makes you think you can kill me?”

Luo Mo said, “No matter how strong you are, you’re still just one person. The enemy here, however, numbers in the hundreds of millions; even if we can’t kill you, we can wear you down to death.”

“Alright then, go ahead and try. Let’s see if you have the capability to outlast me!”

In the sky, a cold and commanding voice rang out sharply, barking, “Attack!”

All the divine servants above the City of Bones sprang into action, with millions of them launching attacks against Lu Yu.

“Just a few million, get out of my way!” Lu Yu strode forward and his body collided with the golden light.

The golden light was shattered into pieces.

Lu Yu threw a punch, his fist’s force distorting the void as a mighty dragon surged forth.

Boom!

Luo Mo struck, appearing from the side to block Lu Yu’s punch.

“Boom!”

The Hydra spewed forth flames, cold gleams, and black chaotic light, all striking Lu Yu.

This strike was still unstoppable for Lu Yu, sending him flying backward hundreds of meters.

Snap!

A golden beam of light in the sky transformed into a sharp blade, slicing down from another direction and striking Lu Yu.

This golden light tore through the flesh on Lu Yu’s back and struck his bone.

Hum.

Another surge of energy appeared, descending from the sky and violently pressing down toward Lu Yu, as if attempting to crush him beneath its force.

Lu Yu flipped backward and sprang up from the ground just as the figure landed.

Then, a figure’s foot suddenly flew out, kicking Lu Yu’s chest and sending him soaring over a thousand meters away, crashing into the bones of the humanoid clan’s battlefield.

The battle bones were completely activated, unleashing waves of power in a merciless bombardment.

“Roar!”

A black dragon emerged from Lu Yu, devouring three towering battle bones each hundreds of feet high. However, he was also struck by the remaining battle bones, causing the flesh and blood from more than half of his body to explode outward.

Two new figures emerged, their entire bodies enveloped in golden light, even their hair glowing golden.

Luo Mo and others frowned.

Because the two people they saw were the lords of the Divine Spirit Star.

This time, the arrival of all thirty thousand divine cities was equivalent to the presence of thirty thousand city lords.

Even if Fanggang had a hundred clones of Lu Yu, they could only hold off a hundred city lords. If the rest of the city lords all came together, what chance would Fanggang stand?

The two city lords looked at Lu Yu and said, “Human, you have provoked the wrath of the gods; we will take your life.”

At this moment, powerful auras surged down from the golden light in the sky, accompanying countless divine servants as they descended together.

As soon as they appeared outside the harbor, they took action.

Every person, when throwing a punch, could destroy an army of millions of monstrous creatures.

In the core area, someone shouted loudly, “Retreat! Retreat! Hold the line with the Deathless Sky Dome!”

All the warriors retreated like a tidal wave.

The immortal sky shrouds the entire Fanggang, and within this domain, the warriors of Fanggang are invincible.

Moreover, the defense towers within the city also began their attacks.

Although the attack power of three hundred billion is considerable, it can at least be regarded as a certain force in battle.

“It ends here. Killing you will end everything,” Luo Mo snarled, his voice filled with malice. “Lu Yu, you have no chance left.”

“Haha, come and kill me then! I’d like to see if you can really kill me,” Lu Yu roared through clenched teeth, his Eagle King Wings trembling.

Boom!

The魔王’s wrath was unleashed.

Lu Yu’s strength reached the peak of the King-level power, and at this moment, his speed was also pushed to its limit.

He disappeared!

As soon as the group saw this, their hearts tightened, and they immediately looked around in all directions.

However—

Boom!

Lu Yu’s body appeared beside tens of millions of humanoid warriors.

Immediately, Lu Yu’s body began to bulge with prominent veins. Every inch of his muscles and every cell in his body rapidly swelled. Within his body, millions of streams of power vibrated and then violently compressed inward in an instant.

“Retreat!”

Hydra roared loudly.

“Stop him!”

A city lord shouted loudly.

Tens of millions of human warriors seemed to witness a colossal beast baring its sharp fangs, and then their vision was engulfed by darkness.

Lu Yu exposed himself!

The power of a City Lord’s self-destruction caused millions of surging energy currents to erupt within Lu Yu’s body, each one unleashing a storm of devastation in all directions.

The power of tens of millions of sword qi erupted simultaneously, a force even more terrifying than a single strike from the City Lord.

Luo Mo and his group retreated in disarray, and the humanoid race also fell back in retreat.

But they were too late.

Lu Yu’s blood and bones exploded, scattering in all directions like countless tiny arrows.

What they found most alarming was that all the arrows were black.

These arrows struck the body of a warrior, immediately piercing through him, and continued their path backward. Each thin, hair-like arrow could shoot forth ten thousand zhang before finally losing its force.

Tens of millions of human warriors were poisoned, and almost instantly began screaming in agony, some coughing up large amounts of black blood.

Then, millions of Xueyan warriors, more than twenty thousand Xueyan Kings, and nearly thirty of the Xueyan race’s most supreme kings were all pierced through by arrows.

The next two city lords who came down were also hit by arrows.

The real terror lies in the tiny black blood arrows; it was Lu Yu’s self-destructive strike that even two city lords could not withstand.

Endless streams of black blood shot in all directions.

The screams turned this place into hell.

When many people’s vision regained color and was no longer dark, they saw a golden heart floating in midair at the spot where Lu Yu had originally exploded, sucking back all the blood that had been forcefully ejected.

The city lord severed his own arm to prevent the black blood from spreading, but his blood was already turning black.

“Help! Save me!”

“I don’t want to die!”

Innumerable people were rolling on the ground, their flesh corroding in large chunks.

Lu Yu’s body recovered, and without even pausing to take a breath, he rushed toward the Hydra, carrying a wave of toxic energy.

The Hydra immediately spat out a light shield to block Lu Yu.

Everywhere there were screams of agony. From the sky to the ground above the City of Bones, nearly one-third of the people had been poisoned.

Some of the weak ones have already turned into a pool of black water, and then the black water transformed into black mist.

The weak who had perished within the black mist emerged as pitch-black humanoid figures, mercilessly lunging at the nearest people without hesitation.

Poison Puppet: Any living being slain by the potent venom of the Toxic Dragon King will have their soul and flesh utterly bound within your poison. When you unleash the Poison Puppet, they shall become your most loyal warrior.

Their physical forms are indestructible and can infinitely regenerate within the poison. Only when the caster dies will the poison puppet perish!

This was a skill that Lu Yu did not want to use.

What he needs to strengthen is not his skills, but himself.

It is related to the defensive capabilities in the core areas.

Many of the city’s defenses were related to him, and strengthening himself would ensure even stronger protection for the city.

Moreover, his life is also connected to the abilities of the Guardians, and relates to many other powers.

These gave to the enemy would mean the end of Fanggang.

That’s why he has been fighting alone all along.

But now the conditions no longer permit it; alone, one cannot resist the growing number of City Lords of the Divine Cities.

The poisoned people kept turning into puppets, and even the king was no exception.

The two poisoned city lords were pale and spitting out large amounts of black blood.

“Kill!”

Lu Yu coldly uttered a single word, then lunged toward one of the city lords.

Within a mere dozen seconds, over a million warriors had been transformed into poisonous puppets, and they too were rushing toward the nearest fighters.