Cao Yuan’s rage at this moment was easy to imagine.
He had finally managed to capture Qin Wuyao to use as leverage against Qin Lie.
She was inside the Four Directions’ guild settlement, backed by all its guild members.
And Qin Lie had come alone with some random nobody.
This should have been a total mismatch!
But instead.
In just the first exchange, before Cao Yuan could even react.
That Necromancer, whom he had dismissed as a nobody, shattered the guild’s fifty-million-shield-value barrier with a single charged Blood Spear!
And then.
Two pets appeared out of nowhere?
Both of them were humanoid pets at that!
One of them, a young girl, threw out a bubble shield to protect Qin Wuyao.
The other was even more direct—she just charged right in!
Humiliated and enraged, Cao Yuan had wanted to kill Qin Wuyao to spite Qin Lie.
But he couldn’t even do that!
His skills couldn’t even breach that humanoid pet’s defense!
Unable to break through—forced damage of just 1 point!
On top of that, she sent him flying with a single slap.
That one blow nearly sent Cao Yuan straight to meet his great-grandmother!
And what’s more.
This happened even though Cao Yuan had raised his shield to block.
All his gear was destroyed, completely wrecked, and his health hit rock bottom!
What was happening?
What the hell was happening?
Cao Yuan stared at Siluluo, his eyes bloodshot. Where could you even find a pet with such high defense, attack, speed, flight ability, and on top of all that, stunning looks?
“Attack! Kill them, kill them all! Focus fire!” Cao Yuan roared.
Even though he had recovered his health.
And swapped to a set of backup gear.
Cao Yuan didn’t dare charge in himself—that humanoid pet was far too terrifying. Going in meant feeding!
But the guild members behind him exchanged uncertain glances.
They had just watched Cao Yuan get smacked flying by that humanoid pet’s wing, reduced to that pathetic state.
Their gear was nowhere near as good as Cao Yuan’s. Their levels weren’t as high, their health even lower. Whoever stepped forward would die!
Still, some ranged professionals were itching to try.
They wanted to hide behind the crowd and take cheap shots.
People are like that—eager to join in when there’s mischief, yet always believing disaster won’t fall on them when it’s time to pay the price.
But right then.
Someone shouted at Cao Yuan: “Leader, we… we can’t fight him! He… he’s that Necromancer!”
What?
Cao Yuan froze.
Frowning, he said, “What do you mean? Which Necromancer?”
The man stammered nervously: “The… the one ranked first globally in the Endless Tower, the one holding multiple spots on the equipment leaderboard, the one who slaughtered the five Eagle Lord guild leaders and dozens of high-combat professionals the Death Arena—it’s most likely him!”
At these words.
Cao Yuan was dumbfounded.
He shot a shocked glance at Lu Ran. Of course, he knew the reputation of that mysterious Necromancer big shot!
But still…
He couldn’t connect that legend to the young man standing before him.
“You mean that Necromancer…”
Cao Yuan muttered to himself.
Then his gaze locked onto the staff in Lu Ran’s hand.
“The Sea-Calming Trident!” Cao Yuan gasped.
No wonder it looked so damn familiar—it was the Sea-Calming Trident from the global equipment leaderboard!
If that was true.
Then Lu Ran must also have Hades’ Crystal Skull!
And…
Elven Wings!
Cao Yuan sucked in a sharp breath, staring at Lu Ran.
Especially at Siluluo by Lu Ran’s side.
Now that he looked closely, it really was her!
Wasn’t that a Dark Elf?
But not just any ordinary Dark Elf!
Yet strangely, didn’t Elven Wings summon the entire natural elf race for battle?
But only one Dark Elf had appeared, with no natural elves in sight.
At that moment.
The countless members of Four Directions behind Cao Yuan were also dumbfounded, rooted in place, not daring to move.
If he really was that mysterious Necromancer big shot, never mind the big shot’s personal combat strength—just with Elven Wings summoning the elven forces, hundreds of thousands of elf warriors could instantly overrun the Four Directions settlement now that its protective shield was gone!
Cao Yuan’s eyes flickered unsteadily.
Then he suddenly gritted his teeth.
Staring at Qin Lie, he snarled: “If I don’t avenge this, I’m not human! There must be some mistake—he can’t be that mysterious Necromancer. And even if he is, he still has to die! Everyone focus fire! Kill him! He may not have time to summon the elves!”
But the professionals behind them looked at each other in bewilderment.
No one moved.
After all, this was between Cao Yuan and Qin Lie—it had nothing to do with them.
Why risk going against a Necromancer big shot for nothing?
He had a Dark Elven Queen guarding him, and Hades’ Crystal Skull in his possession—there was no way to suppress him instantly!
Of course, he had time to summon the elves!
By now, Cao Yuan was blinded by hatred and clearly no longer thinking clearly.
Seeing his subordinates completely unmoved, he was practically spitting blood in fury.
Wang Yujiao stood on the city wall, stunned.
It had only been a few days since they broke up?
And now, Lu Ran had grown to such an unimaginable level!
Her heart churned with extreme bitterness.
This Lu Ran—he was once her boyfriend!
If she had just stayed obediently by his side, a powerhouse like this would still be hers!
But now.
She and Lu Ran had nothing between them!
In her twisted mentality, she even thought: So what if Lu Ran had grown strong? If he was up against a big guild and got focused down, he’d still die!
Clearly, her mindset was not far from Cao Yuan’s.
Completely ignoring the fact that if Lu Ran really was that mysterious Necromancer, he could summon hundreds of thousands of elven troops with a thought!
What guild could possibly stand against him!
Just at that moment.
Suddenly, a voice rang out from afar.
“I’d like to see who dares touch a single hair on my brother—I’ll skin them alive!”
The words barely faded.
At the distant mountain pass, a fierce gale swept through.
A blaze of fire scorched half the sky red.
Ye Hongyi swept in at lightning speed. Wherever she passed, rolling waves of searing heat trailed behind her!
And behind her, a troop of stunning young women in short red skirts followed close, each wielding all kinds of weapons.
Cao Yuan stared at this sight, completely dumbfounded.
As the group drew nearer, he looked closely—and then swallowed hard.
Ye Hongyi!
Ye Hongyi of the Red Pavillion!
And behind Ye Hongyi was a large group of highly skilled female warriors from the Red Robe Pavilion!
Recalling Ye Hongyi’s words just now, Cao Yuan’s face turned green.
The ‘brother’ Ye Hongyi mentioned… who was it?
It clearly couldn’t be Qin Lie, which only left Lu Ran!
Cao Yuan’s mouth opened and closed, unable to utter a single word.
But it wasn’t over yet.
Beneath the dust clouds stirred up by the heat wave at the mountain pass, a troop of heavily armored knights riding black fissure-hoof bulls came thundering in!
Cao Yuan recognized the leader from far away.
Lei Tai of the Banner-Guard the Nation Army!
The Red Pavillion had come, and the Banner-Guard the Nation Army had also come!
What was going on!
And…
Behind the Banner-Guard the Nation Army, it seemed another contingent had rounded the mountain pass and was forming up to head this way.
No—not one contingent, but two!
Besides the two major guilds, the Red Pavillion and the Banner-Guard the Nation Army, there were also forces from other powers coming?
Who were they?
All of them—for Lu Ran?
Cao Yuan felt his soul nearly leave his body.
Never mind who those two groups in the back belonged to—just the Red Pavillion and the Banner-Guard the Nation Army alone were enough to annihilate his Four Directions dozens of times over!
