Chapter 292: Hell's Gate, The Demon King's Arrival

Chapter 292: Hell's Gate, The Demon King's Arrival

Boom!

A deafening sound echoed from the north of Koloss City, as the Mantle River burst its banks, and the raging waters surged towards the city.

Along the banks of the Mantle River, hundreds of wizards cast spells, summoning water dragons that surged towards Koloss City.

Koloss City's magical barrier crumbled under the onslaught of the water dragons, layer by layer.

In an instant, the city faced a massive crisis.

Even if the city walls held, the flood from the Mantle River would still inundate it, causing heavy losses to the Elven Race.

The Elves reacted swiftly, organizing Arcanists to climb the walls and cast spells to reinforce the barrier, resisting the water dragons' assault.

But the endless flow of water from the Mantle River formed powerful water dragons, and the magical energy of the Elven Arcanists alone couldn't hold out for long.

Just as Koloss City's magical barrier was about to collapse, Teres leaped onto the north gate, facing dozens of water dragons. He unleashed his ultimate skill, the Wind Dragon Extinction Slash.

With a single sword swing, a fierce wind howled, gathering wind dragons that rushed towards the bursting waters of the Mantle River.

The wind dragons shattered the water dragons, causing the raging river to surge towards the sky, temporarily relieving the crisis at Koloss City.

The Elves seized the opportunity to catch their breath, and the city's Elf Guard quickly adjusted, deploying defensive measures.

...

On the city wall, Lu Heng, accompanied by Chen Zi Hang, Rong Xincheng, and others, climbed up to repel the Bloodborn Demons' siege.

Lin Zeyu's advantage in defending the city was fully displayed.

Within his line of sight, not a single Bloodborn Demon could withstand a shot from him.

He specifically targeted the Bloodborn Demon leaders, and each pull of the trigger took the life of one of these demons.

Just as Lu Heng was preparing to join the battle and gain some experience points, a virtual void fluctuation appeared before him, and he immediately became alert. With lightning speed, he grabbed a Void Spirit that emerged from the void, recognizing it as the Void Thief he had encountered before.

This peculiar Abyssal Spirit had very low combat power and posed little threat to Mystics.

Its sudden appearance puzzled Lu Heng.

The Elf Guard on the wall also sensed the void fluctuation and gathered to investigate.

Lu Heng held the Void Thief and said, "I've caught it, no need to worry."

The Elf guards saw that it was just a small, non-threatening spirit and paid it no mind, turning their attention to other defensive positions.

Lu Heng, holding the Void Thief, warned, "I've let you go, but if you keep hovering around me, I can't guarantee I'll spare you every time."

"Squeak, squeak..."

The Void Thief emitted a series of faint cries, drawing symbols in the air with its claws.

Lu Heng examined the symbols and quickly recognized that it was writing, spelling out the words "Betrayer."

Betrayer? Who?

The sudden appearance of the Void Thief with this information was unlikely to be false.

The Bloodborn Demons controlling it to deliver false messages would gain nothing.

If the message wasn't fake, it implied the presence of a betrayer.

Could the 'betrayer' it referred to be Augustus? That was impossible.

With Augustus's formidable strength, a low-level spirit like the Void Thief approaching him was asking for death.

Therefore, the 'betrayer' it indicated was likely a human.

The possibility of a human betrayer existed.

Who could this betrayer be? According to the gathered information, the number of summoned individuals exceeded fifty.

This was not a small number, and the likelihood of one or two betrayers among them was high.

However, finding the betrayer among so many people was not an easy task.

"Who is the betrayer? Lead me to them," Lu Heng immediately asked the Void Thief to guide him.

The Void Thief extended its front claw, pointing towards the direction of the west gate, and then it vanished into the void.

Lu Heng was about to head towards the west gate to assess the situation, but after taking just two steps, a loud boom erupted from the west.

Boom!

The sound was so intense that, despite the distance, Lu Heng felt the ground shake violently beneath his feet.

Immediately after.

Cries from the Elves came from the west, calling for the Elf Guard within the city to reinforce them.

Su Muyu reacted swiftly, and the Celestial Phoenix, under his command, revealed the cause of the loud sound. He reported rapidly, "A section of the western wall has collapsed, and Bloodborn Demons have broken through."

"How big is the breach?" Lu Heng asked urgently.

"Approximately twenty meters," Su Muyu revealed a shocking measurement.

A breach of only a few meters could be quickly sealed with rocks, but a twenty-meter gap was more problematic.

Lu Heng's mind raced, and he decided, "First, use the Solar Wind to hold back the Bloodborn Demons outside the city."

"Okay."

Su Muyu agreed and controlled the Celestial Phoenix to dive, creating a Solar Wind outside the wall breach.

The scorching Solar Wind howled outside the city, scorching the Bloodborn Demons that were attempting to rush through the gap, forcing them to scatter and flee.

The slower Bloodborn Demons were reduced to ashes in the flames.

Due to the breach in the western wall, the Elf Guard within the city began to gather in the west, blocking the invading Bloodborn Demons.

In addition to the demons pouring through the breach, high-level Bloodborn Demons with blood-colored wings launched attacks from the air.

Koloss City's defensive array had been activated, and the water dragons formed by the Mantle River had already broken through over a dozen layers of the city's magical barrier.

With Teres's intervention, the onslaught of the Mantle River's water dragons was halted, preserving a portion of the city's magical barrier.

The high-level Bloodborn Demons attacking from the air had not yet breached the city, but the situation was critical.

Over time, the Solar Wind's power began to wane.

The Bloodborn Demons' wizards cast frost spells, neutralizing the Solar Wind's effectiveness.

Without the Solar Wind's obstruction, the Bloodborn Demons started pouring into the city through the western breach.

Fortunately, the Solar Wind had bought some time, allowing the Elf Guard within the city to gather in the western district, forming a defensive formation to halt the Bloodborn Demons' advance.

The battle rages on, with arrows, magic, and martial arts raining down in a chaotic onslaught.

Bloodborn Demons charge into close combat, clashing with Elven warriors wielding their long spears.

Shouts of "Defend Queldore! Defend Koloss!" echo through the city.

Lu Heng leaps across buildings, rushing towards the Western District.

From a distance, he spots the intense fighting at the breach in the city wall and prepares to join the battle, intending to eliminate the invading Bloodborn Demons.

However, as he nears the battlefield, he notices several humans running away from the Western District in different directions.

This is odd; they should be fighting on the front lines. Why are they retreating?

If it were a rout, their withdrawal might be understandable, but the Elves are not yet defeated.

Why are these human Mystics leaving the Western District? Lu Heng recognizes them from a distance—it's Blake Feld's team.

Void Spirit Theft had warned him about the presence of traitors.

The walls of Koloss City are incredibly sturdy, nearly impenetrable from the outside.

The breach in the western wall, a twenty-meter gap, was likely caused by an explosion from within.

This could be the work of the traitors.

If Blake Feld's team is indeed the traitors, everything makes sense.

Regardless, capturing them will provide answers.

Lu Heng leaps down, drawing his sword and blocking Blake Feld's path.

Blake Feld halts abruptly, seeing Lu Heng, and coldly demands, "Get out of my way!"

Lu Heng wastes no time in banter, "Look into my eyes and submit to a mental interrogation, or die!"

Blake Feld's face twists with arrogance, and he scoffs, "I think it's you who wants to die!"

He draws a mechanical longsword and initiates the attack.

Lu Heng sidesteps and slashes, the sound of "Dang" reverberates as he severs the sword, then stabs through Blake Feld's chest, pinning him to the wall.

The other three members of Blake Feld's team, stunned by their captain's swift defeat, hastily draw their weapons.

Lu Heng points at them with an outstretched hand and says coldly, "I'll say it again: submit to a mental interrogation, or die!"

A black Mystic with enhanced strength transforms, his muscles bulging like a gorilla, and he swings his fist at Lu Heng.

Lu Heng swiftly unsheathes his sword, lightning-fast, and slices the Mystic diagonally in half. With a 'pfft' sound, he stabs back into Blake Feld's body, re-pinning him to the wall.

The two white teammates, witnessing their companion's death, freeze in terror, their attacks halted.

Lu Heng grabs Blake Feld by the neck with his left hand, pinning him to the wall, and stares into his eyes, activating the [Mental Domination] skill. "Did you blow up the wall?" he asks.

Blake Feld is no low-level Mystic; his mental attributes are not far behind Lu Heng's.

Mental skills against similarly leveled Mystics often have low success rates.

However, Aurora Blade's Level 3 [Soul Sever] effect reduces Blake Feld's Mental Power by 16 points.

[Mental Domination] is the most potent skill among its peers, temporarily boosting Mental Power by 5% when activated.

Lu Heng's level-up to 36, combined with the mental attribute boost from his accessories, brings his Mental Power to 99 points.

With the additional 5% from [Mental Domination], his Mental Power surpasses the 100-point threshold during skill activation.

Blake Feld's original Mental Power of 86 points, weakened by [Soul Sever] to 70 points, creates a 30% disparity.

[Mental Domination] succeeds, instantly crushing Blake Feld's resistance.

Blake Feld's face contorts, and he confesses, "I blew up the wall."

Lu Heng's eyes turn cold, and his left hand crackles with lightning. With a forceful twist of his fingers, he snaps Blake Feld's neck with a 'crack'.

After dispatching Blake Feld, Lu Heng turns to the other two White Eagle Team members, only to find they've fled in separate directions.

"White Eagle Team are traitors. Kill them all," Lu Heng orders through the communication channel. He darts after one of them, swiftly dispatching them with a sword slash.

On the other side, Lin Zeyu pulls the trigger, and a gunshot rings out, felling the other member.

The sniped White Eagle Team member, possessing remarkable vitality, tries to crawl on the ground, their body split in two, attempting to reach the Magic River.

Lin Zeyu's shot explodes the upper half of the body.

"Eliminated."

With Blake Feld's team of traitors dealt with, Lu Heng turns back to the western wall breach, aiding the Elves in repelling the Bloodborn Demons and providing the Arcanists with an opportunity to repair the wall.

A team of Arcanists begins casting spells, telekinetically moving one-meter square rocks to fill the breach, sealing the damaged wall.

However, the repaired section is still thin, and the Bloodborn Demons' powerful skills can easily break through again.

The battle becomes a stalemate, a back-and-forth struggle.

The Elves, as defenders, hold a natural advantage.

The towering arrow towers on the walls unleash relentless volleys of arrows, each rain of arrows felling countless Bloodborn Demons.

To prevent the Demons from further exploiting the breach, Lu Heng dashes outside the city, unleashing Dragon Breath Slash, slaying hundreds of Bloodborn Demons.

Kill notifications flood the screen, and within the surging energy, an energy tide rises, pushing his power core to its limits.

[Power Core Level increased to 37, all attributes +4, Agility +1.2]



As the Dragon Breath Slash approaches, Lu Heng harnesses the Wind God's Power, charging it up and unleashing a devastating slash.

Wind Dragon Extinction Slash!

Clang!

In an instant, the wind howls, and the Wind Dragon roars again.

In the north, Teres's Wind Dragon rages, while in the west, Lu Heng's Wind Dragon bellows.

The Wind Dragon charges into the midst of the Bloodborn Demons, its tornado-like blades slicing through the lower-ranked Demons, leaving them bloody and mangled.

The Bloodline Demon, having withstood the tornado-like Dragon Tornado Slash, was then lifted into the sky by the Wind Dragon.

The Wind Dragon raged, and countless Bloodline Demons were swept into the air, desperately unleashing their defensive skills to withstand the slicing wind blades.

At that moment, a sword beam came from the northwest, crossing the sky and slicing the Bloodline Demon in mid-air in two.

Upon seeing this sword beam, Lu Heng's eyebrows furrowed as he recognized it as Sword Saint Teres' second ultimate skill, 'Soaring Dragon Sky Hunter'.

His first thought was that Teres had resolved the crisis in the north and had come to lend support.

But upon closer inspection, it wasn't Teres, but a breathtakingly beautiful Elf, none other than Queen Aureana herself.

Queen Aureana had finally returned from Moon Goddess Lake and reached the outskirts of Colossus City, only to witness the intense battle.

After the Wind Dragon Extinction Slash, numerous Bloodline Demons were lifted into the sky, and the Queen immediately followed up with the Sword Saint's ultimate skill, 'Soaring Dragon Sky Hunter', slaying all the Bloodline Demons that had been swept up.

"The Queen is back! The Queen is back!"

With Queen Aureana's return, the Elves' morale soared, and their attacks became even more ferocious.

After the Queen joined the battle, with her powerful swordsmanship and well-rounded Arcane skills, she was more than capable of controlling the battlefield.

With Lu Heng's cooperation and the sturdy city walls, the Elves managed to stabilize the situation.

If this stalemate continued, the Bloodline Demons would eventually be overwhelmed.

Amidst the fierce battle, the energy tide within Lu Heng's body never ceased.

A vast amount of energy gathered, once again challenging the energy boundary.

[Origin Energy Level increased to 38, all attributes +4, Agility attribute +1.2]



Just as the battle was turning in favor of the Elves, a blood-red beam of light shot into the sky from within Colossus City.

In an instant, it captured everyone's attention.

"What is that?"

Lu Heng turned to look, recognizing the towering blood-red beam as originating from the Palace District.

The blood-colored pillar of light grew increasingly intense, and even from a distance, it was evident that its actual width exceeded ten meters.

A ten-meter-wide blood-red pillar, filled with demonic essence.

Even without knowing the nature of this blood-red pillar, one could sense the impending disaster from its terrifying aura.

Queen Aureana's expression turned grim, and without time to speak with the city's guards, she immediately led the Elves towards the Palace District, charging at the blood-red pillar with all their might to halt the transmission.

Her expression was one of urgency.

Others only knew that the blood-red pillar had appeared in the Palace District, but she knew that location was the Spatial Corridor within the Palace District, where the gateway to the Moonwell was situated.

As the blood-red pillar appeared, a powerful energy burst forth from within, shattering the magic barrier of Colossus City.

With a 'bang', the magic barrier shattered.

High-level Bloodline Demons in the sky dove down, rushing into Colossus City and clashing with the Elven guards.

The once-stabilized situation was thrown into chaos once more.

Su Muyu's Celestial Phoenix had already observed the situation in the Palace District and reported through the communication channel, "It's a gate, like the Hell Gate."

In fact, when Lu Heng saw the blood-red pillar, he had already guessed what was happening.

This blood-red pillar was a typical manifestation of the Bloodline Clan's high-density energy, and only a few scenarios could generate such a powerful energy column.

And now, the greatest threat to Colossus City was the Hell Gate of the Bloodline Clan.

In simpler terms, the Hell Gate of the Bloodline Clan was a teleportation portal.

Bloodline Demons could pass through this portal and enter the Palace District of Colossus City.

Moreover, the higher the level of the Hell Gate, the higher the rank of Bloodline Demons that could pass through.

In other words, the highest-level demon the Bloodline Clan wanted to teleport would determine the level of the gate they opened.

Such a massive blood-red pillar suggested that the Bloodline Demons being teleported were likely of the Overlord rank.

Indeed, within the blood-red pillar, a shadow of a demon over ten meters tall gradually materialized.

Upon seeing this demon lord, a question arose in Lu Heng's mind.

The defenses of Colossus City were stringent, and the Palace District was the most heavily guarded area.

Why would the Hell Gate appear in the Palace District? Who opened it? Blake Feld and his companions had indeed headed towards the Palace District, but they were already dead.

Could there be other traitors? There was no time to ponder these questions now, as the Hell Gate had appeared, and the Bloodline Clan's demon lord was about to descend.

Queen Aureana, along with Fiona and her Queen's Guard, charged into the Palace District, unleashing their most ferocious attacks on the blood-red pillar to halt the transmission.

At that moment, the Bloodline King within the blood-red pillar roared, raising a massive claw and unleashing a blood-red shockwave with a 'bang'.

The shockwave swept through like an energy tsunami, pulverizing all matter in its path.

Palaces surrounding the Spatial Corridor crumbled, collapsing into flying debris.

Queen Aureana countered with Arcane energy, clashing with the blood-red shockwave.

The collision of energies sent ripples of energy undulating through the air.

In an instant, energy surged, the ground shook, and space twisted.

The Bloodline King was too powerful, and the blood-red shockwave overwhelmed the Queen, engulfing her in a burst of blood-red light and sending her flying.

Teres returned from the north, unleashing the Wind Dragon Extinction Slash.

The Bloodline King raised its claw, summoning a crimson energy tsunami to counter the Wind Dragon.

The battle raged, both sides evenly matched, and for a moment, neither gained the upper hand.

The Bloodline King protected the Hell Gate behind him, allowing more high-level Bloodline Demons to pass through the portal.

Four Great Demons of the Bloodline Clan emerged and began casting spells around the center of the Spatial Corridor.

And that position was precisely where the gateway to the Moonwell was located.

Once the gateway to the Moonwell was opened, and the Bloodline Demons occupied the Moonwell, it would signify the impending end of the Queldore World.

(End of Chapter)

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