The crystal wall cracked open, and in the far deep space, there seemed to be a pitch-black well devouring everything, slowly taking shape like a black hole.
Just then, a beautifully designed, luxurious purple spaceship was moving away from Lasgar.
"What... what is that? Is that the royal ship?"
"Damn, the rumors are actually true!"
Countless angry voices echoed across the heavens and earth.
A figure exuding a late-level 8 aura, wearing golden attire and crowned, emerged; it was the Empire Lord from the Thunder Clan.
Its face was old, calmly saying: "Baka, you truly lived up to your roots as a street ruffian, adept at false charges. Clearly, you colluded with the demons to lure them here, yet spread rumors that it was the Mind Flayers, what’s your intention? I’ve been generous to you, even promoted you as a Major General to stand equal with our royal family... forget it, I’ll end the repercussions I created."
A terrifying lightning pillar turned Baka to ashes.
The Empire Lord looked at the already panicked clan group, turned and vanished.
"Father, what do we do?"
The Empire Lord replied indifferently: "No need to explain, anyway, most have evacuated."
Suddenly, from inside the Holy City, came a ring of terrifying energy waves.
Following was the sound of a shocking explosion.
The Empire Lord’s face changed: "Someone took advantage of Baka’s chaos to infiltrate the Heroic Soul Hall again! Everyone, head to the Heroic Soul Hall!"
Heroic Soul Hall.
An eighth-level Thunder Clan member stood before a pillar of purple light.
It stretched out its hand, attempting to seize the shadow within the light pillar.
The shadow resembled a purple head, with antlers on its forehead, eyes tightly shut, exuding authority without anger.
Countless horrific Thunder Snakes swam around, flickering and annihilating, a destructive aura enveloped the surroundings, complex and mysterious Truth Runes shimmered.
Boom.
The light pillar bounced the Thunder Clan member away, sending it flying backward.
Simultaneously, the Empire Lord arrived with two late-level 8 experts.
"Aud, what are you doing?"
Of the four level-8 Generals of the Holy City, three were either children of the Empire Lord or had royal kinship. The last was General Baka.
Aud was its youngest, with early-level 8 power.
Aud seemed not to hear its words, its figure expanded, terrifying black air currents surged.
In an instant, Aud transformed into a pitch-black giant dragon with viciously looking claws.
Around it, poison gas permeated, shadows shrouded, blood seas flowed, death energy circled.
Extreme Darkness Dragon!
Bang! The dragon collided again with the lightning pillar.
The dragon claw finally broke through the lightning and seized the purple head.
At the same time, the Empire Lord also took action.
"You’re not Aud; who are you really!"
It struck with a palm, a giant thunder claw materialized, attacking the dragon.
It knew its son had already been controlled by Nameless forces.
He was dead.
"Everyone, attack! We can’t let it take the Thunder Head!"
Three level-8 auras attacked; Extreme Darkness Dragon opened its mouth and swallowed the Thunder Head.
Then, it turned with a sinister gaze towards the Empire Lord.
Which made the late-level 8 master feel a chilling dread.
[Eight-direction Traceless, Ancient and Modern Invisible! Swift!]
Whoosh! The Extreme Darkness Dragon disappeared instantly.
The barrier and lockdown of the Heroic Soul Hall seemed non-existent to it.
"Quick, chase after it! That’s the key to Heroic Soul’s arrival!" the Prince shouted.
Seeing the pitch-black dragon vanish, the Empire Lord couldn’t help but sigh in relief.
"Forget it; it’s long gone, you can’t catch up. The Oro Heroic Soul actually dissipated ten thousand years ago... moreover, even the arrival of the Heroic Soul won’t save Lasgar. The emergence of the Abyss Well is sure to bring demons above level 9."
The Prince looked at the rioting Thunder Fear civilians outside: "Father, are all these people staying here?"
The Empire Lord nodded: "The ship is already full, the event caught us off guard, and we have no treasures forming a world of their own to take these people. Moreover, the civilians’ bloodline is inferior; mixing them in will only, over time, pollute the strong royal bloodline and weaken our development potential. As long as we have the royal family and those level six experts, our foundation remains. Someday, when I ascend to the demigod realm of Oro’s descendants, reconnect with the gods of the astral world, we can bring this abandoned god race back to the astral world, away from this filthy mundane world!"
The Prince asked: "What about the Holy City?"
The Empire Lord said: "Leave it here. This thing is beyond repair and can’t navigate the Land of Darkness anymore. It’s a pity the ancestors spent so much to build it, only to become dust and scrap metal. Before its destruction, it can serve as a fortress, helping this pathetic lot defend against demon attacks... Alas, if enough preparation time were available, I wouldn’t want to abandon these people either."