Chapter 146 : Crushing Like Rotten Wood! Sudden Upheaval!
Chapter 146: Crushing Like Rotten Wood! Sudden Upheaval!
Within the Goblin nest.
Originally, this day had been as calm as usual.
But suddenly, fierce gusts of wind began to sweep through the once tranquil forest.
The trees started swaying violently, their leaves rustling loudly.
Amid the shifting shadows, a towering figure descended like a small mountain crashing down.
That massive body struck into the forest like a cannonball.
The herd of horses that had been grazing leisurely was instantly thrown into chaos.
Within the panicked herd, a tall figure seemed to head straight for a target, rushing over and lifting the Dragonblood Horse in one motion, hoisting it onto his shoulder.
At this moment, the Dragonblood Horse struggled wildly atop the giant man’s shoulder, its four hooves flailing nonstop.
Ignoring its resistance entirely, the giant strode off into the distance. Though enormous in size, his speed was not slow in the slightest.
This scene resembled a bandit storming into a village and abducting a young girl.
With the Dragonblood Horse carried on one shoulder, he sprinted all the way out of the Goblin nest’s territory.
His speed was so fast that the Goblins didn’t even have time to react.
However, not long after, the abducted Dragonblood Horse was quickly set down on the ground.
Because a strange figure clad in a black robe had blocked his path.
“Hehehehe, who would have thought that Knight Flag of the Golden Knight Order would also stoop to such sneaky deeds.”
Before Flag could react, the black robe of the strange figure billowed open, and from beneath it shot out a thick chain like a python.
However, Flag remained calm.
The snake-like chain was wrapped and seized in one hand.
“Just a mere Corpse Servant dares to mention my Golden Knight Order?”
With a clatter, Flag yanked hard with one hand, dragging the black-robed figure over in an instant.
An overwhelming advantage in strength!
At that moment, the black-robed figure used the force to spin rapidly in midair, his robe instantly blooming into a black flower.
A hidden scythe flashed with silver light, slicing directly toward Flag.
A piercing sound of air being torn apart rang out.
The black-robed figure moved in an extremely eerie manner, and his scythe was particularly insidious.
Before they even fully closed in, the silver blade light had already left several cuts on Flag’s outer cloak.
But the next moment—boom!
At the instant the two clashed, a massive impact resounded.
Water Armor! Earth Shield!
In an instant, two types of Energy Factors condensed before him simultaneously.
Accompanied by a heavy collision.
The black-robed man’s scythe was directly knocked flying into the air by Flag’s thick silver fist.
The blade head was already twisted and broken, with a section snapped off.
“What?!” The black-robed man seemed shocked by Flag’s strength.
But at the same time, before he could react, his robe was already seized by Flag.
Completely unreasonable.
The ferocious fist, carrying waves of air pressure, directly flipped back the black hood over his head.
It revealed a face covered in knife scars, looking extremely hideous and terrifying.
But at this moment, his face was filled with fear.
“Surprised?” Flag sneered coldly.
Boom boom boom boom!
Flag’s fists rained down like a storm, smashing into the black-robed man.
Each punch looked simple and unadorned.
Like an ordinary person fighting.
But the hardened shell brought by his dual-attribute Breathing Technique made him utterly indestructible.
The sounds of bones being crushed and fractured continuously came from within the black robe.
Flag, however, grew more excited the more he fought.
“Speed B, Perception B, Strength B, Combat Adaptability B.”
Flag mechanically recited evaluation data.
This real combat was inferior even to Leo.
He watched as the black-robed man before him was smashed apart punch by punch.
That mysterious black robe had already turned into large strips of torn cloth.
And the person wrapped inside had been beaten into something like a squid—boneless and limp.
Flag stopped, casually tossing the black-robed man into the air in the distance. “Heh, power gained through shortcuts—how could it possibly compare to years of hard training?
This punch carries fifty years of power. What are you using to block it!”
Flag’s body tensed like a drawn bow, a smile curling at the corner of his lips.
In the next moment, he stepped forward, twisting his body as his right fist shot out.
Boom!
The massive fist slammed heavily into the black-robed man midair, bending his body, while the silver radiance covering the fist exploded outward instantly!
The black-robed man was blasted backward like a cannonball.
The immense force sent him flying over a hundred meters.
Strangely, along the way, the tree branches seemed to come alive, swaying in advance to avoid his impact.
About two seconds later.
Mia, dressed in light attire, slowly landed on a tree, holding a corpse with a large hole blown through its chest.
“Mia, you’re done over there?” Flag asked first.
“Just a few dozen Corpse Servants and knights. Finished long ago. You’re too slow, Flag.”
Flag glanced at the girl on the tree, then looked toward the distant valley.
The two had started almost at the same time, but in just over ten seconds, that valley had likely already become a graveyard.
Flag steadied his breathing. “The Dragonblood Horse is here. Let’s head to Blackstone City.”
“Let’s go. Last day of vacation. What a pity.” Mia smiled playfully. “We should enjoy it properly.”
Flag seemed to think of something. “Right, where’s your sister?”
“Already settled.”
“Too bad we didn’t find the master behind these Corpse Servants.”
……
Meanwhile, inside Anthony’s room.
On the wall, the forehead of a crow phantom flickered with red light.
“Anthony, something’s wrong!” A rough voice sounded.
“What is it?” Anthony had been cultivating; he had just used up the first bottle of Body Tempering Potion and estimated he might break through in the coming days.
He frowned, disliking such hurried panic.
“Eve has been taken. And the Dragonblood Horse is missing. The knight unit has been completely wiped out.”
“What?!” Anthony’s pupils trembled. “How is that possible? Didn’t you station two high-tier Corpse Servants there?!”
“Absolutely true. I suspect the one capable of doing this is…”
“Mia! That damned girl—only she could do this.” Anthony immediately thought of Mia.
“It should be… If it’s her, then she has probably already grasped the intelligence.
Leave Blackstone City immediately. They don’t know we have the Star Emblem. You don’t have much time.”
“Damn it!” Anthony’s mind exploded with a buzzing sound.
This sudden news struck him like a bolt from the blue.
Why had Mia appeared?
Everything had been perfectly arranged. Blackstone City would grow under his control and become his base for entering the magical world.
But in an instant, everything was ruined.
“I’ll settle accounts with them later. Offending the Nelson Family won’t end well. Go quickly, Anthony. At her speed, she’ll arrive within half a day at most.”
Anthony took a deep breath. “Understood.”
As the crow phantom in the distance dissipated.
Anthony clenched his fists tightly, his bones cracking.
He had not expected the originally favorable situation in Blackstone City to collapse so suddenly.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He flipped the chessboard in front of him violently.
Clatter!
The black and white pieces scattered all over the floor.
He quickly moved to the bed, opened the two metal drawers.
From one drawer, he took out the Star Emblem and the Infinite Pouch, and from the other, he retrieved Sage Kaja’s notes.
These were treasures his father had obtained from the Secret Faith Gathering.
They had been acquired at a tremendous cost.
He had to take them.
Then he opened the hidden compartment by the bedside, took out the Body Tempering Potions, and stuffed them all into the Infinite Pouch.
Anthony turned and left. After so many years in Blackstone City, he had accumulated quite a bit of gold and treasure.
But compared to these items, those were like dust compared to gold.
Completely insignificant.
However, just now, the corner of his eye seemed to catch something unusual.
He bent down and leaned closer to the hidden compartment.
At first glance, nothing seemed wrong.
But upon closer inspection, something felt off.
He reached his hand inside, extending it to the back, and gave a light push—click.
The wooden layer separated completely from the compartment.
A palm-sized hole appeared before his eyes.
Behind it was a pitch-black tunnel.
Like a mouse hole.
Anthony’s mind exploded again, turning blank in an instant.
What the hell was going on?!
That damned rat!
A sense of foreboding arose in his heart.
He quickly opened the Infinite Pouch and took out a bottle of Body Tempering Potion.
Holding it up, he examined it carefully. It seemed fine.
He let out a long breath of relief.
Thankfully, the potion was fine.
“It must be that damned rat, taking revenge for me cutting off its tail last time. Too clever—almost like it became a spirit.”
But there was no time to think further.
He hurried out, mounted his black horse in the back courtyard, exited, and galloped toward the city gates.
The guards and Quasi-Knights along the way saw Anthony rushing urgently but dared not ask questions.
He was the Third Knight of Blackstone City. If he wanted to leave, he could leave anytime—no one dared question him.
But soon, those guards saw another knight riding an even more massive horse, chasing after him.
……
Outside Blackstone City, Anthony rode swiftly through the forest.
His horse was extremely fast—this black horse had been specially prepared for such moments.
A one-in-ten-thousand fine steed. In terms of speed, no horse in all of Blackstone City could surpass it.
He glanced back. The city was already distant and somewhat blurred.
He let out a slight sigh of relief.
He had never expected that one day he would leave Blackstone City, where he had lived for nearly twenty years, in such a manner.
His heart was filled with mixed emotions, but it didn’t matter. Blackstone City was merely a chessboard to him.
He could change locations and start anew at any time.
With these Body Tempering Potions and treasures,
no matter where he went, he could establish himself and rise again.
As long as he could reach that world in the future, the first thing he would do upon returning would be to crush that damned Mia to death.
Then he suddenly thought of someone else.
“A bit of a pity, Leo Laide.” Thinking of him, Anthony felt a trace of regret.
Originally, he could have become his first Corpse Servant—one belonging to a believer of the Secret Faith Gathering.
No, a Corpse Servant of a future wizard.
But now it was all gone.
The Dragonblood Horse had also been taken by Mia.
Everything had turned into nothing.
“Damn it!”
Just as Anthony was thinking of Leo, he suddenly saw, not far ahead in the forest, an abnormally massive beast.
It looked like a terrifying white giant horse.
Around five meters tall, with a steel-like spine and rock-like muscles, it resembled a small mountain from afar.
And atop it sat a person.
A person holding a bow.
Leo Laide!
Anthony’s expression changed drastically. “Leo, why are you here!”
“Sir Anthony, weren’t you the one who wanted me to leave the city for a hunting mission?
So, I came.”