Chapter 117 : Chapter 117
Chapter 117: Ambushed Again! Don’t Get the Wrong Idea...
The endless darkness brought by the Eye of Zhuyin vanished the moment Zhu Jiu left.
Within Linyuan City, countless surviving soldiers of the Demon Suppression Army, officials, and sixth-rank Class Users all erupted into cheers.
“You...” Wu Ming, standing beside Ye Ze, sucked in a sharp breath. “So this is the divine flame from the Secret Realm?”
Ye Ze let out a long breath.
They had driven back the Fiend Sovereign and held Linyuan City.
Although Linyuan City had still suffered a tremendous blow, with two city gates destroyed and the city itself left in ruins, holding it was already a blessing.
“To think that the one who turned the tide was actually you!”
At that moment, Wei Zheng, who was serving as the battlefield’s supreme commander, hurried over. He had seen that flaming arrow, so his emotions were especially complicated.
“If not for your flame, and that seventh-rank pill, the entire East China Region would probably have fallen.”
Ye Ze could not help sighing. “But Fiend Sovereign Zhu Jiu still isn’t dead.”
Although Zhu Jiu had been struck by Samadhi True Fire, Ye Ze still felt that he would not simply burn to death.
After all, that was most likely the power of the Candle Dragon itself!
“But you still bought us one more chance!”
Wei Zheng smiled faintly. “And on top of that, a seventh-rank has been born!”
As he spoke, Wei Zheng took out a black card with a gold border and handed it to Ye Ze with complete sincerity.
“This is the privilege card for the Falling Star Medal, which stands above Gold.”
“Every month, you may go to the Demon Suppression Army Treasury and freely choose any three items you want, with no military merit required!”
At the sight of it, Wu Ming could not help feeling rather emotional.
The Falling Star Medal. In all the decades of China’s history, only four people had ever earned merit sufficient for that honor.
Being able to freely choose from the treasury every month, with no restriction on floor level, meant that if one went to the fourth level, it was basically the same as taking rare legendary items on a regular basis!
That was equivalent to a full year of his salary as the chief administrator of East China.
Still, Ye Ze’s contribution more than deserved the Falling Star Medal!
Ye Ze himself remained quite calm. After all, he had truly seen no shortage of legendary equipment by now.
Still, the Demon Suppression Army Treasury did not contain only equipment. Some of its rare items and Skill Books were also extremely useful.
And at that moment, Ye Ze could already think of one thing he very much wanted to exchange for!
That mechanical-race Summoned Beast.
He accepted it gladly. “Thank you, Chief Wei.”
Seeing him accept it, Wei Zheng burst into laughter. “As long as you don’t find it lacking!”
“After all, for someone like you, our country really can’t bring out anything better anymore!”
Clearly, Wei Zheng had also learned that Ye Ze had obtained the myth-grade Samadhi True Fire.
At this point, let alone in China, there was nothing on all of Blue Star with a higher grade than the item now in Ye Ze’s hands!
Ye Ze smiled, though he was not that arrogant.
After all, his hard power was still lacking by a great deal. Forget fighting a Fiend Sovereign. Even a stronger Demon King would still be extremely troublesome for him.
His combat strength still needed to rise urgently.
If only he had been stronger today, he could have chased Zhu Jiu around with Samadhi True Fire and burned him alive. Then he might even have gotten Zhu Jiu’s Origin Fragment!
Although the Fiend Sovereign had been driven back, there was not much celebration.
Linyuan City still needed rebuilding. The endless Fiend armies at the front still had to be repelled.
And they still had to prepare for the next Fiend offensive...
There was not even time to mourn the dead.
The sixth-ranks and Wan Feipeng, who had only just finished fighting, were immediately sent out again to repel the armies of Demon Kings.
Wei Zheng had earlier asked Ye Ze whether he needed someone assigned to protect him, but Ye Ze had firmly refused on the grounds that the front line mattered more.
After that, Ye Ze left the city and headed toward Central China.
He was preparing to visit the Demon Suppression Army Treasury and exchange for that mechanical-race Summoned Beast he had once seen!
It was one of the few things Ye Ze had encountered with truly unique potential. Previously, it had been unable to move because of its form, but now that he had the Ever-Changing trait...
“A fully intelligent mechanical being that can change shape at will should be pretty interesting.”
“And I can also test the effect of the Super Summoned Beast Space.”
Thinking that, Ye Ze left the city in great anticipation.
Outside Linyuan City was also a wasteland of ruins, devastation everywhere. Blood and mud mixed across the ground into a dark red-black smear.
“Hm?”
Ye Ze suddenly froze. A faint sense of danger coiled around his heart once again!
Pfft—
“Ye Ze! Die!”
Suddenly, the blood pooled on the ground condensed into a sharp spear, moving at terrifying speed as it stabbed straight toward his chest!
The shield of the Spirit Pact Cloak was pierced through instantly, and then starlight flashed across the armor on Ye Ze’s body.
Ding—
【Guardian of the Stars — You have suffered fatal damage. ‘Star’s Protection’ has triggered. Damage nullified. Invincibility for 2.5 seconds!】
Damn it! I got careless!
The mental exhaustion from Samadhi True Fire, combined with the relaxation after a major battle, had dulled Ye Ze’s vigilance.
He was still human, after all.
Ye Ze immediately took out the turtle shell, the Origin Fragment - Ao.
【100 Source Power consumed. 100% damage immunity shield activated for 1 minute!】
Fortunately, the turtle shell itself did not cover Ye Ze’s body.
Instead, a pale green transparent shield covered in patterns appeared around him.
And opposite him, after launching that blood spear attack, two figures emerged from the blood.
They were actually both sixth-rank Class Users from the Lionheart Kingdom!
One was the Blood King, Dracula.
The other was a water-element Archmage, Gana.
They had actually turned themselves into blood and water and hidden on the ground, waiting for the chance to ambush him!
Ye Ze let out a cold snort. “While the Fiends are launching a full-scale offensive, the two of you actually used the opportunity to sneak into China and attack me. You really know how to pick your timing.”
If their earlier struggle over the Secret Realm could still be dismissed as internal competition among humans, then attacking now, at a moment like this, was outright betrayal of humanity!
Yet to his surprise, Dracula only looked even more hateful and resentful, gritting his teeth as he said, “You forced me to use Blood Escape to survive. Because of you, I lost the strength I had spent decades building up!”
“A person like you staying alive in China means we can’t sleep in peace!”
When Ye Ze had come out of the Secret Realm and burned Dracula with Samadhi True Fire, Dracula had been forced to use Blood Escape and abandon his original body, losing an enormous amount of attributes and abilities and seeing his strength plummet.
Even after returning to the Lionheart Kingdom, his status was bound to be far worse than before.
And if he wanted to regain that status, there was only one way...
“If you want to live, then you have ten seconds to hand over the divine flame!”
Ever since personally experiencing the power of Samadhi True Fire, Dracula had desired that myth-grade flame every waking moment!
With that divine flame, he would undoubtedly be able to return to his peak!
“Ten—!”
Ye Ze could not help teasing him. “At least give me an hour to think it over properly, would you?”
“You still dare laugh!?”
“Stop wasting words with him! Just kill him. There’s a chance the divine flame might even drop!”
At that moment, the water-element Archmage Gana, clad in blue robes, impatiently urged Dracula to attack.
At the same time, Gana waved a hand, and countless droplets turned into blades, sending hundreds of slashes toward Ye Ze.
But when they struck the damage immunity shield, they did not leave the slightest trace.
“Complete immunity? How is that possible!?” Gana was shocked.
“It’s useless!” Dracula’s face twisted savagely. “With your Spirit, you can’t use the divine flame anymore, can you!?”
“And all of your sixth-ranks have already gone to the front line to repel the enemy. No one is coming to save you!”
“I’d like to see how long you can keep hiding inside that turtle shell!”
Dracula’s voice had gone nearly hysterical, and his eyes were so red they looked as though they wanted to devour Ye Ze whole.
By now, however, Ye Ze had already grasped the situation completely, and his smile grew even more brazen.
“Don’t get the wrong idea...”
As he spoke, a spear appeared in his hand. Violet flames bloomed around it, its aura surging like a fire dragon that had finally awakened after lying dormant.
“I put up the shield because I don’t want your blood splashing onto my face.”