Two days after the incident had occurred in the Divine Mastery City, Michaux had peacefully taken over the Divine Will City. Despite feeling relieved that there had been no unnecessary bloodshed, Michaux lamented how slack the discipline in the Sect had become. Reflecting on the past unruly behavior of his men, it occurred to Michaux that Zhang Guangming had been behind those defiant rulers.
“Brother, brother! Have you heard about what happened?” Susu stormed into Michaux’s office.
“Heard about what?”
“Yuyu is following Wang Tong to the Zergs’ territory!”
Michaux slowly stood up; he knew he wouldn’t be able to keep the information under the cover for long. “Yes. Wang Tong had planned it while ago.”
“So, you will send Yuyu to her death?” Susu protested.
“Susu, she joined him willingly.”
“Wang Tong is a such a despicable worm! Yuyu liked him so much, and he pushed her into a snake pit!” Susu pouted. Surely, Wang Tong had used his honeyed words to gain Xiao Yuyu’s trust and lured her into a death trap. Poor Yuyu! How could she be so gullible? What would three hundred soldiers do at the Zerg home base anyway?
The four chief field medics always treated Susu like their younger sister, and Xiao Yuyu was the closest one to the little girl. No wonder Susu would freak out when she heard that Xiao Yuyu had been sent into a suicide mission.
“Mind your words, Susu Odin!” Michaux slammed the desk hard and rebutted his sister. Susu was startled by her brother’s outburst; tears welled in her eyes. Michaux had never raised his voice at her before.
Michaux shot Susu a stern glare and said, “Listen Susu Odin, regardless of the outcome of their mission, they will be forever remembered as hero and heroines of Mars. Xiao Yuyu joined the mission because she knows that this is her duty as a soldier. How could you as the leader of all medics fail to understand that?”
Susu lowered her head and said nothing. This was usually the time that Michaux would lower his voice and tell Susu that he was not really mad at her. However, after meeting with Wang Tong, Michaux took a long hard look at his personality, and realized that it was his constant compromises that had failed the sect.
“Go back to your room and don’t come out until you realize what you had done wrong,” Michaux said coldly.
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Danube City was right at the northern frontier of the Zerg controlled territory. Although the Zergs at Danube didn’t have to worry about the war, they bustled inside the city, making preparation for the dark ones’ raids.
The city lord, Dunluo, had just received verbal praise from the dark lord as he was able to contribute a hundred thousand primitive Zergs to the war against the humans. The dark lord was a wise ruler, at least from Zerg standards. He set clear boundaries and executed his rule to the letters. In order to receive a promotion while working for the dark lord, the dark ones needed to earn enough war achievements.
Since Danube city rarely saw any war, it was hard for Dunluo to rise in ranks quickly. Therefore, he had focused on supplying the dark lord’s army with abundant Zergs. The key to increasing the number of eggs the Queen lay was to make sure the queen was well fed. Therefore, Dunluo had to constantly send golden dark ones out to capture humans to feed the queen. He calculated that in a few more months, he would be summoned by the dark lord to receive his first promotion. The promise of rising in ranks made Dunluo’s mouth wet.
The older a dark one got, the more he was addicted to his vitality and the feeling of being alive, as he picked up hobbies and new desires. Unlike the primitive Zergs who were content with the way they were born, the dark ones were constantly thirsty for more power. Sometimes, the desire to control and gain more power was so strong that it rivaled Zergs’ inborn desire to kill. Dunluo was one of those power-hungry dark ones, and he was not alone.
Kom!
A small boulder fell on top of Dunluo’s head. The pain wrenched Dunluo’s mind out of his thoughts.
“Who’s there!” Dunluo shouted.
Komlommm!
The ground trembled with another blare.
Fearing for his life, Dunluo flew himself up to the sky, and then noticed that his residence had already been reduced into a pile of rubble. Meanwhile, the commotion had alerted the Zergs and dark ones in the city as they gathered around what was left of the residence.
Dunluo rounded his eyes and scanned the surroundings for any culprit. Who dared to destroy the splendid place of Dunluo?
It didn’t take long before he sniffed a whiff of human scent. There he was, a human standing right in the middle of the ruins. He smelled extremely powerful, an extra nutritious snack for the queen.
Hold on… Who was this guy? He looked so familiar.
“Rre-yo-Wong Tong?” Dunluo didn’t have to speak human language often, so the words didn’t come out right. The excitement in him didn’t help his pronunciation either. The promise of capturing this human was unbearable. The reward for subduing this human would be more than just another city! Maybe the dark lord would even promote him to become his blood kin!
Wang Tong threw away the heads that he had just freshly picked off the bodies of a few dark ones. “Yes. My name is Wang Tong. I am the one that your dark lord Moye and Patroclus are both looking for.” Wang Tong announced in his booming voice.
It had been a while since the dark ones and the Zergs had seen a human face inside of this city. The commotion and the promise to kill had attracted them to close in onto Wang Tong. Upon hearing the name of Wang Tong, these abominations started to become agitated. Some dark ones already threw themselves at him, while the more calculating ones watched the slaughter unfold from afar.
Every dark one knew what it meant to be the one who captured Wang Tong. Desire and greed burned in their eyes, making them look more like the humans than ever.
They need to capture this man at all cost.
Meanwhile, Yin Tianzong had led a small group and sneaked into the city through the mud gate. They quickly took control of a few strategic spots of the city while most dark ones were distracted by Wang Tong.
Dunluo cautiously ordered the dark ones to surround the human warrior. They flapped their bat wings and leered at Wang Tong from head to toe. Dunluo held back the urge to lash out at Wang Tong as he decided to take his time to leverage any advantage he had. He only got one shot, so he had to carefully take it.
“Are you ready?” Wang Tog asked when he saw that he was surrounded by layers upon layers of dark ones. The time was ripe.
He then launched himself into the air with a throng of dark ones in tow, Dunluo leading the charge. Some of the dark ones shot out hundreds of bone shards at their fleeing target. Dunluo shirked and shot an accusatory glare back at his soldiers. The prey was too precious to be torn apart by the bone shards.
Wang Tong curved his lips as lights shot out of his body. He glowed so brightly that the lights had temporarily blinded his pursuers, forcing them to stop. Meanwhile, he unleashed a soul energy attack the defenseless dark ones, killing hundreds of them in one blow. Seeing the turn of events, the more powerful Zergs started to pull back to gain some distance from Wang Tong. The more powerful a dark one was, the smarter he was.
Wang Tong was pleased by the retreat of the high-level dark ones. It told him that they were scared, and fear could be the best weapon against them.
When the effect of the blinding light finally subsided, Wang Tong clapped his hands together and charged up his soul energy. Suddenly, a wild gale blew across the battlefield, clearing the clouds above his head and revealing the gray sky. In a blink, the wild gale grew so strong that it became a shock wave.
This was the special move that Wang Tong had invented for this very moment—Manic Shock Wave!
After the shockwave passed through the dark ones, the pain in their heads rendered them defenseless. Although most other soul energy attacks were not able to harm the dark ones, Wang Tong had improved his attack so that it would make the dark ones feel nausea and dizziness after the attack.
Meanwhile, Guan Dongyang and Xiao Yuyu were weaving a hybrid mastery spell undisturbed. Without Wang Tong distracting the Zergs, the energy from this spell would have caught the dark ones’ attention. Not far from them, Yin Tianzong and his unit guarded the casters in case any enemy passed by.
Dunluo was the strongest dark one in the city, and he was the first one to have noticed the other human soldiers hidden at the corner of the city. He sensed that the power in that spell was enough to destroy this entire city. Feeling that his survival was at stake, he conceded that capturing Wang Tong would have to wait. He commanded the rest of the dark ones with a long shriek and flew toward the human soldiers.