General Drexton lay on the ground, panting heavily. He wiped his forehead with his hand and realized that his palm was wet with blood.
The old general struggled to stand up. Beside him, whether it was Dongfang He, Jia Yuntian, or the other less talented warriors, all of them looked extremely miserable. Their bodies were covered in mud and bruises, and they were almost exhausted. They were sharing the nutrient solution in two water bottles. The intense fatigue made them not even willing to speak.
"General, have some." Dongfang He handed over a water bottle.
Drexton nodded, took the bottle, and drank a few mouthfuls of the cool, slightly sweet liquid. He wiped his lips with the back of his hand and asked, "How is Christie?"
"He's still unconscious. We've given him a sedative, and he desperately needs to rest," a warrior who was good at healing said. A soldier who was good at healing said. When he spoke, Christie was lying on his knees, using a military blanket as a pillow. Even breathing sounds could be heard from her nose.
Drexton sighed. "Sigh, it's been hard on him. If it weren't for Christie, I'm afraid we would've met our ancestors in Hidden Demon City."
Surviving a disaster — this was the most appropriate word to describe their current mood.
When the disaster struck, the Demon Palace sank rapidly along with the sea floor. The world fell apart, and Christie stood up and used his superpower to shrink everyone to the size of ants. They hid in the cracks of the ruins and avoided the disaster of being wiped out.
When the sound of the collapse stopped, everyone returned to their normal size. Dongfang He summoned the Raging Flame Legion while the other warriors used their superpowers to dig a long path out of the ruins.
Fortunately, they were still alive. Unfortunately, Christie had exhausted all of his energy and was almost out of energy. The handsome young man now looked like an old man in his sixties. His face was full of wrinkles and he had fallen into a deep sleep under the effects of the medicine. No one knew when he would wake up and how long it would take for him to recover. Perhaps he would never be a warrior again.
Whoosh ~
Drexton took out a flare from his spatial ring, lit it, and raised it.
The light dispelled the darkness. Everyone looked behind them and saw the ruins that were a hundred times more spectacular than the highest mountain range in the Lower World. The entire seabed of the North Sea had almost completely collapsed into the ground, piling up in this hole of unknown depth, forming a breathtaking spectacle.
Dongfang He's eyes were red, and he was dumbfounded.
It was as if there was a room that was thousands of kilometers long, and the center of the room had collapsed, splitting the room into two. The corpses of Nicole and Xia Fan might have been buried in the ruins, or they might have been lucky enough to escape and be separated by the ruins in the center, on the other side.
"But I hope Nietzsche is still alive. Xia Fan is fast, and maybe he can escape."
Someone said softly, trying to comfort Dongfang He, but Dongfang He gritted his teeth and stood up. He was ready to summon the Raging Flame Legion again and use it to dig through the ruins to find Nietzsche and Xia Fan.
If a man who wanted to stand at the top of the world could not even protect the woman he loved, then what right did he have to live in this world?
Dongfang He was such a man, and there was no such thing as failure in his dictionary. Even though he was exhausted, he was still full of fighting spirit.
"Don't be impulsive. Haven't you noticed a more serious problem? If the entire North Sea has sunk into the ground, then where did the water go? The North Sea has a total area of 14335 square kilometers, and the water volume is more than a hundred billion tons. It can't just disappear, "General Drexton said loudly.
Everyone looked down and found that although it was wet under their feet, there seemed to be traces of water flowing, but other than a few puddles in the rocks, the seawater had all disappeared, as if it had been drunk by a monster that devoured the world. This was not normal.
"It's salty, it's indeed seawater." Jia Yuntian squatted down, dipped his finger in a drop of water, and put it in his mouth.
Everyone was suspicious. If the North Sea water had flowed here, then there must be other passages that quickly released the huge amount of seawater.
"There's a shaft here!"
"There's a shaft here too!"
"Oh my god, this place is like a beehive, full of bottomless shafts. The seawater must have gone deeper underground, and because the collapse is solid, it's blocked here."
After the soldiers spread out, they soon found many bottomless shafts, like bread that had been cut open, densely packed, and countless.
Because of this unique geological structure, the seawater did not stay in this layer, but went deeper underground, and when the collapsed soil and rocks encountered the sponge-like underground structure, they were blocked here.
Buzz buzz buzz ~
There was a slight vibration on the ground, followed by a very ear-piercing chirp. Drexton was startled, and after lighting three flares, he threw them into one of the shafts.
The flare with dazzling white light quickly descended, and everyone stood by the side of the shaft to observe. The first light quickly disappeared, and the second light soon fell into darkness. Just as the third light was about to disappear, they saw a black figure, quickly passing through the white light and approaching them.
"Something with wings, it seems to be flying up?"
"Could it be some terrifying monster in the mezzanine layer?"
The soldiers mumbled. Humans were land creatures, and they did not know much about the vast and dark mezzanine layer. They only knew that it was dangerous, and exploration teams that were sent to the mezzanine layer since ancient times rarely survived.
The trembling of the ground became clearer, and they could tell that it was a large group of flying creatures flapping their wings in unison after being startled.
Shing ~
Finally, the first creature rushed out of the shaft, spreading its wings and flying up, letting out a shrill chirp like a bat. After that, the creature nimbly made a turn in the air and rushed towards the humans, flashing its pale white teeth.
Crack ~
Jia Yuntian waved his wrist lightly, and the Heavenly Sword was unsheathed. The silver light was like a rainbow, and it cut the flying creature in half. The carcass sprayed blood with a heavy stench, and it fell like a kite with a broken string, landing right beside their feet.
Under the light of the flare, it was a medium-sized creature that looked like an ancient pterosaur. It was taller than a person, hairless, and had a long mouth that looked like a guillotine that could cut off a human's head. Its two eyes were dark, and its skin was an unhealthy white brown. There were many freckle-like patterns on its body.
It was clearly dead, but the creature's long mouth kept opening and closing, and its powerful bite force cracked a piece of granite, turning it into hundreds of smaller pieces of gravel.
The lesser dragon, a flower dragon!
Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air, feeling as if their hearts had suddenly stopped beating.
There were many subspecies of the dragon race in this world, and these subspecies more or less had some dragon genes, but because the purity of their bloodline was very low, they could not be compared to the real dragon race, so they were called the lesser dragon race.
According to the historical data of Hidden Demon City, the number of dragon subspecies was too many to count, and their forms were even more strange.
Some subspecies, after genetic mutation and evolution, were completely unrecognizable. The smallest one recorded was the lesser dragon race, no bigger than a human's pinky finger. Their entire body was transparent, and they could drill through human skin, enter the human body, and devour the human organs. Every time they drank enough blood, their body would turn as red as blood, and they were called the Bone Devouring Lesser Dragon.
As for the flower dragon, the information said that it was a kind of animal that lived in groups, and had a ferocious nature. Apart from eating other living things, it could also survive by licking the minerals on the rock walls. Because they lived in the darkness all year round, their eyes had degenerated, but at the same time, they had evolved the ability to use sound waves like bats to explore the terrain, and even in the darkest environment, they could still hunt and kill creatures.
The mouth of the flower dragon had a unique two-layer structure. The outer layer was like a knife that could easily pierce through human skin, and once the skin was torn open, the second mouth would shoot out and stab into the human's abdomen like a straw, completely crushing the internal organs and sucking them into the body.
Those who were killed by the Flower Flood Dragon would be left with empty skin and bones. Their brains and internal organs would all be crushed and consumed. During the entire process, the human wouldn't die immediately. They would watch as their abdomen slowly shrivel up. The process of death was incomparably painful and cruel.
The situation was very clear. The underground structure was like a sponge, full of holes. This was the nest of the flower dragon. After the North Sea collapsed, the seawater flowed through the holes and continued downwards, alarming the flower dragon flock.
Now, the flower dragon flock was running for their lives, and they were about to encounter a group of humans who had come here with the collapse of the North Sea.
"Go! Get out of here! "
The battle was inevitable. General Drexton suddenly burst out, his muscles inflating like they were inflating, instantly bursting through his combat uniform and revealing dark, hard muscles. The deep scars on his muscles were the result of his participation in the all-out war between humans and demons many, many years ago.
His ash-grey beard fluttered in front of his chest, and the old general seemed to have changed into a completely different person. He used his old body to shield the most outstanding youths of Hidden Demon City behind him.
His blue veins bulged, and the rune on his arm was a dark cloud that could destroy the earth.
General Dark Cloud Drexton did not hesitate and immediately began to detonate his bloodline. Every warrior in Hidden Demon City had the blood of the demon race in them, and the detonation of the power of the bloodline would cause the warrior to deviate from the human race and become closer to the form of the demon race. Although such power was unparalleled, it would also push the warrior to the brink of self-destruction.
"All the generals who participated in the all-out war between humans and demons are dead. Only I am still alive." General Drexton smiled bitterly, "Not being able to die in battle with everyone is the biggest regret of my life. After all, the best ending for warriors is to die on the battlefield and have their names carved on a monument."
"But it's not bad now. Since I didn't die in battle, I can protect the descendants of my comrades."
"Go, I'm here. I should be able to buy you a few minutes."
"General! If you want to leave, we'll leave together! "
Dongfang He roared. He had been proud all his life and longed to be a leader, so he couldn't accept running away and leaving others to die on the battlefield.
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