This was the second time Du Ze had seen Baal. Compared to the last time he came and went in a hurry, this time he finally had enough time to look at the legendary first Demon God.
In front of them, Baal was like a towering mountain in front of everyone – not because of his size, but because of his powerful aura. He was about two meters tall, had curved horns like Xiu's, and a pair of dark purple eyes that could be mistaken for black – a symbol of the demon's strength. The Demon God stood in the middle of the arena, majestic like an emperor, making people realize their own insignificance.
Du Ze looked at Baal as if he was looking at Xiu's future. In terms of blood relations, Baal should be Xiu's grandfather's father, but when the two of them stood face to face, they looked like father and son. Du Ze was actually thinking that the last time Baal died with the God of Light, it was more or less for Xiu. Would Baal be like Belial and let them pass?
Whether emotionally or physically, Baal was a difficult opponent to defeat.
At this time, the arena was silent. Under the pressure of the first Demon God, everyone felt short of breath and began to restrain themselves from breathing. Baal was staring at Xiu. His eyes were so deep that Du Ze couldn't see anything. He only heard Baal say to Xiu: "Your name."
"Xiu."
"Draw your sword."
Everyone was taken aback. Without any pleasantries or exchanges, the First Demon God had declared his duel in such a straightforward manner. Seeing that Xiu didn't say anything, Baal raised his hand and purple-gold arcs of lightning gathered around him. He was ready to attack.
"You're almost done in the Demon God Arena, but you still don't understand? If you want to move forward, you must destroy everything that stands in your way – or are you saying that you can't fight me? "
Baal stared at Xiu, his voice close to a sigh: "You shouldn't be merciful. The demons are not supposed to be merciful."
[The demons have been merciful and taken away the destruction.]
Hearing Baal's words, Du Ze almost reflexively thought of the script for "Mixed Blood." Before he could think about it, he saw Xiu slowly walk forward.
"Indeed." Xiu agreed with Barr's words. He stretched out his hand and the Thousand Transformations sword fell into his hand. "So I will kill you."
He had something he longed for, and for that goal, he could abandon everything, give up everything, and even destroy everything.
Hearing Xiu's response, Barr's expression was not so much gratified as happy.
"I won't hold back." Barr said, "If I were to let you go and let the other Sovereigns kill you, I might as well end you myself."
Would there be other Sovereigns? While Du Ze was in a daze, Xiu and Barr were already fighting. The entire arena was shrouded in lightning. Mo-Er had to protect everyone at the edge of the arena. Even he did not dare to directly face the terrifying energy contained in those seemingly tiny electric arcs.
Barr lifted his foot and took a step forward. The sizzling lightning twisted into a ring of lightning, spreading out from where Barr stepped. The speed was so fast that it was impossible to see. Xiu used his bat wings to protect himself. When the lightning circle passed, he spread his wings and slashed at Baal with both hands.
"Zap –"
The sharp blade cut through a purple light. The purple and gold lightning condensed in Barr's hand into a thunder sword. The lightning flowed to Burning Desire's blade and formed a shining chain. Xiu tried to retreat, but Barr's thunder sword was like a magnet that firmly attracted Burning Desire. A strong electric current flowed from Burning Desire to Xiu's body. Xiu frowned and a trace of pain flashed across his face. This was a power he was very familiar with, but this time it brought him harm.
Barr stared at Xiu. One after another, thunder balls began to gather around him. As he said before, he did not give Xiu any room to breathe. A thunder ball flew towards Xiu. Even with the protection of his wings, the thunder ball hurt Xiu a lot. Xiu pursed his lips and blood flowed from the corners of his mouth. Xiu also used the Thunder of Destruction, but when his lightning touched Barr's, it was instantly extinguished. Xiu was like a child in front of an adult, unable to resist.
"Only when you have been hurt can you understand its true power." Barr said: "We have the power to destroy everything – including ourselves."
Three thunder balls pierced Xiu's wings. At this time, Xiu's eyes lit up. Thunder represented destruction. He knew that this power was very strong, so strong that his body could not bear it. Every time he used this power, he instinctively suppressed it to the point where it would not hurt his body.
Xiu looked at Barr and then closed his eyes. He had to move forward, so he had to destroy all obstacles.
"Zap –"
The originally purple and white thunder instantly condensed into a purple and gold color. It became thinner and thinner, even faintly turning purple and black. Xiu opened his eyes. His purple eyes, which were flowing with lightning, were getting brighter and brighter. Finally, they looked like balls of flowing mercury, and his long and narrow eyes were particularly clear.
Xiu's body began to bleed everywhere, as if his whole body would turn into a pool of blood if he tightened a little more. His thunder and lightning were finally compressed to the thickness of a hair. It was more appropriate to say that it was an arc rather than a thunder and lightning. The purple-black arc easily tore apart Barr's sword. It broke through all obstacles and jumped towards Barr.
Barr looked at the bloody Xiu opposite him. Xiu's power was very strong, but it was still immature. For Barr, even if he could not escape the attack of the purple-black arc, he could still die together with Xiu the moment he was hit.
– But that was not necessary.
Barr waved his hand and the remaining ten thunder balls bombarded the purple-black arc and were broken. At the moment when the lightning engulfed the first Demon God, he narrowed his eyes slightly and seemed very satisfied.
"Zap – Pa!!!"
The thunder roared and the whole arena shook. When Du Ze came out of Mo Er's protection, he saw the half-destroyed arena. The incomplete arena floated in the void. Xiu, covered in blood, stood on one of the floorboards. Opposite him was not a magic transmission array, but a purple light that went straight into the sky. It seemed to be the exit of the Demon God Arena.
Is this … the end?
Xiu was badly injured. His left wing was tattered and his whole body was covered with wounds. Du Ze tried to help Xiu deal with his wounds, but at this time, the arena seemed to be unable to bear it and began to collapse. Not allowing them to hesitate, Mo Er took everyone and flew directly into the purple light. Du Ze closed his eyes and opened them again. He found that they had returned to the round hall where they first entered the tower. The hall was still full of people. Even in his dragon form, Mo Er did not feel crowded.
Du Ze didn't have time to think about why they came back. With the help of the beautiful sisters and Ariel, Du Ze began to help Xiu deal with his wounds. When he saw the hole in the wall, he was frightened. Under Mo Er's protection, he could not see anything and could only hear sounds. Judging from the current situation, both sides did not hold back. Although he didn't see what happened, Du Ze didn't know why he felt that both Barr and Xiu got the result they wanted.
Xiu seemed a little tired and leaned lazily against Du Ze without speaking. People came and went, but no one could disturb the other. After applying medicine to Xiu's wounds, Du Ze breathed a sigh of relief and then found that Xiu was staring in one direction. Du Ze followed Xiu's gaze and froze – was that stone statue there before?
There were several stone platforms around the round hall, and at this time, on one of them was a stone statue. Its appearance was very standard, but because it was too standard, there were no characteristics. Only a pair of bat-like wings showed that it was a demon. Du Ze was sure that when he first came here, he didn't see such a demon statue. This stone statue should have appeared after they finished fighting in the Demon God Arena.
… Is this a sign that they passed the first level? The Demon God Arena was only the first floor of the tower?
Du Ze's eyes swept to the other empty stone platforms. This time, he counted them carefully. There were exactly seven. Du Ze thought of what Barr said before about the Lord God, plus the number of stone platforms, and finally realized the author's sinister intentions – one for each race ~ dear.
Damn, the Moe Lord of the Demon God Arena is already covered in blood. Wouldn't it be tiring to fight all races?!
Xiu looked thoughtfully at the stone statue. There was only one entrance to the round hall, which meant that they could only go forward and not retreat. Except for Old John, who couldn't move, and Du Ze, whose equipment was being repaired, Xiu sent everyone else to the hall to look for Rachel and the others. Du Ze remembered that they were separated from the Thunder Regiment. According to Dan, as long as they passed the first floor, they could recruit unlimited followers.
The group searched the round hall several times but did not see anyone from the Thunder Regiment. They didn't know if they didn't come out or if something had happened to them. Whether it was Heidi or Dan, both said that the tower was very random. If they wanted to meet again, it was completely up to fate, so they could only give up.
Although Xiu's wounds needed some time to heal, they only rested for a day in the round hall before deciding to enter the light door again. In the round hall, although the other people were in a different space from them and could not touch them, they could still see them. Under the gaze of so many people, it was inconvenient to do many things. Even sleep was restless.
Even though he was seriously injured, Xiu still pulled Du Ze to the front. Although he had already entered once, the moment Du Ze stepped into the light door, he still felt a kind of nervousness about the unknown. The bright light gradually faded. Before his vision recovered, Du Ze felt the wind blowing on his face, bringing with it the fragrance of grass and a hint of decay.
Du Ze blinked. They were now in a grove of trees. In front of them, about a hundred skeletons were looking in their direction. Among them were skeleton soldiers, skeleton warriors, skeleton archers, and a skeleton mage. Mo 'er instantly transformed into a dragon and was ready to attack. What saved the group of skeletons from being crushed to pieces was one of their actions.
All the skeletons knelt down in front of Xiu. The leader was the skeleton mage. It opened its hollow mouth and used undead magic to say: [Centurion, please lead us to occupy the Chaos Continent.]
… What is going on?
Xiu seemed a little surprised. He asked the skeleton mage: "What did you call me?"
[Lord Centurion, please lead us to occupy the Chaos Continent.] The skeleton mage said.
No matter how much Xiu asked, the skeleton mage would only repeat the same sentence in a monotonous and mechanical way, as if it was deliberately arranged. Du Ze stared at the skeleton mage. This is different from the Demon God Arena. This time, the god tower must have prepared a hint for them?
Xiu thought for a moment, then tried to give instructions to the group of undead and found that they really obeyed his command. It seems that the group of skeletons really regarded him as their centurion. The first half of the skeleton mage's words have been understood. The second half of the skeleton mage's words seems to be that Xiu wants to use these skeletons to conquer the Chaos Continent?
Now that the situation is unclear, they don't know if they should believe the information revealed by the skeleton mage. Everyone decided to leave the woods and explore the surroundings. From their experience in the Demon God Arena, the first checkpoint will not pose too much of a threat to them. When the group of people walked out, the group of skeletons spontaneously followed them. Even if Xiu told them to leave, the group of skeletons would just foolishly stay in place for a while and then immediately follow them.
The woods were not big. After walking for about an hour, they went out. When Du Ze walked out of the woods, the scene in front of him gave him the illusion that he was not in the tower, but in the Chaos Continent. The blue sky stretched as far as the eye could see. Outside the forest was a small village. It was not big, with less than ten families. The end of the village could be seen at a glance. It was autumn, the harvest time. Du Ze saw several farmers bending down to pick up the ears of wheat. When the people looked up and saw them coming out of the woods – especially Xiu with wings and horns – their smiling faces turned to horror.
"The undead are coming –"
Those people let out mournful screams, and the whole village was alarmed. Every household shut their doors and windows tightly. The few people who were in the field were so scared that their legs went soft. They huddled together with their hoes and shivered.
Du Ze was speechless as he looked at all this. Old John maintained a gentle smile and tried to communicate with the undead.
"I'm sorry to disturb you. Please don't be afraid, we mean no harm." Old John's voice was convincing. "If you wish, we will leave at once. But before that, may I ask … "
Old John's words were interrupted by a stone being thrown. One of the farmers seemed to be so frightened that he grabbed the stone and threw it at Old John.
"Damn undead!"
Old John had to step back to avoid the stone. Seeing this, the others seemed to be infected with courage. They picked up stones and threw them at Du Ze's group.
"Go to hell!"
"Evil undead, get out of here!"
Xiu grabbed the stone that was about to hit Du Ze and crushed it into powder. He stared at the group of cursing people and seemed to remember some bad memories. Just then, the skeletons behind them caught up. When they saw the village, the group of skeletons seemed to be stimulated. They rushed out of the woods and rushed toward the farmers in the field.
The farmers had just lifted their stones when they saw the skeletons rushing toward them. One of the men's neck was broken by a skeleton. The other man reacted faster. He grabbed a hoe and cut the skeleton in half at the waist. However, even without half of its body, the skeleton could still crawl with its hands. It climbed up the man's thigh and looked at the man's frightened and desperate eyes.
"Kacha."
The farmers in the field were killed almost in the blink of an eye. The skeleton mage staggered over to the corpses. Its hollow mouth made two sounds and a burst of black smoke enveloped the corpses. In an instant, the corpses melted, leaving only their skeletons. The skeletons climbed up from the ground. At first, they were at a loss, but then they immediately joined the group of skeletons.
After dealing with the farmers, the skeletons began to pour into the village. Du Ze subconsciously looked at Xiu. He didn't know if Xiu didn't see it or if Xiu didn't want to stop him. At this time, Xiu looked up at the sky in the distance, which was the direction they came from. Compared to the clear sky here, the sky over there was filled with layers of dark clouds, exuding a strong ominous atmosphere.
"So that's how it is …" Xiu laughed. His expression was very strange, as if he was laughing at them, but it also contained a strong sadness. After noticing Du Ze's gaze, Xiu put his hand on Du Ze's neck and his voice was soft and low, as if he was telling a bedtime story.
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