A few seconds after the first tremor ended, the second tremor came again. This time, the tremor was more obvious than the first, and Hao Ren caught the changes it caused in the space in time.
The boundary of the Moonlight Steppe was swallowed up by the thick darkness. The tremor seemed to have destroyed the structure of the dark boundary, causing a series of blurry images to appear in the deep shadow. In the images, towering towers and steeples could be seen, and even part of the courtyard of the Shadowy Castle could be seen. The isolation of this graveyard was weakening with the tremor.
"What's going on?" Hao Ren immediately asked in a loud voice over the comm.
As soon as Hao Ren's voice trailed off, the witch, Helen, screamed in panic. "The boundary! The demon hunters have broken the boundary! They are coming in from the outside! They are destroying the first gate of the castle! "
Madam Marie's voice followed. "Oh my God! There are too many of them! "
"Holy moly!" Hessiana could not help but swear. "I have closed the passage after we came in. How did these guys break the barrier of the Shadowy Realm so quickly?"
"Because they are an elite Hunter group led by a demon hunter elder," Hao Ren said while dodging the chaotic shockwaves released by the Malevolence in the air. He looked up at Hasse, who was fighting not far away. "But they are not the same level as the cats and dogs you have guessed at first. Do you understand now? If we had not disrupted your plan, you would have been beaten to the ground by the demon hunters. "
Hasse noticed Hao Ren's movement from a distance. He raised his hand and threw out a glowing rune card. The rune card disintegrated into a shimmering barrier in the air. The barrier collided with the Malevolence's silent scream and disappeared silently. The old demon hunter took the opportunity to retreat dozens of meters. "If you have the time to gossip, why don't you think about how to solve the problem in front of you? The collapse of the dimension is accelerating! Fight or retreat! Make your decision now! "
Hessiana's voice in the comm next to Hao Ren's hand was raised an octave. "They are a Hunter Group? Jesus Christ! I almost died in this godforsaken place! A witch! Where are the demon hunters now? "
"They have broken through the atrium," Madam Marie's voice trembled, and she spoke quickly. "I don't know where the Soulless have gone, and only a few guards are standing in front of them. They have destroyed everything along the way!"
"It's simple. The Soulless are all here with us." Hao Ren did not panic at all. In fact, everything was going according to his plan. "Little Bat, can you close the rose barrier around the cemetery?"
"Please don't call me by my nickname in public," Hessiana replied. "There is no way to shut down the Rose Barrier. It is actually Lady Vivian's spiritual defense line when she is asleep. Even I can't interfere with it."
Hao Ren frowned and asked, "Can the demon hunters break through it?"
"If it's the elite Hunter Group, it's not difficult for them to break through the barrier. After all, Lady Vivian hasn't really woken up yet. The Rose Barrier is only operating on its own without anyone controlling it."
Hao Ren let out a sigh of relief. "Phew, that's good. That saves me the trouble. Little Bat, send some of the Soulless Guards to lure the demon hunters to the cemetery."
"Don't call me by my nickname. Wait, what did you say? Lure the demon hunters to the cemetery? "
Hao Ren chuckled. "Those guys can only cause trouble by bombing outside. It's better to let them come in and be of some use."
Hessiana could not wrap her head around it. "How can we let those bastards come in and disturb Vivian's sleep?" she asked.
"Come and see what's going on here. The ground has been blown down two meters. How can she sleep? Aren't you a pragmatic person? Let the demon hunters come in to deal with Vivian's Malevolence. You don't get the chance to use the demon hunters as cannon fodder. "
Sometimes, the same thing could be said in a different way, and it would have an unexpected effect. Hao Ren's "using the demon hunters as cannon fodder" was exactly what Little Bat wanted. She subconsciously felt that it was a good idea, and when she thought about it carefully, it made sense.
The next moment, Hao Ren heard Little Bat's excited voice over the comm. "Just you wait. I will send some of my men to lure those idiots to their death!"
Hao Ren grinned and made an OK gesture to Hasse. "Don't worry, Hasse. Your Hunter Group will come to help soon."
Hasse's magnificent battle suit had been damaged by the Malevolence's continuous blast, but the old demon hunter was still standing in the air with a domineering aura. His face was expressionless when he heard what Hao Ren said, but his voice was cold. "Help? I am not deaf. I heard everything you and your companions said."
"Anyway, this is your plan," Hao Ren said with a smile. "And if I didn't say so, the little girl would not have cooperated. Besides, aren't you demon hunters downright pragmatists? As long as the final result is the same as the plan, it doesn't matter if there are some changes in the process."
Compared to a sneaky plot, this kind of open and aboveboard plot was more difficult to deal with.
Hasse glared at Hao Ren. His face, which was expressionless because of the poison, seemed to show a hint of anger. But at last, he turned his head and said, "Whatever you say. Besides, is that the descendant of the Countess of the Crimson Moon?"
"The one who spoke in the comm? Yes, "Hao Ren said with a smile while directing the remote-controlled turret to fire at the Malevolence." Her name is Hessiana. You will meet her later. "
"Is that so?" Hasse said with a poker face. "I am really interested now."
The attack of the Soulless was still fierce.
The Shadow Skeletal Dragon continued to unleash a powerful breath of death from the sky, and the Specter Knights launched wave after wave of attacks on the steppe. The indescribable nightmare monsters howled in a frenzy as they threw themselves into the light pillar where the Malevolence was. But this kind of ferocious attack had little effect on the Malevolence. All it took was a silent scream, or even a finger to create a negative energy shock wave to turn the Soulless into ashes. The Soulless Legion on the steppe was dying faster than they could resurrect. The number of Soulless Legion on the steppe was decreasing at a visible rate. If it were not for Lily filling in the gaps in the defense line after the Soulless Legion retreated, the Dream Legion would have lost its ability to contain the Soulless Legion.
But the Army of Dreams had held the Soulless back for long enough. After another gargoyle army was knocked down from the air, a new army finally entered the battlefield.
Rather than entering the battlefield, it would be more accurate to say that they broke into the battlefield in a daze.
Lured by the retreating Soulless army, the demon hunters led by Lockheed gradually entered the deepest part of the Shadowy Fortress. After passing through the northern vestibule of the fortress, the Wall of Roses of the cemetery suddenly blocked the path of these elite demon hunters.
The demon hunters immediately realized that they had come to the hibernation place of the Countess of the Crimson Moon. Although they did not understand why the Soulless Guards would consciously lure them here, Lockheed immediately ordered a fierce attack on the Wall of Roses.
Due to the fierce battle in the cemetery, the core of the shadowy realm had problems. So the Wall of Roses had actually deteriorated to a certain extent. Large patches of necrosis and decay appeared on its surface, and withered rose petals fell from the sky like rain. The once indestructible defense line of death was full of cracks. Under the onslaught of the demon hunters, it only took a moment for it to be damaged enough for the entire Hunting Group to pass through.
Hao Ren only saw a sudden explosion in the Wall of Roses not far away. The Wall of Roses, which was originally in the shape of an arched door of thorns and roses, turned into ashes in the blink of an eye. The force of the explosion extended all the way from the door to the sky and finally left a distorted spatial rift over the grassland.
It was really a loud cracking sound.
Then, Lockheed rushed in with dozens of demon hunters.
The battle between the Soulless army and the Malevolence was presented in front of these confused soldiers. Elder Hasse, whom they were familiar with, was at the forefront of the battle. The fake demon hunter, whom they had identified as the kidnapper, was not far away and seemed to be fighting alongside Hasse.
What was going on?
Lockheed's brain short-circuited for half a minute.
Hao Ren winked at Hasse. "You know what to say."
Although Hasse had a lot of resentment about this "cooperation," he knew what was important. Naturally, he would not do something that would ruin all his efforts at this critical moment. So, he turned to Lockheed and said, "This is a temporary cooperation! Attack the Countess first! "
In this emergency situation, Hao Ren did not have time to explain to Lockheed what the Malevolence was. All he needed to do was to let them know where to attack.
The demon hunters were dumbfounded at first because they had made too many plans before entering the shadowy realm. They had guessed that they would have to fight against the endless ghouls in the shadowy realm; they had guessed that they would have to face the violent Vivian Ancestor; they had guessed that they would be attacked by Hao Ren and his accomplices; they had even guessed that they would have to face the crimson moon as soon as they entered the shadowy realm; they had even guessed that the worst scenario would be the death of all the soldiers. But they had not guessed what was happening right now.
The Soulless Guards in the Shadowy Fortress were few in number, and they did not encounter any substantial obstruction all the way to the cemetery. In the cemetery, Elder Hasse, who was supposed to be kidnapped, was fighting alongside the kidnapper and the Soulless Guards. There was indeed a Crimson Moon in the sky, but there was no destructive mysterious power in the moonlight.
The situation was out of his expectations, and Lockheed was a little confused.
But he was not confused for too long.
Hasse's order woke the demon hunter up and made him realize that this was not the time to get to the bottom of it.
He raised his right hand high and ordered all the demon hunters, "Listen to me.
Cooperate with the Elder and the Soulless Guards to attack the Countess! "
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