"Defeating you will be your own human greed!" The Dog King let out a low roar. As he opened his mouth, a vortex formed inside, madly devouring everything, whipping up a violent whirlwind around him.
Huang Jianguo and the others were lying in ambush there. They never imagined that the moment they arrived, they would run straight into the Dog King.
Clearly, the current Dog King was still a bit short of being finished off by the "final blow."
In a panic, Huang Jianguo hurriedly ordered a retreat.
However, the terrifying thing about Soul Devour was that below the transcendent level, even fourth-tier experts were powerless to resist it!
Out of nearly five hundred people, more than four hundred had just turned to flee when they suddenly seemed to lose their minds, standing there blankly, eyes unfocused, expressions dull and vacant!
The remaining forty-plus War Gods didn't dare stay a second longer and turned around to run.
Seeing Huang Jianguo at the head of the retreat, Hu Yan roared angrily, "Useless at getting things done, great at ruining them!"
"Wailing ghosts and howling wolves! Draw the lightning tribulation! Nine-Origin Lightning Tribulation!"
"Captain Kai, wake up!"
But Hu Yan was still too slow. After the Dog King devoured those people's souls, his figure shot forward, dodging the heavenly lightning while slashing down with one claw after another, killing all the players who had fallen into a daze!
Hu Yan used up all nine lightning tribulations, yet still failed to restrain the Dog King.
He hurriedly looked toward the Demon-Slaying Sword. "Demon-Slaying Sword, kill him, now!"
However, after struggling to block that blow for Hu Yan, the faint golden glow radiating from the Demon-Slaying Sword grew weaker and weaker.
It now hovered beside Hu Yan, no longer continuing its attack.
"Out of energy?!" Hu Yan's eyes widened as a wave of despair washed over him.
"No more show to put on?" A leisurely voice sounded from not far away. After killing those people, the Dog King walked back over.
At this moment, although his body was covered in wounds, his expression was relaxed. With a half-smile, he looked at Hu Yan. "This broken sword really is something. I honestly don't know where you got it from. If I hadn't awakened and gained intelligence, I really might have died under its blade."
"But I can also tell that its energy doesn't come from you. Since that's the case, as long as I drain its stored energy, the final winner will still be me!"
"Also, there's some bad news I should tell you. Soul Devour doesn't just help me awaken. It also boosts my strength."
"Even if these people didn't help much, it's more than enough to kill you!"
"Now, you, this broken sword, and that crazy friend of yours, all of you are going to die!"
Hu Yan hurried over to Jiang Kai's side. "Captain Kai, wake up!"
However, the Demon-Slaying Sword had already stopped attacking, and Jiang Kai still hadn't woken up. He stood there blankly, eyes slightly closed, brows faintly furrowed, completely unable to hear Hu Yan's shouting.
Seeing Jiang Kai like this, Hu Yan was frantic with worry.
"He's really lost it. At a time like this!"
"Old Hu, what's going on?" Suddenly, a figure rushed over from the side, staring in shock at the Dog King, the Demon-Slaying Sword, and the figures that had turned into points of light.
"Where did you go? Someone followed us here and you didn't even notice!" Hu Yan cursed.
Ruan Yu scratched his head. "I, I went to notify the military. I saw them evacuating the crowd, so the mission was done. I figured I'd celebrate a bit… had a little to drink."
Hu Yan felt a headache coming on.
What was there to celebrate. If you wanted to drink, just say so.
"I saw Huang Jianguo. Those people should be from Godslayer. Just now, the Demon-Slaying Sword and I were suppressing the Dog King, but then he used Soul Devour to boost his strength."
"And the Demon-Slaying Sword seems to have run out of energy. Captain Kai, he… sigh, anyway, he just won't wake up!"
Ruan Yu more or less understood the situation. Simply put, it was just the two of them now.
"In that case, Old Hu, Captain Kai should gain some insight soon. We'll hold the Dog King back." As Ruan Yu spoke, he lifted his wine gourd and took a huge gulp. "Damn, I've been holding it in this whole way. This feels amazing!"
Ruan Yu had already drunk quite a bit earlier. Now after downing several more mouthfuls, his face immediately flushed red and his eyes gradually became unfocused.
"Old Hu, want some too?"
"No, if I drink, I'm afraid I won't even be able to use my skills," Hu Yan shook his head. "Ruan Ghost, no matter what, hold on until Captain Kai wakes up!"
"Burp… hold on to what. Watch me take this… no, kill this Dog King!"
After saying that, Ruan Yu shuddered, drew his longsword, and shouted angrily, "I, Ruan Yu, have never been inferior to anyone in my life!"
"Truly a beauty that could shame the moon and hide the flowers! Come, be merry together with me, Ruan!"
Hu Yan nodded. This guy had finally properly entered the zone.
For the sake of pleasure, Ruan Yu charged forward without hesitation. Hu Yan didn't dare slack off for even a moment and hurriedly activated the Wind Whisper Spell again to support Ruan Yu.
After only two exchanges between Ruan Yu and the Dog King, a single claw left a deep gash across Ruan Yu's chest. If not for Ruan Yu bending low with his bizarre footwork to dodge, that strike might have taken his life outright!
The gap in strength between them was simply too great. When the Dog King hadn't awakened his intelligence, Ruan Yu could still fight him. But now, he wouldn't last much longer!
"Draw the lightning tribulation!" Hu Yan hurriedly coordinated with Ruan Yu, desperately restricting the Dog King's movement.
"You like causing trouble, huh? Then I'll kill you first!" The Dog King leapt high into the air and lunged straight at Hu Yan.
Without the Demon-Slaying Sword's protection this time, how could Hu Yan's Wind Whisper Spell be faster than the Dog King?
"Nine-Origin Lightning Tribulation!" Hu Yan shrouded himself in lightning and retreated rapidly.
"Beauty, you actually abandoned me to go after Little Hu!" Ruan Yu chased after them from behind.
"Second-stage skill, Claw Assault!" The Dog King swung a claw in midair, carrying dense true energy as it swept straight toward Hu Yan.
Faced with such a ferocious true energy attack, Hu Yan couldn't dodge in time and was smashed straight down from the sky.
After hitting the ground, Hu Yan violently spat out several mouthfuls of blood, his entire body unable to move.
Seeing Hu Yan temporarily lose his fighting ability, the Dog King turned to attack Ruan Yu. "Dare to spout nonsense in front of me. I'll tear your mouth apart!"
Facing the Dog King's fierce assault, no matter how bizarre Ruan Yu's movements were, he couldn't avoid it. After several exchanges, he was already covered in wounds.
"Really is a… such a fiery beauty. Ruan here loves you to death!" Ruan Yu ignored his injuries and charged at the Dog King again.
Even the Dog King was astonished. This lunatic was way too twisted.
Not far away, Hu Yan struggled to lift his head and watched the fight between Ruan Yu and the Dog King. It was nothing but crushing domination and slaughter!
Ruan Yu's body was already a bloody mess, his abdomen torn open, even his internal organs exposed!
If not for the numbing effect of his drunken state, injuries like this would have been more than enough to kill him!
"Ruan Ghost…" Hu Yan clutched his chest. The wound there was so deep that bone was visible!
Hu Yan then looked toward Jiang Kai again.
At this moment, Jiang Kai was like a petrified statue, standing there without moving at all.
The Demon-Slaying Sword hovered beside him, but there was no trace of light left on the blade.
Once the two of them died, Jiang Kai would be nothing more than a stationary target, certain to die at the Dog King's hands!
He still remembered how, back then, this young man had cast aside prejudice and taken him and Ruan Yu to grind monsters and level up in King's Valley.
He and Ruan Yu, once considered useless professions in Huaxia, had step by step reached where they were today, gained people's recognition, and guided the rise of two new professions.
Through more than a year of interaction, they had finally learned Jiang Kai's secret.
He was a gambler, using the faintest hope to gamble on a chance to turn things around!
On the surface, Jiang Kai sometimes seemed muddle-headed, even flippant, but others didn't understand the responsibility he carried, nor the pressure he faced!
In Hu Yan's eyes, the Jiang Kai he saw was different from the Jiang Kai others saw.
He had never shirked the responsibility on his shoulders, even when that responsibility exceeded his duties. He had never once given up, no matter how dire the situation!
"Captain Kai, I believe in you!"
"Even if the Fire God is left with just one person, it's not a loss!"
"We can die. You cannot die!" Hu Yan clenched his teeth and let out a furious roar. "Weird talent, second form! Demonic Cultivation!"
"The heavenly thunder surges!"
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