CHAPTER 688: CHAPTER 418: KOLOS CITY CRISIS

Boom!

The earth let out a thunderous roar like a giant dragon turning over, as a dragon shadow burst from the ground, roaring towards the heavens.

Immediately following, a figure emerged from the underground, raising a hand to retract the Dragon’s Tooth—Terres it was.

Lu Heng followed closely, leaping out from the underground.

The two were initially sealed in the Underground Melt Cave. After several attempts, they found that by simultaneously exhibiting their strongest sword skills, there was a chance to temporarily break through the seal of Abyss Energy.

Thus, they rested for a period, restored their strength and Source Energy, then unleashed their strongest cuts together, successfully piercing through the seal of Abyss Energy, creating a breach.

The breach was not big, but it was enough for the two to escape the seal.

At the moment the breach appeared, Terres, aided by the lingering power of the cut with the Dragon’s Tooth, burst out from the ground.

And Lu Heng initiated Shadow Traversal, darting through the breach, crossing three kilometers of the earth’s crust, and returned to the surface.

Upon landing, he overheard the conversation between Su Muyu and Ke Yiming.

Lu Heng had lost interest in negotiating with this person and said coldly, "Just kill him and head back to Kolos City immediately."

In the sky above.

Terres paused not for a moment, already riding the sword light, instantly breaking the sound barrier, flying towards the direction of the northern Kolos City, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Lin Zeyu, in a fury, pulled out a revolver, loaded it, and aimed at Ke Yiming’s head, "Let me do it!"

At this moment, Ke Yiming truly panicked. He didn’t want to die; everything he struggled for was for survival.

As Lin Zeyu’s finger pulled the trigger, Ke Yiming’s mind suddenly went into overdrive, thinking of every possibility for survival.

He shouted desperately, "I still have value. I can be your spy in the Creator Organization and help you retrieve the Life Tree Vine. I also know what the Bone Sovereign’s true body is; the Bone Sovereigns you’ve seen before were not his real form. Only I know, only I know..."

Lin Zeyu’s finger was already on the trigger when Ke Yiming mentioned the "Life Tree Vine," and Su Muyu raised her hand to push away the revolver.

She turned her head and asked, "Lu Heng, letting him be a spy gives us a better chance to find the ’Life Tree Vine.’"

Ke Yiming finally seized the lifeline and immediately pleaded for his life along this point, "Yes, I can help you retrieve the Life Tree Vine.

"I’ve already leaked too many secrets of the Creator Organization. If they find out, I will definitely be executed as a defector.

"With this leverage, I’m at your disposal. I just want to survive, to be your spy, as long as you give me a chance to live."

This indeed is a method. With a nail driven into the Creator Organization, upon returning, an action against the Creator Organization can be undertaken.

Lu Heng thought briefly and asked, "What is the true body of the Bone Sovereign?"

Ke Yiming dared not delay and immediately divulged all he knew about the Bone Sovereign.

After Lu Heng listened, he waved his hand and ordered, "Take him back and lock him up."

Two Dragon Hawk Knights stepped forward, disarmed Ke Yiming, and shackled him.

After dealing with the matter here, the team immediately set off back to Kolos City.

...

Meanwhile.

Outside Kolos City, the battle was becoming increasingly intense.

The skeletal siege had lasted an entire day.

Even for Transcendents, a high-intensity battle for a whole day is extremely exhausting.

The same doesn’t apply to the undead skeletons. These bones of already dead creatures know no fear, feel no pain, and never tire.

The continuous swarm of the Skull Sea was ceaselessly assaulting the defenses of Kolos City.

The bones beneath the city walls were piled high, and the skeletons at the back climbed the bone hill, stabbed down by Elf Guards’ spears, but even after rolling to the bottom, they would climb up and continue scaling the walls.

After centuries of battling the Abyss, the Elf Clan’s population had been continuously decreasing.

Now, the entire continent had just over 30,000 elves, with only 20,000 residing in Kolos City.

Even with the entire city joining the battle, craftsmen, scholars, and merchants of the city taking up arms, the siege by the hundred-thousand-strong Skeleton Army posed a constant threat of the city being overrun.

If it were only the undead skeletons on the ground, the Elf Clan’s might could manage.

However, the appearance of seven Bone Dragons in the sky and several dozen twenty-meter-tall giant mammoths on the ground disrupted this balance.

In the sky above.

Six Bone Dragons flew from the clouds, breathing Dragon Breath at the city’s protective barrier.

Frost, flames, thunder, shadow... Various attributes of Dragon Breath crashed against the City Barrier, creating ripples of energy waves.

The City Barrier began to shake, its light flickering unpredictably.

"Hold the line! Support the magic barrier!" Arcane Masters called back from the Arcane Castle gathered, casting spells as a group to assist the City Barrier’s defense.

At this moment, the elders of the Arcane Council finally understood that the Queen’s decision was correct.

Even with all the Arcane Masters of the Arcane Council called back to Kolos City, the overwhelming undead skeletons presented immense pressure.

If the Arcane Masters of the Arcane Council hadn’t returned, the city would have already fallen.

The Arcane Council initially wanted to defend the Arcane Castle due to a misjudgment of the crisis.

At that time, the Arcane Council believed that the so-called hundred-thousand-strong Skeleton Army besieging was an exaggerated statement and that Kolos City wasn’t at risk of being overrun, thus wanting to divert part of their force to defend the Arcane Castle.