"Additionally, dispatch a unit of each to Vickers' Workshop. The latest reports suggest that Vickers will soon be free, with the Magic Crystal Cannons, Heavy Bolt Crossbows, and Goblin Magic Bomb Launchers entering full-scale production. Once the city walls are armed, he'll find himself with idle hands—and knowing him, idle hands are dangerous hands. These new toys should keep him entertained… and perhaps even bring us some unexpected breakthroughs."
"It shall be done, my lord!"
I paused for a moment before adding with a smirk, "Actually, send two of each. We both know his knack for making things explode in spectacular fashion."
Sophia let out a knowing chuckle, her eyes gleaming with amusement. "Indeed… I still remember the last time he 'tested' a prototype. The explosion wiped out an entire kilometer of his workshop, left countless goblins and humans in disarray, and yet, somehow, Vickers himself emerged unscathed—grinning ear to ear."
"Let's hope this time, he at least keeps the roof intact," I mused, though deep down, I doubted it.
---
Dragon Pond fell into silence again.
Someday.
The black dragon lord's magical aura dissipated, and I opened my red dragon pupils, with a hint of joy flashing in them.
[Eight Tier: Law Shock (Entry 1%)]
[Biological Order: Level 18 Advanced]
A few months have passed, and not only have I mastered the eight-tier law shock spell, but I have also raised the creature's order to high-level eighteen through the cumulative strengthening of several feasts.
The strength once again takes a step forward.
"Ozzy should have recovered from his injuries. It's time to continue hunting," I said to myself.
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Abyss, a corner of the lava wasteland plane.
The sky was shrouded in endless thunder. A purple thunder falcon shuttled freely through the sea of thunder, fighting fiercely with a black dragon shadow.
At a certain moment, accompanied by the surging spell aura and energy aftermath, the Thunder Eagle fell toward the earth.
[Purple Thunder Eagle]: A powerful mutant that is born with the ability to master purple thunder.
The black dragon shadow followed the purple eagle and fell down.
Not far away, the six-armed snake demon Ozzy also flew over. Looking at the body of the purple eagle on the ground, a smile appeared on his face.
"Congratulations to the master for catching the prey."
"Well, this time, you come back to the Tal plane with me," I nodded slightly and said casually.
Ozzy was a little confused, but he didn't ask any more questions and nodded.
One dragon and one demon returned to Tal through the teleportation altar.
At this time, Ozzy also knew the master's purpose for letting him come here.
"You go to the ghost plane through the teleportation altar to assist Brain and the others. They encountered some difficulties." After informing Ozzy, I made my way back to the Dragon Pond alone.
Anticipation coiled within me like a storm ready to break. The thought of devouring the Purple Thunder Eagle sent a thrill through my veins—a feast not just for the body, but for my very essence.
I already wielded Thunder Breath, but would this consumption elevate it further? Would it evolve into something greater, or would I gain an entirely new variation of the storm's fury? Perhaps a second form of Thunder Breath, distinct in nature, crackling with untapped potential.
And then there was the Thunder Affinity. With the blood and essence of this creature becoming mine, would I grow closer to the element itself, commanding the storms with even greater mastery?
There were so many possibilities, and I was eager to claim them all.
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The six-armed snake demon Ozzy looked at his departing master without hesitation and came directly to the ghost plane through the teleportation altar.
In the cave that was enlarged ten times, with a flash of light, the legendary snake demon, more than six meters tall, arrived.
"Finally, I can start killing people on the material plane." The snake demon Ozzy licked his lips, feeling a little excited.
After so many years in the Abyss, he had already grown a little tired of it.
In addition, causing massacres outside the Abyss provided a chance to obtain rewards from the will of the Abyss.
If the material plane were dragged into the Abyss and assimilated as a part of it, the will of the Abyss would reward him without hesitation.
This is one of the main reasons why demons like to come to the material plane and cause killings everywhere.
Another reason is that demons are chaotic and restless in nature, and they like to kill.
In a forest, there was a simple but magnificent building made of huge rocks.
Inside the building, the fallen evil giant Nurraf and the Balor Fire Demon Barrow sat together worriedly.
"These green-skinned ghosts are really cunning, and we almost fell into their trap," Nurraf said angrily.
Barrow was also a little upset and said, "The other party has a legend, which makes us too passive. We don't know when the master will send people over. If this continues, we can only keep running."
While he was talking, an evil "Jie Jie" laughter came from outside the hall. A thick snake tail slithered on the ground, and three pairs of six slender arms looked monstrous.
"Two losers who can't even accomplish what our master ordered them to do!"
Hearing the taunts, Barrow and Nurraf were a little annoyed. They were about to kill the intruder but, upon turning their heads to look at the entrance of the hall, found that it was the legendary snake demon. Their expressions immediately changed to smiles, and they spoke in a humble tone.
"Lord Ozzy, you are finally here. We have been suffering a lot these days! But now that you are here, it is time for the enemy to feel fear."
Ozzy snorted disdainfully. "Tell me the current situation."
Barrow's expression remained unchanged, and he began to relay the information with a respectful tone.
A few months ago, they and the Black Wing Lair descended upon the ghost plane and acted separately.
They went east; Black Wing went west.
Their goal was to clear and occupy a large enough territory and establish the Black Wing Lair's base camp on the ghost plane.
The process went smoothly at first. Five thousand powerful demons slaughtered every green ghost tribe they encountered in the forest. They had no opponents and acted unscrupulously.
But soon, the enemy realized that a large number of powerful foreigners had appeared in this area and sent a legendary ghost man to intervene.
The two powerful demons, Nurraf and Barrow, joined forces and barely managed to resist the legendary ghost man. However, neither of them possessed legendary strength, so they quickly retreated and had to abandon part of the demon army to escape.
There were originally five thousand demon warriors, but only a little over three thousand remained after this battle.
Of course, most of the dead were mid-tier demons. Only a few dozen of the eight hundred high-tier demons were killed or wounded, and one of the twenty great demons was left behind.
Over the past days, the demon army had fled continuously, hiding wherever they could. However, they were still found from time to time by the legendary ghost man and slaughtered.
Although, due to the demon army being scattered, the losses each time were not much—ranging from dozens to one or two hundred—as time passed, the ghost army led by the legendary ghost man had almost completely surrounded them.
In desperation, the two demons had no choice but to ask their master for help.
After hearing what had happened to Nurraf and Barrow, Ozzy narrowed his eyes and did not say anything sarcastic.
"You mean, you two can defeat the legendary ghost man with just the two of you?" Ozzy confirmed again.
Barrow and Nurraf nodded in unison.
"Jiejie, isn't this food delivered to my doorstep?" Ozzy finally couldn't hold back his excitement.
Every time he hunted legendary creatures with his master, Ozzy was very greedy.
If he could devour these legendary creatures, his strength would likely increase significantly.
Unfortunately, every time he acted as bait, his master refused to give him the prey.
"Our master doesn't like to devour humanoid creatures. This legendary ghost man came at just the right time." Ozzy's eyes flashed with inexplicable emotions. He looked at the evil giant and Balor and said coldly,
"You two will act as bait this time, and I will ambush him."
"Yes," the two powerful demons nodded in agreement.
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In a forest.
The two-meter-tall, green-skinned ghost man, who was 80% to 90% similar to a human, hovered in the air, chasing after the evil giant and Balor, who were fleeing ahead. Excitement flashed in his eyes.
A large number of vines rose from the ground, hindering the two demons' escape.
"You can't escape this time, foreigner filth!" The green-skinned ghost man looked at the two demons running away in embarrassment, as if he could already see their inevitable deaths.
Dozens or hundreds of thick green vines several meters long shot out at once, binding the thighs of the fallen evil giant, Nurraf, before pulling hard and causing him to fall heavily to the ground.
The giant's massive, thirty-meter-tall body was incredibly heavy. His fall resembled an earth dragon turning over.
Nurraf roared angrily, his entire body igniting with raging flames that burned the vines on his thighs. Soon, a large number of vines were incinerated, but the green-skinned ghost man merely sneered at the sight.
Green light spread from his palms, and in an instant, dozens or hundreds more vines sprouted and stretched, tightly binding the giant once more.
At the same time, a surge of green light erupted from the ghost man's other palm. A green energy arrow, several meters thick and more than thirty meters long, condensed almost instantly and shot toward Nurraf with terrifying force.
Feeling the danger, Nurraf struggled desperately and simultaneously cursed Balor, who was still running ahead.
"Asshole! Are you still not going to help?!"
Barrow snorted coldly but still condensed a massive lava meteorite and hurled it toward the green energy arrow.
The meteorite and the arrow collided. The meteorite shattered, and though the arrow's light dimmed slightly and its speed decreased, the delay gave Nurraf a chance to defend and dodge.
With a bang, one of Nurraf's thighs was shattered by the green light arrow, but he breathed a sigh of relief.
This kind of injury was not considered a serious injury to the fallen evil giant at all, and he would be fine if he rested for a while.
Of course, in this critical moment, there was no time for Nurraf to rest, so the green-skinned ghost man suspended in the sky showed joy on his face and laughed, saying,
"You two filthy foreigners are really capable. You have escaped from me several times, but so what? Now you are still going to die in my hands!"
Just when the green-skinned ghost man was relaxing, faint ripples appeared in the air, and a sharp yet restrained purple light flashed past.
The green-skinned ghost man suspended in the sky was chopped into two pieces on the spot.
It was only then that the green-skinned ghost came back to his senses and stared blankly at his body, which had been cut into two parts.
How could this be? Who attacked him?
In the midst of panic and fear, a large number of green tentacles shot out from the green-skinned ghost man's body that had been chopped into two parts and quickly connected together.
But the purple light that had just dissipated struck again, cutting off the limbs of the green-skinned ghost man once more.
This time, however, the green-skinned ghost man also saw the enemy that had attacked him—a snake demon with a snake tail and six arms.
Based on the invasions over the years, Sa Ye recognized the opponent's race—the snake demon from the Abyss, and more specifically, the six-armed snake demon with the strongest bloodline.
The six-armed snake demon was a natural warrior and assassin. Whether in a frontal battle or a sneak attack, it was quite terrifying.
Realizing that he was no match at all, the green-skinned ghost man didn't hesitate. Green light flashes all over his body, and a large number of vines surged around him. In just an instant, they formed a huge sepak takraw ball with a diameter of several hundred meters, wrapping him inside.
During the formation of the sepak takraw ball, he also attempted to trap the six-armed snake demon inside, but unfortunately, this move failed.
The snake demon's figure flickered and evaded countless vines.
"But it's safe now. You can't kill me in here." In the center of the sepak takraw ball with a diameter of several hundred meters, the green-skinned ghost man breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he also used his clan's unique communication method to inform the rest of the clan's strong warriors to come to his rescue.
In mid-air, Ozzy looked at the huge sepak takraw ball with an expressionless face. The two purple scimitars in his hands trembled, and two massive cross-shaped sword slashes, each dozens of meters long, struck directly at the sepak takraw ball.
The sword light shattered countless vines along the way, but under the relentless wear and tear of the vines that grew and poured in one after another, the sword light finally collapsed at a depth of only tens of meters.
Seeing this, Ozzy finally frowned.
He knew that he couldn't afford to delay at this moment. If his opponent's strong warriors arrived, the situation could turn against them once again.
His master had told him that several kings in this ghost world had reached the second level of legend, and it was very likely that they were extremely powerful at that level.
As a six-armed snake demon who had obtained the power of the Void from his master, Ozzy had his own arrogance and confidence. If it was an ordinary second-level opponent, he dared to fight it, but if it was an exceptionally strong second-level enemy, then he was definitely not an opponent.
"You two, assist me with all your strength!"
With his mind spinning rapidly, Ozzy growled at Nurraf and Barrow, who were not far away.
The two looked at each other, and without hesitation, they began using their strongest attack methods.
Nurraf pulled out his weapon, a huge black-and-red stick, from his body, then poured pure brute force and the abyssal energy within him into it and hurled it out with a roar.
Following closely behind was a lava meteorite with a diameter of more than ten meters, carrying astonishing power, which Barrow had conjured with intense focus.
The black-and-red stick penetrated dozens of meters, and then the massive lava boulder followed, blasting into the large hole created by the stick, causing a shocking explosion.
"Break it for me!!"
At some point, the six-armed snake demon's body muscles swelled, increasing his height from more than six meters to nearly nine meters. Six purple scimitars appeared in his six palms.
Secret Skill: Six Swords in One!!
In the bright purple light, a shocking sword light, over 200 meters long, materialized and struck fiercely at the hole created by the stick and meteorite.
It was still incredibly difficult to completely penetrate the entire sepak takraw ball.
The green-skinned ghost man, at the center of the sepak takraw ball, watched in horror as the sword light approached him. His scalp went numb. He finally couldn't suppress the fear in his heart and fled from the sepak takraw ball.
As soon as the green-skinned ghost man emerged, he was greeted by dozens of purple slashes.
In an instant, the green-skinned ghost man was reduced to dozens of pieces.
Ozzy looked at the body parts, which were still struggling to reform, and smiled cruelly. With another flash of his sword, he sliced the dozens of body parts into hundreds of pieces, completely cutting off the possibility of the green-skinned ghost man regenerating. At the same time, he swallowed the opponent's soul in one gulp.
"This guy's recovery ability is really strong, no worse than the Abyss Hydra." Ozzy looked satisfied after devouring the soul. At the same time, he was amazed and then planned to consume the remaining pieces, which resembled plant roots.
"By the way, the master seems to have been looking for legendary creatures with recovery capabilities." Ozzy suddenly thought of this.
Looking at the pile of broken remains of the green-skinned ghost man, hesitation flickered in his eyes.
In the end, Ozzy gritted his teeth and collected the pieces of the green-skinned ghost man's body, intending to hand them over to his master.
Although it pained him a little, compared to making his master feel dissatisfied and angry, Ozzy still chose the former.
Anyway, with the power granted by his master, his strength could be quickly improved even without consuming the high-energy flesh and blood of legendary creatures.
Moreover, the legendary soul of the Ghost Man had already provided him with significant benefits.
"Let's go back," Ozzy said calmly.
Nurraf and Barrow, who had exerted all their strength and were feeling somewhat exhausted, quickly nodded.
They feared that the powerful warriors from the enemy's side might arrive at any moment, putting them in danger.
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"Asshole!"
A ferocious roar resounded inside and outside the Green Castle, making all the green-skinned ghosts too afraid to speak.
The king of the Green Ghost Clan, 'Medici,' sat on his throne, scanning the room coldly before speaking slowly,
"Because of your carelessness, our clan has once again lost a strong warrior."
The green-skinned ghosts below remained silent.
In response, the Green Ghost King snorted in dissatisfaction, feeling quite troubled.
He also knew that he couldn't entirely blame his subordinates for this.
The demon army in the east had already occupied the attention of many powerful warriors from the Green Ghost Clan. As a king, he naturally needed to be on the front lines to contain the top masters in the demon army.
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