Chapter 005: The Underground World

In City of Red Lake, Old Green immediately recognized its strategic importance. Despite the Northern Legion being under severe strain, he still stationed 20,000 of their soldiers there.
However, Old Green understood the city’s significance, and Fischer understood it even better!
After launching a surprise attack and driving away the Northern Legion soldiers, the number of troops in City of Red Lake rose to 60,000!
Moreover, the army there was no longer a mix of clergy and local residents—it consisted of 30,000 Royal City Guards, along with 30,000 Holy Knights and Priests of the Church, as well as Divine Mages!
Priests, as support classes, could cast spells such as Hymn to the Light God, Encouragement, Boost, and Healing. Though they couldn’t engage in attacks, their powerful support abilities could elevate the army’s combat strength to an entirely new level!
Divine Mages, on the other hand, directly cast light-based magic spells to attack enemies. In essence, they were mages of the Light faction!
“Brother! We can’t break through!” Allen said fiercely.
The thick city walls of City of Red Lake were beyond the reach of ordinary weapons, and numerous Divine Mages were stationed at the city gates!
Even a domain powerhouse like Allen couldn’t break through their defensive barrier—because among those Divine Mages were also domain powerhouses!
“Let’s charge in together!” George said immediately.
“Okay!”
Soon, George and Allen transformed into two silver dragon-like figures and charged violently at the city gates!
Just before they collided with the walls, layers of white light screens appeared on them. Immediately, both of them thrust their weapons into those screens. Soon, a very familiar sensation arose in George’s mind—“Domain Power!” He sensed domain power within those screens!
Shaking his body, George quickly unleashed his own domain power. Points of starlight-like domain power rushed toward those white screens!
At that moment, countless light magic spells of various levels attacked George and Allen from the walls. Where domain powerhouses existed, their numbers were bound to be large. Soon, George realized that many of the spells attacking him were high-level spells!

Faced with such an overwhelming attack, even those strong in their domains would hesitate. Soon, out of desperation, George and Allen gave up on this attack.
“Elder brother, what should we do?” Allen asked anxiously.
“Don’t worry. If necessary, we’ll endure the magical attacks at the risk of getting hurt and break through that city gate!” George said. Just as the two brothers were talking, a sudden rush of sound came from the sky!
In the sky, Qing Suo remained steady in the air.
“Third young master!”
“Third brother!”
“Younger brother!”
Seeing the familiar Qing Suo, the soldiers of the Northern Army immediately realized that Du Fan had arrived.
Qing Suo paused in the sky for a moment before a strange, red-and-green long arrow was shot out! The arrow struck directly at the city gate of Chi Hu City. Under the watchful eyes of countless people and troops, as soon as the strange arrow touched the energy barrier, it trembled before disappearing instantly—immediately after, the arrow crashed into the city gate!
With a loud explosion, Chi Hu City’s sturdy city gate shattered into pieces! A gap thirty meters wide appeared beneath the city walls!
As the arrow was shot, Du Fan also flew out of Qing Suo. Right after emerging, he rushed at the mage priests on the city gate!
With a twist of his wrist, a ruler shimmering with starlight appeared in his hand. As soon as it appeared, countless beams of starlight began to shine from it.
These beams of starlight filled the surrounding space in large quantities. Each beam exploded upon appearing, and with each explosion, none survived within them.
Starfield Destruction!
This skill was the group attack skill from “Picking Stars”: Starfield Destruction!
In the shattered starfield, nothing remained.
Soon, only one mage priest on the city wall was left to confront Du Fan head-on.
“Du Fan?” the mage priest asked calmly.
“That’s right. It’s me,” Du Fan replied.
“You’re very strong, but defeating me isn’t that easy,” said the domain mage priest.
As soon as he spoke, the domain mage priest unleashed his domain. Within the milky-white domain, there seemed to be some mysterious power.
“Du Fan, my domain is the Immortal Domain. As long as my domain remains intact, I am immortal within it!” the mage priest said.

“I…” Before the divine mage could finish speaking, another long arrow shot down from the blue shuttle! The arrow pierced straight into the divine mage’s body. Soon, extreme pain appeared on his face, and in an instant, he exploded into powder—killed completely. With a wave of his hand, a fierce wind arose, sweeping away all the powder that had drifted toward him! Du Fan leaped upward and headed straight toward the city! Wielding a thunderous long arrow, with black and white hair and an aura of deadly menace, Du Fan targeted the military personnel first! Soon, the entire Northern Legion invaded the city! Under their brutal assault, none of the 60,000 soldiers of Red Lake City could escape—except for a few who fled. Within half an hour, after the city was breached, all 60,000 defenders were slaughtered! After looting the general’s camp and the church, the Northern Legion marched triumphantly toward the south! … In the palace, Duke Wade trembled in front of Fischer, looking extremely distressed. “Duke Wade! What good are the armies of your Lionheart family? Six hundred thousand soldiers defeated by two hundred thousand!” Fischer snapped angrily. “Your Highness! Alas, Du Fan’s men are all experts! Even three of our Lionheart family elders were killed! Your Highness, I am willing but powerless—please punish me,” Duke Wade stammered. “Enough. It seems your Southern Legion is truly worthless! Otherwise, how could you have been routed by the Lanxi Empire?” Fischer waved his hand after losing his temper. “Your Highness, even if every last soldier of our Lionheart family fights to the end, we will never let Du Fan and his men set foot in the south!” Duke Wade declared fiercely. “Haha, what a joke! Duke Wade, I tell you, Du Fan has already left the south. You’re still here talking about preventing him from leaving! How ridiculous!” Fischer suddenly laughed loudly. “What! Du Fan left the south at this moment? Where did he go?” Duke Wade asked immediately.

“In the North, the land of the former Ice Powder Alliance, it is said they have already captured Red Lake City and are marching southward. My lord, if I’m right, the goal of the Northern Army must be the four southern provinces, Du Fan’s territory! If the Northern Army also heads south, my lord, I’m afraid your bases in the south will no longer exist.” Fisher said with a smile as she looked at Duke Wade.

“If that’s the case, Your Highness should quickly dispatch troops to suppress them!” Hearing Fisher’s words, Duke Wade immediately spoke in a trembling voice.

“My lord, even now, will you refuse to reveal the forces behind you?” Upon hearing Duke Wade’s words, Fisher slammed the table in anger.

“Your Highness, our Lionheart Family has so little—please show mercy!” Duke Wade said loudly.

“I just want to ask: during those attempts to assassinate Du Fan, back when he returned and allowed me to see him, were those suddenly appearing Night Elves related to you in any way?” Fisher asked suddenly.

“A little, but not closely,” Duke Wade replied immediately.

“Hmph, if the relationship isn’t close, how could they assassinate so many people for you?” Fisher sneered.

“It’s true, Your Highness. The power distribution in the underground world is also very clear. Our Lionheart Family has only had contact with a very small faction,” Duke Wade said.

“Good. Then, in this campaign to suppress the Northern Army and prevent them from returning to the south, your Lionheart Family must contribute significantly!” Fisher said.

“Your Highness, I would die without regret serving you!” Duke Wade immediately bowed.

……

“Grandpa, do we really need to do this? To be honest, although our Southern Army isn’t as strong as Du Fan’s men, we’re not far behind. Why? Why not let them retreat?” Randy suddenly asked.

Upon returning to the Lionheart Family’s estate, Randy asked why Duke Wade kept yielding in the face of Du Fan’s army.

“Silly child, it’s precisely because we’re weak that Your Highness trusts us! Just like Old Green, who spent vast amounts of money, resources, and effort to build the Northern Army—only to have it become the target of envy and end up in this mess,” Duke Wade said with a smile. “Child, remember: never reveal your true strength completely!”

“I know that,” Randy said with a nod.
“Randy, your cultivation level has already surpassed the Sacred stage, but against Du Fan and his group, you’ll still lose. I think you’d better go to Room Tian to train. Don’t come out until you reach the level of a realm powerhouse!” Duke Wade said loudly.
“Okay, Grandpa,” Randy replied promptly.
“Let’s go. I’ll accompany you,” Duke Wade said.
Soon, they were in the basement where Randy had trained last time.
“Open Room Tian! Let Randy enter to train!” Duke Wade shouted loudly.
“Open the Door of Darkness. I want to enter the underground world,” Duke Wade said.
Hearing this, the people opened another door. As it was opened, a dark energy immediately spread out!
With a twist, a black robe quickly appeared on Duke Wade’s body. Wearing the black robe and turning around, Duke Wade disappeared into the darkness. Soon, he stepped through the dark door!
After taking a few steps in the darkness, a harsh voice suddenly rang out.
“Who are you? How did you manage to enter the world of darkness?”
Along with these words, a giant spider appeared—strangely enough, it had a human face! A human head!