Chapter 731: Chapter 478: Sudden Strangulation Battle, Blood Demon Descent Ceremony!

At that moment, high above, the surface of the Magic Energy Satellite inlaid in the World Barrier burst into brilliance.

Under that sun-like radiance, waves of pulsed radiation signals radiated in all directions.

Potent pulse signals pierced through the fog, linking with dozens of aerial information airships hovering in mid-air to form a temporary communication network that covered the entire Fierce Beast Mountain Range.

TICK TOCK!

Everyone in the Fierce Beast Mountain Range felt their personal terminals vibrate, indicating that the signal was online.

Simultaneously, guided by the demon remnants within the Magic Energy Satellite, every Abyssal Desecration Aura in the Fierce Beast Mountain Range—whether from someone fighting a Fierce Beast or simply using energy to travel—was instantly detected.

In the monitoring center of the Beast Fighting City military base, a previously pixelated map of the Fierce Beast Mountain Range’s depths resolved on the large screen into a clear, panoramic model. Red dots began to appear across its middle and latter sections.

"Report! Thirty-two Demon Worshiper auras detected!"

"Lock their positions and notify nearby squads to encircle and destroy them."

"Yes, sir."

Thanks to this information disparity, the Demon Worshipers who had just followed Azklos’s orders to scatter into the Fierce Beast Mountain Range were completely unaware that their positions had been exposed.

Furthermore, numerous military academy instructors were already closing in on them.

Only a cautious few sensed that something was amiss and suppressed their auras, thus avoiding exposure.

Fang Zhou, being a Bronze-Lower Seed Student from the Sea City Military Academy, naturally received the location data for those Demon Worshipers on his personal terminal.

Just then, however, he halted.

It was late at night, and he was in a swamp. Under the dome-like light of the satellite high above, the intertwining branches of the towering trees cast deep shadows.

Protected by a group of Undead Summoned Creatures, Fang Zhou gazed from beneath the hood of his Radiant Mage hat. He looked deep into the swamp to his left and said flatly, "Come out and die, you bug. I’ve already found you."

But after Fang Zhou spoke, his surroundings remained silent. No aura leaked, no energy fluctuated. Only a faint mountain breeze rustled through the swamp.

Sensing a gaze from the shrubbery hundreds of meters away, the corners of Fang Zhou’s mouth curled up. "You think I’m bluffing?"

...

Qin Hui’s bat-like wings trembled slightly in the miasma, dark red veins pulsing between the membranes.

He was curled up inside a hollow hemlock tree. Peering through the curtain of aerial roots unique to the species, his scarlet pupils suddenly contracted.

At the edge of the swamp, a three-meter-tall Corrupt Hatred was hacking through obstructing vines with a Giant Axe.

Hundreds of maggot-like tendrils erupted from its rotting abdominal cavity, ensnaring a giant swamp crocodile that blocked its path and dragging it into its maw to be ground to pieces.

What chilled him to the bone, however, was the sight of the Skeleton Legion marching silently behind the monster, giving form to death itself.

Fifty... no, eighty Bronze Undead. I’ll let him pass. No need to chew on such a tough bone!

Qin Hui’s fangs pierced his lower lip. A drop of Demon Blood fell onto the human-bone buttons of his ritual robe, making a sizzling, corrosive sound.

As a Blood Demon, he shouldn’t have feared Bronze-Lower prey, but the surging tide of Undead behind the young Mage made him recoil. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

However, when Fang Zhou’s mocking gaze fell upon him, Qin Hui’s Demon Blood began to boil uncontrollably.

This Undead Mage has discovered me!

CRACK!

Qin Hui crushed the Magic Crystal at his waist. The instant he activated the Blood Escape Technique, a volley of twelve Poisoned Bone Arrows slammed into the tree hollow where he had been hiding.

The fetid poison dissolved the hemlock into green slime, but far more deadly was the transformation of the swamp itself. Countless skeletal arms erupted from the mud, weaving the surrounding ten-meter area into a Skeleton Prison.

When?

Qin Hui’s spinal whip shattered two Corpses that blocked his way, only to see the scattered bone fragments reassemble into spinning Blade Wheels in mid-air.

He was forced to spread his bat-like wings and take flight, only to fly headfirst into a waterfall of bile spewed by the Corrupt Hatred.

HISSS—

The searing pain from his left wing made the Blood Demon roar.

The dark green liquid was corroding his Blood Energy, causing his ravaged wing to develop a honeycomb of holes.

Fang Zhou stood atop the Corrupt Hatred’s shoulder and lightly tapped the Void with his Soul Shattering Magic Ball.

Ethereal blue threads of the Soul Link flowed between his fingertips, each one connected to a specific undead unit.

When Qin Hui transformed into a Blood Bat Swarm to try and break out, a cold smile appeared on Fang Zhou’s handsome face.

"Third Array, release the Poison Cloud."

The Corpse Shooters retreated half a step in unison, revealing ten bloated corpses behind them that had swelled to their absolute limit.

These modified human bombs detonated simultaneously, and a dark green poisonous mist instantly filled the entire Bone Cage.

Seven Blood Bats shrieked as they plummeted, only to be impaled by the Earth-Surging Poison Springs that erupted from the bony ground the moment they touched it.

"Got you."

The reflection of one particularly fat Blood Bat appeared in Fang Zhou’s pupils as skeletal chains shot through the void to intercept it.

By the time Qin Hui reformed his true body, his right leg was already entangled in the skeletal chains. The bone fragments on the chains were letting out piercing wails.

"Scarlet Bloom!"

Blood-red spikes erupted from Qin Hui’s every pore, instantly turning a nearby Corrupt Hatred into a sieve.

Fang Zhou smiled, his Magic Robe rustling in the poisonous mist.

His cold expression was like the advent of the Death God himself as he snapped his fingers with a crisp sound.

"Art is... an Explosion."

The Corrupt Hatred’s corpse, which had been pierced until it resembled a hedgehog, then exploded with a deafening BOOM. Under the control of undead mana, its decayed flesh and poison swirled into a tornado.

"Blood Feather Shield!"

Facing the Corpse Explosion Skill at point-blank range, Qin Hui desperately squeezed every last trace of magic energy from his body, condensing it into a thick blood shield in front of him.

BOOM!

The full force of the Corpse Explosion Skill slammed into him. Qin Hui’s bat-like wings were utterly blasted to dust, yet he had somehow managed to narrowly escape with his life.

How... how is this possible?!