Pillar of Yita

”Don’t worry, Miss Elisa, I can feel your pain,” Fang Hong immediately realized he had blundered and hurriedly tried to remedy the situation, ”Actually, I also have a cousin, but she always disagrees with me.”

Seeing his awkwardness, Elisa managed a forced smile, ”Alice is pretty much the same.

But after saying this, the pain in her heart intensified, and she couldn’t help but turn away, covering her mouth.

It was then that Fang Hong understood he was not the comforting type after all, quickly and neatly closing his mouth, awkwardly touching his nose, and silently continuing forward on his own. He crossed a street, and it was only then that the military’s voice crackled through the communication channel:

”Mr. Xiaya, you and Miss Elisa must have finished your talk by now. We have detected a situation here and must inform you.”

”A situation?”

Fang Hong froze for a moment, wondering what new issue had arisen.

The other side continued, ”We have detected a large-scale Ether Reaction under Fenris from our observation stations above the Cloud Sea. After filtering out the noise, we’ve located the reaction not too far from you—to be precise, something seems to be rising from beneath you. Please be alert to your safety.”

Something was rising from below?

Fang Hong almost immediately realized what it was—the same monstrous thing from before. Instinctively looking back, he saw a long tail flash by from the direction of the Abyss, followed by several screams.

Fang Hong then saw several people flying up from that direction, crossing over blocks and landing on this side. They were the Blood Oath Alliance people from before—only then did Fang Hong see clearly. These unfortunate fellows, already a dispersed Blood Oath Alliance, fell from the sky like rain.

But at that moment, Fang Hong had no schadenfreude because he realized no matter how long he had walked, it seemed insignificant compared to the length of that tail.

Realizing this, he had no desire to look back at what was going on behind him, instead picking up the pace and rushing forward, hoping to delve deeper into the ruins before that monstrous thing fully emerged. However, you can’t account for everything, and what Fang Hong had not anticipated was that just after he had passed one block, the ground shook violently.

Fang Hong watched helplessly as a fissure spread from behind, and as it passed, buildings on both sides of the street collapsed, the ground shook violently, as if something was rising from below.

But he hadn’t even begun to feel whether it was the same colossal creature moving below when, from the dust of the collapsed building in front, another group charged out. Due to the dust cloud, both sides almost collided head-on. Fang Hong looked up to find these men in fiery red robes. They were neither the Blood Oath Alliance nor the Jiefulite Red Cloak Team members.

Fang Hong inwardly cursed his bad luck, what a narrow path for enemies to cross, particularly at this time encountering the other side’s main force. Through the dust behind, he saw dense figures, among them the unmistakable silhouettes of the Night Lizard People. He realized this was probably the main force of the Night Lizard People and the Jiefulite Red Cloak Team in the Holy Sanctuary’s Central District.

They were most likely following the group from before.

But none of that was important now.

What mattered was that they had recognized him at that same moment.

Actually, it was mainly the Blood Oath Alliance members who had recognized him. Stirling, the Dwarf beside the Jiefulite Red Cloak Team, seemed not to be present here, but nearly all here were those who had faced him once before on the fourth level.

He had carelessly declared war on these people before, but now the consequences were here—Fang Hong certainly had not expected to repay a debt from June so soon.

”It’s you!” the Blood Oath Alliance members shouted in surprise, drawing their weapons in unison.

This sudden development left Fang Hong with no idea what to do, wondering if he should invoke the military to intimidate these people.

But unexpectedly, the military’s voice over the communication channel was even more urgent, ”Mr. Xiaya, that thing is very close to you, please leave this place immediately—”

Fang Hong’s mouth tasted bitter; he wanted to leave too, but would these people in front of him let him go? Yet in what seemed like a moment of utter desperation, an image flashed across his mind, as if he had been struck by sudden inspiration, and he stepped forward, extending his right hand with all five fingers spread out towards these people.

At the same time, he shouted at the top of his lungs, ”Dragon Knight, Attack!”

Dragon Knight!

The Night Lizard People behind him probably didn’t understand the meaning of this phrase in the Colin Ishurian language and remained indifferent, but the members of the Blood Oath Alliance in front of him were now visibly disturbed. The reputation of the Dragon Knights was well-known in both the First and Second Worlds.

Although these people were not going to be scared merely by a sentence, in the midst of the fog that already caused some confusion in their formation, someone suddenly shouting Dragon Knight would naturally give them a start.

But for the Blood Oath Alliance people, it wasn’t too bad.

However, the members of the Jiefulite Red Cloak Team behind them felt increasingly that the scene before them was familiar—

After Tarun’s harrowing defeat, guilds like the Red Cloak Team naturally went over their internal experiences and lessons. Hence, some internal videos recorded at the time were watched over and over again by their elite members.

Therefore, Fang Hong’s move was firmly etched in their minds.

”It’s that guy!”

Someone suddenly yelled out loud.

The Jiefulite Red Cloak Team finally realized what was happening and why the scene before them was so familiar: less than two months ago, this guy had used the same trick—and on the same people, the Jiefulite Red Cloak Team, no less.

These people were seething with rage. Did this scoundrel think they had no brains? Again?

”Kill him!” The Jiefulite Red Cloak Team members yelled out in unison, and this time, no one took Fang Hong’s threat seriously anymore.

But just as they rushed forward, the ground suddenly shook slightly.

Everyone lost their footing, stumbling and falling all over the place, and then, to their astonished eyes, they saw a giant skeletal claw rise from the abyss not far away, and then slam down directly towards them.

An overwhelming shadow descended from above.

And all that remained in everyone’s mind was a blank void.

As if a vast voice echoed repeatedly:

”...Dragon, Dragon Knight!”

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