I Became the Progenitor Vampire-Chapter 329 - 331 Testing the Edge of the Divine Monster

Chapter 329 -331: Testing the Edge of the Divine Monster (11,000 words) Battle Chapter

Chapter 329 -331: Testing the Edge of the Divine Monster (11,000 words) Battle Chapter

Lide made some arrangements before tearing the space before him and entered the Land of Bone-Burying with Asreaga.

By then, the Land of Bone-Burying no longer had the deathly Power of Death that was almost condensed into a mist; the air within the two thousand diameter bone burial ground was exceptionally clear.

It was very much like the tragic state after three rounds of using the “big precious sword” every day for ten days—really not a drop left.

Lide, looking at the squeaky-clean Land of Bone-Burying, felt somewhat helpless; this time, it was truly a regression to the pre-liberation era.

Fortunately, the level 19 Divine Monster was sufficiently against the heavens, ensuring that he did not make a loss. Otherwise, all the spider skeletons would have gone to waste.

With a sharp glance around the Land of Bone-Burying, he suddenly saw that the Cow Bone Undead, which had been leisurely moments ago, had now hidden itself in a corner.

Seeing the trembling Cow Bone Undead, Lide couldn’t help but find it slightly amusing; this creature was indeed a unique one.

Fearful?

You’re an Undead; what else could make you feel fear?

You are a synonym for fear…

An Undead being scared like this is truly unprecedented.

He spared a glance at the Cow Bone Undead, who didn’t even dare look at Asreaga, shook his head, and said no more. Just let it grow on its own; he had no expectations of it amounting to anything significant.

Without lingering, Lide took the level 19 Divine Monster and departed from the Land of Bone-Burying through another partly closed Space Gate.

Whether for slaughtering pigs in the Land of Bone-Burying or for transporting goods, a Space Gate was necessary. However, the space was not operational twenty-four Sunshine Hours every day.

Maintaining a Space Gate for long durations consumed a considerable amount of the Power of Death; keeping it open all the time would be too costly and inefficient.

Lide spent a long time researching this issue and finally found a solution.

He left a Spirit Imprint on the Plane Stone of the Land of Bone-Burying so that designated personnel could activate the Space Gate, which was usually closed, by bringing one of his specially-made scrolls to it. The imprint on the Plane Stone would harness the Land of Bone-Burying’s power to open the Space Gate and allow passage.

It was as if he had installed an intelligent remote control system in the Land of Bone-Burying—those with the key could enter, but without it, they couldn’t open the door.

This thought-out usage that Lide had developed with much effort was something he found quite satisfactory, as it did not delay urgent military affairs, conserved resources as much as possible, and allowed the Space Gate to remain open for transit whenever needed—exceedingly convenient.

But to be honest, it all came from being poor; if he had plenty of the Power of Death, he wouldn’t bother nickel-and-diming like this.

After Lide and Asreaga left, the Cow Bone Undead, which had buried its head in the ground as though it wished to squeeze into the bones, cautiously raised its head.

Finally, after making sure from all sides with its hollow eye sockets several times that the figure that had made its soul shiver had indeed left, it relaxed greatly.

With an almost anthropomorphic flop, it sat down on the ground and with its bony hooves patted its ribcage; its soul trembled within its head.

Mother of pearl, that scared the life out of me…

After the Cow Bone Undead caught its breath, it looked around a few times, then, as if having remembered something urgent, it suddenly bounded from the ground and started digging holes in the white bone-covered ground like a goofball…

This world is too dangerous; I must build my house underground…

Lide didn’t notice the Cow Bone Undead’s silly actions; upon leaving the Land of Bone-Burying, the environment before him darkened instantly.

In front of him was an underground space approximately 20 blades high and 200 blades in length and width.

The warm yellow light from Magic Lamps illuminated the space on the rocky walls all around.

Many logistics personnel were busy arranging the goods transported from Dawn City: food, armor, crossbow bolts, fresh water… and so on, countless supplies were piled on the ground.

Busy, yet orderly.

Upon seeing Lide’s figure, the logistics personnel’s eyes lit up with fervor, a hint of zeal flashing across their faces.

They all bowed in unison to Lide with a hand on their chest.

“Good day, your Highness…”

“Your loyal Believers greet you, great Dawn Sovereign.”

“Kachar City Lord, we warmly welcome your arrival…”

“….”

They all addressed Lide differently, but without exception, all were filled with respect.

It was a respect and worship that came from deep within, without any external pressure, because they all knew.

The tall and handsome figure before them was their guardian deity, their future.

“Good day, my people….”

Lide nodded with a smile, having been through similar situations too many times to count, making him somewhat numb to it.

At that moment, behind him, Asreaga’s long, narrow, violent crimson eyes narrowed slightly. This Divine Monster had an insight and Perception that outsiders could hardly imagine.

He could even effortlessly sense the fluctuations emanating from the souls of the residents when they faced Lide.

This peculiar soul fluctuation made him start to ponder.

“Father God, are these your Believers?

I have memorized their soul’s scent…

Your believers will be protected by Asreaga…”

Hearing the level 19 Divine Monster’s words with a strange tone behind him, Lide turned around, his expression somewhat peculiar.

“You remembered the soul aura of those people? With so many in Dawn City, it’s impossible for you to remember just these few, let alone everyone…”

“Ancestor,” Asreaga shook his head and began to explain, “Each divine being’s believers or worshippers emit a unique aura of the soul due to the different divine positions and doctrines held by the deities.

The followers of evil divinities emit an aura that is violent and cruel, while the followers of the Light God System exude an aura filled with nauseating Holy Light…

Your believers and worshippers also emit a distinct aura from that of any other deity’s followers…

So as long as they are your believers or worshippers, I can sense them.”

Hearing this explanation, Lide took another glance at Asreaga, thinking that a Divine Monster indeed isn’t ordinary—being an existence even the gods can’t kill is truly something else.

The soul’s aura is extremely faint, particularly that of ordinary people. Even he could barely sense it, much less distinguish further.

In comparison, the perception of Asreaga, this Divine Monster, was disturbingly strong.

“Very well, Asreaga, these believers and worshippers are our wealth, and I believe you will perform to my satisfaction.”

Lide nodded and gave a word of caution.

The soul of this Divine Monster had been reshaped by the Power of Faith, and he noticed that the other’s behavior had become more normal. Though the aura remained violent and fierce, it no longer reveled in destruction as the Legendary Divine Monsters of the tales did.

This discovery pleased Lide; he favored orderly subordinates. The chaotic madmen were something he couldn’t accept.

After a brief conversation and seeing the growing number of residents around him, Lide waved his hand and didn’t linger any longer; he unfolded his Dawn Wings and took Asreaga with him to the Underworld.

The battlefield where they faced the Cave Spiders required the presence of this level 19 Divine Monster; he had no time to waste.

He also wanted to test just how formidable the battle prowess of this attribute panel filled with nearly bug-like skills and Divine Monster was.

Flying in the dimly lit underground tunnels didn’t pose an obstacle for either of them.

As a member of the Bloodline, Lide was a natural creature of darkness, seeing better the darker the environment, and Asreaga, being a Divine Monster, needless to say, almost had his All Attributes maxed out.

Whether in pitch-black space or even in magma, this Divine Monster could maintain more than enough condition.

Walking from the Land of Bone-Burying through the space channel to the Underworld would take two days, but flying there didn’t even take two Sunshine Hours.

The underground passages that were expanded at no small cost now consistently had a height of about 10 to 15 blades and a width of around 20 blades; although it wasn’t as free as flying above ground, it wasn’t too bad either.

However, at this moment, Lide didn’t know that the Underworld had already undergone a sudden change.

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Bang~

Zzzt~

Betty’s close-fitting armor was struck by a level 17 Bone Armor Spider that suddenly sprung from behind. Although the razor-sharp Turtle Teeth didn’t penetrate the Extraordinary Armor’s defenses, the immense force still made Betty taste blood in her mouth, which then trickled from the corner of her lips.

And the two level 15 Ghost-faced Spiders in front had already closed in to attack while the Bone Armor Spider launched a surprise assault, giving the Northern Land Valkyrie no time to breathe.

Seeing this, Betty didn’t retreat. Her sharp gaze was even more piercing than that of eagles, and her fighting spirit surged like the tide.

Northern warriors are fearless and undaunted.

Facing giant dragons, Northern people would dare to charge—the battlefield is no place for them to take a single step back.

Enduring the intense pain from the back, Betty forcibly twisted her body, her pitch-black Extraordinary Giant Sword swung fiercely, cracking~

The level 17 Bone Armor Spider that had just attacked Betty didn’t have time to retract; in the instant the cold light flashed, the massive spider head burst apart.

Splurt~ Green viscous fluid splattered in all directions.

The two level 15 Ghost-faced Spiders were already upon her, leaving no time for Betty to dodge, but she paid no heed to their attacks. The strength contained within her body tensed like a coiled spring at its limit, then exploded in an instant.

Splurt~ The moment the level 15 Ghost-faced Spiders attacked Betty, two huge heads flew high into the air.

Burp~

Betty spat out another mouthful of scalding blood. Facing three top-level combat forces, she suffered minor injuries, but her opponents—all dead.

But in an instant, Betty’s wounds returned to normal.

Northern Royal Bloodline, possessing the Extraordinary Traits: Fearless.

Activating the bloodline grants immunity to pain, immunity to mental magic effects, Extraordinary Traits: Fearless strengthened threefold, strength increased by 100%, stamina and Life recovery speeds increased by 1000%, and can harness the power of the Bloodline to heal bodily wounds, with a duration of one Sunshine Hour.

Although she had killed three high-level Cave Spiders, Betty’s expression became extremely grave.

Because the scene beneath Grey Stone Castle’s walls was truly alarming.

In front of the city walls at a distance of 50 blades, three giant holes lay side by side as if meteors had smashed into the ground and formed these huge pits. That wasn’t the main issue; the key was that these pitch-black tunnels were spewing countless high-level Cave Spiders like fountains.

These holes seemed as if they had been directly burrowed from the Spider Cave.

The scene was incredibly shocking.

And what was more serious was that over 100 level 15 Cave Spiders had somehow climbed onto the supposedly impregnable city walls.

Leading them were 6 level 19 Cave Spiders and over 20 level 18 Cave Spiders…

This was the most frenzied retaliation launched by the Cave Spiders since the establishment of Grey Stone Castle.

This wasn’t everything.

Among these hundreds of Cave Spiders, there were also numerous spiders that Betty had never seen before.

Magic Spiders that could cast Spirit Magic, Bone Armor Spiders with hard shells, and even tiny but incredibly fast High-Speed Spiders, Poison Fog Spiders that emitted toxic mists from their mouths…

More than a dozen unfamiliar types of Cave Spiders had all charged at once onto the wall of Grey Stone Castle’s main fortress.

The scene before them made it clear that the Cave Spiders had dug underground tunnels and then launched a surprise attack with a large number of high-level Cave Spiders on Grey Stone Castle, whose defenses were directly penetrated without preparation.

Betty witnessed this scene with her own eyes, from the moment countless Cave Spiders surged out of three collapsed underground caves, to the near collapse of the wall—in just under five minutes.

In this process, more than 1,000 Beastman Warriors died; it was the most severe loss Grey Stone Castle had ever suffered.

The brutal battle drove Kapp and his top combatants to madness.

But the Cave Spiders had come prepared.

In the sky, an 18th-level Withered Bone and a 15th-level Castro were ambushed by the Cave Spiders underground. Two 19th-level Ghost-faced Spiders spit webs to drag these two airborne units to the ground.

Then, other Cave Spiders swarmed them, managing to immobilize the two highly mobile fighters.

Following that, 18th-level Beastman King Kapp was confronted by a hunting squad made of two 19th-level, five 18th-level, and over ten 15th-level Ghost-faced Spiders. The dense assaults forced Kapp into a desperate fight.

Although the 18th-level Beastman King was strong enough, he couldn’t lend a hand amidst such horrific encirclement and could only watch as Grey Stone Castle’s wall fell.

Betty, too, became a target of several 18th-level Ghost-faced Spiders and more than ten top-tier combatants of the 17th level.

She was unable to extricate herself to join others in battle.

Additionally, the 15th-level Frey, the 16th-level Koso, each had their own adversaries.

Thus, all high-level combatants of Grey Stone Castle were forcibly contained by the Cave Spiders, regardless of the cost.

This resulted in a very awkward situation.

Without the aid of top combatants, the attack from the low-level warriors on the spiders above 15th-level was extremely limited.

Even with good equipment and sharp weapons, due to level suppression and the sheer number of over a hundred spiders, there was simply no solution.

Taking advantage of the chaos on the walls, the Cave Spiders below began to continue stacking a human wall; no one was stopping the spiders, and this time, they succeeded effortlessly.

After reaching the top of the wall, the Cave Spiders started to spin webs from the top, hanging upside down and weaving downwards.

The wall was coated with Oily Skill, making it impossible to climb from below, but spinning webs downwards allowed the spider webs to cover the wall.

The anchoring point was on the upper wall, rendering the Oily Skill useless.

In just a short amount of time, the 35-blade-tall walls of Grey Stone Castle became covered with a thick layer of spider webs.

Once the Oily Skill effect was lost, the wall no longer served as a natural barrier, and the Cave Spiders climbed up the wall in dense clusters from below.

The sight was incredibly exaggerated, enough to make anyone with a fear of dense patterns feel a tingling scalp and curling toes.

The situation spiraled out of control.

With the element of surprise and the eruption of force from the Cave Spiders that was nearly tenfold more than usual, all top combatants were engaged, causing the previously impregnable Grey Stone Castle to start falling.

Although the Beastman Warriors were courageous and fierce, they melted away like ice under snow in the face of the higher-level and numerous Cave Spiders.

These warriors relied on Magic Scrolls they carried to barely stabilize the situation, but there were too many.

The Cave Spiders were just too numerous.

Magic Spiders were using magic to restrain the top combatants, Bone Armor Spiders acted as tanks to limit their movement, and Ghost-faced Spiders lay in wait to ambush, especially the Bone Armor Spiders whose hard shells could not be broken by Extraordinary Weapons in a short time.

The crossbows on the city tower fired every second, shooting more frequently than ever.

The Spellcasters in the tower behind the walls were constantly weaving magic, and even their Magic Scrolls were being torn apart frantically, as if they were free.

But due to the collapse of the walls and the Cave Spiders that surged like a tide from the underground pits, the scene was still collapsing.

Grey Stone Castle used to withstand the large numbers of Cave Spiders effortlessly, reinforced by firepower and protective walls.

But now, as most firepower points could no longer hold back the onrush of Cave Spiders, the overwhelming advantage of numbers came to the forefront.

A tactic of sheer numbers is often the most intractable, requiring no technique, merely a flood of bodies, yet once a breach is made, the ferocity of this tactic multiplies tenfold.

The urgent horns blew from behind Grey Stone Castle, their sounds resonating across the battlefield.

Then, the sky suddenly darkened, as Magic Language Bats rushed out of the cave behind like a school of fish.

Flapping their wings swiftly, they beat a path toward the battlefield.

Magic Language Bats, Grey Stone Castle’s trump card, had finally entered the fray.

The commander of Dawn Wings—Fanatic Oli, observing the nearly overrun walls below, immediately recognized the urgency of the situation.

With a wave of his hand, a Magic Language Knight following close behind him immediately took out a short horn, and the shrill sound of the horn sounded anew.

Hearing the horn, the already swift Magic Language Bats hastened their speed even more.

Woosh woosh~

In less than a minute, over a thousand Magic Language Bats had already appeared in the skies above Grey Stone Castle.

Oli immediately directed the Magic Language Bats to form a guard team formation, and moments later, those carrying alchemy bombs began to fly out from the cave.

These were the real weapons of mass destruction.

But in that brief three to five minutes, as the Magic Language Bats gathered, the situation on the battlefield below drastically worsened.

Castro and Withered Bone were overwhelmed by countless Cave Spiders, with the two aerial units forced into close combat with the spiders, leaving them no capacity to support others.

Fortunately, the massive bodies of both beasts were extraordinarily tough, and close combat posed no problem for them, but they were ultimately held back.

And the 18th-level Beastman King Kapp, the lion of the barren wastelands, was not faring any better. He was hunted by two 19th-level and ten 18th-level Ghost-faced Spiders—a force powerful enough to make one’s heart tremble.

Separated and alone in battle, Kapp had to fight single-handedly against this formidable force at its extreme.

It was only because this lion was strong enough that he, alone with a set of armor and a long knife, could clash directly with the enemy without falling at too much of a disadvantage.

But it was clear he could no longer spare his hands to command the nearly fallen Grey Stone Castle.

Koso, as a Bronze One-eyed Giant, robust in stature, could rampage beneath the city walls, but when the Cave Spiders recklessly piled on, even Koso’s progress was hindered.

Betty and Frey received the same treatment.

And so, with no leader, the walls of Grey Stone Castle fell.

When the walls were covered in webs, the unobstructed Cave Spiders surged like a tide, and Grey Stone Castle, as solid as a reef, was quickly overwhelmed.

There were simply too many.

Not only were there a multitude of Cave Spiders above the 15th level, but the number of 10th-level Ghost-faced Spiders was beyond count.

The Cave Spiders, occupying half the plane, had unleashed all of their strength.

A race whose lifespan was unknown to all now showed everyone their terrifying tusks.

Boom~

Yet, although Grey Stone Castle was collapsing, the war had not ended.

The already airborne Magic Language Bats finally dropped their alchemy bombs at this moment, and the roar of the Death God echoed in the skies above Grey Stone Castle.

What once sounded unbearably noisy was now like a divine chant celebrating the gods in the ears of the warriors of Grey Stone Castle.

Boom~Boom~Boom~

The specially made alchemy bombs detached from the Magic Language Bats’ carrying armor and plummeted down with unstoppable momentum.

With over 500 Magic Language Bats densely bombing the area, the battlefield was instantly turned into a meat grinder.

Flames soared into the sky, and the Cave Spiders were torn apart at the moment of the alchemy bombs’ explosion, their limbs scattered.

The blast sent debris, scorched earth, and remnants flying into the sky, with green goo flying about like raindrops.

Corrosive sounds continuously rang out upon hitting the ground.

Oli watched with a piercing gaze, calmly commanding the swarm of bats in their bombardment.

The three huge underground tunnels became the key targets for the alchemy bomb assault.

These were the sources of all evil.

Whoo~Whoo~Whoo~

The underground holes, gushing like faucets, were instantly filled with alchemy bombs, howling as they fell from the sky.

Boom~

The moment the alchemy bombs penetrated underground, the firing pins inside were triggered, and the compressed Magic Crystal Stones released an immense energy, the muffled sound of the explosion burst forth.

Over three thousand alchemy bombs almost scoured the area around the city walls within a thousand blade’s reach.

Finally, when an alchemy bomb unintentionally landed on a certain point on the ground, boom~ the sound of the cave collapsing resounded.

And then the land heaved as if struck by the fist of a Titan of enormous stature.

Rumble~

The three tunnels dug by the Cave Spiders collapsed in unison.

Oli witnessed this epic event from the sky.

Dozens of Blade’s width-wide underground tunnels seemed to have lost a critical support point, then the ground above began to cave, and the earth directly sank over ten Blades’ height.

The surrounding soil poured into the collapsed tunnels like seawater gone mad.

Rumble~

With continuous, dull sounds, the three tunnels dug out by the Cave Spiders burst apart.

It took a full three minutes for everything to settle.

The underground tunnels now resembled three gigantic snakes, stretching from the base of Grey Stone Castle’s walls to the end of sight.

Countless Cave Spiders were buried in the ground and underlying tunnels in that instance.

The brief bombardment of alchemy bombs had solved the immediate problem, but had not addressed the fundamental issue facing Grey Stone Castle.

The crisis was still ongoing.

The war was not over yet.

This time, the cave spiders seemed to be making a desperate all-in gamble, not just by deploying a staggering number of high-level forces.

What’s more, the cave spiders running from the ground directly ignored the scent within the alchemy bombs that the cave spiders found extremely repulsive and enraging.

If Oli could see the states on the bodies of the cave spiders, he would notice a special attribute: Fanaticism of the Spider Queen.

Fanaticism of the Spider Queen: For three Sunshine Hours, the cave spiders are in an excited state, losing rationality, fearless of death.

What was even more deadly was that at this moment, a black line appeared in the distant sky.

Flying spiders—more of them than they had ever faced before.

Seeing this, Oli’s eyes sharpened, his face becoming incredibly solemn.

At this moment he confirmed something again—the cave spiders were launching their final assault.

Looking at the frenzied situation below, he could only arrange his formation in readiness for combat; even if the Magic Language Bats no longer had alchemy bombs, the current situation did not allow them to return to the cave behind for resupply.

If they withdrew, then the aerial defense line of Grey Stone Castle would be completely overtaken by the flying spiders, and the already bloody castle would step directly into the abyss.

They had no way out anymore.

“Prepare for battle!”

Accompanied by a roaring rage that thundered through the sky, Oli, holding the Sky Knight Spear and driving his Level 12 Dawn Bat, led more than 2000 Magic Language Bats in a charge against the flying spiders that occupied the entire sky.

Since there was no retreat, they had no choice but to fight to the death!

Dawn Wings, fearless.

All for the sake of dawn!

Boom~

At the moment of collision, the world seemed to fall into a frenzy.

Round after round of crossbows fired wildly amid the countless flying spiders’ attacks, but in the face of the aerial onslaught from all directions, even a multitude of bolts could not kill them all.

Close-quarters combat had begun.

Blood, severed limbs.

The flying spiders were almost instantly torn to shreds in the ferocious charge of the Magic Language Bats, limbs flying everywhere.

Although the base combat strength of the flying spiders was weak, the deadly poison they carried made the Magic Language Bats dare not underestimate them.

Once struck by the poison, the bodies of the Magic Language Bats would be directly corroded, leaving no possibility of survival if their bodies were eroded in mid-air.

As the two sides collided, the Sky Knights seated on the backs of the Magic Language Bats almost went mad too.

These strictly trained human warriors now had no time for fear, their fingers pulling triggers frantically, every crossbow bolt carrying a heart-vibrating intent to kill.

Pchoo~

One of the flying spiders, failing to evade, had its head directly exploded by a bolt coming head-on, and, enveloped in green viscous liquid, the bolt, undeterred, penetrated the abdomen of another flying spider behind, with the Fine Gold Arrowhead passing through,

The enormous force propelled that flying spider’s body fiercely backward, impaling another flying spider that had just flown past with a crossbow bolt as long as an arm.

Like skewering lotus roots.

The ensnared flying spiders let out eardrum-piercing screeches in their struggle, but all was in vain. The two stringed-up cave spiders lost their power of flight and plummeted from mid-air, crashing to the ground with bursting bodies.

Bodies spewing forth green viscous liquid several blades high before falling back down, the highly corrosive liquid pockmarked the spider corpses on the ground, a doomsday scene of devastation.

But no matter how abundant, the supply of bolts would eventually run out.

After an uncountable number of flying spiders weathered the storm of bolts, the next phase of intense close-quarters fighting began instantly.

While the Magic Language Bats were tied up by the flying spiders, the ground-bound cave spiders were surging forward once again, in the absence of the alchemy bomb bombardments.

And at this time, a large number of Beastman Warriors and human warriors of the Winged King also surged out of the cave behind the Grey Stone Castle.

The scene was crazy and bloody, full of the flavor of war from a magical world.

Both sides engaged in the bloodiest struggle within the walls of Grey Stone Castle, which had never fallen before.

When paths crossed.

There were no extra choices, forward, forward, always forward!

Death or survival,

Everyone was fighting with all their might for the next breath.

“For dawn!!!”

When that inspiring slogan was shouted, the roars of all the warriors inside Grey Stone Castle tore through the sky.

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Betty’s battle had entered its most perilous stage, with over 20 Cave Spiders, each above level 15, hunting her down.

In her hand, the black Extraordinary Giant Sword shone with a brilliant light—Extreme Intention, a specialization of Extraordinary Warriors, and also the ace trait that made a Northern Warrior honored as the foremost of the three great warriors of Glory.

After activating her bloodline, this Northern Land Valkyrie, with her terrifying combat skills and exaggerated regenerative abilities, had already slain over 30 Cave Spiders by her side, of which at least 10 were level 15.

Her Legendary Level combat skills allowed the Valkyrie to charge unbridled across the battlefield.

Boom~

After dodging an ambush from a Cave Spider, her body, which leaped high into the air, landed forcefully on the ground. The moment her legs touched the gray rocks, she propelled herself upwards like a drawn bowstring.

The immense force caused dense fissures to appear in the stones above the walls of Grey Stone Castle.

Leaving several afterimages in the air, Betty’s sharp gaze fixed on the level 18 Bone Armor Spider in front of her, whose defense had reached the extreme, causing her great trouble.

But all was the decision of fate, and this Bone Armor Spider before her would be the fifth she had slain!

Her killing intent surged.

Sensing the imminent danger, the Bone Armor Spider on top of the city wall arched its body fiercely, its eight sharp limbs planted on the ground as its furious eyes stared intently at Betty, whose figure was almost invisible in the air.

But just as they were about to collide—

Betty, who had already jumped midair, suddenly felt an extremely lethal presence approaching from the front.

Her expression changed.

Her body was in midair, with no possibility of evasion.

Yet, the Northern Land Valkyrie still managed to twist her body with her terrifying combat skills and used the giant sword in her hand to block in the direction of the incoming deadly danger.

Craaack~

The space in front of her suddenly shattered, and a spider with mantis-like forelimbs emerged from the Dimension Space to attack Betty.

A trap, a danger!

Every pore on Betty’s body was warning her.

But by then, the Blade Spider that had set a deadly trap within the space had already launched its attack.

Level 19.

A level 19 Blade Spider with mantis-like forelimbs.

In the blink of an eye, the razor-sharp limbs of the Blade Spider hacked down, and Betty barely raised her giant sword to block. Bang—In the moment of collision, she only felt a terrifying force transmitted through her hand, numbing her palms, and the giant sword nearly slipped from her grasp.

But it wasn’t over yet. In the instant of their clash, the space behind Betty shattered once again.

Another level 19 Blade Spider appeared, its blade-like limbs nearly sharp enough to slice through skin.

At that moment, Betty had no way to evade; she could only watch as the sharp limbs hacked towards her.

Following this strike, even if the Northern Land Valkyrie survived, she would be severely injured; the trap set by the two level 19 Blade Spiders in cooperation with several level 18 Ghost-faced Spiders was that terrifying.

Time seemed to slow down at that moment, and Betty could clearly see the limbs slicing towards her from her side.

But just as the Blade Spider’s strike was about to hit her—

Whoosh~

Her vision dimmed.

Suddenly, a familiar silhouette appeared in front of her.

A pair of wings with dark crimson bloodlines, a handsome face that was outrageously striking, a tall and slender figure, with a dominant and formidable aura.

Lide… her master.

In the blink of an eye, Lide directly pulled Betty into his embrace, taking the hit from the sharp limbs of the Blade Spider that was aimed at her.

Spurting~

Betty was intercepted in Lide’s arms, but she watched with her own eyes as the limbs, sharper than razors, pierced straight through Lide’s chest.

Bloody and brutal.

The Northern Land Valkyrie, who had never shown an ounce of worry even when all her bones were broken, clenched her heart tightly at this scene, and her lips were bitten to the point of bleeding out of instinct.

Lide had heard the urgent bugle call from within the cave.

That was the signal for a high-level danger.

So she flew out at top speed.

Upon arriving at the entrance to the Underworld, she saw Grey Stone Castle, nearly overwhelmed, and she also happened to witness the scene of Betty’s ambush.

Without a moment to think, she instantly teleported in front of Betty.

After releasing the lock on his bloodline and activating the Ancestor Bloodline, as long as his head was not chopped off, even if his heart was pierced, he could recover normally within just a few seconds, thanks to his terrifying regenerative powers.

So, instinctively, he used his own body to block that lethal Blade Spider limb for Betty.

Although the recovery ability of Northern Warriors was formidable, it was still not comparable to his own, so he did not feel there was anything wrong with his actions.

What Betty saw was different…

But at this moment, Lide had no time to ponder, as another Level 19 Blade Spider charged at him after he had been pierced through.

Lide’s pupils shrank sharply at the sight, recognizing them as the same type of Blade Spider he had encountered in the Spider Plane; the one that had suddenly emerged from the Dimension Plane to kill him was an Extraordinary Spider.

Murderous intent filled his eyes.

With one hand, he grasped the forelimb of the Blade Spider that jabbed into his chest, turned fiercely, and the gurgling Magma Fireball formed rapidly in his hand.

The Blade Spider paused, then sensing the fatal danger Lide emitted, another Blade Blade came slashing horizontally at him.

Lide’s gaze hardened, not caring about the Blade Blade, as the Magma Fireball went directly into the gaping maw of the Blade Spider that sought his life.

Splurt—he was impaled by the Blade Spider once again.

Yet at the same time, the Four Circle Spell, infused with the Power of Crimson, burst inside the Blade Spider’s mouth.

Bang~

Instinctively, Lide shielded Betty in his arms.

Crack~

The Blade Spider that didn’t have time to withdraw exploded like a watermelon, its terrible Magic causing the Dragon Scale Shield Lide had released temporarily to shatter.

The other Blade Spider was blown away by the Magic Energy surge.

Then, the terrifying heat directly assaulted his back.

Crack~ His body was rapidly corroded by the high temperature.

Yet inside his body, the Ancestor Bloodline was repairing his injured body rapidly, like a tug-of-war.

Betty, protected in Lide’s arms, the Valkyrie who would never make such a fatal mistake of being distracted on the battlefield, had not yet snapped back to reality.

Feeling the scorching breath in the air, Betty lifted her head slightly and saw Lide’s extremely handsome face.

Her heart shuddered again.

Why??

The Northern Royal Family’s mind was filled with this question.

Why would one who controls Dawn City and has countless subordinates risk his life to save her, and in such a mad way?

The figure she once defeated with ease had, unknown to her, grown to such an extent.

In a daze, Betty saw Lide vanish from his spot, followed by a fracture in space.

When he reappeared, he was holding the head of another Level 19 Blade Spider.

Lide wrinkled his brow at Betty, who was intently staring at him.

He always felt that today’s Betty was a bit odd, not at all like the usual proud Valkyrie filled with battle spirit.

After feeling it out briefly, a coldness flashed across his face, and the Magma Fireball appeared in his hand again, and in the moment the Four Circle Spell took shape, he slammed it fiercely toward an inconspicuous spot on the ground below the city wall.

Boom~

The ground burst open, the terrifying high temperature turning the nearby corpses and the ground to ashes.

And a Magic Spider hidden beneath was killed with one blow.

“An Level 18 Magic Spider?”

After the presence in the shadows vanished, Lide’s brows relaxed slightly.

“Betty, you were affected by Magic in the fight just now…”

Betty suddenly felt clarity in front of her eyes, and the sluggish reaction in her mind towards the danger she had just faced all cleared up.

Immediately, she regained her senses.

Was I influenced by Magic?

But remembering Lide’s action just now sent another shudder through her heart, and the Valkyrie inexplicably felt a bit lost. Was it just because of the Magic Spider’s influence?

On the battlefield, Lide had no mind to observe so much, nor was he aware of Betty’s bewildering thoughts at that moment.

Turning to look at the Cave Spiders that scattered because of the Magma Fireball’s power and were regrouping for another assault, his eyes flashed with a hint of cold detachment.

He turned and stared menacingly at the empty space behind him.

“Asreaga.”

“Father god….”

Crack~

Before Betty’s astonished gaze, the space behind Lide simply burst open, followed by the appearance of a lifeform that emitted an unimaginably evil presence.

With gray wings upon its back, twin curved horns atop its head, and narrow eyes that showed no emotions but rampant bloodlust, the creature’s gray skin was etched with ancient, evil inscriptions, exuding a deeply dark aura.

Its sharp fingers, the sharpest razors in the world, would tear through even space when swung.

Just by glancing at it, Betty felt an overwhelming fear, as if looking any longer would result in her soul being devoured by this unknown entity.

Evil and terrifying, powerful and fierce.

That was Betty’s impression of this unknown entity, accompanied by an indescribable sense of danger. The moment Asreaga appeared, every cell in Betty’s body was warning her.

Even as those narrow, fierce eyes gazed upon her, she could smell the scent of death.

It seemed that if this unknown existence were to take action, she would be led into the realm of the Death God.

Betty’s gaze sharpened, and she pushed down the instinctual fear in her heart. Her lofty battle will surged tumultuously and she unflinchingly met the other’s gaze.

Northern Warriors, fearless, dauntless!

Asreaga, this Level 19 Divine Monster, felt Betty’s surging combat intent and halted momentarily. But after sensing the aura her soul emitted, it retracted the desire to kill her. This was the Father God’s property…

“Kill them…”

Lide gestured towards the surrounding Cave Spiders with an indifferent tone.

“Let me see if the spear in my hand is indeed sharp.

Go, let the world reacquaint itself with your strength.”

“Asreaga obeys your command, great Father God…”

After receiving Lide’s command, the murderous intent in Asreaga’s eyes began to erupt.

The aura unique to the Divine Monster swept across the land like a tempest.

It rose mightily.

Everyone inside Grey Stone Castle felt a dreadfully horrifying presence spreading out, all creatures only felt a fear stemming from their souls assaulting them.

Indescribable, untouchable, unimaginable.

This was the essence of the world’s purest evil, no words could depict that extreme evil presence which did not belong and should not exist in the world.

At the peak of this momentum, Asreaga, the Level 19 Divine Monster, made its move.

The form of the Divine Monster, that had emerged after Lide, suddenly vanished.

In the blink of an eye, the three-blade-tall Divine Monster appeared before a Level 17 Ghost-faced Spider.

But in the next second, Asreaga’s figure disappeared again, and the Ghost-faced Spider had no chance to resist, its head simply burst.

Psscht—the green corrosive fluid spurted out several blades high.

By the time Lide saw Asreaga’s form again, the Divine Monster had already appeared in front of the second Ghost-faced Spider.

That spider had no half-second to react, exploding instantly. Even with Lide’s perception, he could only catch a fleeting afterimage in Asreaga’s hand, followed by the spider’s explosion.

Asreaga’s claws glistened chillingly in his hands; at that moment, they were the Death God’s scythes.

No one could escape the Death God’s harvest.

Fear spread, death loomed.

What followed was even more exaggerated.

With every flicker of Asreaga’s figure, another Cave Spider appeared in front of him, and the next second, he would vanish.

Where he had just appeared, only the shredded corpse of a Cave Spider remained.

Eerie and ferocious.

Space Mastery (After the Divine Monster devoured the eggs of a Bronze Dragon and half of a Plane’s Plane Power, it gained tremendous affinity and control over space, unfettered in traversing different dimensional spaces and immune to all spatial magical spells imposed by the Plane Will.)

The massacre began the moment the Divine Monster took action, and the crowd around never imagined that combat could be this brutal.

After every flash, another Cave Spider was shredded to pieces by Asreaga.

Not a single Cave Spider could survive a second under the hunt of this Divine Monster.

The scene was shockingly dramatic.

Countless fierce and brutal Cave Spiders in front of Asreaga turned into hunted sheep.

Those who were even slightly slow to react couldn’t catch sight of Asreaga’s form; they could only see one after another Cave Spider heads exploding on the walls of Grey Stone Castle.

Such was the power of the Divine Monster, domineering indeed.

With the progress of the slaughter, the intense evil aura on Asreaga intensified, even causing great panic the moment he appeared.

At last, Asreaga seemed to find such slaughter unsatisfying, no longer using spatial talents, but instead, flapping its wings, he charged toward the surrounding Cave Spiders.

The Power of Death enveloped the Divine Monster’s body, making it invincible with the power of death. At Levels 15, 16, 17, and even Levels 18 and 19, no Cave Spider could block this ancient Divine Being for even a second.

It was a one-sided massacre.

This Level 19 Divine Monster, within this dim Underworld, once again revealed to the world the tusks of a Divine Monster.

The gods of old had not slain him; in his future, he was destined to slaughter the gods…

Even Lide, upon witnessing this scene, faintly foresaw the day when this Divine Monster would tear apart the realm of the Light God and behead the divine beings, devouring their bodies…

Raising a Divine Monster, truly quite interesting…