Devour: Transcending time to become Hong, I am invincible in the starry sky.

Chapter 110: Cutting Off the Fire at the Bottom of the Blade

The captain of the Imperial Martial Corps stared at the man on the ground, who was wearing tattered Nolan Mountain armor and covered in blood, his eyes filled with wild joy.

"Are you telling the truth? You really encountered that five-man squad?"

He grabbed Hong by the collar and lifted him off the ground, his voice trembling with excitement.

Hong nodded in terror, pointing his mud- and blood-stained finger toward a dense forest to the north, his voice broken and intermittent.

"It's absolutely true. Our team from Norlhan Mountain finally managed to intercept them. But they were too strong. I saw them break out in that direction with my own eyes."

The captain's blood boiled at the thought of the valuable treasures that had been exchanged. He didn't even consider why someone from the Norlan Mountain family would tell them such information; the enormous profits had blinded him.

Send me your location.

The captain roared at Hong.

After receiving the location shared by Hong, who was trembling with fear, the captain didn't even glance at him again. He immediately turned on the communicator on his wrist and activated the emergency encrypted channel.

"Reporting to the commander, target location detected. A five-person team, suspected of exchanging treasures, is fleeing towards the northern coordinate area. Requesting immediate support to encircle and suppress them."

……

On the command throne in the Tower Square, the Ninth Prince Brolin was frustrated by the lack of progress. When his subordinate presented him with this intelligence, he suddenly stood up from his throne.

His deep blue eyes were instantly filled with greed.

While inheriting the crystal ball is important, the treasures that have already been exchanged are equally things he is determined to obtain.

Without any hesitation, Brolin immediately issued the military order.

"Pass on my orders."

He waved his long, slender fingers heavily in the air.

"The First, Third, and Seventh Army Groups, immediately detach some personnel from the square defense zone and proceed at full speed to the northern coordinates to launch an encirclement and annihilation operation. Remember, I want them alive."

"Your Highness, this will create a breach in the plaza's blockade..."

The adjutant beside him gave an anxious reminder.

"Shut up."

Brolin interrupted him impatiently.

"Those cowards from other factions, I doubt they'd dare to provoke trouble at this time. Execute orders."

With Brolin's command, tens of thousands of elite warriors from the Royal Martial Legion took to the air. The massive battle formation began to shift and relocate, and a tremendous roar of energy resounded, creating a small gap in the defensive array of the plaza.

The Imperial Martial Legion shifted its formation, causing a weakening of the outer defensive line. Just then, Fuxi emerged from the giant tower's gate.

He looked up and discovered the defensive gap created by the troop movement.

opportunity.

Without hesitation, Fuxi unleashed his full mental power.

His figure transformed into a dark green streak of light, charging straight towards the Three Axe Mountain camp at full speed.

However, no matter how fast he moved, he couldn't outrun the Imperial Guard commander who had already locked onto the location.

"He's out."

The commander in charge of guarding the tower's gate noticed Fu Xi the moment he appeared. He remembered Brolin's death order: intercept any Three Axe Mountain personnel coming out of the tower.

"Open fire! Blow him down!"

The commander let out a roar.

Thousands of high-energy laser guns fired simultaneously.

Dense beams of dark blue light intertwined and descended upon Fuxi.

Fuxi was about to be swallowed by the beam of light.

"boom--"

The metal pavement at the edge of the square suddenly cracked.

An aura of cosmic-level life form swept across the entire plaza.

Dark red cloud vines burst forth from the earth. Seventy-two vines, as thick as water buckets, danced in mid-air, lashing fiercely at the beam of energy.

"Boom. Boom. Boom."

The vines collided with the beam of light, unleashing a violent roar.

The laser beams were shattered by the whipping of the cloud vines, turning into countless points of light.

Luo Feng stood in the air, looking down at the chaotic Imperial Martial Legion's army formation below.

Thor followed closely behind, leaping out of the cave. His battle blade blazed with lightning as he unleashed a wild, aerial slash, tearing a gap several tens of meters wide through the Imperial Martial Corps' encirclement.

With a flick of its long whip, Moyun Teng wrapped around Fuxi in mid-air and pulled her back.

Afterwards, Mo Yun Teng did not linger in the fight and led the three of them back underground.

The Imperial Martial Corps' army concentrated its fire, and countless laser beams blasted deep craters into the ground, but not a single vine of the Moyun Vine was left behind.

……

While Fuxi, Luofeng, and Leishen drew the attention of the Imperial Martial Corps.

Hong had already left that area and stopped in a tree hollow.

He removed the disguise from his face, changed into a clean combat suit, and separated a sliver of his consciousness to log into the virtual universe network.

Inside a luxurious private room on Heilongshan Island.

Mingyu, the external steward of Sanfu Mountain, waited on the sofa.

Hong's figure materialized inside the private room.

"Deacon Mingyu, the second key to the inheritance crystal ball is now in my hands."

Hong got straight to the point.

"Smack."

Mingyu stood up, placed his hands on the table, and leaned forward.

"The second layer of the secret code for the inherited crystal ball? Are you sure?"

Hong nodded firmly.

Mingyu suppressed his shock. He knew Hong's personality well; he wasn't the type to joke about something like this.

"Tell me, what do you want?"

Mingyu's tone turned serious.

Hong's smile deepened, and with a wave of his hand, a list appeared before Ming Yu's eyes. This was the list of items needed by the five members of the team.

Mingyu glanced at the list and smiled.

"I can agree to provide shelter and handle the Nuolanshan family's affairs, but I need to consult my superiors before giving a reply on other conditions."

He dared not delay and immediately reported the news to the highest level of Sanfu Mountain in front of Hong.

……

The distant Azure Star.

Marshal Tianchen, the Lord of the Three Axes Mountain, is facing off against Hargrave across the starry sky.

After listening to Mingyu's report, the marshal was taken aback at first, then clapped his hands and laughed heartily.

"Hahaha. Good. What a brilliant move to strike at the heart of the problem."

"That old bastard Hargrave still wants to help his good-for-nothing grandson monopolize the inheritance. Now that we have the second code, I'll see what he has to offer me."

Jiang Tianchen immediately made the decision and agreed to all the conditions proposed by Hong.

Using his authority, he issued a death order to all the commanders of the Three Axe Mountains within and outside the realm.

"Pass on my military order. All members of the Three Axe Mountain within the boundary must immediately activate Level 1 combat readiness. At all costs, we must ensure the safety of Hong's five-man team."

……

The order was given, and the deal was finalized.

Deep in the forest, the creeping vine silently sprouted from the ground.

Luo Feng, Lei Shen, and Fu Xi landed steadily.

Hong emerged from the shadows not far away, and the four of them reunited.

After Fuxi handed over the password, Hong immediately ordered everyone in the team to go into stealth mode.

The atmosphere above the giant tower plaza was oppressive at that moment.

Brolin's large force sent to the north to suppress the rebellion has finally sent back news.

"Your Highness, we've dug three feet into the ground at the location provided by the warriors of Mount Norlan, but we haven't found any trace of the five-person team. We...we've been tricked."

"puff."

Brolin coughed up a mouthful of blood, his face contorted with rage.

Luring the tiger away from the mountain.

Just then, his communication watch vibrated.

His grandfather Hargrave's somber face appeared before him.

"Brolin. The people from Three Axe Mountain have obtained the second layer of the inheritance code. Jiang Tianchen is currently negotiating with me using the second layer of the code."

"Go and get me the third password right now. This time, there can be no more mistakes."

Hargrave's roar exploded in Brolin's mind.

He stood frozen on the throne.

The second layer of code... is in the hands of Sanfushan?

He immediately understood everything that had just happened: the warrior who ran out of the giant tower and headed straight for the Three Axe Mountain camp; and the young spiritualist carrying a plant-like life form who came to meet him.

They're in cahoots.

Could it be that the five-person team that exchanged all the treasures earlier was not a disorganized mob, but a surprise force sent by Three Axe Mountain?

"Three Axe Mountain..."

Brolin clenched his teeth so tightly that blood seeped from between them. The humiliation and the anger of being deceived nearly drove him to madness.

He looked at the Three Axe Mountain army gathering in the distance and roared in a hoarse voice.

"Once I gather all the boundary ore and obtain the third layer of the password, I will grind you all to dust and reclaim the password!"