The Era of Gods

Chapter 514: Chapter 514: Void Dragon

“The souls of the weak are the easiest to control, and human souls are even more fragile!”

At the moment the super-elite Child of Nightmare, comparable to Wu Zhonglin, revealed its true body, like a boss making an entrance, it recited a pretentious line, its main tentacle pointing, and an invisible beam struck a player. Lin Xiao saw that player being forcibly controlled, hysterically ordering his own troops to turn against him.

In Lin Xiao’s eyes, the color that represented this player and his subordinates rapidly changed from the friendly green to the enemy’s red.

“This strong?”

Direct control without reason, this move was too powerful and too brutal, several players quickly used spells for purification, exorcism, or counteracting, but to no effect.

Lin Xiao immediately stretched out his hand to point:

“Miracle Purification!”

A light flashed, and the player quickly regained consciousness, shaking off the control.

That super-elite Child of Nightmare turned its massive compound eyes towards Lin Xiao, who instantly felt an extremely powerful spiritual pressure bearing down on him.

“Such strong spiritual power!”

Fortunately, his own spiritual power was also strong. Even though he couldn’t surpass this being, when an overwhelming spiritual power invaded his mind, he still managed to clench his teeth and stay conscious.

He was able to resist, but others were not so fortunate in terms of spiritual strength. Seeing that one attempt at mental control failed, the Child of Nightmare decisively changed its target.

Then, Lonely City, not far from him, turned red and charged at Lin Xiao, a Thunder Strike followed by hamstring cuts, the warrior’s combo executed with practiced ease.

A Leader Priest among his subordinates immediately covered him with a shield tens of thousands strong and dispelled a series of negative effects, while a mage cast a Frost Nova to immobilize him.

In the sky, Wu Zhonglin, transformed into a Red Dragon, took a deep breath and let out a Dragon Breath at the super Child of Nightmare. Its wings flapped violently and it vanished, then reappeared hundreds of meters above the Child of Nightmare’s army. Accompanied by a prolonged dragon’s roar, the Red Dragon quickly morphed into a Fire Dragon, an endless flame raining down.

As the Red Dragon dominated the skies, the super Child of Nightmare flung out two thick tentacles, its mental control causing the Red Dragon to suddenly falter and plummet downward, but it quickly awoke and, with a flap of its wings, swiftly soared to an altitude of two to three thousand meters. A fiery cloud spread across the sky, and amidst the varying pitches of its chant, a familiar sensation caused Lin Xiao to exclaim:

“Dragon Language Magic!”

“Damn, that’s too showy!”

Transforming directly into a dragon was way too impressive. It was a pity his level wasn’t high enough. Inside the Creation Rubik’s Cube, he had already stored a crystal made from the fusion of ten units of Divinity and a thousand Godforce Crystals, but he could not take it out at the moment; otherwise, it wouldn’t be just him putting on a show.

The Red Dragon’s Dragon Language Magic had provoked the super Child of Nightmare. It ascended directly into the air, its lower tentacles lifting to reveal its hollow underside…

Beams of light converged inward, with a transparent sphere suspended in the center, inside which a small, delicate creature, very similar to a Dragon but scaleless, maintained a pose as if it were about to take flight, frozen within the sphere.

Void Dragon Gurusajaha (Lord) Level Eighty-Six.

“Powerful souls under my control, before you succumb to my command, witness the fate of your kin!”

The sphere flew out, and there was the sound of shattering glass as a beam of light shot into the sky.

“Roar!”

With a heaven-shaking roar, a shadow quickly grew larger, and the terrifying dragon’s might surged in all directions like a flood.

“It can even control Dragons, that’s outrageous.”

Lonely City turned to Lin Xiao and said:

“The Dragon Emperor might be in danger. Lord Lin Xiao, please dispatch that Lord-level warrior from your forces to assist.”

Lin Xiao nodded and pointed:

“Miracle Purification!”

Targeting the newly freed Void Dragon, which was even larger than Wu Zhonglin.

A light flashed, and as the Void Dragon gathered energy in its mouth, flickering with dark light, it seemed to sneeze, causing the Void Dark energy in its mouth to explode. Its pupils erupted with dark flames, and it turned to look at the super Child of Nightmare below, with rage nearly spilling from its words:

“You dare to defile Dragon Clan, heretic. Receive the wrath of a Void Dragon!”

It gathered energy in its mouth and unleashed a Void Dark Dragon Breath, instantly dealing tens of thousands of damage and clearing out an area below.

The super Child of Nightmare, regaining its senses from the loss of control over the Dragon, no longer cared about threatening the instigator, and its main tentacles shot out twice more with beams of mental control.

But this time the Dragon was prepared and withstood the onslaught of the mental control beams. As soon as the effect ended, it rose into the air, starting to chant Dragon Language Magic just like Wu Zhonglin.

Seeing this, the super Child of Nightmare, enraged beyond measure, immediately ordered a retreat. Although the other Children of Nightmare were reluctant, they all obeyed, activating their Hearthstones to teleport home.

“Not so fast!”

A roar came from the Red Dragon in the sky as a sea of red clouds gathered, and a meteorite more than ten meters in diameter, trailing flames, descended from the heavens.

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“Boom!”

Flames spread like a tsunami, submerging nearly one-third of the Children of Nightmare’s allied forces within seconds. But at that moment, the Hearthstone had already activated. Countless beams of white light pierced the sky before the flames could engulf more of the Children of Nightmare’s massive army; all the remaining Children of Nightmare and their subordinates retreated. They left behind a scream filled with wrath that echoed in Lin Xiao’s ears:

“Humans, I remember you now, and the day we meet again will be the day you die!”

A major battle that should have been recorded in the annals of the Human Camp ended prematurely as the Void Dragon unexpectedly regained consciousness.

Once the Children of Nightmare retreated, the furious Void Dragon summoned a dark energy pillar over ten meters in diameter that struck the exact spot where the super Children of Nightmare had just stood. The Earth trembled violently, and dark energy boiled, blasting a crater hundreds of meters in diameter.

Given the strength displayed by the Void Dragon and considering that the Children of Nightmare ran faster than anyone else after the Void Dragon broke free, it was certain that it hadn’t been forcefully controlled by true means.

After venting its fury, the Void Dragon approached Lin Xiao, its massive head inspecting him closely, and a great voice boomed:

“Unknown Other Race, you have freed Gurusajaha from evil enslavement. You will be granted the friendship of the Void Dragon and Gurusajaha, and I will fulfill one of your wishes!”

As the Void Dragon spoke, Lin Xiao also received notification that he had opened the prestige system for the Void Dragon Clan and was initially at a respectful level.

Lonely City also beamed with joy, whispering to a player beside him:

“Did you get it? We’ve opened the Void Dragon’s prestige, and we’re initially friendly!”

“I got it, but I’m just neutral.”

“I’m also neutral.”

“I’m friendly.”

Lin Xiao hadn’t expected that a casual act of Purification would yield such rewards — the friendship of a Lord Template Dragon with a level surpassing eighty-five.

He had only intended to trip up that super Children of Nightmare, never expecting it to end the battle outright.

The promise of the Void Dragon Gurusajaha was incredibly useful, equivalent to borrowing its strength for one’s own ends, and at that moment, what he wanted most to do was…

Well, not yet possible.

What he wanted most was to conquer the Demon Fortress on Purgatory Float Land and take over that area. But with his current strength, even with the backing of the Void Dragon, he couldn’t achieve it.

So he inquired whether he could save the promise for future use.

Gurusajaha agreed to his decision and gave him a piece of Dragon Scale as a token, which could summon Gurusajaha or other nearby Void Dragons to aid at any time upon activation.

With the Son of the Void retreating, though not a dire defeat, they certainly suffered heavy losses. After briefly regrouping, they set off in different directions, ready to attack the Children of Nightmare’s fortresses.

Hearthstones typically bind to the main cities or outposts, but in the Void Storm Area, there were no main cities or outposts for Humans or Children of Nightmare, only their own fortresses.

That is to say, all the Children of Nightmare had now returned to their own homes, scattered.

This was a golden opportunity to conquer them one by one, especially for those brothers who had not yet established a fortress. These Children of Nightmare fortresses were ready-made; by taking them over and replacing them with their own fortress cores, they could instantly level up to First Level without even needing a monster siege, ecstatic with joy.

Everyone split into two groups, Lin Xiao leading one and Wu Zhonglin the other.

In the battle just fought, he had proved his might. Although everyone was unaware of how he swayed the Void Dragon to his side, it was enough to know he was as powerful as legend had it, capable of withstanding the super Children of Nightmare.

After five days of travel, they arrived at a place called Doru’s Broken Floating Land. A player who had established a fortress there led the way to the south end of the land, where they found a fortress of the Children of Nightmare.

There were only three Children of Nightmare present. After a siege by their group of over thirty, all the subordinates were exhausted, and the fortress was breached after holding out for a day.

A player named Eye Cast took the fortress for himself, replacing it with his own fortress core.

The fortress taken by Eye Cast garnered each of them ten thousand Gold and one thousand units of military materials, mainly plundered from the fortress.

Afterward, they set off without rest to another fortress land, consecutively taking down two more fortresses. Together with the several fortresses Wu Zhonglin’s group had conquered, they had significantly expanded the range of Human Force.

But they were not yet satisfied. Upon regrouping at another land, they reviewed their recent victories and realized that the combined strength of the Children of Nightmare in this region had been reduced by at least one-third after the battle. Everyone grew eager and proposed attacking a key node of the Children of Nightmare in the Void Storm Area.

It was a fortress beside a Teleportation Array that connected to the heartland of the Children of Nightmare, similar in importance to the ancient coliseum near Biggs’ Teleportation Array for the Humans.

If they took that fortress, they could temporarily sever the connection of the Children of Nightmare to this region, hold the Teleportation Array, and kill any Children of Nightmare that came through; if they maintained this for a period, the strength of the Children of Nightmare in this region would be greatly weakened.

Half a month later, they landed on Tarah Floating Land, the core land of the Children of Nightmare in this region.

Less than ten kilometers from leaving Star World Financial Group Town, they spotted a fortress built atop ruins—an empty fortress.

Apparently, they had already begun relocating before they arrived, or else it would not have been so quick.

This was good fortune. They quickly seized the fortress. This time, no one claimed it as their own, for it was too close to the Children of Nightmare’s Teleportation Array to be defensible in the long term. Instead, they chose to destroy the fortress entirely, plundering it of all materials.

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