Chapter 521 - 489: Showdown in the Divine Domain Space
Scene loading, scene transition, the team of Skyshattering Thunder appears on a snowy icefield.
This team consists of 100 level 3 Charging Dwarfs, 300 level 4 Soldier Rune Mages, 200 level 5 Giant Bear Knights, along with a massive Magma Dragon whose Command Value exceeds 500. Additionally, there are over 300 Command Power-free NPC Prison Guards who are responsible for transporting prison carts and food supply carts.
This is a carefully selected troop composition by Skyshattering Thunder based on his own Command Power, where Soldier Rune Mages can attack, cast spells, and resurrect after battles, forming the core of the expeditionary forces. 100 Charging Dwarfs can provide cover on-site for the mages or engage in charging combat, while 200 Bear Knights possess terrifying striking power able to shred any infantry, essentially reaching the prowess of a level 6 Human Clan Knight.
Of course, despite such a luxurious team composition, it still isn’t enough to utterly suppress Da Fei’s team of over a thousand fugitives including mages, hence the necessity of the Magma Dragon, this Elemental Giant monster with a staggering 70,000 health points, a true super BOSS!
In fact, it alone could easily obliterate an entire ordinary player’s legion, not to mention its attributes have been horrifically enhanced by Moradin’s Set! In any case, as soon as Da Fei’s team is found, a single Rune Charge by oneself, this Magma Dragon which surpasses humans by tenfold in a single step, would instantly annihilate Da Fei! Skyshattering Thunder cannot even imagine what methods Da Fei could use to counter this Magma Dragon. Moreover, once Da Fei is encountered, his account is doomed as he would be photographed by the warrant!
Not to mention, Skyshattering Thunder’s team also includes 300 fully-armed, formidable NPC Prison Guards. Skyshattering Thunder hadn’t expected the NPCs to join this pursuit either, anyway the Deputy Officer said he could freely pick people, and Skyshattering Thunder randomly pointed them out, and even the Prince really granted them!
Actually thinking about it, these Prison Guards had made such a big blunder, they couldn’t possibly distance themselves any longer, the Prince at time of need had only to let them redeem themselves.
Skyshattering Thunder began to look around, the confusing and bizarre scenes around him astounded him instantly. At which moment, a red light flashed on his screen!
—System Prompt: Warrant alert, the fugitive hideout is in this space scene, please search carefully!
Skyshattering Thunder’s eyebrows twitched, Da Fei is here! But in which direction?
For this pursuit, Skyshattering Thunder had temporarily leveled up 30 levels, reaching level 55, becoming a special task entity not displayed on the World Level List. He also mastered the Reconnaissance Skill and logistics, but at this moment, the Reconnaissance Skill clearly wasn’t enough.
Skyshattering Thunder, aware of his limits and not being overwhelmed by the powerful attributes and troop types, approached the officer leading the 300 Prison Guards. The Prison Guard officer was also looking around at this moment.
Skyshattering Thunder gave a very unstandard military salute: "Sir, the fugitive is in this scene now. Do you have any ways to track him?"
The dwarf officer shook his head and sighed deeply, "I’m not any sir anymore, it was decent enough for the Prince not to kill me yet."
Skyshattering Thunder quickly said: "Sir, don’t be disheartened. As long as we complete this mission and redeem ourselves , then I’ll speak some good words for the sir in front of the Prince. The Prince being pleased, anything is possible."
The officer chuckled: "Friend, you underestimate the Prince too much. Do you think the Prince would mobilize such massive forces for just over a thousand lowly fugitives? Would the Prince deploy such a powerful Magma Dragon? Would the Prince invest precious Hero Power in you? The Prince’s intentions are not as simple as you imagine; you won’t gain the Prince’s recognition unless you seriously understand the Prince’s true intentions."
That makes sense! This feeling of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, what was it all about? Skyshattering Thunder startled suddenly: "Sir, please enlighten me!"
The officer said gravely: "Just call me Vali. I’ve worked in the third layer of the prison for over a hundred years, and I still know some things. First, you need to know what this place is, but you don’t, and the Prince won’t tell you, but the Prince knew I would tell you, that’s the Prince’s style, you need to understand."
Skyshattering Thunder nodded repeatedly: "Please continue to enlighten me, brother Vali!"
Vali continued: "See the many different landscapes above? Those landscapes exist in real life somewhere in the world, so we call this the World Window, we can see the entire world’s landscapes from here. But not only that, there are also spatial channels here leading to those places, so this should be called the World Gate! Very few in the whole world know of this space’s existence; it is the highest secret of the Dwarf Kingdom. Now, do you understand what it means to be here?"
Skyshattering Thunder immediately realized: "It means here, our Dwarf Clan’s grand army can appear at any point in the world?"
Vali clapped his hands: "Exactly right! This is a strategic location for dominating the world!" Immediately, his face darkened: "However, the weirdness and dangers here are beyond mortal’s predictions, and several well-equipped exploration teams have been lost and perished here. Therefore, the King believes this is a Divine Domain not to anger the divinity, the King forbids anyone to explore, or even mention this place. Many years have passed, and indeed no one knows about this area anymore. But the Prince is different, the more divine the place, the more he wants to probe into it. So, the Prince’s real intentions are actually just using capturing the fugitives as an excuse to explore this space!"
Skyshattering Thunder suddenly understood: "I see! Then, how do we explore?"
Vali shook his head: "Don’t ask me, I really can’t answer that! It’s up to you, the Prince chose you! But I have a suggestion, our primary goal now isn’t pursuit, but to protect ourselves, this place is really too dangerous, there could be powerful monsters lurking in the snow, and the situation of our fugitives won’t be any better than ours!"
Skyshattering Thunder nodded; "I see, but nearby there’s a desert, a swamp, also dangerous places, right?"
Vali nodded: "Correct, those places might be even more dangerous than this snowfield. So we have a tactic, that is to reach the edge of the snowfield, and quietly wait."
"Wait?"
Vali spoke solemnly: "Correct, wait! This place is considered a Divine Domain by the King because the scenes here shift and misalign every so often, like, like a twisting Rubik’s Cube, this already beyond our mortal understanding. We need to wait until the safest scene appears near us, and then use it as our campsite, slowly exploring the surrounding areas."
Skyshattering Thunder nodded: "Understood, then let’s head to the edge of the snowfield."
Valen said in a deep voice: "Don’t let the Magma Dragon lead the way, there might be thin ice-covered pitfalls on the road, send a small team of Bear Knights to scout ahead."
Skyshattering Thunder exclaimed with delight: "As expected of big brother Vali!"
At this moment, the forest at the other end of the scene.
Doing nothing all day and being helpless about it, it was agonizing for Da Fei, even more boring than sailing for trade. At least during the trade runs, you could afford to watch a movie leisurely, but not in this legendary perilous place where he dared not let his guard down.
Now, his team had already fallen into a trap, Da Fei couldn’t be sure whether a group of goat-headed monsters would suddenly pop out from the forest or not. This feeling really sucked. But at least everyone was still snoring, and snoring meant they weren’t dead yet.
Amidst the boredom, the entire forest’s landscape slowly started to blur!
Something was off! Were enemies about to appear?
Da Fei, in shock, went on full alert. What the hell is going on? It’s not fog! Are my dog eyes dry? Or is there something wrong with the display screen?
Lost in wild thoughts, the blurred landscape became clear again, returning to normal. At this moment, Da Fei was shocked to find that the scene outside the forest had changed. The place that was once a Gravel Wilderness had now turned into a sparkling lake, feeling just like Swan Lake encountered in Vine Space!
And the scene in the other direction of the forest had also changed, turning into a volcano valley where black smoke billowed and lava surged.
What is going on? Could it be that the entire Divine Domain Space is actually an illusion? Could it continuously change scenes? So where is the exit I need to choose?
Damn! That changed too! The seascape of the islands in the sky also shifted, meaning the location of the exit had changed! What the hell! If the scene kept changing, would I have to keep chasing the exit? Is breaking out of prison supposed to be this annoying?
Damn it, anyway, I’ve completed the mission. Believe it or not, I could just leave these dead pig dwarves and return with the sweetheart beauty using a Town Recall Scroll?
Reluctantly, Da Fei had to continue summoning Little Fei to start reconnaissance on the new terrain, and if necessary, determine a new route.
Little Fei flew over the volcano, over the wilderness, and towards the Snow Mountain, when suddenly a bunch of red dots appeared on the radar!
Damn! Enemies have finally appeared! It’s so damn painful not seeing a single creature here! Startled and excited, Da Fei immediately rushed forward to look—
Damn! An old acquaintance! A red-named Skyshattering Thunder! What the hell, he’s fighting a group of Ice Snow Giant Monsters!
Damn! What the hell! He actually has a Magma Dragon! What’s up with his outrageous level 55? Where did he get those High-level Soldiers? Wait a minute! And there are Prison Guards! Aren’t those Prison Guard NPCs just the awesome mobile forces from the third layer earlier?
Got it! These are the pursuers from the Prince! He must be the player who received the assassination mission, otherwise, being from the same faction, there’s no reason for him to be red-named! Well done, Skyshattering Thunder, mixing it up not too shabbily with the Prince, huh? Probably no one in the whole China Region has such a high-end route as you! So, this guy is definitely going to fight against me till the end!
Just as Da Fei was shocked, that giant Magma Dragon, with the support of hundreds of Rune Mages in the back, was absolutely crushing and converting each of the Ice Snow Giants into icy debris!
Just then, the leading giant Ice Mountain Giant Monster, seeing that it could not win, began to turn around and flee, but Skyshattering Thunder would not give it a chance, directly initiating a Rune Charge, along with the unnamed acceleration special skill of the BOSS Magma Dragon, the giant Magma Dragon charged forward like a massive fire-breathing train and with a thunderous bang, the giant Ice Mountain Giant Monster was smashed into fragments of ice, collapsing loudly!
Da Fei’s jaw dropped in shock! A thousand curses raced through his mind! This could kill people! If this moron encounters me, I’m definitely done for! Who could escape that Fire Dragon’s pursuit?
At that moment, Skyshattering Thunder let out a loud laugh, unsure if he was happy for defeating the BOSS or for some awesome equipment he looted, the more Da Fei listened and watched, the worse the taste in his mouth grew!
And just then, the shattered body of the Ice Mountain Giant Monster that had just been smashed to pieces shone with a bright light.
Da Fei’s eyebrows twitched, that’s right, these are divine creatures from Divine Domain, their bodies must contain nutrients that could be absorbed by fragments of the Divine Artifact! Little Fei also has an Equipment Bar, I could equip the Divine Artifact fragments on it and let it clean up the battlefield! Yes, just like a vulture, that is what they do! I don’t have a powerful Magma Dragon, and facing those Ice Mountain Giants is truly tricky.
Alright! You show off your prowess and eat meat, I’ll just hang around for some soup, I’d feel uncomfortable not taking any advantage of you. Thinking this way made Da Fei feel much clearer in his mind. So, he hurriedly used the Blood Flute’s recall command to summon Little Fei back, then equipped it with the fragments, and set off again.
Of course, it’s not just about picking up leftovers and sipping soup; it’s most important to monitor every move of the enemy forces throughout.
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