Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 1428: Zerka Temple (4)

On the other side of the imperial city of Sulaka, a sudden sound of air breaking suddenly sounded in the sky. Dust billowed in the distance, and an armed starship emerged from the sandstorm. The starship's entire body emitted smoke, and the black smoke floating out of the hull pulled out a pitch black smoke screen, as if it was pulling out a gigantic black war flag in midair.

The starship staggered down to the ground. In the control room, Captain Yilu's expression was extremely ugly. He would occasionally stare at Star Ralph. The latter tried his best to ignore the captain's murderous gaze. Yi Lu finally shouted, "Damn golden card, after this mission ends, I will deduct half of your reward!"

"Half of the captain's reward is too much." Jin Ka said with a sad face.

"I think it's missing. Just because of your tattered shield generator, let's see what my ship looks like!" Yi Lu said angrily. Without the protection of the shield, the starship had suffered a lot during its journey. A moment of lightning, a moment of earth fire, and the ship's ability to hold up to this point was already considered to be of good quality.

The blonde blue-skinned female alien exclaimed. Hannah leaned against the porthole and whispered, "What is this place?"

From her point of view, she could see the buildings in Sulaka that were buried in the gravel. Even though he couldn't get a full view of the city, it wasn't hard to tell that there was an astonishingly large remnant of a giant city below.

Captain Yi Lu looked down and narrowed his eyes. "Looks like this city isn't simple. Perhaps we can be a treasure hunter after completing our mission."

"Don't look for me when exploring ruins. I hate to drill into gloomy places the most." The golden card immediately protested.

"You're the only one here who doesn't have the position to say such things, bastard." Yi Lu cursed. Suddenly, the starship shook violently and almost threw the captain to the ground again. '"Damn it, can't you guys sail properly?" Yi Lu stuck his butt to his seat and shouted.

"Captain, it's none of our business. All the instruments have suddenly lost their function. I suspect that there is something strange about the magnetic field in this place!"

"Instrument failure? Then what will happen to us?"

"Nonsense, of course it's a plane crash."

"What!"

Whether Irus wanted to or not, under the influence of Sulaka's special geomagnetic phenomena, the armed starship lost control and swirled towards the ground in midair. Along the way, they crashed into several mountain tops, slid past the city walls and stones, and finally crashed into a building in the inner city. The building was smashed into pieces, and countless rocks fell to the ground like raindrops.

A moment later, a thick cloud of smoke rose from the wreckage of the building. The thick smoke and loud noise alerted some things. Obviously, the mercenaries who had drilled out of the starship in a sorry state did not know about this.

At the other end of the imperial city, intertwined beams of light illuminated the damaged building, turning a Night Demon that had pounced down from the outer wall of the building into a sieve. When the Night Demon fell to the ground, a high-energy beam sword sliced through its neck and cut off its head. No matter how strong the Night Demon's vitality was, splitting his body was a fatal injury to him, but his strong body was still twitching.

Lucy walked over and nodded to the Thorn Warriors in recognition. Thorned Thorn was a private army of the Golden Rose Clan. It was different from the soldiers who had been reformed in Adahua Planet. The Thorned Thorn's soldiers were all Adahua Planet people who had not been reformed. There were even members from small clans among them. Even if they could not go up to Golden City, they had the status of a lower noble on the surface. These warriors were well-trained, and their average level was around Level 15. Two of their captains were even at Level 23 or Level 4. Coupled with their excellent equipment, as long as they didn't run into a large number of Night Demons, it wouldn't be a problem for them to protect themselves.

Lucy had read about Night Demon in Gwa's books and had seen pictures, but this was the first time she had seen a living creature. Of course, this Night Demon had already turned into a corpse.

Night Demons' skin was pale and thin, and they could clearly see the azure-purple blood vessels beneath their skin. However, if they thought that their bodies would be extremely fragile, then it would be a big mistake. The Night Demon's skin was thin but tough, making it difficult for ordinary sharp weapons to cut through the skin. And in the chest and abdomen, there was a layer of bone plates under their skin to protect them. That bone plate was like armor. There were many other bone plates like this, and they were distributed over important parts of the Night Demon's body.

Due to the existence of the bone plates, the Night Demons had almost no pores on their skin, so they could only release heat by sticking out their tongues like dogs from time to time. The Night Demon's tongue was long and covered with thorns. Even metal could be licked off by it. The evolved planetary natives were slender and had no extra fat in their bodies. Their muscles were filled with explosive power, allowing the Night Demons to move quickly and flexibly.

Night Demons' palms had evolved into beast-like claws, and their claws were disproportionately large. This allowed Night Demons to easily climb the outer walls of the building. As long as it wasn't a vertically smooth place, there was nothing they couldn't climb up.

The natives' eyes had almost disappeared, and there were only two symbolic eyeballs on their heads. Eyeballs were as small as beans, and it was easy to overlook them when placed on a pale face. They had no nose, only two pitch-black nostrils, and their mouths were split to the side of their ears. Their crocodile-like mouths gave them a huge biting force, and those two rows of short and pointed bevel teeth were the most terrifying weapons apart from the giant claws.

"We have to go, Your Highness. The Night Demons live in groups. If one of them is here, I'm afraid there's still a nest nearby." Moroto reminded.

Lucy nodded and just as she turned around, she heard screams coming from ahead. Mainne leapt high into the air and looked at it with great eyesight. Amidst the whistling wind and sand, a black shadow came from right in front of them in their direction. However, in the blink of an eye, a gray figure emerged from the sand curtain. He ran like a bald hound with both hands and feet, causing Mainne to frown.

"Mr. Scholar is right, we have to go. Follow me!" Mainne drew out a long sword decorated with resplendent crystal stones. Origin Energy sprayed out and took the lead in welcoming the Night Demons.

Morodor shouted from behind, "Sir, we can take a detour. I know there are other ways to get to the Imperial Palace."

"Sir, believe me, those things are running very fast. We will catch them. Rather than wasting our energy chasing them, it is better to defeat them here." Mainne replied loudly.

Lucy followed Mainne and shook her head.

With a shake of her wrist, the silver bracelet in Lucy's hand slipped out. It twisted and deformed in mid-air, and its volume suddenly increased. By the time the mercury-like substance landed on the ground, it had already transformed into a silver-gray hound. The hound that the Silver Winged Runner had transformed into shook its body, and a clump of blades shot up from its back. The end of its tail was also elongated and flattened, forming a blade-like shape. Not only that, but the pocket-sized twin barrel that popped out of the hound's mouth was shocking.

"Silver Winged Runner?" Morodo was also knowledgeable, and when he saw the robotic dog, he shouted, "Silver Winged Runner?"

Lucy smiled and whispered, "Go, Seven. Hunt freely."

The silver dog lowered its body and flew out like a trail of smoke. It was even faster than Mainne and crashed into the Night Demons. A cold saber light flashed in the distance, and the few Night Demons who were rushing at the front split up.

The Silver Winged Killer's attacks were lethal and efficient. Occasionally, it would shrink into a ball of high-speed spinning, using the bushes on its back to slash through the Night Demon like a harvester. Occasionally, he would swing his blade tail and whip his prey like a whip. Occasionally, he would use the machine gun in his mouth to shoot quickly, using the silver bullets formed from his own material to easily explode the Night Demon's head. The Silver Winged Runner's attacks would always fall on the fragile parts of the Night Demon, such as its joints and head. As for the parts of them that were protected by the bone plates, they didn't even have a single wound. If efficiency was also a kind of beauty, then at this moment, there was nothing more beautiful than that silver shadow piercing through the flesh and blood like flying.

Angeloni lowered her head slightly and tried her best to conceal the morbid excitement on her face. Purple threads scattered from her body and drilled back into her body. As a result, Angeloni's strength, speed, and physical strength increased by multiple times.

"Your Highness, please don't be too far away from me." When Angeloni raised her head, a wisp of purple flame appeared in the middle of her pupils, like the vertical pupils of a snake. Her petite body suddenly became incomparably heavy, and as she lifted her feet, a shallow pit was constantly formed on the ground. If it was a hard ground, it would be fine. However, the imperial city of Sulaka was now covered in yellow sand, and being able to create a shallow pit was the embodiment of strength and skill.

It was Angeloni's aura that scared everyone. Not only did Lucy look at her, but Mainne also looked back again and again. If Lucy hadn't nodded, the Marquis would probably have taken Angeloni down first, because this woman had much more killing intent than the Night Demon on the other side!

Since Lucy nodded, Mainne relaxed a little. With a flick of his sword, a small rose at the tip of the sword fluttered in the wind. The rose formed purely from Sword Qi Origin Energy was incomparably realistic, and even the veins on the flower could be clearly seen. This showed that Mainne's control over Origin Energy was extremely meticulous. Just this alone showed that his sword skills were superb.

At this time, four or five Night Demons pounced over the Silver Winged Killer. Mainne moved gently, as if he was going to attend a feast instead of rushing to the battlefield.

However, this was indeed an elegant banquet for Mainne. No matter what, the golden roses that slowly grew on the Night Demon's body after his sword swept past him should not appear on the battlefield no matter what, they should be decorated at the banquet.

After these beautiful and even delicate flowers bloomed, their petals scattered like they were blown by the wind. A crisp sound of swords rang out in the air. The movements of the Night Demons stiffened at the same time. Then, their limbs separated and scattered into flesh and blood. Blood spread out on the yellow sand, and a huge blood flower was painted on the sand!

Morothy's mouth did not close at the beginning, and the scholar's eyes were constantly reflecting interlaced beams of light, drifting roses, and lavender fist winds. As these things interweaved together, a passageway opened up in the Night Demons.

Not only did the scholar pass through this passageway, he was also fortunate enough to see the planet's natives, whom he had once regarded as devils, being torn to pieces like delicate flowers and plants in their hands. Of course, he knew that the Night Demons weren't weak, but these people were just too strong.

When the rest of the Night Demons retreated, Lucy didn't touch the hilt of the Golden Rose. Not even a drop of blood had been stained on her body. Moroto was unconsciously captured by a dying Night Demon, leaving behind the Night Demon's bloody hand imprint on his leg.