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Chapter 1540 - 1083: Blood Sacrifice of Heroic Spirits (3K)

Chapter 1540: Chapter 1083: Blood Sacrifice of Heroic Spirits (3K)

When Li Changhe saw Chen Yu again, it was an hour after he woke up.

Chen Yu, wearing a thick black coat, sat in the corner of the temporary rest area, apologizing to the arriving Li Changhe, "You should have run further away, or countered me directly with Old Lead... It’s too wrongful for a mighty Demigod to die by the hands of an ally."

Though she spoke the truth, in fact, if Li Changhe had reacted a bit more quickly, he might have been safer using the Mirror of Reversal.

"With your tiny frame, getting countered by Old Lead would surely have been the end of you," Li Changhe, holding his forehead, responded, "However, your face..."

On Chen Yu’s left cheek, there were two conspicuous scars, marring her fair complexion.

Those injuries were left by Red Fist Arthur, and under the curse of the Great Impurity, they had become scars that could not be erased.

Not only there, but all the injuries previously on her body had turned into difficult to fadescars.

At least, for now in this world, as the players’ medicines were nearly exhausted, there was no way to erase them.

"After all, it was a weapon personally crafted by the Great Impurity. I’m lucky to have survived, let the disfigurement be. Who needs good looks anyway?" Chen Yu touched the scars on her face mildly and looked at Li Changhe to ask, "Do they look very ugly?"

"Not at all," Li Changhe shook his head, wincing and shuddering with cold.

The aftereffects of being mentally crushed hadn’t faded yet, which caused his thoughts to still feel chaotic and aching.

When he was being mentally crushed, he had thought he might die by Chen Yu’s out-of-control hands.

And he also felt there were some problems with his memory.

His fainting was one thing; it was merely another thrashing.

But his memories from before that had also become somewhat blurred and disjointed, as if someone had hastily deleted them, or perhaps it was an issue with the aftermath.

Li Changhe couldn’t tell whether the words Chen Yu had just said were really happening or only illusion.

But out of the fear that would damage both sides and their three-way relationship,

He dared not ask Chen Yu what exactly had happened then.

And Chen Yu also acted as if she had never said anything out of the ordinary.

Then, Li Changhe said, "Thank you, Yu, for your hard work over the past month and a half."

"I should be thanking you; otherwise, I would have died long ago," Chen Yu responded softly.

"Then, the... Battlefield will be in our hands now," saying this, Li Changhe stood up and donned the Azure Flame mask. From a friend visiting, he transformed back into Tian Ce General!

He left the rest area and headed for the monument in Border City.

Humanity had turned the tide; planetary fortresses and mechanical Titans had severely wounded the Different Race legions, and even two of their Demigod were fallen.

But... Li Changhe also hadn’t forgotten the betrayal by certain individuals!

Before the human fleets returned, Border City had withstood unimaginable terrifying pressure, the Different Race legions had launched fierce attacks on it.

Almost every piece of the wall, every street, every single building bore traces of battles between human warriors and the Different Race.

Nearly four hundred human players were assembled in Border City, all expert fighters amongst the players, yet now more than one-third had fallen in combat.

Members of the Extraordinary Alliance within the City and Heavenly Court Remnant Clan warriors had suffered more than half casualties.

The human troops from various giant cities that had gathered to defend Border City were wiped out in formations within the flames of war.

There were even a great number of units, from generals to company commanders, who were beheaded in succession, the command level was changed three times, yet they still fought to death without retreating.

Among them, some officers regrouped the dispersed units to launch a fatal counter-charge against the Different Race legions, creating opportunities for bombardment for allied forces.

Some players led Extraordinary beings and Heavenly Court remnants to behead Great Chaos Demons or Annihilation nobles.

In such a situation, every Different Race felt the tenacity and toughness of humanity.

That was the most difficult moment for the human army, as well as the finest proof of human courage.

Yet, in that moment, there were humans who, for their own benefit, betrayed the battlefront, betrayed their comrades.

They abandoned the defensive lines they were supposed to hold, leading to more human warriors’ deaths.

The Spirit Domain was nearly destroyed.

The return of the human fleets was almost turned into nothing but a mirage.

And now, the retaliation against them had just begun!

Li Changhe, without any concealment, mounted the Nine Heavens Dragon Horse and left the ruined City Lord’s Mansion.

The azure flames and majestic armor had long become his emblem.

Along the way, players, Extraordinary beings, and Heavenly Court Remnant Clan greeted him or nodded, while the human soldiers saluted and watched.

Soon, Li Changhe arrived at his destination.

The monument in Border City was originally in the square of the Inner-city area of the old Border City, later becoming the Third Defense Line.

Now, with the help of the Heavenly Court Remnant Clan, a huge stone monument had been erected.

The names of all the human warriors who had died in the war, regardless of their identity, military rank, or gender, were inscribed upon this monument.

This would be a long process, because there were too many fallen warriors...

They were all heroes of humanity... and now, under the watch of these human heroes, he had to judge those damned traitors!

At the western battle zone of the Third Defense Line, initially, it was a defense line guarded by over sixty players from the Black Palace, Round Table, and a large number of human legions; it was also one of the last defense lines.

This number of players, even if faced with several Great Chaos Demons, could have fought and possibly even won. Yet they chose to flee before the battle began, allowing the Great Chaos Demons to remain unchecked and brutally tear through the human legion’s defense lines. As a result, the defenses were shattered, and the Spirit Domain behind them was mostly destroyed. If Chen Yu hadn’t sent out the Biomimetic Teardrops, the loss to humanity would have been far more terrible.

Out of the sixty-three Black Palace and Round Table players, along with those from their allied organizations, only twenty-three either chose or were forced to stay behind to continue defending the line.

The remaining forty retreated and were indifferent toward the defense line, until Chen Guang killed one of them, only then did they reluctantly return to the defense line to resist.

Now, these thirty-nine people were all bound by chains of Extraordinary secret arts in front of the monument.

Li Changhe knew what they intended to do all along. Being the strongest below the demigods, he had become an impediment to their interests.

Since Annihilation had exiled him, they only needed to use someone else’s hand to get rid of him, the person standing in the way of their interests, once and for all.

And they wouldn’t have to bear any infamy for it.

So, they collaborated with Red Fist, who betrayed humanity and made peace with the Chaos, to let down the defenses. They allowed Great Chaos Demons and assassins from Different Races bring danger to Chen Yu inside.

If Red Fist’s plan had succeeded and Chen Yu died, they could have forever rid themselves of the mountain that Li Changhe, who was above them as a non-demigod player, represented. Without lifting a finger, they would have eliminated a major source of anxiety.

As for the future of this world, they couldn’t care less.

Humanity losing its strongest below the demigods didn’t concern them either.

They had always considered Li Changhe an enemy. Now that they could use Annihilation to eliminate this enemy, of course, they would not refuse.

However, with the return of the human fleets, everything had changed.

Seeing Li Changhe approach on horseback, the faces of the bound Black Palace and Round Table players showed panic.

"Li Ba, you have no right to judge me!" a Black Palace player shouted. "I’m a member of the Black Palace, it’s not your place, a Hua Country man, to judge me! Moreover, I’ve fought for Border City! What right do you have to judge me?"

"That’s right, Li Ba, you’re making enemies with both the Black Palace and the Round Table, the two official organizations! Even the Great Wall wouldn’t do this!" A Round Table player, using the official organizations as his shield, bellowed: "We were just trying to protect ourselves, we didn’t betray humanity!"

"General Li Ba, I was just following the orders of my superiors, I had no intention of betraying humanity." another player pleaded: "We didn’t know Red Fist was betraying humanity, nor did we know what the commanding officer was thinking. I was just following orders!"

"We came to help Border City, why are you putting us on trial?"

"Great Wall! Champion Yang Dong! Are you declaring war on us? Under such circumstances, do you want the Great Wall to declare war on two major official organizations?"

The players shouted one after another.

Because they had noticed the increasingly tangible killing intent from Li Changhe.

Considering their own past actions, these players were terrified and began to speak up.

Some tried to dissuade him, others threatened, still others begged for mercy...

But Li Changhe coldly looked at them.

He had never been fond of the Black Palace and the Round Table but he wouldn’t go out of his way to hunt them down.

After all, they were also human players.

If humans killed each other, the Different Races would probably die laughing.

At least, since undertaking this Task, Li Changhe, the strongest among the player’s camp, had never considered attacking his own people from the human camp.

So, in the Kunlun Giant City, the Red Fist named Arthur was set free, and in the Heavenly Court Ruins, the Black Palace and Round Table were also released.

But it turned out that Li Changhe was wrong.

He underestimated the internal strife and power plays that could happen within humanity in the face of threats from Different Races.

The result was that a large number of human warriors were killed due to their actions. Soldiers from the End of God War fleet, the human legions and players of the third defensive line all lost their lives because of them.

In the end, they almost managed to kill his friend.

Li Changhe was furious and greatly fearful. At the same time, it was a sobering wake-up call.

Internal strife must be settled before dealing with external threats!

Without eliminating these players with ulterior motives, he would face this kind of danger again. They would put his friends in jeopardy just for their so-called interests!

"Spread my words. From now on, in any major Task I participate in, there will only be one voice within the player’s camp, and that voice will be mine!" Spoken like a dictator, the words came from behind the Azure Flame mask.

The bound players were taken aback.

There would be many official organizations participating in a major Task, but they were to obey your command? You... are threatening the officials!

"You..." A Black Palace player looked at the approaching Li Changhe, at the Mo Blade he dragged, and dreadfully shouted: "What are you doing, calm down, Li Ba, do you want the Great Wall to go to war with us?"

"The Great Wall?" Li Changhe walked up to the Black Palace player: "I am not a Great Wall player, I don’t represent the Great Wall."

"You..." The Black Palace player was sweating profusely, as the killing intent that was terrifying beyond measure burst forth in front of him!

"Be thankful, if my friend had been harmed, I would slaughter every member of your organizations in all future Tasks. In the years to come, I would make sure none of you had the chance to become a demigod. As long as I live, your organizations won’t be giving birth to any demigod!" Li Changhe loomed over the kneeling Black Palace player with a chilling threat.

As the strongest below the demigods, he was indeed capable of fulfilling that threat.

No matter how many geniuses or proud children of heaven the Black Palace or the Round Table had, no matter how many resources they accumulated.

As long as they encountered Li Changhe in a major Task before becoming demigods, they would be killed! Unless the Black Palace and the Round Table completely abandoned all major Tasks, Li Changhe would be the shackle preventing the birth of their demigods!

"But for now, you just have to die." Li Changhe looked at the trembling Black Palace player: "By the way, send a message to the Tyrant Washington for me. Should I come to find him personally, or should he present himself?"

Then, the Mo Blade in his hand fell!

On the first day of the human counter-offensive, the Seventh Devil King executed thirty-nine human players.

A blood sacrifice to the valiant spirits!