Chapter 323: The Wrath of the Church of Light, the Kingdom’s Heavy Troops Arrive! (6400)

Sarah's silent blade was already pressed against the opponent's neck!

A shallow scratch appeared on the fair neck.

With just a slight movement further, it could cleanly slit her throat.

At this moment, the beast-eared girl froze in place.

One move—it really took only one move to decide the victor.

As a Tier 5 Commander, Sarah's strength far exceeded hers.

The beast-eared assassin's face showed dismay, dejection, and fear.

At the same time, Sarah's cold voice rang out.

"In this place, no one is allowed to attack or harm the Lord."

"If you ever do this again, I will execute you on behalf of the Lord."

Her tone carried a hint of threat and cold murderous intent.

Herlie was already terrified by Sarah, freezing in place and not daring to move.

Even her pupils grew moist.

She said softly, "I… I understand…"

If she had seen Sarah by his side from the start, she definitely wouldn't have tested Cao Xing.

Only a fellow assassin could understand just how terrifying this Dark Elf assassin was!

Cao Xing said, "Alright, Sarah, come over."

Hearing his voice, Sarah instantly withdrew her boundless murderous intent and appeared silently beside Cao Xing.

The beast-eared assassin, having just walked through the hands of death, felt a sudden sense of relief.

Then, she stared with her cat-like, deep green pupils, looking at this man curiously.

To think he could make such a powerful assassin so obedient?

What was this Lord's background?

Cao Xing didn't pay attention to her gaze and continued, "You saw it; you couldn't even take one move from my assassin."

"In my territory, your strength is not enough to be worth looking at."

Hearing this, the beast-eared assassin bit her lower lip, looking aggrieved as she said, "I…"

Cao Xing changed the subject and continued, "However, I see you are pitiful, so I can give you a chance."

"If you want to join my territory, you must absolutely obey my orders, as well as the orders of this Dark Elf beside me."

"Can you do that?"

Hearing this, the beast-eared girl just wanted to nod in agreement, but seemed to remember something.

She asked tentatively, "Then… then will I be able to learn combat techniques from this powerful assassin in the future?"

Cao Xing paused, then said, "If you want to learn combat techniques, you must first contribute to the territory."

Upon hearing this, the beast-eared assassin nodded continuously like a chick pecking at rice, saying, "I will work hard to make contributions!"

"I swear to the God of the Dark Night that I will listen to your words from now on, and… the words of this assassin lady…"

Hearing this, Cao Xing also laughed, then sent her a recruitment invitation.

[Recruitment successful. Night Hunter: Herlie Shadow-Scarlet has joined your territory. Territory population +4…]

Then he glanced at her attributes.

[Night Hunter: Herlie Shadow-Scarlet]

[Race: Demi-human]

[Level: 38 (66328 / 460000) (Tier 4 Leader-class)]

[HP: 128423 / 128423 (Blessed by the Pale Tree)]

[Attack: 4415 ~ 4612]

[Armor: 653 ~ 708]

[Skills: Advanced Assassination Mastery (When using dagger-type weapons, attack speed increases by 40%, aura concealment increases by 40%), Night Mist (Surrounds herself with Night Mist, blurring her form and hiding her aura; she will not exit this state after attacking an enemy. Duration: 120 seconds. Cooldown: 200 seconds), Shadow Assault (Instantly enters stealth and dashes forward at extremely high speed, dealing 207% physical damage to the first enemy in her path, and reveals herself after a short delay. If she does not attack an enemy while in stealth, she will automatically reveal herself after 3 seconds. Cooldown: 35 seconds), Night Claws (Wields sharp claws to perform rapid attacks on the enemy; each attack has a certain chance to inflict a bleeding status, causing continuous physical damage), Night Blink (Instantly blinks forward a certain distance, max 30 meters, can blink up to 3 times consecutively. Cooldown: 90 seconds), Night Phantasm Slash! (Instantly merges into the darkness, transforming into several phantoms that weave around the enemy, then launches slashes at the target from multiple directions at extremely high speed. Each strike carries powerful physical damage and bleeding effects. Damage coefficient: 9 * 115%. Cooldown: 300 seconds)]

[Talent: Night Affinity (When acting at night, concealment intensity increases by 25%, skill cooldowns are reduced by 20%)]

[Bond: Assassin]

[Satiety: 63]

[Loyalty: 71]

(Introduction: A hunter famous ten thousand years ago who once assassinated many nobles; even the royal army could not handle her. When night falls, all the nobles and criminals in the city fear the arrival of this shadow.)

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Seeing the skills and attributes of this Night Hunter, Cao Xing nodded.

They were indeed quite good.

Especially that [Night Phantasm Slash!] skill; the single-target coefficient was truly terrifying, even exceeding Sarah's [Death Chain Dance].

If Sarah hadn't been cultivated by Cao Xing with various resources, under the same tier, she would only be able to fight this beast-eared girl to a draw.

Cao Xing's mouth curled into a smile, and then he called out.

"Herlie."

Hearing his voice, the beast-eared girl straightened her body and said respectfully, "I am here!"

She became incomparably obedient.

Cao Xing waved his hand, "Go rest first. The third room in the second row of the residential area is your room."

The beast-eared assassin obediently turned around and walked toward the residential area.

Cao Xing noticed that she wasn't wearing shoes, her pair of furry little feet stepping on the ground.

And she kept looking back every few steps, constantly watching Sarah.

A moment later, only he and Sarah remained.

At this moment, the Dark Elf assassin's eyes instantly became gentle.

She asked with concern, "Lord, you aren't hurt, are you?"

Cao Xing shook his head, "How could I be hurt? A Tier 4 assassin can't hurt me."

Hearing this, Sarah immediately nodded, "Mm-hmm, the Lord is very strong."

Cao Xing also smiled, "But you came just in time; I have something to give you."

After speaking, he took the [Sting of the Magic Fish] from his backpack and handed it to Sarah.

Sarah took the dagger, which had a rather strange design, and felt the peculiar power contained within it.

Now, she held the [Sting of Silence] in her left hand and the [Sting of the Magic Fish] in her right.

Her attack power had increased by another two hundred points.

And most importantly, the special effects on the two weapons could be triggered simultaneously without conflict.

In this way, Sarah's combat power could be raised a little higher.

"Thank you, Lord. You have always been so good to me."

Cao Xing also smiled and rubbed her head, and even pinched those long elf ears.

Sarah's ears seemed to be her sensitive point; after being pinched by Cao Xing, her body trembled instantly.

Her limbs became somewhat stiff.

But she still stood in place, letting Cao Xing pet her.

The Dark Elf's ears felt soft on the outside, but somewhat hard on the inside, as if they were their cartilage…

And at this moment, Sarah seemed to recall what happened in that camp today, and her body temperature rose for a moment.

She said in a soft tone, her gaze somewhat blurry, "Lord… later tonight, can you… come find me?"

Cao Xing saw her fiery gaze and understood what she meant.

He chuckled, "Can't you do it now?"

Sarah was stunned, then shook her head, "Not now… I'm on duty for the first half of the night, I still… ah!"

Before she could finish, the Dark Elf assassin suddenly felt her legs leave the ground.

Her whole body was hoisted onto Cao Xing's shoulder.

"L… Lord?"

Cao Xing didn't speak, continuing to carry her as he walked toward one of the residential houses.

Sarah's pair of long, slender legs swung in the air.

She lowered her head, shyly grabbing Cao Xing's clothes.

Cao Xing had now broken through to Tier 5, and his strength had skyrocketed once again!

And for a little woman like Sarah who weighed less than a hundred jin, he could carry several of them with one hand.

Soon, Cao Xing kicked open Sarah's door and then closed it again.

He gently placed the beauty on his shoulder onto the bed.

At this moment, Sarah's legs were tightly pressed together, her hands clenched, appearing both shy and expectant.

And Cao Xing gently untied the black tight-fitting suit that bound her whole body tightly.

And he saw the white chest wrap wound in circles.

He didn't hesitate and tore off the cloth strips directly.

Instantly, a pair of very full, round, and perky shapes were presented directly before him.

At this moment, Cao Xing couldn't help but sigh, "As expected of the Dark Elf bloodline!"

"This shape, this size, it's truly too perfect…"

Cao Xing bit down.

It made the Dark Elf beneath him tremble.

A pair of pointed ears also stood up as if congested with blood.

At this moment, Sarah appeared both suppressed and shy.

She was extremely beautiful.

And Cao Xing was also enjoying it to the fullest.

From that beautiful face, his gaze moved down to the flat abdomen and the extremely slender waist.

The slenderness of her waist was probably something only the mage apprentice Aili could rival.

The night was like fire, burning fiercely…

Cao Xing gently rolled over and pressed down.

Soon, he began to fully savor the exquisite body of this Dark Elf…

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Meanwhile.

In a valley, there was a camp built halfway up the mountain in front.

This was also the last large camp that Cao Xing and the others had wiped out.

A Red-Robed Bishop rushed here quickly.

And when he saw the chaos in front of him, the various collapsed fences, arrow towers, and the corpses all over the ground, his eyes immediately widened in anger!

A terrifying aura erupted violently, as if it couldn't be controlled!

"This camp has also been destroyed!"

"Damn bastard, don't let me catch you, or I will definitely make you regret coming into this world!"

As the strongest Red-Robed Bishop of Lake Doron City, after hearing the news that the camp had been destroyed, he couldn't care about the situation in Lake Doron City and rushed out to confirm it for the first time.

However, the situation before him made him unable to accept it!

After making a fierce threat, he took out a crystal, then asked in a deep voice, "Science, Bella, how is the situation on your side?"

The voices of two Red-Robed Bishops rang out, "Bishop Anglun, the situation on our side is the same. All personnel have been killed, and all the resources inside have been looted."

"This is a premeditated attack against our Church of Light!"

Hearing this, this Red-Robed Bishop with a powerful aura was even more furious.

"Damn it! Which bastard did this?"

"How did he know the coordinates of our camp? And why specifically at this time?"

A bunch of questions rose in his heart.

This also made him feel increasingly angry!

A terrifying momentum erupted from his body!

"Boom!"

In place, a violent storm was instantly set off!

This camp was razed to the ground in an instant!

After venting his frustration, this red-robed bishop gradually calmed down.

He let out a long sigh and then cut off contact with the other two bishops.

He took out another strange device from his backpack.

After injecting mana.

A calm voice came through.

"Bishop Anglun, is something the matter?"

The red-robed bishop reported with a solemn expression: "Lord Seed of Light, something has happened here in the Gale Snowfield."

"Many of the camps our Church has set up here have been attacked by an unknown force."

"So far, we have searched over a dozen medium-sized camps and four large camps, and they have all been destroyed!"

"Many small camps among them have also been struck."

"Now, there is only one large camp left unconfirmed, but it is likely in grave danger as well…"

Hearing this, the other side was silent for a moment.

But it seemed they were not as panicked or angry as expected.

"Is it the Gale Snowfield again?"

"Recently, our Church's plans in other areas have been proceeding quite smoothly, but the Gale Snowfield has suffered setback after setback."

"And to wipe out so many of our camps in a single night, it should be impossible for one person's power to accomplish."

"Therefore, this must be a group, meaning it is an organized operation."

"It is actually a bit different from my previous guess about individual powerhouses."

After listening to the analysis from the other side, the red-robed bishop continued to ask: "Lord Seed of Light, what should we do now?"

"The Kingdom's army will arrive tomorrow, and we can no longer spare any more Church members."

The other side replied again: "Do not panic. We do not rely on the strength of other members to fight against the Kingdom's army."

"As long as the army of strange ghosts is not compromised, it will be fine, though transferring supplies is indeed a bit troublesome."

"You do not need to worry. I will immediately expedite the transfer of a batch of instructors from the nearby Brisban Wilds and Frost Valley Plains to Lake Doron City."

"Your current task is to investigate all the camps, search for clues, and ensure you do not miss a single corner."

"I want to know, who exactly has been targeting our Church of Light!"

Hearing the reply from the Seed of Light, the panic in the bishop's heart gradually faded away.

He said solemnly: "I understand. I will go do it immediately."

"May the will of the God of Light protect us."

After saying this, he cut off the contact.

He had just wanted to follow the Seed of Light's instructions to investigate the clues in the camp and see if he could find the culprit.

But he discovered that this camp had been razed to the ground by his own burst of power just now.

The corner of his mouth twitched.

The red-robed bishop dialed the communication and then said: "Bishop Sains, Bishop Bella, the Seed of Light just sent down an order for us to investigate the culprit through the corpses of those instructors."

"If you have no clues, just come with me to the last large camp to take a look."

A moment later, both bishops replied: "Understood, Bishop Anglun, we are coming over now."

After speaking.

The three bishops set off quickly.

Although they had already foreseen the result, only by confirming it with their own eyes could they give up hope.

Soon, the red-robed bishop arrived in front of a valley.

A narrow passage appeared in front of him.

After entering the passage, he entered the interior of the valley.

Because he knew the route, the bishop headed straight for the hidden cave.

On the way, he also noticed the harvested Aurora grass on the ground, and his heart was already shrouded in gloom.

Through the narrow cave entrance, he quickly entered the interior of the mountain.

Including the other two red-robed bishops, they were already waiting there.

The three bishops of Lake Doron City were gathered together at this moment.

They looked at the corpses all over the hall, and everyone's faces were gloomy.

Although they had already foreseen this result.

But when seeing it with their own eyes, it was still somewhat hard to accept.

The powerful red-robed bishop suppressed the anger in his heart and then said: "Go down and search."

"Do not miss any corner; at least we must confirm what the enemy's methods are!"

The two nodded one after another.

Then they jumped down.

They checked the corpses on the ground one by one.

And they focused their inspection on the corpses of the two white-robed priests.

One of the red-robed bishops said in a deep voice: "There is a strong aura of darkness on the wounds; it looks like it was done by some kind of evil creature."

The second bishop also added: "In addition to sword wounds, there are various impact injuries, as well as some traces of magic."

"However, these attack methods all contain a dark power."

"Including those dead instructors in the camps we checked earlier, they also have extremely strong dark power remaining on them!"

The three bishops pooled the clues they had and finally reached a conclusion.

That is, the murderer is not human!

"Not human… then who is it? Why target our Church of Light?"

They were completely confused.

Because they really couldn't imagine how there could be such a strange force in the Gale Snowfield targeting them, and one that possessed such powerful strength.

And just then, one of the red-robed bishops holding a staff seemed to sense something.

He looked up and faintly sensed a fluctuation of mana coming from above.

The red-robed bishop said quickly.

"Bishop Anglun, Bishop Sains, there seems to be a magic mark above; it looks like it was left by Priest Bokar.!"

Hearing this, a look of surprise and joy appeared in the eyes of the other two bishops!

This brought a glimmer of hope to the investigation that had fallen into a stalemate.

"Bishop Bella, try to activate it and see!"

"Alright."

Then, under the gaze of two pairs of eyes.

The red-robed bishop raised his staff and released a breath of mana.

Instantly, that magic mark was activated!

Then they heard a gloomy voice.

"A mere false god who has lost their divinity. The Ice Crystal Kingdom has long been regarded as something in our pocket by our Demon race, yet you dare to lay a finger on it!"

"When our Demon Lord descends, what can even the God of Light do?"

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The three red-robed bishops heard this, looked at each other, and all saw the shock and gravity in each other's eyes.

The strongest bishop said in a deep voice: "This should be the clue left to us by High Priest Bokar, so the existence that made this sound is the culprit behind all of this!"

The other two nodded.

The red-robed bishop holding the staff added: "This existence mentioned a Demon Lord, does not even take the God of Light seriously, and calls themselves the Demon race!"

"It seems the identity of the enemy is already obvious!"

The strongest bishop said angrily: "So it was this group of damn guys!"

"A group of monsters born from the Celestial Convergence, relying on their immortal abilities to stir up trouble all over the world!"

"Before, not many existences could deal with them, but now they have actually provoked our Church of Light!"

"You damn guys, just because others cannot completely kill you does not mean our Church of Light cannot!"

"Let me catch you, and I will surely grind you to dust!"

This bishop spoke harsh words, his heart full of hatred for the demons.

The bishop with the staff next to him reminded: "Bishop Anglun, should we tell Lord Seed of Light this news as soon as possible?"

After hearing this, the bishop gradually calmed his anger.

Then, he took out the shining crystal again.

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At this moment.

In the Gale Snowfield.

An army of nearly forty thousand people was marching in an orderly fashion.

It was the second wave of the Kingdom's legion sent by the Ice Crystal King.

However, compared to the last time, the troop types had changed this time.

Leading them was a heavy cavalry brigade of nearly three thousand men!

They were all dressed in uniform frost-blue armor, and even the horses were fully armed!

This was also one of the King's trump cards—the Frost Blue Iron Cavalry Regiment.

And behind them, forty thousand heavy infantrymen wearing heavy armor and holding special shields were advancing in an orderly manner.

And the shields in their hands constantly emitted a layer of scorching aura, appearing to contain some kind of peculiar magic.

These shields had been enchanted by a powerful mage of the Kingdom, and the magic on them was specifically used to counter the blades and sharp claws of the strange ghosts!

It can be said that for this operation, they had made sufficient preparations!

Meanwhile, a light cavalryman quickly rode over from the front.

"Report! General Kero has already sent people ahead to meet us!"

A voice came from a chariot in the center of the army.

"Change the marching direction; go to rendezvous with General Kero first."

General Kero was the commander sent in the first wave to retake Lake Doron City.

He was leading the remaining knights and soldiers, waiting ahead.

Originally a massive force of over twenty thousand, now only less than four thousand remained, which was truly lamentable.

But fortunately, those Neros Cannon and Destroyer Siege Crossbows were still there.

Soon, the two armies converged.

At this moment, in the second wave of troops called in, an existence of equally high status stepped out of the chariot.

To meet with this General Kero.

The two saluted each other at the same time.

"General Kero, the power of the Kingdom's Holy Sword is with us."

"General Taside, the power of the Kingdom's Holy Sword is with us; this battle will be won!"

After speaking, the two shook hands.

If Cao Xing were here, he would definitely recognize an old acquaintance of his behind this General Taside.

Lieutenant Derrick!

After the two generals exchanged greetings, they quickly adjusted the troops.

Then, an army of nearly fifty thousand marched majestically toward Lake Doron City.

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Late at night.

Sarah crawled out of Cao Xing's arms and left the warm bed.

During this time, Renice had come once.

And after hearing the movement inside, she took the initiative to take over Sarah's first-half-of-the-night guard duty.

However, for the second half of the night, Sarah needed to take over.

At this moment, the Dark Elf was getting dressed by the bedside.

White gauze tightly wrapped around that magnificent pair of soft mounds.

Then, like a magic trick, it concealed her devilish figure.

She looked back at Cao Xing, the coldness on her face disappeared, replaced by tenderness.

"I'm going out…"

Cao Xing nodded, "Go ahead, be careful not to catch a cold."

"Mm…"

Sarah replied softly and then quickly left the room.

And Cao Xing himself quickly got dressed and returned to his Lords Manor.

Tonight was peaceful and safe.

He and Liu Muxue soon fell fast asleep.

The next day, a system prompt appeared.

[Survivor, please note: You have passed the fourth day of the Construction Week. There are 3 days left until the end of the Construction Week…]