Chapter 143: Chapter 143: Corruption of Anderson, Revisiting the Black Stone Secret Realm

Elise’s body was surrounded by power, forming a pale green long bow. It was as long as a person.

The bowstring stretched slightly. Suddenly, the wind roared, and a single arrow slowly formed. It carried the power of thunder and shot forward instantly.

Plop!

“Roar!”

Blood sprayed, accompanied by a painful cry. A giant dragon struggled for a moment, then fell to the ground with a loud crash, kicking up a cloud of dust.

[Killed Shadow Gale Dragon Boss, Experience + 450,000]

[Obtained Materials: Wind Dragon Wing *1, Wind Element Crystal *1, Dragon Blood *1…]

The message flashed. George was stunned.

Kill in one hit?

It took George a while to realize what had just happened. He now understood how strong Elise’s Elven Archer class was. She triggered a critical hit and a deadly strike, killing a level 60 boss in one shot.

Remember, Elise was only level 52.

Even without critical hits or deadly strikes, she could kill a level 60 boss with ten arrows.

It seemed that the power and potential of his pets were not to be underestimated.

George felt much more confident. Around him, the roar of dragons kept coming. A bunch of giant dragons rose into the sky, shouting and flying toward them.

With this pace, he could raise all of his pets to level 60 within a week. Then he could explore the Black Stone Secret Realm again.

He was still thinking about the Obsidian Wraith in the fifth level of the Black Stone Secret Realm.

The Obsidian Wraiths in the fifth level were all boss monsters. He hadn’t been very confident about fighting them before.

But now, after seeing Constantine and the others reach level 60 and seeing Elise become an Elven Archer, his confidence had grown a lot.

Boom! Boom!

The sound of explosions filled the air. Arrows flew fast.

The dragons were all coming for George, but they couldn’t break through Constantine’s defense. They all died in the fight.

“George, the experience is increasing so fast!” Lily looked at the rapidly growing experience bar, surprised.

George smiled but said nothing.

…

Time passed, and before they knew it, seven days had gone by.

They had reached deep into the plains.

There were more Dragonblood Dragons here than George had expected.

During the time, they had encountered three SSS-tier Crimson Scale Behemoths. Two were killed, and one was seriously injured and ran into the deep plains.

“Never mind, let’s not hunt anymore,” George looked at the experience total in his pool. It was over 9.4 billion.

All of his pets had reached level 60. The remaining experience was enough for him to reach level 60 as well.

But before that, he needed to go back to the Black Stone Secret Realm and try to kill as many Obsidian Wraith bosses as possible to get Crafted Relics.

“George, are we going back?” Lily asked, a bit disappointed.

Her level had reached 55, and she had completed her advancement quest. Her strength had improved a lot compared to before.

She knew George needed the experience to level up his pets, so she left the group.

Otherwise, she could have reached level 60 a long time ago.

George nodded and said, “It’s been seven days. If Ares finds out we’re gone, he’ll be worried.”

“True,” Lily had no objections.

“Let’s go,” George told Constantine and the others to return to the Death Grave. Then he activated the Secret Realm pass and returned to the villa.

The two looked at the familiar and warm room, feeling like they had just come back from another world.

Suddenly, a loud explosion came from the distance. The villa trembled slightly.

“What’s going on?” Lily was shocked. It felt like a strong battle was happening.

But this was the Sovereign City. Who dared to fight inside the city?

George was also confused. He ran out of the villa and flew up to the roof.

In the distance, endless sword light howled through the air, and the sky was filled with lightning. A terrifying, monstrous creature was being surrounded.

It was Ares and Orion.

George recognized the sword light and the lightning in the sky — it was their power.

Besides them, there were four more people. All of them were War God-level warriors, attacking the monstrous creature.

Six War Gods, fighting a terrifying monster — and they were barely holding their own.

“What the hell is that thing?” George was shocked, staring at the huge monster. He could barely tell it was humanoid, but the dark power around it was extremely thick and strong.

Boom! Boom!

The powerful explosion echoed, the ground shook, and huge buildings collapsed in an instant, like the end of the world had come.

“Wow… terrifying,” Lily swallowed hard, her face full of fear.

“James, Ares, you guys really are shameless,” a low, raspy voice echoed. The huge monster spoke in human words, looking down at them. “I’ll remember this. One day, I’ll return it ten thousand times over!”

“Shit, it’s trying to run!” The others screamed in fear, attacking with all their power.

Countless sword lights flew, the sky was filled with lightning, and powerful magic energy surged. They didn’t hold back at all.

“Go away!” The monster roared, its voice like thunder. It waved its hand, pushing back the attackers. But the attacks still came down.

The monster almost fell to the ground, a thin line of blood appeared at its mouth. It forced its way out of the battle, and then flew away without looking back.

“Chase it!” James roared, following closely behind.

The sound of the fight grew quieter and quieter, until they were gone from sight.

George’s heart was pounding. He couldn’t calm down for a long time.

War Gods were really that strong. If even a War God was like this, what about the gods above them?

George felt excited about the future. He believed he could take that step and reach godhood.

At that moment, the city was in ruins. The Sovereign City had been mostly destroyed.

Countless adventurers were hurt by the battle.

The city’s army arrived, cleared the wreckage, and rescued the wounded. The Sovereign City started to move again.

George and Lily left their villa and helped the army, tending to the injured adventurers.

Thankfully, their villa was far from the city’s center.

“Hey, this looks like the Temple Guild headquarters, right?” George looked at the most destroyed part of the city, guessing.

Lilia had already said that Anderson had a huge amount of dark power in his body. He might even have been infected by Blood Poison.

Could that huge monster just now be Anderson, after his Blood Poison had exploded and mutated?

George thought it was very likely.

…

Two days passed, and the ruins of the city were cleaned up. But the battle marks were still clear.

On the third day, George heard that James and the others had returned. They all looked injured.

He went straight to the academy and found Ares.

“Ares, how are you doing?” George asked.

Ares’ face was pale. His injured arm had blood seeping through the wound, all the way to his chest.

“I’m not dead yet,” he said angrily.

“Did you kill the thing?” George asked, confused.

Ares sighed. “We underestimated its strength.”

“Was it the Temple Guild leader, Anderson?” George asked curiously.

Ares nodded. He wasn’t surprised that George had guessed the monster’s identity.

“Will it come back for revenge?” George asked worriedly.

He had seen Anderson’s power. Even six War Gods had barely been able to stop it. If it wanted revenge, no one in the Sovereign City would stand a chance.

“Relax, he’s also seriously injured. Even if he wants revenge, he won’t be able to do it in the short term. Ah, but he’s still a problem,” Ares sighed again, his expression also showing some worry.

“By the way, you didn’t come here just to tell me that, right?” He looked at George, asking in confusion.

“George, I want to go back to the Black Stone Secret Realm again. It’s best if I go alone.”

George said what he came for.

“That’s not hard. Orion is still in the Sovereign City recovering. I’ll have James handle it. That guy is proud, but he’ll still respect James’ face,” Ares agreed happily.

George was a bit surprised. It seemed James had more power.

“Thanks for your help.”

George said, and didn’t stay any longer. He said goodbye and left.

These two days, he was once again free and easy.

After another week, Ares found him. Orion had agreed to let him explore the Black Stone Secret Realm alone, but with a condition — he needed 10 Crafted Relics.

George didn’t hesitate at all.

As long as he cleared the monsters in the fifth level of the Black Stone Secret Realm, he wouldn’t care if it was 10 or even 100 Crafted Relics.

The next day, George and Orion left together.

This time, Ares didn’t go with them.

They first went to the Abyss Secret Realm’s territory of the Sovereign City, and then used a teleport to arrive at the Frost Alliance.

“Little guy, are you sure you can do it alone?” Orion asked, suspicious. He had already guessed that George was hiding his strength, but going in alone to the secret realm still seemed a bit overconfident.

“Sure.”

George nodded confidently.

“Let’s get this straight — I want 10 Crafted Relics. If you can’t give them to me, I’ll just ask James for something of equal value,” Orion reminded him.

“Relax, I keep my word,” George promised firmly.

Orion snorted and said nothing more. He escorted George to the entrance of the Black Stone Secret Realm.

“This is the secret realm scroll. Don’t forget to return it to me. I’ll go back to the Frost Alliance. I won’t wait for you here,” Orion said, reminding him again.

George nodded and didn’t waste words. He activated the scroll and entered the Black Stone Secret Realm.

He appeared again in a deep, dark passage.

George was already familiar with it. To be safe, he still called out Constantine and the others.

Soon, the group arrived at the first level of the Black Stone Secret Realm.

A lot of Obsidian Wraiths had just respawned. They were only level 45.

Before George even spoke, Constantine had already rushed out. He destroyed them all in a quick and easy way. In less than ten minutes, all the roaming Obsidian Wraiths were gone.

But there were no Obsidian Wraith bosses this time.

It looked like the bosses only appeared once per level and didn’t respawn after being killed.

George wasn’t disappointed. He kept moving forward.

Second level, third level, fourth level.

They all had a large number of Obsidian Wraiths, but they were no problem for Constantine and the others, who had now reached level 60. They dealt with them with ease.

Soon, the group arrived at the fifth level of the Black Stone Secret Realm.

George’s expression turned more serious. He passed through the passage, and sand filled the air. A group of Obsidian Wraiths were roaming, all of them Obsidian Wraith bosses, with the lowest level being 45.

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