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"Everyone, prepare for battle!"
"Yes!"
In the eastern suburbs, thousands of heavily armored knights of the Lance family’s private militia estate were ready for action.
A grim atmosphere permeated the air.
Duke "Tulip" Bartolo Lance, clad in battle armor, personally commanded the fight.
Suddenly, a distinct scent of perfume spread through the air, and several of the armored knights couldn’t help but sneeze.
Before they could react, they were seized by those around them.
These were the adherents of the Giant Hermit Society who had infiltrated through various means. The Lance family had been biding their time, waiting for this moment.
At the same time, in the private militia estate of Duke Rafael in the southeast, a similar assembly was underway.
In the vast estate, tens of thousands of fully armed soldiers were lined up, but on closer inspection, they wore no armor and had no skin.
Under the moonlight, their bodies reflected a metallic luster, and on their chests were the characters "PX-911."
Indeed, this was Duke Rafael’s "Super Mechanical Warrior Legion," which had performed brilliantly in the wars between the two great empires!
And it wasn’t just humanoid mechanical warriors, outside the estate were densely packed various magical beasts. Spiders, bears, tigers, leopards... They too shimmered with the metallic glow of machinery.
This was the first public appearance of the Mechanical Magical Beast Legion!
After assembling, they transformed into a torrent of steel, violently charging into Lingdun City, which was swarming with zombies.
The same scene of heavy troop assembly played out in the home of Roberts, one of the six senior councilors.
The opposition alliance of the three senior councilors commenced their long-prepared massive extermination operation!
Tonight was the decisive battle.
After this battle, the political landscape of Lingdun would change completely.
...
In the Franklin District’s Lighthouse Block, the most famous industrial area of Lingru.
Since it hosted over eighty percent of Lingdun’s labor-intensive factories, this area was also the most densely populated in the southern city.
The dormitories of those large factories were overcrowded, with thousands of people crammed into a single building. The workers’ families also lived nearby, and over decades, the area gradually became Lingdun’s largest slum area. A few small streets were home to hundreds of thousands of people.
Visibility at night was getting lower, with a blood-red fog enveloping the entire block.
The sound of heavy gunfire had ceased for a while now.
Lighthouse Block had only a few small police stations. Since this area was a hotspot for the Red Death plague, the several dozen patrol officers had all taken the "Crimson Potion" and were infected into monsters at the start of the zombie apocalypse. Being professionals, their ability to spread the infection after mutation was extremely strong, spawning chaos; a wildfire of infection spread to the nearby factory residences...
When the disaster erupted, the nobles in the wealthy northern districts were too busy to fend for themselves, and most of the military was concentrated at various bridges by the Lokwarren River, trying to prevent the zombie wave from entering the north city.
The Alchemy Guild, Potion Guild, Puppet Guild... various professional groups were either self-preserving or infighting.
No one could manage the terrifying wave of zombies in the civilian areas.
Even if there were a few high-level professionals in the Lighthouse area, upon discovering that the monsters were unkillable, they either got infected and killed or found a way to flee.
At that moment, fear-filled howls and screams resounded everywhere in the Lighthouse area.
The air was thick with a scent of despair, sensing the domination by monsters, yet feeling powerless to resist.
"Help, help!"
"Ah... so many monsters..."
"Someone save us..."
"..."
At a major crossroads in the Lighthouse area, listening to the cries for help nearby, Su Lun felt helpless.
The sounds of fighting "crackle and pop" never ceased. His powerful punches crushed one zombie after another that charged at him.
At his feet, piles of zombie corpses had accumulated up to several meters high.
All around were severed limbs and blood-red vistas.
This crossroads was the core area of the industrial zone, nearby were directions leading to "Salcon Cigarette Factory," "Birmingham Textile Factory," "Lingdun Royal Steam Machine Factory" among other huge factories housing thousands. Because these factories also operated at night, their tall chimneys were still puffing white vapors; inside those factory areas, it was a veritable hell on earth.
In just the fifteen minutes since Su Lun had arrived, he had killed over a thousand zombies.
But it was impossible to kill them all.
He didn’t have the capability to save those who were trapped in the dormitory buildings.
There were zombies everywhere; he just couldn’t save them all.
Taking advantage of a brief respite as one wave of zombies paused to catch their breath, he pinched the Suren Sorcerer’s Seal and used "Void Blood Devour," swallowing the pile of corpses several meters high at his feet.
The energy of blood and qi drew into his body, he gasped for breath, his pale face quickly returning to a healthy rosiness.
The sensation of replenished strength gave him a complete sense of security; he muttered to himself, "The Blood Clan’s vampiric recovery ability is so overpowered. The more I fight, the stronger I get. With just one absorption, the consumed physical strength and injuries are immediately restored to full condition. It truly is the ultimate ability for endurance battles..."
The parasitic worms of the Evil God inside those zombie bodies were really something else; the life essence was ridiculously exaggerated, probably even more efficient than the Blood Clan feasting on human blood.
This enabled Su Lun to not only recharge fully after absorbing the zombie bodies but also visibly raised his physical strength on his attribute panel.
It was truly getting stronger as he fought.
And he also had "Isaac’s Alchemical Heart" to continuously supplement the drain of dark spiritual power.
His physical strength was replenished by the "Blood Devour" ability, and his spiritual power was supplemented by his gear.
In such an environment, he felt he could fight for days and nights without any issues.
This was also when Su Lun was advancing his profession, the planned combination for capability choice.
Endurance battles, large-scale troop battles, getting stronger as he fought.
Having killed the monsters in this area, Su Lun moved on.
His Soul Perception covered a large nearby area, and he could clearly sense where more monsters were.
The ordinary zombies’ sense of smell and hearing were not very strong, only about a hundred meters, so after clearing one area, he had to actively move to another.
...
"Help!"
"Help!"
"..."
The visibility on the streets was only a few dozen meters, with zombies everywhere inside the buildings on both sides of the road, and occasionally, people were still calling for help.
Su Lun couldn’t possibly save each one, nor was he able to.
All he could do was carry a megaphone and inform those who were not infected to hide at home.
As for himself, wandering the streets and making noise to attract zombies was the best way to rescue.
He wasn’t afraid of being exposed since he was using his body to lure the monsters anyway.
This way, as he walked down the road, many zombies lurking in the buildings also noticed the living on the streets and rushed out ferociously.
Then, with a few "bangs", Su Lun punched and exploded them into a mess of flesh on the ground.
Although the monster count in the Lighthouse District was astonishing, the good news was that there were no extremely powerful aberrant monsters so far.
Even the "Hundred-Faced Monsters", which were previously unknown who let them out, only had the fighting strength of third or fourth-tier professionals, posing no threat to him.
Su Lun had also noticed that the zombies this time were not quite the same as the ones he encountered on the cruise ship before.
As time passed, the combat ability of the zombies clearly became stronger, as if they were evolving.
Looking at the faint blood-colored mist, he pondered, "The spiritual pollution from the moonlight has a significant impact on ordinary people. Resentment, fear, despair, madness, irritability... these negative emotions are the main source of power for the catastrophe laws. That Outer God is not only drawing on the Power of Faith but also needs this force... "
Wearing the "Blasphemous Crown", his perception of these catastrophe laws was crystal clear.
Having harvested many related insights of catastrophe laws before, and looking at the blood moon, he gradually understood that the Outer God needed this force.
Those panicked residents, screaming and running wildly around, were actually under the influence of the polluted moonlight.
Terror would spread and worsen.
Su Lun asked Mr. Jing, who said she was aware of the situation.
So he didn’t say much more.
Some plans do not bear speaking.
But from the beginning, the growth of the Giant Hermit Society and under the covert support of Queen Charlotte, it was destined that Lingdun City would suffer heavy casualties tonight.
No one could stop it.
Previously, Su Lun had made a sneak attack on the Outer God with the Undead Demon Monk, which could be considered as triggering the decisive battle early, already reducing a lot of casualties.
A thought flashed through Su Lun’s mind.
He always felt that the Bonaparte royal family, which had been somewhat inconspicuous, might drop a major bombshell.
Just then, he had reached another large intersection a few hundred meters away.
Both sides of the road were lined with ancient large buildings, which were the dormitories of factory workers.
In his perception, inside each building were densely packed thousands of soul fluctuations.
Su Lun stopped there, then took out a can of blood bait and smashed it on the ground.
Like cold water dropped into a hot oil pan, several buildings instantly boiled over.
"Awooo..." "Awooo..." "Awooo..."
Various types of zombies swarmed out, with Su Lun’s body surrounded by Dominator’s Bodyguard, he began to clean up again.
Although there were crosses floating in the sky, he did not use any puppets.
One reason was because the Dominator’s Bodyguard puppets, needing to completely destroy the zombie bodies, consumed a lot, and
the second reason was that Su Lun wanted to grasp those intermittent "insights" during the fight.
With the enhancement from the "Blasphemous Crown", even this not too intense battle yielded a lot.
At least the combat techniques from the Undead Demon Monk Las Vegas and the compatibility with his body surged dramatically.
Moreover, in the high-intensity slaughter, Su Lun seemed to have gained a deeper understanding of Death.
It seemed as if... Death, was annihilation.
Gone with smoke and clouds.
The essence of the Domain is the ability for absolute control over deeper layers of laws through the application of Dominator’s Bodyguard, and it’s also a form of closed-loop understanding of certain world rules.
Su Lun also vaguely sensed that enhanced perception brought about by the crown.
This seemed to be the "Domain" he needed to master.
But currently, the feeling was too elusive, like catching a glimpse of a twinkling star in the night sky, then it was gone.
He still needed more.
....
Before long, the battle ended again.
At Su Lun’s feet, bodies again piled up like mountains.
Once again, he squeezed the Suren Sorcerer’s Seal, absorbing the essence of blood from this large wave of zombie monsters.
Looking at the panel, having absorbed those several batches of zombies, his power had now reached 2200. Although the increase slowed down as the numbers got higher, this was already the quickest shortcut. If the number of parasites were enough, he felt it wouldn’t take long to complete the target of 4300 fusion.
But Su Lun was not completely optimistic.
Shearing wool without others knowing, that Outer God certainly knew.
It was inevitable that an expert would come to intercept him.
Su Lun didn’t mind; if someone came to intercept him, he would fight.
If no one came, he would just move on to the next place.
After all, this night was bound to be restless.
With a well-established intelligence system now in place, Su Lun was constantly updated on the situation in every part of Lingdun City through his communicator.
Fights were breaking out everywhere, not just in the southern city. The northern city’s wealthy district was even more fiercely contested.
It had turned into a slaughtering field for high-level professionals, where the noise and turmoil far exceeded that of the south. Various legions clashed, and bodies were strewn everywhere... News of the deaths of sixth and seventh-level professionals came frequently.
The top aristocrats of Luying now starkly divided into two distinct camps.
The zombie wave had really frightened those noble lords; anyone with eyes could see that siding with monsters was not a good choice.
The opposition alliance of Duke Rafael, Lance, and Roberts quickly rallied the city’s neutral and swinging forces.
They stood on a platform of righteousness and carried out devastating purges against their political enemies.
Due to the "Crimson Potion" being overpriced earlier, it was not spread widely among the believers in time; also, this night, Su Lun accidentally severely injured that outer god, forcing it to descend prematurely; moreover, the alliance of three councilors was already prepared... Many factors played a role.
Although the battle was fierce, overall, the opposition was largely prevailing.
...
Listening to these reports, Su Lun didn’t feel very optimistic.
The monsters on the streets were getting stranger; even if left unharmed, they somehow fused into more advanced "multi-faced monsters."
Later, it was not just multi-faced; the shapes became even weirder.
Su Lun had witnessed various forms of zombies tonight.
The fleshy orbs filled with sharp teeth and eyes, the tentaculous entities resembling a cluster of earthworms fused together, the deer-shaped monsters with arms as antlers, the building-sized tumors...
Dense teeth, tumorous growths, tentacles... these were the hallmarks of the Calamity Dimension creatures.
In any case, they came in the most disgusting forms possible.
All were capable of eliciting humanity’s primal fears.
There were those that attacked mentally, physically, magically, with various methods of assault.
Fortunately, Su Lun felt he had no weaknesses and had cleaned them all up one by one.
The fight had begun around ten at night, and after several hours, it was approaching one in the morning.
Methodically, Su Lun was clearing out these mutated creatures on the streets.
It must be said, although the fused advanced creatures were a bit more tricky, the "Blood Devour" stripped the essence of life more intensely from them.
After battling for two hours, Su Lun’s energy was not the least bit diminished; in fact, his condition only improved the more he fought.
However, he felt a bit "stuffed."
Having absorbed too much blood energy in a short time, he was experiencing some indigestion.
Su Lun decided to speed up clearing out the monsters when suddenly, the black crow on his shoulder called out with a "caw."
"They’re here!"
Su Lun’s eyes narrowed as he watched a figure emerge from the fog at the corner.
The moment that figure appeared, the fog over the entire block cleared, and large snowflakes began to fall.
On the ground, a layer of white frost visibly spread rapidly, and the sounds of ice cracking echoed incessantly while the temperature in the air plummeted by tens of degrees.
No sooner had Su Lun seen this person arrive than the ground beneath his feet was covered in white frost.
The extreme cold froze, sticking his feet to the ground.
Then, the frost spread rapidly from the ground up, instantly covering his body with a layer of ice armor. His joints, muscles, and blood seemed to freeze in an instant.
Not only him, but all the surrounding mutated creatures and buildings were also encapsulated in ice.
"Frost Domain?"
Su Lun instantly recognized this domain.
There were not many seventh-level professionals throughout Lingdun City, and he roughly guessed the identity of the newcomer.
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Upon closer inspection, it indeed was the seventh-level guard captain of the Rodriguez family, the "Frost Knight" Oscar Zimmerman.
However, at this moment, his eyes were bloodshot, his armor clearly showed signs of battle damage and bloodstains, indicating he had been through a fierce fight before coming here.
Moreover, red worm-like creatures floated in the air above his exposed skin... a very bizarre sight.
...
"Just seventh level..."
Su Lun muttered to himself.
Seeing someone had come, he wasn’t surprised at all.
He wondered if it was because the outer god had been tricked before and didn’t dare to descend in its true form, or perhaps the battles elsewhere were also demanding.
In any case, only one had come.
Yet, Su Lun did not take it lightly. His perception told him this person had a very strange aura.
The moment his body was covered by the frost domain, a layer of blue flames suddenly appeared on his skin, and the feeling of being frozen stiff vanished.
Almost simultaneously, Sabina rushed her report through the communicator, "Master, Tommy has sensed several powerful presences converging towards your location, they’ll be here in no more than five minutes!"
Upon hearing this, Su Lun slightly narrowed his eyes.
So experts were coming.
But for now, it was just one, and he spoke into the void, "Let’s not strike yet. I’ll give it a try. It’s a good opportunity to test my new spell."
Because it was in that moment when the "Frost Knight" Oscar targeted him that Su Lun distinctly felt a very clear insight into the realm of ice magic!
With the "Profane Crown" in hand, he desperately needed that valuable combat insight.
Sixth tier no longer pressured him, seventh tier was better.
At the moment of their exchange, the "Frost Knight" Oscar rushed at him through the snow and wind.
Su Lun’s eyes narrowed as his sorcerer’s seals concentrated: "Hormone Rampage·Seven Releases!"
The runes on his body shone for an instant, his muscles suddenly bulged, and the scorching heat instantly dispersed the frosty sensation.
The overwhelming feeling of strength made him charge forward without fear, his physical speed was not even slightly slower than that of a seventh tier.
With a "snap," almost in the blink of an eye, two figures collided.
Fists and elbows met, creating a visible shockwave in the air.
Because the surrounding buildings were already frosted, this violent impact was like an invisible tidal wave, causing a large area to collapse instantly.
Su Lun blocked that punch with his elbow, intending to pull back and counterattack; even though he had the Dominator’s Bodyguard, contact for an instant brought a terrifying chill that made his entire arm feel glued, unable to break free.
He mentally cried out in alarm, "What a formidable Frost Domain!"
When the temperature drops to a certain level, it not only causes rigidity but almost halts the activity at a microscopic cellular level.
It made one’s senses feel as if "time had stopped."
Truly stuck, he barely even had time to teleport.
Su Lun was prepared though, like a reflex, his fist muscles weirdly throbbed a "shiver," and the layer of frost instantly shook off.
Following that, he leaned back, spun around in one fluid motion, and his leg whipped into Oscar’s lower back.
However, a miraculous scene occurred.
This time, Su Lun wasn’t glued in place, and both men, propelled by the collision, sprang apart rapidly.
...
Watching the enemy some meters away, Su Lun’s eyes sparkled, and he inwardly praised, "The ’Guma Card Fighting Technique’ is indeed amazing!"
If it had been before, his physical self would definitely not have had the strength to clash with a seventh-tier professional.
Although he was slightly disadvantaged in that skirmish, he managed to endure it.
In the presence of tier suppression, it was purely a matter of technique.
This was all thanks to the soul of the ’Undead Demon Monk’ Raszburg he had stripped before.
Whether it was the Hormone Rampage unleashed or the Combat Technique that controlled the muscles minutely, both were newly acquired abilities.
The Domain: Bliss World of that demon monk wasn’t stripped, but his research on human hormone secretion had reached the zenith. That "Yaksas Dark Civilization Human Research Archive" had given Su Lun new insights into his previously perceived as flawed "Hormone Rampage" technique.
On the other hand, it was the "Guma Card Fighting Technique."
This lost martial art had an extremely high difficulty for beginners!
The seventy-two moves, the profound martial arts needed immense strength, muscle resilience, and also intellect and skill.
Normally, a seventh-tier professional could not fully master it.
That demon monk had exceptional talent and, with the parasitic worm of an outer god, obtained an undead body, which allowed him to cunningly master the Guma Card Fighting Technique to this proficient level.
Su Lun had picked up a bargain.
He directly stripped the guy’s technical experience.
But Su Lun’s current sixth-tier physical abilities could not unleash the master level of the combat efficacy.
It was precisely because he had devoured too many zombies and now was full of vigor. Combined with the secret Hormone Rampage technique, he wanted to test it out.
The attempt felt incredible!
Previously, whenever Su Lun fought at close quarters, it was always with brute force.
But the Guma Card Fighting Technique opened up another path for him.
This martial art contained many profound technique-level applications, perfectly accomplishing the feat of using the strength of few to move many.
After becoming familiar with various moves while killing zombies, now using them felt much smoother.
With the crown amplifying his insights, his body’s understanding of the moves surged dramatically.
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Not falling behind much in a trial spar gave Su Lun even more confidence.
The Oscar in front of him, although also a seventh-tier, was far from the top ten legends— he was the perfect opponent.
As the two separated momentarily, he coated himself in flames and charged again, clashing loudly multiple times.
During the fight, figures intertwined on the street.
The cold wind was as sharp as blades, and the force of their punches was like cannon fire.
In just a few minutes, the two had exchanged dozens of rounds of blows.
Under the suppression of their tiers, Su Lun was repeatedly heavily injured, repeatedly facing perilous situations.
But even while taking blows, his eyes were incredibly excited.
In this high-pressure combat state, his insights became ever clearer.
Unfortunately, before long, several powerful presences suddenly surrounded the street from all sides.
On closer inspection, several monstrously deformed figures charged forward. Though monstrous, each one’s aura was terrifying, not inferior to top-tier professionals.
Almost at the same moment the monsters appeared, "swoosh," "swoosh," "swoosh"... several people in Gold-Patterned Cloaks leaped out from various ruins around the street.
One of them was particularly conspicuous.
Her body was enveloped in purple lightning as she brandished her sword, a six-armed demon shadow filled with murderous intent following her. Before she arrived, several strikes of lightning sword qi had already reached, as if one could faintly hear a soft cry: "Thunderclap One-Cut School: Sakura Demon Seven Kills!"
Su Lun was not surprised by her arrival, but upon seeing the hellish phantom swirling around her body, he twitched vehemently, feeling extremely astonished, "This is... Sister Qian Tiao actually comprehended her own domain?"