#2693 - Escape

The Holy Knights' attacks were proving ineffective. Forced into a defensive position, they were constantly swarmed by the rapidly increasing number of Lickers, struggling to shake them off.

Fang Heng manipulated the Bone Dragon, circling high in the sky, observing the battle with a cold smirk.

Empowered by the Dimensional Force, the Licker horde had experienced a significant increase in all attributes.

Even the Holy Knights of the Divine Domain would find them a handful!

Then, let's continue!

Lure all the pursuers from the Divine Domain over in one fell swoop!

More and more Lickers poured out of the magic array, surrounding the Holy Court team from all directions.

"Stop them!"

The Holy Court's camp grew increasingly alarmed as the battle progressed.

With the number of Lickers exploding, the entire Holy Court team felt a sense of being overwhelmed.

Too many!

The Divine Domain Arbitrators continuously unleashed explosive skills, blasting away large swathes of Lickers.

The Licker horde was slowly being whittled down, but the rate of consumption was far slower than their rate of birth.

Barely five minutes into the battle, the Licker horde had broken through the Holy Knights' outer defenses on the right flank, completely infiltrating the Regional Archbishop's team.

Compared to the Divine Domain team, the subordinates brought by the Regional Archbishop were noticeably weaker.

They fell quickly under the Lickers' attacks.

Fang Heng's heart stirred. He raised his head, looking towards the distant sky.

They're here!

Divine Descent!

A massive gap was torn in the dark clouds, and dark golden light pierced through the darkness!

Directly illuminated by the light, patches of black mist bloomed on the bodies of many Lickers, instantly stripping them of their ability to attack. They writhed and rolled frantically on the ground.

Fang Heng watched from afar.

It's not O'Knell.

But his strength is no less than O'Knell's!

He also possesses the ability to weaken the Lickers.

Goodbye.

I'll take my leave first!

Taking advantage of the incomplete descent, Fang Heng manipulated the Bone Dragon to quickly flee into the distance.

Below, the Regional Archbishop saw Fang Heng fleeing on the Bone Dragon, but it was too late to give chase.

As the light shone down.

Divine Domain Holy Light Instructor Gustav descended with five large teams.

"Welcome Holy Light Instructor."

Upon seeing this, the Holy Court members all knelt on one knee towards the Holy Light.

The Divine Domain took the matter of Fang Heng extremely seriously, fearing that Fang Heng had made some arrangements in Dark City. For safety's sake, they simply sent a large number of people to support.

Even a Holy Light Instructor personally led the team!

"Rise."

Gustav surveyed his surroundings, slowly opening his hands and clasping them together in front of him.

Divine Restriction!

Buzz!

The Holy Light once again radiated rapidly outward from Gustav as the center!

Large swathes of Lickers were illuminated by the Holy Light and were restricted in place, unable to move.

Subsequent Lickers that continued to pour in would immediately fall into a state of Divine Restriction once they entered the range of the Holy Restriction.

The Holy Court team that accompanied Gustav immediately focused their attacks and began to eliminate the restricted Lickers.

Seemingly realizing that something was wrong, the remaining Lickers on the battlefield that were unaffected by the restriction quickly fled the battlefield.

"There's no need to pursue."

Gustav waved his hand.

"Instructor, we just saw Fang Heng appear on the battlefield, but he retreated before your descent."

"Yes, I cannot sense his aura, I am afraid he has already escaped."

As Gustav spoke, he shifted his gaze to Dark City, "I sense the power of death aura there."

Regional Archbishop Everett respectfully bowed and reported, "That is Dark City. We suspect that the undead have some arrangements in the city. We have been wanting to enter and investigate, but we have been intercepted by the undead every time. Fortunately, you are able to come and help."

"Yes, let's go take a look."

The Holy Court team quickly cleared out the skeletal creatures outside Dark City and delved deeper into Dark City.

At this time, the entire Nether race within Dark City had already retreated back to the Netherworld through the teleportation channel.

The players also retreated from Dark City ahead of time under the leadership of their mentors, hiding in the corners not far from the city, secretly observing.

Until the Holy Court team cleared away the dark forces that still tried to resist along the way and entered the black market area of Dark City.

Gustav stood at the entrance of the black market, sensing the aura that leaked out from within the black market.

"It is the aura of the Netherworld."

"The concentration of aura has dissipated a lot compared to before."

Archbishop Everett checked the cave below the black market and said, "It seems that the undead have retreated in advance."

As he spoke, two Temple Knights escorted a middle-aged man to the front of the group.

"Instructor, we found this person while clearing the city. Someone reported that he is the Deputy City Lord of Dark City."

Gustav turned his head to look at the thin-faced man and said coldly, "Tell me everything you know."

The Deputy City Lord's legs went weak, and he knelt directly on the ground, begging for mercy, kowtowing like he was pounding garlic.

"I don't know. At noon, someone said that strange people appeared here. After that, the people from the Necromancy Society occupied this place. When I came, I found that the people from the Necromancy Society forcibly occupied this place. They are very strong. The City Lord didn't dare to offend them. After that…"

"After that, I heard that there were undead aura fluctuations coming from the Ghost Market. I thought it was the undead doing something here. I didn't have time to investigate carefully, and you guys…"

Gustav continued to ask, "Has anything similar happened in the Ghost Market before?"

"The Ghost Market has been around since Dark City was established. There has never been any undead aura before. There are very few undead people in Dark City. I have inquired about it. The two undead experts arrived this morning."

"Did you see them? Did you notice what they did inside the Ghost Market?"

"I heard about it later and secretly watched outside with people. They set up a magic array inside, with a very strong undead aura. We didn't dare to get too close, so we didn't see clearly."

Gustav condensed a mark in front of him.

Gentle holy power emerged, quickly dispelling the mist in the Ghost Market cave.

"Lead the way, take us to the place where the undead aura leaked out."

The Deputy City Lord heard this and bit the bullet, leading them into the Ghost Market cave.

The interior of the cave is very open, but not deep.

Soon, the Deputy City Lord led the group to the deepest edge of the cave.

Three black stone pillars stood there somewhat strangely.

"This is it. They set up the magic array here."

"Nothing else?"

The Deputy City Lord shook his head repeatedly, "Nothing else, really nothing else! I swear! I swear to the Holy Light!"

The crowd looked at each other.

Strange.

Is this the thing that the undead worked so hard to protect?