<h4>Chapter 1000: Forced Entry</h4>


    Trantor: EndlessFantasy Trantion Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion


    A noise outside interrupted their discussion. Hao Ren turned his head around and looked at the temple entrance. “Is Lanina already here?”


    But he quickly realized that he had been mistaken; it was the sound of screams and explosions.


    “We are under attack!” A demon hunter suddenly appeared in the hall, shrouded in magic mist. “The eastern tower is under attack!”


    Teuton’s eyes were already on the weapons shelf not far away. When the siren sounded, he disappeared in a sh. A secondter, he reappeared a dozen meters away, carrying a huge cross, which looked like a war hammer. He strode towards the exit, shouting, “Harrell, take the people to the Rune Hall. Zoe, bring your men to the eastern tower. The rest,e with me!”


    Hao Ren and Vivian exchanged looks and followed White me from behind.


    The new wave of attacks by the Council of Elders came earlier than expected. This round of attack was particrly fierce. When they rushed outside, fire, explosions and battle cries filled the air. The Council of Elders was sending its men, and they were crossing the void. However, they were easy to spot. The regr demon hunters were dressed in ck, but the elite soldiers of the Council of Elders had two bright silver rims on their cors. These silver rims were not just a mark of honor but also the best Identification, friend or foe (IFF) System during the fight.


    Several triangr flying crafts flew in from the darkness. These giant, skate-like flying crafts were equipped with heavy ballistics and enchanted guns on both sides. While they flew over the temple, they shot lightning bolts and enchanted explosive arrows. After a round of violent bombing, the heavily-armed soldiers jumped down from the flying crafts and stormed into the temple like beasts. The temple guards counterattacked using the artillery and rune stones that were on the ground. Teuton’s elite soldiers lunged out from the side and directly engaged their enemies who wereing from the darkness.


    Sacred silver daggers shed in the darkness while enchanted arrows ripped through the air along with the screams of death. Sacred mes burned and Letta runes shone brightly from all the magic! It was a battle of exquisitelyplicated demon-hunterbat techniques. The temple and the void outside the square were engulfed in a deadly firestorm. Watching on the sidelines, Hao Ren was dazzled. For the first time in his life, he had witnessed the most powerful supernatural race on the showcasing their deadlybat skills.


    Every demon hunter was a veteran warrior, skilled killer, and a master in various weapons as well as hundreds ofbat techniques. No one in the world had ever spent as much energy as the demon hunters in honing theirbat skills. No one was as gifted as them in so many types ofbat skills. The scene of the demon hunters moving around in a sh and the dazzling glow of the runes looked like there was a bee colony in the storm. In the melee battle, everyone was a hunter as well as prey.


    Hao Ren quickly snapped out of his awe. Pulling out the spear and gun from his Dimensional Pocket, he said, “Let’s go and help them!” He then followed White me, running towards the fiercest part of the battlefield.


    The soldiers of the Council of Elders were obviously much more powerful than the other demon hunters. They were not only skilled and well-equipped but also experts using powerful runes. Hao Ren thought that theirbat skills would be rusty after being stationed in Coldpath for so long. But he was wrong; these soldiers were surprisingly skillful. He stormed into battle with his Steel Membrane Shield activated. Immediately, there were already a dozen magic bombs greeting him. The soldiers of the Council of Elders locked on him as soon as he came in, preventing him from rocking the boat.


    Bolts hitting him on the Steel Membrane Shield created a series of sparks. He had to watch out for the soldiers who were emerging and attacking him like ghosts out of nowhere. Now, he was besieged. He had managed to dodge some 20 attacks, but he had been shed 70 times in a row.


    He realized that he was no match for the skills of these masters of weaponry.


    Deciding to do what he did best, he activated his shield, stood before the enemies and shouted, “You sons of a b*tches!”


    A white shadow swept past Hao Ren and flew around like a whirlwind. It was Lily. Wielding her Frostfire ws, her hair fluttered in the wind, and she looked marvelous. A soldier of the Council of Elders suddenly emerged from behind and attacked her with a sacred silver dagger, but Lily was not bothered to even look back; with a quick back kick, she hit her attacker and sent him flying. She also ridiculed Hao Ren, “Yourbat skills have not improved, Mr. Landlord,” she said.


    “I do not have the feral instinct like yours, mind you!” Hao Ren talked back as he looked around. More demon hunters who were sent by the Council of Elders had arrived. The battle escted. The enemies were not only targeting the temples but also the spire, where the entrance was.


    A translucent shield and a load of guards were protecting the entrance of the Ster Spire. The Council of Elders would not be able to break through the defense for now.


    Finally finding White me in the chaos, Hao Ren asked, “How could theye so close? Is the defensive line around the spire not secure?”


    “The situation deteriorated after I left two days ago!” White me replied loudly. “How long will it take for the reinforcements to arrive?”


    “They should be here any time now,” said Y’zaks. His rough voice was heard nearby. He had transformed into his demon form, raging with demonic re. He prevented the soldiers of the Council of Elders from getting close to him. Y’lisabet sat on her papa’s head, throwingva balls at their enemies like an auxiliary turret, mounted on the head of the great demon. Y’zaks looked in the direction of the tall spire. “Lanina is leading the army… Wait, I actually let Lanina lead?”


    Hao Ren wondered why, but he quickly realized; the subus was directionally challenged! “Could she have gone to the South Pole instead?”


    Lily, who had been running around, now came up to Hao Ren. “How can that be possible at all? There’s only one way from the portal to Coldfrost Citadel—and it is a straight line!” she said.


    “She got lost walking in a straight line in Helcrown,” Y’zaks said, feeling distressed. “Can you believe that?”


    Listening on the side, cold sweat started to trickle down White me’s forehead. But there was no time to worry about that. “We should hold the enemies down here! The guards have not found any enemy reinforcements. They are here just to exhaust us. They will retreat if they can’t gain any advantage.”


    Hao Ren could only count on White me’s judgment while he yed the role of a main tank in the chaos, throwing explosives at the enemies. Explosives like grenades inflicted little damage to the demon hunters, who were capable of unlimited, near-field teleportation ability. However, these small explosives could disrupt their rhythm and formation, making it hard for them tounch more powerful magic or runic weapons.


    The battle continued, and it seemed that White me was right: there were no forting enemy reinforcements.


    But Hao Ren felt a sense of incongruence; he was wondering why the enemy had not retreated after so long.


    He looked up in the direction of the Ster Spire; something was happening under their nose without them knowing. The enemies were shifting their offense from themand post to the Ster Spire’s tform. Arge group of the Council of Elders’ soldiers gathered in the void around the tform, but they did not attack. It was as if they were waiting for something.


    Half of the spire guards were pinned down by the side of the temple, and almost no one had noticed these subtle changes.


    “This is not good!” Hao Ren became nervous. “Their target’s that tform!”


    White me came next to him and said, “No worries, there is a shield covering the entrance of the Ster Spire—”


    Before White me’s voice trailed off, a white light shing across the void in the distance interrupted her.


    The white light hit the tform of the Ster Spire, producing a loud sound akin to the ss being shattered. This was apanied by a distorted lightning field. The tform split into two the instant the shield broke.


    Even a third of the spire’s roof was smashed.