Throne of Gods: The mighty power of the heavens, the holy dragon descends upon the world!

Chapter 49: The Two Souls Return to the Team, Autumn Attack Returns

The red-clad skeleton warrior wielded a bone sword, the soul fire burning fiercely in his eye sockets.

Su Zhe bowed deeply. These powerful souls were all transformed from strong humans, and he wanted to learn combat skills from them. They deserved his respect.

As the battle began, the red skull suddenly emitted a teeth-grinding sound, its body rapidly growing to three meters tall, and the bone knife and bone shield in its hands were stained with a dazzling fiery red.

The red skull strode forward, bone knife in hand, slowly approaching Su Zhe.

Although he wasn't fast, every step he took gave a solid feeling.

Su Zhe's eyes flashed slightly, and he thrust out with his spear first. There were no fancy moves, the spear thrust was steady and solid.

The red skull's soul flame flickered, seemingly surprised by Su Zhe's composure.

With a bone knife in hand, he deflected the spear, and the red skull's figure flashed. He instantly activated his charge skill, and his left-hand shield thrust forward like a mountain.

Su Zhe turned around to dissipate the force, and his spear drew a semi-circle in the air as he charged out again.

The red skull maintained its charging stance, its shield deflecting the charge with fluid movements, without the slightest obstruction.

A hint of admiration appeared in Su Zhe's eyes. He truly deserved the soul of a strongman; his combat skills were far beyond his own.

"I apologize, senior. The Demon Clan's autumn offensive has already begun. I need more help. I will ask you for advice on combat techniques later."

Su Zhe apologized, and suddenly the spear in his hand shone brightly.

"Asura Thorn!"

The Asura Thorn can unleash three times the power of the invested spiritual energy.

Su Zhe's move directly used tens of thousands of spiritual power, and its power was comparable to the full-force attack of a master with 30,000 spiritual power.

The shield in the red skull's hand gleamed with an orange-red light.

God blocks!

Unfortunately, the red skull was only at the sixth level of cultivation, and its total spiritual power was less than 10,000.

Faced with absolute power, even the most powerful combat skills are useless.

With a helpless gaze, the spear shattered the red skull.

Su Zhe took a deep breath, using two-thirds of his spiritual power at once, which was a huge burden for him.

The red skull regenerated in the grayish-white light and knelt on one knee in front of Su Zhe.

"Master, Holy Number Twelve is reporting for duty."

Saint Number Twelve spoke respectfully, his height returning to around two meters.

Su Zhe was overjoyed and helped up the number twelve seat of sainthood.

Don't underestimate Holy Guard Twelve just because it's only at the sixth rank now. The Holy Guard's strength can be restored as Su Zhe's cultivation level increases.

For example, the newly subdued Holy Guardian Twelve has already recovered its strength to the seventh rank.

Thinking of this, Su Zhe was full of energy. As long as he could subdue all twelve Holy Guards, he could easily defeat twelve ninth-level experts with extremely high combat skills in any battle, and there would be several others who could be his opponents.

(Special note: The original work seems to have changed its setting again. At first, it said that the Holy Guard would increase in strength as they passed the levels of the Eternal Tower, but later it changed to them increasing in strength along with Long Haochen. This is because the earlier setting was incomplete, so the later setting was used.)
Continuing forward, the last guardian of the first level, Holy Guard Twelve, appears.

The ice-blue skull-handed staff appeared, unleashing countless ice blades the instant it materialized.

Su Zhe spun his spear, deflecting all the incoming ice blades.

As a seventh-tier ice mage, Saint Guardian Eleven was enough to cause Su Zhe some trouble.

But there were only a few.

With the powerful Asura Thrust activated, even the Saint Guardian Eleven, with its formidable combat skills, could not withstand Su Zhe's charge.

However, using this technique also meant that Su Zhe's Light Healing Spirit Furnace and his own spiritual energy reserves were depleted. It must be said that the Light Healing Spirit Furnace has played an increasingly important role as Su Zhe has grown.

Once Su Zhe reaches the ninth rank and has 100,000 units of reserve spiritual power, he will probably be able to fight beyond his rank just like he is now.

"Saint Guard 11 greets its master."

The ice-blue skull knelt on one knee, making the same gesture as Saint Number Twelve.

Su Zhe smiled and helped him up, tossing the two black robes to Number Eleven and Number Twelve.

Next, he had to go back to defend against the demons' autumn attack. As an undead, the Holy Guardian certainly couldn't show his true face.

After resting for a day, Su Zhe left the Tower of Eternity and embarked on the road back to Yulong Pass.

...At Yulong Pass.

Long Tianyin and Long Xingyu had grim expressions.

"That bastard Walliv is challenging me again, I'm going to fight him!" Long Xingyu said angrily.

“No, your divine throne aura will attract Ananda. If Ananda fights you without regard for anything, who will be able to stop Valif?” Long Tianyin said in a deep voice.

"Then what are we going to do? Just let Wallifer run wild? That would be a huge blow to morale," Long Xingyu said angrily.

Because of ancestral teachings, the relationships between generations of the Long family have never been good.

"Let's organize a surprise attack tonight and dampen the demons' spirits," Long Tianyin said helplessly.

As a steady guardian knight, Long Tianyin prefers defense, but Long Xingyu is right. The autumn offensive has been going on for almost a month, and the constant defensive stance has an unimaginable impact on morale.

"You don't need to come with us on this raid. I'll lead the team, just some high-ranking knights. We don't need to kill anyone, just make sure we get back safely," Long Tianyin instructed.

Long Xingyu nodded reluctantly. "I understand."

After saying that, Long Xingyu turned and left, arriving at a certain place in Yulong Pass.

At this moment, Long Haochen, who had just entered the fourth rank, was fighting against a wolf demon while holding a magic-grade shield.

Long Xingyu frowned, taking note of all the shortcomings that Long Haochen had shown.

“Although Su Zhe’s innate spiritual power is a bit low, his comprehension is indeed higher than Hao Chen’s.” Long Xingyu sighed slightly.

In fact, Long Haochen's comprehension was already unparalleled among his peers, but Su Zhe's comprehension was even more monstrous, and not long ago he even used a move like continuous light-speed flashes.

Night fell quickly, and dozens of mithril-based knights and several adamantite-based knights stood silently at the city gate.

Long Tianyin held his helmet and scanned his surroundings.

"Gentlemen, today's battle should be fought with a single strike followed by a retreat. We must not linger in the fight. As far as I know, Walif has brought several demon gods with him this time," Long Tianyin reminded them.

"Don't worry, Lord Dragon, we understand," said a knight wearing an orange-red mithril base.

Orange-red represents epic-level equipment; of the thirty-six sets of Adamantite Base Armor, only twelve are epic-level.

Knights who use epic mithril pedestals are also known as the Twelve Paladins.

"Alright, let's go!" Long Tianyin put on his helmet and wrapped cloth around the feet of his mount.

The other knights did the same, and the city gate opened silently a crack, from which dozens of powerful knights filed out.

Long Xingyu suddenly gasped for breath, and the uncomfortable feeling he had when Su Zhe left resurfaced.

Not daring to be careless, Long Xingyu flew high in the sky to cover the group.

"Su Zhe, I hope you're alright..."

　(The following shameless recommendation was written by the author of Lollipop himself, and I bear no responsibility for it!)
　　

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