A Night of Desperation-Chapter 244: Attack 242

Disconnecting communication, Yu Hong sighed as he looked at the deserted camp. The light from the windows cast into the vast snowy expanse, reflecting a faint white glow.

The howling wind outside shook the peephole in the gate as though trying to shatter it.

Returning to the wooden desk, there were still over four hours left for the enhanced Constitution Potion to complete.

The excited anticipation he had felt previously had diminished upon hearing the news from Chen Yaofeng.

Hiss.

Suddenly, a dragon lizard outside let out a soft roar like an arrow shooting up from the snow-covered ground, charging into the distance.

There was no light in the darkness, only Yu Hong could see the fast-moving light points of the dragon lizard through the mark in his mind.

He quickly switched to a black and white field of vision and spotted a small, dwarf-like figure, dressed in black with the lower half of its face covered, fleeing swiftly ahead.

The dragon lizard was rapidly cornering and pursuing it.

The dragon lizards in the camp had already broken through the twenty major thresholds.

At the moment they were stimulated, they quickly surrounded the Evil Shadow from all directions, trapping it in the middle.

Boom!!

In an instant, the Evil Shadow exploded violently, turning into a dazzling red fireball, swallowing up more than ten meters of the surrounding snowy ground in the blink of an eye.

A dragon lizard that had been too close was caught in the blast, rolled over a dozen times, its body charred and severely burned.

Yu Hong was about to check the injuries but then noticed that at the core of the explosion, many powder-like substances the color of snowflakes were dancing in the air.

Whoo…

Roar!

Bang, bang, bang!

A cacophony of massive noises rapidly approached from every direction.

Yu Hong’s expression didn’t change as he swiftly ordered the dragon lizards to retreat.

‘Finally, they’re here…’ he thought, his mindset firm.

Just as the dragon lizards withdrew behind the outer courtyard’s tall walls, it took only a few minutes.

The tremors and noise from outside grew closer and louder.

Teeheehee…

A weird, sharp laughter sounded.

One by one, pale-faced Evil Shadows, encircled by tentacle-like black smoke, advanced towards the camp from three directions.

Not only that, behind them, over a dozen large Multi-eyed Birds circled above in the sky.

Even further in the distance, numerous Withered Women with the forms of little girls flickered in and out of visibility within the Black Fog.

As these high-risk Black Disasters appeared, a large number of Big Skins and elephant worms, escorted by a swarm of black bugs, rushed towards the camp.

“Bait, huh?” Yu Hong instantly thought of the Eternal Life Association’s tactics.

They had managed to lure the Black Disasters together for a long time;it wasn’t difficult for them now.

Perhaps that person had only intended to drop the bait and run but ended up being discovered by the dragon lizards and, left with no choice, had to self-destruct.

“But do you really think this is enough to breach the camp’s defenses?”

Yu Hong ordered all dragon lizards to climb atop the outer courtyard walls, standing by for orders.

Twenty dragon lizards evenly distributed and took defensive positions on top of the high wall.

Yu Hong stood on the open ground beside the stone castle, calmly awaiting the aerial assault.

Rumble…

The ground began to tremble slightly.

It was the sound of some large Black Disasters sprinting.

Black Fog enveloped the camp, and beyond was nothing but visibility, filled only with roars from all around.

Yu Hong took a deep breath and grabbed a large iron ball.

Boom!!!

In an instant, the entire outer courtyard wall resounded with a loud bang and shook violently.

Elephant worms one after another struck against the wall, causing the structure to tremble and fragments to explode outward.

Fortunately, the reinforced walls were incredibly sturdy and managed to withstand the impact of this first collision.

The dragon lizards on the wall didn’t wait for the elephant worms to fall back for another hit;they opened fire.

Streams of black and red flames burst forth, raining down upon the elephant worms.

The highly corrosive flames instantly set the elephant worms ablaze, and the surrounding ordinary bugs caught fire as well.

The dragon lizards were like flamethrowers, ceaselessly sweeping and spraying fire below.

Big Skins and black bugs from the Blood Tide were burned in large numbers, turning into black smoke.

Only the elephant worms fared slightly better, but they too were scorched with pockmarks all over their bodies, rotten and in agony.

The assault from the Blood Tide was temporarily contained, but the attack from the Evil Shadows and strange shadows had arrived.

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Amidst the eerie laughter, Evil Shadows from all directions closed in on the camp.

Yu Hong stood still, waiting.

Soon, the first invader, seemingly a Speed Woman dressed in black, breached the tall wall and stepped onto the outer courtyard ground.

Hiss!!

In an instant, a stream of transparent air coalesced into the shape of a crow and violently struck towards the woman in black.

The Array had been activated.

Accompanying the bizarre laughter, one after another, Evil Shadows stepped into the range of the Array.

The ground rose with streams of air crows, each carrying sparks, diving at the intruders who had entered.

The strengthened Array, after many optimizations and increased capacity, was now far more formidable than it had been.

Yu Hong stood his ground, unmoving, awaiting the enemy’s next move.

If the Eternal Life Association had made a move, they would certainly have more than this. After all, Yu Hong had previously fended off a similar Black Disaster, so there must be other tactics up their sleeve.

Roar!!

Suddenly, a loud call from a Multi-eyed Bird echoed from the sky.

Yu Hong sharply looked up.

Through the rolling Black Fog, he saw a gigantic creature, as if made up of countless pieces of gray concrete, twisting a long neck that resembled a human head.

The beast, as large as an airliner, was over a hundred meters in length with spread wings, and its head had two eyes and a mouth in the form of three massive holes, a face bearing an expression much like a Crying Angel.

“Crying Angel…” Yu Hong recognized this type of Black Disaster.

Level 9 Black Disaster, the Crying Angels in the sky, usually liked to cluster with flocks of Multi-eyed Birds.

Plop.

In an instant, a Crying Angel dripped down a clump of gray, mud-like slime.

A millstone-sized glob of gray slime slammed heavily onto the top of the stone castle, instantly corroding a large hole into it.

“We’re in trouble…” Yu Hong estimated the Crying Angel’s altitude, at least a hundred meters.

Fortunately, the Array was quite powerful.

The slime continued to drip down and as it neared the ground, was met by transparent crows that surged out from the Array, igniting and turning into countless black ashes that dissipated into nothingness.

Buzz!!

Just then, Yu Hong hurled his beloved iron sphere weapon upward with all his might.

The gigantic iron sphere whirled and tumbled as it rushed towards the sky, quickly crossing a hundred meters to strike the Crying Angel.

However, due to the distance, by the time the iron sphere reached, its force had been greatly diminished by gravity.

It could only lightly strike the Crying Angel, bringing down a large clump of gray slime.

Hiss.

The iron sphere corroded quickly, softened, and had lost half its volume before hitting the ground.

Thump.

Yu Hong caught the iron sphere with both hands, and upon closer inspection, saw that it was half its original size, looking like a cherry that had been bitten into.

He frowned at the clumps of gray slime dripping down.

What he’d always feared had finally happened.

The stone castle was defenseless against Black Disasters from such high above.

“I must find a way to deal with high-altitude opponents…”

With no other choice, he retreated back into the cave.

With the mountain providing cover and the outer shell being strengthened by the Black Mark several times, it was far sturdier than the stone castle.

Standing at the entrance of the cave, Yu Hong could only watch through the peephole as the Crying Angel smashed his stone castle into rubble.

Gray slime, like snot, corroded the stones and adhered to them, creating one hole after another.

Fortunately, he had moved the breeding boxes into the second cave next to the mountain earlier.

The collapse of the stone castle didn’t affect him much.

“What a pity… It took me quite some time and effort to fix it up…”

Looking at the collapsed stone castle, Yu Hong was in a rather foul mood.

His gaze passed over the dragon lizard, looking out at the densely packed Black Disasters that were still attacking the walls.

“After the enhancement is over, I’ll strengthen my means to deal with airborne threats…”

The attack from the Crying Angel lasted for more than ten minutes before slowly dissipating.

The ground-based Black Disasters could never break into the Array. During this time, Yu Hong had tried several times to use his Inner Qi to attack the sky.

Unfortunately, his attacks were useless against the massive Crying Angel. The greater the distance, the less the damage.

Half an hour later.

The ground-based Black Disasters also slowly retreated.

Yu Hong walked out the door with an ugly expression, looking around at the wrecked surroundings.

“I must find a way to completely resolve this human cancer that is the Eternal Life Association!”

It wasn’t possible for him to go around the world looking for trouble with this association. If he did, what about his development? His training?

Training required a lot of food and nutrition, which couldn’t be resolved with a feast-or-famine approach.

So…

The only way was to make others help him investigate. Either assist the elites from Aurora City or assemble his own team.

A thought that had occurred to Yu Hong long ago rose in his mind once more.

“I must cultivate some subordinates who can act freely and be controlled by me to hunt down the Eternal Life Association!”

His expression icy, he returned to the cave and had the dragon lizard stand guard outside.

In the blink of an eye, several more hours passed.

The time reached the deep night, around three to four o’clock.

Yu Hong quietly waited beside the wooden table for the Black Mark to finish enhancing the Constitution Potion.

Before long, the tube on the table flickered suddenly, becoming blurred for a moment.

The next second, a sinister, crimson, viscous liquid with a foreboding air was contained in a transparent test tube in front of Yu Hong.

This liquid had countless tiny black particles floating inside, and the inner walls of the tube had dense, moss-green, root-like secretions clinging to the glass.

The test tube was sealed with a simple wooden stopper, and beneath it was a note written in print.

“Diluted, inferior Moon God’s Blood.”

“Usage: Divide into two equal portions. One half is to be consumed by yourself, which can enhance part of your constitution and randomly acquire a rare Moon God trait. The other half is for external consumption, to be digested and offered in sacrifice, which can obtain Moon’s Call.”

“The Moon God of the Veiled Moon possesses seventy-two special traits, some possibly beneficial and some harmful, depending on luck.”

“Moon’s Call: The once-glorious eternal Moon who fell in the struggle against the Source Disaster, whose flesh, bones, and organs were polluted and transformed into Source Disaster’s imprints, carrying the residual will to oppose the Source Disaster. Using this ability can summon the Moon God’s deployments to fight for you.”

“Note: The Moon God’s deployments have already been polluted by the Source Disaster. The summon is merely a qualification;there might be certain risks, so please use it with caution.”

“This thing… is quite interesting…”

After a moment of thought, Yu Hong picked up the test tube and removed the wooden stopper.

Immediately, an unpleasant, pungent blood stench filled the cave.

He pinched his nose and hesitated for a moment but chose to trust the Black Mark.

Gulp!

He tilted his head back and drank half in one gulp.

The thick blood, like rotten jelly, slid down his throat and into his stomach.

Instantly, a burning, stinging pain surged from his esophagus.

Yu Hong replaced the stopper on the remaining half quickly and found some water to ease his throat, which made him feel a bit better.

“Now, to find a sacrifice and test the effect.”

He pinched the test tube and walked out of the cave.