The Invincible Dragon Emperor
chapter-852

Chapter 852: Chess Player

Lu Li did not give an answer to the Patriarch of Law Enforcement and Lu Renhuang. He merely repeated his command, “As the Grand Master of the Demon-slaying Hall, I command that you open the shield and let them in. I assure you, the Asmodian Lord will not go in!”

The patriarchs back in the city heard Lu Li. They had no other choice but to open the shield. Lu Li was the Grand Master and his orders must be obeyed!

“Buzzing~”

The shield disappeared over the city. Patriarchs and deacons at the city gate made up their minds and dashed in. Lu Li delivered his message with a loud laugh of ridicule, “Asmodian Lord, do you have the guts to go into the city and kill these people? We have millions in the city. Enjoy!”

Lu Li’s voice could be heard all over Demon-slaying City. But the Asmodian Lord did not show up. After the time for three breaths, Lu Li shouted again, “I don’t think the Asmodian Lord is going to enter the city. Activate the shield. Now, he has missed his chance.”

“Buzzing~”

More than a dozen castles in the city were glowing. Following that, the sacred book on the statue of Emperor of Heaven Reverse gave out a ray of light. A multi-colored shield gradually came into being. People in the city were nervous, fearing that the Asmodian Lord might show up somewhere. Lu Li was holding his breath in fear as well.

The shield was activated. But the Asmodian Lord was nowhere in the city. Lu Li release some Feather Wind. After a while, to the left of the Wicked Bead, a shadow gradually came into being with eyes red as blood. It was the Asmodian Lord.

“Okay~”

Lu Li felt he could breathe again. The Asmodian Lord was intimidated. He did not dare to go into the city rashly. If he had done that, he would have killed everyone in the city.

Lu Li had deliberately provoked Asmodian Lord. Lu Li was trying to gamble. The Asmodians were born to be sinister and sly. They liked things of a dark nature. Therefore, Lu Li believed that the Asmodian Lord was an oversensitive character. Lu Li openly deactivated the shield for the Asmodian Lord to enter. However, the Asmodian Lord would be too paranoid to do so.

The Asmodian Lord knew everything about the Entrapment Formation in the city and the abnormalities in heaven and earth when Lu Li was reaching the Human Sovereign Realm. He knew Lu Li was given the divine energy and when the Emperor of Heaven Reverse’s avatar was invited.

A suspicious man would not go anywhere he was not familiar with rashly. What if there was an ambush?

As it turned out, Lu Li was right!

But as he saw the Asmodian Lord, he felt no less troubled. Even with the Feather Wind, he could not kill the Asmodian Lord. With the Spatial Transference, the Asmodian Lord could move out as he desired.

That being said, they did slaughter more than half of the four alien races and killed or captured the other three masters. The city was no longer under siege. It was unlikely that the Asmodian Lord could take down the city all by himself.

The Asmodian Lord was having a difficult time as well. He could not crack the Wicked Bead. He lost half of his armies and it was pointless to re-group the rest. Lu Li could come back and kill those that escaped.

Attacking the city by himself?

But Lu Li had the Feather Wind castle. Attacking the city all alone was not effective. The Asmodian Lord was in a dilemma.

Lu Li thought for a while. All of a sudden, he yelled, “Citizens of the city, listen up. When I am away, Patriarch Lei will lead you. All you need to do is to protect Demon-slaying City. You don’t have to worry about anything else.”

Patriarch Lei was a loyal subordinate of Patriarch of Law Enforcement. The latter and Lu Renhuang were both in the Wicked Bead. With Great Grandfather Three gone and Jiang Tianshun poisoned, Patriarch Lei was the only one that could manage the city.

“Lu Li, where are you going?” Inside the Wicked Bead, Patriarch of Law Enforcement asked after he heard Lu Li’s words.

“Whoosh~”

Lu Li flew the Wicked Bead to the valley. On the way, he explained, “I am going after the four alien races’ armies, naturally. I will go after the Asmodians’ city and I will make the Asmodian Lord go back.”

Lu Li could tell that the Asmodian Lord was hesitating so he decided to give him a little push in order for the Asmodian Lord to leave. Offense was the best defense. He wanted to attack at the Asmodians’ city so that the Asmodian Lord had no other choice but to go back.

The Wicked Bead rushed to the valley. The Asmodian Lord looked at it and then threw a glance to the Demon-slaying City. He sighed but he had to give it up. The Asmodian Lord vanished into the crack in space.

“Phew, phew…”

After the time for several incense sticks to burn, warriors in the city were able to confirm that nothing was wrong. Many people breathed heavily, then someone began to cheer on a small scale that then developed into a city-wide ecstasy!

“Did we win? We won!”

“We won. We have finally won. We humans have won!”

“Humans rule! All hail Grand Master Lu!”

“Long live Grand Master Lu!”

People were chanting and cheering. They ran about in the streets. People shed tears and cried on each other’s shoulders. Some were chugging wine and others shouted to the sky…

The triumph had come with tremendous difficulty. They had suffered for a year, witnessing one defeat after another, the destruction of one city after another. Some had lost all hopes. To their surprise, a young man at his twenties created miracles and led them to triumph.

Outside the city were piles of bones and corpses. Blood was streaming. The ground was in a mess. To many people, this was like a dream. Had they really killed so many alien races? Had they won for real?

Many human warriors’ wounds were still fresh. Those that were poisoned by the Voodoo Race were still howling in pain. Those were reminders that this was real. They did win.

Patriarch Lei smiled. But soon, this sweet smile turned into bitterness. This time, the human side won but had suffered a great loss. At least four to five million warriors perished in the fight against the four alien races. A large number of patriarchs and deacons died in battle as well.

Just a moment ago, more than three hundred patriarchs and deacons were murdered by the Asmodian Lord. Another one hundred were poisoned. If the cure for Voodoo Poison could not be developed, then those one hundred people being frozen would pass away.

“Even so, we did win. We have survived this crisis.”

Patriarch Lei sighed. At this moment, someone suddenly came to his mind. It was the late Grand Master, Xing Mu.

Patriarch Lei remembered how Lu Li became known at the small battlefield. At that time, Ji Zhantian was determined to have Lu Li executed. In the end, it was Xing Mu that saved Lu Li and said that Lu Li should have 10 years to grow.

“How wise Grand Master Xing was. If Lu Li were dead, then the human race would have suffered extinction!”

Patriarch Lei murmured to himself. Later, he recalled that before Xing Mu showed up that time, the statue of the Emperor of Heaven Reverse glowed first. So, was it Emperor of Heaven Reverse that saved Lu Li?

“Your majesty!”

Patriarch Lei turned to the statue and bowed. The guardian of the human race must be taking care of the Universe of Heaven Reverse and its people at all times.

Or… had the Emperor of Heaven Reverse anticipated this crisis? Was he trying to train Lu Li secretly? Was Lu Li a chess piece that could be the solution?

The world was the chessboard and people were the chess pieces. Who was the chess player?

Patriarch Lei did not know. He might not be able to figure it out in this lifetime. Maybe, only the ones that ascended to the Divinity and became an immortal could become a chess player.

Or maybe, the chess players in the Divinity were chess pieces to others?

Lu Li!

There was one thing that Patriarch Lei was sure of. Patriarch of Law Enforcement’s great-grandson had the ability to become a chess player in the Divinity in the future. One day, Lu Li would follow in the steps of the Emperor of Heaven, conquer the Divinity and serve a great cause.