While the player is in Battle Through the Heavens, the system is in The Great Ruler.

Chapter 97 Departure, Tagor Desert!

Three days later,

Peace Town, outside Canaan College.

The morning sunlight bathed the cobblestone streets, gilding the entire town with a golden hue. The shops on both sides of the street had just opened, and the air was filled with the aroma of various snacks.

Lu Yu stopped helplessly and turned to look at the purple-haired girl bouncing around behind him: "Zi Yan, what are you doing following us?"

"The Tagor Desert is hot and dry, and there are no candied fruits like the ones you love to eat there."

Qinglin, dressed in a green dress, followed obediently on the other side, while Little Fairy Doctor, dressed in white, smiled behind her. After refining the Moonlit Grass, she had broken through to the three-star Dou Wang level, and her temperament had become even more refined and otherworldly.

"I'll protect you!"

Zi Yan put her hands on her hips, raised her small face, and said proudly, "None of you are at my level!"

Lu Yu was taken aback upon hearing this, and his gaze swept over everyone.

He himself was a Seven-Star Dou Wang, Xian'er was a Three-Star Dou Wang, and even though Qing Lin had taken two Purple Heart Breakthrough Pills, he was only a Nine-Star Great Dou Master...

The seemingly petite girl in front of us is actually an eight-star Dou Wang, and she also possesses the bloodline of the Ancient Void Dragon!
"Fine, I'll just have to follow..."

He shook his head with a wry smile, about to speak, when he saw Ziyan had already hopped to the candied fruit shop on the street, gazing longingly at the dazzling array of candied fruits inside, her little face filled with desire.

"Boss, wrap all of these up!"

Lu Yu touched his storage ring, then tossed it gently with his backhand. A gold coin rang crisply and shone brightly in the morning light.

He smiled and pointed at the expectant Zi Yan, saying, "Consider this payment for hiring this Dou Wang expert."

……

Half a month later,

In the Gama Empire, the desert outside Stone Desert City shimmered with heat under the scorching sun.

The scorching sun poured down relentlessly, baking the entire desert to a fever pitch. Sand grains, like red-hot iron filings, swirled and danced in the fierce wind, stinging against exposed skin.

Suddenly, above this desolate golden sea of ​​sand, several dazzling streaks of light pierced the scorching air, sweeping across the sky at astonishing speed.

Leading the group was Lu Yu, surrounded by faint golden flames that completely shielded him from the approaching sandstorm. Behind him, Little Fairy Doctor, dressed in flowing white robes, was enveloped in a moonlit halo.

Qinglin sat gracefully on the back of the Azure Winged Wind Serpent. This fourth-tier magical beast spread its three-zhang-long azure wings and glided smoothly through the heatwave, serving as the best mount for the girl.

Zi Yan hovered in mid-air, her purple eyes curiously surveying this unfamiliar desert.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Lu Yu frowned and abruptly stopped. From behind the sand dunes in the distance, faint shouts of battle could be heard. He raised his hand to signal everyone to stop, and his spiritual power quietly spread out.

"There's something going on ahead."

Lu Yu said in a deep voice, "It seems... the Snake People are attacking the city."

"The snake-people are attacking the city?"

"Aren't Xiao Yan's two older brothers in Stone Desert City?"

"Shall we go take a look?"

Little Fairy Doctor said with a solemn expression.

“Of course I will go. I have lived in the Xiao family for many years. It would be unreasonable for me to stand by and watch someone die.”

Lu Yu took out the letter and jade bottle entrusted to him by Xiao Yan from his bosom, and said in a deep voice, "It's perfect to deliver these things to them, but we have to hurry..."

Before she could finish speaking, Zi Yan excitedly clenched her little fists and exclaimed, "Are we going to fight? Count me in!"

Purple light flowed around her, and the aura of a Dou Wang level was faintly visible.

Qinglin gently patted the wind snake's head and said softly, "Little Qing, let's go help too."

The Azure-Winged Wind Serpent let out a clear, melodious hiss, spread its wings, and stirred up a whirlwind.

Little Fairy Doctor quickly took out several jade bottles from her storage ring and distributed them to everyone, instructing them: "These are poison-avoiding pills. The snake people are skilled in using poison, so be careful."

"Qinglin, your cultivation is still shallow, remember to stay by my side." A golden light flashed in Lu Yu's eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "There's no time to lose. Ziyan and I will go first. Xian'er, you and Qinglin will come later."

He paused, looked at the city engulfed in flames in the distance, and said solemnly, "I hope that my two elder brothers, Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, are safe and sound."

Just as everyone was preparing to move, a sand dune in the distance suddenly exploded, and a disheveled figure staggered towards them. It was a man dressed as a mercenary, with several snake-shaped arrows stuck in his back, and blood soaking half of his robe.

"Help... help..."

Upon seeing the crowd, the man's eyes lit up with hope, before he collapsed, exhausted.

Lu Yu's face darkened: "It seems the situation is worse than we thought. Zi Yan, let's go!"

Before the words were even finished, two figures, one in gold and one in purple, shot towards Stone Desert City like lightning.

Behind them, the Azure Winged Wind Serpent, carrying Little Fairy Doctor and Azure Scale, followed closely, leaving an azure trail in the sky above the desert.

……

At this moment, on the city walls of Shimo City, fighting spirits surged and shouts of battle shook the heavens.

The temporarily appointed Lord of Douwang City was covered in blood, his longsword dulled. His bloodshot eyes were fixed on the rampaging figure below the city walls—

Mobas, one of the eight leaders of the Snake People!

The burly figure moved through the army as if it were nothing, and with each sweep of his thick snake tail, several city guards were sent flying backward, coughing up blood.

"Mobas!"

The city lord roared, his battle qi transformed into wings, and he soared into the sky, his long sword gleaming!
"Do you really intend to provoke a war between our two races?"

Below the city wall, Mobas grinned maliciously as he tore apart the protective aura of a Grand Dou Master. The eerie black snake-like patterns on his arms writhed as if alive, actually ripping the Grand Dou Master apart.

"War?"

He licked his scarlet lips and said disdainfully, "From the moment you humans stepped into Tagor, the war has never stopped!"

"boom!"

A streak of black battle aura swept across the city wall, shattering dozens of bricks. The defenders scrambled to dodge, but several were still shaken by the aftershocks and coughed up blood.

Xiao Ding grabbed Xiao Li, who was about to fall off the city wall, and the two stood back to back at the crenellation, their fighting spirit almost completely depleted.

"Brother, the east gate can't be defended!"

Xiao Li wiped the blood off his face and flicked a poisoned arrow away with his spear.

Just as Xiao Ding was about to speak, his pupils suddenly contracted. Mobas had already rushed in front of the city lord, his snake-scaled fist aimed straight for his throat with a whooshing sound!

"clang!"

At the critical moment, a dazzling golden wall of fire suddenly appeared. The scorching flames forced Mobas back several feet, and for the first time, a look of surprise appeared in his vertical pupils.

As everyone looked up, they saw a tall, slender figure walking through the air under the blazing sun, golden flames swirling around him, scorching and distorting the air.

"A mere Nine-Star Dou Wang dares to act so arrogantly?"

Lu Yu's cold voice resounded across the battlefield. He raised his right hand slightly, and the nine golden flame chains suddenly transformed into a dazzling golden torrent, sweeping towards Mobas with the force of burning the sky and boiling the sea!

"Strange fire?"

Mobas's pupils contracted, and the snake patterns on his arms writhed wildly, as two phantom images of giant black pythons rushed out in panic. However, before the pythons could fully materialize, a golden torrent was already upon him.

"boom!"

With a deafening explosion, Mobas's figure flew backward like a kite with a broken string, carving a furrow a hundred feet long in the desert. He lay at the bottom of the sand pit, his body charred black, the snake-patterned markings on his arms shattered inch by inch, and blood continuously spilling from the corners of his mouth.

The entire battlefield was deathly silent. Whether it was the wounded defenders on the city walls or the ferocious snake-man soldiers, they all stared at this scene in stunned silence.

Lu Yu stood suspended in mid-air, golden flames swirling around him, like a god descending to earth. He surveyed the battlefield indifferently, his voice, though not loud, clearly reaching everyone's ears: "Who else wants to fight?"

……

(End of this chapter)