It doesn't matter what the lord is.

The earth also has their people.

It may not have been so important in the past, but now it is indeed a very important army.

Huang Yan made it very clear: the rebels under her command were the main force of this counterattack. Those who were willing to join would survive, and those who were unwilling... she didn't lack these people anyway. Some generals who were in favor of the war stood up and expressed their support.

The neutrals are also slowly leaning towards this side.

Those who advocated peace talks were still hesitating. At this moment, Lingwu Lord came in. Her clothes were a little burnt, and it was unknown what she had just experienced; her eyes moved between Huang Yan and Fang Shisan, and then she said to the generals in the room:

"Two things."

As soon as the words fell, everyone stood up.

This was the aura of the Lingwu Lord, and also because she was the only Lord present. The Lingwu Lord glanced around and said coldly:

"The first thing is that the Dragon King is dead, and Dong Li has returned to the dragon territory with a large army." As soon as the words fell, there was an uproar.

Everyone opened their mouths to ask questions, but the Lingwu Lord did not give any explanation. He simply said the second sentence: "The second thing is that there are not many dragons left. Prepare the army tonight and attack tomorrow."

As soon as the words fell, the general who was originally a war faction immediately responded:

"Yes!"

Lingwu leader didn't even move, and said pointedly: "The voice is not loud enough."

Huang Yan put away the knife nonchalantly and looked at the people present.

The generals who were still hesitant exchanged glances and could only respond: "Yes!"

This time, the sound was deafening, and everyone could hear it clearly. …

The nine-headed dragon crawled on the ground, looking at Lid who was sitting on the stone.

Lid was sitting next to Alayya with his eyes closed. There was steam coming out of his body, and his aura was very different from before. Sensing the arrival of the Abyss Ancestral Dragon, he opened his eyes and asked with a smile:

"Is it done?"

The Abyss Ancestral Dragon looked at Lid and replied:

"It's done. It went better than expected. Was this also in your plan?" Lid patted the snow off his body, stood up from the stone, and replied:

"I guess so. The dragon tribe believes in the strong, and you have dragon blood in your body. As long as you follow Fulei to see the Dragon King, no one will doubt it. You kill the Dragon King in the nearest place, and the dragon army and the dragon elders will not be able to react. After that, as long as you leave, the dragon tribe will naturally be in chaos."

The Abyss Ancestral Dragon said nothing, his red eyes examining Lid.

Lid patted its head and said:

"The dragon race is very powerful, but it also has a fatal weakness, which is that it only believes in the strong. The Dragon King sits in the rear, so Dong Li can rest assured to fight on the front line. Once the Dragon King dies, the elders will fight for the throne first. In the case of instability in the rear, Dong Li can only retreat to defend. As long as she retreats, humans will naturally have room to breathe.

, and even a chance to counterattack."

Abyss Ancestral Dragon said:

"But soon, peace will return here. Dong Li will attack Yongtian Kingdom again with hatred, and this time no one will be able to save you."

Lid's hand stroked the nine heads of the Abyss Dragon. He muttered something, and it seemed as if invisible transparent shackles suddenly broke, and a violent wind swept across the world.

Freedom, as promised. Lid said to it:

"Yes, so I need you to take me back to clean up the situation. Dong Li will continue to attack humans for at least half a year, so I have to hurry." The Abyss Ancestral Dragon stood up, his tone a little complicated:

"You no longer have the right to command me..."

Lidd replied:

"Then consider it as a favor I owe you?" The Abyss Ancestral Dragon shook his head: "Forget it."

It stretched out its claws and slapped the ground fiercely. Shi Yuan appeared from nowhere and landed on the back of the Abyss Ancestral Dragon. The Abyss Ancestral Dragon bit the collars of Lid and Alayya respectively, threw them both on its back, and then said:

"Humanity."

Lid responded. The Abyss Ancestral Dragon continued:

"Do you think our current situation is also in the Void's plan?" Lid smiled and replied:

"I don't know, but there is no perfect plan in this world. Anyway, I will give you freedom. You helped me kill the Dragon King and gave humans a chance to breathe. We are even now. You are not my slave, nor are you a slave of the void. This world is vast, and you can go wherever you want from now on.

The Ancestral Dragon of the Abyss flapped its wings and flew high towards the Kingdom of Eternal Heaven.

It says:

"If you go to war with the three tribes in the future, I will also be your helper. But if one day you choose to compromise with the three tribes, then I will also be your enemy." Lid replied:

"understood."

The Abyss Ancestral Dragon carried Lid and flew dozens of miles away, and asked again: "How do you feel about the tenth level?"

Lid stretched his muscles and replied:

"I've heard from others before that the Tenth Level can go anywhere it wants in human territory. Although I understood it, I didn't have a strong sense of reality. When I entered this realm, I suddenly understood it."

Deep in the abyss, Reed clenched his fingers and mobilized all his strength, but there was no sign of any calamity falling above his head.

So, under the abyss, Reed asked the Abyss Dragon, and after confirming that everything was safe, he tentatively crossed the hurdle.

The so-called tenth level, according to the formula passed down by humans, is supposed to be to bear the heavenly tribulation alone and use the power of the heavenly tribulation to completely transform oneself, but Lid thought it was pure nonsense. He just wanted to break through in a place where the heavenly tribulation could not touch him.

That is why when Lid clenched his five fingers, he could feel that he retained the possibility of becoming stronger. Don't think that the tenth level is the limit of human beings, perhaps it is far beyond this.

68. Things Beneath the Abyss

The Abyss Dragon carried Lid to the border of Yongtian Kingdom. It took a short detour to avoid a head-on collision with Dongli's army.

In its heyday, it was at the eighteenth level. Now it has fallen to the bottom. Even after absorbing the blood soul, it has barely recovered to the middle of the sixteenth level. The Dragon King is at the fifteenth level. It was able to kill the Dragon King so easily because it relied more on surprise. If it really fought in a fair fight, although it could kill him, it would also be injured to some extent.

For humans, a tenth-level being killing a ninth-level being may not cause them to be injured. This is because humans are small and very flexible, and the speed increase brought by one realm is likely to become a chasm. A tenth-level being can beat a ninth-level being, but a ninth-level being cannot touch a tenth-level being. This is the main difference. However, a dragon is too big, and the speed advantage brought by one realm increase is very limited, so it is inevitable that it will be hit during a battle.

The Abyss Dragon killed the Dragon King, but did not want to fight with the Dragon Clan's army, which would only increase losses.

Small calculation: At this time, fighting with Dong Li,

It is equivalent to severely damaging the dragon clan and helping humans for no reason.

It is not worthwhile to harm yourself to benefit others.

So it bypassed it and sent Lid to the border. Watching Lid, Alayya and Shi Yuan disappear in the national defense formation, the nine heads of the Abyss Ancestral Dragon narrowed their eyes and flapped their wings to fly towards the Far North.

When he was still in the abyss, the Abyss Dragon promised Lid to help him kill a dragon in exchange for his freedom. That dragon was naturally the Dragon King.

However, after the agreement was reached, Reed did not rush out. He said two things to the Abyss Dragon.

The first thing was to let the Abyss Dragon pretend to be loyal to Fulei, and then suddenly rebel. If the Dragon King knew that the Abyss Dragon was actually loyal to Lid, he would be on guard and even summon the elders to protect him, and the cost of killing the Dragon King would be higher.

Lid will play a trick with the Abyss Dragon. He will pretend to be eaten by the dragon and use his "glorious sacrifice" to help Frey control the Abyss Dragon. The naive princess naturally has no doubts and accepts the Abyss Dragon with tears. In order to make the play complete, the Abyss Dragon even deliberately signs a fake slave contract with her.

The second thing is that Lid asked the Abyss Dragon about something. He said:

"Since you said that my body is a vessel of God, then it should be able to withstand more than ten times the power." The Abyss Ancestral Dragon replied:

"I can't tell. Your body has an air of emptiness, and it's obviously not the fragile body of an ordinary human. But the weird thing is that you look no different from a human... Maybe you are a more perfect test subject than me, I can't say for sure."

The nine heads of the Abyss Ancestral Dragon looked at Lid from nine different directions. After carefully "studying" him, he continued:

"The only thing I'm sure of is that you can reach the tenth level. It won't have any impact on you if you reach the tenth level now, but I'm not sure what you'll be worried about if you go any higher. In fact, I don't know what you're worried about. You've obviously been in the ninth level of perfection for a long time, so why don't you reach the tenth level?"

Reed told the Abyss Dragon that humans could not surpass the tenth level.

The national defense formation, the fragility of the human body, and the heavenly tribulation from the ninth level to the tenth level, these were the three reasons that Lid had discussed with Merlin at the beginning, why humans could not break through the tenth level. Although it was just speculation, Lid felt that it was almost certain, so when the giants were facing life and death, he still did not want to easily reach the tenth level.

Abyss Ancestral Dragon said:

"If I were to judge, this is the will of the three upper races. In fact, no matter what race it is, there are strong individuals and weak individuals. It is not uncommon for individuals to break through the upper limit occasionally. I have been thinking about it for a long time underground over the years. When I was reborn again and again, perhaps it was the void testing where my upper limit was, and I was indeed breaking through the so-called upper limit again and again."

The Abyss Ancestral Dragon continued:

"But now the pattern of top three, middle six, and bottom nine will not change. I don't know about other races, but I think at least the human body cannot go any further. This is the consideration of the old gods. The solution is also very simple. Just break through in a place that the gods can't touch, such as here."

Reed chose to try decisively.

When all his power was released and he rose from the ninth level to the tenth level, the entire abyss was on the verge of collapse. At that time, Lid put all his energy into breaking through, but the Abyss Ancestral Dragon witnessed this scene with his own eyes -

The immense power was flowing crazily in Lid's body, like a wild horse that had been imprisoned for too long finally having the chance to roam freely on the grassland, or like the gates that blocked the rolling river finally opening. The abyss was shaking violently, and the Abyss Dragon had to use up all its strength to create illusions in all directions to wrap Lid in them.

But even so, the circular air waves still exploded wave after wave, and even spread through the illusory realm it created to the entire abyss. Frey, who was also in the abyss, even thought that this was the resurrection of the Abyss Dragon. Only Alaya could read a hint of familiarity from this breath. At the moment of the tenth level, the space behind Lid seemed to be torn apart again, and a looming eye was staring at Lid.

The space he was in seemed to be cut off from the surroundings, and the purple liquid gushed out again. Originally, Lid's shoulder injury had not yet fully recovered, and the tenth level might have caused some obstruction to his meridians, but the purple liquid quickly helped him recover everything.

And Reed was also examining the changes taking place in his body.

After reaching the tenth level, the power in the meridians flowed more naturally, and his mind became clearer and more awake. He did not withstand the heavenly tribulation, so he did not know whether it would contain any additional elements, such as the questioning of him by the so-called "heavenly way".

He was like a lonely king who ascended the magnificent throne alone, with no one cheering or praising him. Only he was looking at himself and thinking about his future. When his strength reached its peak, Lid suddenly realized that his body had finally undergone some subtle changes that he had not expected.

He raised his hand and swung it violently to the right, and the void surrounding him on all sides disappeared.

The red pupils of the Abyss Ancestral Dragon trembled slightly, and he saw Lid slowly clench his fists, and the space around him was instantly split, but it only lasted for a moment. For the Abyss Ancestral Dragon who was familiar with the void, he read the power that once frightened him from this split. At that time, he was born not long ago and rushed around in rage, and he was locked by this power.

No matter how hard you struggle, you will hit an invisible space fault and be covered in bruises.

The ability to split space is the signature of the Void. With this power, the Void race can instantly move to other places, create space gaps that do not exist in this world, and can also create a solid cage anytime and anywhere. However, Lid is obviously unable to control higher-level powers now. All he can do is affect the surrounding space in an instant.

But it doesn't matter, it means that if he can continue to break through, he will be able to master this power one day. This is also the reason why the Abyss Ancestral Dragon is willing to fulfill the agreement, release Shi Yuan, and send Lid back to the human territory - if it relies on itself, it will never reach the void.

But maybe one day, Reed can really change the current situation of top three, middle six and bottom nine and reshuffle the world.

69. In this troubled time

"What are your plans next, returning to Yunyang?"

Arriving at the human territory, Shi Yuan asked Lid. Lid glanced at the desolate land and replied:

"Let's go back to Yunyang first, and then unify this broken Yongtian Kingdom." Shi Yuan smiled and said:

"This is not an easy task." Lid also nodded and admitted:

"Of course not, but I understand it now. For so many years, I have always held a free and easy attitude towards life. When someone takes the stage, I am active behind the scenes. When someone becomes a hero, I cheer from the audience. After all, flowers are easy to be picked, but green leaves can always live happily. But now I am somewhat disappointed with those heroes who appear on the stage. This broken era is not good. In another era, I was born in a rich family and could live a life without illness or disaster. Now, if I do nothing, trouble will come to me."

Shi Yuan remained silent. After all, she was one of the "troublesome" that Reed mentioned.

Lid stretched his shoulders and said to her:

"Let's get rid of this once and for all."

Shi Yuan asked:

"Is there anything I can do?" Reed shook his head:

"I know very little about your Abyss Church. If you do what I tell you to do, you may be exposed. After all, there are many smart people in your place. If you change too quickly, it will easily arouse suspicion. You should just live your life as before and don't need to contact me. But I hope that from now on, you can consider the whole of humanity and not always put Kungu's interests first. It's useless to do so much. Kungu won't feel sorry for you."

Shi Yuan nodded with a complicated expression: "This is an easy job."

Lid smiled and patted her shoulder:

"After all, I don't want you to die so early. It's rare to find a useful tool, so it's better to use it in a critical place.

Think more about yourself.

Life is short, don't always go to great lengths to fulfill other people's plans."

Shi Yuan was stunned for a moment, but before she could react, Lid had already left with Alaiya. …

Lid did not take a carriage. In fact, there were few carriages in the northeast of Yongtian Kingdom. He walked through the desolate streets and passed through one ruin after another.

There was dark red blood everywhere, and broken bones everywhere. It was summer in the Kingdom of Eternal Heaven, and the smell of decay was getting stronger and stronger.

There are so many flies that they form a group like bees.

Wave after wave, the vultures were too full and only opened their eyes lazily when they saw Reed and Alayya, as if they were looking at an interesting and rare species.

Even Alayya, who usually looked calm, changed her expression at this tragic scene.

Reed deliberately suppressed his breathing rate because every breath of air he inhaled into his lungs was mixed with the smell of corruption.

The city walls collapsed, all the exquisite buildings were charred, and the people lying on the ground could no longer be called human beings. They looked more like leftovers. It was impossible to even tell who these things belonged to when they were alive.

At first, Reed would try his best to avoid stepping on anyone's corpse, but later he didn't shy away from it anymore.

Perhaps, even if a big fire burned everything, the pictures left behind would be much better looking than now.

Lid could foresee that it would not be long before the rotting and smelly pieces of meat would begin to spread various plagues. As the saying goes, after a great disaster, there will be a great plague. With the current sanitary conditions, it is difficult for the lower-class people to escape. The dead have been freed forever, but the living still have to suffer in the world, but who cares about this?

The dragon clan evacuated from the territory of Yongtian Kingdom, taking away the army, slaves, treasures, and everything they could take away.

The remaining territories are still planning a new civil war. Everyone is coveting the throne, turning a blind eye to the suffering of the people, or paralyzing themselves with "I will do this and that when I become king."