Chapter 109: War Merit

After the Black-robed Man declared war, the Flood Dragon, which had been leisurely chasing the Doomsday Ark Alliance members like a cat playing with mice, suddenly turned its head and stared at the now frenzied Black-robed Man.

“Roar~”

With an angry dragon roar, the Flood Dragon rushed toward the Black-robed Man at an unprecedented speed.

The Flood Dragon was extremely fast. Before the Black-robed Man could react, it seized him in its jaws. Like a wild beast catching its prey, the Flood Dragon clamped down on the Black-robed Man, shaking its head violently from side to side. The Black-robed Man in its mouth was torn to pieces like a ragged doll.

“You won’t get…” The light in the Black-robed Man’s eyes faded, and his body broke apart, sinking to the bottom of the lake.

Roar~

Still not satisfied, the Flood Dragon chased after the Black-robed Man’s corpse, tearing and biting until it was completely shredded into fragments.

…

“Pwah, I almost suffocated!” Sun Lei emerged from Sweetwater Lake, spitting out a mouthful of water and gasping for air.

Nearly fifty people surfaced one after another. Some began coughing violently as soon as they came up. Many had lost a significant amount of Health Points. Staying underwater for over fifteen minutes would have suffocated an ordinary person, but fortunately, Sun Lei had brought elites from the Thunder Martial Hall, most of whom possessed Three-Star Strength.

“Xu Feng, you little scoundrel, why didn’t you mention we’d have to swim such a long distance? Cough cough,” Sun Lei scolded amidst coughs, though he was laughing.

“Heh heh, my mistake, my mistake. I only just became the Village Chief, so I’m still not very familiar with this place,” Xu Feng replied with an awkward smile. He had genuinely forgotten that entering the Village of Sacrifice from the entrance required passing through a long tunnel submerged in Sweetwater Lake, with no air inside…

After becoming the Village Chief of the Village of Sacrifice, Xu Feng discovered that there was a mechanism in the tunnel to drain the water, allowing people to come and go normally. If enemies attacked, the tunnel could be refilled with water for defense. However, since Xu Feng had only just taken over the Village of Sacrifice, he hadn’t had a chance to use this function yet.

Moreover, Xu Feng himself possessed an item that allowed him to breathe underwater, so whether the tunnel was filled with water or not didn’t affect him much.

But the others from the Thunder Martial Hall had no such advantage and had to rely on their own endurance.

Those who came with Sun Lei to the Blackwater Swamp were all elites from the Thunder Martial Hall, mostly with Three-Star Strength. However, that only meant one or two of their attributes were at Three-Star level, while others were at Two Stars or even One Star. For diving, they ultimately had to depend on their physical endurance.

Fortunately, aside from a few whose Health Points dropped below half and needed to rest for a while, most of the others were fine.

“Up ahead is the Village of Sacrifice, though it’s quite simple. Would you like to come in?” Xu Feng offered.

“Of course we’re going in! I brought this whole group and spent days wandering the Blackwater Swamp just for this village,” Sun Lei retorted, glaring fiercely as if he were very angry.

“Heh heh, I only gained ownership of this village today. See, as soon as I got it, I notified you right away,” Xu Feng said with a laugh. He knew he hadn’t been entirely fair in this matter, but now that the village was his, there was no way he was giving it up. Once you’ve got a piece of meat in your mouth, you don’t spit it out!

“Attention: Earth’s Chosen Gu Yuming is attempting to force his way into the village. Please be on alert…”

Suddenly, this warning echoed in the minds of Xu Feng and everyone else.

“That damn dog, he actually chased us here! Brothers, get ready for battle!” Sun Lei’s eyes widened, his eyebrows raised, as he shouted loudly.

“Guard this little lake! We’ll take down anyone who comes—one by one or two by two!”

“Let’s fight them! They think we’re easy prey because we’re few? We’re not afraid no matter how many they send!”

“We’ll fight these dogs to the death!”

…

Almost instantly after receiving the alert, everyone from the Thunder Martial Hall spread out around Sweetwater Lake, surrounding it completely.

“Huh? Didn’t the Flood Dragon take care of them?” Xu Feng wondered to himself.

Soon after, a notification sounded in Xu Feng’s mind.

“Village Guardian Beast Blackwater Flood Dragon killed Earth’s Chosen Wang Li. You gained 2 War Merit points!”

“Village Guardian Beast Blackwater Flood Dragon killed Earth’s Chosen Zhou Qiong. You gained 3 War Merit points!”

…

Quickly, a series of battle notifications appeared in Xu Feng’s mind. Glancing at Sun Lei and the others, it seemed they hadn’t received such alerts and were still gripping their weapons, nervously watching the lake surface.

“War Merit? What is that?” Xu Feng didn’t pay them much mind but stared at the notifications in his head, feeling puzzled.

In his previous life, he had never encountered anything called War Merit, even though he had killed quite a few humans—at least a hundred—yet he had never received any War Merit for it.

They waited for a long time, but no one emerged from Sweetwater Lake. Everyone looked at each other, then all turned their eyes to Xu Feng.

“Let’s wait a bit longer!” Xu Feng said.

The notifications kept coming without pause, indicating that the Flood Dragon was still killing.

“Earth’s Chosen Gu Yuming, representing the Doomsday Ark Alliance, has declared war on the Village of Sacrifice. Please choose the battle time: 1. 30 minutes from now, 2. 6 hours from now, 3. 3 days from now. The battle will last three hours. If the Doomsday Ark Alliance occupies the Village Chief’s Office, they win. Otherwise, the Village of Sacrifice wins.”

“What? He actually dares to declare war!” Sun Lei exclaimed.

Apart from the time selection, all other information was available to the villagers of the Village of Sacrifice.

“Damn it, we’ll fight them!” Sun Lei yelled, opening his Communicator to call for reinforcements.

Although Linhai City was only a branch of the Thunder Martial Hall, its strength was by no means weak. Moreover, there were people sent by the headquarters to maintain order. They were not afraid of going to war with the Doomsday Ark Alliance.

Meanwhile, the other two High Priests, two Bishops, and one Archbishop of the Doomsday Ark Alliance also received the information and were baffled.

When did the Doomsday Ark Alliance declare war on the Village of Sacrifice? Weren’t they still searching for the Village of Sacrifice? Could it be that declaring war was a necessary condition to occupy the village?

Just as they were puzzling over it, they received the news of High Priest Gu Yuming’s death, and they all froze in shock.

“Thirty minutes!” Xu Feng said calmly.

The earlier the battle started, the more advantageous it was for Xu Feng. Merely gathering forces would take some time, so Xu Feng held the upper hand in terms of timing.

Soon after, Xu Feng also received the notification of Gu Yuming’s death.

“Village Guardian Beast Blackwater Flood Dragon killed Earth’s Chosen Zhou Qiong. You gained 3 War Merit points!”

“He’s dead?” Xu Feng was startled, though it was within his expectations. Gu Yuming was at most Three-Star and stood no chance against the Flood Dragon.