Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 728 - 729: Advantage

At this moment, the man in black robe releasing wild blood-red aura unabashedly is named Belis.

His true identity is one of the twelve execution groups of Sky City, the leader of Snake group, possessing a formidable existence at peak level 7

After receiving instructions from Madam Lisa, the loyal Belis immediately led all group members to embark on a long journey, lying in ambush on the obligatory path of the Black Rose family as they traversed the Sicilian Great Plains, planning to capture several important targets from the Black Rose caravan and bring them all back to Sky City.

Belis was not clear why Madam Lisa wanted to target this small team.

Could it be to increase leverage, to threaten the Black Rose later?

However, Belis didn’t ponder further.

As a soldier, executing orders is his duty.

Although he had never crossed paths with the Black Rose family, whether in Sky City or on the continent during missions, he had often heard of the formidable reputation of the Black Rose. Belis knew these ruthless people were not easy to deal with, and the mission given by the madam was not so easy to complete.

But as a person of Sky City, the mission given by the madam must be completed no matter what!

No matter how despicable the means!

To ensure the mission’s success without fail, Belis resorted to the despised tactic of ambush, setting up a large number of explosive magic mines and hypnotic illusionary arrays within the ambush circle. Although due to Xizhi’s keen observation, these traps were now completely useless, Belis decisively activated Plan B immediately, using the holy magic - Death Prison, to seal the Black Rose family within the barrier, aiming to catch them in one fell swoop.

The Black Rose family might indeed be strong, but those with fighting capabilities were only a dozen or so, the rest being fragile maids and attendants.

But his Snake group’s hundreds of members were all battle-hardened, bloodthirsty assassins.

He must admit that Xizhi’s appearance did catch him a bit by surprise.

However, for the appearance of Xizhi, a peak level 7 powerhouse, Belis was still utterly unconcerned. He had long been strategizing, considering the presence of a level 7 within the Black Rose family caravan. Therefore, before the operation began, Belis had also summoned two other execution group leaders to join the operation.

Whether it was high-level combat power or basic combat power, they held an absolute advantage!

’In this situation?!’

’How can we lose?!’

Thinking this, Belis couldn’t help but reveal a confident smile. He then menacingly raised his hand, ready to force the opponent to surrender.

Then, The people of Black Rose did not respond, and a dozen Black Rose knights instantly launched a charge in unison...

Clearly, the opponent, through actual action, refused Belis’s proposal to surrender.

Faced with a row of charging, menacing Black Knights, Belis couldn’t help but let out a mocking cold laugh,

"Heh, overestimating your abilities, you dare to charge?"

"Since you seek death, don’t blame us for being impolite"

In an instant, a murderous light appeared in Belis’s eyes, and his hands’ gun emitted intense heat.

In Belis’s view,

This battle would soon end, concluding with a complete victory for his Snake group. All he needed to consider was merely how to deal with the aftermath and prevent the Black Rose family from sending out distress signals.

However,

Belis didn’t realize that these "black canned food" were not ordinary Black Rose knights.

The members of the Black Rose Knight Order already possessed exceptional cultivation talents and grew up in the harsh cold of the Winter Forest. Having undergone life-and-death training and constantly enduring Yumo’s oppressive aura, their strength was incomparable to ordinary people.

In battles between similar levels, almost no one in the Black Rose Knight Order could be matched.

And the Black Rose knights guarding this caravan were the elite of the elite, the most ruthless among the ruthless.

Each one of them was the type who could hold their ground against thousands.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been qualified to be sent out to serve Yumo.

Moreover, those maids inside the carriages considered burdens by Belis were not weak women without the strength to truss a chicken but were elite members of the Nightingale organization, proficient in the art of killing and assassination.

In Belis’s view, the Black Rose’s counterattack was undoubtedly overestimating their strength.

But in the eyes of the Black Rose family members...

Belis’s group was nothing more than a punching bag.

You know, having rubbed shoulders with the Girl of Destiny and their lady for so long, and being "driven away" by Yumo, they were already extremely frustrated and in dire need of venting. Upon encountering a group of black-clothed people blocking their way, a sneer gradually spread across the faces under the knights’ masks.

’Heh’

’Damn’

’I’m already in a bad mood, and now someone dares to cause trouble?! Looking for death!’

With full rage, the Black Rose people clashed fiercely with Belis’s troops, their expressions devoid of panic but rather showing eagerness.

Then,

Belis was stunned.

"?!!!?"

"Eh?!"

At this moment, under Belis’s stunned gaze, his formidable Snake group not only failed to easily suppress the Black Rose people but was completely overwhelmed by the numerically inferior Black Rose family, receiving a brutal beating.

In just under twenty seconds of confrontation, Belis’s subordinates were defeated as swiftly as collapsing mountains. The Black Knights cut through them like slicing melons and vegetables, pressing them to the ground for a frenzied beating, their offensive line

Accompanied by slashes of blades and bursts of magical power.

The previously confident black-clothed people suddenly became disheveled, discarding their armor and continually retreating.

The barrier intended to trap them now became a prison restraining the black-clothed people, forcing them to turn around and reorganize for a counterattack.

However, their counterattack, in front of the Black Knights’ swords, seemed so trivial, easily broken through.

...

"No, how… how is this possible?!"

Watching his group being utterly defeated, Belis stood frozen in place as if struck by lightning.

He watched incredulously at the scene before him, his eyes filled with a life-questioning gaze.

"How could my elite troops be so easily defeated?"

"The Black Rose..."

"These guys, they must be monsters..."

Even though he felt displeased, Belis had to admit the strength of the Black Rose at this moment.

However,

Even so, Belis remained unfazed. After all, including himself, the Sky City side had three level 7, and the victory was still firmly in their hands.

With this thought, Belis did not hesitate to unleash the fighting aura that had been suppressed within him for a long time, preparing to join his two colleagues in entering the battlefield to subdue the Black Rose family members with overwhelming force.

However,

Just as he glanced forward, trying to set up the guns according to the plan for suppressing fire, a ghostly shadow suddenly broke through the ranks of the black-clothed people and appeared in front of Belis without any warning.

"Eh?!!"

Before Belis could react, Xizhi landed a spinning kick on Belis’s head, making him dizzy and losing his balance. Taking advantage of Belis’s confusion and the slight dissipation of his protective aura, Xizhi unceremoniously pulled out the dagger from her waist, aiming at a gap in the fighting aura armor, and stabbed directly into Belis’s chest with a heart-chilling thrust...

*Pooofff!*

Blood spurted out in an instant, and Belis felt a searing pain that left him looking doubtful of his own survival.

Tremblingly, he looked down at the dagger in his chest, a mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out from Belis’s mouth.

"How, how could this be... you, you bastard?! How dare, how dare you launch a surprise attack?!"

Moreover,

’This script, no, something’s wrong?! Why, why am I...’

Belis was somewhat unwilling to accept reality, pressing his chest while shaking his head in denial.

But, can reality be denied just because you’re unwilling to accept it?

As a woman inheriting the Black Rose family’s fine traditions, Xizhi dutifully taught Belis a test of the real world.

Reality is often this cruel.

The next moment,

Xizhi’s iron fist greeted Belis like a storm...

...

For a while, the azure barrier was filled with dust and smoke, but the previously suppressed sneers were gone, replaced by chilling screams of pain, pleas for mercy, sounds of beating, and the Black Rose family members’ indignant voices abandoning all propriety.

The Black Rose members, who had long harbored immense rage, finally got to vent their anger at this moment.

The release of emotions, it must be said, was a very comfortable affair.

Therefore,

A strange phenomenon occurred on the scene...

The members of the Black Rose family had incredibly innocent smiles on their faces despite their ferocious beatings of others. It was a happy smile of emotional release, a "gratitude" smile, a blissful smile of fulfillment.

The Black Rose family members laughed so heartily and contentedly, giving off a warm feeling.

Looking at these innocent smiles, and then glancing at the surrounding bloodied, hellish scene, Asar, as the only bystander, couldn’t help but gasp in shock.

’These guys... are too scary...’