Volume 3 Chapter 249

Volume 3 + Chapter 249: Black Swan City

Using the cover of the heavy rain, Xia Yi had already left White Swan City.

Now, she only wanted to leave the human world quickly and return to the Land of Dragons.

Humans were secretly conducting experiments on hybrids.

Perhaps Xia Lulu had sent her to the human world to investigate this matter.

After learning this intelligence, there was no need to remain in the human world.

For some reason, Xia Yi felt a lingering unease in her heart.

She was quite anxious, perhaps meeting Xia Lulu sooner would dispel this uneasiness.

“Next, the place I should go is…”

Xia Yi took out a map.

The human world was not small. Considering the current situation—hiding during the day, moving at night—it would be very slow to leave the Rhine Kingdom.

Moreover, everywhere she went, she was being hunted, she could not take a carriage or a magic beast train to leave via the roads.

The only option now was…

“As expected, I’ll go here.” Xia Yi’s gaze focused on a port.

Secretly board a cargo ship bound abroad, and leave the Rhine Kingdom via the ship.

Once she left the Rhine Kingdom and evaded the pursuit of the Holy Knights, humans would have no means to stop her.

This was a sound strategy.

After determining her target, Xia Yi set out toward that port.

…

Xia Yi arrived at an abandoned city.

To reach the target port, she needed to pass through this deserted city.

She remembered this city, it was called Black Swan City.

A long time ago, Black Swan City had been a prosperous city in the region, densely populated.

However, later a disaster occurred, many mutated beasts appeared, forming a beast tide that swept through Black Swan City.

Through the struggles of humans, the beast tide was repelled at considerable cost.

Yet, Black Swan City had become uninhabitable.

The people of the region relocated and built a new city called White Swan City.

Thus, Black Swan City became a deserted city.

With no human inhabitants, the abandoned buildings became natural lairs for beasts, attracting many monsters. Ordinary people usually chose to bypass the city.

To reach the port quickly, Xia Yi decided to pass through it anyway, she was not afraid of beasts.

Long ago, when subjugating beasts during her time as the Human Sword Saint Light, she had also visited here once.

Following her memories, Xia Yi entered Black Swan City.

“Huh… why does it feel a bit off?”

Upon stepping into the deserted city, she sensed something unusual.

Normally, shortly after entering Black Swan City, beasts should have appeared, possibly attacking her.

Yet, she did not sense a single trace of monsters.

Could it be that the beasts in Black Swan City had recently been cleared out?

Xia Yi continued moving forward. She vaguely felt that eyes in the shadows were watching her…

Whoosh!!

A sound of something cutting through the air rang out.

Her instincts as a swordsman made her body react, and she leaped aside.

A volley of arrows had just fallen at her previous position.

The arrowheads were imbued with holy power, causing explosions.

Boom!

“Who?!”

Xia Yi’s arm raised against the blast, fending off the shockwave, and she scanned the surroundings.

From the corner of her eye, she saw a dazzling gleam—it seemed like metal reflecting sunlight.

A spear!

A metal spear thrust toward a vital point on Xia Yi’s body.

“Die, evil dragon!!”

Xia Yi reacted swiftly, snatched the metal spear closest to her, kicked her attacker away, and swung the spear at the others. With immense force, she sent that group of attackers flying.

When they landed, she could finally see clearly.

Holy Knights?!

Xia Yi heard the sound of armor scraping and looked up to see flags flying everywhere.

The flags all bore the same emblem—the emblem of the Holy Knights.

So the entire Black Swan City had been occupied by the Holy Knights. They had been lying in wait, only now revealing themselves.

Everywhere she looked, there were Holy Knights. The black sea of them numbered in the tens of thousands.

“Defend our homeland!”

“Focus on your holy power!”

“For glory!”

The Holy Knights raised their banners high, their hymns unceasing.

They released massive amounts of holy power together, shaking all of Black Swan City, as if a giant formation had been activated.

Xia Yi looked up and saw a massive Holy Cross descending from the sky, covering the upper region.

Countless golden chains dropped from the Holy Cross, spanning all of Black Swan City.

The intertwining holy power formed a massive net, like a cage, locking down the area.

“Exterminate the evil dragon!!”

The Holy Knights charged toward Xia Yi.

“Rose Staff!”

Xia Yi summoned the Rose Staff, activated the bloodline of the Silver Dragon royal family, and used Chanting Restraint.

“Fireball!”

Blazing fireballs erupted, crashing into the Holy Knights. She easily blasted a large group of them away.

But then, a strange scene occurred.

The Holy Knights, who should have been unconscious and unable to fight, were enveloped in golden light. Under the cleansing of the hymns, they rose from the ground, their condition rapidly restored.

Xia Yi realized that the Holy Cross formation was providing multiple blessings to the Holy Knights, making them stronger than usual.

The effect just shown was the Healing Blessing.

Tens of thousands of Holy Knights simultaneously released holy power, fully sustaining the operation of the Holy Cross formation.

This was definitely a pre-arranged battlefield, such coordination could not be achieved in a spontaneous encounter.

“Under the Knight King’s banner, we shall be invincible and slay the evil dragon!!” the Holy Knights shouted.

Knight King?

Xia Yi heard a name that drew her attention.

“It’s been a long time, Human Sword Saint… oh no, now you should be called a human traitor, evil dragon.”

A knight in golden armor with a white robe, surrounded by others, exuding immense pressure, stepped to the front of the knights.

“You are… the Knight King.”

Xia Yi remembered.

The person before her was the head of the Frost family, Knight King of the Holy Knights—the Knight of Glory.

After the Knight King appeared, the knights all stopped and saluted the one leading humanity’s glory.

“So you still remember me, a traitor who abandoned human dignity and honor. Here is the grave we meticulously prepared for you.”

The Knight King stared at Xia Yi and shouted:

“For the future of humanity, rest here forever! Evil dragon!”