Gambler's End [Four Thousand Words]

These pillars of light stood straight toward the sky like flagpoles, each one over five hundred meters long.

Suddenly, the pillars began tilting at tremendous speed toward the area beyond the Mingdou Mountain Range, continuously carving golden trails through the air.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom..."

Explosions erupted across the sky.

Before some of the shells could even fall, more than half of them were detonated by the sweeping pillars of light.

They moved with astonishing speed, like the spears of ancient generals knocking aside enemy arrows, guarding the mountain fortress against invasion.

These pillars of light were a defensive system developed by the Sun Moon Empire specifically to defend against Fixed Soul Cannonballs. They relied on the numerous Soul Tool detectors in the sky to lock onto targets, then were controlled manually.

Although this defensive method was somewhat absurd, it could not be denied that it was at least somewhat effective.

More than half the shells had exploded in midair, but the remaining hundred-plus shells were still far from easy to deal with.

Under Huo Yutong's lock-on, countless shells streamed directly through the gap blasted open earlier.

Vast amounts of light and heat erupted within the fortress.

The terrifying heat waves and shockwaves caused even greater casualties than before.

Though the three secondary peaks had not been razed to the ground, the upper portions of their fortresses had already been completely destroyed.

There was not even any value in repairing or rescuing them.

The immense Fire Element had completely melted the interiors, refining the Soul Engineers stationed within into brand-new Alloy Outer Shells.

They had become one with the Mingdou Mountain Range forever.

Qian Chaoguang, who shared Huo Yutong's vision through True God's Gaze, witnessed that utterly absurd scene in its entirety.

The Sun Moon Empire's outrageously ridiculous