Chapter 526
As if an assassin were patrolling the area, suddenly a bright light flashed, and one of the great demons, without even letting out a scream, turned into charred remains and Earthfall. The surrounding great demons dared not move, for they had not seen clearly how Tiberius had made his move.
A truly powerful individual can maintain their composure, but do you think I'll give you that chance?
Yuki moved, her shotgun clearing a path, blasting the enemies gathered at the crevice into a panic. She merged with the moonlight, heading straight for the crevice, and then instantly activated her golden armor.
The Sea God's Blessing.
Time slowed down, and the lion-like man burst forth in the lingering electricity. He was still incredibly fast, but at least his figure could be captured.
Clang!
He pointed his fingers as if they were knives, stood atop the crystallized longsword, and then flashed and reappeared behind him. A heavy back kick collided with Yuki's foot, exploding into arcs of lightning with a 'bang'.
This person is not simple.
Seeing that the wound inflicted by the sneak attack had been healed, Tiberius's expression was grim but not fearful. Yuki was strong in every way, especially with the Sea God's Blessing, which allowed His radiant figure to be captured.
"But I'm not weak either!"
Lightning is an extension of authority. In battles of equal strength, the Sea God's Blessing can last for seconds. Without it, He doesn't believe the opponent can keep up with His movements.
Yuki remained silent. This guy was somewhat like the Witch God, but far stronger. His light-speed movement alone could surpass any dynamic vision.
I want to win through a war of attrition, but what I lack right now is time.
The Sea God's Blessing was merely a built-in function of this armor, far from sufficient to withstand this level of combat. Cracks had already appeared in the azure radiance, and more importantly, reinforcements were still pouring in, trying to stabilize the situation at the cracks.
"Trying to stall me? You're dreaming."
Thump!
Kalpas crashed directly into it, causing the half-formed battle formation to teeter on the brink of collapse. That was bad enough, but the crucial point was that a sweet girl suddenly appeared at the crack.
The great fox demon Froya attacked without hesitation. As the master of the Peach Blossom Spring, the moment she appeared, Tiberius, who was frantically attacking Yuki, Tiberius lightning and flew away.
How could He allow Froya to touch the rift? Once the entrance closes, they'll all be trapped like fish in a barrel, and who knows when the rift will open again?
Yuki had been waiting for this opportunity, and in the last moment of the Sea God's Blessing, he raised his gun and fired.
Hunting Mode. Maximum Power.
Bang! Bang!
The remaining soul energy transformed into projectiles, shattering the lightning. Golden blood filled the air, but Tiberius could no longer care about anything else.
He withstood two shots and instantly reached Froya's side. A scream rang out as the lightning whip sent the Fox Demon flying. Without a chance to catch his breath, Kalpas charged forward like a madman.
Yes, yes, attack me from all sides, and we'll be able to rebuild our defenses in just a few minutes.
Lightning flashed amidst the Frenzied Flame, and Kalpas's fists rained down like machine gun fire, the raging Frenzied Flame confusing his mind.
Tiberius struggled against his madness, diverting some of his energy to scan his surroundings, which caused him to freeze in surprise.
Where are they!?
The outsider did not take the opportunity to join the attack; instead, he disappeared from our perception, and the next moment, he appeared, his eyes wide with rage.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Yuki flashed into the crack.
He was surrounded by hundreds of the Demon-Hunting Army, with reinforcements constantly pouring into the battlefield. The density was comparable to the Spring Festival travel rush. Suddenly, a ferocious beast leaped into the middle of the formation, and everyone was stunned, only to find that the beast had not torn them apart.
A surge of energy spread, disrupting the balance of space and causing ripples to appear in concentric circles across the purplish-black cracks. The people who had just rushed out were strangely distorted.
The Night Furnace Domain.
Yuki onto a gold belt with a woman's head on it, his face filled with a cruel smile.
"I'm the one who's trying to trap and beat the dog!"
Chapter 18 Three Faces of Confusion
To trap a dog, you first need to close the door. Everyone thought this was something Froya should do, including Tiberius, who had received the Oracle Tiberius.
The reason is simple: there are two outsiders involved in the northern mountains and guarding the Abyss Fortress, and Tiberius, in particular, knows some inside information.
According to Morgas, one of the two outsiders was an incredibly brave warrior, and the other possessed the ability to detach from space. The two of them teamed up to put on an act that even fooled His Majesty.
The Battle of Abyss Fortress was similar. While Crown charged ahead, another unknown outsider kept using Spatial Severance to open exits. Therefore, he was constantly on guard against the fox demon, as only highly advanced spatial abilities could destroy the rift, but—
"These two are the same person!?"
He was somewhat bewildered. Was this person a cunning individual? Hiding so deeply? Did he really seem to have a split personality, dividing himself in two?
Whether the foreshadowing will come in handy is unknown, but the important thing is that once it is used, it will be a fatal blow. He even misses the fallen 'God of Deception'. If the latter were still here, he might be able to see some problems.
But at this moment, none of that matters anymore.
The sneak attack turned into a full-scale assault, which in turn led to them being trapped like fish in a barrel. With their retreat cut off, the already heavily damaged Demon-Hunting Army collapsed, while the demons' morale soared to near madness.
Who knows, the cracks will open again sooner or later, but before they do, all these lackeys must be killed.
Their hatred was boundless; they wanted to take away even their last refuge, to exterminate these stray dogs. Even a clay figure has some temper; if not now, when?
"I have to take charge, reorganize the battle formation, and stall until the rift reopens." Tiberius knew exactly what he had to do, but he couldn't do it. Kalpas clung to him like a mad dog, tearing apart any subordinates who dared to help.
Fury combined with madness—even the Kalpas would retreat Yuki this state. When a player who is almost at Epic Tier III is fighting you to the death, Tiberius can only pray.
Your Majesty, now that the passage is open, even if victory is not guaranteed, there is still a glimmer of hope.
Perhaps having heard His prayer, a crack appeared in the sky not long afterward, but the person who emerged from it made Tiberius's heart sink to the bottom.
Yuki left the Furnace, and the Spatial Severance destroyed the rift like a bomb, taking with it hundreds of soldiers outside the door. It took some time to leave them all inside the Furnace.
He looked down at Tiberius, who was being held captive by a mad dog, and spread his hands, casting a blue light over him amidst the melodious sound of a harp.
The Sleeping Voice —did Amyia die at his hands?
Tiberius's eyelids twitched as he saw the mad dog regain some of its senses and take the opportunity to distance itself, but he did not go to help his scattered subordinates.
Contrary to the idea of showing mercy, this person wanted to deal with himself personally.
He had already prioritized dealing with Yuki over Froya, but the next moment, a look of despair appeared on his face.
"Alright, go help Froya and end the battle as soon as possible." Yuki a step to Kalpas's side, charging into the enemy lines, slaughtering, and closing the gate seemed to have left him with little burden.
This demonstrates that the enemy possesses exceptional sustained combat capabilities and can sustain itself through warfare.
"You want someone's head?"
"No, I want to keep the news under wraps and leave no survivors." Yuki looked at the fierce battlefield with a friendly smile. The Demon-Hunting Army had collapsed, but it would take a long time to wipe them out.
"OK."
Kalpas Jie nodded, turned and left. With him joining the battlefield, the killing efficiency would increase several times over, and Froya could be prepared to run away at any time.
Tiberius shifted slightly, but remained rooted to the spot. His magnificent robes had long since been blasted to smithereens and burned away, revealing his bronze skin, his muscles twitching as he repaired the wounds on his back.
Yuki went beyond simply closing the door; he also employed a clever trick, firing two shots at Him. One wrong step led to another, and the injured Yuki suffered a severe beating from Kalpas, whose strength was already comparable to his.
"Crown, you are not a warrior, nor do you possess the honor of a warrior!" The lion shattered the remaining flames on its body, its eyes turning red, and everything had come together.
There is never any direct confrontation, only subtle and undetectable trickery.
"I have never called myself a warrior." Yuki loved the enemy's impotent rage, and took a step, walking through the air.
"Will I use the Night Furnace as my dueling arena, fueled by the heat of battle, to engage you in an epic contest? Or will I test my skills like a trial, facing you one-on-one in front of everyone?"
"Don't expect too much from the attackers. You were the ones who started this underhanded scheme. I just want to tell you that when it comes to dirty tricks, Sorion is far from being a match for you."
Blasphemy!
The Right Hand of God erupted in fury, silently reminding himself that he absolutely could not focus on psychological tactics. He coldly asked, "You slay demons with the Abyss Fortress, and you Godslaying with the demon race. What exactly are you trying to do? Which side are you going to stand on?"
While seemingly wanting to die knowing why, he was actually spying on others. With his authority, if he delayed, he could wait for the rift to open a second time, so he had to take the opportunity to pry open the other party's mouth.
Yuki knew exactly what was going on, and he never bothered to explain himself, only pausing briefly in his steps.
Before them lay a chaotic battlefield, where vengeful beasts clashed in a bloody melee. There was no trace of a Peach Blossom Spring left, just like the Abyss Fortress before it was destroyed by war, with corpses piled up like mountains and the earth riddled with deep pits.
Cities were destroyed, fields were burned, mountains were shattered, and distinctive individuals were reduced to cold corpses.
"Slay demons, Godslaying?" Yuki pondered for a moment, then drew his Divine Torch, his eyes devoid of emotion, like a supreme deity, and proclaimed his own maxim:
"You thirst for killing, I give you killing; you thirst for destruction, I give you destruction."
"All my actions are Justice; my heart and my deeds are as clear as a mirror."
That's all.
The battle has ended.
The Peach Blossom Spring had turned into the Corpse Mountain, Blood Sea, with the bodies of both sides piled up in layers. The land, which had once rippled with green waves, was now almost devoid of a single blade of grass.
Demons perished, gods fell, leaving only the victors with bloodshot eyes, some the Roar in all directions, some slumped in a daze, and some delivering the final blows with expressionless faces.
Slaughter and destruction are innate talents of demons, even the stray dogs of the Ideal Land possess this talent. But to think that after ten thousand years, it was actually the Divine Race who were forced to bring out this talent is truly astonishing.
A sneak attack was turned into a full-scale assault, and Yuki, trapping them in a trap. However, the battle still resulted in heavy casualties, and Froya never intended to use death to hone her skills.
"Mr. Kalpas, please don't die!"
The Fox Demon lay in the center of a dark pit, weeping bitterly over a mangled, inhuman body. It looked no different from the victors who had lost their loved ones, but instead, it rubbed its pale face against the strong chest muscles, occasionally sticking out its little tongue to lick them.
Kalpas was not dead, but he was almost completely burned out. He lay on his back on the ground, his missing torso regenerating as if time had reversed.
He couldn't move a single finger, and was extremely angry, but he could only stand by and let the Fox Demon take advantage of him, until a familiar face appeared in his field of vision.
"You're lucky you didn't steal the Time God's head. You'll either die or go mad this time. Is that a side effect of the Frenzied Flame?"
Yuki looked at him with a smile. It was rare to see Kalpas so quiet. Of course, he didn't dare to be as audacious as Froya and kicked the latter.
"That's enough. Qianjie will definitely settle the score with you Kalpas he regains his mobility."
"Come on, come on, I can't wait to make him settle accounts." The Fox Demon puffed out his chest and complained, "Mr. Crown has no sense at all. Shouldn't he have avoided such a good opportunity? Are you injured? Go and get some treatment. Mr. Kalpas has left me to take care of you."
I'm afraid that if I turned my head away, Kalpas's virginity would be broken.
Yuki rolled his eyes. Of course, he didn't need treatment. Tiberius only had the trump card of self-destruction left, and Yuuki had already prepared the Divine Torch.
Unable to live, he sought death? Yuki.
"You still have things to do, you don't think you're safe now, do you?"
"My clone is working on it, now is not the time for me to show off." The girl smiled slyly, Yuki also heard a cheer of 'Hooray!' and looked up.
A Fox Demon with waist-length black hair, a noble appearance, and a cold face stood in the air. Wave-like patterns appeared in the space around him, and a kingly aura emanated from him.
Is this a clone? Is this the original body?
Yuki looked back and forth, then slightly covered his forehead.
What a cunning old fox! The queen-like Fox Demon had been commanding the central army, leading thousands of troops. The Demon-Hunting Army' last resistance was a counter-offensive against her, but the demons fought desperately to stop them.
He looked at the stunned Fox Demon and the demons who finished off the enemy, and realized that he had underestimated Froya; everything was under her control.
"Don't worry, the God of the Sky didn't come just now, and he won't come now either." Froya covered her mouth and laughed, then suddenly turned cold. "There's one more thing, you guessed right, those spies rioted inside Ideal Land, but I've already suppressed it."
"Did Morgas really open the door?"
"At least that's the result of the interrogation, but we can't rule out the possibility that the Divine Race are trying to smear us." Froya sat casually on Kalpas's stomach, biting her nails. "If it were him, he could quietly open a door to let the Demon-Hunting Army in, but if he opened the door a second time, I don't think the Sky God would want to expose their relationship."
The Divine Race aren't fools. Just like Yuki and Froya couldn't understand why the Sky God was still cooperating with Morgas, it's impossible to explain their positions clearly, which would cause chaos in both camps.
The demons opened a gate for the Divine Race to launch a sneak attack on the Fox Demon? Who the hell would dare go in?
"Even if he could drive it, he wouldn't." Yuki shook his head.
"You mean, this was a deliberate defeat!?"
"It wasn't intentional, but we could have turned the tables on them." Yuki frowned, seemingly oblivious to the cheers. "This was a crushing defeat. Even Tiberius perished, and many powerful demons gained authority. Gods and demons can't make peace. Do you know what the consequences will be?"
Froya was taken aback, then lowered her head to think, her expression growing increasingly serious.
This time, the Divine Race suffered a disastrous defeat, losing twenty gods of various ranks, starting with Tiberius, and the Demon-Hunting Army lost over 15,000 men. This can be said to have altered the balance of power to some extent.
The demons are no longer scattered guerrillas; they have truly become a threat to hegemony. Ordinary gods, unaware of the secret, can easily calculate that Morgas and Froya combined are already a behemoth.
"Let me tell you what the consequences will be. The God of the Sky has always wanted to mobilize the entire Divine Race, but I thwarted his first step."
Yuki sat down casually. He had already thoroughly studied the Battle of Abyss Fortress. If the Sea Demon successfully massacred the city, it would be an outrage against both gods and men, Divine Race would take full action.
But they failed, which means their sin value wasn't high enough. This war was already full of doubts, and those who wanted to wait and see will continue to do so.
"I originally thought He would use war to build up hatred, but I underestimated Him. The God of the Sky doesn't have that much patience, nor can He tolerate unexpected events, so He changed His approach—"