"No, We Have Another Way."

Falcon Continent.

"..."

The fat man stared blankly into the distance. After a long while, he looked up at the enormous Scales above his head. Not a single Eerie Stone had fallen.

It seemed...

It seemed something had gone wrong.

The Mortal Domain had somehow changed the course of the Sky-Piercing Pillars he had fired.

What kind of method was that?

Why had he never seen it before?

But there was no time to think about that now.

"Boss!"

His trusted subordinate roared behind him, his face contorted. "We fell into a trap! Give the order! Activate Dig Three Feet at full power and excavate Blackwater as fast as possible, whatever the cost!"

"We'll fight to the death!"

He had told his boss this had all gone a little too smoothly, but it was too late to say that now.

Falcon Continent had run out of Eerie Stones.

Literally run out.

Their reserves and the stones in private hands alike, from Level-1 Eerie Stones to Level-10 Eerie Stones, were all gone.

Every last one.

The Scales was indeed a formidable building. Normally, even if they swept an entire continent and dug three feet into the ground, they would miss a little. But the Scales had collected everything.

At this point, the war was already over.

They had no Eerie Stones to activate their air defense system. They still had some Blackwater, a High-Level Energy, but it could not activate the Mysterious Heaven Propeller. They could not flee. Only one path remained.

They could bite a chunk out of the Eternal Night Continent before they died.

As the saying went, an emperor died at the gates of his kingdom.

This was just such a moment.

Defeat and death were certain. All they could do before the end was turn and bite