"That is a colossal statue Dreamless pieced together from fragments of weapons, buildings, and rocks. For a long time, it has loomed like a giant high above all of Jinzhou, proclaiming Dreamless's ambition."
Taoqi, the Artificer administrator in charge of the defensive fortifications, murmured.
"This statue takes the form of Crownless."
"Crownless?"
"That's right. Crownless is a Tacet Discord that embodies the act of war itself, while Dreamless is the Threnodian representing war. The two are inextricably linked!"
The instant the statue appeared, the downpour grew even fiercer.
Dreamless's power began amplifying the Retroflow Rain and the Tacet Discords to their utmost limits.
The ocean of countless Tacet Discords swelled in number, surging forward like waves.
All of Jinzhou teetered beneath that tide.
The rain had finally reached its ultimate form!
Yet Ling An simply gazed silently at the colossal statue of Crownless.
The Crimson Gold Flowing Flame around him gradually weakened.
He looked at his arm, his voice filled with shock and desolation.
"Something... is affecting me?"
In a single instant, the ferocious Tacet Discord Tide reached its peak.
Threnodians seemed born to shatter the backbone of civilization. Civilization itself was nothing more than their food.
On the day such a being awakened, no one could rest easy.
Ling An felt a strange, uncontrollable sense of suppression.
It came not from outside, but from within his own body-from himself.
A powerful guiding force emanated from the colossal statue in the Norfall Barrens, drawing him toward it.
"Damn it, there are more and more Tacet Discords! We can't hold them off!"
At Jinzhou City's gates, the chaotic battle had become a mire.
The situation had remained manageable before, but once the Retroflow Rain entered its ultimate state, the balance finally began to shift.
A Resonator had just finished off a