Chapter 450 – Luo Chen, Watch Closely—This Is How You Use the Calamity Monarch

Luo Chen’s defection was a situation completely beyond Mu Lin’s expectations, affecting all his plans.

Fortunately, for Mu Lin, this was a positive influence.

With his increased strength, he now had more methods to deal with Demonic Fiends, ghosts, and evil spirits.

Relying on Luo Chen’s abilities and his own understanding of calamities, he began setting up various contingencies across the Northern Wastelands.

To prepare these measures, Mu Lin and his forces slightly slowed their offensive plans.

However, while Mu Lin grew stronger and prepared his countermeasures, the Night Demon and Nightmare Clans did not sit idly by. Targeted by the advancing armies, they struck first before the Three Great Legions could reach them.

…

In the evening, outside a valley in the Northern Wastelands, one of Mu Lin’s Paper Figures was moving alongside Mo Feng.

They were leading the Agricultural Militia and the Black Fiend Legion to attack a Foreign Race known as the Moonshadow Clan.

This was a peculiar race capable of turning invisible under moonlight, making them extremely difficult to locate.

Due to their racial traits, they were loyal vassals of the Night Demon Clan, the kind that would never betray them.

For this reason, Mu Lin’s Avatar did not even send an envoy here, opting instead for a direct assault.

Just as Mu Lin and his forces were arranging their formations and preparing to attack, Mu Lin’s body suddenly trembled, and a chill ran through his heart.

The abrupt disturbance initially left Mu Lin stunned.

But he quickly realized what it was and shouted loudly.

“Everyone, be careful! A calamity is approaching!”

“???”

“The enemy has already attacked? But that can’t be—the Clarity Mirror hasn’t revealed any enemies!”

Knowing they were facing enemies capable of invisibility, Mo Feng had naturally prepared. He had specifically borrowed a treasure mirror from another legion that could dispel illusions before launching this assault.

Yet, at this moment, the treasure mirror was completely ineffective.

He was still looking around, trying to locate the enemy.

However, Mu Lin’s sensitivity to spatial abilities, his unique double pupils, and his Sensing of calamities allowed him to quickly detect where the attack was coming from.

“This is… Beware of the shadows! The enemy is attacking from within the shadows!”

“Whoosh!”

As he roared, Mu Lin conjured a large amount of Holy Salt and scattered it into the air.

“Sizzle…”

The salt purified some of the shadowy magic.

But more shadow monsters leaped out from the shadows, charging toward the humans.

Fortunately, Mu Lin had detected the threat in advance and issued a warning.

Moreover, the soldiers of the Northern Wastelands were all battle-hardened veterans.

When suddenly attacked, they did not panic but quickly reacted, engaging the enemy in combat.

“Whoosh!”

The scattered salt allowed the humans to harm the intangible shadow monsters.

The blazing Vengeance Flames, once ignited, were difficult to extinguish.

And the Avici Chains could directly restrain even formless shadows.

With the abilities Mu Lin had bestowed upon them, the Agricultural Militia managed to withstand the enemy’s first wave of attacks.

However, they only held out against the first wave.

Following the shadow monsters, an expanse of darkness swept across the sky like a curtain, blotting out the heavens and all light, pressing down upon Mu Lin and his forces.

At the same time, the Moonshadow Clan from within the valley seized the opportunity to launch their assault.

“Kill!”

Ambushed and surrounded by the Night Demon Clan, many of the soldiers led by Mu Lin were immediately injured, and their defensive line was on the verge of collapse.

This scene drew a cold sneer from Ye Huang, who appeared shortly after.

“Humans, do you see? This is the consequence of rashly starting a war… All of you will die here!”

“It is you who should die.”

The appearance of the Night Demon Clan and Ye Huang’s words caused Mu Lin’s gaze to turn cold as well.

“Moreover, don’t speak so righteously. The land you now occupy is our territory. Before this, you slaughtered many of our Human Race… It was you who initiated the war and launched the invasion!”

“…”

Ye Huang could not refute this, nor did he intend to.

“Hmph, if you cannot defend your own territory, you have only yourselves to blame for your weakness.”

“A feeble race has no right to survive on this land…”

As these final words echoed, a “hum” resounded as Ye Huang, the Holy Son of the Night Demon Clan, completely released his seal and unleashed his aura.

Then, Mu Lin witnessed the slender figure of Ye Huang visibly expanding, undergoing a Giant Transformation.

Horns sprouted menacingly from his head, his hands transformed into sharp claws, and his bat-like wings rapidly swelled… Soon, a towering Night Demon, as massive as a mountain, stood before Mu Lin.

Beyond its immense size, the demonic patterns covering its body granted it various extraordinary abilities.

“Hum!”

With an aura as divine as it was demonic, its mere presence extinguished any will to fight in those who faced it.

However, as formidable as it was, Mu Lin… was no weakling.

In the past, confronting such a powerful enemy, Mu Lin would undoubtedly have summoned the Vengeful Wraith Golden Crow or the form of the Candle Dragon, relying on their immense strength to clash head-on with the foe.

But after acquiring Luo Chen’s calamity abilities, Mu Lin now had more options.

“Hum!”

Planting his feet firmly on the ground, Mu Lin himself remained still, yet a terrifying and violent aura surged from his body.

This dreadful presence was so overwhelming that the very earth and air around him trembled and distorted from his mere stance.

As his power continued to rise, a fierce grin spread across Mu Lin’s lips.

“You know, in truth, the Earth Dragon’s upheaval is a very common calamity. The number of times it occurs each year is not merely the visible hundred or so, but over several million times annually!”

“And each time the Earth Dragon stirs, the energy it releases is immense!”

Floods, earthquakes, fires… these are the three great calamities common to the world.

Yet, ordinary people rarely experience the true devastation of earthquakes or floods firsthand.

In this world, some even go their entire lives without encountering them many times, leading many humans to believe that the Earth Dragon’s upheaval is actually quite rare.

But Mu Lin was different. Knowledge from his previous life made him acutely aware that earthquakes are, in fact, extremely frequent worldwide, occurring over several million times each year—averaging tens of thousands per day.

Moreover, Mu Lin understood that the primary cause of earthquakes is the collision and compression of tectonic plates, resulting in displacement and fractures along their edges and within their interiors.

Ground movement, or rather the shifting of continental plates, carries potential and kinetic energy that is utterly terrifying.

The energy rating of earthquakes is also exceptionally high.

A magnitude 9 earthquake releases energy equivalent to 477 million tons of TNT.

However, under normal circumstances, the energy of ground movement is mostly distributed across vast areas.

Moreover, most earthquakes occur underground. By the time this energy reaches the surface, it has already weakened countless times—yet even so, people can still feel the shaking of the earth. This illustrates both the terrifying nature of ground movement and the high level of energy involved.

In the past, Mu Lin paid no attention to earthquakes. After all, he knew their energy levels were high, but he couldn’t harness them.

But after acquiring Luo Chen’s Calamity Monarch talent, everything changed.

Earthquakes are a form of calamity.

Especially since Mu Lin’s Substitute Paper Figure possessed the ability to transfer energy.

—Upon obtaining the Calamity Lord talent and immediately thinking of earthquakes, Mu Lin dispatched some of his Paper Figures underground, particularly to areas where tectonic plates converged.

Fortunately, through calamity Sensing, Mu Lin quickly discovered that a mountain range not far from the Northern Wastelands was a frequent site of earthquakes.

There, earthquakes occurred daily, and they were of exceptionally high intensity.

It was also there that Mu Lin’s Substitute Paper Figure activated the Calamity Monarch talent, aligning its vibrations with those of the earthquake.

“I am calamity!”

“I am—the Earthquake!”

(End of Chapter)