Chapter 239: The Second Volley of the Main Cannons

The plan to use the triple-barreled magic main cannon in Phase Three encountered a minor setback, but thanks to the adept command from the rear Black Sphere War Room and the concerted efforts of the players at the artillery positions, the beast-form ability users were immobilized with hail magic artillery shells.

Seeing the battlefield situation stabilize, Kamiyu immediately waved her hand, signaling the triple-barreled magic main cannon to fire.

Before Hungry Ghost Shara could recover from the shock of his army being frozen by the ice-based magic artillery shells, he was startled to his feet by the sudden storm of electric light cannon fire.

A colossal positron annihilation cannon, approaching the speed of light, shot from the city gate, striking from below upward and from near to far into the second formation. The ultra-high-energy heat instantly vaporized the ability users on the ground, while those within a hundred meters around them were scorched.

The massive shockwave blasted the ability users frozen on the ice into the air, tearing their quadrupedal forms from the icy surface and hurling them skyward.

From the ground, the devastation might not have been fully apparent, but from her vantage point in the sky, Kamiyu witnessed an exaggerated display of destructive power. Unlike her own Sound of Chaos, the triple-barreled magic main cannon’s force was even more uncontrollable, like a flood, wantonly obliterating everything in its path. Trenches spanning dozens of kilometers were reduced to scorched earth.

The ice closest to the Sanctuary melted under the heat of the positron annihilation cannon, turning the entire area into a viscous, unstable, and destructive mass resembling magma.

The searing magma inflicted secondary damage, killing a large number of ability users in the second formation.

The maximum range of the positron annihilation cannon even reached the third formation—where Hungry Ghost Shara was stationed—killing tens of thousands of ability users there. The humanoid ability user elephant, startled, retreated several steps, nearly causing Hungry Ghost Shara atop it to lose his balance. He had to employ a slave-control secret technique to steady the elephant.

Seeing another hundred thousand ability users vanish from the slave-control secret technique’s tally, leaving only half his forces remaining, Hungry Ghost Shara was astounded. A single cannon blast had annihilated 100,000 fourth-tier ability users? What kind of fantasy was this?

He exclaimed in awe, “What immense power! That Men San didn’t lie to me.”

But what truly terrified Hungry Ghost Shara was the thought: What if he himself had taken that blast head-on? Would he have been reduced to ashes, leaving not even a speck of dust behind?

An even more unimaginable question arose in his mind: If His Majesty Fear Emperor were here in person, could even he withstand such an attack?

Since his “evolution” into an ability user, this was the first time Hungry Ghost Shara felt shock, the first time he felt fear. Usually fearless, even looking down upon Fear Emperor and aspiring to replace him, he now found an overwhelming sense of dread rising incessantly within.

He looked up at Kamiyu atop her flying horse in the sky and couldn’t help but wonder inwardly, “Could she be the true ruler of this world? Capable of even killing Fear Emperor?”

Hungry Ghost Shara’s reasoning wasn’t unfounded. After all, Fear Emperor was still in the process of reviving. As long as he remained unrevived, he was vulnerable and could potentially be killed. But once revived, that would be an entirely different matter.

The reason Hungry Ghost Shara had launched this campaign was that he had received orders from Fear Emperor: first, to expand their territory, and second, to eliminate the potential enemy Kamiyu in advance, before she grew too powerful.

However, after less than an hour of fighting, Hungry Ghost Shara remarked, “Kamiyu isn’t powerful yet? Fear Emperor, you old geezer, are you joking with yourself, messing with your own head, right?”

The experts on the tree branches were all so shocked they couldn’t speak. As veteran Players of the Crimson Earth, they had visited every Beta Tester’s Sanctuary except for Lei Yao’s—who belonged to the Nobility Official Players—but this was the first time they had ever seen such an exaggerated Magic Cannon.

“Something’s off, this is way too off. Why is the Magic Cannon so powerful? Am I dreaming?”

Slap! The person slapped his own face, only realizing it was Reality when his cheek swelled up. Everything that had just happened was real—he wasn’t dreaming.

“How did they do it?” someone asked.

“Look closely. The design of that Magic Cannon that fired the beam just now was very strange. It looked like three Magic Cannons ‘fused’ together, almost like the Main Cannon of a battleship.”

“Can you even play like that? Aren’t Defensive Fortifications fixed? A Beta Tester once told me that Sanctuary fortifications are standardized and can’t be changed,” another person said.

Lin Fan was very curious. He nodded and said, “That’s right. Every Sanctuary only differs in size and design style. The offensive and Defensive Fortifications inside are all the same. Why is Kamiyu’s Sanctuary different from everyone else’s?”

“Could it be… she’s using a Hack? Besides the battleship-like Main Cannon, I saw many other fortifications that other Sanctuaries don’t have.”

“It can’t be a Hack. I think it’s still due to the terrain. The two Worlds have merged, making it hard to distinguish between Reality and the Crimson Earth. Plus, Dragon Roar City is very special here—even towering trees can grow in the city center. What’s impossible?” Another expert still refused to acknowledge Kamiyu and the command of the Players under her.

Among the Player group of the Student Legion, there were no shortage of creative individuals. They formed a Bug Exploit research team, dedicated to tackling difficult challenges and attempting Bug Exploits to create fortifications that other Sanctuaries didn’t have. The Triple-Barreled Magic Main Cannon was their masterpiece.

Coupled with Kamiyu’s further Enhancement, it had completely become the fortress Main Cannon guarding one side of the Sanctuary.

If Kamiyu heard their words, she would definitely say, “This is just the beginning. I’ve only fired the first Main Cannon just now—I still have two more Main Cannons left to fire.”

Seeing the Experience on her Interface Panel rising non-stop, Kamiyu excitedly thought, “Don’t stop, keep fighting.”

So she raised her right hand again, but this time with a different gesture. She spread her five fingers, signaling the second and third Main Cannons to use Artillery Shell mode.

The Triple-Barreled Magic Cannon had two modes: besides the Positron Annihilation Cannon mode, there was also the Artillery Shell mode: one shot every 5 seconds, with three barrels meaning three shots every 5 seconds.

Now with two Triple-Barreled Cannons, totaling six barrels—not counting the first Triple-Barreled Magic Main Cannon still on Cooldown—they could achieve a maximum firing rate of six Magic Artillery Shells every 5 seconds.

“72 shots per minute. Let’s see how you dodge that!”

“Let’s go big—use poison gas shells,” Kamiyu fiercely signaled.

The enemy had already spread out very widely, and with the Magic Main Cannon having eliminated most of the foes, now was the best time to use AoE large-scale offensive weapons.

The Black Sphere War Room immediately commanded all Artillery Players, including those operating Magic Cannons, to jointly fire poison gas Artillery Shells.

“Quickly put on gas masks, don’t get poisoned by our own shells.”