Chapter 483 – The Sacred Spiritual Web Connects You and Me

“Boom—”

Outside the towering city walls of Camp One, azure barrier radiance shimmered brilliantly until that terrifying crimson light beam dissipated, after which the slightly dimmed azure barrier also vanished.

All thirty-six guard camps were equipped with defensive barriers.

These weren’t complete City Defense Barriers – the Warzone didn’t have such conditions. But these unidirectional guard barriers, much like Tianyuan City’s ‘Thousand-Prism Mirror Reflection’, were sufficient to intercept the vast majority of large-scale spells or ultra-long-range attacks.

Rakshasa kept his eyes wide open, gazing into the distance.

He could vaguely make out that the source of this powerful crimson light beam was a war weapon suspended high above the Monster Tide – giant eyeballs.

Over a dozen massive blood-colored eyeballs were arranged in a peak formation.

At the center was the largest, most ferocious giant eyeball. Countless tentacles swayed and danced around its periphery.

The red glow on the giant blood eyes at both ends grew increasingly bright.

The crimson light began transmitting to the second-to-last giant blood eye, then to the third from last.

Their power was concentrating.

When this power gathered at the core blood eye, an explosion was inevitable.

However, these giant blood eyes were highly Advanced war weapons capable of launching incredibly powerful attacks from dozens of kilometers away.

This distance far exceeded the attack range of Legendary Realm practitioners using heaven and earth energy.

Forming assault teams to penetrate the tide and destroy the blood eyes would come at a tremendous cost.

The Warzone had more suitable methods.

“Camp One has detected the giant blood eye artillery. Positioning, positioning…”

Inside the command center, red lights flashed as operators stared intently at their instruments.

Within Camp One, positioning antennas glimmered faintly, coordinating with equipment from the distant Core Fortress.

Simultaneously, one, two, then three Wind King’s Wings ascended into the sky, taking different positions to gaze toward the distant giant blood eyes.

“Coordinates: 473, 866.”

Mu Yuan suddenly spoke.

Noticing the nearby operator’s momentary confusion, he repeated: “Coordinates 473, 866.”

“Understood!”

The operator snapped back to attention, fingers flying across the panel as he flipped up control valves one after another.

Inside the War Fortress, a massive silver mechanical structure began humming, with lightning gathering from three support points toward the center, crackling and sparking at the apex.

A brilliant pillar of thunder pierced through the heavens, vanishing into the clouds.

The next moment,

“BOOM—!”

Over two hundred kilometers away, dazzling lightning bolts seemed to traverse space as they struck down, one after another, directly hitting the position where the dozen-plus giant blood eyes were located.

Half the blood eyes instantly vaporized under the thunderous assault.

A blood-colored Dragon intervened, protecting the remaining giant blood eye weapons as they retreated to both flanks.

“Direct hit, one-shot elimination!”

Twenty-some seconds later, frontline observation posts relayed the message.

The operator couldn’t help but glance at Commander Tianyuan.

Mu Yuan had received the news immediately.

This was his first time using a war weapon like the ‘Thunder Generator’, though he wasn’t unfamiliar with it.

This weapon somewhat resembled the ‘Scepter of Heavenly Authority’.Unlike the Scepter of Heavenly Authority which could directly lock onto targets, this required various auxiliary methods; it lacked the Scepter’s complete overhead perspective; nor did it possess the Scepter’s inherently formidable destructive power that could be further enhanced through continuous Fusion of spells.

However, the Thunder Generator had advantages over the Scepter of Heavenly Authority.

—It could be used more frequently, barely qualifying as a ‘conventional war weapon’.

The roar of the Thunder Generator instantly obliterated the enemy’s crimson giant eye formations.

Yet within the Monster Tide, the second, third, and fourth crimson eye phalanxes successively roared back.

Torrential rain fell incessantly.

The entire Shattered Isle Warzone possessed only three Thunder Generators. These were modified top-tier Excellent-grade structures with considerable lethal power, though they required cooldown periods between uses.

Outside Camp Two.

In the Wilderness.

Perhaps wary of the Thunder Generators, the enemy’s crimson eye formations were widely dispersed this time. One after another, slightly smaller but rapidly charging crimson beams bombarded their positions.

Outside flashed crimson light, winds howled, and garments fluttered wildly.

Amidst this cacophony, Seventeen’s gaze remained tranquil as she calmly gathered Polaris energy.

Starlight descended from the heavens, converging at her fingertips and upon her bowstring.

Seconds later,

One, two, three… nine arrows shot forth like connected stars.

Whoosh—!!!

Heaven, earth, mountains, rivers, tides…

They swept past, their starry plumes gleaming like shining cruciform stars.

Where vision could hardly reach, faint starlight suddenly flared, brilliant azure crosses manifesting within the pupils of massive crimson eyes.

Piercing through.

Seventeen stabilized the boiling Polaris energy within her body, breathing slightly heavily.

She wasn’t actually adept at dealing with large targets—the energy expenditure was too great.

“But…”

She gazed into the distance where crimson beams had ceased erupting, the eye formations now shattered.

“The tactical objective is achieved. While there’s still time, I’ll eliminate as many as possible.”

She raised her bow again, closing her eyes.

……

Seventeen wasn’t the only camp commander resolving the situation through personal power.

At Camp Six.

The Overturning Tide Lord, a direct subordinate of the Tianze City Lord, saw his body swell into a giant frog standing dozens of meters tall.

Heavenly waters gathered within the giant frog’s mouth.

The next instant, the massive water sphere leaped through the air following some mysterious rhythm.

The sphere seemed to teleport, blinking across several kilometers before materializing around the crimson eye formations.

Heavenly Rhythm Waters!

The water sphere contracted and expanded three times before violently exploding.

Instantly swallowing nearly ten crimson eyes that couldn’t escape in time, even the crimson Dragons and other monster legends attempting to intercept the sphere were pierced through by seemingly insignificant water droplets.

A Soul Realm expert thus revealed his dominant combat prowess.

In the eyes of many Warzone experts, this veteran Soul Realm cultivator was essentially the Warzone’s strongest fighter, though the gap between him and other Soul Realm experts or ten-thousand-meter Heaven-Earth Realm beings might not be overwhelmingly large.

……

At Camp Three.

Xie Yi still held a cigarette between his lips.

At the edge of vision, the crimson eyes lay either destroyed or severely wounded from the Quantum Satellite Cannon’s bombardment.

If anyone could most easily dismantle these giant eye weapons, it was undoubtedly him.However, the enemy was not limited to the giant-eyed weapons.

The crimson giant was already charging forward.

The dense waves in the sky and on the ground intensified the pressure, making it feel as if one’s throat was being choked, leaving them struggling to breathe.

No matter how powerful the Quantum Satellite Cannon was, its killing range was negligible compared to the entire tide.

But,

“Now, let me show you the true meaning of mechanical warfare.”

“Activate!”

Xie Yi flicked his cigarette butt into the sky.

Fireworks bloomed.

The cannons that had long been deployed within the camp began to shimmer with a faint, flowing light.

Outwardly, they appeared unchanged, but their aura felt different.

They seemed… more alive.

As if they had become living entities of artillery fire.

「Mechanical Evolution (Epic)」

「Description: Grants mechanical evolution, significantly enhancing all capabilities, while also granting autonomous attack abilities, self-recovery, and the ability to command mechanical creations through mental will.」

「Note ①: With prolonged empowerment, mechanical creations can continuously improve.」

「Note ②: Xie Yi can only grant evolution abilities to mechanical creations modified by his own hands.」

「Note ③: Creations empowered by Mechanical Evolution are considered extensions of Xie Yi’s power and can partially carry his unique talents and skills.」

Xie Yi was already a true Great Master of machinery.

Now, as the fireworks bloomed in the sky, hundreds of cannons distributed throughout the camp roared in unison.

Unmanned cannons thundered incessantly.

They aimed, tracked, and fired.

The mechanical constructs hovering in the sky also shifted and transformed with a series of clicks, raining down artillery fire upon the earth like a storm.

Every camp had already engaged the vanguard of the monster tide.

The roar of explosions was unceasing, the earth trembled, and the elemental particles in the air grew chaotic as waves of energy of various colors swept across the sky.

…

Mu Yuan was commanding.

He was directly overseeing the first, second, and third defensive camps, led by the generals of Tianyuan City.

Using the vision shared by the Wind King’s Wings, he observed the battlefield directly and employed mental connections for precise, one-on-one micro-management.

At Camp One, the undead army fought valiantly, with Rakshasa and Sario firmly holding back the vanguard of the monster tide.

The entire camp stood like a rock.

The waves crashed against it, forced to flow around its sides.

At Camp Two, one massive Treant Lord after another stood tall on the earth. They were Epic Three-Star Treant Lords, with four in addition to Tree Spirit Grandma.

Their power was significantly effective even outside Tianyuan City.

The archers’ attacks fell like rain, continuously harvesting the charging monsters.

At Camp Three.

The Frost Lord erected fortresses, while Xie Yi’s mechanical creations roared, carving out a scene of Ice-Fire Duality amidst the monster tide.

Lord Mu was also indirectly commanding all the camps across the entire warzone, strategically deploying reinforcements from a broader perspective.

The three deputy commanders all had strategic-level authority.

At this moment, Camps Four and Five were still holding firm, but the Azure Mountain Lord noticed that some camps had already begun to suffer casualties.

“This is different from before. Dragon’s Slumber Valley isn’t using the monster tide to wear us down. The monster tide is merely their cover or a vessel for the Crimson Mist to spread.”

“Dragon’s Slumber Valley has launched a full-scale assault from the very beginning!”

Under the Azure Mountain Lord’s command, a Four Order Peak Green-Winged Dragon with the ‘Vision Sharing’ skill served as his eyes.The Azure-Winged Dragon soared between heaven and earth, its sharp eyes sweeping across the land.

The Azure Mountain Lord was astonished to discover that the defensive zones of Tianyuan City were remarkably stable—a rare piece of good news.

Yet many defensive zones were not as stable as they had anticipated.

For instance, at this very moment, a Legendary Realm commander at Camp No. 9 had been ambushed and severely wounded on the spot.

The entire camp’s defensive line had become precarious.

The Azure Mountain Lord swiftly dispatched his mobile reserves to provide support.

Like the Azure Mountain Lord, many Pioneer Lords and pioneering teams present possessed ‘Vision Sharing’ type units. Everyone understood the importance of such units; powerful lords had both the resources and the capability to acquire them.

However, not all ‘Vision Sharing’ units within territories or teams possessed formidable strength.

They were essentially ‘expendable units,’ serving as the eyes of the lords while being highly vulnerable to perishing in the field.

At this moment, one Vision Sharing unit after another was being injured or killed during reconnaissance.

As the monster tide breached the first line of defense and surged into the depths of the warzone from the flanks of various camps, reconnaissance by flying units had become increasingly perilous.

Even the Azure Mountain Lord’s Azure-Winged Dragon no longer dared to fly far.

Without shared units, communication between camps could only rely on artifacts or messengers.

As the Crimson Mist spread, artifact-based communication began to suffer interference.

“Messenger! Messenger!”

“What’s the situation at Camp No. 9?”

“Relay orders to the commander of Camp No. 12!”

“Tell Position 121 to hold on—reinforcements are coming soon!”

The command center was in disarray.

……

Position 121.

Roars and the clamor of battle echoed from all directions.

The allied and enemy Legends who had been battling high in the sky were nowhere to be seen—perhaps they had moved elsewhere, or perhaps they had already fallen.

Yu Fan, the Fourth-Order Expert commanding this position, thrust his spear and sent a high-level monster flying.

He scanned his surroundings; monsters and living beings were entangled in combat. He could no longer distinguish how many able fighters remained by his side, nor did he know if reinforcements were coming.

His gaze grew somewhat vacant as he watched messengers fall under the claws and fangs of monsters.

It was as if the entire world had been swallowed by monsters, leaving him on the last remaining island.

“How much longer can I hold out?”

“Have I been abandoned by command?”

He did not know.

And there was no path of retreat.

With a mix of bewilderment, resentment, and determination, he could only continue to fight the monsters relentlessly.

At the very least, he was slaying monsters—that was the right thing to do.

He had no mind to ponder anything else.

Only one thought remained: Kill! Kill! Kill!

He fought on.

The surviving soldiers on the position fought on.

The defenders in the distant camps fought on.

The Legends high in the sky also solidified their resolve to destroy the enemy.

This resolve gathered strand by strand, thread by thread, beam by beam—like scattered stars, yet like the entire starry sky.

The convictions of countless soldiers resonated in harmony.

Such resonance occurred from time to time, and in the past, it had merely been a form of harmony. But today, at this very moment…

The resonating convictions shot up like beams of light, piercing the clouds and connecting with the intangible spiritual network.

“At this moment, conviction is tacit understanding, the ultimate resonance.”

“Under the spiritual connection, our spirits are forever united.”

“Rise.”

Mu Yuan suddenly stepped forward.

One step, two steps, three steps—he ascended into the sky.An intangible, vast mental energy spread out, silencing the clamor within the command center and the chaos between heaven and earth in that very moment.

Green Mountain and the others cast puzzled glances, only for their expressions to shift in the next instant.

They felt an invisible connection.

They were meant to share an instinctive synergy.

It was as if they saw, suspended beyond the fortress, one camp after another—like isolated islands—being illuminated.

The warzones, once divided by the monster tide, were reconnected.

On the front lines, Commander Yu Fan heard the calls of their comrades—they were not alone.

Upon the city walls of the camp, the Tyrant Dragon Lord leaped down, knowing a comrade needed support.

High in the sky, a Legendary Realm expert locked in fierce combat suddenly revealed a smile, executing a silent coordination with another Legendary Realm expert who brushed past them.

At this moment, whether ordinary soldiers or mighty Legends, no matter where they were, none would fight alone.

A sacred mental network connected everyone, and our fervent blood surged unceasingly.

Come, let us fight!

(End of Chapter)