Chapter 484 – An Impassable Chasm for Enemies, Like a Deity

Shattered Isle Region.

Somewhere, a ‘petite’ golden dragon tore through space, transforming into a golden streak of light as it continuously fled.

Behind it, at the edge of vision, a figure enveloped in a cyan hurricane pursued with lightning speed.

“Where do you think you’re running!”

Dolai roared angrily while giving chase.

Suddenly, two golden crescent blades materialized out of nowhere, slashing forward with the speed of lightning.

This was the pinnacle of velocity;

And the epitome of sharpness;

Dolai barely had time to adjust its posture before the twin blades swept past its left and right sides, severing several strands of its flowing blue hair.

Dolai immediately retaliated with over a dozen Super-Lightning Magnetic Cannons, though the effect was limited.

This was its fastest-conjuring long-range attack. If it tried to summon a Blazing Sun, the enemy would have long vanished without a trace.

“Why is this guy so good at running away!”

…

“Should I keep chasing or not?”

Two quarters ago, after Dolai’s futile pursuit, it decided to consult the omniscient Lord.

By this time, the war had already begun.

Mu Yuan pondered briefly, he…

Did not recall Dolai.

Dolai was exceptionally suited for warfare, capable of annihilating countless monsters with a single large-scale spell.

Dolai’s offensive output far surpassed that of the Hunting Grand Duke Eye Blade.

“However…”

“If I were the commander of Dragon’s Slumber Valley, I would have Pupil Blade lie in ambush, waiting for the opportune moment to strike. This Hunting Grand Duke’s attacks are silent yet swift as lightning, possessing unparalleled single-target severing capability…”

Apart from lacking conceptual ‘severing’ or ‘cleaving’ properties, in terms of pure sharpness, the Hunting Grand Duke’s Gold Blade was no less formidable than Deadbone’s Desolate Kingbone.

“If Pupil Blade launches a surprise attack, even Soul Realm experts could be severely wounded if caught off guard. Legendary Heaven-Earth Realm practitioners below the peak level might be bisected before they even realize what’s happening.”

The Hunting Grand Duke Eye Blade could be called the ultimate killer of lesser foes.

Though the definition of ‘lesser foes’ here was quite broad, encompassing even Legendary Heaven-Earth Realm experts.

Dolai also possessed the power to instantly eliminate Legendary Heaven-Earth Realm opponents.

But Dragon’s Slumber Valley had far more Legendary Realm experts than the Taixuan side. Trading pieces with the enemy, even at ratios of one-to-two, one-to-three, or one-to-four, seemed unworthy in Mu Yuan’s assessment.

Warfare wasn’t merely about exchanging pieces either.

Driven by some form of ‘command,’ monster Legends would neither fear nor retreat.

If Taixuan’s Legendary experts fell to the invisible, untraceable Gold Blades, the blow to morale would undoubtedly be devastating.

“Pursue!”

“If we miss this opportunity, capturing this extremely cautious Hunting Grand Duke will become even more difficult.”

But how to catch up with the enemy remained a problem.

Dolai was slightly faster than the Hunting Grand Duke Eye Blade, but it needed to guard against the enemy’s silently striking Gold Blades. Often at such moments, its speed was forced to decrease.

Fortunately, the omniscient Lord provided it with a strategy.

Though it would require time.

“This enemy is truly troublesome.”

…

“What manner of being is this creature!”

Pupil Blade, transformed into a golden streak of light in his escape, had begun sweating profusely.

His speed couldn’t match the pursuer’s.

Therefore, as he fled, he periodically glanced back, golden blade light shooting from his vertical pupils.This was not merely about sniping and obstructing the enemy; Pupil Blade also thought he might catch this human off guard.

His Gold Blade was incomparably sharp!

His Gold Blade was invincible under the heavens!

He could turn the tables!

Such confidence gradually sprouted within him.

Seizing the moment, just as the human expert was about to catch up, he turned and unleashed several Gold Blades that tore through the sky.

Space split apart.

Heaven and earth cracked.

The rapidly pursuing human expert, perhaps caught off guard or unable to react in time, had her entire body sliced in two, severed at the waist.

She was split into two!!

“Even a Legendary Realm lifeform would at least be severely wounded by a waist severing. This battle is mine to win, hahahahaha…”

His laughter abruptly ceased.

The severed human girl soon stopped bleeding from the wound. The crimson blood staining her robes and the cut gradually faded and vanished.

Then, the human girl grabbed her severed lower half as if picking up a pair of loose trousers, hoisting it up and reattaching it with a snap.

In the blink of an eye, the human expert was restored to her original state, her aura not diminished in the slightest.

If not for the healing slash marks on her robes, Pupil Blade would have doubted whether he had fallen under an Illusion.

This human… no, this creature was definitely not human!

His proud Gold Blade couldn’t even scratch her, and she gave off an indescribable sense of danger. Indeed, tactically retreating from the start had been the right choice.

But…

He couldn’t shake off this being!

However, this being couldn’t catch up to him either. Once he escaped back to his stronghold, he would be safe.

He could survive!

Pupil Blade was confident of this.

At that moment, a figure appeared in the distance ahead of him.

It was…

A round, blue, jelly-like creature with a pair of small wings flapping on either side.

“A Large Slime?”

“No, there shouldn’t be any Slimes in this place. This Slime is definitely not normal!”

Pupil Blade didn’t know what was wrong, but his intuition and past experience told him that something unusual was afoot.

He glanced behind him.

Without hesitation, he swiftly changed direction and fled sideways.

He wanted to avoid the two figures pinching him from the front and back.

He succeeded.

Thanks to his timely decision, even with the detour, the human-like being behind him was still tens of thousands of meters away.

Next, as long as he continued using his Gold Blades to obstruct, he could gradually widen the distance from this being.

He thought.

But at that very moment, rotating shades of black and white engulfed his body.

Pupil Blade’s vision was filled with only these two colors.

White was the emptiness of heaven and earth.

Black was the Devouring of all things.

“A Domain?”

The Domain thickened the space, but for a Soul Realm existence like him, the effect was minimal.

He was only slightly slower.

He was only rapidly closing the distance.

He was only more completely enveloped by the Domain, and then he saw it—the great black sun he had witnessed in his fragmented Divine Soul memories.

A black Great Sun hung in the sky.

His Gold Blades striking into it were like drops of water falling into a lake, barely causing a ripple.

Heaven and earth, space, time, consciousness, Soul… everything returned to nothingness.

Before his consciousness was annihilated, Pupil Blade thought of the Domain he had glimpsed moments earlier, seemingly spanning thousands of miles.

How large was it?

His sluggish mind pondered.

Perhaps… thirty thousand? Forty thousand?”A being destined for greatness sooner or later.”

“To perish at the hands of such a high-level existence… my ending seems… not… bad…”

The murmuring voice dissipated along with the body, like dust, like smoke, vanishing between heaven and earth.

Not a single trace remained.

……

Simultaneously.

The great battle in the Shattered Isle Warzone had reached its climax.

With the psychic network connecting everyone, the entire warzone became a unified whole.

Reinforcements, coordination, countermeasures… every tactical maneuver became extremely efficient, and the defensive lines across the warzone stabilized. All thirty-six guard camps remained intact, and many of the extended positions outside the camps still existed, neither destroyed nor forced to retreat.

Such battle conditions were already far better than what everyone had anticipated.

However,

the number of powerful beings in the Dragon’s Slumber Valley army also exceeded their expectations.

“Black Sky Grand Duke, Six-Winged Grand Duke, and… Pupilblade Grand Duke who is being held back elsewhere.”

Grand Dukes were absolute powerhouses.

Either they were profound masters within the Soul Realm, capable of glimpsing the Law Realm; or they possessed unique abilities and specialized skills.

Whether the former or the latter, they were all formidable enemies.

Hunting Grand Duke Eye Blade belonged to the latter category – a Grand Duke with specialized skills. Though his frontal combat strength was relatively weak compared to top-tier Soul Realm experts, his killing methods and efficiency were arguably unmatched below the Law Realm.

He was an extremely dangerous powerhouse.

On the battlefield, Overturning Tide Lord from Marsh City was holding off the Six-Winged Grand Duke.

The Emerald Dragon from Green Mountain City and Tree Spirit Grandma from Tianyuan City were jointly resisting the assaults of Black Sky Grand Duke.

Rain Dust Lord and her generals were engaging two Soul Realm Blood Dragons.

After annihilating nine monster Legends, Uta found himself pinned down by a Soul Realm expert from Dragon’s Slumber Valley.

From ordinary soldiers to Legendary Realm experts, countless individuals were locked in desperate combat at this moment.

The entire battlefield had almost transformed into a meat grinder.

The temporary troops recruited from the warzone were dying in massive numbers.

Even intelligent high-tier troops, general-level powerhouses, professional combatants, and even Lords had begun to fall in battle.

The situation remained deadlocked.

“Currently we can still maintain our lines, but… the enemy’s offensive is too fierce. Our defenses can hold for at most another half hour.”

“Tianyuan, organize a retreat.”

“We need to contract our defensive areas to strengthen our lines.”

Azure Mountain Lord, who returned drenched in blood after a sortie, spoke these words.

Mu Yuan sat on the ground, maintaining the ‘psychic network’ with over half of his mental focus.

He said, “If we retreat, our warzone’s territory will shrink after this battle. The miracle power throughout the Shattered Isle Region will decline while the filth continues to spread. This gradual weakening is just slow death.”

As an experienced Pioneer Lord, Azure Mountain Lord naturally understood this principle.

Their war wasn’t merely a conflict between living beings and monsters.

It was also this world’s struggle against the filth.

When they grew stronger, the world grew stronger.

When they retreated, the world retreated.

But saying this was one thing…

“If we don’t contract our defensive lines, we’ll soon suffer massive casualties, and by then…”

He paused, “Even if we don’t withdraw voluntarily, we’ll be forced to retreat anyway.”

After all, the entire warzone’s defensive network was composed of various pioneering teams. Many Lords and professional combatants, even after years of warfare, weren’t necessarily that fearless of death.That is natural.

Everyone’s life is precious.

The pioneer lords and their teams of Taixuan are already battle-hardened elite soldiers. Even when facing enemies several times or even over a dozen times their number, everyone still holds the belief to stand firm. However, if the defense line truly cannot be held, and a rout becomes inevitable, it is difficult for lords to perish along with their positions.

This is a flaw in the lord system of the Eternal World.

Once teams begin to retreat, the front lines will collapse like an avalanche, and the number of soldiers who die in battle will far exceed just these.

Mu Yuan himself is also someone who fears death and has no right or standing to blame others.

All he can do is ensure such a situation does not occur.

After the Azure Mountain Lord finished speaking, he glanced at him with a puzzled expression, “Why do I get the feeling that you are confident and have made preparations long ago?”

“I have indeed made a little preparation.”

…

On the eve of establishing the main warzone in the Shattered Isle Warzone.

Lu Liu, representing Tianyuan City, was responsible for the overall direction of the defense line construction.

Mu Yuan said at the time, “We need to anticipate the enemy generously, and we must maintain the entire battle line to achieve a great victory.”

“With the establishment of this defense line, we can make some preparations.”

He looked at Lu Liu.

In terms of defense and guardian capabilities, no one compares to Lu Liu.

The legendary power ‘Celestial Barrier’ can be considered an absolute defensive ability.

But Lu Liu is only a ‘juvenile’ legend, and the Celestial Barrier cannot cover the entire warzone. Relying on his own strength alone, he cannot maintain this barrier for long.

Lu Liu is not alone.

「Lu Liu can borrow the bodies of the ‘Fearless Great Mountain Divine Venerable’ to erect a massive, indestructible barrier. The more Fearless Great Mountain Divine Venerables used, the wider and more solid the Celestial Barrier’s coverage becomes.」

「When the Fearless King stands upon the earth, all soldiers will charge forward without fear.」

Not only that, but the soldiers can also become the Fearless King’s support, aiding him in ascending to godhood.

And now, with the mental network connecting all soldiers in the warzone, the number of warriors under the Fearless King’s command has increased accordingly.

…

“In the name of the fearless, summon the Great Mountain Divine Venerable to aid us!”

Beneath the high walls of the core fortress.

Lu Liu stood firm here, as if one man could hold the pass against ten thousand.

A majestic golden giant manifested behind him, wielding a crescent saber, and with a single strike, brought down a legendary being flying in the air.

Then came the second, the third, the fourth, the…

The Fearless Warchiefs accompanying Lu Liu roared in unison.

At the same time.

Camp One, Camp Two…

Including camps not managed by Tianyuan Territory, there were also Fearless Warchiefs stationed.

Some positions also had the presence of Fearless Generals.

“Fearless Divine Venerable, isn’t that the signature skill of the Fearless Warchief? But how can there be so many?”

“The Tianyuan Lord couldn’t possibly have dozens of Fearless Warchiefs, could he? What has General Lu Liu done? Is this some kind of strategic skill?”

Someone in the command center murmured.

Not long ago, at a crucial frontline position.

“Has the order to retreat not come down yet? We’re about to be overrun!”

“I admit Tianyuan is a competent commander, but he is, after all, a young lord. Without the Arrow Sword Master holding the line, we cannot possibly defend the entire area. We should retreat when necessary.”

“Hold on a little longer. We can’t just yet…”

Before a certain professional could finish speaking, his mouth fell open uncontrollably, trembling slightly.In the distance, at the edge of vision, a terrifying presence more colossal than mountains slowly emerged from the drifting Crimson Mist.

It resembled a wingless wyvern, yet possessed an infinitely massive body.

Thick Crimson Mist coiled around its form.

Wherever it passed, the earth sank, and scorching, molten magma gushed forth.

Its very existence meant catastrophe.

“It’s… a Calamity Beast!”

“We can’t possibly hold off a Calamity Beast!”

The professionals and Lords who witnessed the beast were seized with terror, their already fragile resolve crumbling like shattered rock.

But then, a voice echoed in their hearts.

A Tianyuan warrior clad in black armor, drenched in blood, strode forward past the crowd.

Even though his figure seemed insignificant;

Even though the terrifying Calamity Beast loomed directly ahead;

His steps never faltered.

Resplendent golden light descended from the heavens.

A golden barrier stood firm upon the earth, stretching to both sides of the horizon until it enveloped the entire frontline of the Shattered Isle Warzone.

“Boom—”

A crimson pillar of light shot from the distance, yet could not leave even a scratch on the golden barrier.

This was an insurmountable chasm the enemy could never cross;

Like divine radiance bestowed from above.

In a daze, the soldiers felt their fear vanish.

“Let’s fing do this!”

Written while battling recurring fever, barely managed to finish this chapter. Going to sleep now! Hope the fever breaks by tomorrow—bless me, lords!

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