Chapter 499 – Monsters Passing Through, the Shadow That Rules the Night!

In the Shattered Isle Region, where wisps of crimson mist drifted and most areas were covered by gloomy clouds, the sky abruptly cracked without warning.

The massive fissure that appeared wasn’t a dark, deep void but instead brimmed with ominous crimson.

“It’s the Crimson Mist!”

Blazing Flame Lord’s pupils contracted sharply once more as she witnessed continuous crimson mist pouring from this enormous scarlet rift, spreading across the surrounding sky.

She didn’t understand what was happening, but she knew this was undoubtedly a catastrophe.

A great calamity had arrived.

“I have a very ominous premonition. We must return to the warzone immediately.

“General Dolai, don’t worry about us. Hurry back—Tianyuan Lord surely needs you now.”

“Ah, oh!”

Dolai nodded, its divine sense sweeping the surroundings but finding nothing unusual. It then unfurled the wind-wings transformed from its Shapeshifting Badge. Wrapped in a cyan hurricane, it soared away.

It had already received the news.

This wasn’t just happening in the Shattered Isle Region…

…

“This isn’t just the Shattered Isle Region. Our Ten Directions Island Region also experienced the sky shattering at the same moment, cracking open with a crimson fissure stretching tens of thousands of miles.”

Under such celestial upheaval, Mu Yuan was jolted awake from his secluded cultivation.

He hadn’t been in deep meditation anyway.

Gazing up at the sky, his expression turned extremely grave.

The crimson fissure didn’t traverse directly above Tianyuan City. It likely originated from the Land of Red Mist, appearing thicker near its source and gradually narrowing until it vanished farther away.

Many areas within the Ten Directions Island Region housed Tianyuan City’s elite forces.

Through the spiritual network that allowed instantaneous communication, Mu Yuan had already located the endpoint of the ‘Crimson Tendril’ within the Ten Directions Island Region.

Approximately seven to eight thousand meters south of Tianyuan City.

“Is this celestial phenomenon occurring only in the Ten Directions Island Region and Shattered Isle Region, or…”

If it were the latter, the situation would be extremely, extremely dire.

Mu Yuan murmured.

…

At this moment, countless lords within the Taixuan Alliance were roused from their slumber.

Xuandu urgently convened a meeting.

“Specific details haven’t been compiled yet, but it’s certain that the scope of this celestial rupture far exceeds localized areas.”

A Pioneer Group intelligence officer still wearing casual attire reported:

“The Cold Valley Mountain Warzone, Dragon Mountain Pass Warzone, Giant Amber Mountain Warzone, Shattered Isle Warzone… nearly all warzone areas have witnessed the catastrophic scene of the sky cracking open with crimson tendrils spanning the heavens.”

“We’re currently contacting various frontline strongholds and pioneer camps. Based on existing intelligence, some strongholds can distantly observe the celestial rupture, while others cannot. No celestial rupture disaster has been detected in the Alliance Heartland so far.”

“Thus, we can tentatively speculate that the deeper into the Wilderness one goes, the more likely the celestial rupture phenomenon appears.”

It was as if countless tendrils had unfurled from the depths of the Land of Red Mist, tearing apart the sky in a terrifying display.

The elder at the head of the table stood up, his gaze solemn.

“The entire Alliance enters emergency wartime status! Immediately organize powerful reinforcements for frontline regions!”

…

The Divine Radiance Empire, Eternal Star Empire, Divine Wood Dynasty…

One major nation after another was abruptly startled, swiftly transitioning to wartime readiness. Urgent alarm sirens blared over numerous peripheral towns.Within the Holy Griffin Empire.

“The sky is tearing apart, and a calamitous scene resembling crimson giant tentacles spans the heavens—this is the sign of the Great Cataclysm’s arrival!”

“Didn’t the Erudite Research Institute claim the Crimson Mist surge wouldn’t peak for at least eight more months? They never predicted anything about these crimson tentacles either! What use is this institute to us?!”

“Let’s not be too harsh. After all, this involves the Filth Cataclysm—some margin of error in the Institute’s predictions is understandable. Moreover, none of these crimson tentacles have appeared within our Holy Empire’s borders. No matter how widespread their reach or devastating their impact, what does it matter to us?”

A high-ranking noble shrugged.

Other nobles exchanged glances, most of them chuckling in agreement.

…

Meanwhile,

In the Shattered Isle Region.

Dolai was rushing back toward the Warzone.

“Don’t block my way!”

It clapped its hands together and exhaled, summoning a cyan hurricane that coalesced into a vast wind current spanning several kilometers, shattering the monster hordes looming like dark clouds ahead.

The azure winds shredded these creatures, their dismembered limbs and fragments raining down from the sky.

Without pausing, Dolai flew straight through the shower of gore and continued its journey.

“The monsters are increasing.”

“Seems like monster tides are appearing near our territory too.”

“Hmm…”

It suddenly felt uncertain about where to head.

Isloria had established stellar anchor points in the Warzone, allowing her to open spatial gates at will and send it back to Tianyuan City.

It could travel between the two locations freely.

However, it was still quite far from the Warzone—to reach it, Dolai needed to fly toward the ten o’clock direction for approximately… approximately…

Dolai wiggled all ten fingers, trying to calculate.

Suddenly, a psychic transmission connected.

“Oh! Dolai acknowledges, Dolai understands!”

Its ahoge perked up, and the confusion vanished from its face.

It knew what to do now.

Several areas in the Shattered Isle Region required its support, but its home territory needed its presence more urgently.

So it…

Dolai halted mid-flight, its wind wings detaching and reverting into a small badge amidst a shimmer of light.

It stuffed the badge into its mouth, chewing lightly.

The next moment,

Hands on hips, Dolai took a deep breath and exhaled with a “whoosh,” producing a cluster of shimmering, cobalt-blue viscous substance.

The starry blue fluid shot forward and instantly transformed into a girl in blue robes, holding a staff.

Dolai—Split Mode!

Dolai lacked powerful incarnation skills—this splitting technique directly partitioned its own energy.

The more it split, the weaker it became.

But its energy reserves were astronomically vast. Combined with its Soul Realm manifestation ability, even a split body with half its power could exert tremendous combat strength across great distances.

Go, my split self!

The split Dolai attached the Shapeshifting Badge wings and vanished as a streak of light toward the Horizon’s End.

…

Simultaneously—no, slightly earlier.

Just dozens of breaths after the sky tore open…

“BOOM—”

The Raging Lands, stretching across countless miles at the extreme north of the Ten Directions Island Region, were violently torn apart by overwhelming, terrifying forces.

Figures with abyssal auras crossed over from the Land of Red Mist on the other side.

“Dance wildly, rejoice—this shall be your hunting ground.”

“But first, completely crush the human settlement Lord Ice Burial has commanded.”A Hunting Grand Duke spoke.

The numerous Legendary Realm monsters that had descended upon this domain did not hesitate or pause for even a moment, roaring as they flew toward the south of the island domain.

They held nothing back.

A horde of demons charged forth!

…

The alarm over Tianyuan City had long since sounded.

This was an extremely critical situation—an unimaginably powerful enemy was crossing domains, seizing the opportunity presented by the sky’s rupture.

“According to reports from our scouts, there are countless Legendary Realm monsters, gathering an aura so immense it seems capable of crushing the heavens.”

Mu Yuan calmly donned his armor.

The officers and elites of Tianyuan City swiftly and methodically organized their ranks, marching to the front lines.

The situation might be urgent, and they might be facing an unprecedented foe.

But Tianyuan Territory had faced perilous situations more than once or twice on its journey.

“All forces, advance and crush them!”

Yet Tianyuan City was not the only one sounding the alarm.

At this moment,

shortly after Tianyuan City issued its alert, the elven Legendary Mirena, stationed at Nature’s Garden, received the news.

“Tianyuan City is sounding the alarm again? Is it related to the sky’s rupture?”

Nature’s Garden also raised its alarm.

After all, the sky had split open, crimson and glaring, with ominous Filth spreading everywhere—she dared not let her guard down.

But Mirena also had confidence in resisting the disaster.

To say she had confidence might sound arrogant or presumptuous, but she had great faith in Tianyuan City.

Not long ago, Tianyuan City had also sounded the alarm, mobilized its forces, and swiftly repelled and eliminated the invading monster elites from the Ten Directions Island Region.

Even earlier, when faced with a sudden Monster Tide and sky-obscuring giant calamity beasts, Tianyuan City had suppressed them with lightning speed.

The sky tearing open and a crimson river spanning the horizon would surely trigger a new, even larger Monster Tide, but they would undoubtedly crush the tide of monsters.

So Mirena thought.

Until…

“Lady Mirena, we’ve… we’ve discovered… discovered…”

A young-looking elf, who was actually several decades old, rushed to her in a panic, stammering but eventually managing to explain the situation.

Mirena abruptly stood up. “What did you say?!”

She wanted to question it.

But then she suddenly looked toward the distant sky.

The sky was still azure blue, but a corner of the crimson rift was visible in the distance, with Crimson Mist spreading.

At this moment, there weren’t many monsters.

She saw nothing unusual within her field of vision.

Yet she could already sense from afar a terrifying, frenzied, and bone-chilling aura moving southward.

It wasn’t that her perception was extraordinary, but rather…

The enemy was making no attempt to conceal itself!

The enemy’s aura spread overwhelmingly across the sky and land!

The dreadful Auras of over a hundred Legendary Realm beings, holding nothing back, converged into a single force, forming a horrifying power that seemed capable of grinding the heavens to dust.

“How… is this possible…?”

“The enemy’s target is… Tianyuan City?”

Mirena clenched her fists, her gaze fixed intently ahead.

A few seconds later, she summoned the second Legendary in Nature’s Garden, who held the highest authority after her.

“Immediately organize the Elites among our people, gather our belongings, and prepare to evacuate. Quickly! We can no longer stay in the Ten Directions Island Region.”

The elven Legendary’s face turned even paler, but understanding the situation, she nodded without hesitation.

Mirena said, “From now on, the leadership of Nature’s Garden falls to you.”

“Eh? But Lady Mirena, what about you…?”

“Me?”

Mirena put on her combat armor and removed her personal Storage Ring, placing it on her junior’s hand.”I must go to Tianyuan City.”

“But…”

“Without Tianyuan City, our Nature’s Garden would still be barely surviving. Now, with you legends leading, I have nothing left to worry about. Therefore, I must go to Tianyuan City—this is the duty I, as the leader of Nature’s Garden, must fulfill.”

“At the very least, I won’t feel so ashamed before our allies.”

Mirena drew her Sword and soared into the sky, racing away at her fastest speed.

…

As she flew and the distance closed, cold sweat gradually beaded on Mirena’s forehead.

She had entered the area under Tianyuan City’s influence.

That is, the mining region.

She saw ordinary humans in the mining area quickly evacuating via airships in the distance.

She also saw further away, on the peaks of several mountains, Tianyuan City’s elites making preparations. She spotted familiar figures—several of Tianyuan City’s Generals.

“Is Tianyuan City… planning to face the enemy here?”

“Are they buying time for the rear to retreat? Never mind, let’s face the enemy here!”

There wasn’t much time left anyway.

The enemy’s aura was completely unconcealed, indicating they were charging forward at top speed.

She could faintly see a dark cloud covering dozens of miles, pressing down heavily. This was the presence of monster legends gathered together, powerful enough to affect heaven and earth.

“They’re here!”

The number of enemies was indeed not large, with no monster armies or war machines accompanying them.

Even the flocks of flying monsters summoned by the monster legends’ call were left far behind.

All she could see under the dark cloud were figures standing in mid-air, one after another.

“Gnoll Legend, Serpentfolk Legend, Black Feather Legend, Dragonkin Legend, and the Crimson Dragon.”

An eighty-meter-tall Crimson Dragon.

A two-hundred-meter-tall Crimson Dragon!

As the distance closed, this terrifying pressure swept over her like relentless blades striking repeatedly.

It had already formed a tangible oppressive force.

“CRACK—”

A small mountain in the distance shattered under the invisible force, like a sandcastle crushed by immense power.

Peaks continuously fractured and collapsed, with only the positions Tianyuan City’s soldiers had prepared earlier remaining intact under the pressure.

Then,

“BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—!”

Cannons and war machines deployed in the positions roared to life, their brilliant flames streaking across the sky like hundreds of shooting stars.

This was the might of humanity’s war machines, the power of defensive Sharp Weapons.

“Solidify.”

A resounding voice echoed through heaven and earth.

The presence condensed by over a hundred legends was too terrifying; even the monster legends’ slight manipulation of heaven and earth’s power created a horrifying force.

In Mirena’s view, this barrage of firepower—which she wouldn’t dare face head-on herself—couldn’t even spark before the legion of legends.

The cannons continued to thunder, but to no avail.

The monster legends were already advancing through the air.

“BOOM—”

Unmanned Artillery Position One was annihilated, turned to dust under the crushing force of heaven and earth.

Unmanned Artillery Position Two crumbled and collapsed under repeated strikes from a colossal hand of energy.

They couldn’t hold them back, simply couldn’t hold them back!

Mirena tightened her grip on her Sword. She had no intention of fleeing, but her face had turned pale—a despairing pallor.

Then,

“Preparations are almost complete.”

She faintly heard such words.

A black-haired, black-dressed figure, who seemed to be called Sophia, one of Tianyuan’s Generals, stepped into the air.She interlaced her fingers and walked forward step by step, as if climbing a staircase.

Dozens of Black Crows appeared around her;

Hundreds of Black Crows swirled and danced;

Thousands of Black Crows spread outward like a dark cloud.

Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands…

The sky filled with Black Crows, and the night enveloped everything.

The darkest of nights covered heaven and earth, only for these countless red eyes to densely emerge before gradually extinguishing.

‘I’ve suffered a great loss this time.’

“Flock of Crows… Burial!”

All the Black Crows disintegrated, and countless black feathers formed a raging storm of death, burying everything in their path.

(End of Chapter)