Chapter 549 – The Foundation of Tianyuan City, Angels Strike

Atop an unnamed mountain peak, the monstrous rulers who governed various overlord forces fell into a collective silence.

Without any intervention from the Legendary Realm, how could their own legendary beings repeatedly meet defeat?

Was this reasonable?

Yet, after witnessing the formidable strength of the human legion through various means, they found it undeniably justified. Ordinary legendary beings could not withstand these elite troops, who fought in perfect coordination and possessed numerous trump cards. Even they themselves would not dare to be careless when facing such elites.

The ace legion of the human forces were truly terrifying!

Some overlord rulers secretly rejoiced that they had not marched south earlier to clash with this evidently unyielding human city.

Fortunately, the elders from Dragon’s Slumber Valley had come to their aid.

At this moment, the rulers of the various forces harbored almost no resentment toward Dragon’s Slumber Valley for forcibly uniting them.

“However, the lords of Dragon’s Slumber Valley have demanded that we push the front lines to the foot of Tianyuan City’s walls. Those esteemed individuals do not require us to breach the city, but surely we cannot fail to accomplish such a simple task,” the Spider Queen chuckled lightly.

Before this, they had thought it a straightforward demand: they merely needed to follow the surging tide of monsters to Tianyuan City’s walls, then gather the power of heaven and earth to launch a few attacks.

How simple it had seemed.

But now, the massive tide of monsters had been forcefully halted, like waves shattered upon impact.

“In that case, it is time for us to take action ourselves.”

“Will we prevail?”

“Of course.”

…

In the Tianyuan City region, aside from the faintly oppressive atmosphere permeating the world and the distant wisps of Crimson Mist and heavy black clouds, all remained tranquil and peaceful.

There was no sign of the monster tide, no deafening roars, no billowing energy clouds, nor earth-shaking explosions.

It seemed the monster tide had been held back in the distance.

Hmm, this incursion by the monster forces likely wasn’t severe.

It appeared that Tianyuan City would soon quell the tide without much trouble.

So thought the visitors from other regions.

No sooner had this thought crossed their minds than the few legendary beings present sensed something amiss.

At the edge of the world, beyond their line of sight, one powerful aura after another surged forth, approaching at an alarming speed.

“Monster legends have appeared! And… and…”

More and more formidable auras were detected, stirring the elemental particles of the entire world into restless agitation.

Ten!

Thirty!

Sixty!

One hundred!

“Boom—”

A Domain unfurled, and a legendary being, harnessing the vast power of heaven and earth, soared across the sky.

Catching sight of the human legion resonating with a military soul in the distance, he snorted coldly and accelerated, showing no intention of engaging in battle.

This was the strategy agreed upon by the Overlord Council.

Since the monster tide had proven unreliable, they would no longer depend on it.

Though these human elites were formidable, capable of resonating with one military soul after another, evading them was not difficult if they were determined to do so.

How could a cumbersome legion hope to pursue legendary beings who commanded the power of heaven and earth?

Moreover, the human elites were scattered across open areas, intercepting the tide. By harnessing the power of heaven and earth to traverse treacherous terrain, the legendary beings could easily bypass them.It would be laughable to say that Legendary Realm beings avoided mortal legions.

“Strategy, it’s all about strategy.”

“Having bypassed these elite human troops, Tianyuan City should have little defensive power left, right?”

Soon,

The human city on the horizon became faintly visible.

“The first Legendary Realm to breach a human city wall will be rewarded with a Tainted Blood Source by the lords of Dragon’s Slumber Valley! Charge!”

A monster Legend roared, eyes burning with fervor.

Roars echoed one after another.

Over a hundred monster Legends charging in a semicircular formation from all directions toward Tianyuan City resembled black suns racing in, radiating terrifying, bone-chilling auras.

“O-one… over a hundred?!”

The envoy from Gemstone Nation trembled, noting numerous existences among them that made their blood run cold.

Even Blazing Palm Yang Kong couldn’t help but gasp.

But a quick glance revealed the city’s administrators remained composed.

Isloria merely felt some regret.

“They’ve scattered?”

If the monster Legends had converged into a unified force, they would’ve been harder to deal with, but there would also have been opportunities for mass elimination.

Now,

“Hmm, let’s initiate Tactics C3.”

The legions didn’t require her direct command, but she had her own mission to fulfill.

Scepter of Heavenly Authority · War Magic · Descent!

Boom—

The distant sky abruptly darkened as countless storm clouds gathered, lightning flashing and thunder rumbling within.

This was the large-scale spell ‘Nine-Headed Roaring Thunderflame Dragon’!

As Tianyuan City’s needs evolved, spells like Water Veil Barriers, Night Concealment Illusions, and Ten-Thousand Wood City Walls had become unnecessary. The Scepter of Heavenly Authority now stored exclusively destructive thunder dragon magic.

The spell had undergone technical iterations.

However, with the continuous growth in combat power of the ‘spell supplier’ General Dolai, the Nine-Headed Roaring Thunderflame Dragon had long reached the structural limits of the Scepter of Heavenly Authority. It couldn’t possibly possess hundredfold the power of General Dolai’s full-strength strike.

It was only slightly stronger than before.

A direct hit could easily annihilate Soul Realm beings without powerful survival means. Still, the war magic condensed by the Scepter of Heavenly Authority was inherently suited for destroying large numbers of enemies rather than single targets.

But without monster hordes providing cover, locking onto Legendary Realm targets became exceptionally easy.

Descent!

Nine ferocious dragon heads emerged from the black clouds, swiftly transforming into terrifying thunder dragons crisscrossing the sky, lunging at the charging monster Legends.

“KABOOM—!!”

A massive ball of thunderflame erupted in the air, flames rolling and burning, lightning continuously intertwining. The monster Legend enveloped in the thunderflame radiance couldn’t struggle for even a moment before their robust body vanished within.

First kill.

A second monster Legend faced the roaring thunder dragon, the space around them solidified due to the spell’s lock-on. With a furious roar, they activated some life-burning secret technique.

Their Domain burning inch by inch, the monster Legend’s body swelled to twice its size as if breaking free from shackles. They shot upward with a bang, barely dodging the biting, fierce thunder dragon.

Before this Legend could catch their breath, dazzling brilliance illuminated their face.

The fierce, massive thunder dragon had somehow defied powerful energy inertia, turning back and rising upward.

Thunder Dragon Lifts Head!

A second ball of lightning bloomed high in the sky.

This demonstrated the power of micro-management.In his weaker days, Lord Mu couldn’t control even a fraction of this Daoist Magic’s entirety.

But now, even when Isloria broke the spell apart to simultaneously control nine raging energies, she remained perfectly at ease—both restraining the thunder dragons from premature detonation and maneuvering them with the agility of fish in water.

After all, she had always excelled at precise control since her humble beginnings, squeezing every drop of utility from her meager energy reserves.

And now, she had reached the Soul Realm.

Even though only a Starlight Avatar stood here, empowered by the Starry Sky Scepter’s might, it could unleash strength scarcely inferior to her true form.

Under the starry sky, wherever starlight reached became an extension of her power.

Clusters of thunderous light erupted across the gloom of overcast skies.

Suddenly,

“Your Majesty, save me, save me!”

A monster in the Legendary Realm screamed in terror.

The roaring thunder dragon had locked onto it—sky and earth seemingly sealed, space heavy as shackles.

Then, a massive dark hand emerged, resembling a world-grinding millstone, effortlessly snuffing out the hundreds-of-meters-long thunder dragon with a crisp snap.

A Dark Titan stood tall in the heavens, casting a distant gaze.

That gaze chilled one to the very soul.

“Seems like a powerhouse within the Soul Realm.”

But so what?

Isloria guided her thunder dragons around this formidable foe, continuing their lethal dance.

Soon, the Nine-Headed Roaring Thunderflame Dragons were spent.

This grand spell, under her command, achieved the terrifying feat of eight consecutive kills.

One move, eight kills!

Though facing over a hundred surging Legendary beings, losing eight was hardly significant.

Yet, none dared underestimate the weight of eight consecutive kills!

Even a world-class powerhouse couldn’t slay eight Legendary beings in such short order, could they?

As the spell concluded, the thunderclouds gathered high above rapidly dispersed, along with the pervasive aura of destruction.

Witnessing this, the previously intimidated Legendary monsters regained their vigor, shouting “Charge!” and “Kill!” as they surged forward once more.

The next moment,

“Thunder, come.”

The thick gloom that had just faded swiftly coalesced again, destructive lightning flashing as the second wave of nine thunder dragons emerged from the oppressive clouds.

Nine-Headed Roaring Thunderflame Dragons—Second Volley!

Blinding bursts of thunderfire brilliance bloomed across the sky.

This time, Isloria selected more suitable targets, achieving the glorious feat of nine kills in one strike.

These fearsome Legendary monsters, who could subdue numerous monster Tribes, were obliterated in an instant like insects.

The still-advancing Legendary monsters screeched to yet another halt.

Fear and panic gripped them!

Despite their overwhelming numerical advantage—and even suspecting the human city had few Legendary defenders, given how freely such trump cards were deployed—they couldn’t shake the dread as dark thunderclouds gathered once more.

Each monster feared the next thunder dragon might strike them.

This was the terror of Death itself harvesting lives—once targeted, death was certain, even if only one fell.

They hesitated.

Their own lives mattered more, after all.Yet this hesitation did not last long, as the monster legends seemed compelled by some irresistible force, once again—no, this time with even greater speed and desperation—they charged toward the human city.

Some monster legends hastily gathered, attempting to join forces to block the terrifying thunder dragon.

“BOOM!!!”

The nine thunderflame dragons did not separate but merged into one, crashing down upon a specific point in the sky.

The radiance first collapsed into a single point, then erupted with even greater brilliance. A terrifying energy cloud billowed upward, and visible waves of white energy swept across dozens of kilometers.

Within this range, clouds and mist were completely swept away.

As the energy cloud slowly dissipated, the dozen or so monster legends that had been engulfed within it had vanished without a trace.

This single strike had eliminated over a dozen!

Yet this did not intimidate the monster legends in the slightest.

Unnoticed, the eyes of these monster legends had become completely crimson, with bloody streaks even spreading beyond their eye sockets, crawling wildly across their cheeks.

Their appearance was eerily similar to that of ordinary monsters driven mad during the Crimson Mist disaster.

They were legends, but at this moment, they were no different.

A few legends maintained a sliver of reason amidst their frenzy.

A demon enveloped in blazing dark red flames, with horns sprouting from its head, stared fixedly with blood-red eyes at the pink-haired figure standing on the high platform.

He would crush this human inch by inch, strip her skin piece by piece, and make her kneel to witness the fall of this human city and see how he would enslave its people as his livestock.

Ahhhhh—

Frenzy, bloodlust, and various emotions surged through his mind.

The figure shot across the sky, arriving before Tianyuan City in the blink of an eye, its overwhelming aura pressing down like an abyss.

“ZAP—ZAP—BOOM!”

The large electromagnetic coil tower, charged to its limit, suddenly erupted with radiance.

A pillar of lightning, as large as a pond, tore through the sky, spanning several kilometers.

“BOOM!!”

Thunder and fire collided mid-air, the scattered energy carving deep trenches into the distant ground.

The hell demon burst out from the dust.

Two beams of brilliant light shot from afar.

Holy Slash!

“Get lost!”

Dark red hellfire swept across the sky for thousands of meters.

Two figures shrouded in blazing white light were sent tumbling backward.

Four-winged angels!

But these two angels at the peak of the Heaven-Earth Realm were completely unable to stop the frenzied hell demon. Even bathed in holy light and wielding sacred swords, they were forced to retreat.

The demon’s ferocity surged.

A dazzling light suddenly appeared, crossing several kilometers in an instant, materializing near the hell demon.

This was yet another angel.

As soon as it appeared, it expanded an immense ten-thousand-meter domain, its brilliant holy light instantly dispelling the darkness.

“Holy Judgment Purification!”

The angel gripped its sword with both hands, bringing it down with the purest and holiest radiance upon the hell demon, who had no time to defend itself.

The rolling dark red hellfire melted away like ice and snow under the purifying light, exposing the demon’s unprotected body.

The sacred sword descended.

The demon attempted to block, but the claws he had just mustered some power with were easily severed like cardboard before the utterly pure holy sword. The light blade sliced diagonally through his armor, churning violently within the demon’s body as the brilliant holy light erupted inside.Large chunks of gore splattered, only to be completely purified the moment they flew out.

The angel swept its three pairs of holy wings, withdrawing the Sword without a moment’s pause before swinging it down once more.

This time, the head of the ferocious demon—eyes wide open in an unblinking death stare—soared high into the air before being pierced by the angel’s sharp Sword.

Holy flames erupted, and within seconds, only drifting ashes remained of the entire head.

This wild Soul Realm creature, devoid of any resurrection contingencies, perished on the spot!

Only then did the figure bathed in sacred white light fully manifest in the sky.

Golden-white full-body armor, a holy Sword blazing with golden flames, and three pairs of blazing white wings spread wide—sacred, noble, and magnificent.

This was…

“An angel!!”

(End of Chapter)