Chapter 125 - 105: "All Armies, Hear My Command: Return to One!
Chapter 125: Chapter 105: "All Armies, Hear My Command: Return to One!
Then, before the Ghost King could react.
High on the cliffs flanking the kilometer-long canyon.
A total of 140 Level 5 Cannon Towers activated almost instantly!
BOOM!
The roar of a single cannon tower kicked off tonight’s battle, immediately pushing it to its climax. The 140 Level 5 Cannon Towers, meticulously positioned high on the canyon cliffs, formed a perfect web of crossfire that covered every inch of the space below.
There were no blind spots.
And not a shred of mercy.
This was no longer just a kilometer-long canyon.
It was a slaughterhouse that Chen Fan had spent days meticulously preparing. For any creature that set foot here, the last sight before death would be the near-vertical cliffs flanking the canyon.
Streaks of incandescent white light tore through the rain, striking with precision into the densest parts of the Ghost Tide.
Like bolts of lightning, they chained between targets, striking three additional Ghost Objects near the initial one.
The firing rhythm of each cannon tower perfectly matched Chen Fan’s precise calculations from the past few days. The terrifying, surging Ghost Tide was now nothing more than raw material waiting to be crushed.
"You dare!"
When the Ghost King finally reacted and turned, he saw his grand army being mercilessly slaughtered. The scarlet triangles in his eye sockets spun wildly as he looked up at the cannon towers perched high on the canyon cliffs.
He was just about to summon a scarlet beam to destroy them...
...when he saw countless columns of light descending from the sky, completely engulfing him.
He had no time to destroy the cannon towers. All he could do was summon a scarlet barrier to shield himself from the onslaught. The beams of light disintegrated the moment they struck the barrier; they couldn’t harm him, but they rapidly drained his power.
...
"This is the Arrow Rain Storm."
「Inside the cave.」
Chen Fan stood watching the scene transmitted by the Shadow Array on his Eternal Night Lord Panel, his expression calm as he muttered.
He had made ample preparations over the past few days.
’The Arrow Rain Storm from the Level 5 Cannon Towers can’t kill the Ghost King, but it can keep him too busy to deal with his slaughtered army. Once he’s a leader with no followers, he’ll be much easier to handle.’
...
"No...!"
Engulfed by countless beams of light and unable to fight back, the Ghost King could only watch as his army of Ghost Objects was rapidly slaughtered in the canyon. His eyes blazed red as he roared hysterically, powerless to stop any of it.
’Rather than let them die for nothing...’
’It’s better to...’
"All forces, hear my command! Become one!"
The Ghost King’s voice echoed off the canyon walls, reverberating across the entire sky.
The next moment—
All the Ghost Objects in the Celestial Pit and the canyon suddenly fell silent. They stopped charging, no longer dodging the beams of light. Instead, they froze in place, dropped to their knees, and faced the Ghost King. Their eyes, filled with fanaticism and madness, let out mournful wails.
Following behind, Qianxi and Qianqiu were slightly taken aback.
They exchanged a look.
They took a deep breath.
Then, they dropped to one knee, faced the Ghost King, and spoke in low, hoarse voices filled with piety and grim resolve.
"To be used by the King. May the King’s prestige shake the continent. May darkness arrive as foretold. For the King..."
"Become one!"
The moment their voices faded.
The entire battlefield seemed to freeze, as if someone had pressed pause. Only the beams of light continued their slaughter. In the next instant, every Ghost Object shattered into thick Ghost Blood, which formed into blood dragons in the air and surged into the Ghost King’s body.
A scarlet radiance enveloped the Ghost King like a blazing flame.
Not a single Ghost Object remained in the entire Celestial Pit.
Only the Ghost King was left, standing in place and radiating a terrifying aura.
Having lost their targets,
the 40 Level 5 Cannon Towers on the canyon walls that could reach the Ghost King, along with the remaining towers on the cliffs of the Celestial Pit and the eight on the City Wall, all swiveled in unison to aim at him.
Dozens of beams of light completely engulfed the Ghost King.
But...
The beams were annihilated the moment they touched his body, failing to cause even a sliver of damage.
"Die!"
Standing in the rainy night, his face twisted in a heart-wrenching, nearly frenzied expression, the Ghost King roared in anguish at the Level 3 City Wall at the entrance to Cave No. 1. ’If so many of my subordinates hadn’t been killed, my Unification would have granted me far greater power!’
’He had planned to destroy this human camp first, then head to Jiangbei City.’
’He never expected this place would force him to play his trump card.’
A scarlet light gradually coalesced in his hand, forming an illusory Long Spear. He threw it with all his might, launching it straight at the City Wall!
The next moment!
BOOM!!!
A massive explosion thundered through the rainy night. A hole several meters wide was blasted through the Level 3 City Wall, a structure that had never been breached before. Through it, the buildings inside the cave were faintly visible.
’The Ghost King felt a flicker of triumph, but he quickly remembered the fallen Qiu Kui. If he’d had the Godslaying Spear, that one strike would have shattered the entire wall—even if this strange Level 3 City Wall was far sturdier than it should be.’
But just then!
In the brief moment of vulnerability after his attack,
A beam of incandescent white light—clearly thicker and more powerful than those from the Level 5 Cannon Towers—shot out from a Level 6 Cannon Tower hidden within the City Wall, striking the Ghost King before he could dodge.
THUD!
A direct hit.
The Ghost King was slammed straight into the wall of the Celestial Pit, Ghost Blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.
"You still have another trump card?"
"Then let’s see what other tricks you have up your sleeve!"
With a savage grin, the Ghost King’s body transformed into a streak of scarlet light. He zipped back and forth across the Celestial Pit, rapidly closing in on the City Wall. The beam from the Level 6 Cannon Tower was completely unable to track his movements, its incandescent blasts missing him again and again.
...
"..."
Deep inside the cave, hiding in the furthest reaches of the Meat Grinder Passage with Lame Monkey and the others, Chen Fan silently watched the scene play out on his Eternal Night Lord Panel. ’The Ghost King is even stronger than I imagined.’