Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” - Chapter 690: The Shift in the Situation

Countless people received the Dominator Artifacts and immediately began refining them, but the refinement process required time.

The simplest ritual offerings could be completed quickly, but full refinement would take at least Kalpas as the unit of time.

With battle imminent, the degree of refinement could only increase gradually.

But the battle had already begun!

Dongfang Mingjing looked ahead.

The trillion-strong army had already entered the combat zone and, without hesitation, concentrated their attacks on the city wall.

Over a trillion beams of Nothingness light merged into a single torrent, striking with terrifying force!

“Everyone! Defend together!”

Dongfang Mingjing commanded the army. Tens of millions of Chaos Dominators launched their attacks simultaneously. Dongfang Mingjing gathered all their power and fired it back from the city wall.

On the adjacent wall segments, similar collective attacks were also launched.

Ten beams of Chaos light converged again, forming a terrifying Chaos torrent that collided with the Scavengers’ attack.

This strike combined the power of over a hundred million Chaos Dominators working together! Amplified a hundredfold by the city wall!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The two terrifying attack torrents clashed violently.

Unsurprisingly, the Chaos torrent was overwhelmed by the Nothingness torrent, the massive assault pushing through the shockwave and surging forward.

Boom!

The violent Nothingness torrent slammed into the city wall. A deep cyan-colored shield on the wall began to visibly fade.

All the Chaos Dominators shared the impact equally. The immense force made everyone’s expression change on the spot!

When the first wave of attacks subsided, Dongfang Mingjing’s aura suddenly weakened. He had absorbed a significant portion of the damage, and his Origin had been worn down by a full seventy percent from this single strike!

With just one attack, such a massive disadvantage had appeared.

Dongfang Mingjing glanced behind him and saw that although everyone’s aura had weakened somewhat, not a single person had fallen. He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Almost everyone was racing against time to refine their Dominator Artifacts, starting with defensive types, palace types, enhancement types, or domain types.

Behind the city wall, reinforcements from Qingfeng City continued to pour in endlessly.

Many Chaos Dominators rushed in and were guided to claim their Dominator Artifacts.

Dongfang Mingjing felt much more relaxed. He took out a pill and immediately consumed it to recover the Chaos Origin he had just lost.

These recovery pills were astonishingly valuable. Each pill contained the entire Origin of a vast Chaos, and they were treasures that were extremely easy to absorb and refine.

They were the work of alchemists, incredibly precious, but now they had to be used.

“They actually blocked it?”

Behind the Scavengers, Blackwood stared at the city wall in confusion. This was clearly beyond his expectations.

But he wasn’t concerned. They could block it once, but how many times could they keep it up?

He immediately commanded the trillion-strong army to continue their assault.

Another wave of combined attacks surged forward.

As the trillion-strong army drew closer, the power of the attack increased by several tenths.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Nothingness torrent once again overwhelmed the Chaos torrent and crashed forward.

The attack was mostly neutralized by the city wall, with only a small portion distributed among the remaining Chaos Dominators.

The stronger ones bore a larger share; the weaker ones took less.

This time, everyone’s consumption was even greater.

Even Dongfang Mingjing himself had consumed eighty percent of his Origin. The loss was so severe he could barely recover.

But they held the line again.

He turned to look back. The number of Chaos Dominators on his side had already swelled to thirty million.

All the Chaos Dominators who had taken the hit were frantically recovering. Logistics soldiers madly distributed pills, recovery Formation Disks, recovery-type Dominator Artifacts, and so on, speeding up the recovery of their Origins.

Specialists dedicated to recovery techniques were also casting spells wildly, accelerating everyone’s recovery.

At the same time, everyone was accelerating the refinement of their Dominator Artifacts. The more they refined, the stronger they became.

Soon, the third wave of attacks arrived.

The city wall’s defense grew even thinner.

Dongfang Mingjing estimated that this wall could only withstand three more attacks.

He had already prepared to retreat.

Fortunately, this time, his consumption had decreased again.

He had only lost sixty percent of his Origin this time.

The consumption was decreasing because the newly joined Chaos Dominators had also begun refining their Dominator Artifacts, and those who had already refined theirs were deepening their refinement, greatly enhancing their defensive capabilities.

After two more attacks.

Dongfang Mingjing found that he had only lost ten percent of his Origin.

The progress was enormous.

But he still had to retreat.

“Everyone, listen up! Retreat to the second city wall!”

Everyone withdrew in a flurry, and all the supplies were transferred simultaneously. They abandoned the first city wall, moved to the second, and quickly began constructing defensive fortifications.

Boom!

An attack came. The pale cyan shield on the first wall was instantly broken. Then the attack continued toward the second wall.

The roar echoed across the second wall.

Dongfang Mingjing noticed that this time, the wall’s consumption had also decreased somewhat. This was mainly because everyone’s attack power had also increased, canceling out more of the Nothingness attacks.

This time, his internal Origin consumption was only half a tenth, which was already acceptable.

At that moment, he looked down at his armor and saw clear signs of damage. Withstanding Nothingness attacks took a huge toll on the Dominator Artifacts.

“The losses of this batch of Dominator Artifacts are enormous. The sacrifice of Alternate Candidate Seven Stars is truly too great!”

Dongfang Mingjing was immensely grateful to Master Seven Stars. If not for this batch of Dominator Artifacts, the wall would have been breached over a dozen layers already, and he might have been killed.

He looked at Zhan Tian, who was also holding the line, and sighed, “Your master is truly all-powerful.”

Zhan Tian’s expression was equally awestruck. “I also find it incredibly absurd.”

Just as Dongfang Mingjing felt the battle situation was about to improve, he suddenly saw a Nothingness Dominator behind the Scavengers charging forward at extreme speed, following the Nothingness torrent.

“Who is that?!” Dongfang Mingjing’s pupils contracted.

Blackwood had already sensed something was wrong. After identifying the problem, he didn’t hesitate and decided to act immediately.

With his seventy-first-order strength, combined with the assault of the trillion Scavengers, he could instantly shatter the city wall’s defenses and wipe out the defending army in one go.

Even if he couldn’t break into Qingfeng City, eliminating the three hundred million Chaos Dominators on Wall No. 77 would still be a great achievement!

Just as he surged forward and reached the city wall, ready to attack.

A small figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

It was a little girl, with delicate features, sweet and cute, but her eyes were cold as she stared at him.

“There’s an ambush! Something’s foul!” Blackwood was shocked!