Chapter 319 - 161: King from the Heavens, Furious and Savage

Chapter 319: Chapter 161: King from the Heavens, Furious and Savage

Bolts of lightning occasionally struck the Celestial Pillar.

If only...

’If only that Great Ghost would arrive a little later,’ Chen Fan thought. ’The Celestial Pillar could absorb more lightning, giving us another ace up our sleeve. We’d be more confident facing it then.’

Wang Kui followed Chen Fan’s gaze toward the massive Celestial Pillar on Nameless Mountain. He instantly understood the Domain Lord’s meaning, hesitating for a moment before speaking.

"Domain Lord..."

"Honestly, I don’t think we need to be so worried. We’re strong enough. Our Rainy Season Defense Line is already the strongest of the Four Areas of Jiangbei."

"I don’t think even the defenses at the Eternal Night Frontline are that much stronger than ours."

"If even we can’t stop them..."

"...then no one in the Four Areas of Jiangbei will survive. They’ll all die. Our defenses are sufficient as they are, even without the Celestial Pillar."

"..."

Chen Fan glanced back at Wang Kui, pausing for a moment before speaking softly.

"If Ghost Objects were really so weak, the creatures of the New Continent wouldn’t have been completely slaughtered."

"We are stronger than before."

"But we are not strong enough."

"Our current strength is far from enough."

"Besides..."

Before he could finish his sentence, an exceptionally thick bolt of lightning streaked across the sky above the Mortal Realm. Immediately after, a massive, glowing, five-pointed Grand Array slowly materialized in the sky.

It was immense.

The Grand Array’s area far exceeded that of Mortal City.

As soon as the Grand Array appeared, it began to spin rapidly.

Soon, a ferocious Ghost Object, all fangs and claws, materialized in mid-air.

It was as if a switch had been flipped.

In an instant, more and more Ghost Objects began pouring out of the Teleportation Array. At a glance, hundreds of thousands of Ghost Objects were emerging from the five-pointed, glowing Grand Array in the Mortal Realm’s sky.

Until finally, a colossal Ghost Object emerged from the Teleportation Array, its expression savage and excited as it roared into the raging storm.

"Mortal Realm, meet your doom!"

Its voice echoed across the sky above Jiangbei.

The oppressive feeling this scene brought upon the Mortal Realm Members was overwhelming. Almost everyone froze in place, a flicker of terror in their eyes. It was as if a king had descended from the heavens, furious and savage.

Many Mortal Realm Members had seen Ghost Objects before.

But when hundreds of thousands of Ghost Objects were hovering just a few hundred meters above one’s head, a dense, dark mass, the sense of oppression was completely different from facing other Ghost Objects.

Some Mortal Realm Members even felt their legs go weak at the sight, and they unconsciously collapsed to the ground.

’It’s over.’

’The Domain Lord built the Rainy Season Defense Line, but no one expected the enemy to descend from the sky.’

However.

Soon—

The giant, roaring Ghost Object in the sky, its expression savage, realized its body wasn’t falling. It asked, confused and almost unconsciously:

"Huh? Why aren’t I falling?"

"Why can’t I move my body?"

"My King..."

A Ghost King beside it was already looking down at the 14.8-kilometer-long Rainy Season Defense Line below, its voice trembling as it spoke.

"That’s a Level 5 City Wall, and its Upgrade Direction is exclusively Anti-Air. This place... is under Total Anti-Air lockdown."

As soon as the words were spoken, the Great Ghost, which had just been excitedly leading the charge, froze in place. Its massive body stiffened, and its face turned ashen. It felt as if it were submerged in an extremely viscous swamp, unable to move a muscle no matter how hard it struggled.

’I’m screwed!’

’I think I’m screwed!’

’No...’

’I’m really fucking screwed!’

’I shouldn’t have used the Celestial Array! I should have used the Human Array!’

’Fuck!’

’Our intel was only a few days old! How the fuck did the Mortal Realm build such a vast Level 5 City Wall in just a few days? And it’s a fucking enclosure!’

...

"..."

Standing on the City Wall of the Rainy Season Defense Line, Chen Fan’s mouth slowly fell open. He stared up at the hundreds of thousands of Ghost Objects suspended in the sky, bound by the Anti-Air field. He was frozen in disbelief, unable to process the scene for a long time.

He had considered the enemy’s possible attack methods.

But he had never imagined they would descend from the sky.

His City Wall had Anti-Air.

Enemies couldn’t fly over his City Wall, so he had never considered this kind of attack. It’s just... he truly didn’t know an Array existed that could make Ghost Objects appear from above.

"That’s quite a lot of them..."

Chen Fan murmured after a long moment, finally snapping out of his daze. A glance revealed a dense swarm, hundreds of thousands strong. Although most were Low-Level Ghost Objects, it was still an incredibly terrifying Ghost Tide.

If they had charged the Rainy Season Defense Line directly, the outcome would have been uncertain.

After all, he didn’t know the power level of that colossal Ghost Object.

But now...

He no longer needed to know how strong any of these Ghost Objects were.

The next moment—

On the 14.8-kilometer-long Rainy Season Defense Line, 740 Max Level Godslaying Cannons and 148 Max Level Anti-Air Cannons lit up in succession.

In an instant, on the originally gray City Wall, nearly a thousand illuminated turrets suddenly appeared, like a scattering of stars in a vast gray fog.

And these illuminated turrets began to slowly turn their barrels. They tilted up from their original positions facing away from the wall, aiming at a high angle directly at the masses of Ghost Objects frozen helplessly in the sky above the Mortal Realm.

...

"It’s over!"

"It’s over!"

The Great Ghost, trapped as if in a swamp and unable to move despite its struggles, had a flicker of terror deep in its eyes. It let out a desperate, hysterical roar.

"Chen Fan! Chen Fan, don’t kill me!"

"Don’t kill me!"

"I can be your inside man! When the Undersea Ghost Tide makes landfall in three years, I’ll help you fight them!"

"Chen Fan!"

"Spare me! Name your price!"

’I hate myself for being so cautious, for choosing to descend with the Celestial Array,’ he thought. ’I regret leading the charge myself. My plan was flawless! Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit—that’s the essence of human wisdom. Was I wrong? Was that saying wrong?’

...

"Tsk."

Standing on the City Wall, Chen Fan listened to the pleas for mercy echoing across the Jiangbei sky and suddenly laughed. "A Ghost Object that knows how to beg for its life. Interesting. This is a first."

’Spare its life... I might raise an Exotic Beast, but I’ve never considered keeping a Ghost Object.’

The 740 Max Level Godslaying Cannons and 148 Max Level Anti-Air Cannons slowly began to charge.

The next instant!

Countless beams of light tore through the night sky.

The rainy season had arrived.

But this time, it was a rain of blood.

Let this rain of blood fall across all of Jiangbei.

Let the Mortal Realm be baptized in blood and be reborn.