Chapter 697: Twilight King, March in the Sky (4K)_2
The Twilight King has not only awakened but also moved further.
Under the might of the True King, how can they lose!
"Tianyuan City is destined to perish."
The Twilight King, unsurprisingly, was full of confidence.
Only by stepping into the True King Realm can one grasp how overwhelming this force truly is.
It was no waste for him to mercilessly devour the Red King and refine the entirety of Dragon Sleep Valley into his body.
Dragon Sleep Valley, having lost the Red King—a Great Monarch-Level Saint Realm—suffered immense losses, naturally.
But now that he has ascended to the True King Realm, it proves that all those sacrifices were worthwhile!
"However..."
"Standing behind Tianyuan City is the Tai Xuan Alliance. Should I act, the so-called Four Pillars of Tai Xuan will surely intervene. Perhaps even a few of those elders within the Taixuan Realm will take action."
"Before annihilating Tianyuan City, we must make some preparations."
"Send word to Firmament's Hand, Calamity Worm Swarm, and a few other forces on behalf of this King."
The countdown to Tianyuan City's destruction has already begun.
This Miracle Territory is certainly favored by the world.
To devour it, to corrupt it—doing so might even grant the Twilight King an opportunity to take another step forward within this peak realm.
In the future, claiming the throne atop the Tianqi Mountain Range wouldn't be impossible!
...
Ten days have passed since Sophia and Uta set out for the battle zone to aid in the fighting.
During these days, the entire Tai Xuan situation has grown increasingly tense as the war escalated.
After the return of Lu Liu and other strongmen, Mu Yuan also arranged for Lu Liu and Rakshasa to split into teams to support and oversee various battle zones experiencing urgent crises for a period of time.
The Tai Xuan Territory is immensely vast.
What ultimately determines the outcome of each battle zone are the Law Realm and peak-tier Law Realm combatants.
The Four Pillars and other Saint Realm figures serve as the pillars of a nation but often cannot influence the victory or defeat in a battle zone.
Saint Realm alone is far from sufficient to guard a great nation.
Naturally,
even someone as invincible as Uta in the Law Realm can hardly make a significant impact across an entire great nation.
At best, he can defend one battle zone.
Yet, if the enemy's assault is too ferocious, even Uta alone cannot safeguard a single battle zone.
After all, a battle zone consists of front-line core fortresses, several base cities, and countless guardian camps.
Although Uta is immensely powerful, he cannot be everywhere at once.
Individual strength is very limited!
However...
"Thank goodness for the strength of Tianyuan City's warriors; otherwise, Tai Xuan's losses could very well have been tenfold greater!"
Lord Lin remarked.
He felt immensely grateful.
After all, with enemies surging forward, every battle zone desperately needs reinforcements.
Often, when a battle zone falls into a critical situation, it can be difficult to find a Law Realm combatant to assist in the short term.
Law Realm combatants either oversee critical battle zones or remain stationed in top-tier territories... naturally, the top-level Lords won't leave their domains vulnerable.
Excluding those injured, secluded, or otherwise unavailable, only a few remain.
These Law Realm combatants are frantically firefighting but cannot save the entirety.
If timely support from a Law Realm combatant is absent, numerous battle zones will inevitably collapse under the tide of enemies, leading to countless towns and Miracle Territories being crushed by the invading monsters.
Thankfully, the warriors of Tianyuan City have filled this gap.
Especially Tianyuan City's Lord, who possesses unparalleled deterrence power.
Although Uta and Lian Yue were somewhat regretful for not slaughtering a wave of monsters, Lord Lin and others felt that defeating the enemy forces without a battle was the most superior strategy.
For now, Tai Xuan's situation has stabilized.
In contrast, the neighboring Shen Yao Empire's warfare is far more brutal—the empire has already lost several medium to large battle zones, with hundreds of Miracle Territories crushed by the monstrous tide.
Of course, such losses are far from enough to shake the Shen Yao Empire.
Great Nation-level Forces are not easily destabilized.
Ignoring emotional and morale factors, the decimation of hundreds or thousands of Miracle Territories has a negligible impact on Shen Yao.
At most, it results in minor declines in taxation, population, and production.
Even Law Realm combatants who fall can be resurrected.
Shen Yao's high-tier combat power remains intact.
Yet in reality, it's not that simple.
The Law Realm combatants are also human; except for a few cold, emotionless elites, most will feel a ripple of emotion when they witness massive town collapses and countless civilians perish.
Even the most strong-willed of combatants cannot ignore the emotional turmoil affecting frontline warriors.
Some warriors hail directly from the fallen regions!
"Beyond the Great Nations, several mid-sized and larger forces have already perished; entire regions have succumbed to partial corruption by the Red Mist. If this continues, these regions will completely transform, becoming the Red Mist Land."
"And according to stars and celestial phenomena, the Great Disaster is imminent."
"Though the Great Disaster's arrival is terrifying, it will not last forever."
"What we must do is endure—survive through this period, and that'll be enough."
Conversations like this occur among the upper echelons in various nations.
Among the Seven Great Countries, five have experienced the Great Disaster.
But Tai Xuan and Shen Yao have not.
The understanding Tai Xuan's strongmen have of the Great Disaster largely comes from the experiences of other nations.
"It is said that during the Great Disaster, endless streams of Red Mist will erupt from the Red Mist Land; at that time, nearly all the wilderness will briefly transform into partial Red Mist regions."
"Legendary monsters will swarm out like locusts."
"The Vitality Forces we represent won't just face top Overlord Powers from neighboring domains but also deeper Monster Overlord forces from within the Red Mist Land."
"So the full surge of the Red Mist Tide southward marks the outbreak of the Great Disaster?"
A strongman murmured.
Mu Yuan gazed at the sky.
In the central hub of the Ancient Mage Tower, Isloa observed the celestial phenomena.
"It's coming!"
She declared.
Suddenly,
The night sky seemed to brighten slightly.
Mu Yuan stood atop a mountain peak, gazing into the distance.
Beyond the Tianyuan City region, waves of Red Mist surged as the roars of monsters echoed beneath the profound night.
A crimson moon hung prominently at the horizon's edge.
No matter how Mu Yuan shifted his perspective, his gaze invariably found the moon suspended in place.
Yet now...
"When did this happen?"
Mu Yuan hadn't noticed anything peculiar earlier.
But now, upon setting his gaze, he saw that near the crimson moon, two more eerie full moons had appeared.
One moon was speckled black, resembling spots on a corpse;
The other moon was entirely brown, and upon closer inspection, its surface was covered with countless tiny dots.
The dots appeared to be insect-like entities, numbering in unthinkable trillions, writhing atop the moon.
Crimson, spotted black, murky brown.
The three moons hung high at the edge of the heavens.
Neither the Red Mist, dark clouds, nor anything else seemed capable of obscuring them.
Yet this...
…
"Something's wrong here!"
Lord Lin's eyes widened.
Standing before the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Nine-Color Tower, he stared out for what seemed like an eternity, even after the cigarette in his hand had burned out.
"The Great Disaster... has changed?"
…
Yongxing Empire.
The King murmured, "The Great Disaster has indeed changed. This time, the catastrophe is more expansive, but this may well present an opportunity for our Spirit World—a chance for restructuring. Our empire should aim to rise to the central throne."
…
Holy Griffon Empire.
The Holy Emperor sat on his imperial throne, unmoved.
After all, regardless of how massive the upheaval during a Great Disaster or how chaotic the outside world becomes, it has no bearing on the Sacred Empire.
They only need to contribute a token amount of resources in support, and for the rest, they can simply observe the world's transformations.
No matter how the world changes, they will always remain atop the clouds.
"Certainly, support should be extended to other nations to combat corrupt forces."
"But engaging in deadly combat with corrupted Saint Realm beings? Haha, there's no need."
The Holy Griffon Empire's territory does not border the Red Mist Land.
And outside of this dominant force, the other Great Nations saw countless battle zones illuminated with fires of conflict throughout the night.
Even the Ten Directions Island Domain appeared to have ushered in a long-unseen super tide.