Titan King: Ascension of the Giant

Dirtclaw was furious, and also deeply frustrated. Ever since evolving into a hellhound, this was the first time he had been bested, and by another hellhound at that.

Grrr... Dirtclaw's roars were low and guttural, flames blazing within his eyes. He swore to devour the flesh and blood of the hellhound before him, piece by piece.

"Kill!"

Elsewhere, Thundar was in a difficult struggle. Although the dark fiend he rode was immune to the hellhound's bites, it couldn't withstand the searing incineration of hellfire.

From the moment the battle began, Thundar had been at a constant disadvantage.

Fortunately, the arrival of an Alpha-level undead to assist him had provided some relief.

Not far away, the abyssal dragon that had just advanced to Alpha-level was once again injured.

Fergus was besieged by two demonic wolves, one of which was a late Alpha-level power.

Under the demonic wolves' relentless assault, the abyssal dragon's newly regrown tail was bitten off yet again.

Now, one of the abyssal dragon's hind legs was also savaged. The situation Fergus faced was extremely dire.

"Nyther, are you still okay?"

"Roar…"

Fergus's question was answered by the abyssal dragon's low, guttural roar. Though it was heavily injured, its enemies had not escaped unscathed.

The weaker of the two demonic wolves had nearly had its neck snapped by the abyssal dragon.

Just as Fergus was intently watching the demonic wolves, a gust of wind swept past, fluttering the ribbons and feathers tied to his headband.

Tszla!

A razor-sharp wind blade materialized. The injured demonic wolf was instantly bisected at the waist, its upper body, head still attached, flailing reflexively, unaware of what had just happened.

The other demonic wolf, witnessing this, turned to flee.

Tszla! Another wind blade appeared, and the remaining demonic wolf was also slain.

Gustalon's figure flashed past in an instant, continuing its advance towards the center of the battlefield.

"So strong!"

"Such a huge difference!"

These were Fergus's thoughts. He too was Alpha-level, yet when facing the demonic wolves, he had been pushed to the brink of death.

And Gustalon?

The moment he appeared, Fergus's seemingly invincible enemies were effortlessly slain.

With no time for further reflection, Fergus extracted the dark source crystals from the two demonic wolves, mixed them with a portion of life essence, and stuffed the concoction into the abyssal dragon Nyther's mouth. He then rushed towards the area where Thundar and Dirtclaw were fighting.

High above, after a long standoff, the stalemate was shattered by a sneak attack.

Boom!

Orion, trident in hand, instantly appeared to intercept Wulfric's attack on Leonidas. He thrust his trident forward, aiming for the enormous mouth of the demonic wolf.

Wulfric, currently in an enlarged demonic wolf form, seeing he couldn't ambush Orion, had, after a long standoff, switched his target to Leonidas, who was occupied with restraining Arch Lord Kian.

Unfortunately for him, Orion had seen through this maneuver and had intervened in time to rescue Leonidas.

The demonic wolf was repelled. Orion had no intention of letting him hide in the void again. Even as he was making the rescue, his Eightfold Spear Barrage had already coalesced, surrounding Wulfric.

Awooo!

The demonic wolf Wulfric materialized, threw back its head and roared at the sky, a Fire Cloak erupting around its body.

Wulfric exhaled deeply. Moonlight, as if summoned, streamed down from the heavens, bathing his form.

In that instant, Wulfric's aura intensified significantly.

"Fall!"

Witnessing this, Orion would not give the demonic wolf a chance to absorb more moonlight. The moment the Eightfold Spear Barrage descended, he himself flashed out using Instant Impact.

The next second, a continuous series of thunderous explosions rocked the sky. Demonic fire, moonlight, blood-red light, and lightning flashed and clashed across the heavens.

At the center of the battle, a shockwave resembling a mushroom cloud appeared, terrifying and grand.

When all had settled, Orion hovered in mid-air, vigilantly scanning the surrounding void.

Under Orion's fierce assault, this peak Legendary-level demonic wolf had somehow not died and had once again escaped into the void, concealing itself.

"Bro!" Leonidas called out from a distance.

Orion's figure instantly vanished.

The next moment, having used Instant Impact, Orion appeared behind Arch Lord Kian.

This was the understanding between Orion and Leonidas; it was also a signal.

However, just as Orion launched his assassination attempt, the surrounding air seemed to stagnate. A colossal black shadow rose from Arch Lord Kian's body, its hand reaching out to grab Orion.

Sensing the imminent crisis, Orion instinctively activated Battle Will Surge.

Furthermore, a furious roar erupted from Orion's throat—the sonic attack, Titan's Roar.

At the critical moment, the black shadow pierced through the Battle Will Surge and collided with the Titan's Roar. A fierce gale exploded outwards with Orion at its center.

And the flame chains with which Leonidas had bound Arch Lord Kian, at this very moment, completely extinguished, dissipating into the void.

"Those two fellows ran away!" Leonidas appeared beside Orion, having transformed from his full dragon form into his half-dragon, half-human state.

"Bro, how are you?" Orion asked.

"I'm fine, just expended too much energy, a bit drained." Leonidas wasn't lying in the slightest. While he had been binding Arch Lord Kian, Kian had also been relentlessly launching mental attacks against him.

Leonidas was not in good shape. The words, "Should we still pursue them?" which had risen to Orion's throat, got stuck, and he didn't ask.

More importantly, Arch Lord Kian, at the critical moment, could still unleash a trump card to deal with Orion's sneak attack.

This point alone was enough to show that Arch Lord Kian was not among the weakest of the Arch Lord rank.

"What about that demonic wolf? Can you sense it?" Orion asked.

"Also ran. When that Arch Lord released the black shadow, he tried to ambush me, but one look from me scared him off."

Orion fell silent. Clearly, in terms of perception, Leonidas was many times stronger than him.

"Bro, our invasion plan probably won't go so smoothly now." Leonidas looked down, surveying the battle raging on the earth below.

With Kian and Wulfric's departure, the core forces of the Nethervarg Soulflayers(demonic wolves) and hellhounds on the ground were also quietly retreating.

This was the general trend. Although top-tier combat power couldn't entirely decide the outcome of a war, its influence on the result was nonetheless immense.

Through initial contact and some probing, one could roughly ascertain the enemy's strength and underlying depth.

The experienced Leonidas could see this general picture.

"Never mind that the Arch Lord is hard to kill, that demonic wolf is also very troublesome," Leonidas added.

Orion deactivated his Titan Form. Holding his trident, he shifted his gaze to Vexis, who was fighting below.

Vexis was engaged in combat with a hellhound lord. The latter, likely having received orders to retreat, was preparing to flee.

Unfortunately for him, Orion had spotted him.

Whoosh!

The trident tore through the air, plummeting directly from the sky, and impaled both the knight and his hellhound, pinning them to the ground.

Bang! A massive crater appeared on the ground. Combatants in the vicinity, regardless of whether they were friend or foe, were all heavily injured by the shockwave.

"Bro, that trident skill of yours is incredible! Good aim, great power too!"