The number of eerie aberrations gathered in the Yunhui Great Domain, outside the Shuiman Kingdom, was immense.
It far surpassed the number of eerie aberrations that had appeared outside Xinghuo City a few days prior.
This was a matter of time.
Xinghuo City had shattered the Blood Moon faction's offensive with lightning speed, and then spent several days continuously clearing out the high-level eerie aberrations summoned by the Blood Moon Servants.
Shuiman Kingdom, however, had been resisting the Black River faction's siege for a considerable period.
Although they had annihilated countless eerie aberrations, under the fervent summoning of the Black River Servants, the tide of eerie aberrations surrounding Shuiman Kingdom had not diminished but instead increased.
Their numbers were tenfold, a hundredfold, that of the battle at Xinghuo City.
But at this moment,
The eerie aberrations saw light, and under its illumination, they rapidly turned to ash.
The silver-white World Fortress slowly descended, like a sky covering Shuiman Kingdom, and its extending cannons aimed at the eight-star and nine-star eerie aberrations struggling in the light.
This was the fourteenth-ranked God-Slaying Weapon—the Sky Covering World Fortress!
Within range lay truth!
This was also the first real battle fought by Xinghuo after obtaining this God-Slaying Weapon!
The purpose was to accumulate usage experience, identify and rectify any shortcomings, and perfect this 'Sky Covering World Fortress'. After all, it was still significantly damaged when it was first acquired.
Like a bitten apple.
This left the seemingly invincible 'Sky Covering World Fortress' with a fatal flaw.
Fang You and Master Wang Chui, after consulting extensive data and conducting thorough research, adopted a repair method that combined 'World Power' and 'Artificial Forging'.
He did not lack World Power; in this regard, his 'technological level' even surpassed that of the Kandra Empire.
However, in terms of rune artistry, material forging, energy circuits, and other craftsmanship, they were far behind.
It was difficult to forcibly repair it according to the blueprints of this God-Slaying Weapon.
Therefore, Fang You brought Liu Shang, and together they innovatively researched many special plants that could replace core materials, using these plants as a foundation to fill the last gaps of the Sky Covering World Fortress.
The current 'Sky Covering World Fortress' was not at 100% repaired, but it was at 95% of its capability, far surpassing the 'War Puppet · Shallow Red' and 'World Lord's Hand'.
After tens of thousands of years, the colossal God-Slaying Weapon once again revealed its might, bringing endless light and heat.
"It's a God-Slaying Weapon!"
A sinister expression crossed the face of a God Servant, staring at the silver-white sky.
"Could this be a treasure that Xinghuo Academy obtained from Trial Ground Number One?"
The silver-white sky fortress bore the distinct style of the Kandra Empire.
Given the capabilities of the two demigods from Xinghuo Academy, it was not surprising that they achieved a top ranking.
The old king of Chisha and other demigods mused.
The Sage Cang Tu also watched, with some speculation.
They were shocked.
They were awestruck.
But they also realized that this was a golden opportunity.
The tide of eerie aberrations had suffered heavy losses.
The eight-star eerie aberrations were severely wounded; the nine-star eerie aberrations also howled under the bombardment.
Especially…
Previously,
Three high-level eerie aberrations had charged at the forefront of the wave, absorbing a significant amount of attacks from human powerhouses.
Three high-level servants stood on the other side, sometimes spreading disaster and sometimes launching sneak attacks.
They were at a considerable distance.
Under the cover of the blazing white radiance, an insurmountable spatial barrier had appeared between the God Servants and the high-level eerie aberrations.
The three high-level eerie aberrations were also separated by a certain distance.
This was an opportunity!
If they could seize this opportunity and kill one high-level eerie aberration, their defensive pressure would be greatly relieved!
Sage Cang Tu struck decisively.
He controlled a strange scythe and, across a vast spatial distance, made a distant slash towards a high-level eerie aberration.
Instantly, a section of the eerie aberration's body was severed.
The Pure Water Demigod also followed up with the World's Protection, and vast power transformed into a fist the size of the world, crashing down towards the target high-level eerie aberration.
In addition to these two, the peak demigods from other countries in the Yunhui Great Domain were also wielding their oasis authority and gathering their strength.
Faster than them were Liu Feng and the Secret Puppet, who had been waiting inside the World Fortress.
The Secret Puppet exuded a dense, viscous black mist, and numerous toothed tentacles tens of thousands of meters long extended out, coiling towards one of the high-level eerie aberrations.
The Secret Puppet, now amplified, instantly suppressed the eerie aberration of the same rank.
The next moment,
A vast river of golden sword light descended from the sky, like a celestial river falling from the nine heavens, fiercely scouring the suppressed high-level eerie aberration.
Golden brilliance filled every inch of space.
It stung the eyes and souls of the powerhouses.
The roar of the cannons was also drowned out, leaving only a sharp, clear sword cry in the heavens and earth.
Sage Cang Tu, who was pursuing a high-level eerie aberration, couldn't help but glance sideways.
"Such sharpness of law..."
He dared not look directly at the golden sword light for too long, fearing that his eyes would be injured by its sharpness.
When the river of sword light slowly receded, the high-level eerie aberration, comparable to an endless mountain peak, was reduced to a mere skeleton, its head gone.
Its colossal body still stood on the sea, like a black stone mountain, towering and terrifying.
However, its life essence was rapidly fading, like the shattering of a phantom bubble.
A high-level… died?
High-level eerie aberrations were also high-level!
Sage Cang Tu forgot to continue his attack.
The Pure Water Demigod couldn't help but swallow his saliva. This was a 'one-hit kill'.
He had not seen such a thing before. During the last Cataclysmic Tide, he had witnessed what was suspected to be the ancient being 'Goddess of the Forest' descending and effortlessly suppressing the High-Level Servant · Yu Jin the Great.
This high-level being today did not possess the effortless grace of the Goddess of the Forest in terms of technique, but it was more violent, revealing its sharp edge.
Such overwhelming suppression, let alone seeing it twice, even ten or twenty times, would still leave him astonished and stunned.
"Compared to true Ninth Realm high-levels, the power wielded by 'World's Protection' indeed has a significant gap."
"Moreover, the high-level being who made the attack was clearly..."
He looked towards the golden river of sword light.
At the end of the swords, he saw a very familiar figure.
Isn't this...
Dean Liu Feng of Xinghuo Academy?
He, he has advanced to the high-level?
"On the orders of my mentor, I am here to provide support."
"However, the crisis has not yet ended, and it is not yet time for pleasantries."
His voice reached their ears, and the Pure Water Demigod and Sage Cang Tu nodded, half bewildered and half enlightened.
The two of them decisively attacked.
The demigods from the other six countries followed suit.
At this moment, the God Servants and followers of the Black River faction had quickly recovered and unleashed their respective powers, with laws of decay, filth, and other forces spreading out.
For a time, even the river of energy formed by the residual battle waves turned black.
Within the Shuiman Kingdom's oasis, many rivers churned with black waves, and monsters crawled out from them.
This was the influence of the cataclysm.
The Pure Water Demigod shouted curses but still focused his power on the high-level eerie aberrations.
The Sky Covering's cannons suppressed them.
Three high-level beings and seven pseudo-high-level beings attacked together.
The battle situation reversed in an instant.
Human forces, who could only passively endure and were in a precarious situation, had now firmly suppressed the Black River faction.
Even, in a short time, they would be able to kill the remaining two high-level eerie aberrations.
Subsequently, the scales would be tipped completely.
The Pure Water Demigod, the old king of Chisha, and other powerhouses were exhilarated.
The three servants of the Black River faction had grim expressions but were not panicked.
"How can the insignificant humans understand the greatness of the Black River faction."
"The Black River flows endlessly, its waves innumerable."
It was as if, although hundreds of vast Black Rivers within the Yunhui Great Domain had been shattered and evaporated under the incessant bombardment of cannons, a constant black tide still surged from the ends of the domain.
It was as if this black river water would never be depleted.
...
The northern end of the Southern Eerie Realm, bordering the Central Eerie Realm.
In the chaotic and dark high-level void.
The Dimensional Palace, like a grain of sand, floated motionlessly in the raging gray storm.
Within the palace, ethereal divine consciousness spread out, amplified by burning world power, and radiated rapidly in all directions.
Fang You was hiding in the bushes.
He planned to emulate ancient beings and lie in wait, ambushing God Servants.
More precisely, it was a trap to lure and intercept reinforcements.
The Black River Servants of the Yunhui Great Domain had fallen into an absolute disadvantage. Not only could they not break through any oasis, but if they continued to stall, they themselves were in danger of perishing.
However, the three servants had not left.
Clearly, they had their backing and still had confidence in defeating and killing the human powerhouses.
This confidence...
"The greatest possibility is reinforcements!"
"There are currently servants and followers of the Black River faction heading towards the Yunhui Great Domain from the Central Eerie Realm."
The guess was almost certainly correct.
However, the high-level void was vast, and space was ever-changing, making it too idealistic to rely on ambushing Black River faction reinforcements.
The probability was close to zero.
Ancient beings had their own means to snipe God Servants.
And Fang You... also had his own methods.
"I burned a lot of destiny points to deduce this location."
"Here, we should encounter God Servants on their journey... If we miss them, with Little Huan Transport Ship and the anchor points, it won't take us much time to reach the Yunhui Great Domain, and we'll be able to make it in time."
"And if my guess is correct..."
There were two possibilities.
The first, a successful interception, where this battlefield ambushed reinforcements from the God Servant faction.
The second, the God Servants were too powerful, for example, if there was a Tenth Realm Servant, and they couldn't fight them...
Then they could safely retreat with the Dimensional Palace, drawing this powerful enemy away.
Or, delay until the end of the Cataclysmic Tide.
Once the tide ended, God Servants could no longer leave the Central Eerie Realm with impunity.
Fang You had already confirmed this deduction from Qianmian. However, he had no idea how many high-level servants were active during normal times and for how long they could be active.
He only vaguely understood that servants had 'quota' limitations.
And for followers below the servant level, the limitations varied depending on their origin.
Followers who were promoted from tribal grunts had lower activity restrictions than individual followers directly created by gods.
The follower Qianmian played was a 'meritorious' follower with relatively few activity restrictions.
He/She was active in various parts of the Eerie Realm.
Recalling his thoughts, Fang You continued to observe his surroundings.
Besides him, there were three other figures in the palace.
Giant, Large, and Short.
The giant figure was Shallow Red, over ten meters tall.
The large figure was Zhou Bao, three to four meters tall.
The short one was Chi Yan, about 1.5 meters tall.
Coupled with the mentoring figure of Master Fang in the center, these three puppets and one were the strongest force of the Xinghuo Organization! Far exceeding the support team heading to the Yunhui Great Domain.
Time passed.
After Liu Feng and the Secret Puppet entered the fray, the war in the Yunhui Great Domain had been ongoing for nearly half a day.
Master Fang had also been waiting in the silent, chaotic space for nearly half a day.
Chi Yan bared her small fangs and occasionally glanced outside, pacing restlessly within the palace.
She was getting impatient.
Suddenly, she appeared at the palace window as if teleported, clinging to the windowsill and standing on tiptoe to look outside, her eyes gleaming.
A bloodthirsty gleam.
"Target acquired."
Fang You also saw it; the enemy was not hiding.
A rolling black river came from the other side, and the annihilating storms it passed were dispelled, and the shattered space reorganized. It was as if heaven and earth had paved a path for this black river.
Above the black river, several star-sized giant figures could be vaguely seen; these were nine-star eerie aberrations.
"One nine-star, two nine-stars, three nine-stars..."
Chi Yan murmured, instinctively licking her lips.
She looked at Fang You, her eyes conveying eagerness.
"Wait a little longer, and today you will surely be able to kill your fill."
Above the black river, he could only discern the shadows of eight-star and nine-star eerie aberrations. God Servants and followers were hidden within, making them difficult to detect.
The enemy was more cautious than he had imagined.
As his thoughts raced, the surging black river passed by nearby. In a few more moments, it would disappear into the depths of space.
He grunted, "Shallow Red!"
The war puppet, inscribed with shallow red patterns, instantly disappeared and reappeared not far away, but in fact, very far away above the black river.
The Infinite Box hummed!
Endless energy erupted from its body.
It crashed to the ground.
Ultra-Ancient Puppet · War Machine · Shallow Red…
Descended!
Extreme energy erupted outwards, forming a river of energy more than ten times vaster than the black river. It surged against the black river of filth, blocking it, and causing black waves to scatter everywhere, annihilating space and falling into the great domain.
Some great domain lakes visibly turned black from gray, instantly becoming a thousand times more polluted.
Under the onslaught of the violent energy tide, many high-level eerie aberrations and God Servants were instantly killed.
Shallow Red was too fast!
Teleportation was an inherent ability it had gained after its repair level improved.
It instantly charged into the enemy formation.
However, after the God Servants and followers who had dodged to the sides recovered, they responded with anger and unleashed counterattacks.
Life Decay!
Flesh Mutation!
Internal Filth!
Servants and followers unleashed their techniques, and countless deadly attacks fell upon Shallow Red's not-so-large body.
It…
It was unharmed!
Shallow Red had no flesh and blood, nor was it a normal life form; it was a puppet life! Of course, the attacks of the God Servants carried the power of laws; they could cause machines to mutate and mountains and rivers to decay, but their attacks only managed to slightly dim the luster of Shallow Red's surface.
The God-Slaying Weapon Shallow Red's strongest point was not offense, but defense.
At least, in its current stage, its defense was stronger than its offense.
The God Servants revealed their true forms one after another.
There were giant black monsters covered in eyeballs; headless giants without heads; and surging river waves like liquid.
They all rushed towards Shallow Red, and layers of black waves and filthy energy pressed down.
The shallow red figure was instantly submerged within them.
At this moment,
"Heehee..."
A clear and pleasant sound echoed in the endless void.
A pair of blood-red eyes swept over the giant figures, as if looking at delicious prey.
"One little servant, two little servants, three little servants..."
On the giant black monster, eyeballs burst open with pops and crackles, spreading from bottom to top.
A petite, blood-stained figure stood on the mountain-like black body, her five fingers forming claws, gripping the ground and pulling it apart.
*Tear——*
The earth split open with a gully thousands of meters long.
A mountain-sized heart throbbed.
The petite figure jumped onto it joyfully and gently stroked it.
The massive heart exploded, scattering fragments everywhere.
The high-level servant roared and wailed.
The sounds of explosions, like firecrackers, rang out one after another.
After a while,
The chaotic laws in the high-level void slowly subsided.
Fang You reached out and wiped the black blood from Chi Yan's cheek, and immediately, the little girl regained her cute appearance.
...
An hour later,
"Phew~ phew~"
"Finally repelled the Black River faction, it wasn't easy."
Sage Cang Tu wiped his sweat and watched the black clouds rapidly disappearing into the horizon. He did not pursue them but sat down to catch his breath.
He was not lightly injured.
Of course, they had also achieved great results.
Three high-level eerie aberrations killed, one high-level servant!
Although most of this achievement was attributed to Xinghuo Academy, he, Sage Cang Tu, had also contributed considerable strength.
After all, he was one of the only three high-level beings present.
Rounding up...
"This old man killed a high-level servant."
"Not bad."
Sage Cang Tu did not see that the fleeing Black River Servant had run into a little girl's sights and had his body torn like cloth and crushed like foam.
He simply tidied his clothes and walked out of the Turbulent Port towards the two Ninth Realm reinforcements.
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ps: Alive, but not fully alive, it's too difficult _(:з」∠)_