The earth-shattering roar erupted not only from the colossal Crystalline Cannon but also from numerous regular Crystalline Cannons positioned across various battlements, all aimed at the approaching tide.
However,
In the terrifying brilliance of the great cannon, the ordinary Crystalline Cannons appeared somewhat dim, especially to the soldiers stationed near the great cannon emplacements.
"What is this?"
Ice King, who had come from the White Bear Nation to reinforce them, was stunned, his mouth agape as if to swallow several duck eggs.
Other soldiers who had come from various nations for support, including many Donghuang investigators and special forces operatives, were equally astonished.
The younger Xin Huo soldiers were no less awestruck.
"Our Xin Huo is truly formidable!"
Anna gazed into the distance, at the enormous breach blasted open, and murmured.
Polly nodded in agreement.
Beside them, Meidisha's sword-wielding hand stopped trembling, though her limbs felt weak.
She looked at Shi Yunxi in a daze, "This, this is your secret weapon? The massive trump card that can block the super tide?"
She had guessed that Xin Huo would have preparations, a killing move.
But this was too exaggerated!
What kind of weapon was this!
"A large Crystalline Artifact? A super war machine?"
"No wonder you were so confident, you had such a powerful weapon... What the hell!"
Was this a matter of power? This was simply unfathomable! Unreasonable!
How could a single strike possess such terrifying might!
Even with her perspective from the Great Oasis, she was utterly shocked! Da Feng Novel Network
Equally shocked to the point of wanting to erupt was, naturally, the other envoy from the Great Oasis, Mr. Yan Xiao.
"So, so this is your trump card! Your confidence in blocking the super tide rests on this!"
Yan Xiao looked at Hong Yan.
Hong Yan waved his hand, don't look at him, he was also shocked.
Yan Xiao ignored him, his mind replaying the scene that had shaken him for ten thousand years.
Shocked, flabbergasted, his eyeballs almost popped out.
But no matter what, the fact was before them, and no matter how unbelievable, they had to accept it.
And,
Yan Xiao looked up at the sky, where wisps of golden sunlight filtered through the dark clouds, casting upon the land.
"With Earth having such a reliance, it means there's a chance to block the super tide!"
...
The Crystalline Cannon tore through not only the dark clouds but also the heavy oppression that had loomed over the soldiers' hearts.
Seeing the morale of the defenders surge, Tutor Fang also smiled.
He did indeed have a trump card, the God-Slaying Weapon: Shallow Red. As a special war machine, he couldn't say whether the incomplete Shallow Red could kill mythical existences.
But in terms of destructive power, as long as there was a sufficient supply of Crystalline, Shallow Red was undoubtedly stronger than mythical existences; it was inherently a war machine.
And the Crystalline Cannon and the Crystalline Great Cannon, though not researched for long, were derived from the technical essence extracted from Shallow Red.
Even if Shallow Red couldn't be disassembled and Master Wang Chui had only deciphered a sliver of it, that sliver was a trace of the highest technological crystallization of the ancient Kandara Empire.
Just a sliver was enough to shock the world.
With one great cannon and dozens of ordinary cannons firing in unison, the consumption of Crystalline aside, the results were extraordinary.
The surging tide in the distance had halted for a period.
It seemed that even the irrational Cursed Evil had developed fear in the face of the great cannon's brilliance.
However,
Cursed Evil was, after all, Cursed Evil, a monster with only hunting instincts. After a brief pause, the black tide continued forward, and the gaps blasted open were gradually filled by the surging mass.
But, this time, the tide was visibly much sparser.
Hope was in sight!
Earth's ultimate means were beyond imagination.
Meidisha's hands stopped trembling; she felt a continuous surge of power within her. Gazing at the continuing black tide, her face showed less fear.
She was now a member of the defending forces.
Today, she would witness history!
Fight!
Meidisha drew her sword and slashed at the flying Cursed Evil.
The entire defensive line erupted with astonishing momentum, as if it could shake the heavens. The soldiers' roars even seemed to overpower the distant shrieks of the Cursed Evil.
Fight!
Continue fighting! Fight until dawn!
The Crystalline Cannons were also continuously firing. These cannons had firing intervals, requiring cooling, charging, adjustment, and then firing.
Their attack speed was relatively slow.
But their destructive power was immense! They ceaselessly annihilated the surging black tide, seemingly even halting its forward momentum.
At this moment,
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The ground trembled even more violently. As countless Cursed Evil were destroyed in the brilliance of the great cannon, immense figures in the mid-section of the tide began to reveal themselves.
Giant centipedes burning with black flames.
Enormous demonic dragons.
Monster giants with three heads.
And so on!
They were originally in the mid-section of the tide, their speed limited by the surrounding Cursed Evil. But now, as the front of the tide thinned, these colossal figures, revealed to the defenders, let out roars.
They roared to the sky.
They charged forward with mighty strides.
Any Cursed Evil blocking their path was swept aside, trampled underfoot.
They headed straight for the defense line, for the Crystalline Cannons, their predatory instincts stimulated, causing them to identify the primary targets for destruction.
"This is bad!"
"These Calamity-level Cursed Evil..."
Meidisha counted them one by one.
A total of fourteen! Fourteen colossal figures were charging, and without the protection of the Dawn Light, the mere psychic onslaught from them would be enough to incapacitate half the defenders on this line.
But even if their minds were protected, over ten Calamity-level Cursed Evil...
Boom—
The Crystalline Cannon fired.
A dazzling blue beam of light pierced the sky and earth, but the targeted Calamity-level Cursed Evil dodged. Although a small part of its body crystallized and shattered, it continued to charge.
The trumpet-shaped Crystalline Cannons also fired, unleashing fan-shaped energy impacts with a wider range, but their lethality was much weaker. Under the brilliant blue light, the bodies of these colossal figures were damaged, but largely intact.
This only further incited their ferocity.
"Roar—!!!"
The roars shook the heavens. Even with the psychic impact reduced to its absolute minimum, the deafening sound made countless people's eardrums buzz.
The colossal figures charged forward.
Strangely synchronized, they lunged towards the great cannon and the surrounding Crystalline Cannons.
Once the Crystalline Cannons were destroyed, hope would be lost!
"Should we go?"
Meidisha looked at Shi Yunxi.
If the five of them combined their strength, they could manage to restrain one Calamity-level Cursed Evil.
But she wondered how many non-human beings Earth had, three? Four? Could they handle the remaining Calamity-level Cursed Evil? Or perhaps, hold them back to allow the great cannons to fire...
Meidisha's mind raced with possibilities.
But no matter which combat method was adopted, casualties would be high. Just like if they went to restrain or fight the Calamity-level Cursed Evil, they had some confidence, but it would be dancing on the edge of a knife, and a single mistake would mean instant death.
Moreover, there were other Cursed Evil around!
Thinking of this, she felt even more troubled. They had seen hope...
Shi Yunxi didn't know how many thoughts were racing through the girl's mind; she only remembered the mission.
"Our mission is to defend this place and prevent the great cannons from being destroyed. Other matters will be handled by others."
"Others, but..."
Meidisha was well aware of the terrifying nature of Calamity-level Cursed Evil.
The envoys from the Scorching Flame Great Oasis were also keenly aware.
Even,
The reinforcements from the White Bear Nation, the Wave Nation, and the Sunset Nation knew this all too well.
Whether they had fought them or not was one thing, but they had directly faced the might of Calamity-level beings, which could only be described as terrifying. Even a single one could destroy a city, bringing unbearable despair.
And here, there were a full fourteen! Accompanied by other two- and three-star Cursed Evil!
Xin Huo had non-human powerhouses; they knew this, and perhaps more than one, they also knew.
But, there was still too much of a disparity!
At this moment,
Ice King Sergei, Katrina from the Wave Nation, and others gritted their teeth.
But their orders were to stand by!
"Xin Huo Tutor, are you preparing to act?"
"Can that Tutor handle over ten Calamity-level Cursed Evil?!"
"Open your eyes wide, today we might witness the true power of the Xin Huo Tutor!"
The reinforcements from various nations mused.
The envoys from the Scorching Flame Great Oasis mused.
Meidisha also mused.
But the figure in white robes still stood still, and the burly man Meidisha had met once had not appeared.
Only, from a wooden tower not far away, an arrow was shot.
A two-to-three-meter long, thick, colossal crossbow bolt.
It flew directly towards the charging colossal figures, its tip barely embedding itself.
Meidisha was stunned.
"Although this crossbow bolt is not small, to a Calamity-level Cursed Evil, it's only equivalent to a toothpick."
"It's just the independent attack of some awakened one."
The crossbow bolt was too insignificant.
In fact, not many people noticed it.
They were all waiting, waiting for the Tutor to act.
"Still not making a move?"
"Wait, look at the Cursed Evil!"
A four-armed giant demon had already charged to within a kilometer of the defense line.
At this moment, someone noticed that on the sixty-meter-tall giant, several small brown crossbow bolts were embedded. They were far from fatal.
However, from the giant Cursed Evil's body, wooden buds suddenly began to grow.
From its torso, from its arms, from its legs, from its mouth or ear, in various places, brown branches and buds began to emerge, one after another.
Before the colossal figure had traveled two to three hundred meters, brown wooden buds had already covered its entire body.
Densely packed, frightening to behold!
The wooden buds drilled through the Cursed Evil's flesh, clinging, spreading, and growing incessantly. In the blink of an eye, the sixty-meter-tall monster's body was hollowed out.
It collapsed with a thud.
Wait, it fell just like that?
How did it fall?!
The other Calamity-level Cursed Evil roared as they charged. This time, the powerhouses on the defense line saw clearly. Not far from them, the inconspicuous wooden tower, standing on the ground and previously thought to be just a watchtower, was shooting out arrowbeams.
One after another, they whistled, tearing through the sky, striking the Cursed Evil figures at extreme speed.
The immense impact even caused half of the brown crossbow bolts to shatter.
But none of this was the main point.
Meidisha, Yan Xiao, Director Huang, Katrina... pairs of eyes watched, watching the Calamity-level Cursed Evil struck by the crossbow bolts.
The next instant, wooden buds grew, spreading like a virus, using the Cursed Evil's flesh as soil, drilling in and out, growing wildly.
Within the colossal body, it was instantly riddled with holes.
The giant centipede burning with black flames, the roaring black flames could not extinguish the strange wooden buds. It howled, writhed, and finally, covered by the wooden buds, it fell and perished.
Leaving behind only a body that looked as if it had been gnawed by tens of millions of brown woodworms.
Presented before the assembled defenders.
The brown wooden buds on it still wriggled slightly.
Looking at this scene,
Even though this was the power of their own side, their scalps tingled, and a chill surged from the soles of their feet to the crown of their heads.