Chapter 76: Invincible
On the front wall of the royal capital, after a furious roar, the rage within the Ancient War Beast·Yuanjue did not subside, because on the wall diagonally opposite, many small things were attacking it with "grass sticks." Although not threatening, it was very annoying.
The Ancient War Beast·Yuanjue reached its large hand forward. With a thunderous crash, its left hand pierced into the upper part of the city wall. Stone fragments flew in all directions. Under the absolute crushing force, the defensive effects of the spells were barely effective.
After the Ancient War Beast·Yuanjue's left hand pierced the upper part of the city wall, its right hand stabbed into the lower part of the wall. Dozens of meters behind it, Wolpol looked up at this scene, not understanding what this giant beast intended to do.
Rumble...
The Ancient War Beast·Yuanjue exerted force with its entire body and both arms. With a deafening roar, it twisted off a section of the hundred-meter-high wall. This section, nearly 500 meters long, was lightly tossed by it, caught on both sides, and lifted above its head. Compared to it, the entire royal capital seemed to shrink.
The Wolf Cavalry Legion behind, upon seeing this, were stunned. The scene before them was too much of a shock to their minds.
The Ancient War Beast·Yuanjue slightly crouched, then with a boom, leaped high into the air, heading toward the right wall of the royal capital.
Gasps came from the right wall. The city guards were elite, but what they witnessed was beyond their endurance. That they didn't immediately flee proved their psychological resilience.
"Run!"
"It's... too late."
"What kind of... monster is this!"
Under the despairing gazes of the city guards, a sound of air being torn approached. The Ancient War Beast·Yuanjue, holding a section of the wall with both hands, brought it down from above. This section was over 500 meters long, 103 meters wide, and 23 meters thick.
Thud!
Wind pressure and rubble spread. This massive section of wall slammed directly onto the top of the right wall of the royal capital. The wall cracked and shattered with a series of pops. All city guards at the impact point were killed. Those on either side were blown away by the wind pressure. Some unlucky ones were pierced through their armor by flying stones, dying instantly.
After crushing a large number of buildings inside the city, the Ancient War Beast·Yuanjue stopped in front of the wall, pressing one hand against it.
It raised its right leg and kicked forward. With a boom, the middle section of the wall shattered. Hundreds of boulders flew outward, scattering like petals into the sky and disappearing.
This wasn't the end. The Ancient War Beast·Yuanjue picked up a round stone several meters in size from the ground. It formed its hand into a tube, held the stone inside, took a deep breath, raised its tube-like hand to its mouth, and blew with all its might.
Thud~
A shockwave spread. The round stone flew from the Ancient War Beast·Yuanjue's hand, blasting a hole dozens of meters wide in the left wall of the royal capital.
30 seconds later.
The three walls—front, left, and right—of the royal capital were now embedded among the city's buildings, surrounded by the corpses of many city guards. During this time, the Wolf Cavalry Legion did not advance; it was too easy to be caught in the crossfire.
A large number of buildings in the royal capital were destroyed. The towering royal palace lost half of its structure. The very pointed great clock tower was upended and stuck into the ground.
Black flames rose from the Ancient War Beast·Yuanjue. It stood on one foot atop the pile of walls, beat its chest with both fists, and roared to the sky. Then, its body gradually turned into black flames and disappeared.
Among the buildings in the royal capital, many city guards hid, their hands trembling uncontrollably. The previous 30 seconds had shown them that, under absolute power, the spells they relied on were useless.
Of the 500,000 city guards, only about 300,000 remained, and their morale had dropped to 49 points. If this had been on a plain, the city guards wouldn't have suffered such losses; over 90% of them were killed by the collapsing walls.
"It... it disappeared! That monster disappeared!"
A city guard shouted, tears streaming down his face.
"Prepare to engage!"
The gravely wounded and dying eldest prince climbed out of the ruins. Hearing his command, a nearby city guard took out a metal tube and fired a signal flare into the air.
The ground trembled slightly. Nearly 500,000 Wolf Cavalry charged from the front. Without the walls, the Wolf Cavalry Legion had no fear of the city guards.
The two massive armies soon clashed. Shouts and screams filled the air. Black smoke rose from the surrounding ruins.
Barbatos flew overhead. After reaching the vicinity of the royal palace, it began to descend.
Thump, thump, thump...
Nearly 200 war spears were thrown from within the palace. Barbatos tilted its body, dodging most of them, then began spewing dragon flames into the palace.
The palace was a semi-enclosed space. After being sprayed with dragon flames, the 200 elite city guards stationed there were turned into charcoal within two seconds.
Barbatos swooped down and crashed heavily onto the open ground in front of the palace. It spat out some dragon flames, as if trying to get up and continue fighting, but severely wounded, it couldn't rise. Its massive dragon head rested on the ground, with a large pool of blood spreading beneath it.
Su Xiao leaped down from the dragon's back. Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha followed behind him. When he reached beside Barbatos's dragon head, he paused.
"Good work."
Su Xiao grabbed Barbatos's dragon head with one hand. With force, a spatial vortex appeared. Su Xiao dismissed the summoning of Barbatos, forcibly dragging it back to the Primordial Continent, returning it to the fungal carpet near the insect nest.
"Roar~"
Barbatos let out a weak dragon roar before being sucked into the spatial vortex.
[Tip: The Hunter has dismissed the temporary summon. Your maximum mana has been restored to 29,520 points. Current mana: 14,520/29,520.]
[Your mental fortitude has been permanently increased by 6 points.]
Without the burden of maintaining Barbatos's existence, Su Xiao felt much more relaxed mentally. It was like wearing weights before, and now they were completely removed.
Su Xiao took out three [Withered Moon Tree Seeds] and crushed them in his hand. Each could restore 4,600 mana points over 20 seconds. If his mental fortitude weren't strong enough, he wouldn't use them this way.
His mana quickly recovered. Su Xiao then took out the [Eternal Crystal Vial] and drank all the Eternal Spring water inside. The [Eternal Crystal Vial] wasn't a one-time recovery item but a piece of equipment.
This equipment accumulated fully once every 10 days, allowing three drinks. Each drink restored 450 health points and 300 mana points. Drinking all at once stacked the recovery.
Su Xiao stopped in front of the main gate of the royal palace. His mana was only 298 points short of full, and his condition was optimal.
After Su Xiao stopped at the main gate, Bubu Wang and Baha disappeared simultaneously. Without clearing the obstacles, Bubu Wang wouldn't dare sneak into this place, mainly because King Duoyin was too troublesome.
Su Xiao never thought he was smarter than King Duoyin to achieve this. His advantage was that King Duoyin didn't understand him. In a direct confrontation with Duoyin, he relied not on command ability but on Alchemy + the War Lord title.
Everyone has weaknesses. Commanding large numbers of soldiers in battle wasn't Su Xiao's strong suit, which is why he fostered Wolpol, Yuya, and other Grey Orcs.
Moreover, the secretly lurking Mount Wolf Leader·White Wolf and the One-Eyed Old Wolf·Lycaeon were very skilled at commanding battles. They could control the Mount Wolves and adjust the formation during charges.
A few minutes later, Bubu Wang and Baha returned.
"On the fourth underground floor?"
"Yes, King Duoyin is on the fourth underground floor. There are many spells there, making it hard to enter from other places. In a secret room on the first underground floor, there's an elevator that goes down."
Hearing Baha's words, Su Xiao walked into the palace. What met his eyes was a charred scene, with a pungent burnt smell spreading.
Following the spiral staircase, Su Xiao reached the first underground floor. Pushing open a hidden door that was seamless with the wall, a secret room appeared ahead.
A burly figure sat inside the room, with an elevator behind him.
Amu entered the secret room first, its body emitting cold air, holding the Dragonheart Axe in one hand. The burly man inside stood up, his clothes tattered, dragging a chain-bladed sword as he approached.
Su Xiao walked past the burly man. As they passed each other, the burly man paused but ultimately chose not to fight Su Xiao, instead fixing his gaze on Amu.
Su Xiao stepped into the elevator. Baha pulled the metal lever in front of the elevator. With the sound of gears turning and chains scraping, the elevator began to descend.
Clackety-clack~
After descending for a moment, the elevator jolted and stopped. The iron gate in front opened with a harsh scraping sound.
The fourth underground floor of the royal palace was a spacious, empty room of over a thousand square meters. The layout was rectangular. Many iron bars were fixed to the ceiling, with burn marks visible on them. The ceiling was about 30 meters high.
The entire room was about a hundred meters long and wide. On both sides of the walls were metal columns half-embedded in them.
Dim embers floated in the air. The circular stone platform at the center of the empty room was already destroyed. At the far end sat King Duoyin on a wooden wheelchair, covered with a blanket.
"You're here."
King Duoyin spoke calmly, sparks flickering on his blanket and the wooden wheelchair.
Clang~
Su Xiao drew the long blade from his waist, running his left hand over the edge, successfully applying the Moon Edge effect.
Noticing Su Xiao's silence, King Duoyin on the opposite side also stopped speaking. He slowly stood up from the wooden wheelchair, flames gradually igniting on his body.
After a moment of silence, with a boom, blood energy and flames collided.