Chapter 18: Hope
The elemental rage beasts surging out from the base camp did not alleviate the pressure on their own defensive line; their numbers were still insufficient. However, the "Life Guardians" did ease the strain on the participating combatants. The reason was that the "Life Guardians" had higher health pools and, while restoring health, could also replenish bodily energy and even somewhat restore stamina.
Even more astonishing to the assembled combatants was that the Guardians actually boosted their primary attributes. The enhancement to true attributes was significant, and there was even a slight increase to supreme attributes, roughly around 3%. This boost was achieved through an ability called Elemental Resonance, which caused the recipient's physical attributes to resonate with corresponding natural elemental forces, thereby granting the enhancement.
For example, Supreme Strength resonated with the fire element, Supreme Agility with the wind element, Stamina with the wood element, Intelligence with the water element, and Charm with... it couldn't boost the Charm attribute. The reason was unknown.
Hei Qixing, besieged by Black Knights and also contending with the ancient Abyssal existence, the Witherer, was under immense pressure. Even in a one-on-one fight against the Witherer, his chances of victory were only fifty-fifty, let alone while being surrounded by Black Knights. His domain was mutually eroding against the Witherer's "Domain of Decay."
Although the power system of ancient Abyssal existences differed from that of peak powerhouses, they still shared some common ground. For instance, both the "Domain of Decay" and "Domain of Power" were, in theory, manifestations of a powerful being's influence on its surroundings.
Pfft!
A bloody gash carved across Hei Qixing's shoulder. His expression didn't change in the slightest. Compared to the injury, the increasingly high Abyssal Erosion rate was a much bigger problem.
Even as a peak powerhouse with Life Cores, once his Abyssal Erosion bar was full, all his Life Cores would shatter, and his body would begin to Abyssify. This was only held back by his peak power; otherwise, the moment the Abyssal Erosion bar filled, death would descend. The remaining corpse would immediately Abyssify, turning into a mindless Abyssal monster.
This was why normal insect races couldn't face the Abyss Legion. The moment they made contact, the front ranks of the insect army would Abyssify. As the slaughter continued, the Abyssification would spread towards the mother nest.
Suddenly, an inexplicable feeling of dread arose. A large clawed hand covered in black scales shot forward from the front. Seeing this hand, Hei Qixing knew that Mad Scale Kuhnha had arrived, an Abyssal existence whose strength far surpassed his own.
Hei Qixing, with pitch-black eyes, grinned. Before the Abyss Campaign began, he had considered the possibility of dying. But he had imagined it would be on the path of the peak powerhouses charging into the Abyss Gate, at the crucial moment of decision, with him and several close friends rushing into the darkness. Now, however, he was about to fall halfway, without even reaching the Void in the core war zone. The number of top-tier ancient Abyssal existences appearing since noon today was simply too many.
Crack, crack, crack~
Hei Qixing clenched his fist and punched through layers of bizarre laws, smashing it into the Witherer's head. The Witherer, which resembled a giant pitcher plant, was sent flying by the punch, but as it reached the horizon, it dissolved and then reconstituted near Hei Qixing.
A searing pain shot through Hei Qixing's right arm. He raised his hand and saw large patches of nauseating black scales growing on his arm. These scales were arranged in a chaotic, alternating pattern, causing intense discomfort, as if tiny black worms were wriggling between the scales.
"Tch~"
Hei Qixing, who could face death with a smile, now had a twisted expression. He had a cleanliness obsession. He could die, but not like this. As for retreating now, if he wasn't here to hold the line, a gap would appear in the front defense. It would be breached within half an hour. Facing the current Abyss Legion, they might not even have a chance to defend the base camp. The Abyss Legion had become completely different after that dark fortress descended.
War machines howled overhead, occasionally dripping liquid burning with black flames. The earth trembled continuously. A Star Realm powerhouse, pierced through the body by multiple Serpentfolk using their Painful Black Scimitars, let out a miserable shriek.
Blood mixed with Abyssal blood. Broken weapons burned from the high heat. Overheated battle armor spewed cooling mist. A heavily damaged warship above crashed into the enemy lines, and as its self-destruct sequence initiated, the light of the explosion rushed forward. Seconds later, a mushroom cloud rose into the sky. A Dark Giant's massive hand reached out, tearing a huge gap in the fiery mushroom cloud.
Hei Qixing felt everything around him quiet down a bit. He exhaled, readying himself for a desperate final stand. Just then, a vaguely familiar sensation climbed up his back. It was a Guardian. Unfortunately, it had already been targeted by the black scales. Even a Guardian would...
The pain in his right arm lessened slightly. The Guardian on Hei Qixing's body sprouted a large number of black scales, which then exploded with a bang. The next Guardian immediately climbed onto Hei Qixing. This continued. After five Guardians had died in succession, the black scales on the back of Hei Qixing's right hand were reduced to a very faint mark. They couldn't be completely removed, but they were temporarily suppressed.
Just then, a giant beastman fell from the distance, crashing down heavily beside Hei Qixing.
The body of the Elemental Giant Beastman surged, enveloping Hei Qixing within it, giving this peak powerhouse a chance to rest amidst the chaotic battlefield. Hei Qixing could sustain high-intensity combat for years, even decades or longer. As a peak powerhouse, he could endure it. But facing the erosion of the Abyss, he felt like he was about to break after just a few days. This was the suppression from one of the two most supreme powers.
More and more elemental rage beasts surged out from their base camp. Compared to the dark characteristics of the Abyss Legion, the characteristics of the elemental rage beasts were quite varied. Some elemental rage beasts, after being shattered, turned into watery substances, clearly possessing water elemental traits. Others, upon receiving a fatal attack, would violently explode, shattering the surrounding Eup tribesmen.
Underground, within the core area of the mother nest, Jila's Nest Chamber, Jila was inside the mother nest core. The mother nest core resembled a giant heart. It could unfold, allowing Jila to lie within it, then wrap around her, providing protection while also assisting her in commanding all individual insect units.
Su Xiao sat on a crystal seat. Before him were three title forging discs, glowing with magma patterns and radiating intense heat. One of these discs was certified by Reincarnation Paradise, one by the Void Tree, and one by Apocalypse Paradise. Su Xiao had applied for and obtained the usage rights for all three. He was using them to forge the nine-star titles he had acquired into an attribute-less title, "Limit Forge: One Time."
After obtaining the "Conqueror" title, Su Xiao began the first title forging. Main title plus five attribute-less nine-star titles, the forging began. This Limit Forge was certain to succeed. In fact, Su Xiao's "unique" title forging method could guarantee a 100% success rate for a nine-star title to reach "Limit Forge: Five Times." The cost, however, was a total of 3905 nine-star titles.
This was a quantity that would astonish even a peak Charm-type powerhouse. As for the title shop corresponding to the Old Hunter, there really were no Hunters choosing it. It wasn't that the "Limit Forge: Five Times" titles weren't strong enough; it was that the other two shops offered more powerful derivatives. Why did Su Xiao choose the title shop? He had no choice. If he didn't, unless he used an army-building strategy in every world, he would never get any titles.
Now, Su Xiao had a large amount of merit points. However, due to his Void Tree Reputation being "?", he couldn't activate the Void Tree Merit Shop in the base camp, so he couldn't spend the merit points for now. He would have to save them all for the end, aiming for an unprecedented settlement.
The title forging proceeded methodically. Su Xiao also opened the insect race list to check the current number of "Elemental Crystals." Seeing that 85 had been accumulated, he decided to first produce a main combat unit for their side, and later create the strongest individual insect unit. Based on the experience with the Guardians and Elemental Rage Beasts, he invested 15 "Elemental Crystals" into the "Blackflame Dragon," enhancing its insect genes and existential power.
The result was that, under the certifying power of the Void Tree, these 15 "Elemental Crystals" vanished like stones dropped into the sea. Not only did the Blackflame Dragon fail to reach its limit, it didn't even undergo a transformation.
There were only two possibilities: either the Blackflame Dragon was too trash, or the ceiling for this insect unit, which had undergone elemental qualitative change, was too high. Since the Dragon system was so promising, he couldn't be stingy. He invested one "Elemental Crystal" after another. When a total of 50 "Elemental Crystals" had been invested, the Blackflame Dragon finally underwent a transformation.
[Insect Unit Blackflame Dragon has undergone advancement, successfully promoted to Calamity Dragon.]
This should be the limit of the Dragon system. The ceiling height of 50 "Elemental Crystals" was already quite respectable. However, to be safe, Su Xiao casually used one "Elemental Crystal" to try and enhance the Calamity Dragon. The result... was a success.
In truth, he hadn't been very optimistic about the Dragon system before, because there was the Titan system above it. The Titan Behemoths had performed brilliantly in the Eternal Light World.
But the Dragon system seemed intent on proving everyone wrong. It was the limit of the insect race system that had capped the Dragon system in the Eternal Light World. The big brother of this system, the Dragon Barbatos, had long shown signs of breaking through its limits, but was held back by the ceiling that individual insect units could reach.
In contrast, the Titan system had every individual being powerful, but lacked any exceptionally outstanding ones.
Now that the elemental insect race had no ceiling, the Dragon system stepped forward again, ready to reclaim the top spot in the insect race's combat system.
There were 35 "Elemental Crystals" left, but they couldn't be touched. The current unit production cycle—where Elemental Rage Beasts and Guardians were constantly dying, and the insect nests were constantly consuming "Elemental Crystals" to produce more—required this reserve of "Elemental Crystals" as a buffer, to prevent the insect nests from running out of energy for production.
Su Xiao moved the title forging disc closer. He set the "Conqueror," which had been upgraded to "Limit Forge: Three Times," into the main title slot. He also placed five attribute-less titles of the same level into the surrounding slots. The title synthesis began. He waved his hand, pushing the now intensely hot forging disc away.
Meanwhile, in the command post on the 350th floor of the Dark Fortress, the Abyss Grand Commander, Alva Erso, was using his War Domain to issue orders to his subordinate commander-level underlings. Under this Abyss Grand Commander's command, the Apocalypse defensive line, which had been compressed into a ring, was retreating step by step. Being pushed back into the base camp was only a matter of time.
Once the enemy retreated into the base camp, the Abyss Grand Commander had a way to raze this enemy stronghold to the ground within half a sunset (five hours). By then, the Wind Sea Continent would become the Abyss Legion's territory, serving as a springboard to return to the Blazing Sun Star and secure a second victory.
The Abyss Grand Commander wasn't being arrogant. If there wasn't a world-shaking reversal in the current situation, this was exactly the path the battle would take. The signs of this Abyss faction's victory had actually been apparent for a while. In the previous Great Era, the Elemental Cataclysm had descended, and a large number of elemental beings had become the masters of the Star Realm.
Later, the Star Realm restored the balance between the Abyss and the elements, signifying that the Abyss Legion of that time had successfully defeated the elemental beings. Due to the nature of elemental power, the elemental beings hadn't created a civilization.
In the current Great Era, the Abyss invasion had already erupted once, and that time was brutal enough. In effect, before the true Abyss Cataclysm, a large wave of powerhouses from the various Paradise factions had been killed off prematurely. Now, it seemed that the Abyss faction only needed one Abyss Campaign to secure victory.
The Abyss Grand Commander, Alva Erso, stood before the battlefield sand table. This sand table would simulate the battlefield situation in real-time, perfectly reflecting everything, even the pools of blood on the ground or the destruction of an elemental rage beast.
The Abyss Grand Commander watched this scene and asked the witch standing slightly behind him, Witch Wraith, "Has she awakened?"
Hearing this, Witch Wraith felt a flicker of doubt. Given the current situation on the Wind Sea Continent, victory for their side was already certain. In fact, the outcome was sealed the moment the Abyss Legion descended, especially with the Grand Commander himself present.
"She is awakening. She was too severely injured during her clash with the previous generation Chosen One."
Witch Wraith didn't finish her sentence. That was precisely why that clash had prevented the previous generation Chosen One and the Old King from deciding the victor in their final battle.
Of course, the Tuanzhang had revealed this secret to Su Xiao before the battle began. That was why Su Xiao, after acquiring a large amount of resources, immediately returned to Reincarnation Paradise to enhance himself. After all, besides the Lord of the Abyss, there was another Abyss Supreme Being who might appear at any time.
The current situation was that if Su Xiao could secure the Wind Sea Continent, the resources gained would be enough for him to advance to the Supreme Realm. Then, he could engage the strongest daughter of the Cradle on the battlefield. He estimated that when the time came, one would be riding the strongest Dragon, Barbatos, and the other the Abyssal Dragon, locked in mortal combat.
Of course, Su Xiao had also considered the worst-case scenario: the Cradle's daughter arriving at the Wind Sea Continent ahead of time. In that case, he would have to sell the "Void Bank Shares" at a relatively low price to advance to the Supreme Realm. However, both the certainty of the advancement and the height he could reach would be inferior to the former option.
"Take this. Accelerate her awakening."
The Grand Commander removed the ring bestowed by the Lord of the Abyss from his finger.
"But this will diminish its power. Even if it can recover in a short time, given that one's temper, I'm afraid..."
Witch Wraith was cut off before she could finish.
"Awaken her. We need her."
The Grand Commander, Alva Erso, didn't command his subordinate with absolute authority as he usually did. Because what Witch Wraith said was correct. Looking at the current situation, they shouldn't immediately awaken the strongest daughter of the Cradle. She was an existence even more powerful than her mother. Within the entire Abyss faction, besides the Lord of the Abyss, she was the strongest. Many even believed she was the greatest rival to the current Lord of the Abyss.
In reality, what outsiders didn't know was that, back in the Abyss Era of the Star Realm, two small, thin figures watched as the elemental light, which advanced a little every day, dispelling the Abyssal aura of their homeland, gradually swallowed it, forcing them back into the Abyss. In truth, even for the Abyss races, the Abyss was an overly dangerous place.
The taller figure pointed at the distant elemental light and said in the Abyssal tongue, "One day, I will make it go out."
The long-haired, thin figure beside him nodded and hummed in agreement. After hesitating, she tore off a piece of the black jerky in her hand and gave it to the figure beside her, whose head was covered in messy, woody horns, considered an ill omen by their tribe.
The taller black figure accepted it but didn't eat. When the shorter figure beside him had finished eating, but was still hungry because her naturally powerful body needed more energy to sustain itself, he took out the half-piece of black jerky and gave it to the shorter one.
Just then, a small, thin figure draped in tattered animal skin and dragging a white bone nearly as tall as itself approached. Clearly, it was starving and intended to snatch food from the two in front.
The Grand Commander's recollection stopped there. He said nothing more. Seeing this, the Deep Sea Witch, Wraith, knelt on one knee and said, "As you command."
The Deep Sea Witch, Wraith, walked towards the rear of the dark fortress. She was going to the great hall where the Abyss Throne resided, to awaken the Cradle's daughter, a Supreme Being, who slumbered beneath the great hall.
In truth, the Cradle's daughter and the current Lord of the Abyss could have seized the Abyss Throne long ago. They were merely waiting. However, the Cradle's daughter had advanced to the Supreme Realm using the ancient remnant "Elemental Eye," making her slightly weaker than the Old King or the Tuanzhang, let alone the current Lord of the Abyss, who was hailed as the strongest in history.
The reason the two hadn't joined forces to kill the old Lord of the Abyss, the Old King, wasn't because they couldn't. They were waiting. Waiting for the Spellcasters' greed for power. Waiting for the Abyss power to erupt in an explosive cataclysm due to the "Elemental Vacuum Phenomenon" in the Void. In the end, they succeeded, allowing the current Lord of the Abyss to simultaneously occupy two causal seats representing the Lord of the Abyss.
The Grand Commander, Alva Erso, looked at the sand table before him. An increasingly ominous premonition rose in his heart. If that Law Destroyer who had slain the Abyss Avatar were active on the battlefield, the Grand Commander wouldn't be so cautious. The problem was that the Law Destroyer hadn't shown himself at all.
At that moment, inside the core nest chamber of the insect nest, Su Xiao had once again set the "Conqueror" title into the title forging disc for the final Limit Forge. He raised his hand and pushed the air, sending the increasingly hot forging disc further away. He opened the insect race list and found that the "Elemental Crystals" had reached 152. The more intense the battle outside, the more secondary elemental energy the fungal carpet could convert and absorb.
Su Xiao used 100 of those "Elemental Crystals," pouring them all into the "Calamity Dragon" insect unit. After half an hour, the enhancement was complete. The result still showed room for improvement.
While waiting for the "Conqueror" title to finish forging, Su Xiao repeatedly invested "Elemental Crystals" into the "Calamity Dragon" insect unit. Finally, after a total of 185 "Elemental Crystals" had been invested, a prompt appeared.
[Insect Unit Calamity Dragon has undergone advancement, successfully promoted to Apocalypse Wing.]
Apocalypse Wing (Elemental Insect Race Top-Tier Combat Unit)
Speed: ★★★★★★ (Elemental insect race unit limit is 10 stars).
Destructive Power: ★★★★★★★★★★ (Has reached the limit).
Defense: ★★★★★★★★★
Abyss Resistance: ★★★★★★★★★
Training Cost: 2000 points of Secondary Elemental Energy (Each Elemental Crystal can train 500 Apocalypse Wings).
The "Apocalypse Wing" didn't have every attribute maxed out at 10 stars. The problem was, at its current level of strength, it only cost 2000 points of Secondary Elemental Energy.
Su Xiao didn't immediately order the insect nest to produce "Apocalypse Wings." Instead, while accumulating "Elemental Crystals," he had the insect nest mass-produce the embryonic eggs of "Apocalypse Wings." This would speed up the initial wave of "Apocalypse Wing" production.
Su Xiao closed his eyes and sensed the Blade Demon Spirit, which was wielding the Dragon-Slaying Flash and slaughtering on the battlefield.
'Demon Spirit: Super Ring Break.'
Whoosh! A large-scale Ring Break, carrying black flames, was unleashed. Amidst the falling black embers, the surrounding Serpentfolk were cleared out.
From a back-view perspective, the flowing hair had a slightly smoky quality. The Demon Spirit, wielding the Dragon-Slaying Flash, was quite eye-catching. However, no Abyss powerhouse targeted it. No one wanted to fight the Law Destroyer, Kukulin Bai Ye. The Abyss powerhouses were unafraid of death, but that didn't mean they would seek it out.
If Su Xiao's Ring Break was the epitome of Grandmaster-level might, then the Demon Spirit's "Super Ring Break" had a certain ethereal grace and a strong aesthetic of the blade.
Su Xiao wasn't sensing the Demon Spirit's combat style. He was determining to what extent their defensive line had been breached. The line had already retreated to the very front of the base camp. Some contractors were already fighting with their backs against the base camp.
Time ticked by. The Abyss Invasion rate on the Wind Sea Continent continued to climb. Twelve hours later, the Abyss Invasion rate reached a staggering 95.68%. More critically, when the world's Abyss Invasion rate exceeded 90%, and black droplets could be seen everywhere in the air, the combat power of the Abyss Legion in this realm collectively surged by a notch. The size of some Black Knights increased by over 40%.
[Title forging complete.]
[You have obtained Conqueror (Limit Forge: Five Times).]
Why did Su Xiao choose "Conqueror"? Not only because it was powerful, but also because it was the most compatible title for an elemental system legion, bar none.
[Conqueror]
Origin: Reincarnation Paradise
Limit Forge: Five Times.
Category: Title: High Rarity.
Title Effect: Conqueror's Might (Passive). All "Legion Combat Units" under the Hunter will gain "Conqueror's Might." When a combat unit kills an enemy, it will stack one layer of "Conqueror's Might," increasing all true attributes of this unit by 20%. A single target can stack a maximum of 3 layers.
Elemental Power Resonance Effect: Because the enhanced unit possesses elemental power, unlike the Abyss's characteristic of "Nourishment," one of the elemental power's characteristics is "Limit Break." After stacking "Conqueror's Might," it can exceed the true attribute limit this unit can normally achieve. Furthermore, the maximum stackable layers of "Conqueror's Might" have also been significantly increased.
Warning: When an elemental combat unit gains excessively high true attributes through "Conqueror's Might," its health will be rapidly consumed, and it may even suffer immediate death due to power overflow.
Warning: When an elemental combat unit gains excessively high true attributes through "Conqueror's Might," upon the "Conqueror's Might" effect ending, all its attributes will suffer a massive permanent reduction, potentially exceeding 95%.
Warning: When an elemental combat unit gains excessively high true attributes through "Conqueror's Might," its total lifespan will be drastically reduced after the battle, potentially exceeding 99%.
Description: Conquer, Slaughter, Destroy!
Price: Unsellable.
"Conqueror's Might" combined with "Elemental Limit Break" came with a full set of costs. The problem was, as long as an insect unit didn't die on the spot, there was no need to consider the various post-battle costs.
The original "Conqueror" had a total of six legion attributes, all very powerful, plus one special attribute. This special attribute was the soul of "Conqueror." The special attribute was that each time the "Conqueror" title was upgraded, one could choose to add or remove a title effect, and could freely choose which effect to remove.
Because after Limit Forge: Five Times, "Conqueror" only had this one attribute left, Su Xiao naturally knew that elemental power had the "Limit Break" characteristic. The ability to continue using "Elemental Crystals" to enhance insect units even after the "Gene Pool" was maxed out was a manifestation of this characteristic. This was also what the Spellcasters wanted but had never managed to obtain. In the end, they devoured elements.
The characteristics of the "Conqueror" title, combined with the attributes of the elemental insect race, produced a very remarkable enhancement.
"Jila."
Su Xiao spoke. Jila, who was commanding the insect race, understood immediately and began using the mother nest to cultivate "Apocalypse Wings."
On the battlefield, Iron-Blooded Rose Betanxina stood expressionless before the main gate of the base camp. The Life Missiles around her never stopped. However, the Abyss Invasion rate on the Wind Sea battlefield was too high. It had begun to suppress her domain and greatly enhance the Abyss Legion.
"Vice Commander, we can't hold on much longer."
A Soul Mage from Death Paradise spoke. As he finished, he pressed his hand forward. Almost simultaneously, a skeletal hand tens of thousands of meters in size pressed down from above, accompanied by soul pressure, slamming into the Abyss Legion. The sounds of armor and flesh breaking were incessant. Unfortunately, the peak powerhouses on the Wind Sea Continent were limited, while the Abyss Legion was endless and growing stronger.
"We have no retreat. You all withdraw first," Iron-Blooded Rose Betanxina said, then took a deep breath. Exhaling, she continued, "The battle situation on the Wind Sea Continent... has disappointed everyone."
It wasn't that Iron-Blooded Rose Betanxina was being negative. The Abyss Invasion rate on the Wind Sea Continent was simply too high. From just a moment ago, the warning prompts from the Void Tree hadn't stopped.
"After we are wiped out, the resources from the Wind Sea Fortress will be transferred to the Void Base Camp. The combat capabilities of us Apocalypse Paradise contractors are... hard to describe. But we do have resources, everyone..."
Just as Iron-Blooded Rose Betanxina was speaking, the dome of the base camp behind her suddenly opened. This caught Betanxina slightly off guard. She didn't understand what the White Wolf King, the overall commander, was doing. In reality, in the command post just now, when he heard the order to open the base camp's dome defense, the White Wolf King was even more bewildered than Betanxina. He was about to say something when a long blade was pressed against his neck.
Compared to lengthy explanations that might not convince others, Su Xiao always preferred a more effective method. As for the White Wolf King preferring death to submission, that was unlikely. This guy clearly excelled at reading the situation. Since the base camp was about to fall anyway, he might as well seek a chance at survival amidst certain death.
The opening of the base camp's dome left the peak powerhouses on the final defensive line dumbfounded. But the next second...
"ROAR!!!"
An Apocalypse Wing, over 1500 meters in length, with rough, pitch-black dragon hide and white patterns outlining its wings, took flight. Its head was covered in backward-pointing bone spurs, and its slightly bulging chest and abdomen were marked with dense cracks of elemental power.
Whoosh! The first Apocalypse Wing spread its wings and flew up. The result was that it didn't unleash its power. Instead, it was instantly slain by the enemy's dark beings. But before the rain of blood could even fall, hundreds of Apocalypse Wings flew out from the base camp, with more to follow.
Boom! A muffled explosion sounded as an Apocalypse Wing spewed a scorching red dragonflame, a hundred meters in diameter. This was elemental fire enhanced by pure fire element power. It had immense burning power and, when sprayed onto the ground, possessed terrifying impact force.
A spectacular scene unfolded. Hundreds of Apocalypse Wings spewed dragonflame, burning the Abyss Behemoths, Eup tribesmen, Black Knights, and Serpentfolk into charcoal. As for the Abyssal energy flowing on the ground, the dragonflame naturally couldn't burn this second-generation Abyssal energy. Moreover, this second-generation Abyssal energy flowing directly onto the fungal carpet saved the carpet the trouble of absorbing it, allowing it to begin conversion immediately.
Su Xiao stood atop his insect nest. The nest beneath him was growing rapidly. From now on, he had to block any attacks aimed at the nest. When the mother nest reached its maximum size, it would begin rapidly producing secondary nests.
While mass-producing Apocalypse Wings, secondary nests were springing up one after another. Even though some secondary nests were quickly destroyed, they couldn't stop the continuous construction. Once a secondary nest was built, it would frantically mass-produce Apocalypse Wings.
This scene left all the participating combatants on their side dumbfounded. Even more absurd was that the Apocalypse Wings flying overhead and spewing dragonflame grew stronger the more they killed. Some Apocalypse Wings were covered in dark golden power lines, and their spewed dragonflame was terrifyingly powerful.
When the Apocalypse Wings covered the sky, it was clearly a snowball effect. The more nests there were, the faster the Apocalypse Wings were produced. The more Apocalypse Wings there were, the more enemies they killed. The more enemies they killed, the more "Elemental Crystals" the fungal carpet could convert, and the further the fungal carpet could spread.
The Abyss Legion, which had been surrounding their base camp, now had to face a sky-covering legion of Apocalypse Wings. This was the ultimate explosive power accumulated from being beaten up on the Wind Sea battlefield until now.
In the command post on the 350th floor of the Dark Fortress, the Grand Commander, Alva Erso, had stopped looking at the situation on the sand table. He stood before the floor-to-ceiling window, watching the sky-covering legion of Dragon Wings. At this moment, he knew the situation on the Wind Sea battlefield was turning unfavorable.
On the battlefield, Apocalypse Wings were constantly being blasted into bloody rain. The Abyss Legion's anti-air capabilities were extremely powerful. The problem was that with such a large formation of Apocalypse Wings, they began to spew dragonflame in unison, sweeping across the battlefield below like a carpet bombing.
The peak powerhouses were, of course, mentally strong. But it depended on the situation. At this moment, Iron-Blooded Rose Betanxina, Fei Ka Xiu, Tian Di, Luo Luoka, Yi Sha, and others were staring at this scene in shock or astonishment. Their collective thought was that they seemed to have a chance of winning. Moreover, the odds of victory seemed very high.
The members of the reinforcement team finally understood. The big shot they had latched onto this time was no ordinary one. That person didn't need them to achieve any advantages. He just needed them to hold on, to not surrender and withdraw midway before his final trump card was revealed.