# 1979
Chapter 1979
Chapter 1966: Follow Me to Slay the Enemy
Inside the walls of Jialin Pass.
Dense artillery fire and Forbidden Ruins radiance illuminated a corner of the sky. Chloe lay weakly against the wall, gazing at the battlefield turned to ruins in the distance, a trace of bitterness appearing in her eyes...
"Did we make it in time... This nearly drained me completely."
"I told you, when you help that guy Lin Qiye, you have to be prepared to be squeezed dry."
Her tattered cloak fluttered in the bloody breeze. Jinian, while tying her silver hair up high, said helplessly, "Anyway, I've got to get to work..."
Jinian's figure swiftly flew out, but not toward the front lines—she went directly to the damaged shelter.
She removed the brooch from her collar and rubbed it gently between her palms. A wisp of pixelated clouds floated out automatically, rapidly repairing the shelter's breach. In just a few seconds, it was restored to its original state.
"What are you all standing there for? Hurry inside!" Jinian called out to the dazed civilians outside. "Once the battle spreads here, no one can guarantee your safety."
The crowd snapped out of their daze and, under military command, orderly retreated into the shelter.
This scene was clearly visible to everyone watching the screens.
【They're here!! The other Night Watch have arrived!!】
【Holy shit! Are those war fortresses? Three appeared out of thin air? Did they just teleport war fortresses directly to the battlefield?!】
【These three fortresses are much larger than Sunken Dragon Pass... Do those have magic arrays on them? So cool!!】
【But after the fortresses appeared, the filming angle got blocked by the walls. We can't see the battlefield anymore...】
【Does it even matter if we can see? Commander Lin alone can hold off the enemy army. Now reinforcements are here, so we're definitely secure!】
【What a relief! When these three fortresses were moved over, I instantly felt much safer...】
【I was so scared. I really thought Great Xia was about to fall just now.】
【Wow, that silver-haired girl is so pretty!! Is she also Night Watch??】
【She's not wearing a cloak, she doesn't look like Night Watch... But how did she repair the shelter in one go?】
【Think bolder—the shelter was probably made by her.】
【Screenshotted. I have a new wife now, everyone {#dog}】
【...】
The appearance of the three S-rank war fortresses was like a reassurance pill for the people of Great Xia. The comments exploded with activity, and the previously tense atmosphere immediately relaxed.
With the sheer scale of these three fortresses, even if they did nothing but stand there, they provided more than enough sense of security.
But in reality, these three S-rank fortresses were far from mere decorative showpieces.
【Hellfire Overturning Heaven Art】, 【Alfred's Aria】, 【Earth Storing Art】, 【Ice Age】, 【Dimensional Severing Boundary】... From close-range Forbidden Ruins, to mid-range, to long-range, all the way to ultra-long-range and control Forbidden Ruins!
Over a thousand Forbidden Ruins were distributed across the three fortresses, precisely divided into different matrices, completely covering the entire battlefield.
Dense Forbidden Ruins radiance blazed across the surfaces of the war fortresses, like a forest of Forbidden Ruins being unleashed, scorching countless gaps out of the endless black tide. Eerie wails from the newborn creatures rang through the clouds.
The original purpose of establishing these three S-rank fortresses was to withstand the assault of millions of Black Goat offspring. Now that Lin Qiye alone had slaughtered most of the Cthulhu Faction army, the pressure on the three fortresses had greatly diminished!
Seven crimson figures flew out from the waves. Lin Qiye soared through the air to the front of Jialin Pass, where Commander Guan Zai had been waiting by the wall for some time.
"You're right on time," Lin Qiye said. "A little longer and I wouldn't have been able to hold them back..."
"Sorry we're late." Guan Zai offered a bitter smile, his gaze turning to the distant battlefield as he spoke gravely, "I just heard from Min Junliang that the Black Goat is also controlling eighteen divine corpses? Plus two Cthulhu Faction gods? Where are they?"
"Already taken care of."
"...Taken care of? By who?"
Lin Qiye glanced back over his shoulder. The other six figures in crimson cloaks were floating silently in mid-air.
"Us."
The moment Guan Zai saw the other six, his pupils slightly contracted. Then, as if remembering something, a complex expression flickered in his eyes...
"...Sorry. If we could have arrived just a little bit earlier, maybe..."
"There's nothing to apologize for. I said I would wait for you to arrive." Lin Qiye's gaze turned to the surging black tide. "I've killed roughly two million or so. The remaining two million... Can you handle it?"
"Yes." Guan Zai nodded firmly. "You've already killed over half of the Black Goat offspring, and dealt with two Cthulhu Faction gods and eighteen divine corpses. If we can't handle what's left, we might as well kill ourselves."
Lin Qiye acknowledged with a sound. "Then I'll leave it to you..."
"What about you?"
Lin Qiye turned his head, his gaze fixing on the writhing mass of blood-red clouds in the sky. Surging killing intent emanated from the seven Crimson Cloaks!
"We... are going to kill the 【Black Goat】!"
"Kill the 【Black Goat】? Can you succeed?"
"I don't know. But someone has to try... Contact my teacher for me. Tell him that unless we can wound the 【Black Goat】 to the point of near-death, where he has a one-sword-kill guarantee, then he must not swing even once."
Guan Zai froze for a moment, then nodded. "Understood."
Killing the 【Black Goat】 was by no means as simple as it sounded. Back then, three Heavenly Sovereigns and the Seraph together barely managed to let It escape. If this time they used everything they had, added Zhou Ping's two sword strikes, and still let the 【Black Goat】 escape, then Great Xia would simultaneously lose both 【Nightfall】 and the Great Xia Sword Immortal—two of its greatest trump cards.
【Nightfall】 would eventually fade as the Star Coins stopped turning, but once those two swords were used, the Great Xia Sword Immortal would truly be gone... So, Zhou Ping absolutely could not strike unless they were absolutely certain of a killing blow.
Lin Qiye took a deep breath, drawing out the last of his life force within. Boundless faith circled around his body as endless divine power poured into his being.
He knew—this might be his final battle. The final battle of the 【Nightfall】 squad...
His pair of golden and black pupils blazed once more. One hand rested on the blade at his waist. Towering battle intent mixed into his voice, thundering like rolling thunder:
"【Nightfall】 squad... Follow me to slay the enemy!!"
The next moment, seven crimson figures rocketed skyward!!