by <unknown>
"One!"
Company Commander Stone, with wide-opened eyes, roared.
"Come on, bastards! Try this father's Chainsword!" the soldiers roared together.
"Two!"
Company Commander Sun looked at Bighead Sun.
Bighead Sun, gritting his teeth, came before the detaching array glyphs and clenched his fists to the point that his fingernails had drawn blood.
"Just wait and watch, you filthy swines! Our cultivators will soon arrive and send you all to the netherworld where this father will be waiting for you. Just wait and watch, you will die again and again a hundred times..." The soldiers unscrupulously started laughing frantically.
"Three—"
Company Commander Stone shouted at the top of his lungs, yet he was unable to hear his own voice.
The same was true for Bighead Sun as well as for every other soldier. They all raised their heads in utter surprise.
A few kilometers above their head, an object moving at high-speeds zipped its way here and broke the sound barrier, creating a deafening, loud sonic boom
Li Yao clung to the window with wide-opened eyes, which had become so big that they were even bigger than the eyes of a bull, and looked at the dazzling ball of light that flew over from far away as it broke the sound barrier, subsequently creating a large mass of white mist that undulated behind him, creating round after round of huge ripples.
The ball of light directly arrived before the demon clan giant and came to a halt, revealing its true figure.
It was a cultivator who was wearing white crystal armor!
"It's the Mountain Sea Sect's cultivator!" several soldiers cried out in excitement.
The Mountain Sea Sect was a third-tier sect with mediocre strength in the Demon Beast Wasteland; its overall strength was not even in the top hundred of the federation, and it did not even have a single Core Formation Stage cultivator.
This cultivator was at most in the Building Foundation Stage. Even if he had the support of the crystal armor, it was absolutely impossible for him to unleash a battle force that could transcend a Core Formation Stage cultivator's.
And what he was facing was an overwhelming beast tide, one which had also produced a demon clan with wisdom. Even for a Core Formation Stage cultivator, facing such a powerful existence would cause a feeling of trepidation!
Before the tsunami-like beast tide, the silhouette of the Mountain Sea Sect's cultivator appeared to be especially insignificant.
He was like a firefly flying towards the night sky who, in the blink of an eye, would be engulfed by darkness.
This tiny "firefly" did not even hesitate for half a second and drew a long metal stick from his back. As he shook it lightly, from the both ends of the long stick poured out radiating flames that spanned a dozen meters, congealing into two mighty Anti-Ship Swords of Flames.
An Anti-Ship Sword was a terrifying magical equipment that could even cut a crystal battleship in two.
The brilliance wreathing around the "firefly", in the blink of an eye, escalated by ten times, giving the Mountain Sea Sect's cultivator the appearance of a dozen meter tall giant.
The Mountain Sea Sect's cultivator brandishing the Anti-Ship Swords of Flames, without any care for life, charged into the beast tide!
"Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi Chi!"
Like a red-hot knife fiercely cutting through tofu, the Mountain Sea Sect's cultivator directly chopped off the demon clan giant's arm and then opened a transparent hole from its front to the back of its stomach.
The demon clan giant itself was made up of hundreds of millions of Ghost Face Silver Mosquitoes. Even if one were to kill some Ghost Face Silver Mosquitoes, it would simply not cause any damage to it.
The demon clan giant flew into a rage out of humiliation. It simply no longer took the form of a human and instead transformed into a few kilometer long giant python that opened its huge mouth and swallowed the Mountain Sea Sect's cultivator.
"Boom!"
The giant python's head exploded as seven to eight streaks of light erupted from within. Its entire head, in the blink of an eye, collapsed as the flames wreathing around the Mountain Sea Sect's cultivator flared like that of a ball of heavenly flames illuminating the entire land.
From inside the ruptured giant python's "neck" came a "Buzzing" noise as countless Ghost Face Silver Mosquitoes charged out from its body and once again formed a head, which then swallowed the Mountain Sea Sect's cultivator for the second time.
The Mountain Sea Sect's cultivator went all out and ignited flames madly, crushing the giant python's head once again.
A third time… A fourth time...
The flames from the Mountain Sea Sect's cultivator grew weaker and weaker by the attack, and his movement also became slower and slower. The awe-inspiring white crystal armor was stained with demonic blood of countless Ghost Face Silver Mosquitoes, which constantly corroded the crystal armor as bubbles filled with gray demonic energy emerged one by one on the armor.
Finally—
When the Mountain Sea Sect's cultivator had ruptured the giant python's head for the sixth time, the flames of his Anti-Ship Swords had been completely extinguished.
His body was densely laden with marks of having been stung by the Ghost Face Silver Mosquitoes.
The Mountain Sea Sect's cultivator was hanging by a thread; he was shaky and unsteady. The brilliance around his body was dim like a candle in the wind that would be extinguished at any moment.
Yet, he refused to give up. He still tried to block the beast tide from approaching the crystal train. Again and again, he tried igniting the spirit fire, tried to release the Anti-Ship Swords of Flames, yet he failed again and again.
The Ghost Fire Silver Mosquitoes squirmed, and for the seventh time, gathered to create a giant python that could swallow the heaven and the earth. Raising its neck, its head fiercely charged towards the Mountain Sea Sect's cultivator like a javelin that had been thrown.
The Mountain Sea Sect's cultivator gave up on the Anti-Ship Swords of flames and furiously brandished his fists.
Inside the crystal train, Li Yao clenched his fists together with him.
He clenched so tightly that the bones were about to burst out from beneath his skin!
"Boom!"
Just as the giant python was about to swallow the Mountain Sea Sect's cultivator, from in between the clouds suddenly came a thunderous boom that was akin to the eruption of a volcano!
Almost at the same moment, the head of the giant python turned crimson and vehemently burst open, transforming into countless masses of hot lava that splashed in all directions and quickly spread.
The lava seemed to possess spiritual fire that had life; no matter how the Ghost Face Silver Mosquitoes fled, it continued jumping, splattering, and spreading and soon weaved a giant net of fire. The giant python was tightly ensnared inside the inexhaustible flames.
"True Samadhi Fire! It's the True Samadhi Fire!" Li Yao was extremely excited, and together with all the soldiers, roared like a wild animal.
Finally, reinforcements had arrived.
Chapter 114: Volcanic Eruption |
After a moment, a violent roar reverberated above Li Yao’s head as a chill gradually descended, suppressing everything around it.
It was as though a towering, giant mountain was flying above the crystal train, suppressing every living being between the heaven and earth in a 50 kilometer radius.
Li Yao, who was glued to the window to the point that his nose was almost squeezed flat, looked at the sky with wide-open eyes.
And in the sky, he saw hundreds of meter long crystal battleship passing over the crystal train with irresistible momentum as it rolled towards the beast tide.
From the colorful ripples that overflowed from the anti-gravity array glyphs under the battleship, Li Yao suddenly recognized the battleship:
"It's the Federation Army's 'Dragonslayer-class', mid-size destroyer that is specially designed to suppress beast tid
e outbreaks! Its front deck is equipped with a triple barrel 'Primeval True Fire Cannon[1]' whose three barrels could respectively imitate the three basic energies—'Essence 精', 'Energy 气', and 'Soul 神' [2]. When the three barrels are simultaneously activated, the terrifying True Samadhi Fire would be shot out. The True Samadi Fire could use the corpses of demon beasts as fuel to continuously proliferate and spread—it would only be extinguished after completely burning the beast tide!"
"Whiz! Whiz! Whiz!"
Dozens of battle shuttles flew out from the crystal battleships, giving off the impression as if several dozen giant flying swords were cruising around the beast tide.
Once a Ghost Face Mosquito trying to flee the range of the True Samadhi Fire was found, the shuttles would swarm over and relentlessly pressure the Ghost Face Mosquito to fly back.
The Ghost Face Silver Mosquitoes, who were all high and mighty as if nothing in the world could stop them a moment ago, had now turned pretty miserable. The Giant Python had completely collapsed into thin and long "earthworms" that were contorting and wailing as they struggled inside the flames.
At the same time, the red-as-blood, fiendish eye in the sky had also, god knows when, silently closed, returning the world to its previous picturesque appearance and painting a beautiful night sky where the bright, round moon struggled to reveal its brilliant and beautiful figure from within the clouds.
The wormhole between the Heaven Origin Sector and the Blood Demon Sector had completely closed.
"We won!"
Li Yao closed his eyes; his eyes were extremely sore.
Something burning hot began to appear at the rim of his eyes, as if it was lava that had been suppressed for far too long and was about to erupt with nothing being able to stop it.
Only now did he open his palm, revealing the four holes dripping with blood on his palm as the bones of fingers made “Crack Crack” sounds like rusty gears.
"Of course, we will win!"
A heavily injured soldier who had lost both legs from the thigh and had barely stopped his bleeding with the assistance of spirit glyphs had his lips parted as he said with a smile spread across his face, "We are the strongest battle race in the endless space, so how could a few tiny mosquitoes be our opponent?"
...
After three hours, the crystal train came to a halt at a nameless, abandoned station in the Wasteland that was tightly surrounded by hundreds of temporary-built barracks.
Thousand of soldiers carrying Boltguns encircled the crystal train so tightly that not even a fly could pass through.
While the "Dragonslayer-class" crystal battleship floated above the crystal train, several dozen cultivators continued to circle around the crystal battleship so meticulously that it was as though they were about to confront a great enemy.
It was a routine inspection after each beast tide outbreak.
It was all because there were precedents where some powerful, high-ranked demons with profound wisdom had quietly sneaked into the Heaven Origin Sector using the beast tide outbreak by disguising themselves as humans, causing a great deal of damage.
After suffering a few losses, the federation had become extremely responsive to the beast tide outbreak. The federation had even started using a set of rigorous inspection procedures, due to which the demon clan had never been able to find another opportunity to sneak into the Heaven Origin Sector.
However, all of this could not be clearly explained to the passengers.
Naturally, it was impossible to completely hide the earthshaking battle, so the ordinary passengers were formally informed that when the crystal train was about to leave the Thunderstorm Zone, they had encountered an attack from a small group of demon beasts that were very quickly thwarted by the train soldiers.
However, the crystal train had also suffered serious damage and needed to stop to undergo a thorough maintenance. Only then would it be possible to continue the journey.
Perhaps one day, the secret files would be declassified and everything would come to light.
The passengers would then come to know that there were seven cultivators who had traded their valuable lives for glittering thunderstorms to buy them three minutes.
The passengers would then come to know that there were some young and immature federation soldiers who, in order to buy even one more second, had destroyed their Boltguns and raised their Chainswords in preparations to charge into the terrifying beast tide.
The passenger would then come to know that there was a low-level cultivator from the Mountain Sea Sect cruising nearby who immediately rushed over without regards for his life upon hearing their distress signal and faced the turbulent waves of Ghost Face Mosquitoes as he hoisted the Anti-Ship Swords of Flames.
But at this hour and at this moment—they were completely oblivious to everything.
Inside the temporary tents, some of the passengers were rather indignant and were constantly complaining.
"Wasn't it just a small scuffle with demon beasts? How come it had drawn such a big scene? Who knows how long it will take!"
And their loved ones, those weak and frail seniors, the mothers embracing their babies... were already drifting to sleep under the protection of the federation army and the cultivators.
Whereas, inside a few white tents nearby, surgical operations were being intensely carried out as a dozen young and immature soldiers, who were about the same age as Li Yao, had some of their limbs removed and replaced with spiritual prosthetics, becoming a “Federation Disabled Serviceman”.
And despite being completely blind to what the brutal future had in store for them, these soldiers were, nevertheless, glowing with a calm smile.
In contrast, Li Yao was curled up in a corner of a platform in the station as he looked at the passengers and the federation army with an extremely confused expression in his eyes.
Although not the slightest bit of change could be found on his exterior, his brain had already been burning for three hours. Currently, it was as if he was only a curled up shell, while his spirit was still immersed in those soul-stirring three minutes…
Where seven cultivators had come forward and took the armored coach into the beast tide!
Where the red-eyed officer with a half-naked body and wings of light spread across his back carried the Taiyi Lightning Railgun on his shoulder and transformed into a ball of lightning that tore away the heaven and the earth!
Where the soldiers from the federation army had destroyed their Thunderfire Boltguns, hoisted their Chainsword, and emitted a final battle cry with soaring murderous aura!
Where the Mountain Sea Sect's cultivator had brandished the Anti-Ship Swords of Flames with indomitable will and charged forward towards the demon clan giant at full speed!
Blood seething scenes, one by one, like bright stars, constantly flashed in the depths of Li Yao's mind.
Whereas, tsunami-like roars resounded in his ears:
"Ladies and gentlemen, let's fight side by side!"
"Evil bastards, cultivators are here! Come here to die!"
These scenes… these roars… had congealed into an inexplicable wave that fiercely attacked the depths of his brain, so much that his mouth became parched and his tongue felt scorched, his breathing became erratic, his heart rate had accelerated to ten times than the usual, and his "Pineal Gland" was aching in pain to the point that he had an urge to use the Black Wing Sword to split open the top of his head.
"Ah..."
Li Yao could not help but let out a roar as he involuntarily clenched his fists tightly. All the muscles in his body started contracting, and each of his bones made "Crack Crack" noises as if they were about to pierce his skin and come out!
"What's going on? My brain seems to be frantically secreting an unknown hormone which is making my internal organs, each strand of my muscles, every blood vessel, and even every cell operate in madness! The frequency of their movements is getting faster and faster—I might not be able to hold on any longer!"
"I-is this—"
Li Yao clenched his teeth, line after line of bulging blue veins as thick as earthworms appeared as power frantically surged into his veins like a torrential tide, cleaning his body round after round!
"Brother Tao, I didn't expect you to be so formidable. You have actually repaired the Taiyi Lightning Railgun at the critical moment, allowing the soldiers to repulse the demon beasts' attack and save the entire train!"
Just as Li Yao’s spirit was burning and his blood was boiling, a sharp and clear female voice suddenly floated into his ear.
"Taiyi Lightning Railgun"—these three words had taken Li Yao by surprise for a moment. He narrowed his eyes to look towards the source of the sound.
It was Jiang Tao and Gu Lili.
Jiang Tao slightly smiled. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly noticed the nearby Li Yao as a sliver of embarrassment appeared on his face. After a bit of thinking, he walked towards Li Yao in large strides.
"Brother, I could have never imagined that even though you have such an ordinary appearance, you would have such quick hand speed and would even be able to repair the Thunderfire Boltgun. Sure enough, a still tongue makes a wise head [3]. I am Jiang Tao from the Jiang Family. Let's be friends!"
Jiang Tao extended his hand towards Li Yao with a smile.
Although Jiang Tao was a descendant of the Jiang Family, he was from a branch family. Since there were many competitors in the family, he had limited resources in his hands.
Whereas, even though Gu Lili was not a cultivator, her father was a local tyrant who owned several crystal mines. Once their relationship was completely fixed, Gu Lili's family would provide him with massive amounts of resources to help him cultivate.
Therefore, Jiang Tao was pursuing Gu Lili with everything he had.
When it was time to "step forward", he only did so in order to show off his heroic spirit in front of Gu Lili, but little did he expect that it was the beast tide outbreak they had encountered, one which almost caused him to pee his pants.
And as luck would have it, Gu Lili didn't know the truth and it was impossible for the army to declassify everything in such a short period of time, so in order to brag about himself in front of his girlfriend, Jiang Tao had shoved everything that Li Yao had done unto himself.
