SWNOVELS
Chapter 170: Extreme Invasion
--- Chapter 167 ---
Titania Bolos finally descended into chaos.
The blue sky has changed into menacing scarlet with several tears on the space fabric, allowing monsters to pour out like no tomorrow. They landed on the ground and began swarming the area in great numbers.
The ground is trembling.
Thunderous roars of the monster race filled the plain.
Looking at this apocalyptic scenery, how could someone not be afraid?
Breathing heavily in the dust caused by the invasion, all the Kroman instinctively gasped. Their breathing became heavier, but someone suddenly awakened them from this shock.
"Pick your fight wisely!" Lily de Kemos shouted at the alliance army.
"Don't leave your formation, even for a second!"
"If you can't win alone, support the others!"
"SURVIVE!"
"SURVIVE AND FIGHT!"
"FIGHT AND PROTECT OUR WORLD!" Her voice echoed with so much passion and will to fight. As the Empress of the Karuta Empire, Lily de Kemos couldn't show a single weakness or nervousness, leading the alliance to this unknown-fated war.
Is she afraid? Of course.
Is she trembling upon witnessing this sight? Absolutely.
Yet, Lily has to do it.
"The Empress's Pure Glass Heart." Lily has activated her Devil's Taboo and covered a 15 kilometers radius with a pure white aura, cleansing and strengthening the mind of Devil Warriors on the battlefield. It also heightened battle sense and Devil Warrior's strength up to 110%.
She didn't stop there and created a domain filled with green vegetation, separating the monster races into three groups.
8th Class Monster will get trapped in the northern area near Black Pearl Castle. 9th Class Monsters got firmly restrained on the sandy land in the south.
Meanwhile, all 10th Class Monsters focused on the Black Pearl Castle itself. They aren't close enough to attack the castle, but Huo Yuhao should be able to attack them from this distance. It's part of Huo Yuhao's idea.
Lily stopped moving, controlling the plants, and distributing the monster wave properly without any error. Or else the precious life of the Devil Warrior will pass more quickly.
"I leave the rest to you, Your Highness Theo." Lily forced a smile while using 100% of her attention on the battlefield.
"I'll protect you, your majesty." Aiden Narmos solemnly said, using his Devil's Taboo to create a strong wind barrier around Lily. He wouldn't let a single monster through his defense and mess up everything.
Lily didn't say anything and nodded her head with gratitude. She's not that defenseless in this situation, but more shield for her is better than nothing.
The Admante Sisters spread out on the battlefield, reducing the number of monsters in the area as much as possible. Even though four of them reached 10th Class Devil Warriors a few days ago, the monster wave helped them to adapt to this new realm.
And contrary to the sisters' belief, Alexandra actually did a fantastic job, despite losing her Devil Force. Well, her "Absolute Breeding Vessel." is going full throttle after the first night with Huo Yuhao.
Absolute Breeding Vessel didn't just compel Alexandra to get filled with seeds but also to be the perfect incubator. Even though she doesn't get pregnant, her body stores Huo Yuhao's characteristics.
That's why Alexandra could manipulate Darkness expertly and swarm millions of monster races with her sub-Devil Force. She created row upon row of weapons with Darkness Manipulation, dragging her enemies into the abyss.
Mercy blinked in surprise, giggling because Alexandra still held the title of the most talented Admante. She doesn't count her master as he took Valstrax's name.
"I couldn't let her steal the show." She commented while shaking her head.
Well, it's not just Mercy because the other young ladies of the Admante Family become pumped with spirit.
Mercy enhanced her body with Devil's Taboo and made uniquely-shaped tattoos spreading on her creamy white skin. She let out a battle cry like a berserker and stomped the ground, causing a massive earthquake.
ROAR!
A ninth-class monster with a tiger-like head and bulky physique pounced at Mercy.
"DIE!" Mercy's fist made contact with the monster's face, blowing everything apart behind it.
BOOM!
The sheer power of Mercy's fist created a powerful shockwave that washed over the monster wave, killing more than half a million.
Out of every lady of the Admante Family, Mercy gained the most changes in appearance and strength-wise. She lost her original devil force and gained a support type, which surprisingly opened a path to the bigger picture.
Her Devil's Taboo was called "Goddess Healer's Berserk." and allowed Mercy to access raw divine-like strength. She might lose her sanity, but everything will be fine as long as Huo Yuhao is around her.
Clara whistled casually and called the incarnation of lightning from the sky, gathering thunderclouds. A massive pair of wings spread out and washed the area with a powerful sucking force.
She breathed out, triggering the lightning strike to hit her.
BOOM!
Clara's whole body was "immediately." covered with intense white electricity. Her pink hair danced wildly as her cultivation soared to mid-10th Class Devil Warrior.
She lifted her finger, mimicking a shooting-like gesture, and said, "Let's see how you can withstand this."
"Bang!"
A white pillar of electricity expanded from Clara's finger and washed the area with intense electromagnetic waves. She repeated this with a grin and massacred millions of monsters in just a blink of an eye.
Harmonia and Triana glanced at each other, shaking their heads because they didn't want to lose against them.
The older twin walked forward, clasping her hand raspily. She closed her eyes and created a massive dent in the Titania Bolos, making several millions of monsters fall into a deep hole.
Clenching her hand, Harmonia opened her mouth and whispered, "Earth Burial..."
BOOOOOM!
The dent condensed rapidly and buried the monsters to their deaths.
Triana flicked her finger gently and manipulated the sky, increasing the air pressure enough to make the 9th Class Monster's bone shatter.
She pointed her index finger down and chanted, "Heaven-Locking Formation: Sky Fall."
BOOOOOOOM!!
"Hmph, show off," Harmonia commented with a sneer.
Triana maintained a small smile and replied, "This was nothing compared to our master. I may lock the heaven(sky), but he destroys it."
"Just look at the sky, hehe."
Everyone looked up instinctively and witnessed black rains descend on them, which somehow tightened their hearts in worry. This scene made the monster wave stop for a second as they couldn't prepare for their deaths.
"Strike them down, Gundala Pati." Huo Yuhao enhanced his archery skill with Observation Haki, widening his range and increasing the number of arrows he shot. This skill has nothing to do with massacring the monster wave but weakening them to a manageable level. So other fighters could defeat them without too much pressure.
Averting his attention, Huo Yuhao senses several 10th Class Monsters surrounding him. They were hovering in the air and glared at him like a piece of meat.
"On your left." Huo Yuhao smiled at them.
A boomerang flew above the Black Pearl Castle at horrifying speed and decapitated half of 10th Class Monsters. It was not a boomerang, but Huo Yuhao's Halberd: Dosa.
Huo Yuhao picked up the pace and clashed with the rest of the 10th Class Monsters, overpowering them with his polearm mastery. He didn't give them a chance to fight back as Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist deflected and redirected incoming attacks.
These monsters are strong, incredibly strong, and comparable to Spirit Beast with 200.000 years of cultivation age. However, facing them is far easier than his beloved shishou, the god slayer herself.
Bouncing the halberd from left to right, Huo Yuhao kicked the nearest Monster Race to gain momentum and smashed his weapon at its skull.
BOOM!
The rotating wave-like tip pulverized the monster's head and generated even more rotation. Huo Yuhao coated the halberd with Armament Haki and added Ogre King's Flame, making the ax's edge scorching hot like a miniature sun.
"DIE, YOU TRASHY KROMAN!" A bull-headed monster activated its Monster's Blessing and made the sky tremble, summoning an even bigger manifestation of the golden bull. Its sheer size is thrice Black Pearl Castle.
"Don't have time for that... Take care of that bull, Khiron." Huo Yuhao ignored the attack and moved to the next opponent. "Bye."
"..." The bull-headed monster was speechless.
"Your wish is my command, my liege!" Khiron suddenly shouted with all his might. He held his twin axes tightly and borrowed the power of the closest dying star, creating a massive lion golem against the incoming golden bull.
ROAR! BAM!
The gigantic avatar and golem clashed fiercely, causing a storm in the area.
Huo Yuhao waved his halberd and observed the battlefield for the second time, seeing the Devil Warriors change the tide quite well. He smirked and said, "Arise."
"W-What! What's this!" A shocked shout came from the monster wave.
"ARGGGHHHH!"
The shadow warriors crawled out, moving based on Huo Yuhao's order to kill the living monsters in the battle.
Huo Yuhao extracted more than one hundred 10th Class Monsters on the spot, adding them to his immortal shadow army. "Your gravest mistake is to bring your strong soldiers to my face. They are mine now." He commented casually.
Huo Yuhao kept slaughtering the 10th Class Monsters on the battlefield and extracted more shadows. Even though the monster race(siluman) still has more numbers, he would devour them into the Eternal Shadow Realm sooner or later.
"Not yet..." His eyes wandered around the land.
"I can't leave yet."
'This situation just turned for the better. It is still not stable enough for the alliance to win. I'm not worried about the Black Pearl Castle because I had placed my Illusionary Manifestation's 2nd rule on it.' Huo Yuhao breathed in, destroying one of the monster's units with his energy blast.
Dodging an attack from chameleon-like siluman, Huo Yuhao burned everything around him with Ogre King's Flame. He contacted other elite shadows and asked, 'Iris, Brunhilde. Have you located the area?'
'We are close, my liege.' Iris responded while hugging Brunhilde's back.
She and the winged-shadow warriors had arrived at the Eternal Black Ocean four days ago, trying to determine the "Crack." location. Even though the description is unclear, Iris could pinpoint some places with her Monster's Blessing and cat eyes.
"Give me three more hours. We have eliminated 1352 out of 1523 potential entrances in the Grand Marshal Mountain. Aih, this place is too big for its good." Iris looked at the sinking land below her.
"Can the alliance last three hours?" She returned with a worried tone.
Huo Yuhao suddenly laughed and returned, "Are you looking down on me, Iris?"
"I-I don't dare to do such a thing, my liege..." Iris flustered, nervously scratching her nose like a cat.
Huo Yuhao sighed and told Iris to focus on her task. "Three hours, huh?" He glanced at the roaring battlefield filled with corpses.
"I want to save my stamina for the main event, but something like that is impossible in this situation..."
Grabbing Fairy King's Canvas, Huo Yuhao spread the scroll open and chanted, "Come, Heaven Devouring Ink Serpent!"
BOOM!
An enormous shadow appeared and stood tall against the enemy, hissing arrogantly at these small fries. 'You call me to defeat these ants?' Heaven Devouring Ink Serpent rolled its eyes at Huo Yuhao.
"What? Go, swallow them as much as you can." Huo Yuhao ordered, having 5% of his energy consumed by summoning Titania's servant.
You might think it's not much because Huo Yuhao still has 95% more and could recover it quickly, but he wants to save everything for the 11th Class Monsters behind the Grand Marshal Mountain's portal. Five percent of his energy is vital for his plan.
"Three hours... Let's lower my energy consumption." Huo Yuhao placed the halberd back into the inventory.
He clenched his hand, balling the palm and relaxing them.
"DIE, KROMAN!" Another 10th Class Monster runs for Huo Yuhao's life.
Huo Yuhao barely moved from his position and used the stream-like hand movement to reach the monster's cheek. "No, you." He smacked the monster's head to the ground, creating a massive crater.
However, like an endless wave, The monster started to come one after another toward Huo Yuhao.
"A-Amazing..." Lily de Kemos opened her eyes because the monster waves moved to Huo Yuhao, lessening the burden on her side. Once she peeked out of the defensive formation, she could see Huo Yuhao calmly defeating any monsters that came to him.
His fist moves like a stream, killing with swiftness and decisiveness.
Not only that, but Lily also noticed Huo Yuhao never left the circle he made on the ground despite facing billions of monsters.
Nox Alexandra observed the fight from afar and commented, "He's worthy to bear Valstrax. His mastery of martial arts, even on my home star, is "rarely." seen."
"I hope he won't reject Krolamine's title. An heir with double family titles is not that rare, after all."
"Well, my master is obviously saving his energy. And so, I'll do my job as well." Nox Alexandra smiled sweetly and stared at the tears in the space fabric. She used her Devil's Taboo that unlocked after going through Nightmare Demon Pot's refining and sealed the space with it.
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Two hours later.
Huo Yuhao breathed slightly heavier than usual, standing on the five meters radius circle with billions of monster corpses around it. His clothes are wet from sweat, sticking to his skin.
"My liege, we found it!" Iris's excited voice echoed in Huo Yuhao's head.
"We managed to find it one hour earlier than I bargained for, yey!."
"Hehe~!"
"Good." Huo Yuhao calmed his nerve. contemporary romance
"It's time for a counterattack."