“Everyone!
Defend the port to the death!
We absolutely cannot let these abominations break through the defensive line!” “Yes!!” At Cangcheng’s port, an intense close-quarters battle officially erupted.
The meteors that had originally flown upward in reverse across the sky had already vanished.
Replacing them were “fallen stars” streaking toward Cangcheng’s interior one after another.
Each fallen star was mixed with large numbers of Abominations of Abundance.
They rode the “fallen stars” into Cangcheng’s various grotto-heavens, and then began a “bloody” plunder.
Everywhere they passed was left in ruins.
And to them, the place richest in “life energy” throughout all of Cangcheng right now was Cangcheng’s port.
And so, they drifted toward the port like a man-eating storm.
Then…
they were wiped out by a single slap from the powerful Cloud Knights.
“Abominations, die!” Xueyi, holding a blue-green blade, was currently charging at the very front of the battleline.
The longsword in her hand moved as if it were an extension of her arm.
Ordinary abominations could not get even a fraction closer to her, and in less than a moment, dozens of abominations had already been beheaded, collapsing beside her.
Hanya at the side was not the slightest bit inferior either.
Her body was faster than her sword, and with the sisters joining forces, they actually carved out a vacuum zone by sheer force for a time.
However, the abominations continued endlessly like a tide, and the originally cold air had now become scorching hot.
There were still survival vessels leaving Cangcheng at this moment, but every step they advanced was bought with the lives of the Cloud Knights and pilots.
Above the sky, the pilots used themselves as guides, opening a path of survival for the ships.
On the ground, the Cloud Knights transformed into shields, and the abominations still could not cross even the slightest part of that silver defensive line!
This should have been a prolonged battle.
The scales of victory might even very likely have tilted toward the Xianzhou’s side.
But…
this was an unfair battle from the very beginning.
As the fighting grew more and more intense, some Cloud Knights were struck by the abominations’ underhanded tricks, and Mara-Struck was about to manifest…
At first, the judges of the Ten-Lords Commission could still suppress these Cloud Knights afflicted by Mara-Struck, but as the war continued, they could no longer keep their attention on the Cloud Knights for long.
On the other side, within the General’s Residence.
The Cangcheng General had yet to make any move.
Logically speaking, as an Arbiter-General, he should have appeared the moment the abominations descended and stabilized the battle situation.
But he had not done so, and the reason was very simple.
Because the abominations currently landing on Cangcheng were nothing more than small fry.
They were merely “parasites” attached to the “Demon Star.” And the true great enemy he had to face was only one…
That was [Rahu the Planet Eater].
That Demon Star that blotted out the sky and sun was the existence that could truly threaten Cangcheng!
And what the Cangcheng General had to do now was wait.
Wait until that Demon Star came into contact with Cangcheng.
Only when the distance was close enough could he swing his full-powered strike before being “transformed” by the power on that Demon Star!
If this were when he was young, he might still have been able to forcibly endure those “obsessions” and keep the enemy outside Cangcheng.
But the him of today was no longer young.
Cangcheng was his greatest obsession, so…
he had only one chance.
Either “destroy the star,” or…
vanish together with Cangcheng within The Reignbow Arbiter’s light arrow.
Aside from these two possibilities, there was no other.
“General!
It’s…
here!” Hearing this, the Cangcheng General, who had been resting with his eyes closed, instantly opened both eyes, picked up the sword beside him, stood up, and walked out of the General’s Residence.
At this moment, the night sky was no longer pitch-black.
Replacing it was an abnormal red glow.
The next instant!
Countless rays of light surged from the ground once again.
These rays rose from the ground, rushed out of Cangcheng’s various grotto-heavens, and charged toward the “planet” outside Cangcheng that was already about to draw close to it!
At the same time, thick pillars of light burst forth from Cangcheng one after another.
Each one among them possessed the might to directly destroy a small or medium-sized planet!
These attacks struck that burning planet with perfect accuracy, but no one was excited because of it.
Because those attacks that could ordinarily destroy stars with ease looked somewhat “painless” after striking that Demon Star now.
One of the light cannons even pierced through that Demon Star, but…
on that living planet, the mountain ranges and landmasses surged like flesh.
Before long, that “scar,” which had nearly been enough to cause the planet to disintegrate, was filled in.
At the same time, repairing its wound consumed a large amount of Rahu’s life energy.
This made it become even more frenzied, and it desperately wanted to open the “iron can” before it and properly savor the abundant life energy within!
And so, its speed as it approached Cangcheng grew a little faster.
And this, naturally, was also part of the Cangcheng General’s Plan.
Only by exhausting it with all their might would he have more confidence in cutting it down afterward!
Cangcheng The sky gradually turned crimson, and a scorching aura gradually spread across the entire Xianzhou.
At the Cloud Knights’ frontline, the sisters Xueyi and Hanya, who were bitterly holding on within the battle formation, had already swung their swords until they were numb.
No one knew how many longswords in their hands had been replaced by now, and most of them had been picked up from the hands of fallen comrades.
Behind the battleline, the few remaining common folk had already sunk into despair.
They looked at the vessels falling from the sky, their eyes filled with confusion.
Could they…
really survive?
Some people sat down where they were in a daze, their minds shattered.
Others chose to turn around and join the Cloud Knights’ battleline, picking up the weapons the Cloud Knights had left behind and fighting the abominations to the end.
At the same time, on the other side.
Wen Jin was like a traveler unrelated to this world, moving unhindered through the streets filled with abominations.
At first, that group of abominations seemed to have discovered some supreme delicacy, surging toward Wen Jin from every direction.
But before they could even touch the hem of Wen Jin’s clothes, they turned into drifting ash within the golden flames.
And so, wherever Wen Jin walked, such a scene appeared: with him at the center, within a radius of ten meters, every abomination that drew near would be tainted by golden firelight and turned into the purest matter in this world within that most “fundamental” flame.
If he had undergone [Destruction] so many times and still could not grasp some things related to the source of [Destruction], then he really would have reached End of Life.
Against these “abominations” that relied on the source of life, Wen Jin’s flames could be called their “natural enemy.” Because what he burned was the very source of life!
Perhaps, in a certain sense, this could also count as making others reach “End of Life,” right?
Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks.
Under the gazes of the abominations, whose expressions looked as though they had seen a ghost, he slowly raised his head and looked toward Cangcheng’s sky.
The clear blue sky of the past was gone forever.
What remained now was only that…
red light, as well as that burning planet, growing closer and closer, its illusory silhouette already visible from the surface.
★ ★ ★ T/N: If you spot mistranslation, do tell me.
★ ★ ★ Shilling time!