Chapter 83

No matter how many Ruin Guards equipped with autonomous AI were lost, they could be mass-produced as long as there were sufficient materials, so the Khaenri'ah side felt no heartache at all.

At this critical juncture, their immense foundation, accumulated over countless years, was finally exposed before the eyes of the gods.

Ruin-series autonomous puppets, ranging from several meters to tens of meters in height, simultaneously fired elemental lasers.

Some were as thin as an arm, others as thick as a water barrel.

The light of death, representing pure destruction, seemed as if it would pierce a hole through the sky itself.

Even the giant stone spears shot down by the Geo Archon were completely destroyed, surrounded and sealed off by a massive swarm of Ruin puppets.

Not only that, but soldiers who had mastered elemental manipulation also arrived on the battlefield.

Relying on the advantage of their weapons, they coordinated with elemental cannons and various elemental devices, unexpectedly holding the Seven Archons in a stalemate for a time.

Seeing himself being blocked, Morax's expression remained unchanged; he stomped his foot with a slight force, and a natural chasm immediately rose from the earth.

A roaring Geo dragon crawled out from within, tearing into the Ruin Guards.

As time passed, shattered boulders fell incessantly, burying the Ruin wreckage that had broken into pieces.

Dodging an attack from an elemental giant cannon, Morax frowned slightly as he looked at the golden, mysterious barrier shattering all around him.

"Entangling with these puppets is ultimately useless."

Seeing the defensive wall erected in the distance in such a short time, he knew he had to solve the problem of breaking into the interior of Khaenri'ah.

Otherwise, if he were hit by a cannon shot while not paying attention, even he could not ignore the damage; the technology from this ancient nation was far stronger than Guizhong's Ballista.

"Enough, if innocent lives are harmed, that is not my wish."

Sighing in a low voice, Morax, with the authority of the Geo Archon, decided to manifest the might of an Archon that could sweep across the eight wildernesses.

Connecting to the Stone from Outside the World, he intended to clear the obstacles with his own strength.

"The meteor has fallen; this is the movement of the heavens!"

In an instant, the Stone from Outside the World tore through the false sky, falling into the land of Khaenri'ah with raging flames that destroyed everything.

Watching the meteor that occupied their entire field of vision fall, the Khaenri'ah soldiers who had just been bombarding the Geo Archon widened their eyes in shock.

Under this most primitive and pure violence, even the barrier erected by the ancient nation's technology shattered instantly.

Large sections of the city walls were destroyed, and before the soldiers could even scream, they were crushed into pulp.

On the other side!

Barbatos unleashed a storm, the biting wind cutting through mountain ranges and carving out deep valleys, slicing the Ruin Guard swarms in half as if harvesting wheat.

Unexpectedly, even when broken in two, the Ruin Guards could still fire cannons and beams from their heads.

After all, they were not pure living beings; as long as their internal cores remained undamaged, they could theoretically fight indefinitely until their energy was exhausted.

"This is a bit troublesome."

Scratching his cheek in annoyance, Barbatos reached out to grab the Skyward Harp, using wind arrows as projectiles, and notched one.

In an instant, the arrow multiplied into a hundred, then a thousand, precisely piercing through the cores of the guards.

It was not just the Geo Archon and the Anemo Archon; the other gods also displayed their own unique abilities, the only difference being the speed of their advance.

Only Raiden Makoto and Hearing Luo Li were lagging behind.

"The foundation of Khaenri'ah is truly formidable."

Without even looking, Hearing Luo Li reached out a hand, and the Void Spears floating around him directly shattered a beam of light aimed at Raiden Makoto, then rapidly pierced down along that direction, pinning a Ruin Destroyer firmly into the ground.

Looking around, he had roughly destroyed ten thousand Ruin-series autonomous puppets, yet there was still no end in sight, as they continued to join the battlefield from everywhere.

"If this continues, it will be endless."

Hearing Luo Li, who had intended to coast, saw that the pressure on Raiden Makoto was exceptionally high.

Perhaps realizing that this woman was a "weakness" Hearing Luo Li had to protect, the majority of the attacks were shifted onto Raiden Makoto.

If one were not in the middle of it and were watching this grand spectacle from the outside, one would likely cheer for the "intense mecha battle" before them.

Countless beams of light connected like rain, protecting the underground city like a hedgehog.

As the saying goes, many ants can kill an elephant, let alone a powerful ancient civilization like Khaenri'ah.

"Tsk, all of you, kneel."

With a pitch-black sphere that swallowed all light appearing in his hand, Hearing Luo Li directly utilized the authority belonging to the Herrscher of Earth, manipulating the gravity of the Khaenri'ah land within his line of sight.

Under the suppression of the incredibly immense gravity, many Ruin-series autonomous puppets shattered directly from the pressure; even those that were not damaged were stuck firmly to the ground, unable to move.

For a moment, the surrounding frantic beams were cleared, and the intensity of the attacks covering the Raiden Archon's direction dropped significantly.

Hu, hu.

Finally able to rest for a moment, Raiden Makoto panted with slight exhaustion; she was truly not adept at direct combat.

Even with Hearing Luo Li protecting her side, she had consumed quite a lot.

Her Dull Blade had severed many Ruin Guard cores, and thanks to this, the Musou Isshin remained unstained by blood.

As time slowly passed, the gap in the Seven Archons' blockade of Khaenri'ah grew smaller and smaller, until it gradually approached the edge of the city.

No matter how frantic the Ruin Guards were, they could not stop the advance of the Seven Archons.

But gradually, Hearing Luo Li discovered something was wrong.

"The strength of those puppets is getting higher and higher, and they carry a certain ominous aura of a curse."

This was something not only he had noticed; all the Seven Archons clearly sensed it.

And its source came precisely from the underground.

Raiden Makoto leaned half-against Hearing Hearing Luo Li back, and after finally steadying her breathing, she replied: "If things go wrong, don't worry about me; leave here in the shortest time possible."

"You know that's impossible."

Hearing Hearing Luo Li tone did not change at all, as if the fierce battle just now had not been a drain on him at all.

With a wry smile, Makoto complained in a low voice: "What a stubborn man."

Her beautiful eyes reflecting his back, the gentle Raiden Archon felt very at ease.

If she had come alone, she might have already met with misfortune.

The intensity of the war far exceeded her imagination.

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