Chapter 66: I Really Am Not Very Good at Fighting

"Your Pale Army has launched a terrifying charge under your personal command!"

"The trait of your Pale Army: All Things Terrified has taken effect!"

"All Things Terrified: An exclusive trait of the soulless Pale Army. Any creature possessing a soul will fall into extreme panic and terror upon seeing the soulless. Even if the opponent possesses resistance to fear effects, they cannot avoid being terrified. Only creatures such as demons and elemental beings can reduce the level of terror."

"The enemy's battle line has been routed! Fourteen infantry regiments, seven cavalry regiments, and one engineering corps have collapsed and scattered! You are marching toward victory!"

"The enemy commander Joshua is under the attention of a god; the decapitation strike failed!"

"The demon Joshua has activated Supernatural Charisma!"

"The enemy's battle line is reorganizing!"

"Sigh, I really am not very good at things like fighting. There are just too many things to consider."

Floating in the Observatory, Li Ang felt everything happening in his territory and sighed with some regret.

Fighting the enemy outside was a Phantom he had created. After all, as a true core figure, it was naturally best to watch from a safe place. Descending onto the battlefield in person was something that needed to be done to show his subjects.

But if one could not distinguish between true needs and one's own value, that was the rhythm of disaster. So, Li Ang very rationally returned to his Observatory and began to control the entire battle situation from the perspective of the overall civilization. He let his avatar outside put on an arrogant posture to maximize the mobilization of the Winds of Magic and spell structures.

However, just like what had just happened, although Li Ang had resisted the demon invasion of the God of Wisdom at the Heavenly Fortress and also resisted the strikes of the God of War and the God of Life at the Giant Tree Outpost—incidentally, it felt like the God of Life hadn't really struck anything; instead, he had kept charging the giant tree, causing the Life Barrier to expand by another circle, which made the Blood God's side fly into a futile rage—he hadn't found the last one, the God of Pleasure.

Because not enough demons were killed and there was no time to deploy countermeasures, he ultimately let that massive emotional entity transform their strongest commander into a demon shaped like a giant snake.

"Ah, the decapitation strike failed, huh..."

Watching the demon that was born from the husk and struggling to roar at the sky, Li Ang raised an eyebrow.

He really wasn't very good at fighting, just as he had concluded and judged about himself at the beginning. If Wufuruike had come, perhaps he would have directly beheaded the demon and persuaded the enemy army to surrender, right? But compared to the current Chivalrous Expeditionary Force, the long-term Norscan migration was more important in the long run. As long as the overall mystery and the posture of calm handling were guaranteed, people would spontaneously believe that this force was worth relying on.

After all, even in times of crisis, a figure of Wufuruike's level had not returned to the Landing Site; such confidence and performance were the best billboards for the Norscan. Always worshipping the strong and Follow the Strong, they would spontaneously follow Wufuruike and move in en masse after the Chivalrous Expedition.

But in the end, it was still his own strategy that wasn't up to par.

If his strategy had really been up to par, with a massive advantage where two hundred special units charging would cause the opponent's morale to collapse, it would be a miracle if he hadn't driven the opponent into the sea directly. It wasn't like now, where he had to reveal his trump cards bit by bit.

"Keep struggling, demon. Let's see how many cards you can draw..."

Looking at the second and third colors waiting in the void, as well as the last pale purple icon that was constantly gathering due to the death and injury of demons on the battlefield, Li Ang floated in the Observatory, calmly watching everything in his territory.

He saw that demon let out a shrill shriek, instantly flipping his Pale Army behemoth onto the ground.

He saw that monster use an unimaginable language and command to suppress the fear overflowing in people's hearts. Perhaps because ordinary Humans had no way to resist that fear coming from the Soul, demons broke free from the Human husks one by one and began to form a defensive line on the battlefield, causing the Pale Army to lose its combat capability one after another.

To be honest, this was quite simple, because the disparity in numbers was just too great; a group of demons could just press down on their fear with their hands and feet and pin the Pale Army in place.

And after the chaos, that slick demon seemed convinced of its victory, grinning as it looked in the direction of Li Ang's Phantom.

"Now only we remain, wizard."

"Hmm, well done. Unexpectedly brilliant, demon. Congratulations on uniting and working together to break the enemy of the First Path."

"So? You lunatic can still laugh at this point? Next, we will hack you into ten thousand pieces, and it will still be hard to resolve the hatred in my heart."

The demon brandished seven or eight gorgeous weapons, a ferocious expression appearing on its face.

Li Ang's Phantom stood opposite everyone, yet revealed a mysterious and unfathomable smile.

"Why wouldn't I laugh? Although you solved the First Path of the Pale Army... then, what are you going to do about the Second Path?"

"...?"

Second Path...? What Second Path?

He still has the power of a second kind of Dark God?? The many demons who were suppressing the struggling Pale Army heard this voice from the bottom of their hearts and were stunned for a moment. "Exactly so. Although I don't really know how to fight, I do have some insights regarding psionics and preparation plans. Two hundred people fighting twenty thousand, it won't do to not make more preparations."

Li Ang smiled and extended a finger, drawing slightly in the air.

A sound like glass shattering appeared in the minds of all living things in the entire Broken Lands, making everyone feel a sense of doomsday terror in their hearts.

The sky's shrill and terrifying red light gradually dissipated, and a twisted, sickly green glow began to spread from the World Scar. And that voice, which felt like a curse and could be automatically understood in everyone's minds, was born from the Soul once again, transmitting that chant which should not have appeared into everyone's minds.

"From the moment the living beings of this world left the ruins, they became travelers.

Facing this strange world, they pinned their slim hopes on the future and stepped onto the directions pointed out by the four paths.

Yes, there is a path that is pointed out like this."

"..."

Expanding.

Under the illumination of that pale green twisted light, the pale behemoths beneath the demons began to swell abnormally one after another.

Like a bloated and deformed monster, a foul stench began to vent and linger in the surroundings; dark green muscles and rotting branches meandered and permeated from within their bodies, bursting forth with terrifying plants full of vitality.

And Li Ang's voice still echoed in mid-air.

"That deformed path shows the result of people twisting themselves for their own continuation, thirsting for cycles and entangling with each other.

Plants, sickly green, combination; only those who thirst for the Kind Father and nature, abandoning ethics and dignity, can discover the path of life. Becoming rotting living things to continue.

This is the Path of Life."

Watching the scene where a blade slashed onto the swollen skin of the Pale Army but was stuck by the rapidly regenerating flesh, the snake-like Joshua looked at the smiling projection in fury.

"This is the power of the God of Life... just how far do you intend to humiliate us?!"

"Everything."

Li Ang answered calmly.

"All of this. Demon Joshua."

"No matter what, everything in the world should be under my control. You are also people whom I pity and love."

"This is not humiliation, but the truth. It is my gentle love. However, since you want to resist, then I have no choice but to show the anger that the Kind Father will also display."

"Gede, stand up."

"... Yes, Master."

The pale monster kneeling on the ground responded.

They stood up, shaking off the demons that were screaming incessantly on their bodies and trying to use their weapons to pin them in place, just like shaking off water.

In their turbid yellow eyes filled with the desire for destruction, there was no concept of serious injury or death for normal life; their swollen bodies radiated malicious vitality, causing the surrounding demons to let out bursts of terrified screams.

"Then, second round, Knight Joshua."

Amidst the filthy green light, Li Ang's figure flickered and crossed, smiling kindly at the desperate expeditionary force on the plain as he said:

"Let us continue. You have not yet fully unleashed your potential; you have only been briefly blessed, have you not? Let me see what the demons you have transformed into can actually provide. Hehe, I hope it isn't nothing at all."

(End of chapter)