Chapter 541: Great Demon
"Boom—!"
The War Colossus descended from the sky, and upon landing, it sent all the surrounding Demons flying.
The Lesser Demon Hounds that were biting the Beast Race warriors were struck by the Blood Runes flying out from the War Colossus, turning into Black Qi and vanishing.
Priest Salu's blood boiled at the core of the colossus, and streaks of Blood Runes spread outward from the Visceral Totem.
The War Colossus raised its arm, and countless bone spikes burst out from the ground.
The moment the first bone claw broke through the soil, the Demons within a hundred-meter radius were crushed into Black Qi by an invisible force field and vanished.
The Living Runes embedded in the joints flickered on and off; looking closely, they were actually Two-legged Sheep that had not yet died, twitching frantically.
"Crush them!"
Salu's roar echoed within the colossus through the resonance of blood vessels.
The war machine raised its right foot and stomped down fiercely, stirring up a wave of air.
Two armored Demon Generals attempted to resist, but at the moment of contact, they and their shields melted into Black Qi.
A Beast Race warrior clutched his exposed intestines and shouted excitedly as he watched the War Colossus appear on the battlefield to turn the tide.
"It's our War Colossus! Kill!"
Other Beast Race warriors felt the same excitement; for a time, the morale of the Beast Race on the battlefield surged, and shouts rang out everywhere.
"Kill!"
The colossus's left arm suddenly split into thousands of flesh chains, each chain ending in the head of a Two-legged Sheep that was still screaming.
Beams of Blood Runes shot from the eye sockets of these heads, precisely piercing the Demon Warlocks who were casting spells a thousand meters away.
A certain Demon General had just spread its bat wings to take flight when it was sucked into the blood-red maw that suddenly split open in the colossus's chest; a teeth-aching chewing sound came from the throat filled with sharp teeth, and then streaks of Black Qi were absorbed into the War Colossus's Visceral Totem.
Hudaiqiao saw the Beast Race's War Colossus and said to Falke beside him.
"Do you want to try it? Falke, see if your strength has recovered."
Falke gave a cold snort and did not look at Hudaiqiao's playful gaze.
"Hmph, this toy is not worth mentioning in my eyes."
Hudaiqiao smiled and said to Falke.
"Then I'll leave it to you, Falke."
Falke ignored Hudaiqiao, wrapped himself in Black Qi, and vanished before Hudaiqiao.
Hudaiqiao had anticipated Falke's behavior and shook his head slightly, saying.
"Haha, what a narrow-minded fellow."
When the War Colossus crossed the burning trench, the Living Runes embedded in its joints suddenly flared with red light, and the low-level Lesser Demons within three hundred meters exploded into Black Fog in unison.
Before these Black Qi dissipated, they were adsorbed to the soles of the colossus and flowed along blood-colored pipes to provide energy to the War Colossus.
"Grind them into powder!"
Priest Salu's roar came from within the War Colossus.
The colossus's left arm smashed into the ground with a boom, and thousands of bone spikes surged forward like a tide.
Seven Lesser Demons that were besieging Beast Race warriors had their throats instantly pierced by the Bone Forest formed by the spikes; after their bodies twitched briefly, they turned into Black Qi and were absorbed by the War Colossus.
Various Demons in the sky launched attacks at the War Colossus, but the damage they caused was quickly repaired by the War Colossus using Black Qi.
The colossus's chest suddenly split open into a spiral-shaped mouth, and thirty bone spears wreathed in Blood Runes shot out, piercing the flying Demons in the sky like ten thousand arrows.
A Lesser Demon that had luckily escaped being pierced just raised its head when half its skull was sheared off by the splashing Blood Runes.
"Not enough! The sacrifices are not enough!"
Salu, in the control cabin, slashed his own chest with his right hand and slapped his scalding heart onto the Visceral Totem.
The Two-legged Sheep imprisoned in the power core of the War Colossus let out unprecedented, shrill screams.
"Demon scum!!!"
Three flesh tentacles covered in suction cups extended from the colossus's throat, coiling around the gargoyles attempting to take flight for a surprise attack.
"Feel the torrent of pain!"
The Demons entangled by the tentacles suddenly swelled violently and their bodies exploded rapidly, bursting into clusters of Black Qi.
The surviving Demon Generals raised their Battle Axes and roared, gathering the elite Demons around them to launch a charge.
However, the colossus's right arm suddenly disintegrated into countless chains, each chain end tethered to a Two-legged Sheep head with eyes burning with green fire.
These heads opened their jaws and sprayed beams of blood-colored light, crushing the armored Demon Generals in an instant.
Just as the entire Demon battle line showed signs of collapsing, the sky filled with Black Qi suddenly solidified.
When Falke stepped out of the shadows, all the flames on the battlefield eerily stilled.
Liquid darkness flowed over the surface of his dark purple Armor, and his powerful aura caused the entire battlefield to solidify, as if time had stopped.
With every step the Great Demon Falke took, the Blood Runes on the War Colossus began to shatter.
The Living Runes embedded in the joints began to twist frantically, and the Two-legged Sheep imprisoned in the flesh let out heart-rending screams.
"A War Colossus?"
Falke's voice was heard by all the Demons and Beast Race on the battlefield, especially the Beast Race; many Beast Race warriors' legs had already begun to tremble uncontrollably.
"It's nothing but a toy; look how happy it makes you."
The blood-red maw in the colossus's chest opened wide, spraying out the Blood Runes that had been accumulating for a long time.
But the crimson energy stream suddenly twisted three meters away from Falke, as if it had been sucked into some invisible black hole.
The Demon Lord raised his left hand, and a cluster of Black Qi appeared at his fingertips.
Thousands of black threads erupted from the void, instantly entangling the twenty-meter-tall black-and-red War Colossus.
The moment Falke clenched his palm, the black-and-red flesh of the War Colossus was stripped away, exposing the energy core boiling with blood mist inside.
"A Resonance Device driven by living sacrifices?"
Falke sneered, and Black Qi continuously surged from his body.
"Let me teach you what true pain is!"
Priest Salu, trapped within the War Colossus, discovered in terror that the Sacrificial Array he had personally carved was operating in reverse.
Those souls tortured to death by them broke free from the Rune cages, rushing toward the casters while carrying a millennium of accumulated resentment.
The right arm of the colossus froze in mid-air before it could fully disintegrate into flesh-and-blood chains.
The heads of the Two-legged Sheep within the Living Runes suddenly turned toward the control cabin in unison, and the hellfire of vengeance erupted from their hollow eye sockets.
The entire War Colossus began to spasm unnaturally.
The space behind Falke suddenly collapsed into a dark red vortex, and the energy hurricane formed by the Abyssal Siphon pulled the War Colossus upward.
The black-red flesh peeled away piece by piece in the absolute darkness, and Blood Runes flew out continuously.
Those War Colossi that the Beast Race took such pride in were now gradually collapsing.
Falke snapped his fingers, and the black-red flesh that formed the War Colossus transformed into black-red Spears; tens of thousands of Spears erupted from the darkness, pinning the Beast Race warriors on the battlefield to the scorched earth.
Sensing the appearance of the Great Demon's aura, Wali also quickly arrived at the battlefield; seeing the War Colossus destroyed in a mere dozen seconds, Wali felt a sense of gravity in his heart.
As expected, the Great Demon's strength is immense; I wonder if I can eliminate it.
Rune Power began to surge from Wali's body, catching Falke's attention; the moment the two locked eyes, Wali struck first, and emerald-green Runes flew out rapidly.
"Hahaha, a Beast Race High Priest? Once I eliminate you, your Beast Race won't be able to hold on anymore, right!"
Falke laughed loudly and charged at Wali, his Black Qi attacking incessantly.
End of Chapter
