Chapter 4193

Dark clouds pressed down from above, muffled thunder booming nonstop like war drums, while below, the abyssal creatures surging forth like a tidal wave left the contractors at the front lines of the 1st Vanguard Fortress breathless, gripping their weapons tightly.

Crack crack crack~

The pupils of the evil yet beautiful Red Count widened slightly; facing the pressure now, she hadn't felt such force in many years, making her pupils even more crimson.

Beside the Blood Count stood a towering figure in a black archmage robe that made him appear even more imposing, the bones on his body obedient, giving him an aura between life and death—this was the Necromancy Archmage, Seth.

Just as the abyssal creature wave ahead shattered an invisible barrier, with a boom, countless ranged attacks from our side erupted.

Of course, the Void Fortress wasn't only filled with contractors; native Void powerhouses could also respond to the summons of the Void Tree and come here to garrison.

Of course, the Void natives weren't lacking in those who feared battle and sought survival; the issue was, the Void Tree's justly declared temporary war refuge only allowed those with combat power below a certain threshold to enter—civilians from all Star Realm worlds had entered the temporary war refuges located farthest from the abyssal spread in their respective worlds; as for those unwilling to enter, of course no one forced them, for this life-or-death decision, the Void Tree's certification had always been very lenient.

Some major cities of various worlds refused this shelter from an unknown powerful force, choosing instead to defend their homes themselves.

The fate of these major cities was already sealed; as for those Star Realm powerhouses who chose to flee battle and seek survival, they failed to realize one thing: once the Abyssal War began, for transcendent beings, the only truly safe place was actually each world's war fortress—that is, our main base.

At this moment, the Void Main Base could be described as a gathering of Star Realm powerhouses, plus numerous strong ones from the Paradise Camp, along with omens of summoning from the Ninth Stage to the Supreme Realm, plus a large number of workers, making the total population of the Main Base exceed one million, and this had already reserved replacements for the front lines and temporary reinforcements for the other five battlefields; of course, compared to the core battlefield,

the defensive strength of the other five battlefields was weaker by several times or more; conversely, the offensive limits of the abyssal force camps on those sides were also far inferior to that of the Void, for the abyssal gates there were merely projections—only the Void had the true gate opened.

Beside the Necromancy Archmage Seth was actually the Goblin Elder Ma Za Bi A Duo Erti; all high-level members of the Goblin Merchant Guild were fully aware they could not resist this abyssal invasion, which would mean the extinction of all Star Realm life, so they simply submitted over ninety percent of the Goblin Merchant Guild's stockpiled spacetime power to the Void Tree.

If we won this battle, the Goblin Merchant Guild would certainly take off immediately; however, given their greedy yet low-key style, at most they would still maintain their former appearance, and would not even climb to the top of the guild—the goblins' greatest pastime, put bluntly, was secretly counting gold coins under the covers and enjoying themselves quietly.

And to the right of the Goblin Elder was indeed an old woman—yes, the Demon Old Lady had also come, and all along,

the Demon Clan had always been fence-sitters; this time they couldn't sit on the fence—would they join the abyssal camp? Just thinking about it sounds unreliable; if they truly entered the Abyssal Era, the Demon Clan wouldn't even have an environment capable of sustaining life.

The Demon Clan had always been, if they could sit on the fence, they would; if they couldn't, they never lacked the resolve to fight to the death—one could say the Demon Clan had no stance yet was brutal, but one couldn't say they were bad at war.

Facing the surging wave of abyssal creatures, the Necromancy Archmage Seth stood alone on the frontline metal wall, raised one hand with a boom, and paths of death giant worm holes of various sizes appeared; within these spatial worm holes surged vast numbers of undead creatures, the weakest among them being brain-eaters, a high-tier undead lifeform.

Using summonings of ultimate move level as fodder—this is one of the faces of the strongest necromancy, Death Paradise's Solar Seth.

But there's one strange point: the undead summoned by the Necromancy Archmage Seth all possess solar attributes; even the weaker ones have strong flame attributes.

Vast undead lifeforms met the black tide, but the next second, the undead tide was swallowed by the dark current; seeing this, the Necromancy Archmage Seth remained composed, standing on the high wall, his archmage windbreaker flapping loudly in the gale.

Su Xiao, positioned on the high wall of our third defensive line, looked ahead at the Necromancy Archmage Seth and secretly felt this man had great courage, with many abyssal powerhouses secretly probing him, yet he dared stand in such a conspicuous position; he asked himself inwardly,

with those old things secretly watching, even he wouldn't want to charge into the battle formation right now.

One second after the black tide had just submerged the undead army, the next moment it exploded with a roar.

Boom boom boom—

The explosion that shattered space into ruin came from those undead creatures; Seth reached out, and the undead lifeforms that scattered into fragments after the explosion actually clung to each other fragment by fragment, reassembling themselves—whether it was art or explosion, Seth didn't know, but he certainly knew how to blast enemies into dust.

The title Solar Seth was given to him after he became famous, as outsiders feared his vengeful nature; before, he was called Mad Seth, and his summoned creatures had none that couldn't self-destruct.

The continuous solar explosions triggered by Solar Seth momentarily suppressed the abyssal tide ahead, heaven and earth were engulfed in explosions—let alone the incoming abyssal creatures, even our frontline contractors or Void powerhouses hid behind the high wall, yet they could clearly feel the wall booming and vibrating before them.

A demon named Abak, heart still pounding, stared at the trembling high wall ahead; nearby were his two feather tribe friends, a brother and sister—older brother Feiyu and younger sister Chenwu.

Abak swallowed his saliva and asked the masked man beside him, that is, a pioneer: "Do you Paradise people always act like this?"

Abak's saying was like this: in the subsequent melee, I'll stay far away, so I don't die at the enemy's hands and get friendly-fired by my own people.

The masked pioneer fell silent, then said: "Compared to the Mad Paradise, Solar Seth is comparatively rational."

"Mad Paradise? Which side is that?"

Chenwu of the feather tribe spoke up, asking; as the final battle began, Star Realm powerhouses who joined, through information given by the Void Tree, had a preliminary understanding of the several Paradises—this was normal, since we were about to fight and die together, if we didn't know which side we were fighting alongside, that would truly be laughable.

"Kukulin Bai Ye's Paradise."

"Oh~!" ×3

Abak, Feiyu, and Chenwu all looked like this—this made perfect sense.

The explosion sounds never ceased for a moment, as if Solar Seth alone could hold back the abyssal tide; on the high wall, Seth was in high spirits—not only had he accumulated deeply and burst forth after years of low profile, now before the myriad races of the Star Realm and the strong ones of the several Paradises, he fully revealed his holiness before the people, also due to his soaring merit points.

If he accumulated enough, later obtaining one of the Abyssal Heart/Elemental Eye" would allow him to rise completely; of course, given Solar Seth's style, he would definitely proceed steadily, his goal being to reach this point around the mid-Fourth Era.

One can only say, Solar Seth is truly steady—aside from his indeed long accumulation, if anyone were in a dead star's sun, absorbing solar power for who knows how many years, they'd want to vent too.

Whoosh~

A nearly negligible breaking wind sound came—this was the fish clan elder before the Abyssal Gate, one hand cupped before his mouth like a barrel, as if blowing out something with a blowgun—Ermu Kansha.

White hair-thin micro-worms shot toward Solar Seth's front; in truth, the truly dangerous thing had never been the strange evil coming face-on, but this quiet yet swift thing.

A full-body skeleton blazing with solar flame appeared before Solar Seth's front; the white thread-worm pierced its tall leg bone, then—silence.

Boom!

Not an explosion, but an astonishingly rapid proliferation speed causing the detonation—one white thread-worm instantly split and proliferated into a worm domain up to a kilometer in diameter, like a worm sea about to flood this place.

Solar Seth's expression shifted slightly; he immediately wanted to withstand this enemy move with hard means—Solar Seth could normally fall, could be defeated, but what he represented before the people now was the Death Paradise's Death Wanderer; having been the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Second for so many years, this time, no matter what, he had to take off the hat of the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Second of this campaign.

Ching~

A slash quietly cut across; Solar Seth first felt strange, then suddenly understood—solar flames erupted suddenly around him, burning the thread-worms to ash; amidst the flying embers, Solar Seth standing atop the high wall lost none of our side's momentum.

Far ahead at the Abyssal Gate, the Fish Clan Elder Ermu Kansha wore a smile that didn't reach his eyes; he was certain the undead archmage wasn't of the karma system, and that the karma being instantly extinguished just now—even if true karma-system karma were obliterated, it couldn't be this clean; known beings capable of this, aside from the one who, with a blade in hand, severed a transcendental realm, who else could there be?

The Fish Clan Elder Ermu Kansha gazed into the distance; with his perception and the strength of the aura of the person he sought, he could of course determine whether the opponent was on the front line.

"It seems he doesn't dare face us directly."

After saying this, Ermu Kansha chuckled with a yin laugh, the sound like cold, damp deep sea.

The Bronze Clan Elder remained silent; this usually stern collective leader also showed no stance—this was like ten million black spoons feeling sorrow until it reached the Lun clan's elder, named Lun Kui, a strong and tall figure, its lower face wearing a bone mask, it glanced down at the small old man appearance but terrifying in image Fish Clan Elder, Lun Clan Elder, that is, the Beast Clan's eldest also said nothing, but the meaning was clear: if not for the Sovereign being here, it would be as if you dared face that Extinction One yourself.

Actually, this time the mission of the Four Clan Elders was to eliminate Su Xiao; one-on-one he was definitely not a match, hence four-on-one; as for saying spreading this would sound bad, there was no such concern—after all, that was the Extinction One Kukulin Bai Ye, this enemy's strength made four-on-one not shameful at all, even giving the impression that four-on-one was entirely justified, even to the point of feeling rather unstable.

The abyssal creatures were as endless as they came; fortunately, our firepower was ample, all kinds of long-range abilities blasted like there was no tomorrow, and there was really no need to aim—now, as long as a skill was flung out, it would hit.

At the third frontline, a fire mage from the Initiation Paradise had his staff flickering with faint firelight; above, house-sized fireballs fell one after another, booming into the incoming enemy tide.

Watching the continuously rolling merit points, the fire mage grandpa's mouth corner was harder to press down than an AK's; based on the earlier hint, merit points could be exchanged for real attribute points and skill upgrade warehouse usage rights, so he continued safely farming merit points; at most in the next day or two, he'd have confidence that after rotation, he'd become an absolute top-tier mage grandpa.

Just as the fire mage grandpa blasted nonstop, behind him, the sweat-drenched support system restoring his mana, while close-combat troops vigilantly watched the surroundings, black liquid matter suddenly appeared beside the fire mage grandpa.

Just as the fire-system mage was wildly bombarding, the support system behind him that restored his mana was drenched in sweat, while the melee system stayed alert to the surroundings, the dark liquid substance suddenly appeared beside the fire-system mage.

"Roar!"

A creature shaped like a shooting insect suddenly burst out from a spatial rift; being so close to the fire-element mage, he could smell the stench of the breeding creature and felt a terrifying dread that made his hair stand on end.

Pa-pa.

The breeding creature exploded, turning into a mass of black leech-like worms; the black worms scattered, one of them biting the fire-element mage's left hand, its mouthparts ignoring all defenses, taking a bite on the pad of his finger, removing a piece of flesh the size of a soybean.

Peng!

The flame impact shattered the black leech worms; the fire-element mage felt a lingering fear, and just as he thought he had escaped danger, he suddenly felt movement in his palm; looking up, he saw black leech worms emerging from his skin, writhing violently; seeing this, the usually tough fire-element mage's cheek twitched.

Such a scene would be hard to dream of even in a nightmare.

The healing-type member's expression grew worse; her dispelling ability had been used but was ineffective, for these leech worms were transmitted when that black creature bit him earlier, now multiplying wildly inside the fire-element mage's body, their nature having become part of his physique; even as this part underwent lethal and rapid proliferation, it could not be eliminated by dispelling ability.

As for healing ability, it was even less usable; the nature of these leech worms was too troublesome—only to say that ninth-rank contractors facing the traits nurtured by the Abyss were indeed somewhat fragile, not everyone like Su Xiao, who began contacting Abyss-spawned things or environments at seventh or eighth rank, and after ninth rank, dealt with Abyssal traits in every world; after becoming supremely strong, it goes without saying.

The fire-element mage pulled up his sleeve; the sight before him made him regret not chopping off this arm immediately—black leech worms hung down like tassels; he let out a trembling groan, realizing at this moment that on this Abyssal battlefield, as a ninth-rank fire-element mage, he was at best the lowest-tier combat power that could drop dead at any moment; though not quite cannon fodder like summoned beasts, encountering danger truly meant death.

In this five-person team, the perpetually silent earth-element elder rose from the metal supply box, his tower shield slamming to the ground as he gripped it and charged forward—target: teammate, fire-element mage.

Seeing the tower shield coming straight at him, the fire-element mage gave a somewhat relieved smile—this was the correct choice that also made him want to curse.

Peng!

The earth-element elder, transformed into a battle spirit, charged through without knocking the fire-element mage aside, instead piercing straight through; the fire-element mage felt intense pain throughout his body, followed by relief; after the healing ability struck him, he exhaled a long breath of having survived: I

Now looking at the earth-element elder, black leech worms emerged from his body surface; he stomped the ground, tilted his head back, and let out a furious roar as black leech worms flew out from within him; after completing this with the Earth-element Hearkening Indestructible Body technique, healing ability also came flying.

The earth-element elder with a face covering pulled down part of it, revealing a loyal and honest visage; he nodded slightly at the fire-element mage, who, having just recovered, raised his hand and extended his thumb.

Matched into this battle team, the fire-element mage had been a bit displeased, after all he himself had earned five kills' worth of merit, divided among five people—he had nothing to say about the support and healing types.

But now he genuinely felt the merit should be divided among five people, and not to underestimate that listless melee teammate—if an Abyssal creature suddenly used some method to burrow into a spatial rift and alter this, this teammate would be the team's safeguard.

Worth mentioning: the fire-element mage is from Initiation Paradise, the melee-system youth from Reincarnation Paradise, the holy support system from Sanctum Paradise, the little nurse of course from Radiant Paradise, and the earth-element elder was formerly a contractor of Tranquil Paradise, now a contractor of Radiant Paradise.

Such teams are numerous in the Void Core War Zone and the five major Transcendent War Zones, though not all teams are fortunate enough to be matched with Tranquil Paradise's earth-element.

At present, at the front lines, the front lines' tragic intensity is astonishing, yet it is merely the opening; Abyssal creatures blanket the sky and earth, continuously—no mistake—but the true threat lies in those Abyssal kin lying in wait.

Drip-clear, drip-clear~

Blood dripped from Magic Grace's chin; he was a person who changed his name out of friendliness, but this does not mean he lacks real ability.

At the stage of approaching peak ascension, he now stands at the front lines; it can be seen that Magic Grace aims to reach the peak of ascension in the early-mid phase of this Abyssal campaign; only thus can he find footing on this brutal battlefield, as well as protect those he is able to protect.

In the past, many said Magic Grace was hypocritical, but to this day, Magic Grace has maintained the goodness of distinguishing good from evil before helping those worthy of help.

Just moments ago, Magic Grace narrowly avoided a sudden sharp tendril piercing his throat; it was not a sneak attack by an Abyssal climber, but due to the overwhelming number of Abyssal creatures charging forward; a figure composed of dark red tendrils walked leisurely among the constantly charging Abyssal creatures, like a stroll in an idle courtyard—it was a conglomerate entity, likely not a core member of the Conglomerate Family; otherwise, Magic Grace, not yet having reached peak ascension, would have had no chance to survive.

Speaking of which, even in the Abyssal campaign, a peak climber's ability blast does not have a very large range, for the enemy Abyssal creatures are too numerous, our side's summoned beasts and barrier defenses too many, both sides having too many things needing destruction; thus, the ranges of all such abilities naturally do not reach the heaven-shattering, earth-destroying scale of two peak climbers dueling, of course,

but if two peak climbers were to fight to the death, the affected range would still be quite broad.

Su Xiao merely sat on the iron-black metal high wall of the third defensive line, gazing at the distant Abyssal Gate; just moments ago, the Abyssal Lord had already returned into the Abyss; it is estimated that, under non-essential circumstances, he will not leave the Abyss too long,

thereby maintaining the Abyssal blast volume's continuous external invasion.

Su Xiao will not act for now; later there will be matters to attend to, but for now he only needs to wait for the core battlefield to hold and maintain the current defensive posture; even if he withstands the opening phase of battle, it is not as simple as that—our side's climbers appear to have slaughtered Abyssal creatures until they lie scattered across the wilds, letting crimson blood mist fill the skies of the chaotic war zone, yet our side's climbers have been continuously consuming blast volume, while the Abyssal creatures charging forward come in endless streams.

He raised his hand, looking at the back of his right hand, where a mountain seal had already appeared; this is an aid seal; when a main battlefield needs reinforcement, he can use it to rush there; besides, he will receive battlefield tasks at any time; having just thought this through,

【Prompt (Void Tree): You have received an urgent battlefield mission—you must kill 1 breeding variant·Wanderer in the shortest time possible.】

There is no "failure penalty" or such, but the "shortest time" requirement shows the urgency; at Su Xiao's current rank, this campaign's urgent mission will certainly not incur a failure penalty, for once things go wrong, he will surely have to bear the bitter fruit afterward.

Su Xiao rose, looking toward the short-statured youth beside him; her attire was elaborate and luxurious, one of the top few perception-system individuals from Initiation Paradise, and of course also a causality-system, her branch choice being foreknowledge and prophecy, making her a divination shaman named·Monisha.

Monisha 'Fortunate' matched into the "Peak Reinforcement Squad" as a perception-system; on this, Monisha had something to say—regardless of what, she most guarantees she won't cry when speaking, what a joke! To have her assist a seal-breaker destroying eight original sin artifacts, she is a causality-system—is this an accidental triggering of some punishment mechanism?

Afterward, Monisha learned of one good and one bad piece of news.

Good news: going to other main battlefields for urgent reinforcement, she does not have to go, and she certainly will not go; as a causality-system, going to urgent reinforcement—something one would think is sudden, fast, high-intensity combat—would be seeking death.

Bad news: although she does not need to help Su Xiao with prophecy, she needs to help Su Xiao with perception.

"Monisha."

Su Xiao spoke, startling the Monisha in her splendid purple dress who was doubting life: "How, how to change?"

"Perceive the 'breeding variant·Wanderer's' location."

"Huh?

Monisha looked at Su Xiao, blinking her long eyelashes with her eyes, these few words she understood, but when put together, she felt completely confused.

Crack-crack-crack~

The Arrogant Song crystal in front outlined, forming a writhing, constantly deforming eye, this eye about the size of a football.

Seeing this, Monisha first divined, then perceived, and in under five seconds solemnly said: "Found it—it has already infiltrated the fifth defensive line; how did it get here?"

Su Xiao said nothing; he pressed one hand onto Monisha's shoulder, and in her confusion, he drew Dragon-Slaying Flash with the other hand.

Zheng!

In perception, that "breeding variant·Wanderer" was suddenly cut by a vertical slash mark, then writhed in pain, and finally dissolved.

Monisha, who perceived the entire process, gradually stared wide-eyed; she estimated the distance, not to say it was very far,

but in between there were still multiple defensive lines, as well as countless various defensive barriers.

"May I boldly ask, how————did you do it?""

Upon hearing this, Su Xiao lowered his gaze to look at Monisha; this perception-system's earlier performance was indeed excellent, and he said:

"Sever its causality."

"Ah"

As a causality-system, Monisha understood better than others how absurd and explosive this was.

"Nonsense—you're actually a causality-system? Merely using a Technique Sect Master as a disguise?"

Su Xiao said nothing.

"Last question, I beg you to satisfy this curiosity—your blade nearly severed all of the causality-system's efforts, even! shattered them—how—how did you do it.""

"Improve technique."

"Then? Anything special?"

"Constantly improving."

"This, sounds quite reasonable, but, you just like this, just cut karma and change, that Ren needs to prepare a ritual, total time three days to achieve karma destruction, what is that, oh, right change! Your swordsmanship master level how many?"

This question, indeed, stumped Su Xiao for a moment, raising the swordsmanship master to max Lv. 110, then the swordsmanship master reaching Lv. EX, followed by several times of huge increase, as well as the increase from Heavenly Peak Cutting Shadow, cannot be estimated.

"Very high."

"Specifically?"

"Not clear."

"Sorry, Ren this kind of trash, actually jealous of you for being able to cut karma, Ren this will carefully change profession."

Monisha Yan cut karma with one blade "injury change self-esteem, actually she doesn't need to be like this, Su Xiao is extreme realm master,

"Extreme realm Yan move" accumulated many changes, naturally then has change blade cut karma this climb great ability stand.

At this moment, the communicator in Su Xiao's arms rang, after answering it was the little elf·Boboli, the other party had already sent that 【Covenant Item】 to our main base, currently waiting for Su Xiao inside the main base.

Su Xiao made a gesture to return to the main base, suddenly received a crimson prompt:

【Prompt (Void Tree): Wind Sea Continent battlefield crisis, you will be transferred for reinforcement in 10 seconds.】

Six battlefields, core battlefield·Void is managed by Reincarnation Paradise camp, this side has the most Reincarnation Paradise contractors.

Its remaining five battlefields, respectively managed by the other five paradise camps, are as follows:

Myriad Races Realm: managed by Dawn Paradise camp, Dawn Paradise just recovered not sacrifice, but the Myriad Races Realm itself defense sufficient, currently very stable.

Solid Witch Realm: managed by Holy Light Paradise camp, current state still not bad.

Blazing Sun Star: managed by Holy Domain Paradise camp, stable performance ongoing.

Ancient Dragon Country: managed by Death Paradise camp, this side belongs to our disadvantage area, Death Paradise contractors although?

Heart can.

Wind Sea Continent: managed by Awakening Paradise camp, can only say, this is an unexpected still proof distribution, but the Void Tree's still proof so judged, is based on the entire campaign's higher win rate, not a single battlefield.

As for the current situation of Wind Sea Continent, from the prompt can see change, urgently needs reinforcement.

The teleportation array appeared under Su Xiao's feet, target, Wind Sea Continent.