Chapter 4199: Burning

The clouds in the sky were stained blood-red, the deep rumbling thunder letting an invisible pressure blanket the battlefield; ahead, a being a hundred meters long, its three long tails transformed into blades—an ancient abyssal existence, the Rhinoceros Badger—opened its eyes one by one, all vertical pupils fixed on the enemy ahead.

Crack!

A crisp sound rang out before the Rhinoceros Badger, the figure a hundred meters opposite still standing in place, yet this powerful aura so close—who could it be?

"Extreme Blade·Heavy Moon."

A black round moon floated in the sky, a cylindrical gravitational slash descended, pressing the beast-form Rhinoceros Badger immediately to the ground, all its legs twisting and splaying outward, layers of air waves spreading around.

The sword tip thrust toward the center of the Rhinoceros Badger's skull; normally, it would ignore this attack, but now, a strong sense of death made it certain that being pierced through the skull's center meant death—not because the skull center was originally its vital point, but because this strike made that point vital the moment it came.

"Extreme Blade·Pierce Star."

Flickering starlight exploded on the abyssal heavenly wall behind the Rhinoceros Badger, with a boom, the outer layer of black rock on the abyssal heavenly wall shattered in several layers, and deep-sea creatures along the way were all crushed into black blood beads.

The Rhinoceros Badger glanced sideways at this scene, having just been struck—it knew it must die, and only now did it have the chance to clearly see the incoming enemy; this was… a human?

The Rhinoceros Badger's eyes widened noticeably; after all, the human before it differed too greatly from its impression of humans—not in appearance, but in aura and strength.

As the Rhinoceros Badger was about to burrow into the abyssal fissure, a heavy pressure again came crashing down from above.

Boom!!

The Rhinoceros Badger spat blood and was flung backward; suddenly, it sensed danger from above, a bloody great hand lunging at it, accompanied by crisp cracking sounds, its body rapidly shrinking from over a kilometer at full combat power to three meters long, becoming a semi-fluid black fury beast in a short time.

The Rhinoceros Badger suddenly became a afterimage, its entire body turning into black fluid, clinging to a mortally wounded contractor; the black fluid surged, and after possession was complete, its aura surged sharply—clearly, the possession state was its strongest form.

A strange blade, seeming both golden and bony, appeared in its hand, blocking the incoming horizontal slash of the long sword.

Clang!

The crisp ring of the slash appeared, layers of air waves spreading, the surrounding space suddenly shattering.

Crack crack crack~

Cracks appeared on the strange blade, then it was shattered; the Dragon-Slaying Flash swept across the Rhinoceros Badger's throat, its body suddenly pausing, as if somewhat incredulous.

Ding, ding, ding.

After the high-speed consecutive slashes, the half-moon-shaped slash traces followed one after another, immediately beheading both the Rhinoceros Badger and the possessed Initiate Contractor—so decisive, holding the Initiate Contractor hostage to make Su Xiao hesitate? There was no such possibility.

Reduced to a puddle of mud on the ground, the Rhinoceros Badger trembled as it reassembled its skull shape, its single vertical pupil staring at Su Xiao, no fear, only brutality and cruelty, even unto death.

【You have slain the abyssal existence·Rhinoceros Badger.】

【You obtained gene fragment·Possessor.】

…

A diamond-shaped translucent black crystal floated ahead; Su Xiao grasped it in hand, simultaneously swapping positions with the magic spirit, and returned once more to the Zerg mother nest.

Su Xiao observed the black crystal in hand, namely the 【Gene Fragment·Possessor】, inside was a complex intertwined structure, with a black light point at the center, like a slowly beating core.

【Whether to store this gene fragment in the Zerg gene bank, this storage attempt has a success rate of 61.87%.】

Su Xiao originally thought the success rate would be very low, but unexpectedly, the elemental Zerg's compatibility with abyssal system gene fragments was actually 60%; upon reflection, the mutual transformation and opposition between abyss and elemental made this success rate quite reasonable.

Su Xiao threw this object to a worker scorpion; the worker scorpion quickly ran into the mother nest, and shortly after, Jila consumed the 【Gene Fragment·Possessor】 via the mother nest, succeeding smoothly—apparently, it did not inherit Su Xiao's 'top-tier luck'.

After allocating the newly gained few 'elemental potential points' to the nest level, suddenly, Su Xiao felt the ground tremble beneath his feet, and from the side, the 'Abyssal Purification Device' emitted a hum, its color shifting from originally semi-transparent to a fiery red at the center, indicating the device had begun overloaded operation.

Even while stationed at the main base, Su Xiao saw black liquid droplets condense in the air—this signaled the abyssal offensive had officially begun; from the opening of the Abyssal Gate to now, abyssal creatures continuously poured out, and occasionally powerful abyssal existences appeared, but these were merely the opening act for the abyssal legion's debut; without enough dark blood to stain this realm, the abyssal legion could not enter this realm.

They belong only to the abyss; only by paving the way with dark blood can the abyssal legion descend.

Su Xiao flashed, disappearing in place and reappearing atop the allied main base; at this moment, the Wind Sea battlefield's appearance had changed—if before it was dark clouds pressing down, making hearts heavy, now the entire Wind Sea Continent's sky was burning!

In the far distance directly ahead, the Abyssal Gate had opened to its maximum, and inside no longer surged cannon fodder… ah, no, those dark beasts were actually not even cannon fodder for the abyssal faction, and for the abyssal faction to first take the Wind Sea Continent was actually not arrogant at all, but rather steady and seeking victory.

Before the Abyssal Gate stood a row of bloated-bellied giants, covered head to toe in eyes, carrying hollow giant beast horns over ten meters long on their backs; they stood on either side of the Abyssal Gate, smashing those ten-meter-long hollow giant beast horns forward, jaws wide open, bellies inhaling and swelling enormously.

Hum!!

A long, mournful horn sound came.

Boom~, boom~, boom~

Like drumbeats from within the Abyssal Gate, a tall figure with four or three arms walked out; its upper body resembled a human, lower body like a beast or horse, its entire body forged in iron-black metal, forming tight-fitting scale armor, with several rows of air vents on either side of the neck, emitting heavy, powerful breaths.

This was the abyssal Mundus tribe, whose name in Abyssal means "Hoof That Tramples Life"; among them, the highest-ranking leader-type Mundus tribe deeply inhaled the air of the star realm.

"Purulu (Abyssal)."

Orderly marching sounds came, the abyssal ranks formed in formation marching out from the towering Abyssal Gate, in this formation were many towering giant beasts, and atop their heads were various small abyssal creatures controlling these beasts' movements.

After the Mundus tribe leader's command, a dwarf-like abyssal species atop the giant beast's head forcefully inhaled, drawing back the black liquid it had half-spat out, no longer hindering the giant beast's perception below.

Upon having its perception released, the abyssal giant beast's entire body ignited in orange-red fury flames, after a deep, resonant roar, it was the first to charge out.

Meanwhile, opposite them, the Initiate Contractors who had just inexplicably retreated from the enemy army now wore expressions as if they had seen ghosts.

Iron-Blood Rose·Bettancina's face was grim to the extreme; beside her, Fei·Kaxiu's eyes twitched, tall in stature, known as the Mountain Giant, a Peak Contractor Battle Angel, now constantly muttering some common plant name in his mouth.

The front-line peak contractors all bore such pressure, and the rear-line supreme contractors had faces like ash; originally thinking the abyssal campaign was merely brutal, not as purgatorial as imagined, belonging to danger yet full of opportunity—but now, you tell me the previous abyssal creatures' continuous charges were merely paving the way with blood for the abyssal legion's entry?

Was it the commander who failed to provide this information? Truly not the commander's fault—the previous abyssal lord had no abyssal legion under command, or rather, the previous abyssal outbreak was merely the natural rapid consumption of elements caused by the Arcane Eternal Star's rapid rise, triggering an elemental vacuum phenomenon; thus, that abyssal campaign ended in neither victory nor defeat, the star realm returning to balance.

But the current abyssal lord—powerful, iron-willed, with blazing ambition full of malice toward the star realm, and the complete collapse of the abyssal/elemental balance.

Boom, boom!

The abyssal giant beast's charge made the earth tremble; just as it charged to the first defensive line, a thin but capable man suddenly stepped forward, one punch striking the head of the abyssal giant beast wearing the horn-tip hammer.

With a boom, like a meteor colliding, the abyssal giant beast was upended forward by the punch, blood pouring from its nose and mouth, while the Initiate Contractor Peak Powerhouse·Black Initiate Star, who threw this iron fist, felt slight soreness in his wrist—this abyssal war beast's power should not be underestimated.

But the next second, that abyssal war beast rose, its front hooves lifted, stomping the ground, a shockwave of force erupting outward.

If it were a duel, Black Initiate Star could utterly crush this abyssal giant beast; the problem is, this is the Wind Sea battlefield, Black Initiate Star is a strongman strong in overall situation, while the abyssal war beast·Horn Hammer exists solely for the battlefield, pain being its only sensation, and until losing consciousness, it will enjoy the pain inflicted by enemies.

"Captain, reinforcements, we need reinforcements."

Fei·Kaxiu, with silver-white metal wings, urgently called to Iron-Blood Rose·Bettancina; as a peak-tier powerhouse, he naturally would not fear the abyssal legion ahead, but the problem is, once these abyssal legionnaires come, our supreme and absolute peak contractors will suffer heavy casualties under this dark flood.

Iron-Blood Rose·Bettancina said nothing; nearby, the soul mage of Death's Paradise over five meters tall remained silent, though his gaze was somewhat speechless—still reinforcements? Most reinforcement squads were already on the Wind Sea Continent, and the gentle-natured, absolutely nine-tenths beautiful Lady Z, then directly spat out fragrance on the interface.

Iron hooves came face-on; the leader-level Mundus tribe·Bogu'er, wielding a strange long-handled battle blade, chopped down, annihilating the heavy gravity missile fired by Iron-Blood Rose·Bettancina, the falling barrage of long-range abilities cratering its battle armor, a slender spiral missile piercing its skull, the slaying effect causing this Mundus tribe leader to fall.

White smoke curled from Iron-Blood Rose·Bettancina's palm; she had just inwardly relaxed when she saw, at the Abyssal Gate, a colossal figure crawling out; when this giant stood, its tens-of-thousands-of-meter stature brought immense pressure, and though it did not directly attack the line, it reached both hands toward the heavens.

"Stop it!!"

The Iron-Blood Rose·Bettina let out a great roar; the Black Initiate Star that had been near her a moment ago had already turned into a streak of starlight and arrived before the dark giant's head, piercing straight through it.

Unfortunately, not far away, another dark giant tore open the heavens with its outstretched hands, revealing a kilometer-long pitch-black rift from which a vast horde of Abyssal cavalry poured out—was the earlier Boge the leader of all Abyssals? Of course not; it was merely a leader-tier entity, and as a foundational unit of the Abyssal Legion, leader-tier Abyssals were numerous, so many that Boge was merely a minor commander.

From above, it looked like an iron-black metallic tide as the Abyssal Legion advanced in relentless waves; the frontline formed by the Initiate Contractors inevitably showed signs of chaos, and upon contact, the Initiate defense line began to collapse abruptly, with the first line falling instantly.

A supremely powerful battle angel, having just climbed out of the plasma and preparing to launch skyward, was pierced through by a strange conical spear; her body began to numb from the influx of Abyssal energy, she gritted her teeth, gathered all her bodily energy into her heart and compressed it to the limit, about to unleash the final light of her life.

Clang!

A pitch-black saber swept past—this was an ugly serpentfolk, clad in tarnished dark-gold robes, its sharp eyes constantly scanning the surroundings, clearly a veteran of such chaotic battlefields.

The dark flood surged rapidly toward our main base, yet on the battlefield's flanks, crimson and golden beams of light restrained the Abyssal Legion's advance on both wings; meanwhile, on the front and rear battlefields, the Abyssal Legion's thrust to the sixth line lost momentum and even began to feel pushed back, due to the Initiate Contractors facing this dire situation deploying various costly and immensely powerful single-use destructive items.

Within the Wind Sea Main Base, the gates of the four front, rear, left, and right defense lines were flooded with many severely wounded contractors; some wailed incessantly under the erosion of Abyssal energy, while the unfortunate ones howled halfway before abruptly falling silent, eroded to death.

A strong scent of blood permeated the air; a red-haired contractor produced an injector, the agony already distorting his youthful face; the needle pierced his lateral neck, and as the medicine was halfway pushed in, the young man's head drooped and he collapsed dead.

On the battlefield, furious beasts roared, giants raised kilometer-long war hammers overhead and hurled them with full force toward our main base; this kilometer-long war hammer spun as it flew, emitting a terrifying howl.

Clang!

The longsword halted the hammer's descent, a side kick sent it flying back; this time the hammer transformed into a round wheel, booming as it struck the highest dark giant present—specifically, the waist of a 100,000-meter-class dark giant.

Boom!

Like a blood rain falling, the dark giant leader's waist region turned into blood mist; the dark giant emitted a heavy, mournful cry, its half-rotted legs collapsed, and its upper body fell to the ground.

The dark giant's legs were plated with metallic exoskeletons, yet its feet remained severely decayed, with bones visible in places—why? Because the dark giant race, after being driven back to the Abyss following the end of the Abyssal era in the star realm, could only survive in the muddy sediments at the Abyss's bottom, where sedimentation caused decay, and prolonged corruption led to this state.

Actually, there is a very important concept: Abyssal races and Abyssal spawn are different—Abyssal races are the exiled defeated, while Abyssal spawn/Abyssal entities are the native inhabitants of the Abyss.

The dark giant race, in fact, originated when, at the end of a great epoch, the Abyssal Cataclysm descended and successfully plunged the star realm into the Abyssal era, after which the dark race was born and grew strong within the Abyssal star realm.

However, Abyss and elements will eventually reach balance; when that day comes, the Abyssal races whose origins are scorched by elemental light can only continually retreat into darkness until they fully depart the star realm and return to the Abyss—but they were not born in the Abyss, and even if they can survive there, it remains arduous and painful.

As long as sentient beings possess wisdom, they will not follow leaders who seek only destruction; the current Abyssal Lord intends to command super-gigantic primordial Abyssal entities to tear apart the star realm—more accurately, to rip apart its exterior, utterly destroy the elemental layers, and plunge the star realm into an even longer Abyssal era; this is a purgatorial nightmare for star realm sentients, and it is what all Abyssal races within the Abyss currently desire.

"Mo-mu-bu-sa! (Abyssal Tongue)"

The dark giant, now only an upper torso, raised its clasped giant fists, its eyes filled with unprecedented resolve and ferocity—it would surely seize the star realm for its kin and bring the Abyssal era back!

Clang!

The slash cut diagonally across, the dark giant's motion abruptly halted, and it finally crashed down with a thunderous fall.

Our combatants' resolve to resist the Abyss is firm—failure means death—while the Abyssal races' determination to restore their former glory and usher in the Abyssal era once more is equally strong; for instance, the dark giant clan, which stubbornly survives at the Abyss's bottom, would have long perished were it not for the grace of the current Abyssal Lord.

Not a single word, line, shot, inner part, or existence is missing—look closely!

Surveying the battlefield, dark giants strode forward in great strides between the charging Abyssal cavalry, corrupt matter burning with black flame hurled from behind them, trailing flame tails as they struck our main base's barrier; above, countless flying black shadows flew, meeting the barrage of machine-gun belts on combat armor, while various energy weapons bloomed like splendid fireworks, fragments dragging fiery parabolas downward, explosions never ceasing, deafening, the earth trembling without pause.

Some tycoon, moreover, summoned a colossal warship in the sky, incessantly raining artillery down below in wave after wave of ground-sweeping barrages—but before its might could last long, a pitch-black pillar of light descended from the heavens and slammed into it.

Figures with pale skin and garments that flowed like liquid, exuding a mage-like aura, drifted out from within the Dark Gate—these are the Abyssal race·Dark Ones.

Half an hour later, the entire battlefield's upper sky held no flying combatants; the enemy had countless Dark Ones—anyone who flew was instantly focused on and killed in an instant; our side were the bloodshot-eyed Initiate Contractors, and anyone daring to fly would be locked onto and obliterated in the next second by prohibitively expensive, absurdly powerful tech-side weapons.

Now, the only ones daring to fly in the upper sky, aside from black corrupt masses trailing flame, are our side's high-trajectory, ultra-long-range destructive capabilities.

Amid the chaotic enemy forces, Su Xiao slashed diagonally, cleaving a large group of black knights beside him; the black knights are also a foundational troop type of the Abyssal Legion—they are heavily armored warriors, riding a breed extraordinarily strong, with hind hooves, foreclaws, mouths full of fangs, and black tendrils covering their bodies—an aberrant hooved Abyssal war beast.

"Extreme Blade·Super·Ring Sever."

With a whoosh! a crimson-flame ring-shaped blade aura erupted, surging like a tide and instantly cleaving the oncoming enemies in two; Su Xiao's surroundings immediately became clear.

Glancing around, Su Xiao found no friendly forces nearby; the insect race was still in its developmental stage—how coincidental, as the insect race excels at fighting against the wind.

A magnificent sight unfolded: across the entire battlefield, only one combat unit remained—the Abyssal army encircling and slaughtering Su Xiao alone—while all the Initiate Contractors of the Initiate had been forced to retreat and defend the four main gates of the main base in the southeast, northwest, and so on; it must be said, given the fortitude of the Wind Sea Main Base, it is very likely the strongest among the six battlefields, even stronger than the Void Fortress at the core battlefield.

The reason is that, after the Void Tree certified this fortress, the Initiate Paradise poured vast resources into enhancing it.

Wealth is sometimes a manifestation of strength—as now, the Wind Sea Main Base possesses sufficient "Highest Tier Armor Value" of 800,000,000 points; although it will eventually be breached, it at least bought the combatants a buffer time.

Clang, clang, clang!

Blade auras crisscrossed, the roars of colossal beasts never ceased; the Abyssal cavalry, black knights, and serpentfolk—three foundational troop types of the Abyssal Legion—laid siege to Su Xiao without pause, as a dark giant brought down its battle axe from its grasp.

Clang!

The slash cut straight through the dark giant's body from center to edge, cleaving it in two; black blood spattered, various organs and filth poured downward—though it appeared Su Xiao was being besieged, in truth, he had always had a fungal carpet beneath his feet.

One person, one blade, facing the four-directional surge of the Abyssal Legion, carving out a mountain of corpses and sea of blood reaching kilometers high—so dense that the fungal carpet could not absorb it in time—this is the true value of the current star realm's strongest peak powerhouse.

Boom!

A war spear pierced Su Xiao's shoulder, his health suddenly dropping slightly; though he is now indeed powerful, he has not yet reached the threshold of the supreme realm, constantly besieged by the Abyssal Legion, the risk remains high, and furthermore, powerful Abyssal descendants and primordial Abyssal entities lurk in the shadows, waiting to strike.

Bluish-black smoke began to rise from Su Xiao's body—this is the sign of his awakening the Azure Shadow King.

【Azure Shadow King: Lv. EX (Ultimate Level·Skill)】

Skill Effect (State 1·Demon Shadow·Active): Upon activation, your all supreme attributes increase by 10%; for each enemy slain (requiring sufficiently high existence rank, such as Abyssal spawn, elemental spirits……), by absorbing the enemy's "primal life force" through the "Azure Shadow King·Devouring Core" for transformation and filtration, you recover 25% of maximum HP, 25% of maximum stamina, and 25% Azure Shadow King energy, and gain one layer of "Demon Spirit Armor".

Demon Spirit Armor: The damage you receive within one second shall not exceed 20% of your maximum HP; any excess consumes one layer of "Demon Spirit Armor" for resolution (if the required resolution intensity is too high, more layers of "Demon Spirit Armor" are consumed).

Current maximum stackable layers of Demon Spirit Armor: 5 layers.

Note: Maintaining this state consumes 1 point of Azure Shadow King energy per second.

Current Azure Shadow King energy: 78420/78420 points……

……

As long as Su Xiao does not manually deactivate the Azure Shadow King ability, the "Azure Shadow King energy" will not deplete; the sole risk is that continuous activation will begin to induce blade-demon transformation, but he is an ultimate grandmaster, currently possessing 49.5 supreme stamina—ah, correction, 49.5 supreme stamina—and if this data were converted into a blade-demon transformation resistance gauge, it would be very long, and with his strong willpower, the blade-demon transformation meter would rise very slowly.

Su Xiao stood atop the towering corpse mountain; the Initiate Contractors had retreated to defend the main base, which, for him, is advantageous—plus, the eastern and western gates have Blade Demons and Deer Gods, so he need not worry about Abyssal entities sneaking into the main base to destroy the insect nests, and moreover, the Demon Spirits are beside Jiela; should Jiela encounter danger, in the very next second he can return via "Substitution".

The sky burned, the earth soaked in Abyssal blood; Su Xiao flung the dark blood from his flying dagger, bare-chested, he surveyed his surroundings with no sense of being encircled—his aura seemed to say: you may all come forward, today, I will slaughter until heaven and earth grow dark!

A black knight leader stared at Su Xiao; after a brief standoff, it let out a furious roar and led a horde of Abyssal races in a charge—clearly, it shouted "Follow me!" not "Carry me!"—for the Abyssal races are extraordinarily brave and fearless of death.

Melee combat—begun!

At dawn, with Su Xiao as the epicenter, a sky-high blood wave surged outward, clearing roughly half the battlefield of the Abyssal Legion; yet the Abyssal Legion pouring from the Abyssal Gate seemed endless, and all manner of long-range means bombarded Su Xiao without cease—but they merely broke his "Demon Spirit Armor," which in fact possesses some durability and can withstand many attacks.

Boom!

Su Xiao's invisible "Demon Spirit Battle Armor" shattered after turning into mist, but as he swung his blade forward, a small group of enemies ahead were all cut in two, and his "Demon Spirit Battle Armor" refreshed to five layers.

The Wind Sea battlefield had no morning appearance; only the faint white light rising from the horizon could indicate it was already dawn, and the Abyssal Legion's siege on Su Xiao never ceased for a moment.

In the fissure space near the Abyssal Gate, the fish clan elder resembling an old man, Erm Kanssa, the burly beast clan leader Lun Kui, and the bronze clan leader, the conglomerate leader, and the chimera clan leader—the five great clan leaders—were all gathered here, watching the exterminators being besieged outside.

"Attack."

The beast clan leader Lun Kui spoke; if not for the order from the Abyssal Lord, he would not have joined this siege, for in the beast clan, combat must be one-on-one.

"Wait a bit longer."

The fish clan leader Erm Kanssa spoke; upon hearing this, Lun Kui's single vertical pupils narrowed, just as he was about to say something, the conglomerate leader, composed of countless black scale-line worms, expressed its stance in a dull, deep abyssal tongue, supporting the fish clan leader.

The siege on the battlefield continued; compared to the Wind Sea main base, the Abyssal Legion's siege on Su Xiao was stronger, because if Su Xiao were not eliminated, even if they occupied the Wind Sea Continent, in other main battlefields afterward, he would still be a powerful figure capable of influencing the tide of war.

The mountain of corpses and sea of blood where Su Xiao stood grew ever more astonishing; the "Super Ring Break" was unleashed every half hour, and by the time evening arrived that day, he already had a faint darkness in his eyes, while the Wind Sea main base's armor durability remained at 81.6% and could slowly recover—truly, this main base was genuinely formidable.

At noon the next day, on the battlefield where cries of slaughter shook the heavens, another wave of blood surged outward; Su Xiao, standing atop the towering bone mountain peak, rarely had a brief moment of respite, his eyes dark as ink, he brought his blade down, and the bone mountain beneath his feet collapsed with a thunderous roar, sending him plummeting downward; just as he was about to touch solid ground, his falling speed suddenly slowed.

Amid the flying embers of the surrounding remnants, the Abyssal behemoths, the Ekpu tribe, black knights, serpentfolk, dark giants, and the Jinglin tribe and twisted forest people legion once again charged at Su Xiao; unlike yesterday, these Abyssal races now looked at him with not only killing intent and hatred, but also a hint of fear.

Su Xiao gulled down the potion in his hand, checked his current status: the life core still had 108/186 beads, his current 80 million hit points could be restored by killing enemies, but if the life core shattered, killing enemies could no longer restore it—under siege, the surprise attacks by those ancient Abyssal entities were indeed perilous.

He casually tossed aside the crystal bottle; the chaotic melee continued!

The sky still burned, but the land where Su Xiao stood had already turned into a smoldering expanse ignited by embers, flickering between light and dark; the Abyssal Legion charging forward feared no death, and after losing air superiority, the Abyssal creatures diving from above never ceased, nor did Abyssal entities frequently burst from the ground beneath him—truly, enemies surrounded him from all 360 degrees.

Even so, it was merely enough to continue besieging Su Xiao; lacking the upper attribute of 49.5 points, the Heavenly Blade Shadow ability at Lv. 150, wielding the Reincarnation-tier·Second Position·Enhanced+18 blade of the Ultimate Grandmaster, the Exterminator's Shadow—take a look.

"Roar!"

A leader-tier Abyssal behemoth, breaking through layer after layer of space, charged at Su Xiao; Su Xiao swung his blade with force, and this leader-tier Abyssal behemoth, measuring tens of thousands of meters in length, its entire body forged in heavy, dark battle armor, suddenly halted in place under the "Roar" of the slash's power; looking again, only a massive skeleton remained, its flesh and blood severed and scattered who knows where.

When the time came to noon on the fourth day, our main base's durability had dropped below 15%; being besieged like this was truly no solution.

Yet in the area where Su Xiao stood, the surrounding Abyssal Legion that had fearlessly charged for minutes prior had, just minutes ago, for the first time ceased its advance and instead gathered around the perimeter; these Abyssal behemoths, Ekpu tribe, black knights, serpentfolk, dark giants, Jinglin tribe, and twisted forest people—now, for the first time, a hint of fear appeared in their eyes toward this human who wielded a long blade, had eyes as dark as ink, and was brutal and violent in slaughter.

Ultimately, these Abyssal Legion forces, by their very nature, are intelligent beings of the Abyssal system; as intelligent beings, when facing such a terrifying enemy, they would eventually reach this very moment.

"I never thought your Exterminator could last this long."

The fish clan leader Erm Kanssa approached from afar; on either side stood either towering or bizarre Abyssal powerhouses capable of driving one's sanity mad—the leaders of the five great Abyssal races had finally appeared.

Su Xiao, gripping his long blade, bare-chested, eyes as dark as ink, narrowed his pupils slightly; the insect nest and gene bank levels of the Insect Worm Tribe had been maxed out, and now, with the five great Abyssal race leaders also revealed, it was time to begin the counterattack.

From being besieged until now, Su Xiao had actually been doing one thing all along: converting part of the Dark Shadow King's energy into Arrogant Song Crystals, letting them continuously spread beneath the ground, since killing enemies could restore Dark Shadow King energy; by now, nearly half of the Wind Sea battlefield had been silently shrouded, and the ground's repeatedly spreading and destroyed fungal mat had become the perfect cover for this plan.

Crack crack crack~

The Arrogant Song Crystals clung to the Dragon-Slaying Flash, then spread toward the ground; upon touching the earth, the "World-Class Exterminator Teleportation Array" covering nearly half the Wind Sea battlefield emerged, of course also encompassing the five newly revealed clan leaders; target: the collapsing Eternal Light World—he would go there and slay the five great Abyssal race leaders.