Chapter 357: Coming on Sword, Slaying the Lord Like Cutting Grass

Wen Yuanwei had to both block the lord-level aberrant beast and divert energy to command his subordinates; despite having the strength of an early Martial Lord Realm, he was stretched thin and fell into a desperate situation.

He was now nearing exhaustion and could no longer spare attention to the soldiers' lives or deaths.

With the lord-level aberrant beast's continual charges, large numbers of the soldiers holding the line suffered heavy casualties.

Although after the lord-level aberrant beast appeared, no new aberrant beasts would emerge in the cave for a short time, the remnants left on the battlefield also caused considerable trouble.

These low-level aberrant beasts now charged straight at the defense line, launching an assault on the high wall.

Boom—

Boom—

Cannon fire roared, and the energy cannon continuously spat out flashes of fire.

Although these attacks did not inflict major damage on the lord-level aberrant beast, they could still slightly impede its advance.

But...

The energy cannon's energy stones are limited; once their energy is depleted, the defense line will collapse instantly!

Moreover, Wen Yuanwei would have to face the lord alone, and being torn apart would be a matter of mere minutes.

At that moment on the high wall.

"Commander Wen! The energy cannon's power is almost exhausted; at most it can fire five more rounds!"

"Report, a large number of aberrant beasts have reached the base of the northern wall!"

"Commander Wen! The southern wall has been overrun by aberrant beasts; this herd is about to charge into the defense line!"

Wen Yuanwei furrowed his brows and clenched his teeth.

He struggled to withstand the lord-level aberrant beast's attacks while desperately thinking of a solution.

This also caused Wen Yuanwei's originally solid defense to become riddled with flaws.

Bang—

A blast sounded.

Only to see the Tesla-like lord-level aberrant beast violently spew a mouthful of fiery breath, accurately striking Wen Yuanwei's body.

Wen Yuanwei flew backward like a burning rag.

"Commander Wen!"

"Quickly go save Commander Wen!"

"Damn it, brothers, let's fight these beasts to the death!"

As Wen Yuanwei fell, cries of grief rang out one after another.

For this battle-hardened unit, Wen Yuanwei was the soldiers' pillar of belief; once he died, his subordinates would be like headless flies, only able to bump around aimlessly.

"Cough cough..."

The wounded Wen Yuanwei lying on the ground faintly heard the soldiers' cries of grief and struggled to rise.

"Don't come over, this line cannot be held; everyone, retreat quickly!"

Wen Yuanwei staggered forward, presenting a firm resolve to perish together with the aberrant beast.

"This day has still come..."

Wen Yuanwei gathered the remaining blood qi in his body, intending to force a self-detonation, perhaps able to kill this terrifying lord aberrant beast.

Just then, a brilliant sword light streaked across the sky.

Beneath the gloomy sky, the clouds slowly tore open a huge gap, heavenly light poured down, and faint golden light faintly sprinkled.

Clang—

A long sword hovered steadily above Wen Yuanwei.

"Colonel Wen, sorry for the delay, the General Star Squad has arrived late."

A voice came, calm yet tinged with coldness.

Everyone looked up in unison.

Pale golden radiance spread, forming a road to the heavens, as a youth in black combat attire stepped onto the sword and came forward.

Like a banished immortal descending to the world, his sword-like brows and deep-pool eyes, on his handsome face a third eye suddenly appeared.

Before anyone could come to their senses.

Only to see a sea of lightning spread across the sky from the youth's body.

Rumble—

The sea of lightning turned into thunderclouds, the thunderclouds gathered again into a sea of lightning, as if tens of thousands of tons of explosives were simultaneously ignited...

In that instant, the earth trembled, and lightning flashed everywhere!

"Roar—"

The aberrant beasts still lingering on the battlefield were instantly swallowed by the sea of lightning, leaving only that somewhat bewildered lord-level aberrant beast.

"Ah this..."

Shock!

Astonishment!

Incredible!

The sudden turn of events left everyone in a state of mental shutdown.

Until the youth's figure rushed toward the tower-like lord-level aberrant beast did the soldiers regain their senses.

"Whoa, who is this guy? So fierce!"

"He's so young; did the reinforcements really consist of just one person?"

"Don't get too excited too soon; the most terrifying lord is still alive and well, and that recent thunderous attack couldn't harm it at all."

Wen Yuanwei was very close to that youth; when he saw the eye in the youth's forehead, his whole body stiffened in place.

It was as if in that eye lay a expanse of bloody royal yang, mountains of corpses and seas of blood, hiding great terror.

Boom—

The youth slowly extended a fist.

This punch was so slow that everyone could see its trajectory, utterly ordinary.

However, that Lord-level Aberrant Beast's scarlet pupils suddenly contracted, and it instinctively stretched out its claws to block.

You should know that when facing Wen Yuanwei's attacks, that Lord Aberrant Beast couldn't be bothered to defend at all.

But as soon as it lifted its claw, it felt an unstoppable force directly assailing its spirit.

Its two huge claws were silently crushed into pulp.

The youth's plain, unadorned fist landed on its chest.

Besides that, the Lord-level Aberrant Beast seemed to have suffered no other injury.

"This punch seems useless......"

"No, look quickly, that Lord Aberrant Beast has stopped moving!"

"Hiss, what's happening!"

The Lord-level Aberrant Beast just stood there silently, like a towering black tower.

But from its eyes one could see, they were filled with human-like fear.

The youth calmly looked at it, his right fist slowly opening, then suddenly clenching again!

Bang!

The Lord-level Aberrant Beast's inner spiritual power core was crushed into fragments!

Boom—

The Lord-level Aberrant Beast could no longer stand, collapsing with a roar, the earth trembling repeatedly.

Silence.

A deathly silence.

Present were Wen Yuanwei, along with hundreds and thousands of warriors.

All stared fixedly at the youth with a calm face on the longsword, as if he were wiping his palm.

Their brains seemed to have been squeezed apart just like that grip earlier.

"Holy shit!"

"The Lord died!"

After a moment, the battlefield echoed with cries of alarm.

What met the eyes was a ground covered in scars and wounds, and across the wild lay the charred corpses of aberrant beasts.

The aberrant beasts that had previously driven them to desperation were now slain to the last by the youth alone!

"We won!"

"We survived, and Lord Wen didn't die!"

"Great, great!!"

"Just who is this youth? Is he real? I feel like I'm dreaming!"

The warriors cheered and leapt with joy, embracing each other in tears.

Yet that figure on the longsword did not linger here, but vanished like a stream of light into the horizon.

Wen Yuanwei's gaze followed the direction the youth flew off to, wondering what he was thinking.

With just a single punch he slew a Lord-level Aberrant Beast, such terrifying power, and yet so young......

Could it be him?

Wen Yuanwei pondered in his heart.

Above only said they'd sent a General Star squad to reinforce, but Wen Yuanwei never expected that only one person would come!