Chapter 154: Attack the Gate of Chaos!

A long time ago, Luo Yan discovered the secret of this world. 【154-2

Although the original intentions for the birth of all the gods in this world are different, without exception, they all play the same role—

That is to serve as an anchor for people's chaotic spirits.

After all, this world is different from Earth.

On this planet, there truly exists a substance capable of responding to spiritual power, and this substance directly or indirectly grants people the power to make their wishes come true.

This power is both a gift and a curse.

Relying on this power, the people of this world not only created the concept of magic but even created many transcendent powers no less than magic.

These transcendent powers can help people realize wishes that even an industrial society might not be able to achieve at a very small cost, allowing the various races living on this planet to stand on the shoulders of the Creator.

And at the same time, these transcendent powers can easily wipe people off this planet—if the vast majority of people make the wrong wishes.

The fate of Planet Kao is a typical example.

Unlike the various races living on the Aos Continent, the rational part of the Kao people's spiritual world lost to the chaotic part, and they let the Chaos from the universe turn around and dominate their spirits.

Normal people kept dying, or were assimilated by the other side in the slaughter.

Eventually, the heritage of civilization kept disappearing in one death after another, replaced by flames that destroyed everything and scorched earth burned by those flames.

Perhaps there are more deeper reasons and details in this, but in the final analysis, these reasons can be summarized as them being unable to control the power they possess.

Most of those targeted by Kalmandes are like this.

They are often fanatical warriors, ruthless warlords, and arsonists; they stepped onto the battlefield either for profit or for honor, but eventually lost themselves in the slaughter again and again, forgot their original intentions, and became the "Destroyers" in their own words.

Due to the special nature of Kalmandes's divinity, the possibility of being targeted by Him is far greater than being targeted by the other three Chaos Gods.

It is precisely because of this that Kalmandes's corruption is often the easiest to occur and spread, and it is almost difficult to prevent in this world where the level of civilization is relatively backward.

And there is only one way to resist His corruption—

That is to defeat faith with faith, rather than submitting to the instinct of slaughter!

Fifth layer of the labyrinth.

Hino Dragon, holding a battle axe, put on the Nether-rune armor gifted to him by Luo Yan and stepped onto that familiar battlefield once again.

And unlike before, this time he was no longer competing with anyone for victory or defeat, nor was he trying to prove himself to anyone or please anyone.

Standing here holding his weapon, he was only doing it for the faith in his heart!

"May the Demon God be above..."

He took a deep breath, gripped the battle axe in his hand, cast aside all distracting thoughts, and completely entered a state of selflessness.

Perhaps because his head was relatively empty.

This process was even easier than he had imagined.

And as he gradually emptied his spiritual world, retaining only the purest part of his faith, the Chaos fire burning in his sea of consciousness suddenly flickered in shape, like a candle flame swaying in a gale!

A hint of realization surfaced on Hino Dragon's face, and then that expression of realization turned into unprecedented piety.

Before he set off, Luo Yan had said to him.

If you feel the Demon God is too distant, then temporarily treat me as your lord and offer me your spirit that has nowhere to rest—

This is better than selling your soul to Chaos and letting Chaos blind your eyes!

Facing the black, overwhelming army of Kao people, Hino held his battle axe high and let out a deafening roar.

"For the Great Graveyard—"

"For the Demon King!!!"

That thunderous roar even drowned out the war drums of the Blood Blade Clan!

Swinging his axe, he had nothing left in his heart but piety toward the Demon God and the Demon King, and he charged alone toward that vast and mighty army!

And it was precisely this action of his that completely ignited the fuse planted between the positions of the two opposing armies, causing the flames of war to boil!

The Black Knight standing in the flames silently raised the long sword in his hand, and the Kao warriors following behind him seemed to have received an order, letting out bloodthirsty roars one after another.

"Kao!!!"

That roar was like the wailing of thousands of fierce ghosts, and as that burning sword swung down, it instantly rushed toward Hino's direction like a breached flood!

The great battle was on the verge of breaking out!

Looking at that back that was single-handedly holding off thousands of troops, countless watching players were infected by his momentum, and their expressions could not help but move slightly.

And it was at this moment that a line of dark green pop-up windows suddenly flashed before all the players—

【Limited-time event: The Decisive Battle of the Blood Arena!】

【Description: Kasen Skull-Crusher has defected to Chaos and turned the flames that destroy everything toward us! Now is the moment for a counterattack, bring death to them!】

【Goal: Kill all creatures from Chaos! Completely crush them!】

For the players, there was no need for pre-battle mobilization at all; a single announcement declaring the start of the event was worth more than a thousand words.

Especially when the event rewards were posted below the announcement, those ugly and hideous Kao people instantly turned into walking Nether-coins in their eyes!

No need for Lord Demon King to say more—

They were already prepared to offer their loyalty!

"Charge!!!" With a shout full of fighting spirit, a Lizardman player drew his weapon and initiated the charge first.

And at the same time he took his steps to run forward, the skeleton soldiers standing behind him also drew their weapons one after another, squeaking and shouting as they charged toward the Chaos position!

Not just Lizardmen and skeletons!

There were also Stone Golems and Imps, and even zombies turned from various creatures, as well as eight-legged Cave Spiders, etc. —

A motley crew of races gathered together, forming a jagged torrent on the wilderness. Although looking at them from afar they were like a mob, that indomitable momentum made them look completely natural!

They were more like Chaos than Chaos itself.

Closer to a natural disaster than a natural disaster!

Hearing the shouts of killing drifting from behind, a warmth surged in Hino Dragon's heart, and he only felt a powerful force supporting him.

That is the power of faith!

He could feel that the monsters following his footsteps were just like him, harboring loyalty and faith toward Lord Demon King!

And it is precisely because of this that they will not be polluted by Kalmandes!

They are not for slaughter—

But fighting for the faith in their hearts!

At the same time, on the position of the Blood Blade Clan, Zak, wearing armor, walked to the side of Grak, and said in a hoarse voice.

"Chieftain, the Demon King's army has started to charge, should we follow?"

Grak did not hesitate, just raised the double-edged battle axe in his hand and let out a war cry toward the Chaos army that was sweeping across the land like a sandstorm.

"Kill!!!"

Thousands of roars crowded behind him.

Orc soldiers struck their breastplates with their weapons, letting out murderous roars amidst the clanging sound of metal.

"Kill!!!"

As the battle axe in Grak's hand pointed forward, the vast and mighty army formation began to advance, like a steel torrent rolling on the earth!

Looking at the murderous Orc army, the Night Elves standing on the edge of the battlefield only felt the blood in their chests surging, and could not help but be infected by their momentum.

Especially Tyrael.

Having once followed Lei Ji Dragon through countless battles, he had never seen such cohesion in the Demon King's army as he did today!

The labyrinth of Lei Ming County had never been so united!

They used to be more like a group of tribes fighting on their own, but now there was an invisible rope tying them all together!

Including the Demon King himself.

A crazy thought even arose in Tyrael's heart—

Even if they were facing the regular army of the Aos Empire now, there was no reason they would lose!

Of course, they also had no reason to provoke the Empire.

"Fire arrows—!"

A loud shout resounded at the front of the battlefield, and Shirley, riding a sika deer, was the first to shoot an arrow, and the horse archers following behind her also released their bowstrings one after another.

Hundreds of sharp arrows wove into black nets in the air, drawing beautiful parabolas and smashing toward the heads of the Chaos army!

Facing the rain of arrows, in just a few breaths, the charging Kao people fell like wheat being harvested!

However, the frustrating thing was that their numbers were truly too vast; a few hundred casualties were completely irrelevant to them!

Especially behind them, the Chaos Gate engraved on the earth like flames was still continuously sending reinforcements!

Even if Kalmandes's army was not even a little bit inferior in quality to the monsters and ghosts of the Mist of Deception.

But in terms of quantity, the servants of the Flame of Destruction were in an absolute lead!

Excluding the reinforcements from Planet Kao, the Ogres corrupted by Chaos were also waving their clubs and rushing toward the Night Elf team!

Compared to those Kao people fighting in a foreign land, they knew better how to deal with this group of pointed ears, and were also better at dealing with them!

Shirley threw the magic orb at her waist into the air, and with the help of the energy stored in the orb, poured more than a dozen shadow arrows wrapped in green light toward the front.

The creatures killed by the shadow arrows all reawakened as undead, attacking the living around them indiscriminately!

This trick is very useful in small-scale battles, but in this kind of legion-level confrontation, this bit of undead seems a bit stretched.

The corpses corrupted by Nether energy hadn't even had time to crawl up from the ground before they were trampled into meat paste by the army following behind!

Watching the Ogres only a few dozen steps away, Shirley, riding on the sika deer, did not dare to linger, bit her index finger and thumb to whistle, and while putting away the magic orb, quickly retreated with her clansmen.

The Ogres, seeing they were about to catch up, naturally would not watch them escape, and raised the short axes in their hands one after another, throwing them toward the Night Elf horse archers.

The dense short axes were like flying locusts in the sky, and the suddenly erupting momentum was not inferior to the rain of arrows that had poured down earlier!

Helen, who was providing support from afar, immediately raised the two-handed staff in her hand with the spellcasters behind her and chanted a defensive spell.

The emerald green light sprinkled on the retreat route of Shirley and her group of horse archers, and countless vines, like tentacles rising from the ground, wove into an airtight net in the air!

Thousands of axes slammed solidly into the airtight vine net and were all intercepted, leaving only scars on the vine net.

Shirley cast a grateful gaze at her sister, then made a face at the Ogres who were getting further and further away behind her, and completely distanced herself from them.

Just as she was about to take her clansmen to detour to the flank of the Chaos army and pour another wave of arrows, beams of ghostly green light suddenly accompanied by harsh buzzing appeared above her head!

Before she could recover from what happened, those beams of light had already fallen like meteors from the sky, smashing heavily onto the Chaos position!

"Boom—!"

The instantly exploding magic light was like magma erupting from a crater, raging on the Chaos position!

The shockwave of the explosion instantly swept away the charging Kao people like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves!

Severed limbs flew all over the sky, and when the dust settled, only a bloody mess remained!

This bloody scene shocked everyone. Whether it was the Black Knight holding the long sword high, Grak leading the army in a charge, or Hino Dragon deep behind enemy lines, all were stunned by this astonishing firepower.

"What is this thing?!" Looking at the blooming magic light, Shirley widened her surprised eyes, almost falling off the back of the little deer.

It wasn't just her who was surprised, but also Helen, who was standing in the mage group; an expression of dumbfoundedness appeared on her face, and she couldn't speak with her mouth open.

However, unlike Shirley, her position on the battlefield was relatively close to the rear, so she did see the source of the magic light clearly.

It was a group of Earth Golems and Goblins.

They didn't know when they had appeared there, nor did they know when they had placed a row of twelve towering cannon barrels on the ground!

The magic light that tore everything apart was fired from those pitch-black cannon barrels.

However, looking at that group of squealing Goblins, she couldn't imagine how this group of guys who couldn't use magic could erupt with such terrifying power.

Are these guys really Goblins?!

It seems not—

I saw a short guy shouting fanatically, urging his clansmen to continuously load magic crystals into the cannon chambers.

"Gnoblar—!"

"Lord Demon King is watching us!"

"Hurry up!!!"

Gnoblar?

Helen was full of question marks, and the confusion in her mind grew even more.

What kind of breed is that?

Just as Helen was bewildered, the Gnoblar artillerymen, having finished reloading, poured another round of barrage toward the front again!

The energy released by these twelve beams of magic light, both in terms of lethality and energy density, far exceeded the chanting of a general mage group!

And as this round of barrage descended on the earth, the players waving all kinds of weapons finally collided with the Chaos army!

"Brothers! Charge!! Aoooooo!!!" Long Xing Wan Li shouted excitedly, driving the first pig of the national server under his crotch to fiercely knock away the Chaos warriors blocking the front.

The fish fork in his hand stabbed left and right, and in a few back-and-forth rounds, he poked more than a dozen Chaos warriors full of bloody holes!

The kind that still couldn't heal!

A group of Longxing Tianxia members with unified ID formats followed closely behind Long Xing Wan Li, quickly filling the gaps torn in the Chaos army's front line.

Longxing Qianli, holding a sword and shield, commanded calmly, trying his best not to let the boss get separated from the team and go too deep alone.

And Longxing Baili, who was riding a spider on the side, was holding a magic energy gun, continuously repeating the actions of firing and reloading, and each shot could steadily take away a Chaos warrior!

Watching the experience points rising, he shouted in surprise.

"Holy crap, brother! This thing is much easier to use than a bow and arrow!"

Wanli, who was in the midst of fierce fighting, had no time to pay attention to this guy.

In just a few breaths, he had already added a dozen scars to his body from going deep alone!

The confrontation between legions is different from teaming up to grind monsters; the role of personal bravery will be compressed to the extreme, and even if he has Bronze-tier strength, it is difficult to withstand the continuous fierce attacks of a group of people.

But so what if it's like this?

Isn't he playing this game just to experience the feeling of galloping on the battlefield?

Looking at the bloody scales, not only was there no fear on Long Xing Wan Li's face, but he instead revealed an unruly, wild laugh.

"Hahahaha! Well come!"

When the words fell, he added several more wounds to his body.

Just as Long Xing Wan Li was fighting more and more bravely, the national server brother he was riding under his crotch was about to be unable to hold on, and his eight legs were actually chopped into six.

Looking at this death-defying masochist, the national server brother shouted, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Brother! My health bar really can't take it anymore! Why don't you go to the back and rest for a while, and wait for me to run back as a corpse to fight again?"

Long Xing Wan Li was suddenly startled, only then realizing that his little brother only had half a life left.

"Damn! Why are you so weak?"

"..." The national server brother almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, but considering the gold master father gave a lot, he finally held it back.

Not far from the two, Ye Zhiqiu and Hu Wan, who had returned to the Great Graveyard from Planet Kao, were advancing steadily.

Unlike the Longxing Tianxia crowd, they did not rashly go deep into the battlefield, but tried their best to ensure the enemy was only in one direction, and killed the enemy's effective strength as much as possible.

This is the most efficient approach.

Whether from the perspective of the entire battle situation, or out of consideration for experience gains and obtaining as many quest rewards as possible.

After a period of practice, Ye Zhiqiu had completely mastered several basic lethal spells; his means of attack were no longer limited to releasing fireballs, and he could also skillfully use buff and debuff magic in battle to create windows for attacks!

The players showed their magical powers on the battlefield, with strange moves emerging one after another, and relying on their chaotic fighting style, they actually beat the Chaos army dizzy for a while.

Although their moves were not always reliable, after being tempered by several previous battles, the accumulated experience finally played some role.

The front lines of both sides soon became entangled, with you in me and me in you, entering the most tragic stage of slaughter!

Hino, who was rushing through the army formation, only felt his heart beating wildly.

Just as he was waving his battle axe to slash left and right, a hoarse and cruel whisper suddenly sounded from the depths of his heart, tearing at his spirit!

"Kill them all!"

"Kill everyone—"

"Feed me with their souls, please me, and I will grant you more—"

"No—!" Hino roared stubbornly, interrupting the whisper that surged from the depths of his soul, and also dispelled the ghost that lingered in his heart.

Catching his breath, he raised the battle axe in his hand, swung a blow forward with all his might, splitting the surrounding Kao soldiers in two, and then roared loudly.

"For the Demon King!!!"

Miraculously, as he shouted this, the ghost that was tearing at his spirit really disappeared.

Hot blood splashed on him, but there was not a hint of hesitation in his heart.

Just as Luo Yan speculated, being targeted by Chaos is because one has lost the anchor to rest one's spirit; in other words, one has lost faith.

Since that's the case, I'll just help him install this anchor.

It just so happens that this is the Demon King's territory.

Possessing a complete godhood, I can indeed respond to his prayers better than a Demon God.

Just as the Demon King's army and Chaos were fighting fiercely, the Orc army led by Grak also inserted directly into the chaotic battlefield from the front.

As the backbone of the old Demon King's army, these Orc soldiers had excellent endurance and resilience, and with just one contact, they knocked a large number of Kao warriors over.

"Roar—!"

Grak roared, the swinging axe blade shattered more than a dozen flesh bodies, and at the same time, his gaze was locked straight on the Black Knight holding the long sword.

That Black Knight also set his sights on this dangerous guy, urged the burning warhorse under him, and swung his long sword to kill him!

The double-edged battle axe and the burning long sword collided, and dazzling sparks burst out amidst the clanging of metal!

In just a few seconds, the two sides had already clashed more than a dozen times, and for a time, they were evenly matched!

On the other side, the insect swarm led by Valgur, spitting frost breath, also followed behind the Orc army and arrived at the edge of the battlefield.

That Frost Beetle, which was like a mountain, didn't have a word of nonsense, just buried its head and charged forward, and like a crashing dump truck, it split the entire battlefield!

Facing the sudden war beast, countless Kao warriors were topped away by his huge horn protrusion, falling heavily dozens of meters away!

And at the same time, the insect swarm like a tide followed his footsteps and poured in, fighting with the Chaos army.

Looking at the giant insect like a mountain, the Kao warriors let out bursts of hissing sounds; although they did not shy away from the battle, they had no way to deal with him.

However, Valgur, who was showing off his power, did not get to be proud for too long.

Just as he was rushing around, a group of Pterosaur riders suddenly poured out from the cracks engraved on the earth!

The wingspan of those Pterosaurs was five or six meters long, and their cone-shaped faces and slender necks looked like sickles flying in the sky from afar!

The riders sitting on the backs of the Pterosaurs soon broke through to the top of Valgur's head, throwing down clusters of burning fire pots from the air like bombers.

Those fire pots accurately hit the top of Valgur's head and back, and the rapidly spreading flames covered half of his body in an instant, causing him to let out a painful wail.

That huge body twisted for a while, knocking away targets around him regardless of friend or foe.

At the same time, frost-condensing breath sprayed from Valgur's mouth, trying to extinguish the boiling flames.

However, at this moment, a thick and long iron chain suddenly flew out from the Chaos army formation, wrapping around the ivory-like horn protrusion on Valgur's head like a hook.

Valgur roared, trying to break free from the shackles of the iron chain, but found that the iron chain was firmly nailed to the ground and did not move at all.

Furious, he immediately looked along the iron chain, only to see an Ogre more than two meters tall standing there holding the iron chain.

A half-meter-long suture scar hung on that fat-filled belly, looking like a wide-open bloody mouth from afar.

The Ogre was grinning at him, his eyes looking as if he were looking at prey.

Being looked at with such eyes by this ugly but tiny thing, Valgur was instantly enraged and buried his head to ram into him.

However, something unexpected happened; the Ogre took the plan and jumped up while pulling the iron chain in his hand, borrowing the force to jump directly onto his head.

Valgur shook his head, trying to throw him off, but he, clutching the iron chain, did not move at all, and even used his other free hand to grab a rusty battle blade and fiercely stabbed it toward his head.

"Roar—!"

Valgur let out a painful roar, and the majesty of the Platinum-tier monster was gone!

And at the same time he let out the roar, Hino Dragon suddenly saw the figure standing on his head, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

That guy is none other than—

It is Kasen Skull-Crusher, whom he had chopped in two with an axe!

This guy is actually still alive?!

He couldn't help but exclaim.

"This is impossible!"

(End of chapter)