[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-titan-king-ascension-of-the-giant":3,"chapter-titan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-titan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-chapter-481":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Titan King: Ascension of the Giant",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},244201,518,"Chapter 481: Slaughter or death","titan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-chapter-481",481,"\u003Cp>Emerald Dream Realm, Red Moon Valley\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loska, standing beside the cross-realm teleportation array, suddenly leapt to his feet, his face alight with wild excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just moments ago, the void passage between the Emerald Dream Realm and the Titanion Realm had reopened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loska hadn't been swept away by it, proving the method he'd found in the secret records to avoid the void passage actually worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha… the Red Thread Clan will rise again!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His laughter turned feral.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A savage, unrestrained hunger twisted Loska's features.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Clansmen, it's time to slaughter our enemies and plunder endless resources!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Transcendent power surged through Loska like a tidal wave. He activated the cross-realm teleportation array, and the swarm of Dark Worms gathered in Red Moon Valley began teleporting through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blackstone City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night fell, and dawn never came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the underground fissure, chaos erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy ripple from the teleportation array's activation hit Clymene, Vargrum, Mordak, Zorn, Balgor, Grendel, and Desdemona—all Alpha-level beings—like a shockwave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On guard!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On guard!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On guard!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clymene's voice rang out, and every skeleton warrior and cave spider snapped to attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish, swish, swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiss, hiss, hiss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clatter of skeleton warriors raising their weapons mingled with the skittering of cave spiders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All eyes locked onto the teleportation array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monument representing the array blazed with light, emitting a mysterious red-and-blue glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, a flood of Dark Worms—varied in size and grotesque in form—spilled into the area around the array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chorus of primal, guttural roars followed, thick with savage energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the skeleton warriors and cave spiders could react, the arrow towers—positioned in a triangular assault formation near the array—opened fire preemptively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three disoriented Dark Worms, still dazed from the long-distance teleport, were shot dead on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Vargrum, Mordak, Zorn, Balgor, Grendel—each of you take a side and hold this ground!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, ma'am!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Skeletal Knights split into six teams. Five formed a pentagram defense array, anchoring themselves behind the skeleton warriors and cave spiders, cutting down any Dark Worms that broke through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clymene and Desdemona, leading the final team, stood atop a tower, overseeing the battlefield and ready to adapt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle exploded the moment the arrow towers fired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark worms, underground worms, skeleton warriors, and cave spiders clashed around the cross-realm teleportation array, instantly turning the area into a meat grinder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near the array, inside the corpse of a massive slain Dark Worm, a tiny, red-threaded black bug coiled within its eye, surveying the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only six Alpha-level beings—no Legendary-level powerhouses. The ancestors must be smiling on us! Their lord must've gone to guard the void passage!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha… this place will be the Red Thread Clan's hunting ground!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the Emerald Dream Realm, Lord Loska laughed in sync with the strange black bug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through a will projection hidden in the first wave of teleported Dark Worms, Loska received real-time intel from the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get over there! Break their lines, hunt them down, devour them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar, roar, roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another wave of roars erupted as five Dark Worms, three bizarre oversized bugs, and two terrifying spiked worms burst from the swarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loska's transcendent power surged wildly. Once he confirmed no Legendary-level foe was present, he threw caution to the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go, my children! Devour every living thing in sight!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The teleportation array flared again, and the bugs amassed in Red Moon Valley vanished one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bottomless Abyss, Underworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More and more bugs poured through, and as their numbers swelled, the combat zone expanded outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arrival of those ten Alpha-level bugs sent the battle into a fever pitch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Desdemona, Vargrum, Mordak, Zorn, Balgor, and Grendel—the six Alpha-level Skeletal Knights—were dragged into the fray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to the three arrow towers, they barely held the line a hundred meters out from the structures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clymene looked down over the battlefield, sensing the aura of the ten Alpha-level bugs. Her expression grew grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sounds echoing back were the crunch of breaking bones, the agonized screeches of dying Dark Worms, and the wet squelch of cave spiders being torn apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield's tempo shifted with each faction's forces, constantly rewriting the rhythm of the fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As terrifying spiked worms joined the chaos, countless cave spiders took devastating hits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These dark creatures—troublesome even for Orion when he first hit Alpha-level—were absolute beasts on the field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as the battle wore on, the cave spiders adapted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless spiders scaled the stone walls, dangling from silk threads, launching aerial assaults on the Dark Worms below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The underworld fight bogged down into a stalemate. It had become a slaughterhouse, a dirge for the fallen ringing through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blackstone City, Underground Fissure, Beside the Bottomless Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flood of small spiders, as if answering some unseen command, scurried toward the underworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side of the abyss's entrance, Lorelia, Lilith, and Rendall stood together, staring into the void in heavy silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, Lorelia opened her eyes, fear and awe flashing through them—scenes she'd never witnessed before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How's it looking?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lilith, who'd raised Lorelia from childhood, knew her abilities well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lorelia gazed into the pitch-black abyss, stunned and at a loss for words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could link with spiders, sharing their vision to glimpse the underworld's battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the connection was fleeting—a skill she'd only recently honed after reaching Alpha level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mistress, the underworld's swarming with bugs!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long pause, Lorelia shook off her shock. She looked up at Lilith and Rendall, recounting what she'd seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Down there… there are more bugs than I can count—maybe even more than my spiders.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And there are ten Alpha-level oversized bugs. We've seen two of the types before.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One's like an earthworm—the kind that can get chopped in half and still survive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then there's the terrifying spiked worm, covered in spines. Every little spider that gets near it either gets killed or swallowed whole.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Plus, there are a few oversized bugs with red patterned lines on their backs. They're not just huge—they fight like absolute savages.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The underworld's a mess. Orion's sister is already tangled up with those oversized bugs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everywhere Lorelia looked, it was either slaughter or death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"… \"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lorelia went on at length. She'd never been part of a massive battle like this before, and seeing such carnage for the first time left her reeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lilith and Rendall, though, handled it with far more composure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Based on Orion's intel, the underworld has six Alpha-level fighters, three arrow towers, and nearly 600,000 troops.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The enemy's dropped ten dark oversized bugs and countless cannon-fodder bugs. With that kind of firepower, after some fighting, both sides will likely hit a stalemate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lorelia's sent another 300,000 little spiders as reinforcements. For now, the underworld shouldn't see any major upsets.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The good news? No Legendary-level beings have shown up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lilith's expression was stern, her face tinged with gravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lilith, there's one thing I don't get.\" Rendall frowned. \"If war's broken out in the underworld, why hasn't Blackstone City been hit by dark creatures yet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The upheaval in the underworld made him think of Blackstone City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rendall was worried about the underworld, but even more so about the city he was tasked to protect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The teleportation array in the underworld's been activated, which means the dark beast tides have started.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blackstone City hasn't been attacked yet, probably because the dark creatures assigned to our area haven't arrived.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This time, our Stoneheart Horde territory doesn't have a Legendary-level fighter holding the fort, meaning no void passage has opened here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For dark creatures to invade us, they'd have to come from another region.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Orion reached Legendary level, a lot of once-secret knowledge was no longer hidden from the Stoneheart Horde.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With compiled intel and Orion's guidance, Lilith quickly pieced it together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even so, we can't let our guard down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To the north, we've got a new mammoth neighbor who might just dump dark creatures our way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then there's the centaur clan to the east and the goblin clan to the south—both losers from the last north-south war.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If they think their tribes can't handle more dark creatures, they'll pull some tricks to shunt them out of their territories.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's how it worked. Not every territory treated dark creatures as a resource like the Stoneheart Horde did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weaker lords and tribes couldn't swallow all the dark creatures they faced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For their races to survive, they'd offload the excess elsewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Historically, northern lords drove dark creatures south, while southern lords pushed them toward human, Blood Elf, and dwarf territories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond the scarcity gap in resources between north and south, this practice of shoving dark creatures outward was a big reason for the power disparity between the regions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strong got stronger, the rich got richer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weak, meanwhile, suffered, fought each other, and grew weaker still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the past ten thousand years, if Frostsire hadn't broken its seal, even Orion's southward invasion to claim territory would've taken ages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least before hitting Arch Lord, he couldn't have guaranteed a clean victory over a human Saint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without that win, a southern conquest would've been off the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The web of relationships was complex—without Lilith spelling it out, Rendall wouldn't have connected the dots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, should we head down to back up Clymene?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lilith shook her head, her expression firm, her resolve unshaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need. Trust Clymene—Orion trusts his sister too!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fight had begun. Leave the underworld to Clymene and the surface to Lilith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was her clear-headed stance right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lilith turned, addressing Lorelia with a rare, serious tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hold this spot. Guard it with your life!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lorelia nodded, raising her longbow, matching Lilith's gravity with her reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry—I'll hold it down!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lilith gave a soft hum, then strode out of the underground fissure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arch Elder, stop worrying about Clymene. We've each got our roles. Guarding Blackstone City is our job.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rendall cast one last glance at the bottomless abyss, worry flickering in his eyes, but he followed Lilith out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stoneheart City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle had already kicked off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the towering walls, dark creatures attacked relentlessly, hour after hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though no void passage had opened in Stoneheart City's region, it was still swarmed with dark creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most lords in the far north had gone into hiding, so a flood of dark creatures got dumped south.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the darkness, signal fires blazed, and warriors stood ready to draw their blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Delilah stood atop the wall, gazing impassively at the dark creatures scaling it—only to be smashed back down by bolts and rolling stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High above, the shrill cry of a Four-Winged Blood Bat pierced the night. Darting unseen through the dark, it knocked flying dark creatures out of the sky one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Delilah's mount. Without Alpha-level aerial dark creatures to challenge it, the bat was practically invincible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Delilah glanced up at it, saw it was in top shape, and paid it no more mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trailing her were not just her four succubus guards but also Gort and Samson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gort and Samson hadn't been sent elsewhere because Delilah needed them here, helping her hold Stoneheart City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Stoneheart Horde was a multi-race faction where raw power and size equaled strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In some situations, succubi just didn't cut it for intimidation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gort, an obsidian golem, was naturally massive—his presence alone was a deterrent without lifting a finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Samson, a giant, was just as imposing, his bulk now rivaling even the obsidian golem's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, as Orion's childhood friend, Samson's status carried weight—enough to rein in subordinates lost to bloodlust, violence, or madness.\u003C\u002Fp>",1925,"2026-05-29T15:49:11.112Z","2026-06-01T04:29:39.741Z",1,"novelbin.me","d070a93710c6c22d09f06a97fee9bc31fd6c6753349faa923d3e453cc9c2ab22","titan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-chapter-482","titan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-chapter-480",1606,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ftitan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-cover.jpg"]