[{"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-706":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},244726,518,"Chapter 706: Prepare for battle","titan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-chapter-706",706,"\u003Cp>Chapter 706: Prepare for battle\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumble!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A violent explosion erupted. Orion activated Battle Will Surge to shield himself from the blast’s impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once everything had calmed, Orion strode forward and, from the dark fiend lord’s enormous head, extracted a Legendary-level dark source crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What a pity!” Leonidas said. “If Arthas weren’t asleep, he definitely could have turned this little kitty into an undead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orion almost broke out in a sweat; the powerful dark fiend lord was just a “little kitty” in Leonidas’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orion, too, found it somewhat regrettable. If their side could gain an additional upper-Legendary powerhouse, this invasion would be somewhat easier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vexis did have the ability to form a contract, but she would first have to abandon the flying Aarakocra she had previously contracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Vexis’s current power, she wasn’t strong enough to maintain contracts with two Legendary-level beings simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leonidas, do you want the corpse?” Orion asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm… You took it down, you deal with it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Leonidas returned from Stratus in the west, Orion had heard Vexis mention that Leonidas was collecting high-level corpses to feed his dragon brood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Using this fellow’s corpse to feed those dragon whelps is a bit of a waste,” Leonidas mused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t you have a way to convert Skeletal Knights?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Use it as auxiliary material, and you’ll get a batch of even more powerful Skeletal Knights.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, right, perhaps your kinsfolk in their deep slumber might also have use for it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Leonidas mentioned it, Orion thought it plausible. Last time his sister Clymene and the others were fusing, they had lacked energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps they also lacked materials for physical evolution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this thought, Orion immediately stored away the dark fiend lord’s corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bro, we won the first two easiest battles quite comfortably. The tough fights are next,” Leonidas stated with certainty, having experienced such situations many times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He and Orion had consecutively wiped out two major dark creature groups, which would undoubtedly attract the attention of certain entities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And indeed, events unfolded just as Leonidas had predicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>North of Red Moon Valley, beyond the territories of the Nethervarg Soulflayers and the Zephyrkin Swifts, lay an ancient architectural complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Watchtower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also known as Marshlight Sanctuary, it was the dominion of the Hellhound Knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a dilapidated palace, a colossal statue of a Hellhound Knight sensed something, the stone and dirt encasing it flaking off bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the stone debris had fallen away completely, it revealed the Hellhound’s bronze-colored skin, and atop it, a humanoid knight with bone spurs growing from his back, clad in bone armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the humanoid knight snapped open his eyes, revealing a pair of pale, bloodshot orbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who is slaughtering my people?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Aarakocra and the dark fiends have been wiped out. This is no coincidence. Someone is invading my territory.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stratus and Dex are also dead. Are enemies from the other two continents trying to meddle here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Awoooo…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hellhound Knight murmured, and the Hellhound beneath him, now fully awakened from its slumber, threw back its head and roared, announcing its and its master’s return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few moments later, the Hellhound Knight seemed to perceive something and whispered again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wyverns… spiders… undead… all unfamiliar. Where did they spring from?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Despicable invaders, slaughtering my people while I slumbered, diminishing my faith.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You all deserve to die!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Relay my command, prepare for battle…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Hellhound Knight issued his command, a powerful and terrifying aura surged outwards, sweeping through the entirety of Marshlight Sanctuary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the entire region plunged into endless darkness. A suffocating pressure permeated everywhere, and a sense of bloodlust and despair gradually welled up in the hearts of all dark creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far north, Ashenfang Traverse, Bloodreaver’s territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep within a mountain cave, the giant blood-red sarcophagus, hidden within a shimmering light shield, was trembling continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing the aura of the Hellhound Knight Arch Lord, the sarcophagus’s vibrations grew increasingly violent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crack! An odd sound emanated from within the sarcophagus, as if a hidden mechanism had been triggered from the inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, the blood-red sarcophagus ceased its trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few moments later, the coffin lid slid open, inch by inch, and a withered Bloodreaver, with goat-like horns and wings sprouting from his back, climbed out of the sarcophagus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An Arch Lord’s aura. What has happened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it Kian? Has he awakened too?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The scent of anger, the taste of war… has conflict reached our Dusk Continent?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps I should venture out. Caution is warranted.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aged Bloodreaver climbed out of the sarcophagus. He had been hungry for a very long time; he needed to feed, needed to drink blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>South, Gloomwood Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the Hellhound Knight and Bloodreaver awakened, Leonidas sensed their presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leonidas, what’s wrong?” Orion asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just moments before, Leonidas had been standing with Orion on high ground, watching the dark fiend clans being slaughtered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leonidas had been gesturing towards the wyverns he had brought, chatting and laughing boisterously, full of pride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, Leonidas suddenly fell silent, turned northwards, and stared intently at the northern sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bro, I was right. Two Arch Lords were indeed slumbering on this half-continent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? They’re coming?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No. One likely awakened upon sensing the changes in faith energy. The other was probably drawn by that awakening and woke up as well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leonidas shook his head, his expression growing much graver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The simultaneous awakening of two Arch Lords meant that the other dark creatures were highly likely to unite—this was the worst-case scenario.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is really going to be a tough fight!” Leonidas lamented, then turned to look at Orion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bro, we can’t split up from now on, or we’ll be easily picked off one by one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And the enemy numbers are vast. We absolutely cannot afford to lose Lich Vexis, or this war becomes unwinnable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We need to stick close to Vexis, lure the enemy in, and pick them off bit by bit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orion nodded. This was the crucial focus for the upcoming battles. As long as this tactic remained unchanged, they still had considerable room to maneuver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The appearance of Arch Lords made Orion more cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An unknown Arch Lord undoubtedly represented the absolute peak of power in a region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wouldn’t be surprising at all for such an entity to possess strange and unpredictable abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also why Leonidas had warned Orion to be cautious and for them not to separate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Leonidas, do we continue our offensive, or do we wait for them to attack?” Orion asked, somewhat uncertain; the appearance of the Arch Lords had disrupted his plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We press the attack,” Leonidas declared. “With Vexis, we can bolster our combat forces, especially in these early stages.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At a time like this, we cannot afford to miss any opportunity, any means to increase our strength.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even the slightest advantage must be fought for.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orion looked at Leonidas, momentarily stunned. The composure Leonidas displayed was reshaping his perception of the Arch Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>",1157,"2026-05-29T15:49:30.653Z","2026-06-01T04:29:39.741Z",1,"novelbin.me","1c38014dba8aa6cbf29164d7cc313ced9148f13db85358fcc434ac10eaadbd49","titan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-chapter-707","titan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-chapter-705",1606,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ftitan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-cover.jpg"]