[{"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-717":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},244737,518,"Chapter 717: A war of attrition","titan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-chapter-717",717,"\u003Cp>\"Bro, this fellow is very sinister and cautious. We can’t wait any longer!\" Leonidas transmitted to Orion telepathically. Then, with a roar, he charged towards Arch Lord Kian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, Orion also unleashed Instant Impact, determined to deliver a one-hit kill to Dren.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle erupted with astonishing speed, but the opponents reacted just as swiftly, as both sides had been intently watching each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dren, Wulfric, you two surround and kill the other enemy. Don’t let him escape.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After killing him, go down and eliminate that lich.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arch Lord Kian also let out a roar. Energy surged from his body, coalescing into roiling black clouds that enveloped Leonidas and Orion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arch Lord Kian’s ambition was vast; he intended to wipe out all his enemies in one fell swoop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the shroud of black clouds, wisps of acrid green smoke rose from Kian’s body, transforming into swarms of bizarre, venomous snake-like insects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grotesque insects wriggled their tails, darting through the black clouds to assault Leonidas and Orion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lmao... You dare show off such petty tricks before me? Shatter!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pure, resonant dragon’s roar echoed. Leonidas opened his great maw, and an invisible sonic wave rippled outwards, shattering all the insectoid creatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Orion activated his Titan Form. His physical strength, power, and the potency of his bloodline rapidly surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go to hell!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orion, like an indomitable Titan god, fearlessly charged towards Dren.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Leonidas on the other side blazed with an intense firelight, his entire being like a miniature exploding sun, incredibly dazzling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon closer inspection, one would discover that every single one of Leonidas’s dragon scales was inscribed with magical runes, which, under Leonidas’s activation, glowed with a potent magical aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The twin wings on Leonidas’s back suddenly elementalized, transforming into two chains forged of crimson flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chains tore directly through the void, binding Hellhound Knight Kian in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Over-tier magic! You truly are an Over-tier powerhouse!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arch Lord Kian, though bound, showed no signs of panic. Instead, this confirmed some of his suspicions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the dragon powerhouse before him to dare initiate a battle, how could he not have profound confidence and hidden trump cards?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If this is the extent of your Over-tier magic’s strength, you are dead.\" Kian stared at Leonidas, his tone sinister, his eyes incomparably vicious and malevolent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being bound by the flame chains, Kian already knew this was a magic that could not only restrain the body but also seal the spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, Arch Lord Kian and Leonidas had entered a state of mutual struggle and attrition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, it was difficult for either of them to join any other ongoing fights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zzz-zzz-zzz!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the sound of arcing electricity. Orion appeared directly in front of Dren, his gaze coldly fixed upon him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can this be... How can you be so powerful? Do you truly possess the bloodline of a Titan? This...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A series of crackling sounds erupted within Dren’s body. Before he could finish his last words, he died under Orion’s trident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orion remained silent, a spherical wave field rapidly materializing around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, ka-ka-ka sounds echoed behind Orion as an enormous pair of wolf jaws snapped shut, attempting to swallow him whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the wave field blocked Wulfric’s sneak attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orion thrust his trident backwards, a violent surge of transcendent power erupting. Wulfric sensed the danger, released his bite, and his entire form once again vanished into the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Wulfric’s ability, Ghostly Stride, which allowed him to render his body ethereal, diminish his presence, and conceal himself within the void, facilitating ambushes and escapes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orion hovered in the void, vigilantly scanning his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When his abyssal dragon Xalathar had advanced to the Legendary level, Orion’s perceptive abilities had been enhanced through the feedback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite this, Orion still couldn’t pinpoint Wulfric’s exact location, only sensing intermittent flickers of danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely this faint sense of danger that prevented Wulfric from launching another sneak attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A standoff thus formed: Leonidas binding Arch Lord Kian, while the demonic wolf Wulfric hunted Orion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to this high-level confrontation, the battles raging at lower altitudes and on the ground had long since reached a white-hot intensity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hellhounds, with bared fangs and claws, pounced on their enemies, leaving trails of fire in their wake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within these paths of fire, one cave spider after another was incinerated or torn apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, from the corpses of the fallen cave spiders, skeleton warriors soon began to climb out, rejoining the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skeleton warriors, fearless of death, assaulted the hellhounds, dragging many of them down to their doom as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wolf-mounted cavalry regiment did not opt for a direct charge; in a massive battle like this, those who charged headlong were often mere cannon fodder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wolf-mounted cavalry regiment guarded the area behind the cave spiders, intercepting any demonic wolves and hellhounds that broke through the defensive formations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snow wolves raced across the battlefield, their movements agile, tearing into their enemies with no lack of speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the wolf-mounted cavalry regiment also provided a defensive wall for Vexis and Lorelia, who were commanding the battle from the rear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the rear, Lorelia was wholly focused on directing the battle. She had a portion of the cave spiders weave expansive webs behind the main battle lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many of the demonic wolves and hellhounds that broke through the front lines fell into these webs, their movements restricted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, under the searing flames, the webs were quickly destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Lorelia would immediately have the young spiders spin new ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a war of attrition, a battle of endurance. Thoughts of life and death had been cast aside; the only thing that existed in everyone’s mind was the fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take this. You can command those skeleton soldiers too,\" Vexis said, handing Lorelia a scepter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lorelia looked at the scepter in her hand, then turned her head to look at Vexis, somewhat stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lorelia wanted to ask something more, but Vexis was already controlling her Aarakocra mount, soaring into the sky and heading towards the center of the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of the battlefield, another Hellhound Knight had appeared—a Legendary-level lord, and the hellhound he rode was also Legendary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If such a terrifying powerhouse on the front lines went unopposed, no matter how many little spiders and wyverns there were, they would simply not be enough to defeat it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lorelia blinked her large, pretty eyes a few times, then suddenly raised the scepter and shouted to a nearby squad of undead guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kneel!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The squad of Alpha-level undead guards knelt neatly in unison. Seeing this, the light in Lorelia’s eyes shone even brighter. To her, this was immensely amusing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if she had obtained a very rare and entertaining new toy, Lorelia began to control the skeleton warriors on the battlefield, having them coordinate with the cave spiders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Left side... Pounce... Bite them to death...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no... Go right... There are enemies there...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the front lines, after Lorelia took command of the skeleton warriors, Dirtclaw and Thundar found themselves fortunate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Lorelia dispatched an Alpha-level undead to each of their positions, the two, who had been constantly at a disadvantage, could finally catch their breath.\u003C\u002Fp>",1209,"2026-05-29T15:49:30.653Z","2026-06-01T04:29:39.741Z",1,"novelbin.me","ab41680c339832dfb9ad4ffcacc60150099e675cf597a9e6c8d611fd96d90fa8","titan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-chapter-718","titan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-chapter-716",1606,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ftitan-king-ascension-of-the-giant-cover.jpg"]