Chapter 198

The offensive of the Corruption Tide reached a breathless climax at dawn on the fourth day.

The brutal slaughter of Shadowy Thorns and the super-large corrupted aggregate was like two massive flesh-and-blood millstones, frantically turning outside the city wall.

Deep purple vines and grayish-green rotting flesh intertwined, tore, and devoured, emitting a sound that made the scalp tingle.

Despite the full support of dwarves and elves, several aggregates were completely drained by Shadowy Thorns, turning into white bones that collapsed with a bang, but more aggregates continued to surge endlessly from the depths of the Corruption Tide, as if inexhaustible.

The dwarves' flame defense line bore immense pressure, and the furnace's fuel and molten iron reserves were being consumed at an astonishing speed.

The Tongxu Clan Chief's voice was hoarse from shouting; he personally swung his massive hammer, smashing a corrupted hound that tried to climb the city wall's breach into pulp, and foul-smelling mucus splattered all over him.

"Fuel! Quickly replenish the fuel!" he roared, his voice barely audible amidst the deafening clamor of battle.

In the direction of the Moonlight Ring, the elves' arrows grew sparse; continuous high-intensity spellcasting and shooting left their Spiritual Power on the verge of exhaustion.

The Moonshadow Elder's face turned as pale as paper; she forcibly channeled natural energy, releasing a sheet of purifying light rain that neutralized a splash of corrosive mucus aimed at the Shadowy Thorns thicket, but she herself staggered, nearly collapsing, and was quickly steadied by her fellow clansmen nearby.

The giant ballista of Guangtan Fortress continued to roar, but its bolt reserves were also running low.

Chen Xiulan stood on the watchtower, her arms slightly trembling from continuous bow-drawing; her armor-piercing arrows had long been exhausted, and she was now using only ordinary arrows, greatly reducing their killing power against aggregates.

Li Qingxuan remained calmly observing the battlefield; his Spiritual Power was like an invisible spiderweb, enveloping the entire battlefield and precisely capturing every detail.

He knew that the frenzied devouring of Shadowy Thorns and the defenders' stubborn resistance had completely enraged the source of the Corruption Tide.

That icy, pure will of destruction hidden deep within the Corruption Tide was violently fluctuating and surging!

"Is it angry…… and also…… moving?" Li Qingxuan's pupils constricted slightly; in his perception, that vast source of corruption, which had previously been dormant, now brimmed with towering wrath and began to slowly advance forward!

Where it passed, the ground's corruption marks deepened, and the remnants of corrupted derivatives melted as if summoned, merging into that moving grayish-green tide.

A stench of corruption far richer and more nauseating than before surged forward like a tangible tsunami!

"Everyone be careful! The biggest guy is coming!" Li Qingxuan's voice, transmitted via the communication stone, carried unprecedented gravity, echoing in the ears of every defender in the Three Cities.

As if to confirm his words, a sharp hiss that could not be heard with the ears but directly acted upon the souls of all living beings deep within the Corruption Tide.

This hiss contained endless spite and hunger, as if emanating from the abyss of eternity!

In an instant, the corrupted derivatives on the battlefield, as if injected with a violent stimulant, became swifter and more frenzied, recklessly assaulting the flame defense line and Shadowy Thorns.

Even the super-large aggregates entangled with Shadowy Thorns emitted a silent roar, their bodies swelling violently, their surface corroded keratin layer becoming thicker, and their attack power suddenly surging.

"Hold on! Dwarf brothers, stand firm!" the Tongxu Clan Chief's eyes nearly burst as he brandished his war axe, leading from the front at the very tip of the breach.

"For nature! For the Moonlight Ring!" Queen Aister's clear, cold voice rang out as she personally drew her bow; a condensed moonbolt arrow shot through the air, precisely piercing the core of an aggregate attempting to spew mucus, temporarily halting its movement.

However, the true threat had already descended.

Amid countless corrupted derivatives, the core of the Corruption Tide—the Corrupted Nest Mother—finally revealed its sanity-shattering true form!

It was a massive fleshy mass difficult to describe accurately in words; its main body resembled a writhing mound of flesh, its surface riddled with constantly opening and closing holes oozing mucus and twisted tentacles.

At the heart of the flesh mound was embedded a massive, heartbeat-like dark-green core, emitting a palpitation-inducing energy fluctuation.

Countless thick, vessel-like conduits extended from the core, linking the flesh mound to the surrounding super-large corrupted aggregates, as if supplying them with energy.

It had no fixed form; its massive body continually twisted and deformed as it moved, carving deep gullies into the earth it passed, while the air filled with a deadly spore mist.

{Weird Creature: Corrupted Nest Mother}

{Type: Flesh Type}

{Constitution: 1840}

{Spirit: 1350}

{Rank: S-rank}

{Ability: Corruption Yuan Tou: As the core of the Corruption Tide, it can continuously produce and command corrupted derivatives; its very existence continually pollutes the surrounding environment, causing the land to wither and water sources to deteriorate.

{Ability: Nest Mother's Shriek: Releases a range-wide Spiritual Shock, causing strong spiritual interference and dizziness to all non-corrupted units within range, and greatly enhances all corrupted derivatives.

{Ability: Calamity Spore Rain: Fires dense corrosive/parasitic spore bombs for a wide-range coverage attack. The spores are highly corrosive and can take root upon landing, rapidly growing into aggressive secondary corrupted units.

{Ability: Flesh transfers energy via energy conduits to super-large corrupted aggregates, enabling rapid energy delivery, damage repair, and direct absorption of energy and matter from destroyed derivatives.

{Ability: Regeneration: As long as the central dark-green energy core is not completely destroyed, it can consume energy to slowly repair its own damaged massive flesh tissue.

{Weak Point: Central Energy Core}

{Description: A terrifying entity bred in the depths of the Fu Hua Zhao Ze, it is a moving natural disaster and the source of pollution. Its massive flesh-mound form symbolizes pure destruction and distortion, capable of commanding the entire Corruption Tide army via mental orders, and with its incessant spore attacks and area pollution, it destroys all vitality. The only way to defeat it is to destroy the pulsating core that harbors its primal power.

This is the Corrupted Nest Mother!

The source of the Corruption Tide, the embodiment of all pollution and destruction!

Its appearance instantly multiplied the pressure on the entire battlefield by several orders of magnitude!

The Corrupted Nest Mother's massive dark-green core flared bright, and a visible grayish-green energy pulse emanated from it like ripples, rapidly spreading outward.

The energy pulse swept across the battlefield; all corrupted derivatives that came into contact with it surged in speed and power as if injected with adrenaline.

On the defenders' side, whether dwarves, elves, or Shadowy Thorns, they all felt a strong nausea and dizziness, their movements involuntarily lagging.

Even the Icefield Magic Wolf Pack let out uneasy growls, some weaker demon wolves even foamed at the mouth and collapsed limp on the ground.

"Spiritual Shock! Be careful!" Li Qingxuan shouted sternly, simultaneously exerting his full Spiritual Power; an invisible barrier unfolded before the Three Cities allied forces, barely offsetting part of the impact.

But this was only the beginning!

On the Corrupted Nest Mother's massive body, dozens of thick tentacles shot up; their tips split open, revealing bud-like structures, and in the next instant, countless spore bombs imbued with strong corrosive and parasitic abilities rained down like dense droplets, covering the walls of the three cities.

"Dodge!" Huang Rong shouted sharply, her figure instantly melting into the shadows.

Li Jing then used the Void Shuttle to instantly appear at several key points on the city wall, pushing aside a few guards who couldn't dodge in time.

"Boom—boom—boom—!"

Spore bombs struck the city wall and moat, exploding into puffs of grayish-green smoke and mucus.

The city wall's surface hissed as it corroded, and its Protection Value began to slowly decline.

The moat's water surface became turbid and foul-smelling.

Some spore bombs flew over the city wall, landing inside the city, where they immediately began eroding buildings and land, and rapidly grew into twisted, aggressive small corrupted plants.

"Purify them! Quick!" Jiang Xiu'e anxiously directed non-combat personnel in the inner city, using stored clean water and simple tools to try to clear away these sudden threats.

The battlefield situation took a sudden turn for the worse!

The Corrupted Nest Mother personally intervened, displaying overwhelming power.

Its spore attack covers a vast area, is highly corrosive, and seems endless.

The defenders' line began to waver, on the verge of collapse.

"Can't let it keep attacking like this!" Tongxu Clan Chief roared, splitting a nearby Spore Bomb with his axe; the splashing slime corroded his armguard, sending up white smoke.

"We must destroy that Core!" Moonshadow Elder, enduring Spiritual discomfort, pointed to the pulsing dark-green Core at the center of the Corrupted Nest Mother.

Everyone knew that was the key.

But how can we break through this endless Corruption Tide, approach and destroy that heavily protected Nest Mother Core?

Li Qingxuan's eyes were ice-cold like a blade; he drew a deep breath, and the power within him began to surge at an unprecedented speed.

He knew he could no longer hold back.

Although the Shadowy Thorns were still ravenously consuming, they could not keep pace with the terrifying might of the Nest Mother's main body.

It was time to unleash his true power.

"Rong'er, Li Jing, guard for me! Xiulan, suppress the surrounding derivatives! Tongxu Clan Chief, Aister, concentrate all ranged firepower, attack the Nest Mother's main body, draw its attention!" Li Qingxuan's voice carried undeniable resolve, swiftly transmitted via the communication stone.

In the next instant, a vast, majestic, terrifying aura—seeming to rise from the depths of the Nine Netherworlds—exploded outward, centered on Li Qingxuan.

A two-hundred-meter-radius strange domain instantly engulfed the vast battlefield before Guangtan Fortress.

Inside the domain, a hazy grey mist appeared out of thin air, and the air filled with a low, eerie chant.

All non-friendly units, including the frenzied Corrupted Derivatives, froze in unison, feeling fear and suppression rising from deep within their souls.

Meanwhile, the space inside the domain seemed bound by invisible chains, turning viscous and stable, utterly preventing any spatial abilities from interfering with the battlefield.

Li Qingxuan's form flickered in and out at the domain's center, his eyes filled with countless strange images.

He lifted his head, his icy gaze locked onto the massive Corrupted Nest Mother.

Your doom has arrived.

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