Chapter 3775: Battle of the End · Opening

The towering Fatumunster snow mountain was shaking violently. Even people who didn't know about the seal in the mountain could see that some behemoth locked in the snow mountain was swinging its body. Snow and giant rocks kept peeling off the mountain, the mountain hall was buried by the avalanche, the suspension bridge broke in the shaking, and even the sorcerers and monsters fighting in the mountain stopped fighting at this moment.

Fortunately, before the mountain completely shattered, the golden halo symbolizing the power of the gods covered the periphery of the mountain. The phantom of giant golden rune chains bound the main body of the snow mountain, doing its best to ensure that the Fatumunster snow mountain would not collapse.

But the chains only ensured that the basic part of the mountain was intact. Just like the situation at the summit, caves and cracks appeared on the mountain body as the mountain continued to sway, followed by dim yellow light permeating from the caves and cracks.

The situation was even worse than the Church expected. In the No. 3 Prayer Hall of the Church of the Sun in the City of Time, hundreds of long-burning candles illuminated the room with golden flames. The artifact known as the "Stubborn Stone Chain" vibrated with a *hum* amidst the chanting of the holy songs. The chains covered with rust were suspended in the center of the prayer altar where the hundred-person priest group was conducting the prayer ritual.

The sound like a giant beast roaring from the direction of the snow mountain outside the church could not shake the resonance of the prayer sound. The rust on the surface of the chains peeled off, and the golden runes constituting the chains displayed their colors. But those golden colors were also being corroded by black. After the chains broke, there was nothing that could bind the main body of the snow mountain.

Mr. Pierre Granger, the "Earth Shaker" who sacrificed himself in the Battle of Moon Bay but was resurrected because of Xia De's maze, was responsible for maintaining the effect of this artifact. But according to his calculations, the chains would break in at most two hours, which was much earlier than the Church originally expected to persist until dawn.

But fortunately, footsteps came at this time. A stranger in a white robe walked into this hall that shouldn't have had other people. After stopping the priest group and the sorcerers responsible for nursing the ritual venue, Granger left the side of the altar and greeted the visitor quickly:

"Guardian of the Earth."

"This is just a clone. My true form is still waiting for the God-Caller's summons."

The stranger explained, then crossed the rows of devout priests kneeling and praying with Granger, and walked toward the chains suspended in the center.

And in the courtyard of the Snow Mountain Hall in Kyle-Todd Town in the southwest of the island, the five Great Elders who had stopped the sacrificial dance stood together in the humming of the snow mountain, watching the mountain peak swaying, as if the entire mountain range would stand up the next moment.

Even though the fog was thick at this moment, these people who believed in the Holy Mountain could still clearly see the giant thing struggling under the mountain, clearly hearing the snow mountain howling in anger. This mountain was ultimately unable to suppress the fate sealed here by the Ancient God.

"In the prophecy of the ancestors, it was once said that the Holy Mountain would collapse during the 'Battle of the End.' Before the Year-End Festival this year, I actually always thought this was a legend."

Elder Harald sighed softly, then said to the other four elders:

"The Holy Mountain has protected the Fatumunster people for so many years, and it is our turn to protect it."

"Then follow the planned plan and use that thing without letting Little Claire and the others know."

Elder Vilda nodded, and together with Elder Ursa, Elder Solin, and Elder Ule, used silver knives to cut their right palms. Elder Harald was the last to cut his palm with a silver knife. The blood of the five Great Elders dripped into the water bowl held by the young priest, and that bowl of bloody water was then splashed toward the bonfire in the courtyard—

【Awaken, return.】

【Ancestors who once opened the path in the snow, wake up from the ice rock.】

【Lend us courage, guide us on the path forward in the cold winter.】

【We guard your fire pond, waiting for your call, protecting us through the winter.】

The ancient sacrificial song spread into the mountain with the wind. The mountain, which was originally just snowing, therefore had a layer of thin mist. And in that mist, the figures of the Fatumunster priests and elders of past generations who had sunk their corpses into the water veins in the mountain after death, strengthening the seal of the Fatumunster snow mountain with their own fate and power, returned on this night.

But this was not the return of the soul, but the lingering sound that once remained in the hometown being summoned back on this night of the final battle.

This was not the power of an artifact or relic. This was the power that people who had received the grace of the snow mountain from the late Fourth Era to the present, on this night of the final battle, gave back to the snow mountain.

The summoned lingering sounds joined the battle between the living and the beasts of fate, and some integrated themselves into the snow mountain, assisting the artifact to strengthen the snow mountain together.

The snake therefore could not shatter this mountain range at this moment, but at the summit of the snow mountain, the ruins of fate finally manifested completely in the material world. Thus, the Shanfeng of Fate was no longer the highest point of the snow mountain.

The beasts and ring holders who were fighting with the sorcerers at the ruins entrance originally seemed to have sensed something. While the earth shook and the mountains swayed, some left from the summit, and some entered the ruins.

Thus, the sorcerers fighting at the Shanfeng of Fate also split into two paths to chase them, but the number of people who entered the interior of the ruins of fate through the Road of Atonement was clearly more.

Thus, they all saw the huge hole below the ruins ground that seemed to connect to the twilight hell, and also saw the black giant snake that could not completely shatter the mountain in a short time, poking its head out from that cave that occupied half of the ruins ground area.

Even in the most terrifying nightmare, Stella could not imagine the scene at this moment. There was no fancy light or sound, no surreal phenomenon beyond her cognition. Just in the shaking of the earth and mountains, a giant black snake head that was unimaginably huge poked its head out from the cave with dim yellow colors and stared at the position where she was at this moment.

The gaze of that behemoth itself possessed power. Stella felt that she couldn't move at all under that gaze. She had such doubts in her heart at this moment:

"Do I really have to fight this kind of thing?"

But she soon realized that the snake was not looking at her, because Xia De's hand pressed on her shoulder from behind and pushed her gently to the side. Stella, who broke free from that substantial gaze, was supported by Ms. Ingram on the side. Only then did she feel a layer of cold sweat on her back.

Xia De stepped forward from the temple entrance, and the people who remained at the temple entrance followed together. Only Miss Miss Pawo still stood in the temple, but she also cast her gaze outward, clearly also curious about what would happen next.

The fate of the First Era's end · Ring Beast of Calamity · Snake of the End looked at Xia De. Its snake pupils were more huge than Xia De's body. Xia De also understood why it didn't shrink its body or turn into a human and fly out of the mountain, because this snake was too big, bigger than it thought itself, and having been trapped for so many years, even it couldn't quickly adapt to this materialized body.

"God-Caller, you can always bring me surprises—what kind of power did you use to leave from under the mountain?"

The snake asked him. The sound was more shocking when vibrating the air than the sound of a steam bomb exploding. Xia De didn't want to explain things related to demons, but asked back:

"You haven't finished molting yet?"

"Not yet finished, but this is enough."

In the subsequent sharp roar belonging to the snake, the huge cracks that originally existed in the night sky expanded in the starry sky. Behind those cracks, the colors of twilight illuminated the darkness on this long night, bringing wind and sand, bringing the scenery that should have appeared when the Mythological Era ended.

Yellow sand rolled in. This was no longer as simple as "Before the End." Xia De clearly felt that this was the true color of the end unfolding in this era.

And that huge snake head was not in a hurry to attack, but looked at Xia De inquiringly, as if expecting him to take out something it hadn't anticipated again.

Xia De then raised his clenched right fist high above his head. Gold, white, and purple light bloomed from the back of his hand, and he took a deep breath:

"Fate Stance!"

*Hum~*

【Resurrection】 and 【Miracle】 resonated with the soul containing divinity. The power felt by the soul at that moment almost made Xia De have the illusion that he was in a state of "divinity overflow."

Although he didn't obtain new divinity, his body became larger with the resonance of fate, the "First Fire Radiance" state automatically appeared on the body surface, and most importantly, the surging spiritual power in his body was enough to fully use a maze, which was absolutely not a false feeling.

While the body became larger, the huge moonlight wheel held up by the right hand had also taken shape, and the pure silver light wheel of the "Fate Stance" now contained three colors: purple, white, and gold.

The gorgeous light wheel expanded to hundreds of meters and was thrown out. While sliding in the wind and sand, it suddenly expanded to a size almost comparable to that snake head. The snake opened its mouth and bit toward the light wheel in front. But unexpectedly, behind it, a loud voice called out the greatest desire at this moment—

"Earth Power · Earth Energy Cannon!"

While the snake bit the moonlight wheel in front, a huge crimson "sun" illuminated the night and twilight, smashing directly toward the back of the snake.

Front had moonlight, back had sunshine, and the snake's true form hadn't been able to completely break free from the snow mountain. Thus, under that dim yellow sky light, the sun and moon hit the snake together. Even though everyone in front of the temple and at the ruins entrance knew that this enemy absolutely couldn't be solved so easily, many people still had hope in their hearts.

It's just that at the intersection of the dazzling sun and moon light, there was no violent energy explosion or annihilation of elements.

The two super-large strange arts with silver and crimson as the main body gradually annihilated in the dim yellow light emitted by the snake toward the surroundings, until when touching it, only less than one-third of the volume at the beginning remained.

The power of the sun and moon, under such reduction, although still hit it, didn't cause any damage, and even the two strange arts seemed to be absorbed by its black snake scales. ===== CHAPTER 3776 =====