novelraw Chapter 461: He Has Finally Arrived
Chapter 461: He Has Finally Arrived
Three Calamity-level creatures, two large and one small, worked together with seamless coordination, relentlessly entangling Shi Potian, continuously draining his strength and adding fresh wounds to his body.
"General!"
The soldiers on the distant city wall watched as Shi Potian was once again swept away by the Soul-Devouring Demon Tree's colossal arm, spraying blood as he was sent flying, and they let out grief-stricken roars.
Shi Potian slammed heavily onto the ground, then struggled to rise again, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. His eyes held the resolve to live or die with the fortress.
"Again!"
He roared, ignoring his injuries, burning his origin power once more. Earth-yellow Spiritual Energy coalesced into illusory mountain peaks, fiercely suppressing the three monsters!
"BOOM!!!"
The Soul-Devouring Demon Tree's massive arm collided violently with the mountain peak illusions, unleashing a deafening, earth-shaking explosion.
The corrosive breath of the Swamp Rot Dragon and the mental assault of the Soul-Devouring Wraith simultaneously struck Shi Potian.
As the light faded.Shi Potian still stood firm, but the mountain peak illusions had shattered.
His aura plummeted rapidly, his face instantly turning as pale as gold paper. Blood seeped from his mouth, nose, ears, and every pore on his body as if it cost nothing, dyeing him into a man of blood.
He had exhausted everything, having reached his absolute limit.
The Soul-Devouring Wraith emitted a sharp mental pulse.
The Soul-Devouring Demon Tree's enormous wooden arm rose once more, smashing down towards Shi Potian, who could no longer evade.
The Swamp Rot Dragon also opened its massive maw, brewing its final, lethal breath.
Upon the city wall, everyone closed their eyes in despair, unable to bear watching any longer.
Feng Jue clenched his fists so tightly his nails dug deep into his palms.
Liu Ziming and Xu Hao stared with eyes wide enough to split, yet powerless to change anything.
Shi Potian looked at the sky-obscuring arm descending upon him, regret flashing in his eyes.
"Sssss—!"
A streak of dark-red flame materialized out of thin air, shooting towards the Soul-Devouring Demon Tree's descending arm.
The massive wooden arm disintegrated instantly.
The break was smooth as a mirror, with wisps of dark-red flame burning at the edges, and this annihilation rapidly spread upwards along the arm!
The Soul-Devouring Demon Tree let out a shrill, piercing shriek.
This sudden turn of events left everyone stunned.
Shi Potian looked up in astonishment.
High in the sky, a figure had appeared at some unknown moment.
He was covered in deep black scales, enormous fleshy wings slowly fanning behind him, a pair of dragon horns on his forehead, his golden vertical pupils gazing down coldly from above.
Like a deity descending to the mortal realm.
The moment he appeared, the entire chaotic, brutal battlefield seemed to have a mute button pressed.
A kind of pressure that transcended all living beings quietly enveloped the entire scene.
It's him!
Su Zhan!
He has finally come!
"Su Zhan! It's Advisor Su Zhan!!"
"He's here! He's really here!"
"The Northern Border's Guardian deity has come! We're saved!!!"
Feng Jue's tense body relaxed slightly, his tightly clenched fist slowly uncurling.
Liu Ziming was so excited he almost jumped, pulling at his wounds without even noticing, grinning as he tried to shout, but due to excessive excitement and weakness, could only emit hoarse, breathy sounds.
Leaning against a broken wall, Xu Hao let out a long sigh of relief; his nerves, strained to the breaking point, could finally ease a little.
Salvation at the brink of doom!
Nothing could describe it better!
Shi Potian looked at the figure in the air.
He knew that perhaps, the Iron Wall Fortress could truly be held.
Su Zhan's gaze swept over the horrific battlefield below, passing over the near-death Shi Potian.
Passing over the three familiar, battered figures on the city wall.
Finally, it settled on the three Calamity-level Mist Creatures that had temporarily halted their attacks due to his appearance.
"You..."
Su Zhan slowly spoke, as if pronouncing a sentence.
"...can die now."
Before his words fully faded, his figure had already vanished from his original spot.
The next moment, he appeared directly in front of the main trunk of the Soul-Devouring Demon Tree.
Facing this colossal entity dozens of meters tall, a Calamity Seventh Stage behemoth.
Su Zhan raised his scale-covered right hand and clenched it into a fist.
Just a single punch.
Thrust straight forward.
"THUD!!!"
Ripples spread across the incredibly resilient wooden trunk of the Soul-Devouring Demon Tree.
Wherever the ripples passed, the hard wood silently annihilated into the finest dust!
Under the stupefied gazes of countless onlookers, the Soul-Devouring Demon Tree, standing dozens of meters tall, began disintegrating inch by inch from the point of Su Zhan's fist impact at an unbelievable speed, dissipating into the air.
In barely the span of a breath, the Soul-Devouring Demon Tree that had just moments ago emanated the terrifying aura of Calamity Seventh Stage had completely vanished.
Su Zhan slowly retracted his fist.
The Life Essence of a Calamity Seventh Stage creature surged into his body.
A deathly silence!
Both the human defenders and the remaining two Calamity-level monsters were utterly stunned by this scene that far exceeded comprehension.
One punch!
Annihilating a Calamity Seventh Stage!
What kind of terrifying power was this?
The Swamp Rot Dragon, at the peak of Calamity Sixth Stage, its huge vertical pupils filled with terror, instinctively took a step back, even forgetting to release the corrosive breath brewing in its mouth.
The Soul-Devouring Wraith's form instantly faded, attempting to merge with the environment and flee.
"Trying to leave?"
Su Zhan's gaze instantly locked onto it.
Time, slow.
An invisible force instantly enveloped that space.
The Soul-Devouring Wraith abruptly froze mid-air, maintaining its fleeing posture, yet unable to move even a fraction further.
Su Zhan pointed two fingers together like a sword and lightly slashed through the air towards the solidified shadow.
A thin, dark-red thread flashed and vanished.
"Sssss—"
The Soul-Devouring Wraith's intangible shadowy body was cleanly sliced in half.
The power of destruction instantly eroded its core. Without even a chance to scream, it dissipated completely like smoke scattered by the wind.
The second one, fallen!
Su Zhan's gaze finally settled on the trembling Swamp Rot Dragon.
The Swamp Rot Dragon let out a despairing wail, turning to try and burrow into the quagmire it had corroded below.
Su Zhan slowly raised his hand, his palm aimed at the panicked, fleeing behemoth.
Within his palm, the Flame of Destruction converged, condensing into a dark-red sphere no larger than a fist.
A gentle push.
The dark-red sphere flew out silently, arriving first despite being launched later, sinking into the Swamp Rot Dragon's massive body as it tried to burrow underground.
The Swamp Rot Dragon's forward charge abruptly stiffened.
Countless dark-red rays of light shone through its body from within.
Then, like a balloon inflated to its absolute limit.
"BOOM!!!"
A muffled thud.
The Swamp Rot Dragon's enormous body, from the inside out, completely exploded into a shower of flesh chunks flying in all directions.
Ultimately, they too were incinerated to nothingness, turning into void.
The third one, fallen!
From Su Zhan's descent to the complete eradication of the three Calamity-level creatures that had pushed the entire Iron Wall Fortress to the brink, the total time elapsed was less than ten breaths.
The entire battlefield fell into absolute silence.
The wind moaned.
Su Zhan slowly descended.
He landed on the city wall.
He landed before Feng Jue, Liu Ziming, and Xu Hao.
Looking at the three of them, covered in wounds.
A flicker of emotion passed through Su Zhan's eyes.
"It's alright now."
He spoke, his voice calm, yet carrying a power that brought peace to the heart.