Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 575: Collapse of Luo Mountain

On the second day after Li Wei returned to Liwei Keep, the entire Ascension Continent was enveloped by an irreversible warm current. The frost and snow that had covered the land for the past nine years rapidly melted as the temperature soared to over thirty degrees Celsius above zero within a few days, transforming into a monstrous torrential flood that swept away everything.

Liwei Keep was located amidst the Locke Mountains, with an elevation two to three hundred meters higher than the Gumodo Basin. Even so, the entire Territory, from top to bottom, had to initiate a vigorous and dynamic flood control operation.

The waters of the Ness River swelled more than ten times over, like a fierce tiger out of control or a Flood Dragon breaking through its seal!

It was too brutal.

And it was said that in the Gumodo Basin, the accumulated water was already over fifty meters deep. Karndorf Fortress was half-submerged.

As for the Falcon Capital constructed at the edge of the Whispering Forest, it had completely turned into a decoration in a marine museum.

It was thoroughly submerged; not even a shadow of the city could be seen from above the water's surface.

But this was only the most severely disaster-stricken area. East of the Dindal Snow Mountain, after Tyrant William's army clashed with the Ni Legion three times, both sides suffered casualties. However, basically neither formed an overwhelming advantage. Furthermore, because of this terrifying flood, Tyrant William's army was also forced to temporarily adopt a defensive posture.

Even Roger's Legion at the northern foothills of the Dindal Snow Mountain had no choice but to retreat towards the snowy mountain and passively defend.

The Maclay Legion on the Ennor Highlands could similarly only guard the highland entrance.Under this kind of background environment, the Ni People truly had whatever wind and rain they asked for!

It was not in vain that they had painstakingly schemed for so long. Having the Propitious Circumstances was truly comfortable.

In any case, Li Wei didn't know the specific situation. But judging from how Alowell inside Karndorf Fortress sounded the alarm three times a day and requested Li Wei to assist in defense when necessary, it was clear just how arrogant the Ni People's Giant Crocodile cluster was right now.

Therefore, Li Wei also didn't dare to be careless. While fighting the flood, he ordered Hathaway and Tucker to accelerate the deployment and Upgrade of the Level 3 Mage Tower. At the same time, he also rode Adai and darted all over the mountains and plains. However, this wasn't to guard against and hunt down those Ni People and Giant Crocodiles, but rather to find out the Samsara Travelers and Contractors who might have infiltrated this area, and either eliminate them or drive them away.

This group of people was truly terrifying. On the frontal battlefield, overwhelming troop numbers could be used to gang up on them until they lost their temper. But once he engaged in a fierce battle with the Ni People at the front, then this group of people could truly show off their divine abilities—Causing Trouble in various ways, Deflecting a thousand pounds with four ounces in all sorts of manners. It was remarkably authentic.

He wouldn't care about other places, but the Locke Mountains were Li Wei's back garden. He absolutely would not allow these arrogant existences to be here.

And not to mention, there truly were these fellows who had infiltrated.

But they were very slippery. Perhaps because they knew of Li Wei's prowess and had witnessed his abilities, the moment they discovered traces of Li Wei's appearance from afar, they immediately greased the soles of their feet and ran a thousand miles away in one breath, playing Hide and Seek with him. "When Li advances, we retreat; when Li retreats, we advance"—their main feature was being super patient.

It was simply a Sticky Tactic.

This move was simply unsolvable.

There was nothing he could do. So Li Wei could only endure it and work hard for now; otherwise, what else could he do? However, on Liwei Keep's side, heavy troops were continuously gathered, on full alert. Even to ensure rapid support for Karndorf Fortress, under the circumstances where the Ness River had violently swelled and the original roads were submerged, they forcefully constructed an express Passage over the mountain peaks.

As long as Karndorf Fortress was besieged by the enemy, then the reinforcements from Li Wei's side would be able to arrive within a dozen minutes.

In a word, Karndorf Fortress was currently Li Wei's front teeth. No matter what, they had to pull through.

In short, under the defense of such multiple methods, there wasn't any major chaos on this side for the time being.

Until the day agreed upon with the Nine-Star Council for settlement arrived. Early in the morning, Li Wei was sitting properly, waiting for the settlement, when suddenly, a Global Proclamation exploded, truly like a thunderbolt!

[Global Proclamation]

[The High Priest of the Ni People manipulated Nature Magic, forming a nine-year Great Frost. Now, leveraging the super flood formed from the melting frost and snow, he has rapidly divided and trapped Tyrant William's army, making them unable to support their allied forces. Following this, he personally led an army of a hundred thousand Ni People, a full fifty thousand five-star Giant Crocodiles, and three hundred six-star Giant Crocodiles. First pinning down the Maclay Legion, he then, with the help of three hundred Samsara Travelers, two hundred Contractors, and hundreds of Assassins from other organizations, stealthily broke into the hinterland of the Ennor Highlands and besieged the Kadel Main City!]

[Before this battle broke out, the High Priest of the Ni People used an extremely Rare Seven-Star Heaven-Veiling Card, sealing the entire Battlefield and preventing the transmission of information. Subsequently, the Ni Legion fiercely attacked Kadel Main City.]

[Duke Kaidel led the twenty thousand defenders and three hundred thousand Commoners in the city in a bloody battle for three days, but ultimately could not match the enemy. Early this morning, the City Walls were breached. Duke Kaidel has Fallen in Battle. The defenders and Commoners in the city were completely slaughtered, Leaving no chicken or dog alive.]

[Duke Kaidel was reborn after death and entered the Nine-Star Council. Ninety-nine percent of the other fallen soldiers Resurrected in Cadel Province, but there is still a very small portion whose Souls were snatched away by evil forces, their whereabouts unknown.]

[After this battle, a fourth Fifth-tier Epic combat power appeared in the Neanderthal Giant Crocodile Tribe!]

[After this battle, the Auson Empire Heritage Fragments in the hands of the Neanderthal Giant Crocodile Tribe successfully broke through 45%. They are only one step away from achieving the goal of rebuilding the Orson Empire!]

[Because Tyrant William failed to block the Ni Legion's offensive and failed to make advance preparations, his Reputation among his subordinate generals and Vassals has become foul and stinking.]

——

Fuck!

What's the situation?

[Faction Announcement!]

[The Maclay Legion on the Ennor Highlands has formally issued a distress message. Now, the Ni Legion, carrying the might of breaching the city and beheading the generals, is rapidly approaching. The destruction of the legion is imminent; requesting support!]

[Faction Announcement!]

[The Falcon Capital within the Gumodo Basin is currently suffering a fierce attack from the Ni People's Giant Crocodile Legion; requesting support!]

——

Fuck. Looking at these messages popping up, Li Wei felt that his brain wasn't enough to process it all. A very bad premonition was forming.

Luo Mountain was probably going to collapse.

Sure enough, after waiting for a few minutes and still not receiving any response from Tyrant William, Li Wei knew it was hopeless. Although Tyrant William was very awesome, since even he had no way to deal with this situation, it meant he was still weak!

But then again, this move by the Ni People could be called an Open Scheme, unresolvable.

Now the entire Gumodo Basin had turned into a massive inland sea. Even if Tyrant William had an army of two hundred thousand, even if he had built Warships in advance, it was impossible for him to gain any advantage in front of the Ni People's Giant Crocodile clusters.

There was no way to save them!

But since there was no way to save them, then don't blame us.

Sure enough, ten minutes later, another Global Proclamation exploded out.

Issued by Falcon Karl.

[Global Proclamation]

[Because Tyrant William cannot block the Ni People's army outside the nation's gates, and cannot implement targeted measures against the Ni People's various schemes and tricks, leading to the Ni Legion's Rapid Advancement, wantonly burning, killing, and looting, plunging the people into misery and suffering. He is not fit to be king! He is not fit to be the co-ruler of the world.]

[Therefore, Falcon Karl announces that he is withdrawing from Tyrant William's Faction, and he will seek other methods and paths to resist the Ni Legion.]

[The Faction belonging to Falcon Karl will advance and retreat together with him. Duke Will, as well as Blazing Li Wei and others, all announce at this moment their withdrawal from Tyrant William's Faction!]

[Although there is a cause for this matter, to Betray a liege lord is still a massive evil deed. Falcon Karl will be deducted 1000 points of World Reputation, and his subordinate Vassals will uniformly be deducted 500 points of World Reputation. Within the next fifty years, unless there are major unforeseen events, unless they win the final victory and rewrite history, they will all passively bear the Title of the Betrayer. Once killed, their drop probability will forcefully increase by 100%, and other similar Titles will be unable to take effect.]

[Affected by this, a mountain peak somewhere in the Locke Mountains suddenly shook violently and collapsed today...]

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Grass... the vegetation is really deep!

Although he knew it would be like this early on, at this moment Li Wei still couldn't help but be shocked into a cold sweat, feeling as if he had just escaped from the gates of hell.

Really, he now suddenly realized in hindsight that previously, on the second day after he had built the small Fortress on the Tindal Plateau, the surrounding area suddenly experienced a torrential downpour that lasted for more than two days straight. This matter might very well have been fueled by a third party.

If he hadn't been able to complete the legion reorganization that day, increasing the Collective Sanity and thereby additionally increasing Falcon Karl's Sanity by a cumulative +4, then he truly might have been treated as an abandoned pawn by Falcon Karl.

Really, if he waited a few more days, perhaps Tyrant William's envoy to bribe him would have arrived.

By then, without a military order, he wouldn't be able to return to Liwei Keep. Then, coinciding with the current situation, Liwei Keep would likely have been conveniently swallowed by Falcon Karl.

Although up until now, he still didn't know exactly what trump card Falcon Karl and his father Old Vere had to suppress the Ni People's Giant Crocodile clusters?

Very quickly, Hathaway, Li Yue, Second Aunt, Zhao Xuanxuan, He Yibo, A Su, Tucker, and the others all hurriedly rushed over. This matter was too big; how could such a drastic change happen?

Just what kind of tricks were those big shots playing?

Leaving us small fries with no way out, huh.

"Everyone, do not panic. This matter—it is indeed because Tyrant William is too weak. Duke Kaidel's perfectly good head was just plucked off just like that."

"The most urgent task right now is: Hathaway, Tucker, you two hurry up and Upgrade our Mage Tower to level three. As long as we guard our territory, everything else is negotiable!"

"Moreover, my Loyalty towards Lord Karl is Wit—Witnessed by Heaven and Earth!"

Li Wei spoke a bunch of righteous-sounding acting words, which everyone understood. And subsequently, after he activated a 5-Star Heaven-Veiling Card, everyone finally entered a plotting state.

"Li Wei, I think you can proclaim yourself king!" Hathaway was the first to speak. She was very excited. "Falcon Karl and his father Will definitely have something to rely on, but I think Tyrant William is not someone to be trifled with either. Especially since Falcon Karl now bears the Title of the Betrayer; he has made a move that leaves almost no way of retreat. Anyway, who knows if it's worth it?"

"Watch your words!"

Li Wei shook his head slightly. "Haven't we also equally shouldered the Title of the Betrayer? Following Falcon Karl, we've already betrayed once, and our Reputation is already very foul. Continuing to Betray will only make us stink to high heaven! Therefore, this is the ending we chose from the very beginning. In a chaotic world vying for supremacy, we maintained our independence from the start. From the moment we submitted to Falcon Karl, it was already destined that it would be impossible for us to obtain all the benefits."

"In short, That Idea Can Be Laid to Rest. My Loyalty to Lord Karl will never waver."