139: Chapter 139 Instantly Defeating the Rock Demon Lord

When Grande saw the figure clearly, only one thought crossed his mind: 'What is this thing?'

Beep! [Your Rock Spirit Heavy Armored Soldiers' morale: High → Broken] [Reason: Encountered suppression-level threat: Dragon Might intimidation]

"How... is this possible!"

He had never seen this type of unit before.

And... how could there be such a huge undead unit?

So massive it covered half the sky?

"Everyone! Break out with me! Turn south!" Grande roared.

But there was only silence behind him.

He looked back.

Of the 1,200 Rock Spirit Heavy Armored Soldiers, over 800 had already stopped in their tracks.

Notification messages were dense and numerous.

[Morale broken! Refusing to execute orders!]

Grande's four heroes were still there, though.

"Lord! Follow me! I'll clear a path for you!"

The strongest hero, Rock Guard, raised his great shield and stood at the very front.

Seeing this, Grande had no choice but to take the four heroes and the remaining elites and flee south with all his might.

However... the Bone Dragon had already opened its massive maw.

Boom!!! A stream of dark purple dragon breath poured down from above.

-38000!

The health points of the Rock Spirit Heavy Armored Soldiers were only a little over 10,000 at most.

With this one breath, three or four hundred of them evaporated instantly.

After the dragon breath, only rock debris remained.

Rock Guard raised his great shield, blocking in front of Grande.

Bang! -38000!

Rock Guard's body was instantly sent flying backwards for a dozen meters, crashing directly into Grande.

Immediately after! Crack! Rock Guard shattered into pieces upon impact.

Grande rolled a few times, struggled to stand up, and looked around.

He saw that of the four heroes following him, three had died instantly.

The remaining one was running in the other direction.

Beep! [Your hero, Stone Splitter, loyalty has dropped to 0!]

Watching that fleeing figure, Grande was about to run in the other direction.

But he discovered eighty Bone Dragons descending from the sky, surrounding him in a circle.

Just then, an extremely faint presence approached silently.

Grande just wanted to turn his head. Click.

Shadow's bone blade pierced through his soul core from behind.

Beep! [Shadow triggered "Assassination Mastery"!] [Target health below 50%! Critical hit judgment successful!] [Kill confirmed: Lord Grande has fallen!] [Territory Core: Binding lost!]

Bang! The sound of rock shattering rang out.

Grande shattered into stones, scattering across the ground.

Shadow retracted his bone blade and silently retreated into the shadows.

Floating City, Lords Hall.

Xu Qin saw the kill confirmation pop up on the command panel.

"Hmm, not bad." Xu Qin nodded.

To be honest, he had expected the owner of the orange relic to be a bit more troublesome.

But looking at it now... is this it?

Where was the effect of the relic? Why didn't it manifest?

Xu Qin opened the command panel and clicked on Tian Ming's avatar.

"Tian Ming."

"Present."

"Take action."

"As you command."

Relic, Southeast Defense Line.

Tian Ming gave the order directly. "All forces, surround them!"

The order was passed down through each hero.

Tank-type Bone Beasts moved first, followed by Liches and melee Bone Beasts, pressing in simultaneously from three directions.

Two thousand Troglodytes blocked all exits of the relic.

Chuan Yun and Tietang led two thousand Musketeers and three thousand Elven Archers, aiming at the Rock Demon defenders on the city walls.

Just then, hum! A blinding orange light suddenly erupted above the relic.

Immediately after, an invisible ripple spread outward from the center of the relic.

Wherever the ripple passed, the defensive runes on the city walls that had been glowing with a faint orange light extinguished one by one.

The orange light of the entire relic vanished completely within three seconds.

Ding! [Detected that Lord Grande has fallen!] [Relic binding removed!] [Relic has entered "Ownerless State"!] [Relic defensive facilities have been shut down.] [All bound buffs within the relic have become ineffective.]

Tian Ming looked up at the relic's city walls.

He saw those Rock Demon Tribe defenders actually collapsing and sitting on the city walls.

[Lord has fallen! Territory core connection lost!] [Loyalty: Dropping rapidly...] [Morale: Broken!]

Soldiers without a lord completely lost their reason to fight.

Tian Ming gave the order directly. "Fire."

Tietang raised his bone gun. "Fire!"

Bang bang bang! The Ranged Troops fired simultaneously.

Soul energy arrows and bone bullets rained down, pouring onto the city walls.

-338! -342! -335! -341! ...

The Rock Demon soldiers' defense was indeed high. Even with broken morale, their stone skin was still blocking damage.

However, they had lost the ability to fight back and just stood there taking the hits.

Tian Ming raised his hand, and a Wither Curse landed on the most densely populated area of the city wall.

-30% defense!

Immediately after, the Lich army cast spells simultaneously. A second volley.

-452! -458! -449! ...

The Rock Demon soldiers began to fall in droves.

Tank-type Bone Beasts smashed open the gates, and melee Bone Beasts swarmed into the relic, killing every Rock Demon soldier they saw.

Rumble, the 50,000-strong Rock Demon army was completely annihilated in just ten minutes.

Tian Ming, protected by Bone Beasts, slowly walked into the relic's central plaza.

He looked around. He looked at the stone towers, warehouses, and barracks built by the Rock Demon Tribe...

"Dismantle."

Two thousand Troglodytes swarmed into the relic and began to dismantle the buildings.

Timber, stone, iron ore... were carried out one by one from the building ruins.

Tian Ming opened the communication panel. "Master."

"Hmm?"

"The relic has been cleared. No casualties."

Xu Qin's voice came from the panel: "How long?"

"Twelve minutes."

"Quite fast."

"Yes, once Grande died, the defenders gave up defense directly. There was no resistance at all."

"Alright then." Xu Qin let out a breath, "Guard the relic well, I'm heading over now."

"Yes, Master."

Tian Ming turned to face the Ranged Troops.

"Archers to the walls, Musketeers guard the four corners."

"Bone Beasts block all entrances and exits."

"Troglodytes, dig trap tunnels within a 300-meter perimeter."

"Any living creature that approaches the relic, shoot on sight."

The order was given. The Undead Army began to set up defenses silently and efficiently.

Meanwhile, lords of various races within a 500-kilometer radius of the relic received a system notification almost simultaneously.

Ding! [Regional Announcement: Lord Grande (Rock Demon Tribe) has fallen! The relic under his name has been occupied by another force.]

In a mine 100 kilometers away, the Iron-Skin Goblin Lord Ormandin saw the notification.

"Hmm?" "Grande... is dead?"

He crawled out of the mine and looked towards the direction of the distant relic.

The orange light... it was really gone!

In an instant, wild joy surged into Ormandin's heart.

He raised his pickaxe and smashed it hard onto the ground. Crack!

"Damn it!" "I never have to mine for that black rock again!"