127: Chapter 127 A Tug-of-War in a Desperate Situation: The Final Frenzy
That devastating white tide of light, like the singularity explosion at the beginning of creation, swallowed everything in an unstoppable manner.
Sound, light, matter...
Everything was thoroughly... erased in that energy storm, created by the collision of two completely different powers of Law.
The moment the storm erupted, relying on Lin Qingzhi's warning at the critical moment and the extreme speed of the Overclocked Wing Vibration that exceeded the speed of sound, I narrowly escaped the core explosion area that was enough to completely evaporate any Demon Rank Expert.
But even the scattered energy aftermath still struck me like a lightning bolt!
My body felt as if it had been pierced by tens of thousands of red-hot steel needles!
My Demonic Power core was wailing violently!
My Divine Soul felt as if it were about to be completely torn apart by that violent power of Law!
"Pfft—!"
I spat out a mouthful of Origin Essence Blood.
That was the first time I had suffered such a serious... injury since ascending to the Demon Rank!
I dared not stop for even a second, desperately flapping my slightly damaged wings, and fled in a sorry state toward the edge of the "Ghost City".
Not until I confirmed that the devastating energy storm had completely subsided did I dare to stop, looking back with lingering fear.
The scene before me left me completely stunned.
The core area of the entire "Ghost City", that "urban forest" originally composed of countless abandoned buildings and filled with the scent of steel and concrete, had completely... vanished from the map.
In its place was a giant crater, over several kilometers in diameter, bottomless, with edges as smooth as a mirror!
At the bottom of the crater, the churning, crimson... subterranean lava was vaguely visible!
And around the crater, the battlefield, which had originally been relatively intact, had long since become devastated.
Spatial rifts, like spiderwebs, densely covered the air, constantly swallowing and tearing at everything nearby.
Energy turbulence, like the most violent hurricane, raged and howled madly among the ruins!
The remnants of the Xuantian Alliance and the Star Council, who had luckily survived the explosion just now, were now like frightened birds, huddled in their respective positions with looks of despair, shivering.
Their energy had long been exhausted.
Their supplies had long since run out.
Their morale had dropped to freezing point!
Everyone's face was filled with exhaustion, fear, and... numbness.
This war, which I had directed single-handedly, had completely dragged them into an abyss of... despair.
But it was not enough.
This was far from enough.
I could clearly feel that at both ends of the crater, those two Demon Rank auras, though they had become extremely weak, were still filled with monstrous hatred and had not yet given up!
Night Crow and that Silver-Masked Scout from the Star Council were like two mad dogs with bloodshot eyes; even though they were covered in wounds, they were still unwilling to let the other go!
"Cough... cough cough..."
Night Crow crawled with difficulty out of a pile of completely carbonized ruins.
The black robe on his body, which symbolized his status, had long since become tattered, revealing his withered, corpse-like... body.
His handsome, sickly face was now covered in hideous cracks like a spiderweb!
Clearly, the reckless collision of Laws just now had cost him a heavy... price!
He stared fixedly at the equally battered Silver-Masked Scout not far away, his eyes filled with irreconcilable... hatred!
He slowly raised his right hand, which was now nothing but a skeleton!
A black flame, filled with an ominous and evil aura, slowly ignited in his palm!
He was burning his own... Origin!
He was casting some kind of forbidden technique to perish together!
On the other side, the Silver-Masked Scout from the Star Council was not doing any better.
His silver mask had shattered in half, revealing the other half of his face, which was equally pale as paper.
Watching Night Crow burning his Origin, a flicker of determination flashed in his eyes!
He also took out a crystal from his bosom that shimmered with seven-colored light and was filled with terrifying energy fluctuations!
That was some kind of high-consumption, one-time... strategic defense device!
They were about to engage in a final... life-and-death struggle!
Watching all this, I felt a trace of... anxiety in my heart.
I knew that if I let them continue fighting like this, perhaps they really would both suffer heavy losses.
But I could not wait.
My Mental Energy, under the high-intensity manipulation and probing of Laws just now, had already been consumed to the limit!
My body was also on the verge of... collapse!
I needed a faster, more thorough... result!
A result that would be enough to make them completely lose all ability to resist!
A flash of madness crossed my eyes!
I would bet on it!
I would bet on this final hand!
Ignoring Lin Qingzhi's anxious dissuasion in my mind, I gathered all the remaining Advanced Hallucinogenic Toxin in my body onto my mouthparts!
Then, I sank my will into the Swarm Sky Net, which had also become tattered and broken!
"All 'subjects' that can still move!"
"Listen to my final... command!"
My will, like a cuckoo crying blood, echoed tragically in every corner of the "Ghost City"!
The next second—
Hundreds of mutated insects, which had also luckily survived the explosion and were covered in wounds, crawled out from the ruins where they were hiding, fearless of death, as if they had received a call from "God"!
They had only one goal!
That was the high-ranking members of their respective factions!
"Pfft!"
A mutated venom mosquito, with half its wing broken, used the last of its strength in life to plunge its mouthparts, stained with my Origin toxin, fiercely into the neck of a Late Stage Essence Rank expert from the Xuantian Alliance who was gasping for breath!
"Pfft!"
A mutated Poison Scorpion, with four of its six legs broken, used its stinger, which was also covered in cracks, to fiercely sting the back of the hand of an Essence Rank Peak expert from the Star Council who was activating a defense device!
A final... madness, directed by my own hands, was staged at this moment!
Those experts from both sides, who were already on the verge of mental collapse and despair, the moment my "Ultimate Toxin"—condensed with all my Mental Energy and Demonic Power—invaded their bodies—
The last spark of reason in their eyes was completely extinguished!
Replaced by endless... madness!
"Kill! Kill! Kill! Die, all of you!"
An expert from the Xuantian Alliance suddenly roared in a voice that didn't sound human, and slashed his saber fiercely at the core device beside him that was providing the energy shield for the entire position!
"Boom!"
The shield collapsed instantly!
"Hahaha! Let's all die together!"
A scout from the Star Council suddenly laughed wildly and detonated all the high-explosive energy grenades on his body!
...
The entire battlefield, at this moment, was completely plunged into a state of... chaos and... destruction caused by mutual slaughter!
"No—!"
Night Crow and the Silver-Masked Scout simultaneously let out desperate... roars!
They never dreamed that their own subordinates would... collectively go mad at this most critical moment!
However, it was already too late!
With a huge explosion, more earth-shattering than any before it!
The entire battlefield fell into complete silence.
Only the energy aftermath, still raging wildly, and the lingering smell of... scorching and... blood in the air remained.
I saw that above the ruins, Night Crow's already tattered black robe was now charred black, revealing his body, which looked like... withered tree branches.
He stumbled, spat out a mouthful of black... blood, and then, without looking back, turned into a faint black light and disappeared into the horizon.
On the other side, the Silver-Masked Scout from the Star Council was also coughing up blood incessantly; his already broken body, after several difficult spatial jumps, finally merged into the Void Realm and disappeared.
The entire battlefield finally, completely, fell silent.
Only I and the few... swarm remaining under my command were left.
Quietly waiting for the upcoming... gluttonous feast.