Chapter 1 Killing!

"Kill!"

"Stop the beast tide! Stop the beast tide!"

Resounding cries echoed through the skies above the North Cave Forest.

The North Continent Legion's advance was a real thing. They formed camps and arrays, exploring the Sang Continent Cave dense forest in batches... As for the Storm Church dispatched by the Holy City, Lu Zhe and Wild Dog simply couldn't be bothered with them.

Without external force, the North Continent could solve all its problems!

However, this sudden beast tide, with a strength of "A+ level," exceeded everyone's expectations...

Wild Dog was responsible for guarding North Cave City, while Mu Wanqiu and Lu Zhe were responsible for this wasteland reclamation mission.

Dozens of small source-energy boats took off amidst the trees, dodging the first wave of the beast tide's momentum, and then began to strafe.

Lu Zhe floated above the desolate forest, and he alone was a copper wall and iron barrier.

The formidable strength of a fourth-order transcendent was vividly displayed in this high-to-low battle.

Lu Zhe stretched out his hands, about a meter apart.

As his palms formed a seal, an invisible wall of space "unfolded" in the desolate forest... This space wall was quite similar to the poisonous miasma previously laid down by Gu Shen.

Once those extraordinary beast spirits came into contact with the barrier, they would be cut into pieces!

However... Lu Zhe, no matter how strong, was only one person!

These beast spirits were not afraid of "death" at all!

They surged forward, heading towards the direction of Mount Tanyao... The North Continent Legion's firepower suppression was effective at first, but as the beast tide awakened on a large scale, during the interval between the two volleys of ammunition change, these beast spirits had already broken through the encirclement of the source-energy boats!

Lu Zhe turned his head, his expression gloomy.

The Storm Church, following behind the North Continent forces... was completely motionless at this moment!

"Where's the support?!"

He roared in a low voice at several North Continent elites behind him.

But the next second, a cold and stern response came from the front line of the beast tide.

"Leave it to me."

Mu Wanqiu had just woken up from her spiritual meeting.

When the beast tide broke out, she found a relatively safe place in the deep forest to hide and completed her conversation with "Hades" Gu Shen.

She saw the crisis that the North Continent was facing at this moment.

Once these beast tides crossed the northern line, they would soon impact North Cave City. The strong logic materials had just been delivered, and the reconstruction of the city walls had not been completed. If a beast tide was encountered in this situation, North Cave would be directly shattered!

She immediately got up and swept towards the Storm Church's source-energy boat—

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"Lord Rannos, aren't we going to take action yet?"

A respectful voice sounded inside the Storm Church's source-energy boat.

The Holy City Archbishop who was in contact with the North Continent military was a blond, blue-eyed man from Central Continent. A fierce battle was raging outside, but he was completely unaware, sitting very comfortably, maintaining a reclining posture, squinting his eyes, adjusting the microscope magnification, and concentrating on studying the extraordinary beast spirit's flesh and blood tissues that were hunted and killed this time.

He waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to retreat and not disturb him.

For him, what happened outside was not important—

Even if Mount Tanyao erupted and Sang Continent Cave was destroyed, he would not care.

He only needed to obey Saint Cadithe's orders.

Cadithe had not issued an order.

So, he would not move.

"Rannos!"

A sharp voice passed through the red and silver protective shield of the source-energy boat and entered.

The Archbishop frowned and looked out the window.

A slender fifth-order red source armor was suspended eight hundred meters above the ground, at the same height as the Storm Church's ship. The figure of the source armor's owner was stunning, slender and graceful, but judging from her expression, the visitor was ill-intentioned.

Her two sword-like eyebrows were raised, and a pair of phoenix eyes contained a murderous aura.

Mu Wanqiu pressed her hands on her war blades and said, "North Cave is under attack, a beast tide is coming... let the church's transcendents go down to fight! Now!"

"I'm sorry, you have no right to order me."

Rannos looked at Mu Wanqiu indifferently.

"I only listen to 'Lord Cadithe's' orders. So far, no orders have been received from the Holy City."

In fact... this was a very perfunctory excuse.

A large amount of volcanic ash floated in Sang Continent Cave.

The communication system inside the [Deep Sea] had been experiencing frequent malfunctions recently.

This kind of statement was intended to take pleasure in the misfortune of "North Continent." After all, the Holy City transcendent had landed in Sang Continent Cave the other day... Rannos didn't even enter the city gate of North Cave City!

"You're doing this on purpose?"

Mu Wanqiu narrowed her eyes, and smiled in anger: "You think I don't dare to touch you?"

"..."

Rannos also laughed, but he laughed without saying a word.

Obviously... this was intentional.

It wasn't that he didn't think the North Continent dared to touch him.

It was just that there was no need to create trouble at this juncture.

North Continent had Lu Zhe, a fourth-order transcendent, which was remarkable... but behind him, there was also a fourth-order transcendent, Saint Cadithe!

"If you want the church to take action, you can..."

Rannos said indifferently, "North Continent needs to apologize for what it did a few days ago..."

He was also a fourth-order Archbishop. He came to support with his subordinates the other day, but was turned away and had to sleep in the wilderness. What a ridiculous humiliation!

He asked himself, in the Southern Continent, who would dare to treat him like this?

Now, it was his turn to set the conditions!

"Apologize?"

Mu Wanqiu was silent for a second, frowned and looked at the Archbishop, and said, "Are you serious?"

"...of course."

Rannos's tone did not fluctuate.

So... the source-armor woman suspended in the air, and the old-fashioned source-energy boat produced twenty years ago, fell into a silence of nearly ten seconds.

These ten seconds were silent in Rannos's eyes.

This was probably Mu Wanqiu's consideration.

But it was not so...

Everything that happened here had been transmitted to Lu Zhe's mind through a spiritual link.

The reason for the ten seconds of silence.

It was because Mu Wanqiu sent her last question to Lu Zhe, who was fighting the beast tide with his own strength.

"Are we still going to endure it?"

"..."

Ten seconds of silence was Lu Zhe's consideration.

Finally, Lu Zhe replied with three words.

"Can't endure it."

The moment these three words fell into Mu Wanqiu's mind, the red-armored woman drew her double blades—

She adjusted the tail wings, found an excellent angle, and then slashed fiercely at the Chinese-style source-energy boat in front of her!

Over the years, there had always been a secret logistics department in the Investigation Corps, maintaining close cooperation with the underground research institute. This logistics department was responsible for providing the most powerful weapons for the most outstanding warriors in the corps... Only elite transcendents with high enough authority knew of "their" existence.

And Mu Wanqiu, from the beginning, belonged to the group of elites with the highest authority.

In the first two years of coming to the corps, the young Mu Wanqiu often wandered in the weapon base of the research department. She could skillfully master and use every advanced weapon developed by the Central City.

Because she had experienced the pain of the Red Blood War.

So she was extremely interested in the advent of "source-energy boats"... Within the scope of permitted authority, she had seen every source-energy boat blueprint manufactured in North Continent's twenty years of changes, and remembered them in her mind.

"Old-fashioned B0391, the weakness is the third turret on the side wing of the cabin. The reason for the elimination is that the steering is too slow."

Mu Wanqiu's double blades bloomed with tens of feet of red brilliance in the air, like two crescent moons!

Boom!

The side wing of the fifty-meter-long medium-sized source-energy boat exploded. When it was designed twenty years ago, the hull was deliberately reinforced with three layers of red-silver alloy, which could perfectly resist the attacks of fourth-order transcendents... but at this moment, Mu Wanqiu accurately found the "weakness." The alloy was broken under the dual blows of the years and the blade's edge!

"Rumble rumble—"

This slash immediately tilted the entire source-energy boat in the air.

Those church members of the Storm Church in the source-energy boat didn't know what was happening outside at all.

There was a burst of exclamations inside.

In the midst of the noise, Rannos held onto the table. He looked at the red-armored woman suspended outside the window in disbelief, and roared subconsciously, "Are you crazy? Do you know what you're doing?!"

He was waiting for Mu Wanqiu and North Continent's apology!

He never expected that ten seconds later... what he was waiting for was a terrifying slash that overturned the source-energy boat!

This woman should only be at the third-order, right? How could she explode with such terrifying power and overturn a medium-sized source-energy boat with one slash? This was something that even he couldn't do!

"Thank you for the compliment."

Mu Wanqiu had heard the title of madman many times.

She said coldly: "I know what I'm doing... I'm slashing you, to be precise, I'm slashing all of you."

As soon as she finished speaking.

The scarlet source armor's tail wings spewed out a bright flame. She took two steps back, raised her double blades, and posed for a charged attack—

"Buzz!"

A horrifying brilliance was deliberately surging from the hilt of the war blade, rising steadily!

The phantom of the Judge was also condensing behind Mu Wanqiu!

She raised her war blade to gather strength, and the Judge raised the scythe of death in the void—

The second slash!

A complete arc was chiseled out by Mu Wanqiu.

For a perfect whole, you only need to break one point to spread the "crack" to the whole body!

What she was going to do now was very simple... to completely shatter the crack she had just cut out, and let it spread to the entire medium-sized source-energy boat. In this way, all the Storm Church's garrison troops would be forced to sink and participate in the beast tide offensive and defensive battle!

"Boom—"

This round of blood-colored blade light was finally taken down.

At the critical moment, Rannos shattered the red-silver glass and flew out alone. He raised his hands, and a surging azure wave rolled behind him. The fourth-order domain [Mirage Tide] was completed!

Taking the fourth-order against the third-order was an overwhelming advantage—

But Rannos felt something was wrong when he hit the Judge's blade light with his fists. He only felt a world of difference in his chest, and his domain could not withstand the Judge's offensive!

A few seconds later, as one side waned and the other waxed, the fourth-order domain [Mirage Tide] was even better.

Rannos finally managed to smash the blade light, protecting the source-energy boat with his own body.

He looked at the third-order red-armored woman hovering not far away with a complicated expression.

Was this the power of "S-class"?

Overcoming a major realm, able to compete with himself?

No, this was even stronger than himself!

Rannos silently swallowed the blood that surged in his throat, so as not to lose face. He lowered his voice and said, "Everything you do here... the Saint is watching."

The [Tidal] authority had already enveloped the entire Sang Continent Cave.

He said this to remind Saint Cadithe to pay attention to everything that happened in North Cave!

"Is it listening in?"

Mu Wanqiu said coldly: "Since he knows everything, is it Cadithe who told you not to support North Continent? Is this Cadithe's intention, the Holy City's intention... or, is this the Storm Church's intention?"

As soon as these words fell.

Rannos's heart sank.

Because his mind was still cold and desolate.

"..."

Saint Cadithe did not seem to have any intention of responding to himself or giving guidance.

Rannos realized that something was wrong at this moment. Could it be that under the connection of the [Tidal] authority, the spiritual communication between Lord Cadithe and himself still had problems?

If this was the case, then the mistake that occurred at this moment was his responsibility.

The beast tide broke out, and he did not deliberately neglect North Continent without clear instructions...

A thousand thoughts turned in his mind.

Rannos quickly changed his attitude, "Let's talk it over, we can discuss it."

Mu Wanqiu raised her eyebrows slightly.

Rannos's change of attitude was worth pondering.

If the Archbishop had always been supported by the [Tidal] authority, then facing his "boat chopping" behavior, Rannos should be as tough as ever at this moment...

The moment she drew her blade, Mu Wanqiu had already prepared to completely turn against him.

However, Rannos had now softened.

What did this mean? Did the [Tidal] give new instructions?

No... the guidance of the Storm Church would not be so short-sighted, and the people who could reach the position of Archbishop would not be so stupid.

The only explanation was that the connection built by the [Tidal] authority had failed. Cadithe's silence made Rannos mistakenly believe that the beast tide needed to be "coldly processed," and at this moment, Rannos discovered the error of the authority.

Mu Wanqiu lowered her eyes. She did not intend to continue to expand the conflict, but ordered expressionlessly: "Now, immediately, immediately... let your church members participate in the beast tide battle."

"Easy to say, easy to say..."

Rannos agreed readily.

Before Mu Wanqiu finished speaking, the smoking medium-sized source-energy boat began to make an emergency landing.

On the one hand, Mu Wanqiu's slash just now had severely injured the source-energy boat, and it was urgent to find a safe haven for emergency repairs.

On the other hand, the church was reluctant to equip these church members with exoskeleton armor such as "source armor."

They needed a certain height for a safe landing.

"Whirring..."

Nearly 70% of the five hundred church members that Rannos brought received the order to "block the beast spirits."

They jumped out of the source-energy boat's cabin.

The Storm Church of North Cave officially joined the beast tide offensive and defensive battle.

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Compared to the "bitter battle" in North Cave, the beast tide crisis in South Cave was much easier.

Thanks to the "poisonous gas trench" arranged by Gu Shen.

A black line spanning more than ten miles was killing a large number of low-level beast spirits trying to go north, but this time the extraordinary beast tide was more determined than any previous one! If it continued like this, then this "poisonous miasma" might not be broken through!

Time was running out.

Gu Shen, with the unconscious Mr. Zhuang and Shen Li, shuttled through the dense forest.

Gu Shen released Blazing Fire to look for the trace of "Adam."

The attack of the Great-Winged Sparrow swarm was very strange... even his spiritual power could not capture Adam's specific whereabouts.

During this period, Yuan Suocheng sent several messages, but Gu Shen ignored them all.

He didn't need to look to know.

The Storm Church must have suffered heavy losses and needed support from East Continent—

This reflected the benefits of the previous negotiations. Gu Shen knew that even if he didn't provide any support, Yuan Suocheng would hold on.

This guy could accept that all the believers he led would die, but he couldn't accept the exposure of the handle that Gu Shen held.

After traveling through the dense forest for several minutes.

Shen Li vaguely noticed something was wrong. Let alone finding Adam.

The density of volcanic ash also increased significantly during this beast tide... In the past few minutes of searching, he didn't even see a single figure!

"Adam disappeared..."

Shen Li murmured: "White Sleeve and Xiao Man didn't see him either."

The communicator had lost its function.

The only thing that could still be used should be the [Netherfire] authority.

"Chirr..."

He felt a burst of heat between his eyebrows, as if a black pupil had opened.

This was the privilege given to the apostle by the Nether King's Fire Seed.

The spiritual induction between each other could take effect no matter how far apart!

"Did Mu Wanqiu send a message?"

Shen Li was a little confused.

He immersed himself in the wilderness of the four seasons and quickly read the spiritual message transmitted by Mu Wanqiu...

That was the battle scene between Mu Wanqiu and the Storm Church of North Cave.

Drawing the blade, chopping the ship.

This battle scene was not coherent and was somewhat fragmented.

"What does this message... mean?"

After reading it once, Little Iron Man didn't understand what it meant.

He looked at Gu Shen blankly.

Gu Shen also finished receiving Mu Wanqiu's message.

He was also confused.

With Mu Wanqiu's straightforward style, if she really wanted to convey a message, she would not hide anything...

Was there any important information contained in this battle image?

Or...

Was this battle image missing something?

If it was the latter, it would be terrible.

This was the [Authority] transmitting power, and if even the [Authority] was missing...

It meant that there was an interference force of the same level as the Fire Seed in Sang Continent Cave.