Chapter 592: Dawn! (3k)
On the country roads between the Ninth and Eighth Cities.
“The energy around this phantom is becoming unstable.”
Su Jiu stood still in mid-air, she didn’t go down to join the crowd, but instead looked at The Singer with a faint gaze. A mask gradually covered her exquisite face, and her aura continued to climb.
She directly broke through the semi-War God aura of the first level of Elegy, reaching the quasi-War God level of combat power.
“Boom!”
Just as Su Jiu finished her power-up, where her gaze fell, a red star explosion flashed. The red figure, like an arrow, stomped on the ground and charged over.
“But so what even if you burn all your power? The strength of this phantom is only quasi-god.”
However, facing the charge of The Singer’s phantom, Su Jiu’s expression remained unchanged. She simply clenched her hand in the void, and the silver scythe reappeared in her hand. Then, stepping on the void, her arm trembled slightly as she slashed towards the phantom.
The two instantly collided. The airflow even cut off the power lines. Frost Blossom and blood dyed both skies, forming a confrontation in an instant.
“Kill him, you must die. I will let many of you go down to be buried with me,” The Singer’s slightly hoarse voice sounded like a hellish demon. Her once beautiful face was now extremely ferocious.
Gripping the scythe, Su Jiu sized up the phantom in her eyes. She saw the killing intent in this red-clothed figure’s eyes had materialized. But, she only smiled faintly at this, replying with the same cold tone:
“He who kills shall be killed by others!”
“The ordinary people killed by Si Chen, how can their families not be angry? And the police officers who died at the hands of the Ancient God Sect, how are they not wronged?”
As she spoke, Su Jiu suddenly turned sideways and swept out with a spinning tail kick. This move was quite effective against humanoid creatures, as it relied purely on physical output.
A white afterimage was thrown out, and The Singer’s phantom was heavily hit by this dragon tail. It was blasted dozens of meters away by the immense force, and its entire shadow seemed to be slightly dispersed.
This time, The Singer’s phantom stood in the distance, snowflakes casually falling on its messy head. Its hands hung down in front of its body. It slightly tilted its head, its gaze fixed on the sky, and grinned:
“Soon, the formation will be activated. The phantom of the Saint will descend. You will all die here. Millions of people in several cities will die because of you.”
Su Jiu looked at it and said softly, “No one will die. Didn’t you notice that the formations of the three connected cities have been destroyed?”
“Your Ancient God Sect now only controls four cities. Soon, the army will unite and directly break through the cities.”
As she spoke, she did not launch an attack. She knew that the phantom on the opponent actually didn’t have much energy left, and it was almost like a messenger.
Hearing this, The Singer’s phantom slightly lowered its head, its scarlet eyes looking at Su Jiu. The smile on its face was slightly restrained, but it still whispered:
“Only four cities are needed to summon the formation, and… I want all the city dwellers to be sacrifices to heal my injuries. Once I have the strength of a walker, you… you won’t be able to escape.”
“Hehe…”
After saying that, she continued to emit that chilling laughter, her gaze fixed on Su Jiu’s face, as if contemplating how to deal with this Night Watcher later.
“Boom!”
Following her laughter, a huge commotion came from afar, as if the formation was really about to be fully activated. The black hole above the blood mist also began to spin wildly. Even in the city where Su Jiu had destroyed the device, the surging air currents could be felt.
“Hoo…”
Her black hair danced wildly in the wind. Su Jiu tied her scattered hair into a single ponytail and hung it behind her. Then, she looked at the sky in the distance. As The Singer said, four huge red lights pierced the sky, leading directly into the black hole.
It was precisely those red lights that caused the black hole to expand continuously, releasing more energy. Moreover, the energy was constantly increasing, as if forming a basic environment to support something powerful.
“You won’t succeed.”
Su Jiu looked into the distance and suddenly spoke, turning her head and smiling at The Singer’s phantom.
The Singer’s phantom stared intently at Su Jiu, as if trying to glean some result from the Dragon Girl’s face. In the end, she gained nothing. She narrowed her eyes and sneered, “With you alone, four cities are not enough… the Saint will descend and sweep away you crows of the night. You are merely an Elder.”
“Me? Do you still think that breaking the formations of these 13 cities is something I can do alone?”
Su Jiu’s crow feathers fluttered in the wind. Her black vest, paired with a black long skirt that reached her ankles, made her look like a walker of the night, silently guarding this night that was about to become boisterous.
“I am just a spark. They will guard this long night with me.”
Without waiting for The Singer to speak further, she murmured to herself and looked at the ninth city. The city was still brightly lit. The Enforcers and Snow Guards on the lower levels were maintaining order and repairing the city.
“Them? You expect a group of ants to pay for your recklessness? They only care about their money and their lives.”
The Singer’s gaze followed Su Jiu’s, and she was stunned at first, but soon her eyes showed a hint of mockery and sarcasm.
Su Jiu withdrew her gaze, turned around, and raised her head again, pointing to the sky above the seventh city, and said with a light laugh: “Hehe, take another look.”
“Whoosh! Whoosh!!”
The Singer’s phantom looked over in confusion, only to see inverted fireworks in her pupils. Colorful artillery shells rained down from the sky. Those shells fell on the formation, causing ripples. These were shells sent from the neighboring cities.
Although their power might only barely reach the Battle King Level, these were the guardians of the cities that had just been unsealed, knowing that they had to attack and fight.
If the sacrifice was successful, their compatriots and their land would completely become breeding grounds for evil gods.
Looking at this scene, Su Jiu suddenly remembered the self-defense counterattack battle from the past.
“Davai!”
Accompanying a hoarse shout from nowhere, members of the Snow Guards with ununiformed attire, mixed with forces from various guilds, flew towards the sky. The roars of various Beast Pets echoed through the sky.
Figures flashed overhead, and the confrontation between the two seemed to have turned into a war. The power of the masses was fighting against the might of the Ancient God Sect.
“Damn it!”
“The Guild Leader said that clearing this damn blood formation will reward one Beginner Magic Crystal daily!”
“All participants will receive ten thousand merit points! Charge with me, save our compatriots!”
Soon, many people who could fly appeared above the cities shrouded in blood mist. They shouted, holding gleaming weapons, their noisy sounds reaching the heavens.
They each held weapons and slashed at the formation. The light of skills intertwined with the scarlet blood light, forming “waves.” This was the best way to fight the enemy.
Whether for money or honor.
At this moment, they were all sparks, sparks that could ignite a prairie fire!
“It’s useless. With their strength, it’s almost impossible to break through this formation. I’ve already communicated with them to reinforce it. It’s now strong enough to withstand a War God…”
“Do you remember how the other formations were broken? Prometheus will bring fire to this snowfield and burn it completely.”
Just as the phantom was about to mock that the power was insufficient to break through, Su Jiu retorted with a faint smile. Accompanying her mockery, waves of whistling starlight came from the other end of the sky.
It was the firepower of the Prometheus Cannon!
The starlight avoided the crowd and fell directly above the front of the formation, erupting with indescribable energy fluctuations. The light illuminated the entire night sky, just as that god of the past brought fire to the dark human world.
“Bang! Bang!!!”
The artillery fire continuously bombarded the blood mist energy shield, and the number of participants also increased. Following that, the sound of “crackling” also began to sound. The energy shield, as sturdy as a fortress, developed spiderweb-like cracks.
“Davai!”
A shout rang out, and Nami Na’s tall figure appeared above the seventh city. She raised her Western sword, and her War God-level aura surged forth, like a leader in war.
Beside her, Aman and Evelyn stood quietly, as if waiting for this moment. They would fight against the top powers in the city, while the remaining ordinary Ancient God Sect disciples were left to the enraged masses.
“Charge! Drive away these flies that invade our homeland!”
“Charge!!”
Nami shouted and slashed downwards at the broken opening. As the formation shattered, she was the first to charge into it. And those figures, as if receiving a command, charged fiercely into this strange yet familiar city.
The sound of swords and sabers came from afar. The roaring flames completely ignited the city. With a “bang!”, the light beams above the city one by one extinguished.
The Eighth City, eliminated!
Moments later, the Fifth City, eliminated!
And then, the Sixth City, eliminated!
After the light beams of those cities completely extinguished, the black hole in the sky also disappeared. Only the seventh city remained, with a black hole hanging high above.
The Singer’s phantom stared blankly at everything that appeared before her. She seemed somewhat unable to understand why her plan had failed so completely.
Looking at the remaining light beams, Su Jiu knew that was where the opponent’s main body was. She wasn’t in a hurry, but merely looked at the cities where the blood mist had dissipated and said softly:
“You lost.”
“No…”
Upon hearing this, The Singer’s phantom clenched her fist tightly. The image of the boy she watched grow up flashed in her mind. As her heart became frantic, as if thinking of something, a fierce light flashed in her eyes. With a “bang!”, her body dissolved into blood mist and disappeared.
“I won’t let you have peace. Rather than be caught and hung, I will definitely make you pay the price…”
“Even if my conscience is uneasy.”
With a few murmurs, her figure completely disappeared. But Su Jiu seemed to sense something and looked towards the sky above the seventh city.
With a “bang!”, a red and a blue figure suddenly shot out. The sounds of their battle were enormous, almost amounting to another battlefield.
It was Evelyn and the main body of The Singer. The two of them continuously exchanged blows. The energy ripples almost instantly destroyed the high-rise buildings, freeing the blue figure. The red figure seemed to want to rush directly into the black hole in the sky, constantly flying upwards, even increasing in speed.
“She wants to sacrifice herself to The Others? I didn’t expect Si Chen to have such a significant impact on this red-clothed figure.”
Su Jiu withdrew her gaze, sighed lightly, placed her long scythe to circle around her, and then took out a longbow. After a wipe of her waist, she took out the [Sunflower] that she had temporarily refined on the road, nocked an arrow, and drew the bow.
“However, it’s almost dawn.”
A faint light flashed from the tip of the arrow, like the light of dawn. The target location was the direction of the black hole.
