Chapter 306: Not Just One Sparrow

Chapter 306: Not Just One Sparrow

December 10, 2024

The Mana Crystal Superconducting Pulse Cannon is a standard strategic long-range strike weapon for the Floating City.

It is a type of phase weapon, scientifically known as the Elemental Particle Beam Directed Energy Strategic Weapon.

This weapon is incredibly powerful, and a single shot is enough to destroy a large wizard tower. It is said that it was originally researched with the divine spirits as the hypothetical enemy.

Even a True Spirit Sorcerer would not dare to directly withstand the attack of the Mana Crystal Superconducting Pulse Cannon.

However, the drawbacks of the Mana Crystal Superconducting Pulse Cannon are also very obvious. It consumes a massive amount of energy, making it impossible to conduct continuous, blanket bombardments. It also cannot be overloaded for devastating strikes.

Therefore, only the Floating City, equipped with the Elemental Furnace, can use the Mana Crystal Superconducting Pulse Cannon as a long-range strike weapon.

Just as the superconducting pulse ray was about to hit the Spider Palace, a spider suddenly appeared out of thin air, dangling from a silken thread, and blocked the path of the incoming ray.

A bizarre violet-infernal flame ignited on its body, quickly expanding into a fireball that blocked the ray.

Compared to the thick ray, the fireball, only the size of a basin, seemed minuscule. But upon contact, the ray was swiftly devoured and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The fireball then twisted rapidly, transforming into a beautiful and tall woman.

It was none other than the target of the Star Spirit Clock Tower—the Spider Queen!

"Gant Sharp."

The Spider Queen spoke in a cold voice.

"It was indeed you, Star Spirit Clock Tower, pulling strings behind the scenes!"

In response, another superconducting pulse ray was fired.

The Spider Queen gave a cold smile, waving the dagger in her hand to release a large patch of violet-infernal flame. With a graceful posture, she easily blocked the ray.

If it were only her own power, it would not be enough to withstand the Mana Crystal Superconducting Pulse Cannon. But at this moment, she was within the God Realm, and even though the power of the God Realm had been weakened significantly, she still received a great boost. She was unafraid to face the Floating City alone.

The Star Spirit Clock Tower had no intention of negotiating, and seeing this, the Spider Queen did not waste words. Her figure flashed, and she swiftly rushed towards the Sunblaze City.

At the same time, a large number of gargantuan spiders rushed out from behind her, like a tidal wave, attacking numerous wizard towers.

A higher-level slaughter began!

Hurricane-like violent energy particle waves swept through the high sky in an instant, clearing the clouds within a thousand kilometers.

Even the Blood River below seemed to be suppressed, and the raging river surface calmed down significantly.

The malevolent spirits rushed into the river one after another, not daring to show their heads, fearing to be drawn into the battle.

In the distance, Su Nan looked up and saw the sky flashing with light, and waves of surging, powerful energy waves were continuously surging.

Even from a great distance, one could feel the heart-palpitating momentum.

"This is the power of the divine spirits."

Su Nan sighed inwardly.

Even though she had suffered a significant injury and was under the chaotic law suppression of the Blood Abyss, the Spider Queen could still hold her own against the True Spirit Sorcerer who controlled the Floating City.

The current situation seemed to favor the Star Spirit Clock Tower, but Su Nan, who was familiar with the plot development, knew that the Spider Queen must have a hidden trump card.

As time passed, casualties on both sides gradually increased.

The Golem Legion on the sorcerer's side had been significantly reduced, and more than half of the War Constructs had been damaged.

The Prayer Unifiers also suffered heavy casualties.

The depths of the Abyssal Web no longer teemed with countless Prayer Unifiers.

Looking around, there were only about forty to fifty thousand Prayer Unifiers left on the battlefield.

Su Nan could feel that the divine pressure emanating from the surrounding God Realm had weakened significantly.

The power of the Abyssal Web had been suppressed to its lowest point.

But at this moment, a bone-chilling coldness, as if it would freeze one's bones, suddenly descended.

In the far distance, a layer of incredibly dark darkness had appeared in the sky, spreading at an astonishing speed.

In the blink of an eye, the entire sky was shrouded in deep darkness, and a heavy, cold aura enveloped the entire area.

In the darkness, a bright moon slowly rose.

Unlike the usual bright, jade-like full moon, the moon before them carried a hint of darkness. Just looking at it made one's body shiver and scalp tingle involuntarily.

"The Dark Moon."

Su Nan took a deep breath.

"The Spider Queen has absorbed the New Moon Divine Role so quickly."

Su Nan understood why the Spider Queen was able to defeat the ambushing sorcerers.

Her compatibility with the New Moon Divine Role far exceeded everyone's imagination, as she had absorbed it in just a short one or two years.

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The sudden change caught the Celestial Tower off guard, as the moonlight, imbued with a dark and cold essence, poured down like mercury.

Despite being intangible and insubstantial, the moonlight caused the Sunblaze City and the war constructs to react violently. Their energy fields flickered and distorted, creating ripples across their surfaces.

Over a dozen small wizard towers were the first to succumb to the onslaught. Their energy fields rapidly collapsed, and upon contact with the moonlight, they disintegrated into ashes along with the wizards inside.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen small wizard towers, along with the wizards within, were reduced to nothing but dust.

A buzzing sound filled the air.

The Sunblaze City's solar orb glowed brightly, releasing an even more intense golden aura to protect the surrounding wizard towers. This barely managed to withstand the encroaching cold moonlight.

However, the Hunter Peak and golem puppets were not as fortunate. They crumbled under the moonlight's influence, turning to ash.

In an instant, the Celestial Tower, which had been gaining the upper hand, found itself in a perilous situation.

Su Nan, who had been observing from the shadows, had to release a liquid metal to cover his entire body to withstand the overwhelming coldness.

Looking at the moonlight that almost covered the entire sky, Su Nan shook his head slightly.

The Celestial Tower had made all the necessary preparations but never anticipated that the Spider Queen would absorb the New Moon Divine Role so quickly, resulting in such a significant power boost.

For divine beings, divine roles are the source of their power.

Even the most obscure and narrow divine roles can grant divine beings immense strength.

The New Moon Divine Role is far from obscure; it is a powerful divine role.

The current Spider Queen is no longer a match for a true spirit wizard and a floating city alone.

The key is that the Spider Queen initially concealed her true strength, deliberately suppressing her power to engage with the Celestial Tower. As the war escalated and the Celestial Tower became trapped, she revealed her true might.

The Celestial Tower made a crucial mistake, leading to the failure of their meticulously planned operation.

The consequences of this failure are undoubtedly severe.

The Dark Moon hangs high in the sky, casting its cold moonlight and suppressing the Celestial Tower while empowering the spider demons with enhancements.

With their newfound strength, the spider demons charge forward fearlessly, relentlessly attacking the Celestial Tower.

The situation takes a drastic turn for the worse!

"Hiss!"

In the center of the Abyssal Web, the massive Spider Palace comes to life, moving its sharp limbs with whirlwind-like speed towards the Sunblaze City. It opens its mouth and spits out a thick stream of toxic liquid!

The poison lands on the golden aura surrounding the floating city, sizzling and smoking as it weakens the aura's protection.

The Sunblaze City fires a superconductor pulse ray at the Palace Spider, creating a loud explosion and a deep crater.

However, the Palace Spider shows no signs of pain. It raises its blade-like limbs, tearing through the void and slashing down at the Sunblaze City with great force.

The two colossal entities engage in a fierce battle high in the sky. As time passes, the situation becomes increasingly unfavorable for the Celestial Tower.

Under the combined assault of the Palace Spider and the Spider Queen, the Sunblaze City struggles to defend itself and is forced to retract its golden aura to protect itself.

Without the protection of the Sunblaze City, the other wizard towers find themselves in dire straits.

The spider demons' relentless attacks breach the energy fields of the wizard towers one after another, causing them to smoke and fall to the ground.

As the situation worsens, the Sunblaze City finally takes action.

The solar orb floating above the city suddenly glows brighter, expanding like an inflated balloon. Accompanied by a thunderous roar, the orb shatters, releasing countless rays of light in all directions.

The Spider Queen's expression changes slightly, and her figure flickers as she dodges the incoming rays with lightning-fast movements.

The Palace Spider, however, is not as agile due to its massive size. It absorbs most of the light rays, becoming riddled with wounds and crashing to the ground like a falling star.

If even the Palace Spider suffers such a fate, the Prayer Unifiers fare no better.

The rays of light sweep through the spider demons, vaporizing them before they can even scream.

In the blink of an eye, the Prayer Unifiers' formation is completely shattered.

Seizing the opportunity, the Sunblaze City tears open a spatial rift and disappears into it.

The remaining Wizard Towers followed suit, fleeing in disarray.

In the blink of an eye, the Celestial Tower escaped from the battlefield, leaving behind a chaotic mess.

The Spider Queen stared fixedly at the slowly shrinking planar rift, letting out a cold laugh, but she had no intention of pursuing.

Having fought with wizards for many years, she was well aware of the price the Sunblaze City had paid to unleash such a powerful strike.

It was rumored that the core of Sunblaze City was the Blazing Heart, the most precious part of the entire floating city—that golden orb of sunlight.

To escape, Gant Sharp had no choice but to destroy the Blazing Heart, undoubtedly paying a heavy price.

In comparison, the price she had paid was insignificant.

The damaged Spider Palace could be easily repaired.

As for the Prayer Unifiers who had died, she could slowly replenish them from her believers later.

With the absorption of the New Moon Divine Role, she could expand her sphere of faith and increase the number of believers.

In a few hundred years, the Prayer Unifiers lost today could be replenished.

In the distance...

Watching Sunblaze City disappear into the planar rift, Su Nan frowned slightly.

The battle was over, and the Celestial Tower had suffered heavy losses, both in terms of resources and personnel, which was consistent with his memory of how events unfolded.

However, what puzzled him was that the Spider Queen didn't seem to have sustained severe injuries.

If that was the case, why did the Spider Queen disappear later?

Or was it because of his appearance as that butterfly that caused a change in events?

Su Nan quickly dismissed this speculation.

He had almost no interaction with the Celestial Tower, and his encounter with the Spider Queen was limited to a confrontation over two thousand years ago, which had no apparent impact on this matter.

Logically, this incident couldn't have happened because of him.

And since it wasn't a deviation, there was only one explanation.

This incident wasn't over yet!

Su Nan's eyes flashed, and he concealed his aura even more secretly.

If his guess was wrong, with the Spider Queen still retaining most of her combat power, he wouldn't dare to make a move. The best course of action was to leave quietly without alerting the Spider Queen to his presence.

But if his guess was correct, it meant there might be more than just him, a yellow bird, present.

As if to validate Su Nan's speculation, a massive silver vortex suddenly appeared in the distant sky.

Following closely, a floating city emerged from the vortex, similar to Sunblaze City in architecture but with a style leaning towards darkness and coldness.

Behind it trailed numerous Wizard Towers and a colossal giant composed of countless skeletons.

"Bone Hunters!"

Su Nan's gaze intensified.

The Bone Hunters were the iconic war constructs of the Dark Throne, and the identity of the newcomers was now clear.

"Dark Throne!"

Even when surrounded by the Celestial Tower, the Spider Queen had remained calm, but upon seeing the Dark Throne, her expression changed dramatically.

The Spider Queen was known for her cunning, and upon seeing the Dark Throne here, she quickly understood the situation, her eyes narrowing slightly.

"I wonder if Gant Sharp would be furious enough to vomit blood if he knew he had been used by you."

"I don't know if he'd be furious enough to vomit blood, but you will definitely die here today."

A deep voice resonated from within the floating city, echoing in the high sky.

Gods and True Spirit Sorcerers had frequently clashed in the Realm of Truth, and they were all well-acquainted with each other.

Upon hearing this voice, the Spider Queen immediately recognized the identity of the speaker.

"I guessed it was you, Jude. You're still as fond of scheming behind people's backs as ever."

"Should I feel honored to be mocked for scheming by the Spider Queen, the master of conspiracies?"

"Do you think this is enough to kill me?"

"You'll find out if you try."

The last sentence carried an unmistakable chill of cold-blooded killing intent.

The moment the words fell, a superconductor pulse ray shot out from the floating city, accompanied by a piercing scream as it ruthlessly rushed towards the Spider Queen.

The Spider Queen let out a cold snort, wielding her dagger to block the ray. Simultaneously, she pointed, and thousands of spider demons on the ground instantly let out agonizing screams. Purple infernal flames ignited on their bodies, and they rushed towards the Palace Spider in a frenzy.

The Palace Spider quickly became a ball of fire. Under the scorching flames, its wounds healed at a visible rate, and in the blink of an eye, it became lively and agile again, letting out a hiss as it pounced towards its enemy.

Just as the bloody river above, which had just witnessed an intense war, was about to witness the outbreak of a new war!

(End of Chapter)

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