Chapter 469 - 216: That Is His Legion
Chapter 469: Chapter 216: That Is His Legion
His voice trailed off.
He couldn’t even finish his sentence, because even he felt the reason was too far-fetched and the explanation too weak.
The way those tens of thousands of members of the Celestial Abyss Race looked at Lin Ye was clearly the absolute submission of an inferior to a superior!
At the front of the meeting room, Xiao Yuanshan’s expression was grim.
The Kunlun members behind him were all ashen-faced, completely stripped of their earlier arrogance.
Lv Yongze sat upright in the main seat, his expression still calm, but ripples of shock, impossible to suppress, flashed within his deep eyes.
Akayle stared intently at the defecting members of the Curse Bone Race behind Lin Ye. Then it looked at the army of outsiders surging in from all directions, their numbers so vast that even it felt a pang of alarm.
A sense of absurdity and violent rage, stemming from the depths of its soul, instantly flooded its mind!
"Traitors! A bunch of worthless traitors!"
Akayle let out a heaven-shaking roar. The Shadow Energy Giant Wings on its back gave a mighty flap, stirring up a gale that seemed to rip space itself apart!
"Kill them! Kill them all!"
As the order was given, the ghostly fire in the eye sockets of the Curse Bone Race leaders and elites who remained loyal—those who had not yet been turned—suddenly flared to life!
BOOM—!!!
Two torrents of the Celestial Abyss Race crashed into each other upon the shattered ruins of the sacrificial hall!
In an instant, the battle devolved into its most brutal stage!
Although Lin Ye’s Claw and Fang Legion held an absolute advantage in numbers, the remaining members of Akayle’s Personal Guard were absurdly powerful.
Lin Ye saw some of the Curse Bone Race leaders in the fray who were over LV50. The bone weapons they manifested were mostly battle-axes or scythes.
Every swing tore seven or eight of the ordinary members of his legion to shreds!
Meanwhile, the damage these ordinary members inflicted in return was minuscule.
They were like tireless killing machines, carving out vacuums within Lin Ye’s legion.
These were Akayle’s true Personal Guard, the core force it had spent countless resources to cultivate!
Each one possessed the terrifying combat power to take on ten foes at once!
The battle, far from being a one-sided slaughter, fell into a temporary stalemate.
In fact, as time went on, the scales of victory even seemed to be slowly tipping in Akayle’s favor!
Hu Dahai and the others watched from a distance, their hearts pounding in their chests. They had no idea where Lin Ye had recruited so many minions, but seeing that his forces were about to be overwhelmed, they all tightened their grip on their weapons, ready to jump in and help at a moment’s notice.
Seeing this, the fury in Akayle’s eyes subsided, replaced by a cruel glee.
"Do you see, human?!"
"Numbers are meaningless in the face of absolute power!"
It loomed high above, looking down on Lin Ye, its voice dripping with condescending superiority.
"And you will soon understand just how pathetic this trash you rely on truly is!"
As the words fell, Akayle spread its arms, and the countless runes etched into its skeleton erupted with a brilliant light!
A supreme authority, born of its bloodline and the very essence of its soul, radiated out from it across the entire battlefield!
"My subjects! My children!"
"I am your progenitor, the King of Ten Thousand Curses, Akayle!"
"It was I who granted you life! It was I who allowed you to escape decay and achieve evolution!"
"Now, return to my side! Pledge your loyalty anew! I can still forgive you!"
Its voice seemed to carry a kind of sovereign magic, making its words law as it echoed in the depths of every Curse Bone Race member’s soul.
This was the call of the progenitor! The command of the bloodline!
Akayle was supremely confident. No member of the Curse Bone Race could possibly defy its will!
It was ready to relish the sight of tens of thousands of Curse Bone Race members defecting once more, swarming that detestable human, and tearing him to shreds!
And yet...
A second passed.
Five seconds passed.
On the battlefield, the members of the Curse Bone Race fighting its Personal Guard didn’t pause for a second. They continued to attack, fearless of death.
They... showed not the slightest hint of a response. They were completely unmoved!
The entire scene instantly fell into an eerie silence.
Akayle’s raised arms froze in mid-air.
"Pfft..."
Watching from below, Hu Dahai couldn’t hold it in. He almost burst out laughing, but quickly slapped a hand over his mouth.
The Xinhuo team members beside him also cracked smiles.
The air turned thick with awkwardness.
It was like a pyramid scheme kingpin trying to rally his recruits, only to find they’d already defected to a rival company and become their top sellers!
"Impossible... This is absolutely impossible!"
Akayle’s body trembled violently with extreme humiliation and rage. Its voice became shrill.
It whipped its head around, its gaze locking onto a member of the Curse Bone Race with a particularly powerful aura standing beside Lin Ye.
"Carlos! You! You were once my most loyal guard captain! You would betray me too?!"
The Curse Bone Race member called Carlos slowly raised its head. The black flames in its eye sockets were utterly calm.
"Betrayal?"
It responded in an eerily calm tone.
"No. I have simply... chosen a king more worthy of my loyalty."
"Why?!"
Akayle couldn’t understand. "I gave you everything! Power! Status! Glory! Why would you choose a puny human?!"
Carlos fell silent for a moment, as if choosing its words.
Then, it spoke a sentence that shook Akayle to its very core.
"Because you cannot give us... eternity."