Chapter 533 - 518: Elegy of a Million Lives
Chapter 533: Chapter 518: Elegy of a Million Lives
Silver Moon City, midnight.
A profound silence reigned as three million souls slumbered deeply. None of them knew that ten meters beneath their feet—and plunging even deeper into the earth—a deadly web covering the entire city had been quietly activated.
HUM.
An incredibly deep, low resonance echoed from underground.
Immediately after, across the forty-seven-kilometer diameter of Silver Moon City, densely packed, ghastly green Runes lit up without warning on the ground of countless streets, buildings, and plazas.
These Runes linked together, instantly forming a massive, sinister, and blasphemous Sacrificial Array that spanned the entire city!
Inside the underground cavity, the leading black-robed figure slowly pulled back his hood, revealing the fanatical and twisted face of the Storm Witch King. Beneath his skin, black veins writhed like living creatures, and his eyes had turned a solid, sickly green.
"The time has come!" he roared in absolute frenzy, raising both hands high. "Welcome our Lord! Welcome the great Sargeras!"
"No!!"
An explosive roar shattered the air as Kassen, the Master of the Verdant Tower, abruptly appeared in the air above the underground cavity. His hair and beard bristled with rage, and his eyes were filled with unbelievable fury.
"It’s you! It’s actually you! Are you insane?!"
"Insane?" The Storm Witch King flashed a terrifying, wide grin. "I have never been so lucid! Kassen, look at these ants you protect! Look at this ruined world being drained dry! Rather than withering away in despair, it is better to embrace our Lord and attain eternity!"
Before his voice could even fade, the dozens of black-robed figures behind him simultaneously pulled off their hoods. Shockingly, they were all high-ranking Wizards from the Cyan Tower and the True Silver Council!
Kassen’s heart sank like a stone.
"Awaken!" He wasted no more words. Boundless Magic Power surged from his body as countless thick vines erupted from the earth, whipping toward the Storm Witch King like giant pythons.
However, the Storm Witch King merely gave a disdainful smile and plunged the ceremonial dagger in his hand into the center of the Array.
"With a million souls as the sacrifice!
"With the blood of a city as the catalyst!"
BOOM!!!
The entire Array radiated blinding light, and an indescribably terrifying suction force suddenly erupted.
Above ground in Silver Moon City, whether it was a sleeping infant, a night watchman, a Wizard in a tall tower, or a rat in a cellar—three million soul-bearing lives suddenly went completely rigid in the exact same instant.
Their Essence of Life and Soul origin were forcibly extracted from their bodies by an irresistible, mighty power. They transformed into visible streams of grayish-white light that shot straight up into the sky.
There were no screams, nor were there any struggles.
In a split second, three million living beings were reduced to three million dried corpses devoid of souls and vitality, frozen in all manner of postures.
Countless streams of grayish-white soul light converged in the sky, forming a solid, blood-crystal-like crimson pillar of light over a kilometer in diameter. Carrying the dying despair and resentment of three million souls, it punched right through the Plane Crystal Wall!
CRACK... CRACKLE...
Space sounded like a pane of glass struck by a heavy hammer, emitting an overwhelmed, shattering noise. Pitch-black fissures spread out in all directions, radiating from the Array at the epicenter.
Inside the underground cavity, before Kassen’s vines could even touch the Storm Witch King, they were instantly corroded and withered by the majestic Evil Energy rocketing into the sky.
"It is too late, Kassen." Surging under the infusion of Evil Energy, the Storm Witch King’s body skyrocketed in size. His skin cracked open as bone spikes and twin horns grew out, completely transforming him into a hideous Demon. "Offer up your life for your foolish choice!"
A sharp claw burning with Evil Energy effortlessly pierced through Kassen’s Body Protection Magic and plunged into his heart.
Kassen lowered his head, staring at the sharp claw protruding from his chest. The light in his eyes slowly dimmed.
The last thing he saw was the blood-red pillar of light piercing the heavens and the earth, along with the desolate sight of the city he had spent his life protecting being reduced to a Death Domain.
...
Two streaks of light sped over from the distant horizon, coming to a halt above Silver Moon City.
The True Silver Grand Chairman and the Thunder Witch King looked down at the hellish scene before them. Their blood ran cold, feeling as though they had been plunged into an icy abyss.
The blood-red pillar of light shooting straight into the sky contained a hundred times more energy than the incident at the Azure Sky Fortress! The mournful wails of the Plane Crystal Wall reached the ears of the two Second-level Wizards loud and clear.
They knew that everything was over.
"Go!"
The True Silver Grand Chairman didn’t hesitate for a second. Not even daring to take another look, he immediately turned into a streak of silver light and fled frantically toward the south.
This was a cataclysm! It was Doomsday! The Thunder Witch King, his face equally deathly pale, followed close behind.
Resist? In the face of this apocalyptic power capable of tearing apart Planes, any thought of resistance was a pathetic joke. The only thing they could do now was run for their lives.
Shortly after they fled, the Array on the ground connected to a terrifying Plane filled with sulfur, roaring flames, and anguished wails.
A stable, broad cross-Plane channel capable of accommodating the descent of a Deity was formed!
The earth in the center of Silver Moon City began to cave in like a melting candle, forming a massive, bottomless rift. Magma and ghastly green Evil Energy Flames churned violently within the chasm.
The next second, an indescribable giant hand slowly reached out from the rift.
The hand burned with Evil Energy Flames capable of incinerating all things. Its five fingers alone were thicker than the tallest Wizard Tower.
It easily gripped the edge of the rift. The terrifying sheer strength caused the earth within a hundred-mile radius to tremble violently.
Immediately after, a terrifying Demon God, as massive as a mountain range, crawled out inch by inch from the Abyss connected to Purgatory.
He stood over three hundred meters tall, with twin horns on His head and bat-like wings on His back. His entire body was covered in hideous, dark red armor, and destructive energy resembling molten lava flowed through the gaps in the plating.
Simply by standing there, the pressure radiating from Him distorted space and made the Laws wail.
The Purgatory Monarch. The Lord of the Burning Legion. Sargeras. His true body had descended!
He straightened His body, planting His feet in the churning magma, and took a deep breath.
The air within a hundred miles was instantly sucked dry, forming an intense, centripetal Storm. The earth cracked open, and the surviving flora spontaneously combusted.
"Ah... fresh despair."
...
On the bridge of the Ten Thousand Miles of Sunshine.
[Warning! Ultra-high-spec energy reaction detected! Threat level assessment: Dawn Star Level!]
The piercing, maximum-level alarm echoed throughout the entire bridge, accompanied by frantically flashing red warning lights.
On the holographic projection, a real-time feed of Silver Moon City was displayed side-by-side with a terrifying series of rapidly skyrocketing data.
Allen sat upright on the Commander’s throne. His deep blue eyes reflected the terrifying Demon God who was slowly straightening His body, His shadow engulfing the entire city.
There wasn’t much surprise or fear in his eyes.
There was only the fanatical focus of seeing an incredibly precious experimental material, along with a deeply hidden sliver of anticipation.
"It has arrived after all."