Chapter 215 - 134: Meteor Soul
Soul Coffin Skill: Meteor Soul!
His consciousness detached from his body and drifted high into the sky. He could clearly perceive everything on the ground, and his spirit locked onto the Jackal Wolfman Fortress.
’Open the coffin!’
The surrounding Soul Power abruptly contracted and was sucked into the Soul Coffin. The lid flew open, revealing green Soul Energy that had almost become liquid inside. It swirled slowly in a vortex, and from its center, a ball of light shot toward the sky.
The first orb of light was like a signal. Immediately, hundreds more shot high into the sky in a rapid barrage.
Upon reaching their apex, the green Energy Bullets, infused with the Power of the Wraith, made an unnatural turn. Trailing fiery tails, they streaked toward the Jackal Wolfman Fortress.
"What is that?"
Against the night sky, the Energy Bullets glowing with the Power of the Wraith were too conspicuous. Percy was the one who spotted them. They were still some distance away, looking like a cluster of small green light specks, but they filled him with a sense of foreboding.
He stared intently at the green specks of light, his brow furrowing tighter and tighter as they grew larger.
"Benjamin, we’re under attack—"
Percy only had time to shout that one phrase before the light specks began to plummet. He could see them clearly now: they were glowing projectiles, like meteors, trailing fire!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The Energy Bullets, brimming with the Power of the Wraith, plummeted from the sky. Most landed on the ground, but a portion slammed into the Jackal Wolfman Fortress, erupting in a series of thunderous booms. The projectiles burst, unleashing shockwaves that sent the nearby Jackal Wolfmen and Kobolds staggering and falling over one another.
But the true horror was yet to come. As the Energy Bullets detonated, the Power of the Wraith dispersed like a dusty smoke, spreading throughout the entire Jackal Wolfman Fortress.
One Jackal Wolfman dodged the initial impact, only to watch as the dark green smoke rolled toward him. He turned to run but was a step too slow. The smoke enveloped him, and he let out a piercing shriek. It was as if his body had been plunged into a highly concentrated, extremely corrosive acid; his flesh and blood dissolved in an instant, leaving only bones to clatter to the ground.
Other Jackal Wolfmen were luckier. They too were caught in the smoke, but their fate was not as gruesome. Still, they could clearly feel their Life Force draining away. Their skin sagged, their powerful muscles wasted away, and it was as if they had aged decades in an instant, turning from warriors in their prime to feeble old men.
The true terror of Meteor Soul was not its impact damage, but the negative effects that followed, delivered by the Power of the Wraith. The Power of the Wraith carried horrifying properties such as decay, senescence, and Plague.
Meteor Soul wasn’t particularly accurate; it wasn’t a precision-guided missile, merely an area-of-effect attack. Even so, the Jackal Wolfman Fortress had taken a devastating hit. Chaos erupted, and the fortress’s path became erratic and wobbly, as if it might tip over at any moment.
’Damn, is this Skill really that powerful?’
As Li Ziyu’s consciousness returned to his body, he witnessed the miserable state of the Jackal Wolfman Fortress and was stunned. He had never imagined that a single Skill could produce such a terrifying effect.
He had thought the Meteor Soul Skill was just like a catapult attack, launching Energy Bullets of the Power of the Wraith instead of stones. He expected it to do some damage, but not to this ridiculous extent.
In reality, it was hard to say how much Attack Power it had against structures like fortresses or walls, but its lethality against living creatures was undeniable.
’So it’s a spreading area-of-effect skill.’
’You should’ve said so earlier!’
"Charge! Ram them!"
When would be a better time to press the advantage? Li Ziyu slapped the crenelations and roared his command.
The Skeleton Engine hissed and chugged, the Soul Energy within it burning brightly. Tongues of flame spewed from the mouth of the grotesque skull as the engine was pushed to its absolute limit. The Undead Fortress adjusted its course slightly, aiming its ram at the chaotic Jackal Wolfman Fortress, and began its full-speed Charge.
To escape the mysterious green smoke, Benjamin and Percy had scrambled to high ground. Looking down, they saw innumerable Jackal Wolfmen and Kobolds fleeing for their lives and wailing in agony.
"It’s over. We’re finished," Percy said, slumping to the ground. The light had vanished from his eyes.
Even Benjamin had to lean on a wall to stay standing, his legs having gone soft. He wasn’t just grieving for his doomed Jackal Wolfmen, but was also terrified by the close call. Luckily, he had reacted quickly and escaped to higher ground; otherwise, his fate would have been no better than that of his underlings.
The green smoke could only spread across the lower levels; the high ground was safe.
Just as he breathed a small sigh of relief, a deep rumbling sound reached his ears.
Benjamin snapped back to his senses. ’Wait, it’s not just the green smoke threatening us. The Undead Fortress is even more terrifying!’
He whipped his head around to see the enormous Mobile Fortress charging toward them like a crazed beast.
"No—"
CRASH!
Amid Benjamin’s despairing wail, the ram of the Undead Fortress slammed violently into the Jackal Wolfman Fortress. If the ram hadn’t pierced deep into its structure, the force of the blow would have been enough to overturn the entire fortress.
"Undead! Charge!"
Li Ziyu raised his arm and swept it down. A massive horde of Skeleton Undead swarmed out, pouring off the Bone Plate Platform and onto the Jackal Wolfman Fortress.
In their last battle, the Jackal Wolfman Fortress had an outer shell, which had made it difficult for the Skeleton Undead to breach. It had also been defended by numerous Wanderers, Jackal Wolves, and Dogman Guardians. This time, however, the shell was gone. After the assault from Meteor Soul, the fortress’s interior was in complete chaos, unable to mount any effective resistance. This allowed tens of thousands of Skeleton Undead to pour into the fortress unopposed.