Chapter 550: Facing the Battle (Part 1)
Hangu Pass, North Gate Tower, 2 PM.
The five-day preparation period, neither long nor short, came to an end in the blink of an eye.
Every section of the Hangu Pass city wall was garrisoned with troops, and the arrow towers were piled high with arrows.
On the sliding rails inside the city wall, trailers loaded with supplies are lined up one after another, ready to be pulled onto the city wall at any time.
Lin Feng stood at the very front of the city tower, his hands resting on the edge of the battlements, his gaze fixed on the still dark horizon to the north.
Suddenly, he raised an eyebrow, and a series of increasingly clear and intense tremors came from the city wall beneath his feet.
"They've arrived." Jiang Zhaoyue spoke softly beside her, her tone calm, but the fingers gripping the Silver Moon Heavenly Spear tightened slightly.
"Hmm." Lin Feng nodded slightly, his gaze piercing through the darkness outside Hangu Pass.
The tremors grew more intense. Soldiers on the city walls gripped their weapons tightly, archers nocked their arrows, and all eyes were fixed on the churning darkness in the distance.
A moment later, the darkness two miles to the north seemed to be lifted from within by something, and a dark purple light exploded in the darkness.
Twelve terrifying figures covered in black light tore through the darkness first, hovering eight hundred meters in the air, right at the boundary between sunlight and darkness.
Five hundred meters below them, eight hundred Nightmare Faceless Ones surged out of the darkness like a swarm of bees.
Spreading out in a fan shape, it completely obscured the entire airspace at an altitude of 500 meters, like a dark cloud pressing down overhead.
A dozen seconds later, the first decaying human stepped into the sunlight.
The grayish-white body paused slightly the moment it came into contact with the sunlight, as if it was blocked by the light for a moment, and then it took the next step.
Immediately afterwards, more rotting corpses poured out of the darkness, spreading outwards from the edge of the darkness. Shadow wolves darted among them, their dark [N O V E L I G H T] purple bodies moving swiftly close to the ground.
Further on, the figure of the Nightmare Shadowweaver began to emerge, its dark purple cloak fluttering slightly in the wind, and a dark red light shining through the vertical cracks in its white mask.
They weaved between the ranks of the Corpse Men and Shadow Wolves, using invisible mental pulses to adjust the advance rhythm of the lower-level troops in front.
The giant nightmare spiders moved slowly at the back of the line, their eight spear-like limbs piercing the ground and then pulling it out, each landing causing a continuous tremor.
To the north of Hangu Pass, the Nightmare Army stretched horizontally for a full ten miles, bringing a suffocating sense of oppression as it rolled towards Hangu Pass.
"Proceed according to plan; do not step outside the city walls."
Before he finished speaking, Lin Feng lightly touched the city wall with his toes, and his figure transformed into a golden meteor, bravely facing the twelve demon kings and eight hundred faceless beings eight hundred meters in the air.
"Lord... he charged up there all by himself?!" Awakened beings on the city wall exclaimed in shock.
The twelve demon kings and eight hundred faceless beings moved at the same time.
The demon kings burst forth from behind the boundary between sunlight and darkness, twelve black beams shooting towards Lin Feng like arrows released from a bow.
Eight hundred faceless beings followed closely behind, like a vast, dark purple net, pressing down from a height of five hundred meters.
Facing the massive enemy army rushing towards him, Lin Feng remained calm, though a slight thought flickered in his mind.
Second Form - Domain of Sacred Authority, open!
An invisible force field silently spread out from him, instantly extending from the outer city wall of Hangu Pass all the way to six miles away!
There was no sound, but all the Nightmare Clan units felt a terrifying suppression emanating from the depths of their souls.
Under the force field, the Nightmare army's overwhelming advance suddenly halted, as if it had sunk into a quagmire.
The eight hundred Nightmare Faceless Ones in the sky were like birds with broken wings; their shadow energy instantly dissipated, and they plummeted straight down from a height of eight hundred meters, crashing heavily into the charging Nightmare army.
The muffled thuds of the impacts created hundreds of huge gaps in the charging phalanx of rotting corpses.
The black light emanating from the twelve demon kings was forcibly interrupted at the same instant, and the light of their awakened destiny faded from their bodies, like candles being extinguished by a hand.
The nine golden halos around them were still swirling, but the cold, undeniable killing aura had vanished without a trace.
Everyone on the north gate tower was stunned.
"My goodness... Lord, are you cheating?!" A shield warrior awakened by the Great Xia swallowed hard and muttered to himself.
"Too...too terrifying..." A female mage awakened beside her covered her mouth with both hands, her beautiful eyes filled with shock and fervor, her cheeks flushed with excitement.
"Is this the true strength of our lord? I feel like I'm not even as good as one of his fingers..."
"Prepare to meet the enemy!" Jiang Zhaoyue's clear, cold voice rang out, interrupting everyone's astonishment.
She and Jiang Yelan had already witnessed this move before, and their expressions remained calm. "Everyone, do not leave the city wall area! The lord's move is indiscriminate; once the Nightmare Clan climbs the city wall, they will revert to their original state!"
"Yes!" Everyone snapped back to their senses and immediately dispersed to various positions on the city wall according to the pre-arranged plan.
Tie Dun picked up his giant shield and charged toward the eastern section of the city wall, muttering, "The lord is cheating in the sky, I have to cut down a few on the ground to make it worthwhile."
Zhao Hu picked up his short axe and strode towards the central defensive line, shouting as he went, "Load all the crossbows!"
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High in the sky, after unleashing the Domain of Holy Authority, Lin Feng immediately activated the active skill of the golden suit.
【Armor Unified】!
A dazzling golden light emanated from his entire body.
While the second form of the Domain of Holy Authority can suppress all units without a domain, it cancels the Holy Body of the first form, and the effect of the integrated defense of the whole body also disappears. This gap must be filled by the Armor Unification.
After their "Awakening of Destiny" was interrupted, the twelve demon kings in the distance showed a hint of surprise in their dark gray pupils, but soon they activated their respective golden set effects and pounced on Lin Feng.
The distance between the two closed in an instant. A cold glint flashed in Lin Feng's eyes, and the Wildfire Spear in his hand suddenly trembled.
【Blazing Spear Light】!
Twelve intensely blazing spear beams erupted from the tip of his spear, trailing golden flames as they shot toward the twelve demon kings.
With his extremely high attribute bonus, the speed of the spear light reached its limit. Before the shriek as it tore through the air could even spread, the spear light itself had already shot towards the Demon King.
The six Olympians reacted extremely quickly, raising their swords to parry simultaneously.
The clanging of metal echoed through the sky!