The entire Beinz Diocese was in a state of devastation. No one would be able to see its original appearance: the earth was cracked, the wilderness was full of bottomless cracks and holes, the wreckage of giant tentacles covered the roads and the rocky beach. Eighty percent of the strongholds on the defensive line had been reduced to rubble. Sentry towers had either collapsed or were twisted into weird structures by the giant plant roots. It was a daunting sight. Outside these strongholds, the ground was covered with the twisted remains of Devilbeasts. Filthy blood and poisonous gas had turned these places into a no-life zone.
And on the other side of this broken line of defense, the entire forest was gradually rising!
Thunderous roars and roars were heard in the Gnarled Grove, as if ten thousand giant beasts from the abyss were rushing out of the gate of nightmare. The sound of the rock layers cracking and the underground world collapsing even shattered the clouds in the sky. The sky of the entire Beinz Diocese began to be covered with tiny scale-like clouds. The earth was shaking violently. The remaining buildings in the town creaked under the last bit of divine light. Standing at the top of the town and looking in the direction of the Gnarled Grove, one could see that the middle part of the forest was rising rapidly, as if a mountain was rising from the ground. It was incredible and terrifying.
The whirlpool in the middle of the Beinz Blood Lake paused for a moment. Then, with a deafening roar, the entire surface of the Blood Lake suddenly sank. The crimson blood set off a monstrous wave and then sank at a speed visible to the naked eye. The collapse of the underground world had also caused the rock layers at the bottom of the Blood Lake to collapse.
Countless giant roots rose from the descending lake. They were much bigger and twisted than the roots that had been harassing the humans outside for a day and a night. These roots frantically absorbed the water of the Blood Lake. If Hao Ren and the rest could see this scene, they would certainly understand what was going on: the Gnarled Grove was squeezing the last bit of energy from the Blood Tide!
As the ground shook, the giant wolves at the entrance of the town suddenly stood up and howled in the direction of the Gnarled Grove. However, their howls, which were usually strong enough to shatter mountains, could only make a few leaves fall from the forest. The watchtower where Ophra was standing began to collapse. She and Hao Ren quickly jumped to the ground and said, "It's earlier than expected! Retreat! "
The First Born had woken up 12 hours earlier than the MDT had predicted!
But at this moment, no one cared about the miscalculation anymore. After a moment of panic, the elite soldiers regained their order. They knew that they could only escape with their lives if they obeyed orders and retreated orderly. Under the leadership of their respective commanders, teams of knights rushed out of the town and rushed towards Dragonspine Ridge along the pre-planned route. Ophra, on the other hand, personally led a team to break out of the encirclement with Hao Ren and the others.
"Inform Bishop Gelton immediately! Abandon this place! " Ophra shouted to her adjutant. The exhaustion brought on by a day and a night of continuous fighting seemed to be forcibly dispelled at this moment. She tried her best to show her strong momentum as always.
However, the adjutant only brought back a group of ordinary bishops and assistant bishops. "Your Excellency, the bishop is unwilling to retreat!"
"What does he mean?" Ophra's brows knit together.
The surrounding buildings were collapsing, and the earth was shaking more and more violently. But she rode on the horse, her whole body was as steady as a mountain. This kind of momentum also calmed the nervous adjutant down. "His Excellency wants to live and die with the church. He has decided to be a martyr."
"Is this something that can be solved by martyrdom?" Hao Ren panicked when he heard this. In the face of a monster like the First Born, a single person's heroism was useless! However, just as he was about to rush into the church and drag the stubborn old man out, the direction of the church suddenly lit up with a more magnificent beam of light than before. Then, the entire church was wrapped in a holy flame and turned into a translucent phantom building. The powerful light of the divine power even made the tentacles that were constantly surging in from outside the town retreat. Big Beardy saw the situation and pulled Hao Ren back. "We can't save him. The bishop has merged with the divine power."
The phantom building of the church gradually extended and turned into a magnificent Gate of Light. This was the image of the "Goddess' Gate" that countless believers of the Disciples of Glory had painted with their faith for thousands of years. In the Gate of Light, gradually appeared the figure of an old man in a white robe. He was old, hunched, wrinkled, old as if he was about to be summoned by the goddess at any time. His eyes looked ahead without focus, and slightly raised his hand in the direction of Dragonspine Ridge.
A beam of light burst out from the top of the Gate of Light and connected to the gap in the middle of Dragonspine Ridge along the direction of the knights' retreat. Under the light, the tentacles and Devilbeasts around the road were burned to ashes.
Hao Ren suddenly remembered what Gelton said before he jumped into the whirlpool of the Blood Lake. "I'm very old..."
Ophra turned her horse around and swung her sword. "Retreat!"
The last team rushed out of Leyton Town. What welcomed them was a wild field that was surging violently like a twisted purgatory!
The earth rippled like soft gel, and everything in sight was shaking. The rocks were collapsing, the city walls were being destroyed, and Leyton Town behind them was reduced to ruins in the blink of an eye. Only the divine light that had transcended the boundaries of the material world was still guiding the way for them. Countless giant tentacles rushed out from both sides of the road and even from under their feet. The dark horde of Devilbeasts rushed out of the Gnarled Grove like a tide, but most of them were burned to ashes under the light of the divine light. This was the power of the believers of the entire Beinz diocese for 3,000 years. Even if it was not enough to fight against the body of the First Born, at least it was enough to wipe them out!
"If it wasn't for the loss of inheritance in the outside world..." Ophra looked at the Devilbeasts rushing out of the Gnarled Grove. "3,000 years is enough for us to destroy these Devilbeasts! Unfortunately, the world has always thought that they are ordinary mutant monsters... No one knows that they are the descendants of the Third Born. "
The giant wolves opened the way in front, followed by the knights. Ophra and Hao Ren were the last to bring up the rear. The team marched forward in the midst of the landslide. Knights and low-flying mages were constantly attacked by the tentacles and fell behind. The rest of them could only try their best to ignore all distracting thoughts, try to ignore the loud roar in their ears, and march towards Dragonspine Ridge.
The divine light could not destroy all the tentacles. Those that were particularly strong could always hold on for a while under the flame.
Just as the team was about to reach the foot of the mountain, another thunderous roar suddenly came from the other side!
Elson, who was running at the front of the team, shouted, "Rock giants! The rock giants are coming! "
Countless rock giants rolled down the mountain road, and some even jumped directly from the nearest cliff. They were smashed to pieces when they landed, but in the blink of an eye, they recovered to their original state and continued to move forward. The scale of these rock giants was far greater than the stragglers they had seen before. Thinking that these rock giants did not have the ability to distinguish between friend and foe, and would only attack all living things within their sensing range, the rest of the knights suddenly felt a wave of despair.
But in the end, these rock monsters did not care about the humans. Without hesitation, they rushed towards the Gnarled Grove that was slowly turning into a huge "mountain"!
It seemed that these rock monsters still had some kind of recognition mechanism in their bodies, allowing them to figure out the direction of the most threatening enemy.
Ophra was obviously relieved. Her voice pierced through the surrounding roar, "Keep going, don't look back!"
The team finally reached the mountain road of Dragonspine Ridge. It was a narrow mountain road, and the rock giants would not pass through here. As long as they moved forward on this mountain road for a while, they would be out of the range of the Gnarled Grove's roots. Vivian looked back and quietly activated the magic circles that she had left in the underground cavern.
The core organ of the Gnarled Grove seemed to have a special function. Even though the whole forest was bulging, the organs had not left the cavern that acted as the heart's container.
A faint red mist seemed to rise from the edge of the Gnarled Grove. At this time, Hao Ren and the others finally rushed into the depths of the mountain.
A thunderous roar came from behind them, almost enough to collapse the rocks. This time, it was a real roar. Hao Ren could almost feel the unprecedented anger and hatred of an ancient creature from the "muffled thunder".
Suddenly, he remembered the vicious words that he heard from the gigantic brain.
"You scum!"
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