Everyone, stay alert! "
On the wall of the fortress, a middle-aged man in a brown military uniform roared loudly, his beard trembling with his roar.
"What's going on? Is the sea monsters attacking us?"
"We're on land, the sea monsters won't necessarily have the upper hand!"
"If this fortress city is captured, Carp City won't have a single piece of land left to live in peace. It's because we don't want to be sent to some random base city that we've been staying here all this time."
There was an army stationed at the fortress. The army was originally stationed at Carp City, but after Carp City was swallowed by the merciless sea, they built the fortress on a slightly higher terrain. It became one of the few cities in the Min region, even though the only people left were the mages.
Carp City was twenty kilometers away. If the sea monsters were going to devour the last fortress, these soldiers who were unwilling to leave their homes had no choice but to fight the sea monsters to the death!
"It's a rain of lightning, approaching us. It's a hundred times stronger than before!" said the general.
As soon as his voice faded, a bolt of lightning struck down from the clouds without any warning and struck a corner of the city wall. The city wall made of tough stones shattered like bubbles and turned into a grayish-white dust that rapidly spread into the fortress.
The Battlemages were stunned. They had never seen such a fierce lightning bolt in the years they had spent in Carp City.
The square at the entrance of the fortress was in a panic. Someone was cursing, assuming that some powerful Lightning Mage had broken the rules and started a fight in the fortress.
"Evacuate, evacuate immediately!" The general realized that it was no ordinary lightning storm.
"BOOM BOOM BOOM!"
Thunder rumbled, drowning out the old general's roar. The wilderness outside the fortress suddenly splashed with dirt and rocks. The pale dragon drilled into the wasteland forest upside down, followed by a large area of scorching lightning and fire. The resulting lightning strike quickly burned the plants within a radius of a few hundred meters into charred black.
Outside the fortress, more and more lightning bolts were flying in the sky. They were angry and attacked the earth recklessly. Grass, trees, and rocks were all turned into nothing. Occasionally, some wild beasts could be seen panicking. When the lightning flashed, their flesh and blood would fly everywhere. It was a miserable sight to behold!
The people in the fortress trembled in fear. Even though the area around Carp City used to experience lightning storms, they had never seen so many lightning bolts landing on the land where the people lived!
The flat land along the coastline over a hundred kilometers was destroyed. The lightning bolts would leave a huge scorched hole in the ground. If the lightning bolts struck the ground horizontally, they would leave a huge mark on the ground. If more than a hundred lightning bolts fell at the same time, the woods would be riddled with holes!
There were over ten thousand people in the fortress. Even though ninety percent of them were Mages, they were still terrified by the sight of the lightning bolts!
The military activated the barrier formation. It was a light purple barrier with golden ripples on it. In the past, even if the Sea Demon Tribe attacked, such a barrier would give people a sense of security.
However, the barrier was too thin in the face of the Heavenly Punishment Thunderstorm. It could not withstand more than a few attacks.
"Boom!"
A lightning pillar that looked like the pillar of heaven fell onto the human world. It was so unbelievably huge that it felt like it could even hold up the sky.
It was such a terrifying lightning pillar that smashed right into the center of the fortress. A hole instantly appeared in the thin barrier. The destructive lightning pillar crushed everything, causing the fortress to tremble violently. Some of the Mages who were close to it were directly turned into ashes!
"Spread out!"
Someone shouted. In the blinding lightning, the people barely saw a figure with black wings. It was covered in black scales and looked majestic. It dashed directly toward the destructive lightning pillar.
The crowd retreated. The terrifying force of the magnetic explosion had sent them flying.
The buildings, streets, and people in the center of the fortress were sent flying together. They were as tiny as leaves and grass!
…
The old general was stunned. He was one of the few people who was not blown away by the lightning pillar.
He walked toward the center of the fortress while the energy of the lightning storm was still lingering in the air.
There was a huge hole in the middle of the fortress, with a diameter of more than one kilometer. The cracks that spread out were even more exaggerated, covering the entire fortress and even extending to the walls. Through the walls, one could see the desolated wilderness outside.
The energy that swept out of the hole was an electromagnetic storm caused by the powerful lightning. It was strong enough to topple an entire fortress, let alone the true power of the destructive lightning pillar.
However, to the old general's disbelief, someone had stopped the destructive lightning pillar. The person did not unleash the lightning that was strong enough to wipe out the entire fortress!
'Has this person turned into ashes?'
The old general walked forward. Behind him, some Battlemages and Hunters who had regained their composure rose to their feet. They followed the old general to the hole in the center, eager to know who had saved them.
The lightning smoke and dust were blown to every corner of the fortress by the strong wind. Everyone's vision was clear once again.
Inside the lightning hole in the fortress, a pitch-black figure slowly rose to his feet from the debris scattered across the ground. Even though he was struggling, he was still alive!
"My Heavens, is that guy the Lightning God's Son!?" someone exclaimed.
They saw the dark figure pouncing towards the lightning pillar, so they were quite sure that it was him who had blocked the Massacre Lightning. With the power of the Massacre Lightning, not to mention him, even a thousand people would all be buried if they pounced on it.
"Cough cough, cough cough, do you have any water?" The man staggered toward them. He was still able to speak while coughing.
"Isn't … isn't that the guy!?" a muscular man said. He was still wearing a pair of sunglasses that had been shattered by the lightning storm.
His sunglasses had lost their lenses, revealing a pair of squinted eyes that did not match his rough appearance.
The strongest in the fortress!
Fang Xiong remembered a few days ago, a young man had posted the information of the strongest Hunter in the fortress. He was looking for a team. Fang Xiong immediately rolled up his sleeves and went to look for the guy.
He, Fang Xiong, was the first to disagree.
However, when he took a closer look at the man's face, Fang Xiong quickly poked the broken lens off his sunglasses and took a closer look!
Holy crap, it's really him!
"The strongest man in the fortress, I, Fang Xiong, am utterly convinced. So you weren't bluffing after all!" Fang Xiong quickly went up and helped Mofan up. He then yelled at the others behind him, "Where's the water, where's the water? Didn't you hear Brother Immortal asking for water!?"
Someone immediately handed him some water.
Mofan took the water and poured half of it on himself. He kept a mouthful and drank it.
(End of Chapter)
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