"No one knows what will happen once the Abyssal Watcher truly invades, but from our brief battle with it, these Abyssal Watchers are extremely powerful, and they have many abilities and specializations that we can't understand. Unless one reaches the Eternal level, it's impossible to fight against them."
Bai Lili heaved a sigh. That was one of the reasons why she was so determined to become an Eternal Realm being.
But even an eternal existence that had long transcended the laws of the universe might not be able to survive the invasion of the Abyssal Watchers. If one wanted to know more details, they would probably have to ask Yug Sothoth or even the sleeping Azathoth.
Li Xiang's heart was heavy. He gradually understood the meaning of the most popular saying in his previous life — the greater the power, the greater the responsibility.
Sometimes, being an ignorant and ignorant ordinary person was also a blissful thing. Birth, old age, sickness, and death, although life was short and bitter, it would not be so stressful and troubled.
Bai Lili took back her white kingdom. The two of them returned to the lobby.
Lancelot and Bai Shili looked at them. They knew that Bai Lili had told Li Xiang the secret. They didn't know if there were any Abyssal Watchers left. Therefore, they didn't want to talk about it casually.
The only thing worth rejoicing over was Bai Lili's example. The Abyssal Watchers would choose extremely powerful individuals as hosts and they would only be able to live in a parasitic state for the time being. They would only be able to gain initial control and display their strength after merging with their hosts.
All the Abyssal Watchers' actions were dependent on their hosts. They couldn't survive on their own. That was the key to dealing with them.
If their hosts were too weak, the Abyssal Watchers could be destroyed together with their hosts. Therefore, the Abyssal Watchers would choose powerful hosts and lure them to merge with them through bewitchment.
"How are the seven Holy Kingdoms doing?" Lancelot was the first to break the silence.
Bai Shili paused for a moment. Then, he told Lancelot about the current situation of the Subcontinent.
The Burning Sky Divine Kingdom originated from Immortal Taihao. It was the most powerful of the seven Holy Kingdoms. As soon as it arrived, it sent out thousands of soldiers to attack the mechanical cities of the Subcontinent.
"The most troublesome thing is the sheer number of enemies and their incredible immunity. Almost every enemy is immune to magic, which greatly reduces the power of the mages. If it weren't for the mechanical creatures, the Subcontinent Continent wouldn't have lasted long." Bai Shili truthfully replied. Even though the seven continents had made ample preparations under Li Xiang's supervision, it was only when the war truly began that they realized that their preparations were completely insufficient.
He knew too little about the enemy.
"What's the casualty ratio?" Bai Lili raised her eyebrows. "It's only been a few days."
"The casualties are in the hundreds of thousands, and this number will continue to rise in the next few days. Among them, over ten thousand players have died." Bai Shili sighed. Compared to the final calamity, all the wars he had experienced before were like child's play. Now, there were people dying every day, and there was no lack of outstanding disciples of the Bai Clan among them.
They should have had a bright and dazzling life, but they had to die prematurely in the age of war.
"We have to control the number of casualties. The main characters haven't shown up yet. Such a large number of casualties will not be beneficial for the future battles. If we can't do it, we'll give up some of the mechanical cities, shrink the battlefield, and strengthen the defense," Bai Lili said coldly. That was one of the plans they had made a long time ago.
War was cruel. Once the situation was out of control, the necessary sacrifices and abandonment would be inevitable.
Bai Shili closed his eyes and acquiesced to the suggestion. If possible, he wouldn't want to give up the mechanical cities. That would mean that some people would be abandoned mercilessly. They didn't know that they had become pawns in the war. They were still stubbornly fighting back. As a matter of fact, the only thing that awaited them was death.
Li Xiang didn't like it, but he couldn't come up with a good solution for the moment. He also understood that it was impossible to save everyone in such a calamity.
Indecisiveness would only lead to more deaths.
"What about the research institute? How's the analysis of the enemy going?" Bai Lili looked at Li Xiang. He was in charge of the communication. Both Sophia and Honey listened to Li Xiang. They wouldn't listen to anyone else.
Li Xiang shook his head. The research institute hadn't replied yet. As far as he knew, Honey would report back as soon as there was any progress. The fact that there hadn't been any news for such a long time meant that the research had reached a bottleneck.
But he believed that they would be able to find the enemy's weakness in the end, given enough time.
As the leaders of the seven continents, the four of them were discussing matters of utmost importance in the hall. They were facing a common enemy, but they were working together.
While they were discussing countermeasures, Li Xiang's phone beeped all of a sudden. He took it out and was startled.
At the same time, Bai Shili received the same message.
It was a moving image.
In the sky above the Subcontinent, a creature that looked like a Yaksha appeared. It was hovering in the air. At first, it looked like a silver speck of light, but it gradually became clearer as it approached.
Li Xiang could feel the killing intent even through the communication device. The Yaksha was in human form. It also had a torso and four limbs, but its head was that of a silver snake. A thick tail extended from the end of its spine and a pair of huge wings on its back. It looked ferocious and terrifying.
The Yaksha held a trident in its hand and flicked its forked tongue. The trident scattered all the warriors of the Burning Sky Divine Kingdom.
At the end of the scene, the silver trident suddenly pierced through the air at an extremely fast speed. Accompanied by intertwining lightning, it pierced into the body of the photographer with a 'pu' sound.
Blood sprayed out, flesh and blood splattered everywhere. The video ended abruptly.
When the trident was thrown, the aftershock seemed to have been transmitted to Li Xiang's body through the video, which made his heart race.
That video was sent by a level-9 player of the Subcontinent. The person who had taken the video must have been a player, but he was killed instantly.
After the video, Su Ping received several messages about the emergency situation in the mechanical city.
At the same time, many level-9 players were sending new videos to Su Ping and Bai Shixin. It was both a report and a request for help.
In the video, many horrifying figures appeared. There were blood-red eagles, beasts wrapped in black flames, and generals bathed in a black glow. They led a large number of new undead warriors to launch an unprecedented attack on the mechanical city.
The mechanical city walls that had been able to block the undead warriors' advance collapsed instantly. The firepower zone was breached in a matter of minutes. Those new enemies must have developed a certain level of defense against mechanical attacks. They were evolving too fast!
"Finally, they've launched an official attack. It's up to you now," Lancelot said calmly. "I don't think they want to waste any more time."
"I'll be right there." Bai Shili stood up and opened the Void Tunnel. Li Xiang stood up as well. As the most powerful warrior in the Subcontinent, he had to go wherever the situation was critical. He could not allow the situation to worsen.
The two stepped into the Void Tunnel side by side. On the next side, the door was closed. The entire tunnel began to shake violently!
Someone was doing something to their teleportation.
Boom!
The black, decaying aura spread out. The terrifying energy fluctuation was tremendous and intimidating. It pressed down on the newly built space tunnel.
"Humph. Do you think you can stop us with such a petty trick? You're looking down on us." Bai Shili snorted. He flipped his palm and the white chains of order turned into dragons. The dragons spat out bolts of white lightning toward the smell outside the tunnel.
All of a sudden, the pervasive black fog was completely shattered.
Of course, the attack was not over yet.
While Li Xiang was stabilizing the Void Tunnel, more and more figures were walking out from the Void Torrent outside the tunnel.
They were like giants that could support the heavens and the earth, and they were even taller than mountains. They were lofty and terrifying, and their gazes were piercingly cold as they stared coldly at the two of them. Their bodies were enveloped by black mist, causing their appearances to be unable to be seen clearly.
There were eight giants in total. They stood on two sides and pressed their palms together. They were trying to destroy the tunnel directly!
Dong!
A majestic aura spread out from Li Xiang. He revealed his Polar night player form. He held the Eternal Purgatory and Heaven of Annihilation in his hands. The black and white sniper rifle let out an explosive sound. It pierced through the sky and the void, aiming at the four giants on the right.
This spear covered up all the black gas. After the brilliance, the four tall giants could only roar and turn into ashes, dissipating into the void.
"Nice!" Bai Shili could not help but praise. He also threw out a punch. His body was the best weapon. It was the fusion of all rules and power. This punch was even more terrifying than the Fist of God that he used to attack Li Xiang. The fist force was also more complete.
The four giants on the left exploded one after another. Before their huge palms could touch the Void Tunnel, their bodies were gone.
These Void Giants were equivalent to Level-9 players. They were huge and were not restricted by the void. It was clear that these undead had a certain resistance to the void.
After so many eras, they had become familiar with all kinds of power systems. Only people like Li Xiang and Bai Shili, who had surpassed the players' system, could defeat them.
On the other side of the Subcontinent, apart from the Black Tide, there were mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
This time, the number and quality of the enemies were unprecedented. Soon, the entire Subcontinent was affected. The previous defense strategies were no longer effective. If they could not find a solution soon, it would only be a matter of time before they were defeated.
Li Xiang and Bai Shili stepped out of the Void Tunnel. They were shocked by the smell of blood and the brutality of the battlefield.
Several mechanical cities had already fallen. Their outer mechanical walls had been completely destroyed, and the ground was littered with the corpses of mechanical creatures. Further inside, there were destroyed mechanical heavy cannons and corpses of various warriors.
Of course, there were also corpses of the enemies. However, those corpses were like ashes. After a short while, they disappeared into the air.
After they died, they could no longer resist the power of time. They had been revived as undead, but they had died again. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
Li Xiang heaved a heavy sigh. Looking at those warriors, he couldn't help but recall the Great Wall of Disasters. Countless people died on the wall, unable to see the sun rise the next day.
War was too cruel.
There were still underground towns under the destroyed mechanical cities. The families of the warriors above lived there, as well as some ordinary people. As the chaos of war approached and everything was destroyed, many people did not choose to use the underground transportation to reach other underground cities. Instead, they chose to perish together with the enemy.
That made the war even more tragic.
At the end of the horizon, at the border of the Burning Sky Divine Kingdom, a wonderful movement made of drums, horns and bells was slowly echoing.
A chariot was slowly moving over.
There were all kinds of marks on the chariot, which were left by powerful weapons, such as sabers, swords, spears, axes … Mottled marks of all kinds of weapons could be found on the chariot, which meant that the chariot and its owner had been through many horrifying battles and survived.
Now, it was still moving, but the enemies of the past were all gone.
The chariot was pulled by a white bone horse with green eyes. It looked ordinary, but as it breathed, it corroded all the creatures around it. When the horse's hooves stepped on the ground, a scorched mark was left on the ground. It went deep into the ground and couldn't be restored.
"It's finally here. The chariot of a Perfected Immortal is indeed extraordinary." Bai Shili's eyes were like torches as he stared at the chariot and couldn't help but sigh.
Just its aura alone was enough to suppress everything.
The white bone horse in charge of pulling the chariot was at the peak of level-9, which was terrifying.
Before the creatures on the chariot appeared, the surrounding black waves knelt down as if they were welcoming the arrival of their king.
The border of the Burning Sky Divine Kingdom also loosened. Li Xiang felt that the last restriction was dispersing. The chariot was no longer obstructed, and it just came over to end everything.
In the Divine Kingdom, there were fairies dancing gracefully, musicians playing resounding music, and strong men beating war drums. Waves of sounds could be heard, adding a sense of desolation to the incomparably bloody battlefield.
"The Perfected Immortal is unparalleled in the world!"
Hoarse roars came from the back of the chariot. Nobody knew who was shouting, but the voice was filled with excitement, piety, and anger.
It seemed that the one sitting in the chariot was Taihao, the founder of the Burning Sky Divine Kingdom and one of the seven main characters who had returned.
Li Xiang learned about the glorious achievements of the former main character from the shadow. He had created a new cultivation system on his own and injected fresh blood into the human era. The entire era developed vigorously under his protection; they weren't inferior to Salimore, the king of the Behemoths of the Universe, who was just as strong.
Salimore's strength could be seen from the Behemoths of the Universe, which dominated all the worlds and shocked countless races.
They were able to make countless unruly Behemoths submit to them. Their strength was visible to the naked eye.
Even such a dominator could only end up with Taihao and both of them ended up in the dust of history.
"That's impressive. I'd like to see how strong the so-called main character is." Bai Shili stepped forward and didn't flinch. This was the continent he was guarding and his main battlefield.
Of course, Taihao was his number one enemy.
He wouldn't and couldn't let Li Xiang deal with that enemy.
He felt that he had been waiting for this moment for a long time, as if he had been born for this moment.
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