Free Web NovelChapter 2432: Chapter 2433: Natural Disaster
Gladys smiled faintly, and with a wave of her hand, the divination cards floating in the air transformed into points of light, summoning different ultimate moves that blasted towards the enemy. Although Anna herself was not particularly skilled in combat, she possessed an immensely powerful suppressive effect when facing the Mordan Clan due to its special unavoidable feature.
Faced with this group of enemies, Gladys didn’t expect to kill them herself. Though their individual strength wasn’t formidable, when they formed a formation and combined their powers, despite having various flaws, they could still exert a Legendary Level or even Sacred Beast Level combat power.
The brilliant ultimate moves were countered and sent back by the opponent’s offensive ultimate moves, yet Gladys was not disappointed. On the contrary, she continued her attack as Feng Yuan gripped the black longbow, drawing it to aim at the formation.
Xiao Ji let out a long cry and unleashed the Crimson Judgement towards the front. In this place, Feng Yuan did not restrict Xiao Ji from using any ultimate move to win, or rather, by this point, there was no need to consider the enemy’s casualties.
Behind Agunas, a phantom of the Time River appeared. The Mordan Clan possessed a certain resistance and countering ability against the power of time, preventing Agunas from casually using powerful ultimate moves against them as he could with ordinary enemies.
Facing Gladys’s assault, the enemy formation remained unchanged. Although the combat methods of the Imperial Timeline differed from those of the Main World, both being members of the Mordan Clan, they were still able to recognize the ultimate moves Gladys cast.
"Ready, fire!"
The commander’s gaze landed entirely on Feng Yuan. He was very aware that Gladys posed no real threat to them, but rather, the man maintaining a bow-drawn stance was their true adversary.
The concentrated ultimate moves transformed into a dazzling giant dragon at the frontline. At first glance, it appeared silver white, but upon closer inspection, one seemed to perceive almost every color on that silver white dragon.
Roaring, the silver white dragon charged towards Feng Yuan. Gladys’s expression changed as she continuously tossed the divination cards, yet the ultimate moves she cast couldn’t intercept the massive silver white dragon.
With a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, Feng Yuan didn’t make any evasive moves. He lightly relaxed his hand on the bow, allowing the condensed black arrow to turn into a dark streak that pierced through the silver white dragon.
A black line connected Feng Yuan and the battlefield. The advancing silver white dragon within the black line suddenly stagnated, as if frozen in place. The next moment, a terrifying suction was transmitted along the black line, shattering the surrounding space, as the black line, like a stretched black hole, frantically devoured everything around it.
The terrifying suction generated a powerful wind pressure, affecting even Gladys. If not for Feng Yuan timely summoning nine long swords to stabilize the surrounding space, Gladys might have been in danger of being sucked in.
Yet perhaps owing to that strike not penetrating the formation’s barrier, apart from the street being ravaged into ruins by the gravitational storm, the soldiers on the battlefield and everything behind them remained completely unharmed.
"What a pity. If the charge had lasted a bit longer, it could have directly penetrated their defense."
Looking at the intact battlefield, Feng Yuan remarked casually, glancing up at the sky with a slight smile.
"But, it’s not a total failure. The balance has been disrupted, it’s about to come down, isn’t it?"
At some point, ominous clouds had shrouded the entire royal city. Initially, the disaster summoned by Feng Yuan couldn’t descend upon the royal city due to its powerful defense measures.
However, as that arrow just now caused a breach in the city’s defenses, the disaster that had been perpetually locked onto this major city of the Mordan region, the one with the strongest energy, finally started to descend.
Gale winds arose, a terrifying natural force began to form. Nevertheless, it didn’t require the intervention of the soldiers at the battlefield, as soldiers from various parts of the capital began forming counter-formation in response to the impending terrifying disaster.
Although Feng Yuan wielded a power surpassing that of the world, the descent of the disaster didn’t call for much of Feng Yuan’s power. Instead, it was more about the natural powers he had invoked, forming one powerful and frightening natural disaster after another.
And precisely because this power stemmed from nature, eliminating the disaster was an exceedingly difficult task. Even with the intervention of Divine Beasts, it would still be troublesome, let alone facing the royal city under Feng Yuan’s fierce assault.
Therefore, they could only diminish the disaster’s power rather than prevent its total arrival.
Wind howled through, enveloping the entire royal city as if subjected to rounds of wind attribute ultimate moves, continuously consumed by the storm. The dark clouds remained unmoved by the gale, amidst lightning and thunder, torrential rain fell.
Due to the wind’s presence, the rain didn’t fall to the ground but was caught up and bombarded against the walls. The harmless raindrops turned into high-speed projectiles under the influence of the wind, shattering upon impact with the walls and barriers, assaulting them.
Even Feng Yuan and his party couldn’t avoid the impacts, as the disaster was beyond Feng Yuan’s control. Not even Feng Yuan could steer the disaster away.
Feng Yuan erected a barrier to shield against the rain’s bombardment, while in his hand he concentrated a black energy gun aimed at the enemy formation.
He didn’t think the disaster would leave the opponents panicked and neglectful, as Gladys continuously drew divination cards to summon forces stabilizing the wind and rain.
The power of destiny was more adept at guidance than confrontation, hence even in the face of this disaster, Gladys wasn’t left without options, as under the influence of destiny’s powers, the disaster’s might around them was significantly weakened.
As for finding an opportunity to attack the opposition, this was beyond Gladys’s capacity, as she didn’t possess the exaggerated power of Feng Yuan, naturally incapable of launching an attack while simultaneously mitigating the disaster.
"That might not be entirely a good thing."
Agunas looked at Feng Yuan and spoke, noting that the disaster not only wreaked havoc on the capital but also impacted Agunas’s own ultimate moves, as the chaotic natural energies disrupted its ability to properly target enemies.
Even if it used spiritual power to lock onto targets, interference from the disaster during the ultimate move’s attack could still lead to inaccurate hits.
"No way around it, after triggering the disaster it’s completely out of control. However, it’s not completely unmanageable."
With a shrug, Feng Yuan opted for pinpoint shots to attack the enemy, as the energy gun fully constituted by Xiao Ji’s power was already enough to pressurize the opponents.
In facing the disaster, the opponents could do much the same as Gladys; Feng Yuan could forcibly resist with the barrier thanks to his nearly inexhaustible reserve of energy, whereas others didn’t have this capability.
Even Agunas, when confronted with such a disaster, could only choose to dodge or forcibly dispel it, as countering it would be the most exhausting option.
"It seems the opponents think this is a good opportunity."
Watching the changing battlefield, Feng Yuan muttered as his energy gun shifted, the black longbow reappearing, now entwined with eerie blue flames and adorned with golden mysterious patterns.
"I’ll leave it to you guys to ward them off, let me see..."
Drawing the bow once more, Feng Yuan squinted his eyes as he adjusted the position of the black arrow, a special energy was gathering, alerting the team stealthily maneuvering around them to act immediately.
The first to arrive were various widely-encompassing ultimate moves, which weren’t overly lethal but rather, a kind of broad-ranging control interference move.
Gladys snorted lightly as she threw her card, enveloping the surroundings with the power of destiny causing those ultimate moves to appear skewed.
Within the disaster, destiny’s deflection power was maximized, and even though the enemies also used the power of destiny, their ultimate moves were still redirected by it.
However, owing to the broad coverage nature of these ultimate moves, despite destiny’s deflection, many nevertheless struck the barrier. Agunas couldn’t comprehend what Feng Yuan was trying to do, yet observing his concentrated demeanor indicated he had no spare energy to reinforce the barrier’s defense.
With a muffled grunt, Agunas swung his paw controlling the forces projected by the Time River to surround the area. Regardless of what Feng Yuan was up to, at least he entrusted the defense duty to them.
Thus, Agunas wouldn’t allow the opponents to break through his defense line.
Gladys didn’t intend to merely dissolve the opponent’s attacks during this period without doing anything else, as a great advantage of divination cards was, given ample materials, they could be prepared in advance in large quantities, utilizing the power stored within them during usage with minimal personal energy expenditure.
Thus, Gladys could simultaneously engage in both defense and offense, especially since the approaching Mordan soldiers weren’t exceptionally powerful to begin with. Even under the disaster’s influence, Gladys’s attacks could still accurately hit the foes; let alone her attempts to leverage the divination card’s power to guide the disaster’s focus onto the opponents.
