Doomsday Jigsaw Puzzle

Chapter 363: Chapter 167: Queen of Calamity

Jiang Yimi had not expected Lin Rui to be able to do such a thing, and at the sight of the sanctuary’s defense forces resurrected to full health, she too felt a surge of excitement at this moment.

The sanctuary forces that initiated the charge seemed to have reversed the balance of power with the invaders at this moment, as if they were the stronger side!

Shadows collided with the air, distorting it as they instantly charged into the crowd! The gap in strength was significantly narrowed at this moment!

The eastern campus was some distance from here, and it was precisely because of this that Jiang Yimi subconsciously thought that the central city location would not be able to make use of the academic building.

But now she realized just how terrifying Lin Rui’s speed was. Spatial distance meant nothing to him!

Gu Hailin was a very competent leader. In his lifetime, he carried a hint of cold indifference and hooliganism, but his heart also held a trace of passion.

As his subordinates died one by one before him in the blood-colored area, he underwent a dramatic transformation, becoming more reserved and steady.

The cool indifference and hooliganism may have faded, but the passion remained.

The former charging battle cry of the Investigation Corps had at this moment become that of the sanctuary’s defense legion, a sudden shift that felt abrupt, yet all found it proper.

Without the Investigation Corps, without the prison masses, without humanity, without the Evil Fallen, the classifications of the past all disappeared here.

Their identity was unified, the sanctuary’s defense legion, their only purpose was to defend the sanctuary!

Yuan Ye’s lion’s roar echoed throughout Baichuan City, the terrifying sound waves causing all the Evil Fallen around to scatter.

Her target was clear, the Drunkard.

The scars on the Drunkard’s body were still alarmingly visible, and even just visually, one could feel the pain they caused.

However, even though Yuan Ye had resurrected at full strength, facing the injured Drunkard, she still couldn’t bridge the gap in strength.

The lion’s roar inflicted negligible damage on the Drunkard, and the fearsome claw slashes were all blocked one after another by the Drunkard!

The Drunkard’s Wolf Fang Club swung wildly, with force and speed far surpassing Yuan Ye’s.

Overpowering Yuan Ye, the Drunkard taunted:

"Little lion, wasn’t dying once enough for you?"

Yuan Ye, ruthless and not verbose, left her opponent unaware of the "Hero’s Altar" of Bai Wu and oblivious to the fact that this was a war without end.

No longer fearing death, Yuan Ye and the others fought more aggressively, almost entirely in a self-destructive manner, ready to suffer significant losses themselves just to inflict harm on the enemy.

This battle tactic was effective, reflected on the invaders’ bodies, who quickly accumulated many new wounds.

On the other hand, it meant that the sanctuary defense forces were dying even faster than the first time!

"Damn it, these two maniacs, have they lost their minds? They actually dare to come so close to me," grumbled the Toad, who hadn’t expected Qian Yixin to give up sniping from a distance and to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Qian Yixin even took the Toad’s venom head-on several times, all to create opportunities for Lu Yan to inflict damage on the foe.

"You’d forfeit your life just to land a hit on me, as trivial as scraping a bone?"

Qian Yixin was corroded by the venom, while Lu Yan’s throat was cut by the Toad’s tongue.

Not far away, Yuan Ye’s head was blown off again by the Drunkard, but she also managed to inflict a new wound on the Drunkard’s chest.

The two wounds joined to form a cross scar, which made the Drunkard feel humiliated. To prevent Yuan Ye from resurrecting, it decided to smash her body into a pulp.

It wanted to splatter this lioness’s flesh and blood!

But just as it raised its Wolf Fang Club ready to beat the corpse, that damned golden light appeared!

This time, the Drunkard was very focused, trying to discern the secret of the golden light.

Yet the attempt was futile in itself, as Yuan Ye had already vanished. The Drunkard was shocked – could it be that the lion would resurrect yet again?

In the four confrontations, Colt was the first to fall.

Because Ice Bird’s ice cones pierced through Colt quickly, Colt still chose to overload his firepower, knowing that even without the ice cones, nearly self-combusting tactics would kill him.

But Ice Bird’s speed had diminished greatly, its destroyed wing making it difficult to find balance in flight.

After Colt, it was Lu Yan and Qian Yixin, and finally Yuan Ye fell.

Many other Evil Fallen had died around them.

However, this time, the invaders had also clearly suffered injuries from their frenzied counterattacks and their reckless assault, their overall strength once again diminished.

In the second round of confrontation between the two forces, the defending force was defeated yet again.

But this time, the joy of victory was clearly diluted.

The Ice Bird was somewhat exhausted, half of its wings destroyed. In the eyes of its subordinates, it seemed to have difficulty even flying.

The Drunkard’s cross-shaped scar had stopped bleeding, but anyone looking could sense the terror of the two claw strikes.

The Toad’s injuries were the least severe, but if there had been a way to measure combat value, its attributes had decreased the most dramatically. Now, the Toad had almost no defensive capabilities.

The Bastion had it the worst, as Gu Hailin was already stronger than it, and now, without any assistance, Gu Hailin’s many perfect Mutation Entries were all focused on it.

The huge stone wall was now riddled with holes and covered in cracks.

The invading forces continued to advance. The four generals joined forces once again to confront Gu Hailin.

The vast power gap ensured that the invaders defeated the shelter’s defending Legion twice in a row.

But everyone felt a bit uneasy, as if they had resolved something only to discover that it had not been resolved at all.

Even while confronting Gu Hailin, several of them seemed hesitant and restrained, as if they were constantly worried that enemies might appear from behind.

This worry—proved to be well-founded very quickly.

Lin Rui’s figure, accompanied by countless illusions, descended at incredible speed, turning into a golden rainstorm in the invaders’ field of vision!

Each streak of golden light was a guardian soldier who had once died but had now been resurrected.

Hundreds of guardian soldiers reappeared on the battlefield, and if their first resurrection had shocked the invaders, the second resurrection brought terror.

"How... how are they not dying?"

"Damn it, how many times do these ghostly things have to resurrect? What kind of twisted rule is this?"

"What’s with that golden light? Why are our dead still lying where they fell?"

"Damn it, this place is too sinister!"

Their will to fight dropped sharply, and with the injuries from the second battle, the physical exhaustion, and the mental dread, the gap in combat power between the two sides narrowed once again.

"Shelter’s defending Legion! Charge!"

To the defending soldiers, this phrase was a clarion call filled with blood and fire.

But to the invaders, it was practically a curse!

Gu Hailin initiated the charge, and at this moment, the formidable Twenty-four Black Flame Iron Riders hidden within Gu Hailin’s snake scales finally entered the scene!

This was Gu Hailin’s true trump card, an overwhelming charge that even Zhong Xu dared not face head-on. Front and back, Gu Hailin and Yuan Ye, along with other prison forces, began to encircle the majority with a minority!

The scales of victory began to tip!

The battle between the prison dwellers and the Evil Fallen army resumed, and this time, the attack from the prison dwellers was even more ferocious and valiant.

It was as if The Undead, who could not die, had risen from their skeletons after a mage chanted a spell!

Even someone as weak as Wen Tai became filled with courage!

Trampling over a ground littered with bones, Yuan Ye rushed towards the Drunkard in lion form once again:

"Come! Our fight isn’t over yet!"

"Annoying lion!"

The Drunkard was both shocked and angry, what the hell was going on?

Could it be that the wounds he sustained were real, and the damage he inflicted would ultimately not count because of the enemy’s resurrection?

With that being the case, how was he supposed to fight this lion?

The Drunkard’s heart began to think of retreat, but once the idea of retreat took hold, the balance between offense and defense shifted against him in the face of Yuan Ye’s growing insanity!

"Hey, why has your Wolf Fang Club gone limp? That’s it?"

Yuan Ye mocked the Drunkard.

But the Drunkard couldn’t summon any anger. This dame has infinite lives, hitting me with a life loss, how am I supposed to play?

Bai Wu had thought that if the people in the second wave of the attack were smart enough, they would probably have found something amiss by the third exchange. ƒrēewebnovel.com

And now, during the third exchange, the two started to attack frantically.

This time, Colt did not aim at the Ice Bird but left it to Qian Yixin and Lu Yan.

The Toad, now defenseless, became Colt’s target. Colt’s infinite firepower pierced straight through the Toad’s body.

This was the true tactic of Lu Yan, Colt, and Qian Yixin! Two of them were responsible for breaking the defenses, and the last one, Colt, took care of the killing blow!

In this third round of war, Colt’s infinite firepower with no need to reload and the automatic headlock finally showed its powerful suppressive ability!

Of the four invading leaders, one finally suffered defeat!

The Drunkard, Bastion, and Ice Bird all began to harbor thoughts of retreat.

The Bastion truly couldn’t hold out any longer. Once a Hydra, he alone defended a red zone, ranking among the most powerful even within the ninth level of the Evil Fallen.

The release of the Twenty-Four Iron Cavalry threw Black Gold Island’s forces into complete disarray!

The twenty-four black flame shadow trajectories, like cuts made by sharp blades, divided the battlefield!

A defeat was in sight.

Although the Drunkard was still suppressing Yuan Ye, it was hard to say if he could defeat her the next time, or the time after that.

The Toad was gravely wounded, and the Ice Bird was too preoccupied to care since its ice crystal defense had inexplicably shattered.

Lu Yan’s mouth seemed even more vicious than Colt’s bullets!

The Bastion didn’t care at all and still madly retreated.

Heaven knows what this bizarre golden light was about.

The clearest course of action now was to report this strange phenomenon to the higher-ups.

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In the Baichuan Middle School command center, the Bai Cans never expected that in just one hour the tide of battle could turn.

"We may have fewer resources, but we can reuse them. That’s what infinite resources are. Are the teachers feeling reassured now?"

So far, in Bai Wu’s view, there was nothing out of control about the entire battle.

He had even reserved backup plans for a few potential failures.

However, at present, those backup plans hadn’t even had a chance to come into play.

"They’re close to retreating. If they do retreat... the secret of the East District building might be exposed."

Lin Rui’s speed prevented the location of the "Hero’s Altar" from being exposed, but the bizarre act of revival would definitely raise the enemy’s suspicions.

If a rule was too powerful, it might lead to that rule being targeted, and any magic could be uncovered at that point.

Bai Wu certainly wouldn’t commit such a mistake and had already arranged his plans accordingly.

"They won’t be able to retreat. Even though we’re still not as strong as these people in the third round, that’s because Baichuan City’s two trump cards haven’t been played."

"Trump cards?" Yan Jiu was curious.

Bai Wu smiled:

"All you need to do is keep watching. Before the forces from Huangquan Island arrive, we will have the absolute upper hand."

"What about after the arrival of Huangquan Island?" asked a teacher.

Bai Wu did not answer, maintaining only a mysterious smile.

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In the tallest building of the commercial center, Lin Rui found that although everyone’s combat power was still not as strong as that of the invaders, the invaders had already lost their will to fight.

This considerably eased his mind.

"Haha, looks like I have some leisure time now. They are already thinking about retreating, next it’s up to you."

There were two trump cards, one was Lin Rui, and the other, naturally, was Jiang Yimi.

The Jiang Yimi of before, in the eyes of Gu Hailin, Lin Rui, Nie Chongshan, and others, appeared to be a somewhat shy girl who spoke too briefly.

But in Bai Wu’s eyes, Jiang Yimi was the bona fide Queen of Calamity.

Ever since exploring the Supernatural Tale Apartment, he had gained a deeper understanding of Jiang Yimi’s power during the outbreak of the fusion disease.

This was definitely the power of a level 50 Demon King.

And that was Jiang Yimi seven hundred years ago. No one knew to what extent, seven hundred years later, Jiang Yimi had mastered those few calamitous entries.

After Lin Rui escorted Jiang Yimi to the rear of the battlefield, he returned to the highest point.

The reason he did not join the battle was to prevent the overuse of Temporal Power, which could alert Jing Wu.

Therefore, under Bai Wu’s arrangement, Lin Rui temporarily could only act as a "transporter," shuttling to rescue people on the battlefield.

But deep down, Lin Rui was eager to battle Jing Wu. His thought was simple: if, as the seniors said, Baichuan City, even with all reinforcements, could only fight against a single Well Level—

Then as long as he performed above expectations and held up a Well Level, even if it was a one-sided beating, he would buy time for the unseen Zero.

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In the city center square, the giant battlefield was piled with bodies, but this time it was no longer the corpses of the refugee shelter’s guard.

The Drunkard had a new wound from Yuan Ye’s claws on his back, and the Ice Bird’s other wing had been pierced, so it could only flutter and retreat. The Bastion became a massive shield, bearing the firepower of Gu Hailin and all the guards.

The Drunkard’s thoughts were simple: although the Bastion had taken damage it should not have borne, as long as they retreated, the three Island Masters naturally had ways to reverse it.

They just needed to evacuate from here!

But what he didn’t know was that in Baichuan City, one should learn to be content with no desires; although the buff of fruitless desire wasn’t everywhere, to have offended a certain girl who had lived for seven hundred years meant they were doomed to have nothing go their way.

Massive calamities fell like dark clouds from the sky, enveloping the sky! To the invaders, endless black mist enshrouded the entire battlefield.

The Black Cat sat on Jiang Yimi’s shoulder, tilting its head as it looked at those people, not understanding why its owner was so furiously angry.

In seven hundred years, it seemed it had never seen her release such an immense aura of misfortune.

In the end, Jiang Yimi vanished into the calamity, disappearing from everyone’s sight.

With strange black mist before them and Gu Hailin leading the refugee shelter’s guard at their rear,

the Drunkard finally ordered:

"Break through!"

No one knew what these black substances, seemingly filled with resentment, were, or what would happen if touched.

But Bai Wu, having learned of this, felt sympathy for them. It reminded him of the teachers cowering in the principal’s office building due to Jiang Yimi’s misfortune.

Remembering how even a slight touch of it meant insane bad luck for himself, Bai Wu chuckled, thinking that the dose of misfortune was practically like being surrounded by calamity... He was genuinely afraid a meteorite would smash down directly:

"The night road is treacherous, I hope you all have a safe journey."