Free Web NovelChapter 337: Chapter 333: Crushing the Battlefield, God of Rock Ridge
「Meanwhile.」
Outside Giant Stone City.
A Sky Battleship, covered in exoskeletal armor, emerged from between the clouds!
The Ghostly Flood Dragon!
HUMMM.
At the very bow of the ship.
The light of blood-red flames gradually faded.
The bone plates on both sides retracted and sealed, withdrawing the terrifyingly large-caliber Spiritual Ship Main Cannon into the vessel’s belly!
The inner layer of bone armor at the cannon’s muzzle was clearly visible, glowing a brilliant, molten, golden-red from the overheating.
Like a red-hot branding iron!
Evidently, the Ghostly Flood Dragon had just fired its main cannon a short while ago!
This cannon blast had very successfully impacted the sleep quality of the entire city’s residents, as well as the amorous experiences of a small portion of them.
And incidentally...
—it obliterated the city walls of Giant Stone City and its City Defense Array!
...
"PEW~"
"Direct hit!"
Gazing at her masterpiece.
Jiaojiao was brimming with energy, a smug look appearing on her round, baby-fat cheeks.
"Phew..." She put two fingers together, brought them to her lips, and blew on the tips like a gunslinger from a Western, a rather cool-looking gesture!
’This little girl, always trying to look cool. I’m the one who taught her to be humble and low-key...’
Su Ye shook his head, sighing softly as he put a hand to his forehead.
There was a hint of helplessness in his smile, but far more of it was doting affection.
As Su Ye still had no children of his own, he couldn’t help but pour some of the affection one would have for a daughter onto Jiaojiao.
After all, this loyal little loli of a ship spirit...
...was one of the very few beings in this cruel Cultivation Realm that Su Ye could absolutely trust!
’And besides... she’s also very cute...’
Su Ye smiled, ruffling Jiaojiao’s hair.
...
Then, his smile vanished. His lips tightened into a thin line, his expression turning grim as he gazed toward Giant Stone City.
Su Ye’s Divine Sense transmission echoed throughout the ship.
"All hands, assemble!"
Soon, dozens of fully armed cultivators with murderous looks in their eyes stepped onto the deck, including Ziyuan and Phantom Zhenren.
These cultivators were all elites selected by the Nanyaoguang Corporation from the sea regions. The weakest among them was at the Foundation Establishment level!
Furthermore, they had undergone the corporation’s cultivation and training, honing their killing techniques and becoming extremely skilled in combat!
As outsiders, wanton killing in the Far South Continent would incur the world’s animosity, attracting [World Rejection Level].
Accumulating too much World Rejection Level was not a pleasant experience...
Not even Su Ye wanted to try it.
Therefore, for this trip to the Far South Continent, he had brought many subordinates to help share the burden.
"The array of Giant Stone City is broken! All units, attack!"
"Objective: Occupy this city and eliminate all pockets of resistance!"
Su Ye said grimly.
"Yes, sir!"
The cultivators answered in solemn unison.
SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!
Dozens of Escape Lights shot out from the Ghostly Flood Dragon, streaking like meteors toward Giant Stone City!
"How dare you!"
"To invade our city-state!"
"It’s outsiders! Those damned bastards!"
Sensing the intruders, the native experts of Giant Stone City were overcome with fury and flew out to meet the enemy!
Su Ye narrowed his eyes, releasing his Divine Sense to monitor the battlefield.
On the battlefield.
Cultivators and natives were locked in duels to the death.
PFFT.
A young cultivator in purple robes, his face cold, manipulated a set of flying needle Spiritual Artifacts. His attacks were like a torrential squall, pressing his opponent—a native wearing two feathers—into a defensive position!
"Die." he uttered a single word.
Thirteen flying needles shot forward!
Feeling the threat of death, the native Warrior’s face paled in shock, his adrenaline surging.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
The longsword in his hand roared with Sword Qi, moving like a gale, its defense impenetrable!
’I blocked it!’
The native Warrior felt a brief moment of relief.
But.
BANG!
In the fierce clash, his longsword suddenly shattered like a mirror!
"What?!"
PFFT!
A flying needle pierced his heart!
Then a second pierced his brain, a third...
The native Warrior fell, unwilling to accept his fate. His face turned a purplish-black as his body convulsed.
—The flying needles were coated with a potent poison from a third-rank Spider Demon—a product of the Spirit Control Sect!
"Kill confirmed. That’s one."
The purple-robed youth recalled his needles, his expression blank.
At the same time, he slightly relaxed the fingers in his sleeve that had been secretly gripping a second-rank talisman.
Then, he moved to another battle, assisting his comrades to expand their advantage on the field—all according to the training manual.
...
’This is completely one-sided...’
Su Ye mused as he observed the battlefield.
This couldn’t even be called a battle. It was a slaughter!
A one-sided slaughter!
Despite the numbers on both sides being roughly equal.
But the cultivators from the Nanyaoguang Corporation held an absolute advantage!
The reason was quite simple.
Frankly, the native experts of Giant Stone City couldn’t be considered weak.
But their opponents were too strong!
And... too rich!
At the same second-rank level.
The weapons used by the native experts of the Far South Continent were mostly at the top-grade Magical Artifact level. Very few wielded weapons comparable to Spiritual Artifacts.
At least, from what Su Ye could tell after a sweep with his Divine Sense, only two or three of the thirty-odd native experts could manage it.
It couldn’t be helped. The four arts of cultivation in the Far South Continent were too far behind.
’For a royal family of divine descent that rules its city-state through bloodline power, technological progress is unnecessary, even harmful.’
Su Ye’s expression was calm; he saw the situation with perfect clarity.
Technology meant change, and change meant risk!
’If I were part of the native royal family, I wouldn’t waste effort on improving technology either... A perfectly logical choice.’
This conservative choice had ensured the royal families of divine descent could crush all resistance from the lower classes, allowing them to rule smoothly for thousands of years and ensure their dynasty’s continuation!
However, today, they were paying for that choice in blood.
Their opponents, with the financial backing of the Nanyaoguang Corporation...
...were all equipped with top-grade Spiritual Artifacts, and were even supplied with various high-rank talismans, rare medicinal pills, and exotic demon beasts... maximizing their combat strength!
Armed to the teeth!
...
In just a few short minutes, the native experts who had charged out to fight were all killed.
The losses for the Nanyaoguang Corporation’s cultivators were negligible!
Only a few suffered minor injuries, and one was severely injured with a severed limb—not a major issue.
They could be sent back to the Ghostly Flood Dragon, where Blood Light Soul Splitting and a 3D-printed limb would have them combat-ready by the day after tomorrow at the latest!
Soon, only the third-rank King of Giant Stone was left, struggling to hold on.
"ROAR!"
His divine nature surged and boiled, manifesting his true bloodline form: a giant over a hundred feet tall, like a mountain giant.
His hide was thick, his flesh was tough, and he was incredibly durable!
Even Phantom Zhenren, along with a group of Foundation Establishment cultivators focusing their fire, couldn’t finish him off quickly.
Just then.
"So slow."
"Everyone move. I’ll handle it!"
An impatient female voice rang out in mid-air.
SHINK.
A deep purple spider leg-spear pierced through the void!
In an instant, it punctured the King of Giant Stone’s skull as if piercing a foam board!
Ziyuan had made her move!
An instant kill!
With the death of the King of Giant Stone, the resistance in Giant Stone City was basically wiped out.
At this moment, however, Su Ye’s expression showed no signs of relaxation. It was completely solemn as he stared toward the city center!
’He is here!’
VMMMM!
Atop the Pyramid Divine Hall, a crystalline yellow light shone out from its very spire, illuminating the land for dozens of miles!
At the same time, a vast, furious, tyrannical will, filled with murderous intent, descended upon the city!
A god’s descent!
The god worshipped by Giant Stone City, the God of Rock Ridge!
