Chapter 808: The Extinction Field!
Kun struggled to take a breath, his face showing no signs of fear.
The path of cultivation was like this—either you kill, or you are killed. No one knows when they will stop moving forward.
He, too, had reached this level, and the number of beings who had died by his hand was countless. To call him the Slaughter of Souls or an executioner would be an understatement.
Naturally, he was prepared for death. So now, when death came, he would face it with calm acceptance.
"It's over..."
Watching the ten-thousand-meter giant raise its fist once again, Kun sighed deeply, looking up at the sky above, waiting for the end of his life.
However, at that moment, the sky was suddenly shrouded in a faint blood-red hue, and a vast, chilling aura descended from the distance in an instant!
In that moment, Kun shuddered, his thoughts briefly freezing. His face then filled with disbelief.
He knew this aura all too well. It was unmistakably the same presence of the one who had easily defeated him in the past and brought him out of Hell—the strongest person he had ever faced!
But now, this aura was far stronger than before! More solid! More domineering!
Meanwhile, outside the royal city, the enormous monster that had been raising its massive fist, preparing to turn the city into ruins, suddenly halted.
It wasn't just the monster. All the silver-white creatures beneath the city and the powerful alien beasts in the sky also came to an abrupt stop, as though they had received a new command.
In the next instant, all the monsters let out furious roars, pivoting immediately and charging full speed toward the source of the aura.
Within less than half a minute, the royal city, which had been completely surrounded by the Silver-white Torrent, suddenly became empty.
Except for the scattered wreckage and the numerous craters across the land, nothing else remained.
Beneath the royal city, all the soldiers were still frozen in their previous positions, their faces still marked with lingering fear and madness, staring at the battlefield that had once been filled with despair, but now was completely barren. They were utterly bewildered.
Not just the soldiers— even the core leadership of the Legion of Hell was momentarily stunned, unable to comprehend what had just happened.
After a long while, Kun, who had regained some mobility, stood up and began to take control of the situation, clearing the battlefield.
He looked in the direction where the torrent had disappeared, fully aware that the upcoming battle was one they had no right to intervene in.
In the Realm of the Undying, Sterl, using the map module, watched the Silver-white Torrent rush in all directions, a faint smile appearing on his face.
"It seems you still remember me, well then, even better. This time, I will pull you up by the roots."
Just as he had expected, his actions in Hell last time had placed him on the kill list of these invaders.
It made sense, of course. Not only had he disrupted their goal of consuming Hell, but he had also taken a large amount of resources they had seized, as well as the souls of ten mother bodies!
Such actions were no different from robbing money from a desperado. The fact that the masterminds behind these silver-white creatures didn't hate him with a burning passion would have been more surprising.
However, this worked perfectly in Sterl's favor. Otherwise, no matter how fast he acted, the royal city would have suffered irreparable damage.
Under the influence of the forces controlling them from behind the scenes, the speed of these silver-white monsters was pushed to the extreme. They were not only running but evolving on the move, and within half a minute, they grew a pair of silver-white wings. Their bodies transformed into dart-like shapes, making the Silver-white Torrent's advance speed increase by at least ten times!
Sterl narrowed his eyes as he watched this scene.
He had to admit, this mysterious race was indeed powerful. Not only did they have the absolute loyalty of the Void insect race, with no emotions whatsoever, but they also possessed strong adaptability and evolution capabilities.
Furthermore, these monsters' individual strength was impressive. The weakest of them had reached third-class strength. If two of them fused, their combat power would jump to the legendary tier!
If more than a hundred monsters fused, their power could reach demigod level, and if the number exceeded ten thousand, they could instantly rise to god-level combat strength!
Such bizarre and monstrous abilities were unheard of, even by Sterl, despite his vast experience.
Soon, a silver-white hue began to spread across his field of vision.
Then, that silver-white line, like a horizon, rapidly expanded. Countless monsters, racing at full speed, formed massive waves of creatures over ten meters tall!
"Roar!!"
One by one, these dart-like monsters with wings on their backs swooped down toward Sterl, exuding an air of intent to tear him apart.
"Do you hate me this much... Too bad, it's just impotent fury."
He sneered dismissively and gave a slight tremor. The suppressed aura and force field within him erupted instantly.
In an instant, the area within a hundred miles seemed to be enveloped by an invisible Black Hole. All the silver-white monsters charging toward him were crushed into dust in an instant!
Weak souls shot out from the corpses of the monsters, only to be devoured by the Soul Devourer Sphere floating beside Sterl. In that moment, at least one hundred million monsters were annihilated!
This was the true force field that Sterl had gained after obtaining Sublimation of Power.
The force field covered a hundred-mile radius, within which everything would endure immense suppression and crushing pressure.
Ordinary cannon fodder—let alone engaging in combat with him—would not even have the right to approach. The mere aura emanating from him could crush them into dust!
This expansive, extinction-level force field had rare effects. It caused the silver-white torrent of creatures to come to an abrupt halt. Even the massive inertia caused the creatures at the front to pile up into a high wall, yet they dared not cross that line.
In the next moment, the creatures a hundred miles away began to quickly merge.
Ten… a hundred… a thousand…
Soon, the silver-white torrent on the ground disappeared. The billions of creatures rapidly fused into enormous beings, each over ten meters tall.
These creatures resembled giant serpents, their bodies covered in thick scales. Their sides were dotted with numerous pores that expelled energy, allowing them to fly.
At their tails, sharp blades extended, with great flexibility, capable of instantly crossing thousands of meters to kill.
Moreover, compared to normal creatures, their bodies were extremely flexible, even able to twist and contort like rubber. This greatly enhanced their ability to withstand heavy pressure!
"Not bad," Sterl remarked with a slight raise of his eyebrow. The strength of these old foes seemed to be greater than what he had encountered in Hell.
From being crushed by the force field to undergoing a transformation through fusion, the entire process had taken less than three minutes.
Such terrifying efficiency meant that, even in the face of carefully laid traps, they could quickly adapt and avoid annihilation. They could even turn the environment that originally suppressed them into their advantage.
This ability felt vaguely familiar to Sterl, though for a moment, he couldn't quite place it.
However, by this time, the creatures that had undergone fusion and transformation were charging forward. This time, the force field that had once felt like an extinction event didn't stop the creatures, whose strength had now reached the peak of demigod level.
Of course, the force field generated by Sublimation of Power was not so easily withstood. Within a hundred-mile radius, the creatures' speed was suppressed to about one-tenth of its original speed, and their bodies were continuously subjected to crushing damage.
Based on the power displayed by the force field, to remain unscathed within this range, one would need at least the strength of an upper-level divine authority.
Even an upper-level divine authority would still experience some degree of suppression. Only beings of the same tier as Sterl could ignore the effects of the force field.
When the serpent-like creatures finally reached Sterl, most of their energy had been drained. At this point, they no longer piqued his interest.
Sterl's thoughts stirred, and the psychic energy born from Spiritual Transcendence surged out like a vast ocean, suddenly erupting in a powerful wave.
After being released, this psychic energy, combined with the force field, launched a double-layered crushing assault on the surrounding silver-white monsters!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
In an instant, all the monsters trembled, then exploded like overinflated balloons, shattering into pieces.
Although the range of the psychic energy wasn't as wide as the force field, within a ten-mile radius, it still created a forbidden zone. At least several hundred thousand of the fused monsters were crushed into dust, their souls forcibly absorbed by the Soul Devourer Sphere, ensuring that they were truly dead.
"How kind of them. Just when I was running low on soul energy, they show up at the perfect time," Sterl said with a satisfied smile as he watched the soul energy rapidly increasing in the Soul Devourer Sphere.
Moreover, whether from his previous trip to Hell or this direct confrontation with the invasion, in some sense, it hadn't been a bad thing. On the contrary, it was an opportunity.
Of course, this was Sterl's usual mantra: strong people always find surprises. As long as they are powerful enough, anything, even monsters and demons, will turn into something beneficial for them.
The saying "strong people never complain about their circumstances" truly reflected this principle.
Instantly, the Silver-white Torrent's advance stopped once again. If these creatures had intelligence, they would undoubtedly question their existence and view Sterl as a demon god. They wouldn't dare approach, let alone attack.
In just a few minutes, this seemingly unstoppable calamity had been forcefully halted twice. It was almost absurd.
Even more absurd was the fact that, from start to finish, Sterl hadn't even truly made a move himself.
However, if this silver-white calamity had been solved so easily, the high beings of the upper realms wouldn't be so sensitive and wary of it.
The most powerful aspect of this mysterious race was its adaptability and ability to evolve, adjusting their methods to counter different enemies.
The next moment, outside the ten-mile dead zone, the creatures began merging again. Not only that, but in the distance, the passage through which these silver-white creatures had been pouring was rapidly expanding!