chsdbacks Chapter 756 Battle Situation
Chapter 756 Battle Situation
Eight level-eight octopus-men slowly dispersed, their distance from each other almost perfectly measured, instantly forming a tight encirclement. Their expressions were more solemn than ever before, their tentacles slightly tense, and even the air seemed to thicken with the oppressive killing intent. Viola's battle with the eight level-eight octopus-men erupted almost simultaneously with the moment Jemin was forced to "disengage from the battlefield" by a group of level-seven octopus-men.
The eight level-eight octopus-men had clearly completed their tactical coordination during the brief standoff.
The next second, dazzling energy light simultaneously shone from eight directions.
Energy beams, spatial cutting, gravitational collapse, high-energy particle streams, law oscillations, mental tearing, particle secrets, annihilation pulses... Eight completely different types of attacks were unleashed simultaneously from eight directions, intertwining and biting each other. Not only did they not have any negative effects on each other, but they even amplified each other's strengths while completely blocking all possible evasion routes for Viola.
The aftershocks of the combined attack by eight level-eight beings tore apart and distorted the surrounding spatial structure. The air in the center of the battlefield was instantly ionized into plasma, exploding into a blinding blue-white glow that even made the distant fleet appear white.
Viola didn't even manage to suppress the usual smile at the corner of her mouth.
Suddenly, the gray-white aura of law beneath her feet expanded, and the solidified law domain that originally only covered her body instantly spread out into a gray-white domain that enveloped the surrounding space.
Within the domain, the runes of law spun and intertwined like living things, weaving a seemingly thin yet incredibly resilient law shield around her body.
The eight attacks struck the shield almost simultaneously.
The moment all energy came into contact with that layer of grayish-white light, it was as if it were directly dismantled by an invisible hand, dispersing into the most primordial elemental fluctuations. Immediately afterwards, these elemental fluctuations were swallowed up by the Law of Pain, silently transformed and absorbed.
Viola didn't even flinch.
On the contrary, the tentacles of the eight level-eight octopus-men all straightened up at the same instant.
They clearly sensed that after their attack was absorbed, the aura of the female apostle opposite them had actually become stronger! This was completely beyond their understanding of normal combat logic.
The leading level eight octopus-man let out a low growl, and the eight instantly changed formation. Four continued their attack, while the energy coating on the armor of the other four switched from deep blue to dark red, clearly preparing to launch some kind of high-level joint attack that required coordinated energy accumulation.
Viola doesn't have the habit of giving her enemies time to build up their power; her figure vanished from the spot.
In the next instant, she appeared behind one of the level eight octopus-men.
A gray-white spear materialized in her hand; it was a weapon constructed from pain itself.
When the spear was thrust out, the octopus-man that was targeted did not feel any energy impact, but every nerve in its body simultaneously erupted with heart-wrenching pain signals.
Armor protection, energy shields, law resistance... all of these are meaningless in the face of this spear.
Because pain is not an attack.
Pain is pain itself.
The octopus-man let out a piercing scream, its entire body instantly freezing in place, not even having time to struggle. The other octopus-men's expressions changed drastically; they immediately abandoned their charging attack and pounced on Viola simultaneously.
But the gray-white area expanded once again, enveloping them all.
As he watched helplessly as the grayish-white field enveloped him, the tentacles on the octopus leader's face had become almost transparently white.
He could clearly feel the familiar oppressive aura emanating from the enemy, and the pain that began to spread through his body.
But what tormented him even more than the physical pain was a fear etched into his very bones.
A kind of despair that he tried to forget for tens of thousands of years, but could never get rid of.
He once fought against the apostles of the end times.
At that time, he was not yet the commander, but merely the deputy commander of a medium-sized support fleet, responsible for providing fire support on the flanks of the main fleet. He had personally witnessed the tribe's ninth-level ancestor, the supreme being once regarded as the guardian deity by the entire Octopus-man civilization, being surrounded by seven or eight apostles of the end who were only at the eighth level.
At that moment, he thought it would be a one-sided massacre.
He was right, but he was also wrong.
The situation on the battlefield was indeed one-sided, but it was the opposite of what he had expected.
The power of a level nine ancestor is enough to shake the void and can make any wish come true.
But those apostles of the end times stripped away and dismantled the power of their ancestors layer by layer in a completely irrational way.
He still remembers the way his ancestors were captured and dragged away by the apostles of the end times.
That once majestic body, which looked down upon all living beings like a god, was dragged into the depths of the void by seven or eight elemental chains, like a dead dog with its spine broken.
The terrifying aura of a level nine being was completely crushed.
From then on, the Octopus-Man civilization lost its level nine combat power, and its status in the multi-race alliance declined rapidly, quickly becoming a marginal member. However, the Octopus-Man leader always felt that this was actually a good thing.
At least they no longer have to fight those monsters on the front lines.
Suppressing some uncivilized natives in the rear, collecting some insignificant resources, and being mocked as a "coward" by other races—it doesn't matter. It's better than going to your death.
But now, the nightmare that once kept him up at night has returned.
And he was standing right above his flagship.
With an effortless ease, he single-handedly suppressed his eight level-eight kin, as if a past nightmare were replaying in reality. In contrast, Viola found the battle much easier than expected.
At first, she estimated that since the other side consisted of eight level eight creatures, although she was not too afraid of being instantly killed due to the special nature of the Law of Pain, it would still take some effort to suppress them one by one.
But once the fight started, she realized she had been worrying too much.
The level of negative emotion emanating from the leader opposite her far exceeded her expectations.
Fear, despair, and post-traumatic stress disorder suppressed for tens of thousands of years... these emotions, like a volcano suddenly erupting, poured continuously into her painful laws.
With each wave she absorbed, her power surged upwards.
The more they fight, the stronger they become; the stronger they become, the easier it is for them.
Later on, even fighting back became difficult for the eight level-eight octopus-men.
Each of their attacks was easily neutralized by the Law of Pain; and each of Viola's counterattacks caused an octopus-man to suffer so much pain that he lost his ability to fight for a short period of time.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield, the battle between the lair and the Black Giant Legion against the main force of the Octopus Men was also raging.
The Black Giant Legion, equipped with the Void Armor and the Blazing Annihilation Divine Light, held an overwhelming advantage in the Level 6 battle. The Void Armor absorbed energy attacks and converted it into stored energy, while the Blazing Annihilation Divine Light blasted this stored energy back in an extremely high-density form. This integrated offensive and defensive combat mode caused the Octopus-men's Level 6 forces a great deal of trouble.
The lair, like an insurmountable blue chasm, lies firmly between the main force of the octopus-men and Jemin.
Countless attacks landed on it, but they were like mud oxen sinking into the sea; not only did they fail to cause any damage, they also made its size grow larger and larger.
With their overwhelming numerical and equipment advantage, the Black Giant Legion quickly overwhelmed most of the octopus-men.
As for Jemin...
Jemin is on the run.
Above the sky, a dark golden streak of light flashed wildly through the clouds at near the speed of light.
After unleashing his divine light form, each of Jemin's flashes was accompanied by a slight tremor in the spatial structure, like a constantly leaping golden lightning bolt. Behind him, more than fifty level-seven octopus-men relentlessly pursued him.
Their armor's thrusters continuously spewed dazzling flames, and the energy coating on the armor's surface emitted a blinding white light as they flew at high speed. More than fifty level seven octopus-men dispersed into several pursuit squads, flanking and surrounding them from different directions, attempting to corner Jemin.
Without turning his head, Jemin raised his hand and unleashed a beam of Fiery Annihilation Divine Light.
The dark golden beam of light blasted towards the nearest group of octopus-men behind them, but the group of octopus-men reacted extremely quickly. The combined shield on their armor activated instantly, and several layers of energy barriers of different frequencies were deployed simultaneously.
The beam pierced through the first two layers of shields, but ran out of energy before reaching the third layer and eventually dissipated into the air.
The octopus-like creatures did not slow their pursuit at all; instead, they launched dozens of energy beams at him.
Jemin used the Void Step technique to flash through the air, narrowly avoiding most of the attacks, but a few energy beams still grazed him. A few tiny sparks exploded on the surface of his Void Armor, and he staggered in mid-air before regaining his footing and continuing his flight. Dodging another group of octopus-men trying to block his way, Jemin's face darkened as he looked at the relentlessly pursuing level-seven octopus-men behind him.
To be honest, these octopus-men are indeed very strong; if you calculate it, they are much stronger than other ordinary level 7 creatures of the same level.
Moreover, they seem to possess some special skills that allow them to stack their power.
Based on Jemin's skill level, he estimated that he could only fight a maximum of seven or eight enemies in a direct confrontation.
But he's not facing seven or eight now.
Instead, there are more than fifty.
Fortunately, the Black Giant Legion and the Nest had done their utmost to stop nearly half of the level seven octopus men.
The remaining fifty-odd animals were still far beyond his capacity to handle, but at least they weren't completely beyond his ability to deal with.
More importantly, the Body Forging Technique had already increased his resistance to the octopus-men's energy weapons to a considerable level when he withstood the fleet's barrage. Most of the energy beams that were powerful enough to vaporize stars were absorbed and converted by the Void Armor when they hit him, and the remaining part, after being reinforced by the Body Forging Technique's adaptive defense, could not cause much damage.
The scene then became extremely bizarre.
He was being beaten as he ran.
Even after being beaten, it can still run even faster.
The two sides remained locked in a stalemate high in the sky; Jemin couldn't shake off the octopus man, and the octopus man couldn't kill Jemin.
The entire chase left a trail of dark gold and metallic colors stretching across tens of thousands of kilometers in the sky.
From a distance, it looks as if someone has slashed a widening wound in the sky with a knife.