Chapter 424 - 178: "Eternal Night Hall, Tian Yi!

Chapter 424: Chapter 178: "Eternal Night Hall, Tian Yi!

"..."

Chen Fan stood on the Jiangbei Defense Line, his eyes locked on the coastline ahead. By now, a massive horde of Ghost Objects had emerged from the sea, covering the shore in a dense, crawling mass as they surged toward the Jiangbei Defense Line.

Their advance wasn’t fast.

But the pressure they exuded was nearly suffocating.

Even though he knew it was impossible for his Jiangbei Defense Line to be breached, he couldn’t help but hold his breath at the sight. It was partly from shock, and partly because the stench was just too overpowering.

A stench so thick it was almost tangible shot straight up into his skull.

Just then—

A bolt of lightning suddenly tore across the sky as a colossal wave crashed heavily against the shore.

And when the lightning faded and the wave receded...

The number of Ghost Objects in the Ghost Tide on the coast had shockingly multiplied several times over.

The dense Ghost Tide now covered nearly the entire Jiangbei Coastline. Every so often, a few massive Great Ghosts could be seen, brandishing their weapons and roaring with frenzied expressions. They charged toward the Jiangbei Defense Line in great strides, heedless of life or death, trampling countless Ordinary Ghost Objects along the way.

Whether they were Great Ghosts or lesser ones, they all cast aside any thought of survival. The Ghost Tide had no semblance of intelligence.

"Hooo..."

Chen Fan let out a slow breath and activated the Clear Wind Array within his Ghost Fire. This not only made everyone on the City Wall move a fraction faster but also helped to slightly disperse the stench.

The next moment—

The patterns on the Godslaying Cannon beside him suddenly lit up.

It was like a switch had been flipped.

A line of white light shot out from it, spreading rapidly to both sides. The interconnected Godslaying Cannons lit up in unison. All 8,500 Godslaying Cannons on the Jiangbei Defense Line activated at almost the exact same instant!

In that instant,

8,500 crimson Energy Cannonballs landed amidst the Ghost Tide.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Countless deafening explosions merged into one, sounding as if the very earth was collapsing. Dust from the blasts, mixed with fragments of Ghost Objects and seawater, flew into the air.

The overflowing crimson energy spread out in all directions like tendrils of slithering pythons.

A simultaneous volley from 8,500 Godslaying Cannons! ℯ𝐥.𝒄ℴ𝓶

This power surpassed anything a Celestial Pillar could unleash. The volley from the 8,500 Godslaying Cannons, arranged along the 170-kilometer-long Jiangbei Defense Line, blanketed almost the entire Jiangbei Coastline. 𝖋𝙧ⅇ

It covered the entire area.

This 170-kilometer-long region had now become a domain of death!

With just a single volley, the first wave of the Ghost Tide to make landfall, including the Great Ghosts, was completely annihilated. Not a single one seemed to have escaped. But... the true horror of the Ghost Tide emerging from the sea was its seemingly endless numbers.

When the waves crashed against the shore again,

an even larger Ghost Tide came riding them.

"..."

Chen Fan stared at the Ghost Tide making landfall before him. He couldn’t even make out the features of a single Ghost Object—there were simply too many. It was difficult to lock his gaze on one of the smaller ones before it was buried under the weight of others.

Against such numbers, accuracy was meaningless.

A crimson cannonball landed precisely within a section of the Ghost Tide.

Countless streams of crimson energy shot out in all directions like blood pythons, clearing another area.

He broke into a smile.

’This is actually pretty satisfying.’

Meanwhile, the blood from the dead Ghost Objects was being rapidly absorbed by the Ghost Blood Patterns along the 170-kilometer-long Jiangbei Defense Line. The uniform lines of the Ghost Blood Patterns, all flashing with a crimson glow, looked exceptionally eerie in the dark of night.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The four-year war had finally, officially begun!

This was not a war that would end quickly.

It was a war that would rage on as long as the Jiangbei Defense Line remained unbreached.

The deafening roar of explosions became the main theme of this war, and the countless exploding crimson Energy Cannonballs stained almost the entire Jiangbei Coastline red.

...

「At the far end of the Jiangbei Defense Line, next to the mountains.」

The disciple from the Slaughter Immortal Holy Land gripped the Big Saber in his hands, his eyes flashing with terror as he stared at the scene below. He had never witnessed anything like it.

Never in his life had he seen so many Ghost Objects.

He didn’t dare to imagine... what would happen if this Ghost Tide charged at him without the Jiangbei Defense Line in its way. The only thing he could do would probably be to slit his own throat as fast as possible, then immediately stab himself in the heart a couple of times to ensure a quick and painless death.

But—

Now, this very same Ghost Tide, which had the power to wipe out all of Jiangbei, was being slaughtered in droves by the Godslaying Cannons, as easily as crushing a swarm of ants.

He glanced at the several Godslaying Cannons roaring beside him.

For the first time, he truly understood why the Saint Master was so afraid of the Mortal Realm.

He also finally understood why the Saint Master had dragged him here, shouting about righteousness.

Siding with righteousness meant siding with the Mortal Realm, standing on the City Wall.

Opposing righteousness meant opposing the Mortal Realm, standing *below* the City Wall.

"So, what do you think?"

The Mortal Realm Member next to him was also somewhat shaken by the sight—he had never seen anything like it either. But with the Mortal Realm’s growth over the years, its members had developed a certain sense of superiority when dealing with other factions. So, even though he was just as shocked, he didn’t want to show it. Instead, he just smiled nonchalantly and spoke.

"See? I was right."

"You’re not going to die."

"The Mortal Realm has guarded Jiangbei for years to build this Jiangbei Defense Line. If it could be breached this easily, wouldn’t all our work these past few years have been for nothing?"

His sense of superiority didn’t just come from the Mortal Realm’s power.

It was also because he had personally been to the New Continent and bathed in that Golden Rain. He knew the Mortal Realm’s true foundation was far more incredible than the outside world imagined, and this information gap was the true source of his smugness.

It was just information he had never revealed to any outsiders.