Chapter 1221: Army of the Defeated, Nation of Cowards

The entire scene was enveloped in shock.

What was up with this giant stele? Where did it come from?

Judging by the eight characters on the inscription, this was a blatant mockery of the Divine Land. For some Martial Artists who had spent years fighting on the battlefield, this kind of mockery was tantamount to capturing the enemy camp and taking their commander alive.

It was a mockery directed at an incompetent enemy force. An unforgettable mockery.

“HAHAHAHA! I, Fei Ningxiao, went through a lot of trouble to learn seven characters of the Divine Land’s language. How is it? Do they capture its essence?

“These eight characters couldn’t be more fitting as a gift to your Divine Land.

“An army of losers, a nation of cowards—that is the truest reflection of your Divine Land. In today’s battle, the Eight Races of the Wet Realm will completely crush the Divine Land’s superficial prosperity.

“Before my Blood Boiling Race, the Divine Land is utterly defenseless and incredibly laughable!”

The giant stele fully materialized. Fei Ningxiao’s maniacal laughter echoed through the sky once again.

The three Ninth Grade experts stared at the giant stele with exceptionally piercing gazes. The mockery on the stele was one thing. What truly worried them was the terrifying aura radiating from it.

This was not normal. Fei Ningxiao wouldn’t have gone to such great lengths to create a giant stele just to mock the Divine Land.

The wind stopped. A greater disaster was definitely brewing.

SQUELCH!

Sure enough. In the very next breath, disaster struck.

A sharp blade levitating from the ground pierced straight through the heart of a running wounded soldier. Subsequently, a hideous, branch-like arm sprouted from the blade. Then, under everyone’s watchful eyes, an indescribably ugly Stone Man brazenly stood up.

Yes. The wounded soldier wasn’t completely dead yet. He was driven to a mental breakdown by the sudden appearance of the Stone Man.

Where did it come from? Where on earth did this eyeless, faceless Stone Man come from? Filled with unanswered questions, the wounded soldier breathed his last, finally closing his eyes in despair and passing away.

This disaster was only the beginning.

In less than three seconds, another five or six wounded soldiers died. Without exception, they were all slain by Stone Men.

One!

Two!

Three!

Ten!

Twenty!

Fifty!

Eighty!

In just a few breaths, a dense horde of Stone Men rose from the ground. Their limbs were completely disproportionate, and they stood with hunched backs. Their lopsided, massive heads had no facial features, resembling nothing more than spheres glued together with sand.

That was right. The elements composing these Stone Men were the various construction debris scattered across the ground, torn apart by the previous hurricane. Among these fragments were concrete, metal, steel plates, glass, and other hard materials.

The entire crowd was horrified.

Although the hurricane had vanished, nearly a hundred hideous Stone Men had suddenly appeared within the second protective shield. Who wouldn’t be terrified? There was no need to overthink it. This was undoubtedly Fei Ningxiao’s doing.

SWISH!

At this moment, a Fifth-Grade Commander from the Zhenqin Corps drew his blade and stepped forward. He delivered a clean, crisp slash right into a Stone Man’s neck.

However, the Stone Man’s head neither shattered nor detached from its body. The wound on its neck tightly clamped down on the commander’s blade instead.

BOOM!

Caught off guard, the commander was sent flying into the distance by a punch from the Stone Man. As luck would have it, the direction he was punched toward was outside the second protective shield. He was blasted completely out of the barrier.

PFFT!

The commander spat out a mouthful of blood. There were several shocking gashes on his chest, deep enough to expose bone.

The Stone Men’s hands could freely change shape. In that brief instant earlier, the Stone Man had morphed its blade into a claw, attempting to crush the commander’s heart, but it had underestimated his defense.

A very clever Stone Man. It seemed to know that a stone blade alone couldn’t penetrate the chest of a Fifth-Grade expert. Since this commander was wearing Frost-Vine Armor, he truly couldn’t be pierced by blunt force. Claws, however, were far more effective at tearing through armor.

The commander hurriedly swallowed a blood-coagulating pill.

“Damn it, I’ve been infected too! The wound won’t clot!”

The commander’s furious curse finally alerted everyone.

Inside the Research Institute, all the low-tier Martial Artists instantly went on high alert. No one dared to rashly attack the Stone Men. If their wounds were infected, they would quickly suffer severe injuries due to massive blood loss.

They had to be cautious.

Currently, the hundred or so Stone Men were standing completely still. If there were humans nearby, they would attack and kill them. If there weren’t any, they wouldn’t give chase.

Low-tier Martial Artists formed circles around a few Stone Men, the hands gripping their blades trembling wildly. Just what were these demonic Stone Men?

“The real war might have just begun.” Su Yue swallowed hard. Due to his nervousness, his throat was exceptionally dry, to the point where it stung sharply when he swallowed.

Bai Ziqing and Gu Feizi also looked at each other in dismay. Even the Daoist Sect had no idea what was happening before them. But one thing was certain: this was absolutely not a good thing.

The Fifth-Grade Commander from just now had already been rushed to the relief station. His injuries were extremely severe.

“Damn these alien races! Their tricks are endless!” Wuteng Feng cursed through gritted teeth.

He now believed Su Yue’s words. The An Jing from moments ago really was just the calm before the storm. These Martial Artists who frequently fought on the battlefield were indeed cut from a different cloth than the rest of them.

“HAHAHAHA! You ants of the Divine Land, don’t you love to laugh?

“Keep laughing! Keep cursing! Keep cheering for this venerated one!

“My Blood Boiling Stone Puppets have finally succeeded. You better hurry up and enjoy your final moments of cheering, because otherwise, you’ll never be able to laugh again in this lifetime!

“HAHAHA!”

Fei Ningxiao’s maniacal laughter reverberated through the firmament once more.