Chapter 72 -72-A Barrage of Black Holes Sweeps the Battlefield!

Chapter 72: Chapter72-A Barrage of Black Holes Sweeps the Battlefield!

He pointed the Void Staff toward the center of the army.

"Gravity Black Hole."

Buzz—!

A pitch-black dot appeared in midair.

The surrounding light bent inward.

Terrifying gravitational force erupted once again!

[Domain Expansion ×3 triggered!]

[Current Effective Area: 800 meters × 800 meters!]

Rumble—!

The entire battlefield shook violently.

The Dark Realm soldiers who had just begun spreading toward both flanks simultaneously lost control of their bodies.

Within an eight-hundred-meter area—

Shield soldiers, cavalry, archers, and Warlocks alike were all dragged toward the center of the black hole.

Dark-crystal war chariots weighing dozens of tons slowly rose from the ground.

Their thick metal treads spun wildly in midair, while several temporary war fortresses were ripped out by the roots.

The ground split apart in enormous sections once again.

Soil, corpses, armor, and war machines merged into a colossal torrent that stretched across the battlefield.

Atop the wall of Defensive Sector Six—

The human defenders raised their heads.

They watched thousands upon thousands of Dark Realm soldiers fly past before their eyes.

The longsword in one officer’s hand slowly lowered.

"He sucked away the entire army with one skill?"

The mage beside him shook his head.

"Not the entire army."

The officer relaxed slightly.

"I knew it..."

The mage raised his hand and pointed into the distance.

"There are still several dozen over there who weren’t within range."

The officer remained silent for several seconds.

"Is there a difference?"

At the center of Gravity Black Hole—

Damage was calculated once every half second.

[Full-Health Hunt triggered!]

[-13,000!]

[-13,000!]

[-13,000!]

Dense five-digit damage numbers filled the sky.

The Dark Realm soldiers dragged into the black hole repeatedly collided with one another.

Their screams mixed with the sound of armor shattering.

[You have killed Duskborn Blackguard Lv30!]

[You have killed Dark Elf Sharpshooter Lv31!]

[You have killed Grayscale Formation Breaker Lv29!]

[You have killed Umberkin Warlock Lv32!]

[EXP +...]

[EXP +...]

[Military Merit +...]

John’s EXP bar increased at a visibly astonishing rate.

[Ding!]

[Your level has increased to Lv32!]

[You have obtained 5 Free Attribute Points!]

[Unique God-Rank Talent "Supreme Evolution" triggered!]

[You have obtained the SSS-Rank Affix: Doublecast!]

[Doublecast]

[Rank: SSS.]

[Type: Weapon-Exclusive Affix.]

[Effect: Whenever you release a skill or deal attack damage, an identical skill or attack is released as an additional follow-up!]

[The additional attack consumes no resources!]

[The additional attack inherits 100% of the original attack’s damage and all of its effects!]

After reading the description, John’s expression gradually became strange.

Simply put—

Whenever he released a skill, the system gave him another cast for free.

Whenever he attacked once, it added another identical attack.

With two [CD--] Affixes and his various mana-recovery Affixes, releasing skills through the Void Staff already cost him almost nothing.

But who would ever complain about getting something for free?

More importantly, this Affix might produce outrageously powerful effects when paired with certain special skills.

For example...

Gravity Black Hole!

John invested the five Attribute Points into Strength.

[Strength +5!]

[Voidwalker Class Trait triggered!]

[Current Core Attributes: 1,255!]

He then embedded [Doublecast] into the Void Staff.

[The Void Staff has obtained the SSS-Rank Affix: Doublecast!]

John switched Gravity Black Hole to its White Hole Form.

He aimed the tip of his staff at the densest part of the Dark Realm army.

"White Hole!"

A mass of dazzling white light appeared at the center of the black hole.

The next moment—

Repulsive force erupted!

Boom—!

The Dark Realm soldiers who had just been pulled together were simultaneously blasted in every direction by the terrifying force.

[-52,200!]

[-52,200!]

[-52,200!]

Entire groups of soldiers tumbled through the air for hundreds of meters.

Their heavy armor caved in.

Their bones shattered.

Large numbers of low-HP targets died instantly in the explosion.

Every survivor was inflicted with a five-second stun.

At the same moment John released White Hole, he switched the skill back to Black Hole Form.

[Doublecast triggered! Gravity Black Hole!]

Before the enemies blasted outward could even hit the ground—

A new black hole formed at the center of the explosion.

Terrifying gravitational force appeared once again.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The Dark Realm soldiers who had flown hundreds of meters away were dragged straight back along the same paths.

White Hole blasted them outward.

Black Hole dragged them back.

Tens of thousands of Dark Realm elites were repeatedly kneaded by an invisible colossal hand.

White_Bear stared at the figures flying back and forth across the sky and involuntarily pulled his neck in.

"Guild Leader."

"Why do I feel like they’re kind of pitiful?"

Horus held a barrel of magical adhesive, his face expressionless.

"Do not sympathize with the enemy."

"I’m worried they’ll vomit all over our city wall."

Horus turned and glanced at him.

"Just keep carrying bricks."

John, however, had discovered an entirely new form of entertainment.

"White Hole!"

Boom!

Countless enemies were blasted outward.

[Doublecast triggered!]

A new black hole followed immediately afterward.

It forcibly dragged everyone back toward the center.

"Again!"

Boom!

Pull!

Boom!

Pull them back again!

Pairs of black holes and white holes appeared throughout the sky above the battlefield.

Dazzling white explosions and pitch-black vortexes flashed alternately.

The previously orderly formation of the Dark Realm elite army completely disappeared.

The entire battlefield had transformed into a giant tumble washer covering several thousand meters.

Dense kill notifications refreshed wildly.

John’s level also began soaring without pause.

[Ding!]

[Your level has increased to Lv33!]

[You have obtained 5 Free Attribute Points!]

[Unique God-Rank Talent "Supreme Evolution" triggered!]

[You have obtained the SSS-Rank Affix: Projectile Split!]

A third [Projectile Split]!

John continued investing his Attribute Points into Strength.

[Current Core Attributes: 1,260!]

He embedded the new Affix into the Void Staff once again.

[Current number of Projectile Split Affixes: 3!]

[The three Affixes take effect independently!]

[The number of projectiles generated by projectile skills has increased from 4 to 8!]

John casually released Fire Dragon.

Roar—!

Eight enormous Fire Dragons rose simultaneously behind him.

Their colossal flaming bodies spread out side by side, nearly obscuring the entire sky.

The eight Fire Dragons each charged into a different black hole.

Every pitch-black vortex was simultaneously stained crimson.

Blazing flames rotated at high speed alongside the gravitational fields.

Every soldier dragged inside began taking additional burn damage.

When Void Spear appeared during the next round, there were eight spears in total.

The black-and-gold spears formed an orderly line.

Each one independently locked onto a Dark Realm officer.

Eight streaks of light pierced across the battlefield simultaneously.

Eight Cleave shock waves erupted immediately afterward.

[You have killed Lightless Cavalry Captain Lv33!]

[You have killed Duskborn Legion Commander Lv32!]

[You have killed Umberkin Siege Commander Lv31!]

[You have killed...]

Several seconds later—

A fourth pillar of level-up light rose once again.

[Ding!]

[Your level has increased to Lv34!]

[You have obtained 5 Free Attribute Points!]

[Unique God-Rank Talent "Supreme Evolution" triggered!]

[You have obtained the SSS-Rank Affix: Strong Physique!]

[Strong Physique]

[Rank: SSS.]

[Type: Armor-Exclusive Affix.]

[Effect: Constitution is increased by 50%!]