Chapter 262 - 261: The Siege Battle Ends

Chapter 262: Chapter 261: The Siege Battle Ends

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Gu Su did not linger in the Map Room.

After all, the battle in town wasn’t over yet, so he didn’t dare let his guard down for a moment.

The monsters around the Graveyard Demon had long been cleared out, with not a single enemy in sight. But a battlefield was always unpredictable. He had to remain vigilant, lest some hidden monster ambush him and cut off his retreat.

Stepping quickly out of the Map Room, Gu Su instinctively glanced toward the sky.

The once pitch-black sky was now showing the pale white of dawn. Faint light pierced through the clouds, spilling onto the land and heralding the end of a brutal night of slaughter.

In the faint morning light, the entirety of Trebot Town lay before him, a sprawling scene of post-battle ruin and desolation.

The air throughout the town was thick with the stench of gunpowder and char. Sporadic fires flickered amidst the rubble, sending up curling plumes of black smoke.

The ground was covered in the corpses of monsters, scattered haphazardly. Some were blasted to pieces by Magic, others were blown beyond recognition by Artillery. The air was a nauseating mix of blood and rot.

Several heavily damaged buildings were engulfed in roaring flames that dyed half the sky red. Wooden beams crackled and popped as they burned. Every so often, flaming debris would fall from a roof, scattering tiny sparks as it hit the ground.

Gu Su’s Undead Team was methodically cleaning up the aftermath around the battlefield.

Gu Su’s sharp eyes noticed that the Undead were operating only within a fixed area, exclusively handling the corpses of the monsters they had personally slain.

They paid no mind to any enemies not personally slain by his forces, even those lying right before them. They were strictly adhering to the orders he had set, without the slightest deviation.

Gu Su’s gaze slowly drifted until it locked onto the town center.

The commotion there was the most intense. One explosion after another thundered in succession, the rumbling causing the very ground to tremble.

At the same time, he could clearly see one or two milky-white tentacles periodically bursting from the ground.

The tentacles were viscous and had a faint sheen, as if forged from molten milk. Each time one erupted from the earth, it would flail wildly, striking its surroundings with immense force.

The tentacles’ surfaces were covered in fine wrinkles, from which a sticky fluid oozed. It trickled slowly down their length, making a SIZZLING, corrosive sound as it dripped onto the ground.

The tentacles’ Attacks were completely random, just a flurry of aimless strikes. Buildings, monsters, and even fighting soldiers—anything that entered their range was smashed indiscriminately.

At times, a thick tentacle would slam down where Jin Chang and his group were, forcing them to scramble and roll out of the way. It would leave a half-meter-deep crater in the ground, sending rubble flying.

At other times, it would accidentally strike nearby monsters, pulverizing those too slow to react into a bloody pulp. The creature’s milky-white ichor mixed with the monsters’ dark red blood, splattering across the ground.

Gu Su stood on the wall, observing the chaotic struggle from above. A flicker of worry sparked within him.

The tentacles’ attack range was enormous, covering a radius of nearly a hundred meters in the town center. Their Power was immense, and each strike generated a heavy, oppressive wind.

Jin Chang, Xi Yue, and their team were trapped in the middle of it all. At any moment, they could be hit by a stray blow or even killed outright by one of the monstrous tentacles.

’If something happens to them, our future cooperation and battlefield deployments will be affected. I’m counting on them to hold the line.’

Fortunately, his worry didn’t last long.

The chaotic struggle lasted only seven or eight minutes before the tide turned.

A dazzling flash of light suddenly erupted from Jin Chang’s position.

When the light faded, the wildly flailing white tentacles were instantly severed. Their cross-sections were as smooth as glass. Milky-white fluid gushed from the stumps like blood from a severed artery.

Limp and powerless, the severed tentacles slammed onto the ground with a heavy thud. They rapidly lost their sheen, shriveling up until they dissolved into puddles of milky-white slime that soaked into the earth.

As the white tentacles collapsed, Gu Su immediately sensed that the monstrous energy permeating Trebot Town was receding at a visible rate.

The streets, which had been warped and expanded by the monstrous Power, were slowly contracting, returning to their original size and shape.

It felt as if a giant clam had died and was slowly closing its shell. A dead stillness settled over the town, and a bleak thought surfaced in Gu Su’s mind: ’This town is well and truly dead.’

Cracks in the streets began to seal themselves. The distorted silhouettes of buildings returned to their proper forms. Even the oppressive, bizarre atmosphere in the air started to thin.

Sensing that the monstrous energy had completely vanished, Gu Su finally relaxed and let out a long sigh of relief.

He glanced down at the orderly cleanup on the battlefield below, and after confirming nothing was amiss, he vaulted nimbly off the wall. He then set off at a brisk pace toward the Yin Soul Shop.

’Looks like the night’s battle has finally drawn to a close. There shouldn’t be any more surprises for a while.’

’I can use this rare moment of respite to check the Yin Soul Shop. I’ll see what useful items and supplies have refreshed for the day and prepare for the next battle and my future development.’

But Gu Su had only taken a few steps. While he was still some distance from the Yin Soul Shop, a deafening explosion suddenly ripped through the air from the direction of the Trebot town center.

The force of this explosion was far greater than any before it.

A violent shockwave, like an invisible giant hand, swept through the area. Even the immense Graveyard Demon was shoved back several steps by the force. Fine cracks spiderwebbed across the ground beneath its feet, and rubble trickled from fissures in the wall.

Gu Su’s heart clenched. He was instantly on high alert, uncertain of what could have happened in the town center.

Not daring to delay a second, he spun around and dashed back to the wall in a few quick strides. Bracing himself on the top, he peered intently in the direction of the blast.

The sight made Gu Su’s pupils contract.

A massive, deep crater now gaped where the town center had been.

The crater occupied a full third of the town. Its walls were steep, and the bottom was a pitch-black void, obscuring any view of what lay within.

The buildings that once stood there had been utterly obliterated by the explosion, leaving not a single scrap of wreckage behind—only a vast expanse of scorched earth.

The buildings surrounding the crater hadn’t been spared either; the violent shockwave had torn them to pieces.

Walls had collapsed and roofs were shattered. Broken bricks and shattered tiles littered the ground. The already ruined town now appeared even more desolate.

A few splintered wooden beams jutted out from the rubble, trailing thin wisps of smoke. The air was thick with the acrid smell of gunpowder and char.

Gu Su understood with a single glance. That one explosion had brought the night-long siege to its definitive end.

The battle for Trebot Town had finally, truly drawn to a close.