Chapter 129 (Part II) Obliterating the Nine-Headed Serpent Demon

If the enemy remained on high alert, Lin Qiye would only be able to instantly kill three peak diamond-tier fiends at once.

After that, the enemy would produce their demon nest to ward off the lightning particles, thereby increasing the difficulty of the battle for Lin Qiye.

Lin Qiye had no desire to drag things out.

Therefore, he had instructed Chen Fan to draw their attention.

Sure enough, Chen Fan’s formidable combat prowess struck deep fear into the hearts of the peak diamond-tier fiends.

"This is that newly risen genius youth from Star City, and he’s Lin Qiye’s sworn brother!"

"Kill him!"

"Attack together, don't give him a chance!"

"Lin Qiye is not far away. Shouldn't we be on guard against Lin Qiye?"

"Guard against my ass! Do you really think he can instantly kill us all?"

"Fine, kill Chen Fan first. That will drive Lin Qiye into a rage, and rage causes a loss of reason."

The peak diamond-tier fiends exchanged a glance.

The next second, they launched a joint attack to suppress Chen Fan.

Atop the city walls, the gazes of many human powerhouses were inevitably drawn over.

"Quick, go help! We can't let them be picked off one by one!"

Seeing Chen Fan surrounded, a group of top-tier experts stationed on the frontlines immediately prepared to step in and assist.

"Want to help? Do you take us for mere decorations?"

Before the human reinforcements could arrive, the fiend faction deployed more than a dozen diamond-tier fiends to intercept them.

The human experts were forced into a hasty response, leaving them with no spare energy to care about anything else.

"Don't panic! Form a united front, no solo fighting!"

An expert with rich combat experience shouted instructions at the top of their lungs.

Soon, the scattered formation reorganized once more.

"Damn it, we can't get through!"

"We can't help Chen Fan."

"Why isn't Lin Qiye making a move?"

"The peak diamond-tier fiends over there are going to kill Chen Fan!"

The human powerhouses were gripped by panic.

As for the fiends, they burst into frantic, unbridled laughter.

"Kill him! Chen Fan won't last long, and the human diamond-tier experts are nothing to write home about either. We will breach the East Gate and overrun Star City!"

"Charge through! Slaughter every single human in the city for me!"

At the sound of this command, countless fiends surged forth from the dark clouds.

The human defense line, which had previously been holding out with relative composure, instantly began to strain under the pressure.

Beneath the tide-like onslaught, a breach appeared in the East Gate's defensive wall.

"Ah! Save me!"

Someone failed to retreat in time, and the moment they turned around, they were engulfed by the surging wave of fiends.

"Hold your ground! Maintain the defensive network, don't let a single fish slip through to the rear! Hold the line!"

"The powerhouses in the front will fight with all their might!"

The commander shouted at the top of his voice.

All the diamond-tier experts charged up onto the ramparts.

A dozen fiends were immediately intercepted just as they approached the city wall.

The two sides clashed, and the violent energy collided continuously. The deafening explosions made the ears of the defending soldiers ring incessantly.

A platinum-tier fiend slipped through a gap in the battle, breaking past the city wall, only to be met by a second line of defense.

"Hold on just a little longer."

Lin Qiye’s immortal spiritual sense spread out, his voice resounding directly within Chen Fan’s mind.

Chen Fan’s heart tightened.

Suddenly, an even more terrifying combat power erupted from within him.

Miraculously, the nine peak-tier fiends were unable to do anything to him in the short term!

Nine masses of pitch-black evil Qi began to emit furious, howling roars.

Following that, their true forms manifested one by one.

A soft-bodied fiend covered entirely in tentacles.

A bat-like fiend bristling with eyes across its body.

A hive-like fiend spraying corrosive venom.

And a sculptural fiend...

Among them, the Hydra fiend was prominently present.

The towering demonic Qi condensed into boundless dark clouds, pressing down so heavily that every soldier atop the city wall found it hard to breathe.

The human powerhouses felt their scalps tingle with dread.

"What should we do if we can't beat them? Are there no reinforcements?"

"If there are no reinforcements, we are definitely going to be completely wiped out!"

In the center of the battlefield, even Chen Fan could feel an intense, suffocating pressure.

At that very moment, a flash of lightning pierced the air.

In an instant, eight peak diamond-tier fiends were turned into flying ash.

Only the Hydra fiend remained, standing in solitary desolation across the vast sky.

It was completely dumbfounded, unable to understand why its teammates had simply vanished.

Yet before it could even react, a bolt of lightning suddenly slashed through the sky, striking fiercely atop one of the Hydra fiend's heads.

Boom!

With a single strike, the Hydra fiend's head exploded on the spot.

Flesh, blood, and scales rained down across the heavens.

Following this came a burst of agonizing and furious roars.

"Who is it?! Who! Exactly who is it?!"

The Hydra fiend thrashed its necks wildly.

It tore through the dark clouds, its hundred-meter-plus body revealing itself and casting a shroud of shadow over the entire Southern Gate defense zone.

Its pitch-black scales emitted a chilling, piercing cold light; merely glancing at them was enough to make one's blood run cold.

Its eight surviving heads intertwined and crisscrossed, staring fixedly at the surrounding space with a gaze of venomous malice, ensuring that not even a drifting speck of dust could escape its lock.

"It is me—!"

Accompanied by a calm yet deeply penetrating voice, a human figure slowly materialized out of the void.

The newcomer appeared directly in the very center of the fiend army's cluster.

A powerful force field effortlessly deflected the oppressive momentum of the fiend horde.

"It's Senior Lin Qiye!"

Someone on the city wall cried out in startled joy.

The Hydra fiend also recognized the identity of the newcomer.

It was none other than Lin Qiye!

"It's you... you short-lived ghost! Where are my compatriots?"

"They're dead," Lin Qiye said indifferently.

The Hydra fiend froze.

Then, it stared dead at Lin Qiye, its eyes filled with an incredulous look of shock.

"How could your strength possibly have grown this strong? You killed them instantly? Impossible!"

It found the transformation in Lin Qiye’s strength somewhat unacceptable.

One had to bear in mind that just a few days ago, Lin Qiye was nothing more than a little bug it could squash at will.

Yet now, he had instantly wiped out eight of its teammates.

And those were peak Deity Transformation experts!

"Hard to believe, is it? Heh. I'll make you believe it slowly."

Lin Qiye smiled with complete indifference, though a flash of cold light flickered deep within his eyes.

The grudge from the ambush back then could now be settled properly.

Sensing the look in Lin Qiye's eyes, the Hydra fiend felt a jolt of alarm in its heart.

A mere glance had actually triggered the fear buried deep within its soul.

What was happening?

Was it actually afraid?

No, no, no! This was the heart of its own army! No matter how strong he was, could he possibly contend against the massive army under its command?

Comforting itself, the Hydra fiend wore a vicious and malignant expression.

"Arrogant fool! To be this brazen right in the middle of my army! I suppose you truly don't know how the word 'death' is written!"

"Kill him for me!"

While shouting harsh threats, it commanded the numerous diamond-tier fiends to launch an assault on Lin Qiye.

Dozen upon dozen of diamond-tier fiends instantly surrounded Lin Qiye completely.

In the outer perimeter, the endless fiend army swarmed forward like a tidal wave, overlapping layer upon layer like a swarm of bees enveloping a hive, trapping Lin Qiye right in the center.

"Brother Ye!"

Seeing this scene, Chen Fan’s expression changed drastically. He instantly shot into the sky, charging straight toward the endless fiend army.

"Quick! Go and support them!"

The experts atop the city wall did not dare to sit idly by.

They all knew that Lin Qiye was their final hope. If Lin Qiye were to fall, not a single person on the East Gate ramparts would be able to hold back the fiend army.

Seeing the human experts pour out in full force, the Hydra fiend felt its scalp tighten.

"Hold them back! Hold them back!"

Part of the endless fiend army was diverted to counter the human vanguard forces.

Having issued the order, the Hydra fiend rapidly retreated.

Unfortunately, Lin Qiye had already locked his sights firmly onto this creature.

The [Thunder God Domain] suddenly expanded.

Endless thunder poured down instantly like a torrential rainstorm.

The fiends closest to him were blasted into pieces by the thunderstorm, turning into black ash.

Although the diamond-tier fiends managed to withstand the lightning attacks, they showed clear signs of fatigue and repeatedly backed away.

"Such terrifying lightning; it has a natural suppression against our lineage."

The Hydra fiend looked toward Lin Qiye with a grave expression, its pupils constricting.

"Form the Demonic Cloud Grand Formation!"

Lin Qiye’s presence had inflicted a deep sense of threat upon the Hydra fiend, prompting it to subconsciously sacrifice a massive number of fiends just to buy itself a chance to escape.

At its command, all the surrounding fiends released the demonic Qi within their bodies.

Billowing black vapor frantically converged above the battlefield, condensing into massive clusters of dark clouds.

These intersected with the lightning inside the [Thunder God Domain], immediately triggering a series of thunderous rumbles.

In an instant, an endless black rain poured down.

Anything touched by the black rain—whether boulders, grass, or trees—was entirely corroded into puddles of black muck.

"Ah!"

A human warrior touched the falling black rain and was corroded in the blink of an eye, letting out a miserable, piercing scream.

Even platinum-tier walkers could not sustain themselves for even a moment beneath the black rain.

Even diamond-tier powerhouses caught within it found their combat effectiveness drastically reduced, forced to resist with all their might.

"Retreat! Yield to their momentum for now!"

Watching the human side retreat step by step, the Hydra fiend’s face was etched with vicious malice.

Standing beneath the black rain, Lin Qiye remained completely unmoved.

He spread his arms wide, and a dazzling silver light radiated from him, instantly sweeping outward as the center.

The silver radiance expanded rapidly, and the moment it touched the dark clouds above, it caused them to dissolve into vapor and dissipate at high speed.

Rumble!

Above the clouds, thunder rumbled incessantly.

A divine-light-emitting dharma idol tore through the dark clouds and crashed down fiercely.

The thousands-meter-tall Thunder God Dharma Idol smashed heavily into the midst of the fiend horde.

The shockwave carried rolling divine light, and wherever it passed, fiends shattered and annihilated.

In a single instant, tens of thousands of fiends perished on the spot.

The dharma idol stood in the center of the fiends, lowering its gaze to overlook the serpent before it.

A thunderous sound exploded, causing even the Hydra fiend's soul to tremble violently.

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

It stared fixedly at the [Thunder God Dharma Idol]. Its body, standing thousands of meters tall, inspired awe and terror. It completely refused to believe that this was a power Lin Qiye could possibly wield.

"Lord, what should we do?"

The rest of the fiends panicked. The power Lin Qiye displayed was beyond anything they could hope to fight.

"All of you, attack together!"

The Hydra fiend ordered the horde to continue besieging Lin Qiye while it turned tail and bolted toward the rear.

"Trying to run?"

The moment it turned its head, Lin Qiye sneered.

A flash of lightning flickered beneath his feet as [Thunder Flash Transition] activated, instantly bringing the [Thunder God Dharma Idol] to block its path of escape.

"You had quite the fun chasing me the other day. Shouldn't it be my turn now?"

He reached out and made a grasping motion in the empty air, and the Thunder God Dharma Idol mirrored the action, snatching the Hydra fiend right into its grasp.

The Hydra fiend struggled frantically.

However, against such overwhelming strength, all its efforts were in vain.

The [Thunder God Dharma Idol] remained entirely unmoving, instead tightening its grip until the fiend's scales shattered and exploded.

"My lord!"

Seeing this, the surrounding fiends were struck with terror.

All the diamond-tier fiends lunged toward the [Thunder God Dharma Idol], unleashing various methods of attack.

Some fiends opened their mouths to condense energy bullets filled with destructive power.

Some fiends turned completely red, imparting a violent, corrosive force to everything they touched.

Numerous fiends launched a joint ranged attack, causing a barrage of explosions to rock the [Thunder God Dharma Idol].

Lin Qiye remained embedded within it, suffering no substantive damage whatsoever.

As long as the dharma idol did not fall, Lin Qiye remained completely unharmed.

Therefore, Lin Qiye’s expression remained ice-cold.

He merely raised a hand slightly.

The Thunder God Dharma Idol drew its long blade.

With an unadorned, straightforward slash forward, one of the Hydra fiend's heads burst apart instantly.

The agonizing scream shook the heavens.

The fiend army instantly halted its advance.

An extreme, paralyzing terror made their scalps tingle.

The battlefield seemed as though a pause button had been pressed.

The fiend army trembled in fear.

Meanwhile, the human side was equally dumbfounded.

"This..."

"Is this the true strength of Senior Lin Qiye?"

"He instantly killed eight peak diamond-tier fiends!"

"And now he's lopped off two of the Hydra fiend's heads."

"Our Star City might actually survive this after all!"

"With Senior Lin Qiye here, it's not a problem at all!"

"And Senior Chen Fan too!"

The human powerhouses felt their blood boiling with excitement, cheering wildly.

Amidst the uproar, Chen Fan transformed into a long dragon and slammed into the Hydra fiend.

A third head exploded into pieces!

Lin Qiye chuckled coldly.

With a wave of his finger, a fourth head shattered.

A fifth head burst apart!

The sixth head was ground down bit by bit by countless lightning particles until it turned into blood-soaked bone powder.

"Monster... You... you're a monster..."

The Hydra fiend was on its last breath. All its bones were thoroughly pulverized, and as its remaining snake heads drooped toward the ground, its eyes held nothing but absolute terror.

"Don't you have a lot of heads? Heh."

Lin Qiye gave a cold laugh.

His immortal spiritual sense swept up the Hydra fiend, pinning it viciously against the East Gate city wall.

"Bang—"

"Bang—"

"Bang—"

The remaining three heads bloomed like fireworks.

The sight filled the fiends beneath the city wall with a profound sense of awe and terror as they looked at Lin Qiye.

The methods were simply too vicious.

It made them doubt whether they were even the true fiends here.

Terrified, the fiends began to retreat.

Human morale soared to unprecedented heights.

"Charge!"

"Don't let a single fiend escape!"

Battle cries erupted from all directions.

The Thunder God Dharma Idol stood tall upon the ramparts, its lightning aura converting into a purifying force that poured into the bodies of the human experts.

It caused the combat prowess of the human powerhouses to skyrocket.

The battle at the East Gate was a complete and resounding victory.

Chen Fan had killed two peak diamond-tier fiends and thirteen regular diamond-tier fiends.

Meanwhile, Lin Qiye had slain nine peak diamond-tier fiends.

As for the other diamond-tier walkers, they too had taken down over a dozen diamond-tier fiends.

In the span of a mere half-hour, the main force of the fiends at the East Gate had been completely wiped clean.

The great battle drew to a close.

The fiend faction had suffered heavy casualties, and their peak-tier forces were directly and utterly annihilated.

"Let's go. To the South Gate. There's another main force over there. Once we wipe them out, the defense of Star City will become much easier."

"Clearing out the diamond-tier fiends will also allow us to go all out and confront the half-immortal-tier fiend!"