Prelude to Collapse
Chapter 1009: Prelude to Collapse
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Unknowingly, the Law Realm had fallen into unprecedented danger!
After fighting with the Founders and the Dark lifeforms, the Law Realm had finally managed to struggle through, but not even one day after these two campaigns had ended, the Inverse were once more charging at the Cosmic Gate!
Truly, another wave rose before the first could settle. This year was foreordained to be a year of massive change for the Law Realm! While they were able to avoid calamity on the first day, they couldn’t avoid calamity on the fifteenth! Their powerful enemies from beyond the Cosmic Gate had finally begun their general assault!
"Say that again!?" Old Crane trembled, his eyes opening wide as he looked at Moses. The other clan heads and Founders were also in disbelief, with the less composed among them breaking out in a sweat!
Moses suppressed the intense beating of his heart to reply calmly, "One minute ago, the Inverse began to attack the Cosmic Gate crazily. Based on the Guardians’ long experience guarding the Cosmic Gate, we have determined that this is probably a general assault!"
As the highest-level warrior of the Guardians, a Peak Law God who had guarded the Cosmic Gate for countless years, Moses was naturally powerful, but today, Moses’s chest was rising up and down and his heart was beating at ten times its usual rate.
"What do we do!? If the Cosmic Gate falls, the Law Realm is doomed!"
"Yes! I’ve seen in our clan records what happened the first time the Cosmic Gate fell. In that battle, our Niechen Pingdong Clan was almost wiped out! It was too horrifying!"
"The Law Realm doesn’t have the strength to hold out against a full assault of the Inverse!"
Fear of the Inverse soon dominated the mood. The various clan heads all knew what had happened when the Cosmic Gate first fell, and they still felt lingering fears from those records. Now, the Inverse were coming again! All of them were in a panic, not knowing what to do.
At this moment, Skywing Grand Ancestor Xia Gucheng coldly snorted. He roared, "All of you, shut your mouths! The Law Realm hasn’t been destroyed yet!"
It was a mighty lion’s roar, even blowing the hair of the warriors standing near Xia Gucheng into disarray, as if he had been working a giant hair dryer.
Xia Gucheng scanned the crowd coldly, his eyes brimming with killing intent. No one dared to meet his gaze, for this was the master of the Demon-Sealing Fiendish Blade! No one dared to confront the edge of the Fiendish Blade once it was unsheathed, and everyone quickly calmed down.
Xia Gucheng waved his hand and proposed crazily, "To fight is to die! To not fight is also to die! If that’s the case, then let’s fight to the death! Today, we were able to drive away the Founders and the Dark lifeforms because everyone was united! What about these Inverse!? Even if we can’t beat them to death, we’ll bite them to death!"
The Fiendish Blade was the Fiendish Blade, and what had always supported the Skywing was not their martial strength, but their resolve to slaughter both Gods and Demons!
These words left the crowd deeply shaken. It was very evident that if they didn’t hold the Cosmic Gate, they wouldn’t be able to hold the Law Realm, and if they couldn’t hold the Law Realm, all of their lives would be in danger!
The only option was to grimly defend the Cosmic Gate until the end, relying on the terrain and their unity to fight a bloody battle with the Inverse!
Xia Gucheng made another astonishing act, declaring the Skywing Clan’s war mobilization decree in front of everyone!
"At this moment, all combat members of the Skywing Clan are to assemble! Immediately head to the Cosmic Gate and cooperate with the Guardians in battle! Even if there’s only one person left in the clan, you are not permitted to take even half a step from the Cosmic Gate!" Xia Gucheng announced loudly!
Everyone was startled. No one had expected Xia Gucheng to have the resolve to die! He was gambling the fate of the entire Skywing Clan!
After saying this, Xia Gucheng didn’t even look at them. He turned and left, saying coldly, "I don’t have the time to chit-chat with you! It’s one thing if we can’t hold the Cosmic Gate, but if we do hold it, this old man will settle accounts with each and every clan that doesn’t participate!"
Whoosh!
Those hesitant clan heads instantly paled at his words!
As had been proved countless times before, the vengeance of the Demon-Sealing Fiendish Blade was not to be underestimated. Did anyone still remember the names of those who had provoked the Skywing Clan before?
The Grand Ancestor’s Inner Demon had exploded! His meaning was clear. You had better fight in this battle, even if you don’t want to! The decision isn’t yours to make!
It was an unreasonable demand, but Xia Gucheng had no plans to be reasonable! The Skywing fist was the greatest argument of all!
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One minute before Xia Gucheng announced the mobilization of the Demon-Sealing Fiendish Blade, Xia Fei was despondently looking up at the sea of stars, grief in his heart.
Moon Song and Chen Dong hadn’t wanted to tell Xia Fei of Qin Mang’s death, but they didn’t know that Xia Fei also had Radix at his side. He had heard everything, and after thinking it over, Radix had decided to tell Xia Fei.
"Forget about it. A person once dead cannot be revived. Qin Mang’s cultivation hadn’t reached the immortal level, so there would always be a day when he would die, permanently," Hosu shrugged.
Xia Fei showed no reaction, saying indifferently, "I need to go back and take care of his funeral arrangements."
Radix nodded. "That’s human nature, and it’s fine to go back and take a look. It’s not like you have anything important to do."
At this moment, Xia Fei’s spatial compass sent over two messages. After reading them, Xia Fei furrowed his brow in shock.
The first message was from Oro, saying that the Inverse had begun their general assault on the Cosmic Gate, and that almost all the members of the Guardians Faction had been committed to the front. A war was imminent!
The second was an order from Grand Ancestor Xia Gucheng ordering all of the combat-capable Skywings to the Cosmic Gate to take part in a defensive battle that had almost zero chance of success.
By combining these two messages, it was easy to guess that the entire Law Realm, the entire universe, was at the brink. Its fate would be decided here!
Hosu’s eyes dimmed once he finished listening to Xia Fei. Truly, when it rained, it poured. In his battle with Wenwist, Hosu had used up all the energy he had accumulated, and the Inverse were Finally attacking again! What did he, the only Soul Hunter in this universe, have to deal with them!?
Xia Fei’s mind worked rapidly. This was the greatest difference between him and ordinary people. After receiving this grim news, Xia Fei’s first reaction was not to despair or sigh in sorrow, but to think of a countermeasure.
*Whoosh!*
He took out a large pile of Origin Crystals from his spatial ring. The vast majority were high grade, with even a few Grade 8’s among them.
"This is all the Origin Crystals I have. Hosu, how much help can this energy be to you?" Xia Fei asked sternly.
Energy was the foundation of everything. Without energy, there was no life and no battle.
Hosu was completely out of energy, so the first thing Xia Fei thought of was helping him recover his combat strength as much as he could. After all, Hosu was a Soul Hunter and the only person with the ability to seal the Cosmic Gate.
Hosu snatched up a Grade 8 Origin Crystal, and with a whoosh, the black crystal that contained a sea of energy turned pale white, Hosu having drained it all.
"It might have a little use. I’m a Soul Hunter, and what I need is soul power. These crystals are pretty good, but at my level, these crystals are only a tiny help. If I absorb them all, I can probably fight at a high level for a period of time, but sealing up the Cosmic Gate will be simply impossible.
"The only way would be to find my Overcast Wind Mace or a Soul Weapon on par with it. Otherwise, with only basic energy, I won’t last very long at all," Hosu said helplessly.
Xia Fei’s stockpile was already top-class in the Law Realm; not even the Skywings would have more crystals than him. But these invaluable Origin Crystals were only basic energy to Hosu. It was clear that this Soul Hunter required a shocking amount of energy!
Clenching his teeth, Xia Fei said grimly, "Just use them for now. I’ll have the Grand Ancestor get you even more energy crystals. That’s all we can do for now. No matter what, we have to hold down the fort!"
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The warriors of the Law Realm’s various clans soon set off once more, countless spatial gates opening into the Guardian base. Warriors surged out and rushed to the Cosmic Gate, grief and indignation on their faces from the knowledge that they were almost certain to die.
The vast majority of warriors had never seen the Cosmic Gate before, including experts like Xia Gucheng and Oro. All of them were very excited to see this gate that led to an unknown world.
But everyone knew that this wouldn’t be just their first time, but also their last time.
After all, their opponent this time was too strong! The Law Realm had to confront this challenge from an unknown world! Surviving would be an extravagant luxury.
Xia Fei didn’t move with everyone else, instead going to the Hidden Realm to meet with Xia Guanghai.
"Is there no way of transporting this big guy to the Cosmic Gate’s vicinity?" Xia Fei asked as he pointed at the distant Titan.
Xia Guanghai pursed his lips. "I’ve seen ships like this before, but never as savage as this one. Based on those giant cannons, it should already be finished?"
Xia Fei replied, "No, the weapons systems are still being calibrated. The Titan has yet to fire its weapons, and there’s no telling how it will perform in a real battle."
Xia Guanghai smiled. "I know your personality. If you weren’t confident in this superwarship’s capabilities, you would never take it out. The Cobaltis were once the most advanced race in the universe, and it’s worth trusting in the ships that they designed. You’ve also used the technology of Summit to enhance the Titan, so I’m sure it’s far stronger than the original blueprints. I look forward to seeing what this giant ship can do!"
Xia Fei frowned. "You still haven’t answered me. Can we get the Titan to the battlefield quickly or not?"
Xia Guanghai laughed, his eyes flashing. "That has never been a problem. Don’t forget that we’re already in control of the spatial transmission arrays! But don’t be impatient. The Law Realm’s army is currently assembling at the Cosmic Gate, and all the spatial transmission arrays are operating at almost maximum load. Once the army there is finished assembling, we can use the spatial transmission array to send this big guy over without a problem!"
Spatial transmission arrays had load limits, and at this time, all of the Law Realm’s warriors and equipment were being sent to the battlefield. There was no extra capacity to send over the Titan. The army would have to finish assembling before they could send over this superwarship.
Xia Fei let out a long sigh. "Then it’s fine. I hope that the spatial gate has enough capacity and won’t collapse."
Xia Guanghai was startled, asking, "Do you plan to send something else besides this big guy!?"
Xia Fei said nothing, but that characteristic smirk appeared on his lips.