Chapter 2427 - Epilogue—The Other World! (1/2)
Chapter 2427: Epilogue—The Other World!
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Epilogue:
Time flew by, and ten-some years went by in the blink of an eye.
In the northwest, amidst howling winds, a vast human army swept across the earth.
All of the soldiers were fully armored, their bodies radiating unprecedented power.
This was the strongest army the human world could muster, many times stronger than even the united army in the war that had happened years ago.
At this time, a golden-armored figure stood tall, his red cape flapping in the wind.
“The day has finally come!”
Wang Chong sat atop the White-hoofed Shadow and exhaled.
The human world was currently prosperous and powerful, far more so than in any other dynasty, perhaps even more than any other civilization in history. But Wang Chong had something that he couldn’t put down yet: the otherworldly invaders.
In human history, the otherworldly invaders would always appear at set intervals and start a large-scale invasion, destroying civilization again and again.
Their origins had always been a mystery.
Before dying, Heaven had revealed a little about them, and through the Stone of Destiny and the river of time, Wang Chong was able to see a few things, but he never had the full picture.
Those otherworldly invaders and the world they originated from were seemingly special existences that surpassed time.
Meanwhile, for Wang Chong, the human world was united, all its peoples under the same dynasty. If the otherworldly invaders were not taken care of, the same doomsday would happen again and again.
Even if they were able to get through this time, it didn’t mean they could get through the next, or the one after that, or the one after that…
“The time is ripe. It’s now time to end everything.”
Wang Chong’s eyes flashed, and his expression quickly hardened with resolve.
“Is everything ready?” Wang Chong said.
“Your Majesty, everything is ready. The spatial passage can be opened at any time,” the Formation Elder respectfully said.
“Begin!”
Wang Chong gave the order, and a moment later, with a fierce rumble, a massive formation activated. A moment later, a spatial passage ten-some li in diameter opened up in front of the army.
On the other side was a dark, cold, and mysterious world brimming with death energy. The moment this passage opened, cold energy rolled out, instantly sealing the area around the teleportation gate in thick ice, and the ice began to spread with astonishing speed.
The other world!
Wang Chong and everyone who had taken part in the decisive battle immediately knew that this was the world the otherworldly invaders had come from.
Everyone became agitated.
Clang!
Wang Chong pulled out the Xuanyuan sword and pointed it at the sky.
“Move out!”
“Kiiill!”
A moment later, with loud war cries, the human army led by Wang Chong charged into this unknown world.
This was the first time in decades that an army had ever charged into the world of the otherworldly invaders, the first time in human history!
With a massive rumble, countless soldiers disappeared into the passage.
……
Dark, cold, silent!
This was a world abandoned by the gods!
Here, everything was frozen, even the flow of time. All that was here was a ground covered in bones, a frigid energy, and the army of otherworldly invaders.
Unlike the orderly human world, in this vast world, all of the otherworldly invaders were either standing on the ground or on horseback, but they were all scattered across the world. The vast majority were fixed in place like statues, and only a few of them were randomly wandering around.
Those numerous crimson eyes in the darkness were terrifying to behold.
There was no day or night here, and time always remained in this state.
Buzz!
Without the slightest warning, a powerful pulse of energy rippled through the darkness.
Kaclack!
With the sound of cracking joints, several nearby otherworldly invaders seemed to sense something and turned their heads to the pulse of energy.
Their crimson eyes were filled with confusion as if they didn’t know what was happening. This was because nothing like this had ever happened before.
Bang!
Before these otherworldly invaders could react, swish! A golden spear flew through the air and penetrated through the head of an otherworldly invader, the enormous energy nailing it to the ground.
Rumble! A massive spacetime passage appeared in the sky, and infinite light washed over this dark world.
“Kiiill!”
Furious war cries broke the stillness of the world, and in a few short moments, the human army flooded in through the passage.
Rumble!
The earth groaned as the hooves of countless horses thundered, brilliant halos beneath their feet. The otherworldly invaders closest to the teleportation gate were the first to be struck by the charge, the energy of the impacts surging into their bodies and breaking them apart.
Confusion, chaos, shock…
The numerous otherworldly invaders clearly didn’t understand what was going on. Many of them were slain while still just standing around as if their minds had crashed.
But very quickly, like blood had been spilled into the middle of a pack of sharks, the innumerable otherworldly invaders in this world smelled the special scent of the human army and roared.
Gray-white halos erupted from the feet of the otherworldly invaders, and they rushed at the human army in frenzied waves.
Bellows and roars came from all parts of the other world, and the entire place became restless.
The human army did not back down in the slightest against this vast army of otherworldly invaders. On the contrary, their bodies erupted with fighting intent.
Who said that the human side could only be passive?
It was now humanity’s turn to strike back against the otherworldly invaders!
After several decades, the human army had completely changed.
Clang!
As the army charged, dark golden triangular awls, ten-some feet long and covered in mysterious symbols, were thrust into the ground, one after the other. There were three to a group, each group instantly forming a small formation, and these numerous small formations joined together to form a chain formation.
As the formation activated, an invisible energy spread out, instantly scattering the terrifying cold energy. In this world of the otherworldly invaders, the human army had created a ‘purified land’!
The most powerful trait of the otherworldly invaders was that terrifying and ever-present cold energy. Even their terrifying vitality that allowed them to survive mortal wounds was connected to this energy.
If the cold energy could be removed, a zone created that the cold energy could not enter, the otherworldly invaders would be greatly weakened.
This was the result of the last ten-some years of research in the human world.
Thus, those dark-golden awls had been created.
For this operation, the human world had produced nearly ten million of these awls, capable of creating a vast ‘purified land’ in the other world.
Awoooo!
And this was not all. Furious bellows and gouts of flame erupted from the human army, the flames starting as tiny glows and rapidly rising to a height of several hundred to several thousand feet. Ultimately, these flames transformed into terrifying black and red monsters made of high-temperature flames.
Ifrits!
It was none other than the Ifrits!
The otherworldly invaders had cold constitutions, and ordinary weapons had very little effect on them. But Ifrits were different. These were the only creatures that could naturally counter the otherworldly invaders.
Ifrits were the product of the Landeshunger civilization and had been developed specifically to counter the otherworldly invaders. Alas, they had ultimately failed, and their countless Ifrit experiments had been extinguished, condensing into black crystals that were scattered across the subterranean world in eternal hibernation.
After the unification of the human world, Wang Chong had once more paid a visit to the Landeshunger ruins. Using the power of time, he had successfully gathered clues and secrets that allowed him to uncover the Ifrit creation technology of the Landeshunger and perfect it.
With the unique power of the Ifrit King, Wang Chong was able to create more than one thousand Ifrits. Led by the Ifrit King, they created a special Ifrit army.
Neeeigh!
Horses neighed as countless otherworldly invaders charged a towering Ifrit and surrounded it. But with a hiss, the giant Ifrit punched at them with a gush of flame. Several dozen otherworldly invaders were engulfed in the flames and began to burn.
These flames were extremely effective against the otherworldly invaders, and even their horses shrieked from the pain inflicted by the fire.
Thumpthump!
A few moments later, the otherworldly invaders exploded into ash from the Ifrit’s attack.
But for the otherworldly invaders, the fiercest attack still originated from the human world’s army.
Clangclangclang!
Halos resonated and metal clattered as halo after halo erupted from the feet of the soldiers, at least ten to each soldier. Defense, attack, agility, Earth, Fire, Water… there were all kinds of halos, each one cultivated almost to the maximum. This was an army that was truly armed to the teeth.
In terms of strength, these human soldiers were at Profound Martial Tier 7, even Tier 8, which was formerly the average cultivation level of a general in earlier human armies.
The Xuan-Huang Link Formation, the Ten Charges Ten Victories Formation, the Nine Provinces Universal Formation, the Nine Dragon Blood War Banner… the Nine Cauldrons of the Central Plains… They had brought countless methods to counter the otherworldly invaders.
Amongst all these powers, the Nine Cauldrons Division was undoubtedly the most effective against the otherworldly invaders. Unlike the hundred-thousand-some soldiers of the Nine Cauldrons Division of the past, Wang Chong and the Formation Elder had succeeded in linking the entire human army to the Nine Cauldrons. Even ordinary swords and sabers were infused with this power that countered the otherworldly invaders.
Fwoosh!
A spear thrust out, piercing through the body of an otherworldly invader. In the past, this sort of wound would have been insignificant, and the stabbed otherworldly invader might even use the chance to kill the human soldier. But this time, the otherworldly invader’s body stiffened, and then an invisible energy caused its flesh to drop from its bones and caused it to topple to the ground.
Thudthudthud!
In this dark world, swaths of otherworldly invaders were cut down by the human army, completely turning into corpses.
Furious roars resounded through the army. By absorbing the energy of the otherworldly invaders, the Ifrits seemed to reach a threshold. Viscous embers spread out from their bodies, sprinkling across the land. As each seed hit the ground, it would turn into a being of fire, which would rapidly grow until it became a new Ifrit. This process repeated, and as more and more Ifrits appeared in this world, the darkness began to give way to light.
Routed!
An endless rout!
Without the advantage of their undying cold energy, these otherworldly invaders were just ordinary soldiers, and when it came to training and coordination, they were far inferior to the human army.
Countless otherworldly invaders were felled, and countless more rushed in, trying to charge up in formation. But the constant charges of the human army obliterated them, slicing them into small groups that were exterminated.
Awooo!
Suddenly, a heaven-shaking bellow of rage came from the depths of the dark world, and powerful pulses of black energy swept out. Even the Ifrits were affected, the flames on their bodies dimming and flickering.
The God of the Other World!
Upon sensing this heavy pressure and thick death energy, the Demonic Emperor Old Man and Wushang Village Chief turned grim.
This chaotic and destructive energy, as vast as a sea, was far above the Grotto Heaven realm, at a truly shocking level.
There was no doubt that this was the god of those otherworldly invaders!
The words Heaven had said before his death were not wrong. There was more than one ruler, more than one God of the Other World, in this realm.