Chapter 116 Following the Myriad Manifestations Cultivator, Counterattack
Then, under the gaze of countless people, an indescribably massive and terrifying figure slowly rose from the giant ground fissure, which had a diameter of over five hundred meters!
It resembled an annelid worm magnified millions of times, yet it possessed fifty terrifying, octopus-like tentacles!
The part exposed above the ground alone was over twenty stories high!
The Abyss-level Ferocious Beast, Thousand-Tentacled Earth Radiance, had descended!
Roar!!
A terrifying roar, a mix of mental shock and physical sound waves, erupted from its circular mouthparts!
Wherever the sound waves passed, the remaining glass curtain walls shattered completely!
Humans nearby instantly bled from their seven facial orifices, falling to the ground screaming while clutching their heads; those with weak wills suffered immediate mental breakdowns!
Meanwhile, countless ferocious beasts of all kinds, endowed with its power—from beetles the size of millstones to truck-sized pangolins and wolf-like monsters with bone spurs on their backs...
...kept pouring out, lunging at the panicked crowd to begin their frantic slaughter and devouring!
"Alert! Alert! City-wide maximum evacuation order! All citizens, proceed to the nearest underground shelter immediately!"
"Non-combatants are prohibited from entering the streets! Repeat, non-combatants are prohibited from entering the streets!"
Air defense sirens and synthesized electronic voices echoed throughout the city.
In just a few minutes, the city's main roads were already blocked by ruins and corpses. The flow of evacuating vehicles was paralyzed; people abandoned their cars to flee on foot, only to be dragged away and devoured by ferocious beasts leaping from the shadows the next moment.
Walkie-talkie channel.
"Report! The 3rd and 7th heavy artillery positions have been destroyed by tentacles! Casualties exceed seventy percent!"
"Energy readings show no significant drop in the target's biological field strength! Our conventional attacks... are ineffective!"
"Retreat! Abandon the outer defense line and pull back to the second emergency fortification!"
Abyssal-class and Overlord Class are lifeforms on completely different levels!
Its defense, vitality, and that terrifying, almost rule-based regenerative power made the human defenses of Jiangnan City appear utterly powerless.
...
Southeast War Zone.
Tan Qiao mobilized various special operations teams and ace army groups.
"Everyone has seen the situation."
"Our mission is civilian evacuation and maintaining order, as well as intercepting the tide of ferocious beasts below the Overlord Class on the periphery."
"Whatever you do, do not go near that Abyssal-class one."
"Understood!"
Everyone responded in unison, but many hearts were still heavy. Simply blocking the tide of endowed ferocious beasts would likely be a narrow escape from death.
Zhang Fan stood in the crowd, his heart itching for action.
An Abyssal-class... how many attribute points is it worth?
A peak Overlord Class body is worth eight thousand points; how much would this higher-level Abyssal-class be worth?
Zhang Fan asked curiously, "Regional Director, that Abyssal-class... who will deal with it? The Jiangnan Combined War Zone?"
Tan Qiao slowly shook his head.
"No. Even War Zone Commander Bai Zhou and Deputy War Zone Commander Liu Qing have almost no chance of victory against an Abyssal-class."
"To deal with it... there are Special Martial Artists who will handle it. That's not something we should worry about. Execute the orders."
Special Martial Artists?
Zhang Fan's curiosity grew even stronger.
Who else could deal with a monster that even the Commander and Deputy Commander of the Jiangnan Combined War Zone couldn't handle?
And who were these so-called Special Martial Artists?
...
The orders were issued, and the elite army groups and special operations units of the Southeast War Zone quickly set out toward Jiangnan City, which had already become a living hell.
When the vanguard reached Jiangnan, everyone was rendered speechless by the sight before them.
How was this still that famous, super-prosperous metropolis?
It was clearly a massive ruin that had just been ravaged by a natural disaster!
As far as the eye could see, there were only broken walls and debris.
Even more alarming was the continuous stream of various Endowed Overlords emerging!
These Endowed Overlords were far more powerful than ordinary Complete Overlord Class beasts! They possessed greater strength, speed, and defense, and often had some kind of bizarre ability, making them extremely difficult to deal with!
Meanwhile, the human defense lines in Jiangnan City were retreating step by step, with casualty numbers skyrocketing.
"Hold the line! Don't let them break through! The evacuation route is right behind us!"
"Energy cannons! Focus fire on that Bone-Spur Porcupine!"
"Watch out for its back-spine volley!"
Just then.
A figure leaped out from behind the human defense line!
It was Zhang Fan!
While in mid-air, a thought crossed his mind.
"Wanxiang Dharma Image, open!"
Buzz!
His body expanded rapidly! He instantly transformed into a nine-meter-tall crimson-gold giant! The star core heavy hammer, infused with the power of the Dharma Image, expanded simultaneously to a length of ten meters.
With his nine-meter giant body and using the momentum of his fall, Zhang Fan swung the star core heavy hammer with both hands, smashing it down toward an Endowed Body "Tyrant Ursine" that was rearing up and swiping its claws at an armored vehicle!
This ursine was massive, over eight meters tall at the shoulder, with knotted muscles covered in a dark red cuticle and a writhing sarcoma embedded in its chest.
Sensing the terrifying wind pressure approaching from above, it didn't dodge. Instead, it roared and raised its giant paws—strong enough to crush a tank—to strike upward!
However.
Clang!!
Hammer met paw, and a visible white shockwave exploded in a ring!
The Tyrant Ursine's giant paws instantly turned into bone fragments. The hammerhead followed through, ruthlessly smashing into its hideous skull!
The headless, massive body stood frozen for a moment before crashing to the ground, making the earth tremble.
[Contact with the remains of an Abyssal Endowed Overlord Class beast, attribute points +10,000!]
"Ten thousand!" Zhang Fan's eyes lit up. "Sure enough, those that have been endowed are worth more! Significantly more than an ordinary Overlord Class!"
Invigorated, he didn't stop his Shenxiao Thunder Swan Steps. His nine-meter giant body turned into a violent hurricane once again, charging toward the next Endowed Overlord.
Soon, the notification rang out again.
[Attribute points +11,000!]
Like dry weeds before a flame!
Zhang Fan was like a tiger among sheep. His nine-meter giant body rampaged through the beast swarm, and the extremely heavy star core heavy hammer in his hand became the simplest and most efficient killing machine.
Every flash of the hammer's shadow was accompanied by the death of an Endowed Overlord!
These powerful monsters, which had caused heavy losses and were difficult for the ordinary human defense lines to handle, found no match for Zhang Fan's star core heavy hammer!
They were either having their skulls smashed, their spines shattered, or were being flattened entirely!
The more Zhang Fan fought, the more exhilarated he became, feeling extremely satisfied with this newly exchanged star core heavy hammer.
It had enough weight, the impact felt solid and substantial, and the feeling of total power discharge and utter devastation with every strike was fantastic!
Furthermore, it could increase in weight again after being infused with energy, making it exceptionally effective against thick-skinned and heavily-fleshed targets!
Behind him, on the human defense line.
The soldiers and martial artists who had been struggling and constantly retreating were all dumbfounded.
They stared blankly at the nine-meter giant figure sweeping through the beast tide.
"Is... is that a humanoid ferocious beast?"
"It doesn't look like a beast; it's a human!"
"He's one of ours? Are there people this fierce among us humans?"
"My god... one hit per kill? Those are Endowed Overlords! Monsters that even a whole company of ours couldn't kill with concentrated fire just now!"
"I remember now, that's the Wanxiang Dharma Image! It's a new Wanxiang Cultivator! Another Wanxiang Cultivator has been born in our human race!"
After a brief moment of stunned silence, earth-shattering cheers suddenly erupted from the defense line!
"Reinforcements! It's our reinforcements!"
"Long live the Wanxiang Cultivator!"
"Kill! Follow the Wanxiang Cultivator and counterattack!"
Morale skyrocketed instantly! The defense line that was on the verge of collapse stabilized and even began to push forward slowly!