166: Chapter 166 Advancing into Another Dimension

Like sewage bursting through a sluice gate.

The monsters at the very front showed almost no hesitation.

Scrambling, pushing, and trampling over each other, they surged desperately toward the passage entrance that emanated an alluring scent!

"Holy crap!"

Even with Lin Tian's composure, when he saw the tide of monsters surging out like black sewage in that instant...

He couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat and cursed under his breath.

This quantity and this Aura seemed even more terrifying than imagined!

But his reaction was lightning-fast, occurring almost the same instant the monsters surged out.

His roar resounded over the battlefield, drowning out the monsters' screeches:

"Enemy attack! Void Ranger, retreat!"

"All other units, surround them for me! Archers, suppressive fire! Mage corps, scorch the earth with flames!"

"Frontline spear-shields, form ranks and hold! Block all these filthy things back! Kill!"

"Kill!!!"

The hundred-thousand-strong army, which had been poised and ready, erupted with a heaven-shaking war cry!

Retreating was for the sake of a better offense.

The disciplined soldiers instantly shifted from static to dynamic; this war machine roared into motion!

“Swish! Swish! Swish!”

The sky was once again covered by a rain of arrows. The projectiles fired by the twenty thousand Pale Moon Hunter wove into a metallic torrent of death, crashing down upon the monster vanguard charging out of the passage!

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

The Crimson Flame Mages completed their chants almost simultaneously, sending fireballs, flame bullets, and even small-scale "Meteor Swarms" across the sky.

Like divine punishment, they fell near the passage entrance, exploding into spheres of scorching fire, swallowing and igniting the charging monsters in swaths!

The Golden Armored Spearmans and Earth Spirit Guards roared, forming a spear-shield line like a forest of steel.

They advanced with heavy steps.

Like a moving city wall, they slammed hard into those stragglers who had luckily survived the rain of arrows and sea of fire!

The battle entered a fever pitch the moment the passage opened!

As Lin Tian commanded the overall situation, he watched the passage where monsters poured out like a broken levee with lingering fear, a layer of cold sweat faintly seeping through his back.

"Fortunately... fortunately, I struck first, found this hellish place, and took the initiative to attack..."

He felt secretly lucky but was still haunted by the thought.

If left unchecked, heaven knows when this rift would suddenly lose control and how many, or how strong, the monsters it would spit out would be.

If it erupted while the territory was unprepared or while the main forces were away, the consequences would be unimaginable!

"This hellish place must be destroyed! At any cost!"

Although the monster tide before him was surging, it was still within controllable limits.

The real challenge was how to enter that Blood Moon World, find the source of this rift, and destroy it once and for all!

"Lin Yin!"

He looked at the moon-white figure beside him, who also wore a solemn expression.

"Get ready. Once the vanguard stabilizes the position and clears this wave, we... will charge in!"

A sharp light flashed in Lin Yin's cold eyes. She nodded silently and tightened her grip on the moonlight longbow.

Her gaze had already crossed the chaotic battlefield, casting toward that unsettling, filthy blood moon hanging in the sky of the other world.

The diameter of the spatial passage was limited to about twenty meters. This was both the current limit the Void Ranger could open and an objective Bottleneck.

Although the Polluted Monsterss were crazed and bloodthirsty, they were not a well-trained army after all.

Faced with the narrow exit, they could only push and shove, surging out in a mess, which actually made it difficult to form a truly threatening shock wave.

Under the absolute numerical advantage of Lin Tian's army of over three hundred thousand, and especially the saturated coverage of long-range fire...

The first batch of monster vanguards to rush out of the passage, numbering about several thousand...

Were like waves crashing against a reef, completely shattered and purified within a mere fifteen minutes.

Near the passage entrance.

A thick layer of charred, broken monster remains, oozing filthy liquid, piled up.

The air was filled with a pungent burnt smell and a denser, ominous Aura from the other world.

"Cease fire! Frontline on alert, rest in place, replenish arrows and energy!"

Lin Tian sat atop Crimson Flame, looking down at the temporarily calmed passage entrance, and gave the order in a deep voice.

He narrowed his eyes, staring at the pitch-black passage that looked like the maw of an abyss.

He knew in his heart that this temporary victory was just the beginning. The real danger and the surgical removal of this "tumor" lay on the other side of the passage.

"Lin Yin!"

He turned to look at her side. "Have your Void Ranger get ready. Lin Yan!"

"Your general is here!"

Dressed in heavy armor and resembling a moving small mountain, Lin Yan rode forward.

"Take twenty thousand Earth Spirit Guards, form ranks with shield walls in front, and push up to the passage entrance for me!"

"Lin Yin's Void Ranger will follow behind your formation. Use 'Dimensional Insight' to scan the front and the sky at all times. If there is any energy fluctuation, warn us immediately!"

Lin Tian's orders were clear and decisive.

"The objective is to advance steadily and establish a bridgehead on the opposite side of the passage! Ensure the subsequent main army can enter safely!"

"Understood!"

Lin Yan cupped his fists, his voice like muffled thunder.

He immediately turned his horse around and began to shout loudly, commanding his Earth Spirit Guards to change formation.

Soon, a phalanx composed of massive tower shields and energy armor glowing with an earthy yellow light, as thick as a moving city wall, advanced with steady and heavy steps.

“Boom, boom, boom,” they pushed toward the passage entrance.

Through the gaps between the shields, the vigilant and focused silver eyes of the Void Ranger behind them could be vaguely seen.

Due to the intense offensive and defensive wave earlier, the area near the passage entrance had been basically cleared of monsters.

Monsters further away seemed deterred by the explosions and the tragic state of their kin, and for the moment, they did not surge forward immediately.

Lin Yan's advance was exceptionally smooth, encountering almost no decent resistance. There were only a few stray corpses or Bone Beasts stumbling from distant ruins.

Before they could get close, they were pierced by arrows shot from the formation or by earth spikes cast by the Earth Spirit Guards.

The Earth Spirit Guards' "Immovable as a Mountain" Aura unfolded layer by layer, creating a faint resonance with the surrounding dead earth.

It actually managed to repel and purify the pervasive filthy Aura to a certain extent.

They chose a relatively open area backed by a giant rock and began to use the power of the earth element to construct simple defensive fortifications.

In less than half an hour.

A bridgehead, though crude but sufficiently stable and glowing with a pale yellow light, was established on the otherworldly wasteland under the reflection of the blood moon.

Two thousand Void Ranger scattered around the perimeter and high points of the position, continuously guarding the surroundings.

Seeing the signal sent back by Lin Yan representing "Safe, position established," Lin Tian felt slightly relieved.

"Lin Feng, take the Golden Armored Spearmans and the remaining Heavy Armored Spearmen to enter as the second echelon and consolidate the flanks of the position!"

"Lin Yan, take your people and follow behind. Once you enter the position, immediately establish mage fire points!"

"Remaining units, enter in batches and in an orderly fashion! Maintain vigilance, do not fall into chaos!"