219: Chapter 219 The Problem of Another Dimension

It was around four o'clock in the afternoon.

The rapid sound of horse hooves and clashing armor approached from a distance as a messenger, his face covered in soot and his breath ragged,

practically scrambled and crawled to Lin Tian, who was resting on scorched earth where a battle had just ended. He knelt on one knee, his voice cracking with panic:

"My... My Lord! Something big has happened in the alternate dimension!"

"What is it? Speak clearly!"

Lin Tian's heart skipped a beat as he stood up abruptly.

"It's the Polluted Monsters! An incalculable number of Polluted Monsters suddenly surged from the depths of the wasteland like a tide, semi-encircling our army while they were leveling up in the alternate dimension!"

"General Lin Yin is leading the troops in a bitter struggle, but there are too many enemies, and..."

The messenger swallowed hard, fear evident on his face.

"And within the monster swarm, a strange, humanoid spectral figure has appeared. Its strength is terrifying. General Lin Yin is currently fighting it, but... but she seems to be at a disadvantage and cannot break away!"

"Lin Yan, Commander Lin Yu, and General Lin Yan are all fighting desperately to maintain the defensive line, but there are just too many monsters. They said... said that if they retreat rashly and the formation breaks, the casualties will be catastrophic!"

"A humanoid spectral figure? Lin Yin is at a disadvantage?"

Lin Tian's gaze instantly became as cold as a blade.

Lin Yin was now diamond 6-star with Mythical quality. For something to make her feel pressured...

He suddenly looked at Lin Feng, who was standing solemnly beside him. That was it!

Without Lin Feng present, the army couldn't condense that Saint-Grade Battle Soul!

They lacked the top-tier Breakthrough power!

"Go! We're heading back to reinforce them immediately!"

Without hesitation, Lin Tian flipped onto his horse.

"Lin Feng, follow me! The rest of you, keep up!"

"Yes!"

The ten thousand elites immediately abandoned their rest and mounted their horses.

Lin Tian took the lead. Chiyan neighed loudly, the flames on its four hooves flaring up as it turned into a crimson streak of light, racing toward Lintian City and the alternate dimension portal!

Behind him, ten thousand riders galloped, kicking up clouds of dust.

In less than an hour, they had returned to the territory at top speed and crossed through the portal.

When Lin Tian, riding Chiyan and leading Lin Feng and the ten thousand elites, pierced into the alternate dimension like a sharp knife and reached the front lines...

The scene before him made even the battle-hardened man feel a chill run down his spine.

As far as the eye could see, there was a boundless, twisting, writhing tide of monsters emitting a foul, purple-black aura!

They were like a viscous, living swamp spreading from the depths of the wasteland, semi-encircling Lin Tian's army of nearly ten million in a relatively open basin.

The sounds of killing, explosions, the shrieks of monsters, and the roars of soldiers mixed together into a deafening din.

The foul blood moon in the sky seemed to become even more garish and ominous because of it.

At the very core of the battlefield, in the area where energy fluctuations were most violent, two figures were clashing and exchanging blows at high speed!

On one side was Lin Yin. Her moon-white sacred robes were stained with foul blood and dust, yet she still stood as straight as a pine.

Her diamond 6-star Moonlight Power erupted in full force, her movements like a ghost under the moonlight.

Every time she pulled the moonlight divine bow, she fired a brilliant arrow capable of purifying large swaths of monsters or forcing back powerful enemies.

But her expression was more solemn than ever before, showing even a hint of strain as she struggled to hold on.

Her opponent was a humanoid spectral figure that constantly twisted and shifted, its entire body emitting a thick, ominous dark-purple aura!

This figure had no fixed face, only a vague outline of features, and it held a bizarre bone bow constructed from countless tiny skulls.

Every time it drew the bow, it didn't fire physical arrows, but streams of foul purple energy or arrows of curses.

They collided with Lin Yin's Moonlight Arrows, annihilating each other with a sizzling sound of corrosion.

Lin Tian threw out a Detection Spell, and his heart sank. Diamond 7-star!

Furthermore, the aura of this spectral figure was still slowly increasing!

Even more strangely, across the battlefield, the corpses of fallen human soldiers and monsters were constantly releasing faint traces of blood qi.

This blood qi seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, flowing thread by thread into the dark-purple spectral figure's body.

With every batch of blood qi absorbed, the figure's form became more solid, and its aura rose another notch!

"Hahaha! It's useless! It's all useless!"

The spectral figure let out a shrill, ear-piercing cackle like nails on glass, mocking Lin Yin as it exchanged shots with her.

"Do you see? My power is inexhaustible! The more you kill, the more die, the stronger I become!"

"And you, little beauty, your power only depletes with use. How much longer can you last? Why not surrender early and be my obedient servant? I can grant you immortality... Hmm?"

It suddenly sensed a new energy fluctuation from behind. Its spectral "head" turned slightly, seeing Lin Tian arrive on Chiyan with Lin Feng and the ten thousand elites.

"Oh? These are the reinforcements you were waiting for?"

The spectral figure's laughter became even more arrogant, filled with disdain.

"A diamond 6-star leading a bunch of small fry? This is what you're relying on?"

"Let me tell you, I've been watching your every move these past few days! I've already figured out exactly how much strength you have! And on my side..."

It waved its bone bow, pointing toward the seemingly endless tide of monsters behind it.

"I have nearly fifty million children! Crushing you will be effortless! It's not too late to surrender now!"

Even as it spoke, another batch of several thousand soldiers died under the monster assault, and their blood qi was greedily absorbed by it.

The spectral figure's form suddenly became much clearer, and one could even vaguely see the outlines of dark-purple armor and hideous bone spikes.

And its aura, right before Lin Tian's eyes, leaped from diamond 7-star to diamond 8-star!

"Brother Tian, be careful!"

Lin Yin took the opportunity to fire an arrow that forced the spectral figure back half a step, her voice urgent and filled with anxiety.

"Don't let it keep absorbing blood qi! Its strength rapidly increases by devouring death and flesh on the battlefield! When I first engaged it, it was only diamond 6-star!"

So that was it!

Lin Tian understood instantly. No wonder this ghost was getting stronger as the fight went on; it was a freak that leveled up by "eating" corpses!

And from the look of it, it had been secretly observing them for a long time, figuring out the strength of Lin Yin, Lin Yan, and the others, and felt victory was within its grasp.

That was why it chose to launch the general offensive during this "window" when Lin Feng had been called away!

Unfortunately, it had miscalculated the most critical factor: Lin Feng.

And Lin Feng's Command of a Thousand Armies skill, which had never been shown in the alternate dimension and had surged in power after fusing with the Law of Gold!

"Lin Feng!" Lin Tian's eyes were cold as he looked at the valiant general beside him, who was already boiling with Battle Intent.

"Present!"

"Crush it for me!"

"As you command!"

Lin Feng let out a roar that could pierce metal and stone. He suddenly leaped from his Dragon Horse, his crimson gold coiling dragon spear pointing straight at the sky!

"Crimson Sun units, hear my command! Blood and Qi as fuel, Battle Intent as fire! Command of a Thousand Armies, activate!"