382: Chapter 382 The Great Battle of the City (Part 10)

Chu Lan struggled to crawl up and urged her spiritual plants to grow wildly, forming layers of green barriers around the Chaos Power!

The moment those spiritual plants touched the Chaos Power, they withered instantly and turned to ash! Yet she continued to urge them without stopping; as one withered, she birthed another! Her life force was being consumed rapidly; her hair began to turn white, wrinkles appeared on her face, and her skin started to sag. It was as if she had aged decades in an instant! But she still did not stop!

Tian Xin threw out every single Talisman she had. Those Talismans transformed into streaks of light, desperately stabilizing Su Ning's Spatial Barrier!

Some Talismans turned into golden light shields, some into silver chains, some into green runes, some into red flames, and some into blue ice... They fused with Su Ning's Space Power, making the Spatial Barriers even more solid! Her inventory of Talismans was completely exhausted, and she didn't have a single one left on her person, yet she was still fighting with all her might!

Lin Yue exhausted his last bit of strength to deploy the Ten Thousand Arrays Rock Demon Map, laying down Formation after Formation around the Chaos Power!

Enemy-Trapping Arrays, defensive arrays, sealing arrays, suppression arrays, absorption arrays... layers upon layers of Formations stacked and suppressed! His spiritual power was being consumed rapidly, and his body was swaying, but he persisted! His Formations collapsed layer by layer, only to be rebuilt layer by layer; every reconstruction consumed the last of his life force!

Yao Guang poured all her healing power into Su Ning's body, allowing her to hold on for just one more breath!

That healing power turned into emerald green light, surging into Su Ning's Meridians and repairing her body which was on the verge of collapse! Her face grew paler and paler, and her aura became weaker, but she continued to urge her power desperately! Her life force was also being consumed rapidly; her hair began to turn white and her skin started to sag, but she disregarded it all!

Luo Li played the 'Time-Space Soul Suppressing Melody', using the rhythm to help everyone steady their minds!

The zither music turned into golden ripples that flowed into everyone's ears, allowing them to remain conscious and continue fighting even when pushed to their limits! Her fingers were already worn raw, her zither strings were stained with blood, and her music had become hoarse, but she continued to play!

Although Lin Jingyu was bound by chains, he still struggled desperately, trying to break free to help! Those chains bit deep into his flesh, nearly snapping his bones, but he continued to struggle, roar, and fight! His wounds were bleeding, his bones were breaking, and his consciousness was blurring, but he still did not give up!

Yun Xi, Ling Zhan, the Grand Elder, Han Shan... everyone was fighting with all they had, each using their own way to contribute strength toward sealing that Chaos Power!

Finally, through everyone's all-out efforts, that Chaos Power was completely suppressed and sealed within a small spatial sphere.

The spatial sphere was only the size of a fist, yet it contained enough power to destroy an entire city! It rotated slowly in Su Ning's palm, emitting a dangerous light!

As Su Ning's final hand Seal fell, the spatial sphere slowly shrank, eventually turning into a speck of light and dissipating into the air.

Everything was finally over.

A dead silence fell over the battlefield.

All the Human Race Cultivators stared blankly at the sky, looking at the blood-soaked, swaying young man with eyes full of disbelief.

A human at the first level of the Golden Core Stage had slain the King of Ten Thousand Races at the ninth level Golden Core Perfection!

This was simply impossible!

But it had truly happened.

The soldiers of the Myriad Races were the first to react.

They roared in terror and scattered in flight. The Demonic Flame Clan, Rock Demon Clan, Shadow Demon Clan, Time Clan, Wood Clan, Charm Clan, Sea Clan, Array Clan, Mad Clan, Blood Clan... everyone only wanted to flee, to get as far away as possible from that terrifying human! They threw down their weapons, abandoned their wounded, left everything behind, and fled frantically!

The nine Late Golden Core Stage commanders also disregarded any sense of honor and turned to run.

The Commander of the Rock Demon Clan was the first to flee; his ten-zhang-tall body ran faster than a rabbit, knocking aside countless of his own people along the way. The Time Clan Commander used time acceleration and instantly escaped a thousand miles away, not even daring to look back. The Shadow Demon Clan Commander vanished into the shadows, leaving no trace as if he had never existed. The Blood Clan Commander turned into a mist of blood and scattered in the wind, leaving not a single drop behind. The Wood Clan Commander manipulated vines to wrap himself up, shrinking into a ball and rolling down the mountain. The Charm Clan Commander played a confusing melody, causing her own people to slaughter each other while she escaped in the chaos. The Sea Clan Commander used water escape, turning into a stream of water that vanished into the horizon. The Array Clan Commander set up a teleportation array and was instantly transported away, not even wanting his Formation Plate. Although the Mad Clan Commander was insane, he also knew fear; he roared and charged down the mountain, trampling countless of his own people as he disappeared into the distance.

The defeat was like a mountain collapsing.

The Myriad Races army retreated like a ebbing tide, leaving behind a field of corpses and wounded. Those who were slow were caught by the Human Race Cultivators and cut down one by one, leaving none alive! Those who were fast didn't dare to look back, simply fleeing blindly toward the distance, toward their homelands!

"Pursue!" Ling Zhan raised his arm and shouted, "Kill all these beasts and reclaim our lost territory!"

"Kill!"

Countless Human Race Cultivators rushed out of the city gates, hunting down the routed Myriad Races soldiers.

The hatred and anger they had accumulated for so long exploded at this moment! They chased them up the ridges, into the forests, across the rivers, and over the plains, pursuing and slaying them all the way! Their blades were soaked in blood, their faces were splattered with gore, and the flames of vengeance burned in their eyes!

They pursued all the way, reclaiming lost territory as they went.

The villages, towns, and cities occupied by the Myriad Races returned one by one to human hands. The human commoners who had been enslaved by the Myriad Races saw the human banners rise again and saw the blood-soaked human Cultivators; they fell to their knees and wept, thanking the heavens for their protection. They knelt by the roadsides, in the ruins, and beside the corpses of their loved ones, crying out, praying, and giving thanks.

When the sun rose again, the Myriad Races army had fled a thousand miles and would be unable to launch another offensive for a short time.

The Human Realm had finally been defended.

Gao Feng stood on the city wall, looking at the rising sun in the distance; his body swayed, and he finally collapsed.

"Gao Feng!" Luo Li cried out in alarm and rushed forward to support him.

Yao Guang also rushed over, desperately urging her healing power.

But Gao Feng's injuries were too severe; his Golden Core had become dim and lusterless, covered in fine cracks. His Meridians were snapped inch by inch, making it almost impossible to circulate spiritual power. His Physical Body was on the verge of collapse, and his internal organs had suffered heavy trauma. His aura was so weak it was almost undetectable, as if it would dissipate at any moment.

"No... I can't save him..." Yao Guang's face was covered in tears; her healing power entered Gao Feng's body but was like a stone sinking into the ocean, eliciting no reaction.

As soon as that healing power entered his body, it was devoured by the residual Chaos Power within him, unable to have any effect at all.

Everyone gathered around him, looking at his pale face, his tightly closed eyes, and his weak breath, their eyes filled with despair.

"Gao Feng!" Lin Jingyu struggled to crawl over and grasped Gao Feng's hand with his only remaining hand, "You can't die! You can't die!" His voice was hoarse, his tears fell, and his hand was trembling.

Lin Yue slumped on the ground, his face covered in tears: "Brother, wake up..."

Chu Lan hugged her knees and cried like a child. Most of her hair had turned white and her face was covered in wrinkles—the price of overdrawing her life force. But she didn't care; she only wished for Gao Feng to wake up.

Tian Xin lowered her head, her shoulders shaking violently. Her Talismans were gone, her spiritual power was exhausted; she could do nothing now but pray.

Su Ning bit her lip hard, tears falling silently. She was still bleeding from her facial orifices and her body was swaying, but she insisted on standing and watching Gao Feng.

Yun Xi covered her mouth, sobbing uncontrollably. Her zither strings were broken and her fingers were cut, but she felt no pain, only heartache.

Ling Zhan stood to the side, old tears streaming down his face. He remembered the first time he met Gao Feng; back then, Gao Feng was just a small Cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Stage, and now he had grown into a hero of the Human Realm.

Everyone was crying, in despair, praying for a miracle.

Just then, a strange power suddenly surged from within Gao Feng's body.

That power was different from any power he had possessed before; it was purer, deeper, and more vast.

It was the power he had comprehended from the War Gods Unity form, a brand new power generated after fusing all his strengths—a power that surpassed the Golden Core Stage!

Within that power was the vastness of the stars, the weight of the earth, the heat of fire, the mystery of time, the depth of space, as well as the heart of inclusion he had learned from his travels among the Myriad Races, the trust he felt from his comrades, and the firm will tempered through countless life-and-death trials!

That power was like warm sunlight, surging from his body and flowing slowly.

It flowed through his shattered Meridians, and those Meridians began to heal, reconnect, and become clear again; it flowed through his dim Golden Core, and those cracks began to disappear, becoming smooth and radiant once more; it flowed through his heavily injured internal organs, and those wounds began to repair, becoming whole and functional again; it flowed through his Physical Body that was on the verge of collapse, and that flesh began to be reborn, becoming strong and full of vitality once more!

His injuries were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Everyone stared blankly at this scene, their eyes full of disbelief.

One day, two days, three days...

Three days later, Gao Feng opened his eyes.

Within those eyes, an unprecedented golden light was burning.

The light was dazzling yet gentle and restrained, as if it contained endless wisdom and power. In that light, there was the twinkling of stars, the flickering of flames, the changes of time, the fluctuations of space, and a trace of an indescribable mystery.

His cultivation had broken through from the Early Stage of the first level of the Golden Core to the Middle Stage of the third level of the Golden Core in one leap!

Seeing him wake up, everyone wept with joy.

"You're finally awake!" Chu Lan said while crying, throwing her arms around him, "You scared us to death! Do you know how worried we were!" Her white hair remained, and her wrinkles were still there, but she smiled brilliantly.