Chapter 63 Noise Pollution, and the Saintess's "Amplifier" Teaching
Dawn at the Northlands' Third Fortress was torn apart by a roar that seemed to shatter the heavens.
"Roar—!!!"
The earth was trembling—not as a metaphor, but in a literal physical sense. Dust fell from the city walls, and the soldiers who had just changed shifts felt as if their eardrums were being pierced by steel needles. Many low-cultivation recruits bled from their nostrils and slumped to the ground in terror.
It was absolute suppression from a higher level of existence.
To the direct north of the fortress, the wasteland perpetually shrouded in gray mist was now like boiling water. Amidst the flying dust, a massive creature a hundred meters tall slowly stood upright. Its body was covered in scales that looked like cast black gold, its eyes were like two blood-red full moons, and every breath spewed visible sulfurous toxic fire.
A Half-step Grandmaster beast king—the Earth-Shaking Demonic Ape!
"Dammit! The intelligence was wrong! This beast actually woke up!"
Lei Heng stood at the very front of the gate tower, his hands gripping the alloy railing so hard his knuckles turned white. His Grandmaster manifestation—a giant lightning lion—was flickering in and out of existence, but in the face of the ape's terrifying Evil Qi, it actually looked a bit like a shivering kitten.
"Regiment Commander Lei, the energy shield reading has dropped to 40%! It's about to charge!" the adjutant roared his report.
"Hold on! Even if you die, you better hold on for me! Behind you are the lights of ten thousand homes!" Lei Heng's eyes were bloodshot as he prepared to burn his essence blood for a desperate last stand.
At this critical, tragic moment for the entire army.
"So noisy..."
An extremely impatient, nasal complaint strangely pierced through the clamor of the battlefield, clearly entering the ears of Lei Heng and even that demonic ape.
Immediately after, the door to the Area A Special Grade Barracks was crudely slammed open by an invisible force of telekinesis.
Jiang Chen walked out wearing a silk pajama set printed with spongebob patterns, his hair as messy as a bird's nest and a "I want to kill someone" expression on his face.
His left hand was holding the scruff of the Beast Clan Saintess Iliya's neck, just like he was dangling a little chick.
At this moment, where was Iliya's nobility as a Saintess? She was wearing an obviously ill-fitting men's white shirt (Jiang Chen's), her two smooth and long legs exposed to the cold wind, and that nine-tail symbol of the royal Bloodline hung limply behind her. Her small face was flushed red, and her eyes were filled with tears of humiliation.
"Let... let go of me! You demon!" Iliya struggled desperately, but under the suppression of the Nightmare Contract, she couldn't even lift a finger.
"Shut up. Your dad is howling outside, seriously affecting the quality of my sleep."
With a dark face, Jiang Chen took a step out, his figure appearing instantly on the city wall like a ghost.
He glanced at the Earth-Shaking Demonic Ape in the distance, which was gathering power for a big move, then looked at the shivering Iliya in his hand. A particularly wicked curve suddenly curled at the corner of his mouth.
"Regiment Commander Lei, lend me an Amplification Formation."
Before Lei Heng could react, Jiang Chen waved a hand, and the Amplification Formation on the city wall was instantly activated, aimed directly at Iliya.
"Come, I'll give you a chance." Jiang Chen held Iliya up high, like holding Simba from the Lion King, facing that enraged demonic ape. "Shout at that big gorilla. Shout 'Daddy, save me.' Your voice should be tragic and your expression sincere, understand?"
"I... I won't shout! I am a noble Saintess, I will never..."
"Slap!"
Jiang Chen unceremoniously slapped that highly elastic area, the sound crisp and pleasant.
"Ugh!" Iliya's whole body trembled as a numbing sensation instantly spread through her, her original integrity turning into a highly seductive whimper.
"Not shouting, huh? Then should I throw you down?" Jiang Chen made a motion as if to throw her.
In the distance, the Earth-Shaking Demonic Ape saw the petite figure suspended on the city wall, and a flash of shock and wariness instantly crossed its blood-red eyes. That was its master's daughter! The only Bloodline of the Beast God!
"Roar?" (Saintess?) The demonic ape's movements froze.
"Hurry up, I'm counting to three." Jiang Chen yawned, his fingers restlessly pinching Iliya's fox ears again.
That electric sensation of her vital point being manipulated caused Iliya to break down completely. Looking at the familiar demonic ape in the distance, the grievance in her heart was like a bursting dam.
"Wooo... Uncle Black! Help! This human pervert is bullying me!"
With the enhancement of the Amplification Formation, this tearful, soft, and desperate loli voice instantly spread across the entire battlefield for ten miles.
Dead silence fell over the scene.
The charging beast tide stopped.
The defenders on the city wall were dumbfounded.
"This... this works too?" The blade in Xiao Jian's hand almost fell.
Jiang Chen, however, frowned in dissatisfaction, pulled Iliya back a bit, and shook his head disdainfully. "This is your acting? Too dry! No emotion! Do it again!"
"Wha... what?" Iliya's beautiful eyes widened, tears still hanging from the corners.
"You have to put emotion into it, understand? That kind of 'pear blossoms in the rain' feeling that makes people want to give you their hearts when they hear it." As Jiang Chen spoke, he gave an on-the-spot lesson. "Come, deep breath, lift your glutes, tuck your stomach, the sound should come from the Dantian, with a tremor... like this: 'Yamete... don't kill me...'"
"You... you're shameless!" Iliya was shamed to the point of wanting to die. What kind of ghostly cries was this human teaching her!
"Not learning? Then I'll continue hitting you?" Jiang Chen raised his palm.
"Don't hit me! I'll shout! I'll shout, okay!"
Iliya was truly afraid of that hand with its magical power. She took a deep breath and let out the most tragic scream of her life at the demonic ape:
"Uncle Black!! Save me!! He's... he's going to do that kind of thing to me!! My purity is going to be gone, wooo!!"
This shout could be said to make the listeners sad and the observers weep, especially combined with her disheveled appearance; its lethality was simply off the charts.
In the distance, hearing the four words "purity is going to be gone," the Earth-Shaking Demonic Ape's originally stiff body instantly began to tremble violently.
It was out of rage.
Its own pure and flawless Saintess Your Highness, whom it had watched grow up since she was small, was actually being... being toyed with like this by a human man?!
"ROAR!!!"
The demonic ape completely went berserk. Its fists frantically beat its chest, letting out a roar like war drums. It no longer cared if the Saintess was on the city wall because it had been blinded by fury.
"Human! I will tear you into ten thousand pieces!!!"
The demonic ape spoke in human tongue, its black gold scales bristling, and a brownish-yellow Gravity Wave rippled out with it as the center, instantly spreading.
"Gravity Domain! It's going all out!" Lei Heng's face changed drastically. "Jiang Chen! Retreat quickly! This beast has gone mad!"
Looking at the Gravity Wave pressing down like an overwhelming tide, Jiang Chen not only didn't retreat but instead picked his ear disdainfully.
"Tsk, what a loud voice. I originally wanted you to back off, but since you insist on seeking death..."
Jiang Chen stuffed Iliya into Mu Qingxue's arms behind him.
"Help me look after my body pillow, don't let it get dirty."
Then, he turned around and slowly closed his eyes, facing the demonic ape that was like a collapsing mountain or a tsunami.
"Since you woke me up, then be prepared to have a nightmare."