480: Fortress No. 7, Outpost No. 1

Pass City Number Seven!

Amidst the black mist churning in the Chaos Sea, a colossal, pitch-black fortress, like a monstrous tusk, deeply pierced into the dark front lines of Tianyang Pass.

This was Outpost One, the most vital part of Pass City Number Seven—an absolute stronghold known as the “Tusk of Eternal Night.”

The entire outpost was cast from Xu River Obsidian from the Xu River Land.

The surface of this rare material was covered with natural Chaos Dao patterns, and every brick and stone had endured millions of years of scouring by the Xu River; its hardness was comparable to a top-grade chaotic spiritual treasure.

Even an Immortal Monarch would find it difficult to leave a mark here.

The city walls were arranged in a sawtooth pattern, with every protruding angle inscribed with “Law-Breaking Divine Runes.”

When enemy forces attacked, these divine runes would automatically activate, reflecting 30% of any incoming spell attacks.

Embedded within the walls were three hundred and sixty “Dao-Devouring Bone Pillars,” refined from the vertebrae of Chaos Vicious Beasts, capable of continuously devouring all Alien Energy within millions of miles.

Above the outpost, a translucent blood-red light curtain slowly circulated.

This was the “Nine Hells Burning Heaven Great Array,” set up by a Dao Ancestor, with grotesque ghost-face patterns occasionally flashing across the light curtain.

Once, a One-Step Dao Ancestor of the Tianyang aliens launched a full-power strike, but it only caused a slight ripple in the light curtain.

Atop the watchtowers, nine “God-Slaying Crossbows” stood silently, their bodies pitch black, their arrow slots filled with specialized crossbow bolts containing refined Chaos Divine Lightning, powerful enough to blast Half-Ancestor existences into dust.

In addition, thousands of Chaos Annihilation Divine Cannons were located throughout the fortress, capable of unleashing corresponding power with specialized shells, suitable for large-scale bombardment!

It could be said that Outpost One of each Pass City was the most robust of all outposts; even if other outposts were breached, Outpost One might not necessarily fall.

However, it was also the most dangerous one; if a powerful Tianyang alien were to attack, it would undoubtedly be a disaster for Outpost One.

At this moment, one hundred thousand elite warriors of the Chaos Race were stationed at various strategic points.

They wore specialized obsidian battle armor, wielded obsidian war spears capable of tearing space, and each warrior possessed at least Perfection Dao Lord cultivation, their eyes as sharp as eagles, constantly vigilant for any disturbances in the darkness.

The outpost commander, a burly man with a vertical pupil on his forehead, stood on the highest lookout platform.

He held a constantly pulsating blood-red crystal, a “Blood Crystal Communication Stone” connected to the main headquarters of Pass City Number Seven; messages sent via this stone could not be intercepted even by a Dao Ancestor.

At this moment, he was somewhat nervous, because every Tianyang Competition, the Tianyang aliens would launch an attack from one of the Pass Cities, and Outpost One was at the very front; therefore, for the safety of the outpost’s soldiers and the Pass City, he could not afford to be negligent.

However, what he feared most came to pass!

In the distant Chaos mist, a chilling rustling sound faintly emerged, like some colossal entity slowly wriggling, or countless tiny arthropod limbs rubbing and colliding.

“Maintain vigilance!”

The burly man’s voice echoed throughout the fortress, and his communication stone was already activated!

Immediately, all the warriors gripped their weapons in unison; they knew this fortress was about to undergo a baptism of blood and fire.

The burly man’s vertical pupil suddenly contracted to a pinprick.

The distant Chaos mist churned like boiling water, and countless twisted figures slowly emerged from the darkness.

First, one or two crimson specks of light, then patches of eerie green pupils, and finally, the entire field of vision was filled with a dense army of aliens.

Skeletal alien warriors arrived, treading on star remains, each step shaking space; aliens shrouded in toxic mist wriggled forward like a tide, corroding even Chaos Qi wherever they passed... Most unsettling were the mountain-like black shadows in the rear, whose mere exhalations were enough to make an Immortal Monarch gasp for breath.

“Black Crystal Blood Flame Clan!”

The burly man’s pupils constricted; he crushed the blood-red crystal in his hand, his voice hoarse as sandpaper, “Level one combat readiness! Black Crystal Blood Flame Clan has appeared! Alien vanguard numbers... over several hundred million!”

The crystal fragments transformed into a blood-red rainbow and vanished instantly in the direction of Pass City Number Seven.

The burly man knew that this message would take at least half an incense stick of time to arrive, and the enemies before them would not grant them that time.

“Activate the full array!” he roared, drawing the blood-red battle saber from his waist.

Before his words finished, the first wave of attack had already descended.

“Boom!”

Tens of thousands of bone spikes rained down like a storm, crashing against the blood-red light curtain and erupting in dazzling sparks; the bone spikes were covered in eerie black flames, capable of eroding the array’s energy, though this erosion was negligible for the array.

“Roar!”

Three Dao Lord-level Tianyang alien powerhouses suddenly appeared before the array, their six claws simultaneously tearing at the light curtain.

“Jie jie jie!”

Grotesque ghost faces suddenly appeared on the light curtain, devouring the three Dao Lord-level Tianyang aliens, and then feeding back into the great array, replenishing its energy!

“Report! A Half-Ancestor has appeared on the east wall, requesting a sniper!”

“Report! A large number of Tianyang aliens have appeared in the west, requesting Chaos Annihilation Divine Cannon coverage!”

“Report! Two Half-Ancestor-level energy signatures detected in the south!”

Battle reports poured in like snowflakes.

The burly man’s vertical pupil reflected the ever-approaching enemy tide, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

He knew that with Outpost One’s defenses, it could withstand the current vanguard, but without support, when the main Tianyang alien forces arrived, Outpost One was doomed.

After all, this was a great war that occurred once every ten million years, and Dao Ancestors were bound to appear.

The burly man shouted, “All God-Slaying Crossbows load Chaos Divine Lightning bolts and target the Half-Ancestors opposite; Chaos Annihilation Divine Cannons load Annihilation Divine Cannons and launch indiscriminate attacks!”

“Fire arrows!”

A dazzling bolt of lightning tore through the darkness, striking towards one of the mountain-like Half-Ancestor Vicious Beasts.

Despite its massive body, the Half-Ancestor Vicious Beast was extremely agile, twisting its body to evade.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”

Just then, the sound of rushing air rang out, and three crossbow bolts arrived before it in an instant.

“Roar!!!”

It was too late to dodge; the Chaos Divine Lightning bolts directly entered its body, and the Chaos Divine Lightning contained within instantly activated, blasting the Half-Ancestor Vicious Beast into a sky full of blood mist, with not even its Dao Soul having time to escape.

This was not the end; the Chaos Divine Lightning generated by the Chaos Divine Lightning bolts dispersed, affecting Tianyang aliens within millions of miles, and many Tianyang aliens died under the Chaos Divine Lightning before they could even react.

This wave caused the deaths of at least ten million Tianyang aliens.

Suddenly!

Thousands of dazzling points of light lit up in the sky.

These were the “Chaos Annihilation Divine Cannons” arrayed on the second line of defense; each cannon body was a thousand zhang long, forged entirely from Eternal Dark Gold, and the inner walls of the barrels were inscribed with dense Annihilation Dao patterns.

At this moment, these war behemoths were emitting a low hum, and the energy converging at their muzzles caused the surrounding space to twist and collapse.

“All cannons fire!”

With the burly man’s command, thousands of divine cannons simultaneously unleashed an earth-shattering roar, their bodies recoiling violently, shaking the entire section of the city wall.

What erupted from the muzzles was not ordinary fire, but spheres of Chaos energy, each a hundred zhang in diameter, with pitch-black electric arcs dancing on their surfaces, compressing terrifying power capable of destroying a Small World.

The sight of the cannonballs streaking across the sky was like a reverse meteor shower.

Tens of thousands of Chaos energy spheres, trailing long fiery tails, whistled down into the most densely populated areas of the Tianyang aliens.

The first cannonball to make contact suddenly split into one hundred thousand tiny black beams when it was still a thousand zhang from the ground, each beam precisely piercing through a Tianyang alien.