60: Searching for enemies across the entire map! You can't escape from my grasp!
However, Lin Feng, seated in the deepest part of the fortress, watched the indomitable Lava Colossus through the cold fog of war.
His gaze was completely unwavering.
In fact, it even held a hint of almost imperceptible… disappointment.
Just as the Lava Colossus took its heavy, earth-shattering steps and was about to charge, Lin Feng's will, like a god plucking the threads of fate, gently landed on the most central building of the fortress.
Buzz—!
The Sky Eagle Cannon, which had been silent and crouched like a black grim reaper, awakened as if it had smelled a sacrifice of sufficient weight.
In the center of the cannon, a huge golden crystal, like the pupil of a raptor, suddenly lit up!
An invisible scanning wave, transcending spatial limitations, instantly locked onto the massive Lava Colossus.
“Enemy unit total population detected over 180…”
“Sky Eagle Cannon, activated!”
“Target locked: Enemy forces' densest area…”
“Lock complete!”
“Divine Retribution, initiating!”
Deep within the cannon's muzzle, three intensely concentrated white energy spheres, exuding an aura of destruction, suddenly lit up, like three miniature suns rising!
“What is that?”
In the spectator channel, someone noticed the anomaly at the core of Lin Feng's fortress and asked with a mix of surprise and uncertainty.
But it was already too late.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Three white streaks of light, piercing the sky, carrying a shrill shriek that could tear even the soul, cut through the air at a speed completely imperceptible to the naked eye!
They drew three elegant yet deadly arcs in mid-air, precisely and simultaneously striking the massive body of the Lava Colossus without any delay!
There was no earth-shattering explosion.
Not even the slightest sound.
Time, at this moment, seemed to have been muted.
The Lava Colossus, composed of legendary power, with a body so massive it could make any lord despair, stiffened abruptly the instant it was hit by the three beams of light.
The next second, its body, like snow melting under sunlight, silently and rapidly dissolved and evaporated from the inside out.
It turned into nothingness.
Completely erased from the battlefield.
Cleanly and thoroughly, leaving no trace.
As if it had never existed.
The entire battlefield once again returned to a deathly silence.
Only the solitary Thousand-Faced Lord remained, standing blankly in the starting area, staring at the empty battlefield, his mind a complete blank.
The Tumo Yuanzhengjun channel, after a full ten seconds of absolute dead silence, was completely drowned in gasps of cold air.
Everyone's faces were filled with indescribable shock and fear.
The surge of joy and hope that had just ignited was obliterated by that silent shot, leaving not even a speck of dust.
Lin Feng calmly watched all of this, his heart completely undisturbed.
He even shook his head slightly.
Is that all?
Such an attack wasn't even worth another glance from him.
He looked at his resource panel, which was still frighteningly abundant, the button to upgrade to level 10 glowing enticingly.
However, he still suppressed that thought for now.
With food in hand, one's heart is at ease.
Reserving enough resources would allow him to more calmly deal with the inevitable, even more frantic, and meaningless “attrition warfare” from this rabble.
After all, the game had just begun.
The Thousand-Faced Lord's body trembled violently on the battlefield, not from fear, but from extreme anger and humiliation.
“Impossible! Absolutely impossible!”
His voice echoed in the channel, with a near-hysterical madness.
“My Lava Colossus! That's a legendary unit! How could it be instantly killed by one shot?!”
However, what responded to him was only the Sky Eagle Cannon, like a gaze from the grim reaper.
The muzzle slowly rotated, its huge golden crystal pupil, with a cold, emotionless malice, crossed the entire battlefield, locking onto him at the outermost edge.
“Wait…” Swift Wind Swordsman's voice trembled uncontrollably, “That cannon… it's aiming at Brother Thousand-Faced!”
“That can't be, right? Brother Thousand-Faced is standing at the very edge of the attack zone; that should be absolutely safe!” Iron Wall's tone was filled with disbelief.
“Who told you that cannon has an attack range limit?”
Zhinang's cold voice, like a bucket of ice water, poured over everyone's heads.
The hearts of all spectators stopped beating simultaneously at this moment!
Only then did they remember that the Sky Eagle Cannon's attribute description clearly stated the chilling words: "Ignores Attack Range Limit"!
In other words, once you stepped onto the battlefield, even if you stood at the ends of the earth, you couldn't escape its lock!
The Thousand-Faced Lord's face instantly turned ashen.
He watched with his own eyes as the three deadly white energy spheres slowly condensed deep within the cannon's muzzle, emanating an aura of despairing destruction.
“No! I can't die here!”
At the critical moment, he gritted his teeth and fiercely slammed down the spell card he had been reluctant to use!
“Time Stasis”!
A light blue temporal shield instantly enveloped him, his figure becoming ethereal, as if frozen in an amber of time.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Three white streaks of light cut through the sky, precisely striking his position.
The destructive energy that should have instantly evaporated him, as if hitting an invisible barrier, was completely blocked by the temporal shield!
“Time Stasis Duration: 2.5 seconds”
“He blocked it!” A cheer of relief erupted in the channel.
“Brother Thousand-Faced is awesome! He actually has such a life-saving divine skill!”
However, there was no hint of relief on the Thousand-Faced Lord's face.
2.5 seconds of invincibility was simply not enough for the Sky Eagle Cannon's 10-second attack interval!
He had to turn the tide of battle before the next attack arrived!
“I'll risk it all!”
ACrazy light flashed in his eyes, and he unhesitatingly activated his hero's ultimate skill!
“Myriad Transformations · Berserk Mode”!
An even more dazzling golden light erupted from him, illuminating the entire battlefield with its power.
“Skill Effect: Summon interval reduced to 3 seconds, rare unit summon probability greatly increased!”
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Golden pillars of light continuously exploded on the battlefield, with a new unit being summoned every 3 seconds.
Wyverns, heavily armored cavalry, archmages…
Within just a few seconds, more than a dozen units densely appeared on the battlefield!
“That's more like it!” The Thousand-Faced Lord shouted excitedly, “I refuse to believe your crappy cannon can instantly kill all my units!”
However, just as his words fell, the Sky Eagle Cannon's second round of attack arrived precisely on time.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Three white streaks of light once again cut through the sky, and this time, the target was still the Thousand-Faced Lord himself!
“What?!” His pupils suddenly constricted, “Why isn't it attacking my troops?!”
The answer was simple.
Although the Sky Eagle Cannon prioritized attacking the densest area of troops, once a target was locked, it would not change until the target died!
Boom!
This time, there was no temporal shield for protection.
Three destructive light beams precisely struck the Thousand-Faced Lord, turning the owner of the SS-rank talent, along with his unwilling roar, into nothingness.
“Thousand-Faced Lord, eliminated!”
However, just when everyone thought this farce was about to end, the last golden light on the battlefield exploded!
This light was more dazzling, more blinding than any before!
As if some forbidden entity was about to descend upon the world!
Rumble—!
The earth violently shook, and a huge, bottomless blackcrack was forcibly torn open in the center of the battlefield!
A terrifying pressure from the ancient abyss, suffocating to everyone, surged out from the depths of thecrack!
The next second, a mountain-sized claw covered in black scales suddenly reached out from thecrack, fiercely gripping the edge of the ground!
Immediately after, a terrifying demon, dozens of meters tall and composed of pure shadow and malice, slowly crawled out from underground!
“Mythic Unit: Shadow Demon Lord”!
“Health: 30000”
“Attack: 1000”
“Trait: Shadow Blink — Enters an untargetable state every 4 seconds, lasting 2 seconds. While untargetable, immune to all damage, crowd control, and instant kill effects.”