The Era of Gods-Chapter 630 - Breaking the Stalemate

Chapter 630: Chapter 630 Breaking the Stalemate

Outside the main camp, Lin Xiao looked up at the two ascendant Grey Crow people with a trace of a smile on his face.

He didn’t care how many enemies came, what mattered was that they had come out.

Soaring into the air to confront Duke Hoer and the royal attendants mid-flight, Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes to survey the camp, confirming there was no third Level 4 Grey Crow person. His hands came together then pulled apart, drawing forth a giant wind blade over ten meters long that slashed toward Duke Hoer, tearing the air with an ear-piercing screech due to its ultra-fast speed and immense power.

This was still the Rank 1 witchcraft wind blade he had learned initially, which hadn’t undergone much enhancement, but with his current strength, it was already a threat to Rank 4 wizards.

He unleashed over thirty wind blades in one breath. If there had been only one Level 4 Grey Crow person, they might have been thrown into disarray, but Duke Hoer and the prepared royal attendant easily blocked them and even managed to counter.

Duke Hoer gripped a splendid scepter and swung it forward in a feigned attack, while Lin Xiao pressed his hand forward, causing ripples in the air. The air sank and twisted under a heavy gravitational force but was firmly blocked and unable to continue downward.

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The other attendant, seizing the moment while the two struggled, flapped his enormous wings and turned into a streak of light that flashed behind Lin Xiao at incredible speed. His claws, sharp and spiked, pressed against Lin Xiao’s back, piercing through his robe and sinking into the firm muscles beneath.

The royal attendant’s heart leaped with joy, believing he had penetrated his target, only to see Lin Xiao somehow already turned around, his arms outstretched as if holding something invisible. An unseen force solidified the air around him, trapping the royal attendant within.

“Boom!”

The scepter-shaped blast of clear energy struck Lin Xiao’s back head with great force, setting off rings of clear ripples. He threw his head back heavily only to lift it again, without so much as blinking an eye, baring a smile that sent shivers down the attendant’s spine. His body burst into golden light, and in the blink of an eye, he swelled into a Golden Giant God, dozens of meters tall. A wave of power, far exceeding Rank 4, radiated out, causing their faces to change drastically.

The Golden Giant God’s body lit up with gold, the air around his immense Golden Giant Palm twisted, and an indescribable force started to contract inward.

The royal attendant felt as if he was being squeezed by two mountain peaks, an overwhelming strength bearing down, far beyond his imagination, turning his face instantly red. He spewed out a mouthful of blood essence which exploded and a formless force spread out, shielding his body.

But in the next instant, the invisible protective field around his body began to distort and deform, prompting him to bellow in terror:

“Save me, quick!”

Meanwhile, the look of horror had not yet faded from Duke Hoer’s face; he spat a mouthful of blood essence onto the scepter, which shone brighter with gold light. A pair of golden wings sprouted from the scepter, and he gripped it once more, bringing it down in another vicious blow that crossed the Void to appear above Lin Xiao’s head and smashed down heavily.

However, Lin Xiao, who had now revealed his incomplete True Body, had already stepped into Rank 5. Facing this full-force blow, he still didn’t dodge or flinch but instead, pressed down once more, gathering his strength.

“No!”

“Bang!”

Accompanied by a muffled scream, the air exploded with a bang, unimaginable force crushing the royal attendant into a lump of flesh.

With that, a Level 4 Grey Crow person, comparable to a Dawn Wizard, was crushed to death by him.

On the other side, Duke Hoer, struck dumb by what he saw, quickly came back to his senses, grabbed the golden scepter, and vanished in a flash. The next second, the Golden Giant God also disappeared with a flash, and a piercing explosion rang through the Void. A powerful energy blast tore through the enemy camp, blasting who knows how many Crowman soldiers or low-ranking Crowman wizards into pulp.

To the layperson’s eyes, the immense encampment was wracked by deafening explosions, and shockwaves twisted the space itself, sweeping through the camp like a force of nature, disintegrating any soldier they touched.

Facing such an unstoppable force, the morale of the Crowman soldiers collapsed extremely quickly, and in less than ten minutes, the camp was turned upside down, ultimately collapsing.

Witnessing the enemy camp collapse, the colossal golden figure in the sky came to a halt, revealing Lin Xiao’s massive Golden Giant God body holding the injured Duke Hoer.

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He had caught Duke Hoer earlier, and the extensive destruction that followed was deliberate. Now that the camp had fallen, there was no longer a need for pretense.

Looking down at the powerful Grey Crow person, whose feathers were a blue-purple hue, he lifted him to his mouth and stuffed him in. A scream abruptly ceased.

Soon, a Level 4 Grey Crow person, on par with a Dawn Wizard, was stuffed into his mouth and chewed up, swallowed alive.

He did this before successfully forming his true body, which consumed a lot of his physical and True Body strength, so he needed to replenish his energy or else he would expend even more life essence to recover later.

He didn’t have much of an aversion to eating Crowpeople; after all, they looked like large, human-shaped birds, even having bird heads, so to him, it was like eating a large, raw, black chicken—a significant nourishment.

Just as the enemy’s main forces attacking the fourth division’s camp received news of the critical attack on their base, they were still entangled with the fourth division’s main forces, having not even reached the edge of the fourth division’s camp.

The Grey Crow people’s commander, revered as a god of war, hesitated for a long time and finally let out a deep sigh, slamming his fist onto the sand map and issuing the retreat order:

“Order the Flame Crow Legion to retreat to the left rear, command the Grey Tide Legion to cover the front, the Guard Legions to provide cover, and the other legions to move with the main camp.”

Although it was a retreat, it was not a rout. The Crowman commander left a legion to cover the rear while the main forces withdrew slowly to the other side to avoid being pinched from both the front and rear.

However, Nolan, the experienced old commander of the fourth division, not yet aware of the enemy camp’s breach, discerned that this was a genuine retreat. After some hesitation, he ordered the main forces to pursue and bite down on the enemy’s rear-guard legion.

He didn’t know what was happening outside, but since the enemy was retreating, the fourth division’s task was to ensure the enemy didn’t pull back so smoothly.

However, when the main force of the Fourth Division chased out, Marshal Gray Crow’s face revealed a slight smile, and he immediately said to a sword-bearing worshipper beside him:

“Please make your move.”

The sword-bearing worshipper nodded and left.

A few minutes later, powerful energy fluctuations emanated from the camp, and soon thousands of Grey Crow people took flight, using the cover of night to leave the main force.

Half an hour later, a force of over twenty thousand Crowmen, most of whom had awakened a portion of their bloodline equivalent to Level 2 or Level 3 wizard apprentices, had circled to the rear of the Fourth Division. Simultaneously, the retreating Crowmen who had been fighting suddenly stopped to set up defenses, with several of the main forces in the back switching from retreat to attack, hitting from both sides.

When Lin Xiao received the news and hurriedly finished dealing with the aftermath and led his troops to the scene, what he saw was the Grey Crowman Army cleaning the battlefield, with the corpses of the Sea Clan and Feathered Snakes signifying the defeat of the Fourth Division. Judging by the number of corpses, the losses were heavy.

Fortunately, defeating the main force of the Fourth Division had not been easy, and Lin Xiao’s timely arrival meant that the auxiliary troops and logistics within the Fourth Division’s camp had all been evacuated, having retreated back to the Third Division’s camp to regroup.

Both sides stood off briefly, assessing each other’s strength before Lin Xiao ordered his troops to fall back.

The Grey Crow people were also concerned about the situation back at their own camp and had no desire to continue the battle, watching as his main forces retreated.

Back at the camp, Lin Xiao saw the severely injured commander of the Fourth Division, the Feathered Serpent Nolan, along with the remnants of the Fourth Division.

From the previous battle, less than forty thousand of the main force of the Fourth Division who managed to retreat alive were left—this division was essentially crippled.

In the camp, Nolan, who had improved significantly after consuming a large amount of Blood-flesh Essence, admonished him:

“The enemy’s commander is extremely formidable. Despite considering myself battle-hardened and experienced, I was still outmaneuvered. Lin Xiao, you must be cautious as the division commander.”

Lin Xiao nodded earnestly:

“Rest assured, I will be cautious.”

Nolan nodded, glanced at the less than half remaining high-ranking officers, sighed, and said:

“I have a discourteous request. I will hand over command of the Fourth Division to you, Division Commander Lin Xiao. Please lead us and hold out until reinforcement from the corps commander arrives.”

Lin Xiao pondered for a moment before responding:

“Why don’t you lead them yourself? Your injury is severe, but your condition has improved a lot. If you don’t fight and just command, it shouldn’t be a problem.”

The Feathered Serpent Nolan shook his head and said:

“With a formidable enemy at our doorstep, how can military orders be disjointed? After all, we are not of the same allegiance. Once a major battle begins, any delay in commands could ruin everything.”

Lin Xiao was left speechless by these words and could only nod in agreement:

“Then, I shall temporarily take command until your injuries have healed, and you can take back control.”

“Thank you for your hard work!”

Exiting Nolan’s tent, Lin Xiao’s face bore no joy.

This was hardly good news; in fact, it was like holding onto a hot potato.

As they were both part of the regular military of the Empire, their divisions could not simply be merged; thus, the already battered and leader-injured Fourth Division without a top fighter in charge was a burden.

Yet, he couldn’t simply ignore them, not unless he wanted to give up on his position in the Sea King Empire.

It was unfortunate that the other Rank 4 powerhouse from Nolan’s Fourth Division had fallen in battle; otherwise, there would be no need for Lin Xiao to take over.

Fortunately, the benefits of joining the Sea King Empire had proven to be greater than the responsibilities. Not to mention power, he had already gained considerable advantage by participating in the conquest of this Crow World. If he could fully Conquer this world and reach his expected benefits, perhaps he could even succeed in manifesting the Titan Ancient God Body in this world.

If it weren’t for this prospect—of potentially manifesting the Titan True Body—he wouldn’t have been interested in joining any forces.

Even if the souls and Blood Energy plundered from one world were insufficient, conquering another would undoubtedly suffice.

By lingering in this world for a while and Conquering more worlds, he might be able to restore all the strength of his True Body.

His True Body possessed Weak Divine Power, with actual strength nearing Medium Divine Power, akin to a top-tier Level 7 Wizard in the Wizard World. According to his estimates, after manifesting his True Body once, his recognition within the Wizard World would be significantly high, and the suppression he faced from the Wizard World would be at its lowest. Subsequently, as long as he continued to grow stronger, he would naturally and gradually regain the strength of his True Body.

In other words, once he managed to manifest his True Body once, the True Body suppressed within the True Spirit would gradually recover, until it fully restored the Body of Titan Ancient God and Powerful Divine Power. At that time, he would become an immensely powerful Level 7 Wizard.