readbooksol Chapter 244 Overt Schemes and Crushing Strike
Chapter 244 Overt Schemes and Crushing Strike
Lin Tian slowly turned around and looked at Xiao Tianhao. In his deep eyes, it seemed as if stars were rising and falling.
"Commander Xiao, do you know what the best way is to deal with an enemy who's lurking in the shadows and constantly tripping you up?"
Before Xiao Tianhao could answer, Lin Tian gave his answer:
"Instead of waiting for him to come to you fully prepared, we'll find his hideout directly, drag him out, and wipe out his entire operation."
He patted the Star-Devouring Staff at his waist, his tone carrying a chilling calmness:
"Since he wants to use these small fry as bait, then I'll take his bait. It's also good that I need his help to find my way, so I don't have to slowly search for the location of Dark Erosion City in this boundless abyss."
"As for the trap..." Lin Tian chuckled lightly, his laughter brimming with unparalleled confidence and arrogance.
"In the face of absolute power, so-called traps are nothing but clay chickens and earthenware dogs, which can be crushed underfoot."
Just then, an even louder roar came from below the city wall.
Looking over, everyone saw another, slightly larger mixed group of monsters, about two or three hundred in number, surging in from the northwest. They no longer lingered, but instead let out a provocative collective roar.
Then it turned and rushed towards the Withered Canyon like the receding tide, its movement seeming to say—"Come on!"
Celia's eyes flashed with a cold light as she looked at Lin Tian.
Lin Tian no longer hesitated and said to Xiao Tianhao, "Commander Xiao, I'm entrusting the fortress to you. Hold this position and wait for my return."
After saying that, he swayed and floated down from the city wall, which was tens of meters high, like a feather, and landed steadily on the scorched ground outside the city.
Celia followed closely behind, her figure blending into the shadows, inseparable from him.
Standing atop the city wall, Xiao Tianhao gazed at the man and the demon, facing the complex and unspoken gazes of countless soldiers, and resolutely walked towards the darkness where the demon had retreated, towards the known death trap.
He opened his mouth, but all his words of dissuasion ultimately turned into a long sigh and a whisper that only he could hear:
"May you... have great success in your military campaigns."
An unusual wave has already begun.
Lin Tian, a man with godlike power, stepped into the center of the wave with an overwhelming momentum.
The game between hunter and prey officially began from this moment.
However, it remains to be seen who the real hunter is.
......
The moment they stepped out of the fortress's protective barrier, a viscous and malevolent aura of the abyss surged forth like a tangible tide, attempting to erode Lin Tian and Celia's protective energy.
The air was filled with a mixture of sulfur, putrid stench, and some kind of mental pollution, enough to cause hallucinations in those with weak minds.
However, this had no effect on Lin Tian and Celia.
It was as if an invisible force field existed around Lin Tian, quietly repelling and annihilating all the foul energy that approached.
His strong basic attributes allowed him to maintain absolute clarity even in this chaotic land.
Celia was completely at home. As a former abyss noble, the environment here was even "familiar" to her. With a slight flow of shadow power within her, she isolated herself from the influence of the outside world.
The two walked slowly, but each step they took was like shrinking the distance between them, quickly moving away from the gradually blurring outline of the fortress and deep into the scorched earth shrouded in ominousness.
The entrance to the Withered Canyon resembles a gaping maw ready to devour its prey, flanked by jagged, twisted black rock walls that appear to wail in agony.
Before even entering, the deafening roars of monsters echoed like thunder from the depths of the canyon, interspersed with the piercing noise of claws scraping against rocks, making one's teeth ache.
"It seems the 'welcome ceremony' is well-prepared." Celia sneered, toying with a wisp of leaping shadow energy in her hand.
Lin Tian remained expressionless, his divine sense already having thoroughly investigated the situation near the canyon entrance.
The number of monsters gathered here far exceeds the total number that roamed the outskirts of the fortress before; they are so densely packed that they almost block the entire canyon passage.
From the lowest-level Lesser Demons and Abyssal Worms to the slightly more threatening Skeleton Warriors and Frenzied Demons, the levels are generally between 45 and 55, resembling a chaotic monster market.
Their eyes burned with a frenzied red light, but beneath that frenzy, there seemed to be a hint of numbness, forcibly driven by a higher will.
"Clean it up," Lin Tian said calmly, without even stopping.
Celia bowed slightly: "Yes, Brother Tian."
Her figure flickered and disappeared as if blending into the shadows.
The next moment, from the monster horde at the canyon entrance, several sharp, shadowy thorns suddenly shot out from the ground, instantly piercing and tearing apart more than a dozen monsters!
【Shadow Thorns】Under Celia's restored power, it displays astonishing destructive power.
The monster horde instantly erupted, roaring as they charged toward the spot where Celia had appeared.
However, Celia's figure once again merged into the darkness, flickering like a ghost at the edge of the monster horde. Each appearance was accompanied by the mental impact of the [Succubus's Kiss], plunging hordes of monsters into a chaotic state of "loss of mind and soul," causing them to kill each other.
She didn't go deep inside, but efficiently cleared the monsters in the entrance area to clear a path for Lin Tian.
These low-level monsters couldn't even prevent her from using her third skill.
Lin Tian didn't even glance at the battle over there; his gaze was fixed on the depths of the canyon, where even more and stronger demonic auras were surging.
He raised his right hand, but the Star Devouring Staff did not appear; he simply spread his five fingers slightly.
Arcane Explosion!
Without any chanting or warning, a violent surge of purple arcane energy erupted from him, spreading outwards into the canyon like a shockwave!
"boom--!"
Damage numbers flooded the screen like a waterfall, and as far as the eye could see, the monsters crammed into the canyon fell, shattered, and annihilated in swathes, like wheat fields swept by a raging storm!
With a single strike, all the monsters within a hundred meters ahead were wiped out, leaving behind a ground littered with shimmering copper coins and a small amount of materials.
Lin Tian continued walking without stopping, stepping over the corpses and ashes of the demons, and calmly entered the canyon.
After Celia finished dealing with the remaining debris at the entrance, she silently followed half a step behind him.
The canyon was dimly lit, with only a few mosses on the rock walls emitting a pale green glow providing faint illumination.
However, more demons surged forth from the darkness ahead like a flood bursting its banks, trampling over the corpses of their companions as they fearlessly charged toward Lin Tian.
Lin Tian still showed no intention of using a powerful skill.
With a casual wave of his left hand, a scorching [Fire Rain] spell descended upon the area where monsters were most densely packed, continuously burning and reducing their defenses.