Cultivating Through The Game-Chapter 459 - 277: Dark Sun_2
If there really is no choice...
In the blink of an eye, two days passed. Just as Lu Yu was preparing to head to the Fire Rain Mountain secret realm, a peculiar change appeared in the sky. Today's sun seemed a bit dimmer.
Lu Yu squinted, looking towards the sun, and in a daze, he saw a black edge appear at the sun's rim.
After a while, the black edge grew, and it was clearly visible around the sun's boundary, more and more parts turning black, causing the sun's glow to dim even further.
The streets of Beifeng City became chaotic; everyone hurried back to their homes, nervously watching the changes in the sun. Many Martial Cultivators felt a subtle change in the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth.
It seemed to become much thinner, and there was an inexplicable force different from Spiritual Qi, impossible to absorb or refine.
Lu Yu sensed the power within his right hand becoming active, and the strange force in the sky seemed to share the same origin as the power of annihilation.
He "saw" the black parts on his palm beginning to spread, continuously tainting his bones, turning them into a black jade color.
Lu Yu's face showed a slight grimace. He still didn't know what would happen when the bones turned black jade, and the unknown was the most terrifying.
Unconsciously, the world completely darkened, and Lu Yu received the news that today's selection contest for the Fire Rain Mountain secret realm was canceled.
However, the Fire Rain Mountain secret realm still opened. Rather than saying it opened, it was more like the secret realm automatically unlatched its doors. A large amount of fire Spiritual Qi spewed from the entrance, along with a massive number of fire spirits and fire infants.
The sky turned red, and within Beifeng City, Lu Yu could see the sky over Fire Rain Mountain a hundred miles away dyed red. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
The army stationed at Cyan Mountain Town had already been deployed outside the Fire Rain Mountain secret realm to prevent the fire spirits and fire infants from rushing out.
The army couldn't deal with the Demon Generals, but it could effectively combat the vast numbers of the fire spirit race, whose individual power wasn't very strong.
The only downside was that the army's defense line had nearly no effect on the fire spirit race.
All the fire spirits and fire infants rode the fire clouds out of the army's encirclement, leaving the army only able to intercept some of the lower-flying fire spirits.
"Report to Beifeng City, the fire spirit race from the Fire Rain Mountain secret realm has broken out, flying towards Beifeng City," said the stationed general to the messenger at his side.
The messenger had just intended to set off when a loud noise came from the entrance of the Fire Rain Mountain secret realm. The mountains shook as a colossal flame arm appeared at the entrance.
Even across the entrance, the general could see a thin golden rune chain bound on the surface of the flame arm.
The golden rune chain, under the flame arm's tug, had thinned to the extreme, threatening to break and disappear, which made everyone witnessing this feel alarmed.
Bang~ The mountains trembled as the flame arm again tried to burst through the Fire Rain Mountain secret realm entrance.
The general gravely spoke to his numerous commanders, "Lead your troops away from here to Beifeng City. Those with strength above the fourth layer of the Sea of Qi realm stay behind, everyone else evacuate."
"General..." One of the commanders couldn't help saying. His strength was just at the third layer of the Sea of Qi realm, so he was among those to leave.
The general interrupted him, saying unyieldingly, "This is an order. Everyone execute the military command!"
"Commanders below the third layer of the Sea of Qi realm, including those at the third layer, lead the army back to Beifeng City to defend it and aid its garrison troops. Commanders above the fourth layer stay here and hold the line with me."
He didn't want his soldiers to sacrifice themselves pointlessly. They hadn't practiced the combined attack array; staying here would be futile.
Maybe they could deal with the fire spirits a bit, but against the fiery giant shadow within the Fire Rain Mountain secret realm, they would just be cannon fodder, serving no purpose.
The orders from above were for them to hold this position and prevent the fire spirits inside the secret realm from escaping.
Now that the fire spirits had broken out and couldn't be stopped, without receiving retreat orders, they couldn't fully withdraw.
The general substituted himself and his commanders as a line of defense in place of the army, privately making the decision to retreat the troops.
The responsibility of the army, they would assume, letting the soldiers evacuate from here.
He considered that Martial Cultivators above the fourth layer of the Sea of Qi realm had certain flight and escape abilities, giving them a slight chance to flee when facing the fiery giant shadow.
If the fiery giant shadow disregarded them, their chances of survival were high.
Boom! The fiery giant hand slapped the Fire Rain Mountain secret realm's entrance, the golden chain on its arm dimming to the brink of disappearance.
The fiery giant shadow struck again, its surface golden chains breaking inch by inch, and its overwhelming power surged from within, unleashing all its power without restraint.
Boom! A fire pillar with a diameter of several dozen meters burst from the Fire Rain Mountain secret realm, shooting skyward, igniting the entire sky, with clouds burning, illuminating the world in the pitch-black sky.
The sun in the sky had only a thin ring of light remaining, symbolizing that the sun still existed and hadn't disappeared.
But the sunlight was no longer sufficient to illuminate the earth, casting a dusky, burning sky as the most conspicuous sight.
Whoosh~ The fiery giant shadow squeezed out from the Fire Rain Mountain secret realm's exit, its body rapidly enlarging between heaven and earth, quickly exceeding a kilometer, resembling a deity of fire.
