My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 575 - 510: Arrive at the Royal Capital (Large - )_2

Chapter 575: Chapter 510: Arrive at the Royal Capital (Large Chapter)_2

This was his real objective.

...

The issues in Town West City had come to a conclusion.

While Tang Yu was contemplating, Zabol and several others had already set off for the Royal Capital.

Floating airships were too obvious of a target; Zabol and his group traveled in a third-generation Floating Chariot, extremely fast, enough to compete with the speed of a Senior Transcendent. Most importantly, its capacity for concealment was excellent, and it could even shield Transcendent aura.

This kind of Vehicle was highly coveted by the people from the Duke Mansion.

Thus, for the sake of mutual friendship, Green Shadow sold a Floating Chariot to the Town West City Lord Mansion at the equivalent material price of 200 million Source Crystals.

At this moment,

out of the three Floating Chariots heading to the Royal Capital, one belonged to the Town West City Lord Mansion, and it carried two Transcendents.

The other two Chariots, one carried Zabol and Grey Blade, and the other Lorraine and the Wolf Girl Fani... Initially, the bamboo rat Li was also on the list for the first group heading to the Royal Capital since Illusion Technique was useful most times, but the bamboo rat seemed to be in a bad mood.

Boom!

Black tentacles tore through the earth, descending like a giant net towards the Floating Chariots.

"Switch to manual control mode!"

"Energy-gathering Cannon charging!"

"Old driver is starting to race!"

Each black tentacle, thick and burly, emerged from the ground, and every strike had enough power to destroy a mountain.

Even a third-generation Floating Chariot, if swept by these black tentacles, the Defensive Array could likely suffer severe damage.

At this moment,

among the countless black tentacles, the three Floating Chariots nimbly navigated like fish.

The one from the Duke Mansion, operated a bit stiffly, lacking spirit, but as it was Senior Transcend, its reflexes were excellent, and it forcefully maneuvered the Chariot through the gaps where black tentacles crisscrossed.

"What creature is this? We should have released no aura, right?"

Lorraine, controlling the steering wheel, asked excitedly despite it being a question.

After flying over the gloomy wilderness for more than a day, she was nearly bursting with boredom, eager to battle this unknown creature.

"It should be a Tentactle."

Zabol said gravely, "Tentactles are massive dark creatures with Transcendent Combat Power. They are highly sensitive to all movements around them. We just flew over a Tentactle, which provoked it to react abruptly.

Its vitality is terrifyingly tough; even if all of us strike with full force, it might not be possible to annihilate it... What’s urgent now is to quickly leave Tentactle’s hunting range."

"Right!"

General Dulu from the Duke Mansion agreed, "Tentactles generally root themselves in their ’territory’ and move slowly. As long as we fly out of this area, we will be safe."

In the meantime,

more and more black tentacles emerged from the ground.

The earth cracked, and soil and rocks flew everywhere.

The next moment,

Boom!

The ground fiercely collapsed downward a thousand meters, revealing a massive hole.

A creature resembling a meatball, with countless densely packed tentacles each hundreds of meters long, surfaced from beneath the ground.

With a speed not at all slow, its huge body gracefully floated forward, chasing the fleeing prey.

Dozens of flesh tentacles formed a giant black hand that reached forward, grabbing towards one of the Floating Chariots.

"How is this possible! Aren’t Tentactles generally rooted underground, barely moving? And since when do Tentactles have such speed?!"

General Dulu was horrified, handling the Floating Chariot, dodging as sweat beads appeared on his forehead.

Without this divine-tier Vehicle, if it were just himself, he might have cooled down already.

However,

he caught a glimpse of the massive meatball moving incredibly fast, with new attack methods that were exceptionally flexible. A single mistake...

Whoosh!

A dazzling beam of light burst from one side, piercing through the giant black hand-formed from dozens of flesh tentacles. The giant hand disintegrated into countless tentacles, but quickly, one after another black hand formed.

General Dulu, still not recovered, saw a Floating Chariot moving in reverse, its main cannon’s blinding light gathering, and circles after circles of Rune Arrays also appeared on its body.

He widened his eyes, stunned for a moment, nearly getting hit by a tentacle.

Such courage, General Dulu admitted he could not compare.

Lorraine, who never had much courage, lived by a simple creed: fight if she could win, and if she couldn’t... shoot once and run.

In the past, she had amassed a huge debt that she couldn’t repay to her creditors, and had no choice but to flee to a foreign land.

She saw the giant tentacle as something she could tackle.

After all, with the Return City Scroll in her grasp, she could escape at any moment, smeared in dirt, and possibly save someone along the way, expanding her network for times when she might need to borrow money again.

"Get the hell away from me!"

Lorraine showed off her driving skills, zipping through the streets.

In the backseat, Fani’s sharp ears twitched, her eyes concentrated as she controlled numerous weapons, firing beams of light that struck the tentacle in the face.

On another Floating Chariot, Zabol held an Intermediate Reconnaissance Crystal in his hand, his expression tense.

His understanding of the tentacle, like that of General Dulu, was about the same.

However, the information gathered from the crystal made it clear: the tentacle had undoubtedly evolved.

Humans became stronger through Cultivation, but Dark Creatures, it seemed, did not need to cultivate.

They simply evolved over and over.

How they evolved and under what conditions, Zabol was unclear.

His mood only grew heavier.

Minutes later,

the three Floating Chariots had shaken off the fleshly tentacles and recalibrated their navigation systems, setting off towards the Royal Capital.

After flying for a total of more than two days and encountering numerous dangers, they finally neared the Capital City of the Aino Kingdom.

As they approached the Royal Capital, the desolate landscape showed slight improvement.

Sparse trees and tangled weeds lined the area; a small river babbled as it flowed by.

There were also abandoned houses everywhere, their forms obscured by decades of neglect.

"All these are the villages around the Royal Capital, which was a relatively safe area before the Black Tide outbreak, rarely troubled by Thieves or Mutant Beasts, but now..."

Zabol shook his head.

Although there was some greenery on the land, more prevalent were the grotesque Dark Creatures wandering everywhere.

The howling was ceaseless.

General Dulu was surprised, his voice emitted from the communication device in the Floating Chariot, "Why are there so many Dark Creatures around the Royal Capital? It’s too prone to triggering the Black Tide!"

Though Town West City explored the outer world infrequently, they still organized armies periodically to exterminate Dark Creatures, not to mention some mining areas located outside the city.

Some freelance mercenaries also made a living by hunting Dark Creatures and collecting Source Crystals.

Human activity was bound to be detected around the city walls.

Yet, the region around the Royal Capital appeared deserted.

This was not a good sign!

Zabol heaved a light sigh,

"Because of the ’Eternal Wall,’ the Royal Capital doesn’t worry about the impact of the Black Tide; at most, the city defense soldiers would briefly venture outside the walls after the impact to collect materials from Dark Creatures."

"Some mercenaries might plan to leave the city, but whether the ’Eternal Wall’ gates are open is controlled by the City Defense Army, who has no intention of granting the mercenaries freedom to come and go."

"This ’Eternal Wall’...?" General Dulu grew more perplexed.

Zabol slowly explained, "The former Royal Capital was fortified with two sets of walls, with the Inner City walls standing sixty meters high and the outer city walls one hundred meters. The ’Eternal Wall,’ however, is built along the outermost perimeter of the Royal Capital, standing a majestic 135 meters tall.

Visually, the ’Eternal Wall’ doesn’t seem much larger, but in reality, its defensive capabilities far exceed those of the outer city walls.

There were experiments conducted where even a full-strength strike from a Transcendent Tier couldn’t leave a mark on the ’Eternal Wall.’ It features anti-air and anti-invisibility capabilities, as well as penetration resistance, among others.

Most importantly, the protection range of the ’Eternal Wall’ is vast, extending the original Royal Capital by dozens of times, essentially creating a miniature world inside where the nobility, lacking no resources, have no desire to venture outside."

Zabol was still puzzled.

When the Black Tide erupted, the situation in the Royal Capital was not great.

From what he understood, many prominent figures had disappeared in the first decade, presumably perished.

Yet, in the twenty-eighth year after the Black Tide outbreak, the ’Eternal Wall’ was abruptly built, and from then on, the Royal Capital turned from danger to safety.

The Royal Family also began to shift from endless battles to focusing on managing the vast territory around the Royal Capital.

Lost in thought,

the majestic Eternal Wall appeared before their eyes.

The Floating Chariot had switched to land movements and remained hidden in the bushes, not getting too close.

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