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Jiang Chen stepped forward, heading straight toward the heart of Death Queen Island. High above, the battle between Ikki and Zhang Tao raged on. Their fierce clash sent shockwaves rippling through the sky, shaking the entire island with violent tremors.
Towering waves surged outward in every direction, casting the area into a scene of utter chaos, as if the end of the world had descended.
Beyond the island's shores,
The spreading black mist suddenly froze in place.
Li Jiangping, Liu Chaoxiong, and the others couldn't help but let out a breath of relief.
"I-It's stopped!" Li Jiangping's voice trembled slightly as he spoke with a flicker of joy spreading across his face.
The surrounding figures visibly relaxed. The most terrifying part of a Dimensional Descent Event was its endless spread. Now that it had halted, it meant the disaster was, at least for now, contained.
"Mr. Jiang Chen is truly remarkable!" Liu Chaoxiong couldn't help but voice his admiration and Li Jiangping gave a slow nod in agreement.
It had only been around fifteen minutes since Jiang Chen and Zhang Tao had descended into the core zone, and already, the expansion of the Rift had ceased.
At this pace, there was real hope the entire invasion could be neutralized soon.
"Hahaha! If this is resolved, we might win dozens of Gate Slots!" Someone shouted excitedly with their eyes gleaming with anticipation.
This was a Tier Beyond Ninth World.
A haul of dozens of Gate Slots could catapult the entire Great Xia Federation to a whole new level. In this second era of Dimensional Descent, every fragment of strength was precious beyond measure.
"Old Liu! Return at once, deploy the Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird Legions to this region! And have the White Tiger and Black Tortoise Legions begin purging the surrounding Dimensional Breaches immediately!" Suddenly struck by inspiration, Li Jiangping turned to Liu Chaoxiong and issued orders swiftly.
"Understood!" Liu Chaoxiong gave a sharp nod and vanished without hesitation.
The Four Great Legions were originally held in reserve as a last line of defense. But now that this area had stabilized, it was time to take decisive action and restore order across the Federation's territory.
Liu Chaoxiong's figure disappeared into a blur of motion.
…
One day later,
Two colossal military forces arrived in West Sea Province.
The Azure Dragon Legion and the Vermilion Bird Legion, two of the Great Xia Federation's most formidable elite units.
As the Federation's core pillars of power, each legion was comprised of five thousand top-tier warriors. Even the weakest among them were Second-Tier combatants, while their commanders were formidable experts approaching Peak Sixth-Tier.
In previous campaigns, a single legion had been enough to suppress an entire Peak Sixth-Tier World.
Together, with support from orbital weapon platforms, all four legions could hold the line against a Tier-7 Realm.
Even with just these two present, their presence was overwhelming.
Their strength was further proven when the Black Tortoise and White Tiger Legions soon deployed and swiftly crushed chaotic outbreaks across multiple sectors.
Places capable of annihilating Tier-3 base cities, or even unleashing destructive forces capable of threatening Tier-2 strongholds, were pacified in short order by the two legions.
At the same time, a flood of Dimensional Access Opportunities and Rift-related Data Crystals began pouring in from across the sector. If the Great Xia Federation made it through this storm intact, the number of Extraordinary-tier warriors among its citizens would no doubt soar dramatically.
And while the Black Tortoise and White Tiger Legions mobilized in unison,
In Xuanwu City,
A fierce battle was already underway.
One side blazed with violet chakra flames, it was Jiang Xi.
The other side was a monstrous being with wild hair, a single cyclopean eye, and a towering, muscular frame.
At this moment, the armor covering the creature's body was crumbling, plate by plate.
"What overwhelming strength… But... you made a grave mistake. This armor wasn't for protection. It was a seal. And now, you've shattered it." A deep, resonant voice rolled across the battlefield like thunder. Boros turned to face the violet-flamed warrior, his lone eye gleaming with anticipation.
"Oh? Is that so? Well then, this is about to get interesting!" Jiang Xi chuckled as she spokeee while eyes brimmed with fearless excitement. Though she could feel Boros's power surging wildly, not even a trace of concern crossed her face.
"You're going to regret it!"
BOOM!
Boros's power erupted with a thunderous blast, and in the blink of an eye, his figure vanished. In the next moment, he reappeared right in front of Jiang Xi.
BANG!
His punch hurtled forward like a meteor crashing from the heavens and a massive shockwave tore through the sky, the atmosphere itself buckling under the pressure.
But then, Boros's smug expression abruptly stiffened and his eye widened in disbelief. Because at that very instant, a small, delicate-looking hand had calmly reached forward, and stopped his punch cold.
The devastating shockwave he'd unleashed didn't even ripple out.
"H-How... how is this possible?" Boros stared, utterly stunned. His face twisted with disbelief as the sheer impossibility of the moment sank in.
He hadn't held back on that punch, yet Jiang Xi blocked it effortlessly, like swatting away a breeze.
"You've got decent strength," She said coolly. "Had I not consumed the God Tree Fruit, I might've struggled to match you."
"But now... it's still not enough."
As she spoke, Jiang Xi raised one hand. In her palm, several spinning chakra prayer beads manifested out of thin air.
They began to rotate at high speed.
"Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"
Her voice rang out, calm and crisp. Instantly, the beads were engulfed in a soft purple glow, forming a radiant silver ring. From its core, a monstrous vortex erupted.
BOOM!
The massive tornado twisted into a cataclysmic shockwave and roared straight toward Boros.
BOOM!
RUMBLE!
The heavens trembled as the descending dimensional space was nearly torn asunder in one strike.
Caught off guard, Boros was consumed by the blast before he could react. The power of the Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion disintegrated his body cell by cell. Crimson blood burst through the air as fragments of flesh scattered across the battlefield.
His eyes, still wide open, froze in a final stare of disbelief and horror. But in the very next instant... the fragments of torn flesh and blood began to gather again.
BOOM!
Boros's aura surged wildly once more.
"Hahaha! Now this is what I'm talking about! Only a worthy opponent deserves to fall by my hand!"
His booming laughter echoed across the void, energy spiking with every word.
BOOM!
His overwhelming power expanded rapidly, making the entire dimension shake and groan in response. All around them, the watching warriors and cultivators instinctively backed away, their eyes filled with alarm.
"Th-this aura..."
"Wh-what kind of monster is he?!"
"Sweet Kami..."
"Hisss..."
"Can a Great Xia student even handle something like this?"
One by one, shock crept into their expressions.
(To Be Continued…)