The Tiger Chieftain, Amber, felt his throat as dry as if he had walked for an entire day in the scorching desert sun without seeing a single drop of water. He could clearly hear the sound of himself swallowing. Even though Amber was a fearless man, one of the most powerful heroes in the Shirethe Alliance, he was filled with immense fear by the bizarre scene before him.
"These... followers of Gohr... are they screaming? They should be, right? Are they?" He seemed to be talking to himself, yet also seeking confirmation from the other leaders.
"Judging by their mouths and postures, most likely..." The Lion King of the Lion Tribe also swallowed hard.
"This is really just... sucking out the air?" Nasbir looked at Aiden with a mixture of fear and curiosity. "Lord Aiden, I've seen people die from suffocation, and they don't look like this."
This Zodanger General wore an expression that said, "I don't know much, so don't try to fool me."
The others all had the same question.
If Aiden had told them that this was an ultra-powerful forbidden spell capable of causing widespread silence and causing the lifeforms within it to explode, these well-informed leaders and generals of the Shirethe Allied Forces would have readily accepted it. But half an hour ago, Aiden had personally told them that he only needed to suck out the air.
But was this really the kind of damage that could be caused by sucking out the air?
Although the leaders were happy to see that the vast majority of the Black Sun Legion's main force of over a hundred thousand had suddenly died before even reaching the first line of defense, to the point where blood gathered and formed black torrents at the foot of the hill, such methods were still too incredible and shocking.
Of the Black Sun Legion's 150,000-strong main attack force, apart from the first few thousand who rushed out of Aiden's preset range in advance, and some of the Flamebringers in the sky who struggled to fly high and escape the area, as well as some who ran back in time at the rear, the vast majority became part of the corpses.
Of course, some who were inherently very powerful were still able to escape the calamity. But the loss had already been done, and what's more, even the commander, Morpheus, was scared out of his wits—Mount Khadar had become a cursed place for them. Without knowing what means the enemy had used, Morpheus would never dare to launch an attack rashly.
Even if he dared to issue the order, the surviving soldiers under his command would not dare to go.
Moreover, after suffering such a severe loss, his position as legion commander was likely to be over...
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On the platform, Aiden recalled his limited knowledge of physics, organized his words, and then explained to the leaders: "If we pump the air out of a glass bottle and then seal it, it will create a vacuum environment. The propagation of sound requires the vibration of a 'medium.' In a vacuum environment, there is no medium, so sound will not propagate. And the gas already present in a vacuum environment will be pulled by external forces until the bubbles break through their original confinement and merge into the vacuum, diluting the vacuum."
He paused for a moment and pointed to the gruesome corpses on the hillside: "Our blood vessels and lungs contain tiny air bubbles. So when flesh and blood creatures are directly exposed to a vacuum environment, the air bubbles inside their bodies are forcibly pulled out. It is this force that causes their bodies to swell and crack."
"Really just because the air was sucked out?" The leaders, having been given a science lesson, were still somewhat unable to believe it.
Such a simple method, without the need for powerful arcane energy, nor massive amounts of explosives or poison gas, easily wiped out hundreds of thousands of enemies!
Aurelia nudged Khadgar with her elbow and said to the mage, "It seems you were right after all. I really underestimated Lord Aiden..."
She remembered that she had previously speculated that his spells could at most cause "thousands upon thousands" of casualties, but reality was full of "surprises..."
"Ha, you'll slowly understand in the future." Khadgar revealed an interested expression. He said, excitedly, "Aurelia, Turalyon, have you noticed? Although Lord Aiden uses very simple methods, they contain knowledge that we have never explored before. I have a feeling that this is a completely new field! You haven't seen the weapons and equipment from Aiden's homeland that the Valoran Federation is equipped with. That's a completely new system that doesn't rely on arcane arts or any magical energy!"
He talked incessantly: "I must find a chance to systematically understand it. This is the field I love!"
"Yes, with your intelligence, you certainly can." Turalyon patted the mage on the shoulder.
But Turalyon immediately thought of something else, and his smile gradually faded.
The red sun, the red earth—he was almost certain that the prophecy of his death that he had seen in Karazhan was here, in the Land of Exile.
The red sun was "Xia," and the red earth—after the lava that Gohr would spew out tomorrow due to tearing the earth apart gradually solidified, a large area of the Land of Exile would become like that.
"What's wrong, Khadgar?" The sensitive Aurelia immediately noticed that her old friend had suddenly become depressed.
"Ah? Oh, it's nothing, just thought of something else." Khadgar forced a smile and changed the subject.
Seeing the corpses covering dozens of miles and the rivers and lakes formed by the black blood gathering at the foot of the mountain, the leaders of the Shirethe Allied Forces, who had originally been dissatisfied with Aiden, who had suddenly descended from the sky and directly become their supreme leader, were finally convinced.
Not only convinced, but also both respectful and fearful.
Before this, the Allied Forces' leaders' understanding of Aiden's combat power was limited to the events on the Gobi Desert when they had just crossed over, when they had faced tens of thousands of demons. Now, they fully realized how terrifying the power hidden within this human, who usually didn't show his strength, was.
Kayle approached Aiden and asked in a low voice, "Commander, the Scepter—"
Aiden fully understood the meaning of Kayle's concise words. His originally relaxed expression suddenly became serious, and he said with a wry smile, "I can't refuse. The Scepter and the Gem are originally Sargeras's. If I don't give them to him, he can take them himself. Moreover, in the situation just now, if he had used his authority to cut off my control over the Eye of Sargeras, then all my previous efforts would have been in vain."
He frowned and continued, "But his attitude is very intriguing. Did you notice? He said he wasn't my enemy, and he invited me to watch a good show after dawn. What do you think he's going to do?"
Kayle pointed to the sky.
"Just as I guessed." Aiden nodded. "He took the Scepter, I'm afraid it's for this matter."
Morpheus's army suffered the most painful and humiliating defeat of their lives at Khadar Outpost. He lost over a hundred thousand troops, but didn't even kill a single enemy.
The bizarre situation on the battlefield had deeply rooted fear in Morpheus's heart. Before he figured out the situation, he dared not command the troops to attack again.
What's more, with the less than one hundred thousand remnants he now had in his hands, even if the terrifying spell that had caused his failure would no longer work, he couldn't possibly conquer Khadar Outpost with a head-on assault.
Although the remaining troops were still stationed dozens of miles away, they had completely failed.
Such a huge loss could not be concealed. Whoever went to report the news would have to face Gohr's thunderous rage.
Morpheus now showed the responsibility of a commander. He was heartbroken and ordered the adjutant to defend in place, absolutely not to launch an attack, and then dragged his heavily wounded body to meet the Sun God Gohr.
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"What! Say it again!"
The enraged Gohr roared.
In the past few hours, apart from the initial ambush by Mu'sha, which seriously injured Gohr, everything else had gone much smoother. The other three legion commanders under his command were responsible for attacking the Burning Legion, and had already broken through three lines of defense, and were already attacking the Burning Legion's base camp.
These three Faceless Ones and Flamebringer Overlords reported that after the Moon Mu'sha descended the mountain, the Black Sun Legion would be able to occupy the Burning Legion's base camp and plant Gohr's banner on the enemy's command post!
This news put Gohr in a great mood.
He heard that Morpheus had teleported over, and thought that this wise and courageous Qio Er marshal had conquered the target earlier than the other three overlords, so he personally came to deliver the good news.
Such a move was completely in line with Morpheus's consistent style.
So Gohr was in an unusually excited mood to personally greet Morpheus.
He even thought: If Morpheus really conquered Khadar Outpost so quickly, then it meant that he had probably solved the Shirethe Allied Forces with only one charge.
Didn't this further prove the weakness and incompetence of Mu'sha's followers?
Thinking of this, Gohr was extremely excited.
"Hmph, Mu'sha, you dare to ambush me, I will eliminate your followers and collect some interest first! We'll settle the total account after dawn!"
Gohr would certainly not use his true form to greet the "triumphant" marshal. He transformed into a human with dark skin but wearing white armor.
The Sun God saw Morpheus kneeling on the ground in his palace. He could tell at a glance that this Qio Er man was seriously injured, and his expression suddenly became more gentle and amiable—didn't this prove that Morpheus was injured because he took the lead?
Gohr thought again, feeling that only when the commander was so desperate could the Black Sun Legion possibly conquer Khadar Outpost in one fell swoop.
"You're back, Morpheus!" Gohr was beaming and personally went forward to help him up. "Get up, get up quickly. Say whatever you have to say standing up!"
Morpheus met Gohr's excited and expectant gaze, and immediately lowered his head in shame, and told the story of the encounter at Mount Khadar in an extremely heavy tone.
"What! Say it again!"
In Gohr's roar, Morpheus hurriedly knelt down again…