Gou in the world of comprehension

Chapter 1439 The Great Battle Has Only Just Begun

The spirit-gathering banners hanging from the eaves of this base, hidden in the vast valley, fluttered in the mountain wind.

Countless disciples in brocade robes floated above the base; they were all disciples sent in by various families of the "Guangfa Dao Sect".

They came here for the comfortable and easy jobs at the base, so they wouldn't have to risk their lives on the front lines.

After all, the family had already made arrangements. As long as they survived this great battle, they could return home and receive rewards for their meritorious service in defending the territory.

But these spoiled brats who usually indulged in cockfighting and dog racing were now frozen in place as if their souls had been ripped out, fear clinging to their hearts like vines.

At this moment, outside the valley of the base where the morning mist had not yet dissipated, a dark mass of strange beasts was sweeping over the mountaintops like a rising tide. The eerie light in their eyes flickered among the trees, like evil stars falling from the night sky.

Some of the strange beasts had nine heads and snake bodies, flicking their forked tongues; others had eagle wings and tiger claws, and were scratching at the rocks on the ground with their steel-hooked claws, sending sparks flying half a foot high.

None of these spoiled brats from various families within the sect expected that the flames of war would actually spread to the base deep behind the defensive line.

They hadn't been to the front lines since the start of the war, so they had never seen anything like this before.

If the base falls, facing endless ferocious beasts, they will all eventually perish, turning into piles of beast droppings.

Not only them, but even Su Fan, looking at the churning beast tide, had the same thoughts as them.

I had hoped to find a quiet place during this great battle and wait peacefully for it to end.

But man proposes, God disposes; in the end, he couldn't escape getting involved in this great war.

He was suspended in the crowd, his robes billowing in the wind like flowing clouds.

Gazing at the writhing darkness outside the protective shield, his eyes were as calm as a frozen lake.

The morning light filtered through his hair, casting a soft shadow on his profile, as if the surrounding panic had nothing to do with him.

"Senior brother, do you think we can hold the base...?"

Just then, a question came from the side, choked with sobs.

Su Fan turned his head and saw that Zhu Ran's face, which was always smiling, was now as white as paper.

He kept rubbing his hands together, his knuckles turning white from the effort, and the flying magical artifact hovering beneath his feet was swaying slightly.

"You probably don't know this, but in the last few months, dozens of Star Gates have been destroyed by alien beasts..."

Su Fan's voice wasn't loud, but it pierced through the surrounding noise like an icicle.

Zhu Ran's face drained of color instantly, and the flying magic weapon beneath his feet suddenly sank, almost causing him to fall headfirst from the sky.

He hurriedly cast a spell to freeze himself, cold sweat pouring down his temples.

Su Fan's words were like a stone thrown into boiling water, causing an uproar among the surrounding disciples.

The crowd, which had been keeping their distance, were now drawn together by invisible threads, surging towards Su Fan and stirring up the air currents.

"Senior... Senior Brother, are you telling the truth...?"

"If we stay here any longer, won't we just be doomed...?"

"No, I can't stay here any longer, I want to go home..."

"Let's head back to the mountain gate while the base's teleportation array is still working..."

Seeing the terrified expressions of the spoiled brats from various families inside the gate, Su Fan curled his lips into a cold smile, and then delivered another blow to them.

"Forget it. Once the war begins, the base's teleportation array must be sealed. Right now, we can only enter, not leave. Everyone will perish with the base..."

Su Fan's words struck the crowd like a thunderbolt, instantly silencing them.

After a moment, a few suppressed sobs came from the crowd. A female disciple covered her mouth and cried, her shoulders shaking.

Su Fan wasn't exaggerating.

Throughout the entire war, all monks were required to remain at their posts.

Anyone who dares to retreat even a step will be treated as a deserter, and will be executed as a warning to others.

The reason why Martial Aunt Hongling didn't inform the disciples inside the base about the threat was because she was afraid that the spoiled brats from these families would cause trouble if they found out.

The disciples of various sects and families were assigned to safe positions in the rear, and the top-level big shots turned a blind eye to it.

However, if a major war breaks out, all cultivators in all positions will have to live and die with the base.

At this moment, the base's teleportation hall and star gate are both in a closed state, allowing entry but not exit, to ensure the arrival of support cultivators from all over the world at any time.

This is an ironclad rule of the battlefield, and it applies even to the纨绔 (spoiled brats) of the various families within the sect.

Countless cultivators of "New Guangtian" are fighting desperately on the front lines, while you are hiding in the rear. Now that the flames of war have reached the base, it's too late to run away.

Even for Martial Aunt Hongling, if the base really falls, the only thing she can do is to escape with Jiang Xuan.

As for the others, they can only leave it to fate.

Their families may wield immense power within the sect, but before the sharp teeth and claws of the strange beasts, they are ultimately nothing more than a handful of flesh and blood.

War is no child's play; people die every moment. The deaths of a few hundred people at the base are nothing to worry about.

At this moment, the disciples suspended above the base looked as if their backbone had been removed, all wearing expressions of utter despair and their eyes filled with hopelessness.

Su Fan glanced at the disciples in the air, whose faces were ashen. Seeing their wretched state, a faint, cold smile appeared on his lips.

In any world, once war breaks out, it is always the lowest-class people who fight desperately on the front lines, while the children of the powerful and wealthy are kept in the rear and live a life of luxury.

Seeing these spoiled brats from various families within the sect trembling with fear, Su Fan felt a strange sense of exhilaration.

"Rumble..."

Suddenly, a loud bang erupted from afar, as if a thunderbolt from the heavens had struck the ground.

The pale blue spiritual energy shield on the outermost edge of the base suddenly trembled violently, like the surface of a lake being hit by a boulder, rippling out in layers of waves and emitting a humming sound as if it could not bear the weight.

Even Su Fan, who was hovering above the base, could feel an incredibly terrifying tremor.

Some disciples, caught off guard, even fell headfirst from the sky.

As the earth-shattering roar resounded, the horde of alien beasts surrounding the base exploded like a powder keg.

"Aww...aoww..."

The piercing screams rose and fell, making one's eardrums ache.

The ferocious beasts' eyes gleamed with a bloodthirsty red light as they surged towards the defensive line like a black tide, crashing into the spiritual energy shield one after another.

Each impact caused the shield to shake violently, producing a teeth-grinding creaking sound.

"Whoosh...whoosh..."

At this moment, the numerous crossbows and ballistae along the valley's defensive line lit up with dazzling lights, unleashing a dense barrage of arrows. The dark arrowheads, engraved with armor-piercing runes, gleamed with a chilling luster in the sunlight.

Countless arrows pierced the air, shooting into the sky with a sharp whistling sound.

Although the crossbows and ballistae on the defensive line look similar to those in the mortal world, their kinetic energy comes from spiritual energy arrays.

Therefore, the arrows fired from these crossbows and ballistae were incredibly fast.

The dense array of arrows intertwined, forming a black net overhead that blotted out the sun, instantly plunging the world into darkness.

The rain of arrows reached its peak, then poured down like a torrential downpour, crashing into the horde of strange beasts with overwhelming force.

The muffled sounds of "pfft...pfft..." echoed continuously. The beasts in the front row were instantly riddled with holes, their blood splattering like a fountain, staining the ground beneath their feet red.

The once densely packed strange beasts on the ground were instantly wiped away as if they had been vanished into thin air.

But this blank area only lasted for a blink of an eye before the monsters surged up, stepping over the corpses of their companions, and quickly filled the area again.

There was no fear in their eyes, only a frenzied killing intent.

At this moment, catapults, some tens or even hundreds of feet tall, suddenly raised their long arms and hurled huge spheres, each more than ten meters in diameter, into the sky.

The surfaces of those enormous spheres were covered with intricate array patterns, leaving afterimages in the air.

"Boom...Boom..."

The enormous black sphere landed in the horde of beasts and exploded instantly.

Countless sharp iron pieces scattered like flower petals, sweeping across all directions with a whistling sound.

The strange beasts within a radius of several hundred feet were instantly hacked to pieces, some with their heads flying off, others with their limbs severed at the root, and dark green blood and internal organs flowed all over the ground.

The foul odor wafted on the wind, making one's stomach churn.

These catapults and spheres are all driven by magic arrays, but the destructive power after they explode is real physical damage.

Looking at the strange beasts howling under the iron plates, Su Fan knew very well that this was experience gained by the cultivators of "New Guangtian" with countless lives lost.

When facing beasts immune to magical attacks, sometimes the simplest and most brutal physical attacks are the most effective.

The firepower on the defensive line was relentless, with crossbow bolts and stone projectiles raining down as if they were free.

The beasts fell in droves, but those behind them still charged fearlessly into the overwhelming rain of arrows.

Their corpses piled up into small hills outside the defense line, and their dark green blood formed streams that flowed down the hillside.

It must be said that the crossbows, ballistae, and catapults on the defensive line did indeed inflict significant damage on the alien beasts.

Moreover, these weapons and equipment had a very strong firepower continuity, with the dense array of crossbows, ballistae, and catapults on the defensive line almost never ceasing.

Since the beasts from the "Mountain and Sea Realm" launched their attack, countless beasts have not even been able to touch the edge of the defense line. The outermost spiritual energy shield has always been a blank area.

Almost all the strange beasts died within a thousand meters of the defensive line; very few of them were able to break through the dense rain of arrows and reach the front line.

Su Fan couldn't help but marvel at the ferocity and intensity of the firepower; it was comparable to the firepower of wars in his previous life.

But he knew very well that these endless low-level alien beasts were cannon fodder on the battlefield, mainly used to deplete the human race's firepower.

Whether the beasts of the "Mountain and Sea Realm" can break through the human defenses ultimately depends on the attacks of higher-level beasts.

The disciples hovering above the base watched as the strange beasts fell in droves. Their initial fear gradually gave way to excitement, and relaxed smiles appeared on their faces.

The spoiled brats who had been lamenting suddenly perked up, their hearts filled with hope, and they cheered loudly.

Little did they know, this great battle had only just begun.

This is just the beginning; the most dangerous moment is yet to come.

Just then, Su Fan's eyes suddenly narrowed.

He could clearly sense dozens of auras, as heavy as mountains, slowly rising from the rear of the battlefield.

Those auras carried a world-destroying pressure, making the spiritual energy in the air thicken.

He knew that the ninth-tier beasts of the "Mountain and Sea Realm" were about to make their move.

Thinking of this, Su Fan's figure suddenly disappeared from the sky.

At that moment, everyone's attention was drawn to the battle on the battlefield, and no one noticed his quiet departure.

"Ouch..."

A deafening roar suddenly came from afar, as if it could tear the entire world apart.

The entire valley shook violently at the roar, and even the space rippled like the surface of water where pebbles had been thrown in.

"Look... what's that..."

At this moment, a disciple suddenly pointed into the distance and shouted, his voice filled with terror.

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a colossal creature hundreds of feet tall, striding heavily toward the defensive line.

It was a colossal elephant hundreds of feet tall, its body covered in dark blue scales, its limbs as thick as four small mountains, and each step it took caused the earth to rumble.

Its long nose waved in the air, stirring up gusts of wind.

"Earth-armored dragon-elephant...that's a ninth-tier exotic beast..."

"The ninth-tier beast has made its move; the defensive line is in danger..."

"Why haven't those martial uncles made a move yet? It's about to charge over..."

At this moment, the disciples hovering above the base were completely panicked, and the color drained from their faces instantly.

The power of a ninth-tier beast was far beyond what these low-level cultivators could withstand. The pressure it exuded alone made it difficult for them to breathe, and the magical artifacts beneath their feet trembled.

"Boom...Boom..."

With each step the Earth Armor Dragon Elephant took, it was as if a majestic mountain was descending from the sky, causing the earth to tremble violently.

The entire world trembled violently, and the invisible ripples formed by the terrifying tremors were like a surging black tsunami, spreading wildly in all directions with a world-destroying momentum.

Wherever the ripples reached, the space seemed to be wantonly kneaded by an invisible giant hand, rippling with eerie and twisted waves, reflecting a chilling scene like a shattered mirror.

"Boom..."

Just as the terrifying "Earth Armored Dragon Elephant" charged toward the defensive line, a blood-red beam of light suddenly descended from the sky from a certain point within the base.

But at this moment, everyone was attracted by the enormous elephant that was hundreds of feet tall, and no one noticed the arrival of the blood-red pillar of light.

(End of this chapter)