Chapter 318: Chapter 318: The Monster Tide Ends, the Lord God Descends


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    Several of the city lords of the main cities had fallen, and the remaining Shadow n forces and Hunters posed no threat to John''s stronghold.


    With the protection of city walls and formations, his army had no fear of losing their lives.


    The only real threat came from the Hunters'' Brood Mothers, but they dared not approach the city easily.


    John''s body radiated thousands of shing sword auras as he ughtered the invading forces with fury.


    The city was instantly turned into a hellish battlefield, filled with constant screams and roars of rage. Wherever he passed, only severed limbs and broken bodies remained, a sight too gruesome to bear.


    "Roar..." At that moment, a series of furious roars echoed as more Hunters'' Brood Mothers gathered, unleashing powerful soul attacks.


    With only Jolyne and a few others, it was impossible to kill these Hunters'' Brood Mothers in a short time.


    The overwhelming soul attacks caused the soldiers on the city walls to writhe in agony.


    "Godyer." Ice Talker found John and spoke, "You deal with those Hunters'' Brood Mothers. Leave this to me."


    Cold air surged around her, snowkes falling as the World-in-Hand rule activated. She easily ughtered the Shadow n forces and Hunters within the city.


    By herself, she could hold off the entrance to the mine.


    "Alright." John agreed, realizing that he couldn''t fully unleash his power here. He closed several spatial rifts within the city and appeared outside, locking onto the Hunters'' Brood Mothers.


    Hum!


    The air trembled as John immediately unleashed his Soul Impact.


    These ordinary Hunters'' Brood Mothers, with Soul Techniques around a million, couldn''t withstand his soul attack.


    In an instant,rge numbers of Hunters, along with the Hunters'' Brood Mothers, had their souls obliterated, dying on the spot.


    [You killed a Hunters'' Brood Mother, gaining 267.6 billion experience points.]


    [Plunder Talent Activated: Shadow Power +10, Spirit +1000, Skill Points +100.]


    [You killed a Hunters'' Brood Mother. The Hunters'' Vengeance Mark deepens.]


    ...


    The notifications flickered as John once again Plundered numerous attributes, and the Hunters'' Vengeance Mark on him grew even stronger.


    However, this had no impact on him. The Hunters were too weak; even if they were inrge numbers, they posed no threat.


    His experience points continued to rise steadily.


    He had now reached the strength of a lower-tier god, with his level breaking past twenty thousand. The required experience for his next upgrade had reached a staggering twenty billion.


    Fortunately, Shadow Star was filled with countless Hunters and arge number of upper-tier gods. Leveling up wasn''t a challenge for him.


    In just a short span of fifteen minutes, he had wiped out over a hundred Hunters'' Brood Mothers that had gathered around, once again reaping a vast amount of Soul Essence.


    In the distance, there were still a few Hunters'' Brood Mothers, but they were too far away. They dared not approach the city, nor could they unleash their soul attacks.


    John couldn''t be bothered to deal with those creatures. Instead, he plunged into the Hunter army, massacring them without mercy.


    The four spatial rifts leading into the city, opened by Eclipse earlier, had already been closed by John.


    The invading Shadow n forces and Hunters inside the city were quickly controlled by Ice Talker and the others.


    Outside the city walls, there were the Four Symbols Guardian Formation and the Seven Kill Formation, making it impossible for the remaining Shadow n forces and Hunters to pose any threat to the walls.


    The monster tide''s assault had not yet ended, but the oue was already sealed.


    Time passed second by second as everyone on the city walls continued to ughter the Hunters and Shadow n soldiers.


    Among them, Peter was the most excited.


    He had gained insight into formations, and while hisbat strength wasn''t particrly impressive, the enemies killed by these formations counted as kills for him as well.


    His experience points surged, and in less than a day, he broke through from a level-nine expert to a lower-tier god, skipping two levels in the process.


    A massive pile of Spirit Stones had umted in front of him, constantly replenishing the energy consumed by the formations. Using the Seven Kill Formation, he bombarded the enemies around him with relentless force.


    "Peter, how did your level increase so quickly?" Chris noticed Peter''s rapid level-up and asked in surprise.


    Peter wore a proud expression, excitedly answering, "Father, the monsters killed by the formations also count as my kills."


    "Really?" Chris'' eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "Invite me to your team."


    "Fine..." Peter reluctantly agreed. He was enjoying his rapid level-up. At this rate, if there were a few more monster tide attacks, he might even reach level 50,000 and break into mid-


    tier gods.


    But he didn''t dare refuse Chris'' request, so he obediently added him to the team.


    "Father, I want to join the team too!" Tracy, having overheard their conversation, excitedly approached them.


    Her ss was Alchemist, a support ss, so herbat ability wasn''t very strong. While Sini had already reached lower-tier gods, Tracy was still just level nine, nowhere near a demigod. "Go away. You''re a support ss. You don''t need a level. You''ll have others protecting you." Peter was unwilling. In a team, experience was shared equally.


    If Tracy joined, his share would be reduced to a third.


    "Tracy, join the team," Chris said directly, pulling Tracy into the group.


    "Grandpa is the best!" Tracy huffed at Peter, not hiding her discontent.


    "I''m the one who''s been helping you level up, and this is the attitude I get?" Peterined, but upon noticing Chris'' disapproving gaze, he wisely shut up and focused back on controlling the formations, ughtering the Shadow n and Hunter forces.


    The group''s experience points soared.


    ...


    In the distance, in a deste mountain range, a group of about a dozen individuals had


    gathered.


    These were The Overseers under themand of various Lord Gods.


    Among them were several who had previously been involved in the destruction of Ice Talker''s


    Nature City, including Underworld n Overseers like Centeror.


    "My lord, should we take action?" one of them, Saukers, asked, watching as it became clear that the Shadow n forces could no longer destroy the city.


    "Why the hurry? The monster tide assault hasn''t ended yet." Centeror spoke with a harsh tone, his gaze fixed firmly on John, who was ughtering Hunters. His expression was grim.


    This human felt too strange to him.


    He had seen John take the eighteen city lords of Shadow Star''s main cities into his World-in- Hand, and now this human had appeared, and the World-in-Hand had not been destroyed.


    Something had definitely happened to those eighteen!


    Centeror couldn''t help but swallow. Even he would have been in serious danger facing the


    assault from the eighteen city lords.


    This Godyer was too unpredictable.


    Thest time, when they attacked Ice Talker''s Nature City, it had been a surprise attack. While


    they had destroyed Nature City, Swordman still perished.


    He couldn''t help but regret having made an enemy of John.


    "My lord, this time we may not be able to destroy the city this human has built." Thunderover


    spoke up from the side.


    They had also received a mission from the ShadowLord God. Last time, the reward for


    destroying Ice Talker''s Nature City was a Holy artifact.


    This time, however, if they could destroy Purple Sky City or kill that Godyer, they would be


    rewarded with a.


    This was why so many powerful Overseers had gathered for this mission.


    "Don''t rush, we''ll wait and see how things unfold." Centeror nced at the surroundingN?v(el)B\\jnn


    Overseers.


    These guys weren''t fools, and they all had grim expressions as they watched the battlefield.


    John''s terrifying strength had clearly shaken them, but they weren''t willing to give up the rewards promised by the ShadowLord God. They had decided to let the Hunters and Shadow n forces wear down John''s spiritual power as much as possible.


    Once the monster tide ended, they would make their move.


    No matter the cost, as long as they could destroy this human''s city or kill him, it would be


    worth it.


    A as a reward was something most Hunters could never hope to acquire in their entire


    lifetimes.


    ...


    Time passed, and soon twelve hours had gone by. The defense against the monster tide was


    over.


    [Announcement: Purple Sky City sessfully repelled the monster tide. The Immortal John


    has sessfully established Purple Sky City.]


    -


    Three announcement chimes echoed through the air-Purple Sky City had been sessfully


    established.


    The people on the city walls cheered.


    "Did it really seed this quickly? I haven''t even made a real move yet."


    "I feel like we''ve just been here as spectators."


    "Yeah, most of the enemies were killed by the Godyer or by the formations."


    "Last time Nature City failed, but now Purple Sky City is the first city to seed!"


    "Indeed, following the Godyer is the smartest choice."


    Experts from various races were excited, discussing amongst themselves.


    "Wait, are these Hunters still attacking?"


    Even though the city had been sessfully established, the Hunter army outside the walls


    hadn''t retreated. Instead, it was growingrger andrger.


    Under normal circumstances, once a city was sessfully established, the monster tide would


    retreat. Clearly, the Shadow n was specifically targeting John.


    However, with the presence of the formations, the Purple Sky City was not in any danger.


    Boom! Boom!


    The sound of explosions reverberated as the Seven Kill Formation was fully activated,


    annihting the Hunter army.


    The Shadow n forces had already been wiped out, and these weak Hunters were no match


    for the power of the Seven Kill Formation.


    But the others weren''t happy about it and quickly found Peter to protest.


    These Hunters were all just experience points. With the formations in ce, they could not


    kill them.


    Peter was reluctant, but under the pressure of the others, he begrudginglypromised, deactivating three of the city''s Seven Kill Formation barriers and leaving only one active on a


    single wall.


    He wasn''t about to let anyone take credit for the Hunters outside the wall-those kills were


    his.


    John watched as the Hunters didn''t retreat and made no move to intervene.


    With the formations in ce, these Hunters posed no threat to his city.


    His concern wasn''t with the Hunters, but with the Overseers.


    He nced toward a deste mountain range not far off. He had already sensed the presence


    of more than a dozen powerful Overseers gathered there.


    With the monster tide over, these beings were beginning to stir.


    "I wonder what will happen if I kill these guys and Plunder 10% of the power ofws?" he


    thought, not the least bit afraid, but rather intrigued.


    After ying the eighteen Shadow n city lords, his Shadowws had increased to 10%,


    granting him mastery over the Shadow power ofws.


    He spected that once the Heavenws reached 10%, he could simrly gain control over


    the Heaven power ofws.


    Boom... Boom...


    Suddenly, thunder rumbled through the sky, and an immense pressure filled the air.


    A colossal figure began to slowly materialize in the sky.


    The Hunters charging toward the city stopped their attacks, trembling as they knelt to the


    ground, their eyes filled with fervent awe and respect.


    "They''re back!" John furrowed his brow. He was all too familiar with this aura-it was the


    ShadowLord God.


    With a thought, he instantly appeared within the city, pulling everyone into his World-in-


    Hand.


    Only he, Ice Talker, and Terran remained on the walls.