Chapter249-A Message Two Years Late
To begin with, the beast clan deployed four God Kings this time,
along with an army of a million.
And the result?
Marching all the way from the south,they didn't encounter a single person.
The beast clan's God Kings started feeling suspicious.
After all, they had brought such a large force, seeking vengeance for their previous defeat.
Yet…
Not a shadow of a person had been seen for half a day.
How could they not feel frustrated?
Even when they reached a city, most were completely abandoned,
empty and desolate.
It was as if the cities had been entirely vacated.
As the saying goes, "Strike while the iron is hot, hesitate, and morale wanes."
Initially, the beast clan army was filled with anger and a thirst for revenge, marching forward with overwhelming momentum.
But one deserted city after another
steadily sapped the army's morale.
The fox God King was the first to realize this.
While the beast clan was united, the foundation of their advance was the shared goal of vengeance,
hoping for a cruel and bloody reprisal.
But now?
After traveling for so long, they hadn't seen anything—not even a single person.
How could the beast clan warriors maintain their fighting spirit?
Thus, the fox God King decisively ordered the entire beast clan army
to head straight for the 5-Element Temple.
Since the cities along the way were abandoned, they might as well ignore them entirely and head directly for the temple.
Surely, the 5-Element Temple wouldn't be deserted too.
If it was, the entire 5-Element God Realm would fall into the hands of the beast clan.
With this mindset,
the beast clan army marched toward the 5-Element Temple.
What they saw left them dumbfounded.
Never before had they seen a human city like this.
Towering, imposing, and utterly terrifying.
Under the command of the four beast clan God Kings,
the army launched an assault.
But…
These cities were no ordinary cities!
They were constructed with massive investments of divine stones and divine crystals by the 5-Element God King and the Ink Sea God King.
Divine crystals were used as if they were free, and the results were obvious.
The beast clan's so-called million-strong army
could do nothing against the magic arrays.
Once the protective arrays were activated,
the cities were as solid as iron fortresses.
Even the beast clan God Kings couldn't shake them.
This alone spoke volumes.
Next came the 5-Element God King's counterattack.
No—
more accurately, the 5-Element God King didn't even need to make a move.
It was the city lords controlling the magic arrays who took action.
The magic arrays unleashed energy attacks,
and with just one strike, tens of thousands of beast clan warriors were wiped out in an instant.
This sight left the beast clan's God Kings utterly panicked.
They had never imagined such a scenario.
How could the humans' cities have become so impregnable?
The last time they attacked,
it was nothing like this!
Balancing powerful offense and defense,
these cities were far beyond the beast clan's ability to breach.
And the 5-Element God King and Ink Sea God King
hadn't even joined the fray.
The beast clan army began to waver.
One by one, they retreated.
However, they didn't return to the beast clan's southern territories.
Instead, they turned to attack the Giant Mountain God Realm.
With such an overwhelming force, the Giant Mountain God Realm couldn't hold out.
Within just a few days, the realm was engulfed in flames of war.
Half of the Giant Mountain God Realm was occupied by the beast clan.
However, at that point, both sides mysteriously ceased fighting.
Instead, they redirected their efforts toward launching another assault on the 5-Element God Realm.
This time, it wasn't just the beast clan. Discover stories with empire
Six other God Realms joined forces with the beast clan to attack the 5-Element God Realm.
Under such circumstances, the previously arranged magic arrays seemed to be stretched thin.
No one had anticipated that the six God Realms and their six God Kings would shamelessly unite with the beast clan to attack the 5-Element God Realm.
This was utterly unexpected.
Fortunately, with the heavy use of divine crystals,
the magic arrays were strong enough to hold.
Even against the combined forces of six God Realms
and the beast clan,
the arrays still held firm.
A strange stalemate ensued.
But this situation couldn't last forever.
Just a day ago, the Ink Sea God King sent a final message.
It said that the God Kings of the six God Realms
seemed to be preparing for a full-scale assault.
And this time,
it might be the moment for a decisive battle.
"Father, what's wrong? Where are we going?"
Big White looked at Daniel and asked.
"Let's return to the 5-Element God Realm first.
It seems like they won't hold out much longer."
With that, Daniel first returned to the ruins.
By this time, Ailea and the others had fully stabilized their ranks,
with no lingering issues.
Then Daniel found Elise,
and the group quickly set out.
5-Element God Realm, Southern Ascension City
At this moment, two figures appeared.
"Is there really something here?"
asked a beast clan member with leopard-like features.
Beside it, a smaller figure replied,
"Of course! Our rat clan's talent is treasure hunting!
I can smell whether there's treasure here or not."
Ascension City had been the place where tens of thousands of beast clan warriors were lost
in the first attack.
When the beast clan returned with an army for a second assault,
they found it completely abandoned.
Out of frustration, they destroyed the Lord's Mansion
to vent their anger.
Now, a rat and a leopard, both God Sovereign-ranked beast clan members,
had come here for another reason.
The rat clan God Sovereign had found the leopard
and claimed to have discovered something strange in Ascension City—
something that could lead to a valuable treasure.
However, the rat couldn't bring God Kings
to investigate such a place,
so it sought out another God Sovereign instead.
Thus, the leopard God Sovereign followed along,
arriving at a courtyard in Ascension City.
"According to my talent,
this courtyard is extraordinary!
There's definitely treasure inside!"
The rat God Sovereign declared confidently.
The leopard God Sovereign leaped into the air,
jumping inside.
To it, this was just a mere courtyard.
What kind of treasure could possibly be here?
After all, the Lord's Mansion had been the most likely place
to hide treasures in Ascension City,
and it was destroyed long ago.
This was just an ordinary courtyard.
What treasures could it hold?
The leopard God Sovereign didn't believe it at all.
However, as soon as it landed,
it sensed something was wrong.
The direction in front of it seemed to warp.
It should have been moving forward.
But…
It felt as though its body was moving backward.
This distortion left the leopard God Sovereign agitated.
It wanted to strike and shatter the place.
But…
Its attacks all hit empty air,
missing entirely.
The longer it stayed,
the more intense this distortion became.
The leopard God Sovereign, after venting for a while,
realized this and attempted to leap forward to escape.
Yet somehow, its head ended up buried in the ground.
"How could this be?
Have I not only lost my sense of direction
but also control over my own limbs?"
This question lingered in its mind.
It decided to seal off all its senses
and leaped again.
This time, nothing went wrong.
The leopard God Sovereign collapsed on the ground outside the wall.
The rat God Sovereign looked at it in confusion.
What was going on?
It had just gone in—
how did it come back out in just seconds?
And why did it look so injured?
"Brother Leopard, are you alright?"
The rat God Sovereign walked over and asked.
The leopard God Sovereign lay on the ground for a while
before opening its eyes.
After a bout of dizziness,
it regained its composure.
Looking at the puzzled rat God Sovereign,
it asked, "Did I… come out?"
"Of course!
You were only inside for a short while before jumping out.
So, what happened in there?"