"Roar——!!"
Suddenly, a horse-like humanoid monster charged out from the swirling ice fog!
It was extremely fast, swooshing over the high walls in a flash and directly entering the inner city!
"Ah, that's! A Fragmentum Trampler!!"
"It's flown over!"
The Fragmentum Trampler landed with a boom in the center of the square, shaking its body to shed the ice shards.
It stood with arms crossed, coldly staring at everyone present.
For a moment, everyone couldn't help but swallow saliva.
This Fragmentum Trampler was enormous in size, exuding arrogance, as if waiting for challengers to arrive.
Seeing no one around making a move for a long time, it let out a cold snort.
Utterly arrogant!
"Bang——!!"
After a huge noise.
This Fragmentum Trampler lay on the ground bloodied and mangled, life or death unknown.
Zeig disdainfully wiped his dirtied clothes.
He bent down, staring at the remains on the ground, and said contemptuously:
"Damn it, coming in alone to act tough? I was almost bluffed by you!"
The scene immediately fell silent.
Several Silvermane Guards responsible for reconnaissance hurried over from four directions, all with anxious expressions:
"Guardian! Although the ice plain to the east was cleaved into a massive abyss by the Executor's single sword! Those damned Fragmentum creatures are starting to regroup—they're supplementing from all sides. Scattered Fragmentum creatures can already be seen in the abyss now!"
"Report to the Guardian—monsters to the west, south, and north are also starting to stir. Please dispatch reinforcements quickly, Guardian!"
Cocolia's brows furrowed slightly as she asked:
"The Fragmentum creatures in the east are already regrouping? Approximately how long until they form a large scale again?"
"Reporting to the Guardian—the eastern abyss stretches thousands of kilometers. If the Fragmentum creatures are allowed to supplement freely, in as little as a week, it will return to its original scale."
Hearing this, everyone felt the situation was very unfavorable.
Now the entire planet was nearly covered by ice plains.
Even if Fragmentum creatures in one area were cleared, monsters from other parts of the planet would surge in to replenish, not to mention that these dead ones would revive again over time.
Dan Heng frowned:
"Now the Stellaron's whereabouts are unknown. Under its manipulation, the Fragmentum creatures' offensive is even fiercer, and they have an entire planet's monster hordes as reserves."
Cocolia's expression was grim:
"I've already severed my connection with the Stellaron. I have no way of knowing where it is now."
She glanced at everyone, thought for a moment, then ordered:
"All forces now head to the other directions for reinforcements. The east, which once had the fiercest offensive, will not be a threat for a week."
Zeig lay at Cocolia's feet and, as if possessed, picked up an ice spear she had placed on the ground.
"Hiss~ hu hu hu hu~~" When he touched the ice spear, he shivered from the cold.
Cocolia: "..."
In the square, three groups of people were gathered.
On the far left were the regular Silvermane Guards.
Upon receiving orders to prepare for deployment, they all stood solemnly in rows, forming a highly disciplined army.
They also had the largest numbers.
In the middle were the vagrants. Though they wore armor, they lacked the Guards' imposing manner.
Some sat on the ground, some laughed and joked, and others tapped their weapons, seemingly discussing how much they could sell for.
On the far right were the Wildfire members.
Though they also came from the Underworld, they had much better discipline than the vagrants.
Oleg was now dressed in Silvermane Guard equipment, full of spirit, standing in front of the team passionately speaking.
Seele crossed her arms, standing beside Oleg, silently watching Bronya in the distance.
…
"Mother, the Executor's mental strength needs time to recover. If he unsheathes again, the precision and range will be much less stable."
In a corner, Bronya was reporting to Cocolia.
Cocolia nodded and said:
"I guessed as much. An ordinary person carving a palm-sized craft can exhaust their mind and spirit—his sword technique is on such a vast scale; consuming mental energy is inevitable."
"By the way, Mother, you... aren't you going to ask what I experienced in the Underworld?"
"No need. I was watching the whole time."
"Huh?"
…
At the top of Qlipoth Fort.
Zeig sat there, holding an ice spear, gazing at the situations in the other three directions, clicking his tongue in wonder.
"Hey, look at this! This Stellaron has really become a spirit—sending away generations of Belobog people aside, now its ice and snow are nearly fused with the planet."
March 7th rolled her eyes at him, hugging her knees tightly, gazing into the distance:
"What can we do? Without finding the Stellaron, these monsters will keep replenishing endlessly. Now nearly the entire planet is occupied by Fragmentum creatures. We kill one batch, another surges from elsewhere, and the ones we killed will revive soon after—there's no way to fight this!"
Zeig pursed his lips, not minding at all, wiping the frost spear in his hand that was already starting to crack, and laughed:
"That's why I said the Stellaron has become a spirit—it's rooted too deep in this planet and keeps moving. It really knows how to play!"
Dan Heng sat nearby, calmly analyzing:
"If Cocolia hadn't been abandoned by the Stellaron, we might still be able to use her to sense its position, but now that's impossible."
He gazed at this vast white world, feeling somewhat powerless:
"This planet is too large. The ice and snow are the best cover for that Stellaron."
Zeig waved his hand.
He touched the spear in his hand, where the ice seal had fallen off, turning it fiery red.
Suddenly, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes as he grinned ferociously:
"Hum hahahaha, then let's just flip the entire planet over to find it!"
"?" "? ? ?"
"? ? ? ?" Even Sampo, hiding behind eavesdropping, was completely bewildered.
He couldn't help climbing up, saying in horror:
"Big bro! You can't seriously want to flip this planet over to find that thing—a planet is huge!"
Zeig shook his head, very disappointed in him, cursing at Sampo behind:
"Of course I know that. But what is trailblazing, what is saving?"
He gripped the flame spear, gazing at this snowy landscape, murmuring:
"To save this planet, it has to be saved perfectly! Even if we find the Stellaron, what then—can we just ignore the remaining ice layers and Antimatter Legion? Me, I naturally send Buddha all the way to the west!"
With that, he snapped his fingers.
Snap——!!
After the crisp sound.
A strange noise came from the sky.
An even larger, more magnificent golden sharp sword broke through the clouds, pointing toward the other side of the planet.
"I have a Stellaron too! I just want to compete with that thing—who can outlast whom!"
In an instant, thunder boomed!
"No—you how can you unsheathe again?! Weren't you depleted!" March 7th said in terror.
…
Looking down from the observation window of the Astral Express, one could see a massive sharp sword—just appeared not long ago—piercing the skies and plunging straight down!
"Boom boom boom boom——!!"
This time the scale stretched tens of thousands of kilometers, yet the power did not diminish at all!
Even Welt, inside the Express, had his eyelids twitching watching it.
"Mr. Welt, what do you think that guy Zeig is trying to do?"
Himeko sipped her coffee while watching with great interest as gigantic craters were forcibly stabbed into the snow-white planet.
"Hm..." Welt stroked his chin and said solemnly: "He's only attacking uninhabited ice plains. He's trying to reduce the number of Fragmentum creatures this way, while also breaking some ice layers."
"But he absolutely cannot unsheathe a third sword today." Welt analyzed.
Boom——!!
Another Taixu Sword God fell.
"A fourth sword is far off in the indefinite future."
Boom——!!
"A fifth sword is absolutely impossible."
Boom——!!
"..."
Himeko watched wide-eyed as more and more giant swords appeared on this snow-white planet.
Those countless giant swords, viewed from far in space, seemed so tiny, but in reality each stretched tens of thousands of kilometers.
"Hiss, this makes no sense... Even with Stellaron energy supply, Zeig's mental strength shouldn't be able to sustain it."
Welt took out his phone, staring at the footage March sent him, squinting for a long time.
Suddenly.
He stood up with a whoosh!
Realizing:
"The flame spear he's holding has an Aeon's power! What he's consuming to drive the Taixu Sword God isn't his mental strength at all—it's the remnant consciousness left by the Aeon. If this continues, that consciousness will disappear!"
"Pff..." Himeko involuntarily sprayed her coffee.
…