Up in the sky.
Half of it was filled with devilish flames.
The other half was the light of mana.
The sky looked split in two as the different energies clashed constantly. The ear-deafening thunderous roars seem to be rocking all nine heavens!
On top of the city wall.
Maxwell roared out: "Shoot them!"
A few kilometres from the city, a robust voice shouted: "Charge!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The earth was roaring.
The sky was shaking. The entire world was practically darkening from the clash.
The energies were dispersing to the point that there was nowhere else left to go.
Many people were wantonly laughing, and their laughter was filled with disdain and mockery.
"That kid is really acting like he is the world's saviour."
"An egg smashing a rock? He isn't even considered an egg yet! The Evans Kingdom's strongest armies couldn't resist, and Arthur ended up dying, yet a country bumpkin like him wished to resist? This is too funny! Why doesn't he take a piss and take a look at his own reflection? Just based on him? What a joke!"
"He really doesn't know the immensity of the earth and the heavens!"
All those experts, capable of hiding in the void to watch this happen, wore expressions of disdain.
Many people were observing this battle and watching Maxwell while ridiculing him.
Mostly…
Those ridiculing Maxwell could clearly feel that…
The devil fiend army that had been sealed for ten thousand years wasn't something a little King ranker could resist. So how can he and his ragtag army from the Capital City have any chance at all?
What a joke!
This was basically the world's biggest joke!
Maxwell knew that many people were observing him. Those Saint level experts that escaped from the royal palace were also watching. Those so-called allies who hadn't come to assist the Evans Kingdom were all staring at him like a joke. They felt like Maxwell was the world's biggest joke!
To all those experts present, this war was unwinnable.
Maxwell only coldly smiled in response.
When dealing with people that were ridiculing him and treating him as a joke, the best resort was to throw them a good slap. A fierce and vicious slap to the face, to the point that they couldn't even fart if they wanted to!
The sky above the city walls.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh! Whoosh!! Whoosh!!!"
Tens of thousands of arrows shot out. They blotted out the sky before raining down like a rainstorm.
Every arrow contained a glimmer of mana. Every arrow was filled with mana that a martial artist had infused with their own energy. Every arrow underwent a special modification. Under the stimulation of Maxwell's War Leader System, these martial artists were able to unleash much greater strength than during normal times.
At this moment…
Every arrow shot out was actually different from the others.
Maxwell's eyes tightened while looking up into the sky. He started grinning before showing a ferocious expression: "You bunch of cowardly dogs and undying dogs; you want to see me make a fool out of myself? I'll show you what the real joke is!"
Tens of thousands of arrows descended!
"Thud!"
"Thud!"
"Thud!"
Countless devil fiends suddenly fell to the ground with arrows piercing through their bodies.
Rows and rows of them fell.
The devilish flames that surged to the skies now showed countless holes.
Also at the same time…
The system inside Maxwell's mind was emitting notification tones, as if it had gone wild!
"Crackle!"
"Congratulations to player Maxwell Gillette for killing a Dark Beast Devil."
"Reward: 160,000 XP, 2000 mana…"
"Crackle!"
"Congratulations to player Maxwell Gillette for absorbing one stack of energy for Myriad Devil."
"Crackle!"
"Congratulations to player Maxwell Gillette for killing a Dark Shadow Devil."
"Reward: 160,000 XP, 2000 mana…"
"Crackle!"
"Congratulations to player Maxwell Gillette for absorbing one stack of energy for Myriad Devil."
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Craziness!
The craziness almost made Maxwell pee himself with fright. His XP and mana were surging, and what shocked him was that the Myriad Devil passive skill actually allowed him to absorb the devil fiend energy. This was completely beyond his expectations!
He couldn't release the Myriad Devil skill while in human form.
Only when he was in the incarnation of the Devil Sovereign would he be able to utilise it. But, strangely enough, his occupation as a human allowed him to absorb the energy!
Myriad Devil!
A divine-grade martial technique that exploded from Bloodfiend's corpse.
Every time he killed a devil race member, it could absorb a layer of power, and it could stack up to 10,000 times!
If we base it on the video game's description, a single layer of power would increase the attack power by 1 point, so a fully completed stack would equal a 10,000-pointa 10,000-point attack. Who then can withstand that? Even a powerful, unique NPC would be instantly killed! This was too awesome!
"Crackle!"
"Crackle!"
"Crackle!"
"Bang!"
"Crackle!"
"Congratulations to player Maxwell Gillette for levelling up. You are currently at level 3 King rank!"
Maxwell showed an excited smile as he rejoiced internally: "My guess was correct. Once the War Leader System is activated, all XP will belong to me. This means these hundred thousand plus people are helping me kill monsters while all the XP become mine. How mind-blowing am I? Hahaha…"
The speed of leveling up had basically become awesome to a complete mess!
The XP bar is about to take flight!
Apart from this, there's also an important point.
The hundred thousand plus martial artists on top of the city walls were boiling in excitement!
They were personally witnessing those insufferably arrogant devil fiends keeling over to their deaths. They became incomparably excited, and their combat powers surged up in a straight line.
"Hahaha…"
"I killed one! I killed one! Did you guys see that I killed a devil fiend? Hahaha…"
"Shit, I killed one as well."
"Same with me."
"I killed one as well, which means I'm currently number one on the Sky Rankings."
"Hahaha, we're all ranked number one!"
For a brief moment, all the martial artists were incomparably excited with their blood boiling.
The devil fiend army suddenly encountered panic amongst its ranks, and no one dared to continue forward.
Maxwell looked up at the sky and said with crazy laughter: "Weren't you guys waiting to see me as a joke? Did you enjoy that show? My slap landed right on your faces, so does it feel good? Hahaha…"
Maxwell was breaking out into a burst of unbridled crazy laughter.
Those experts observing in the void all heard Maxwell's words.
They all had ugly expressions on their faces.
It really looked like someone had given them a few slaps to the face.
But…
They still showed a trace of disdainful expression as they continued looking down on Maxwell. One of them coldly harrumphed: "You think you're all that just from killing a few devil fiends? This is only the beginning. A piece of trash like you wants to overturn the heavens and change things around?"
"Quit dreaming!"
The voice directly penetrated Maxwell's spiritual senses.
Maxwell's mouth formed a curve before wildly laughing in response. "It looks like a single slap isn't enough. You guys are all old fogeys that have lived for several centuries to a full millennium; your faces are even thicker than the city walls!"
"That's fine as well!"
"I shall give you guys a few more vicious slaps then!"
Without any fear.
Even when dealing with these insufferably arrogant experts, Maxwell acted without any fear.
Immediately after…
Maxwell shouted: "Fellow brothers! Countless people are looking at us as if we're a joke! They say we are just a ragtag mob that will collapse at the first blow! We are a bunch of trash that cannot even compare with an egg! It's fine if they don't come and support us, yet they stand by and ridicule us! What do you think we should do?!"
Everyone was staring back and forth at each other.
Constantine grinned foolishly as he shouted, "Slap their faces! Slap with all our might!"
"That's right!"
"Slap their faces! Slap them until they die!"
"Viciously slap them!"
Maxwell smiled in satisfaction. He glanced at his XP bar before shouting: "Nock your arrows! Draw your bows!"
"Ready…!"