Chapter 1056: 647, the battle is still ongoing

People often define the battle in which Jindai Chika fell as the battle of the century, simply because four demigods all participated in it: Uncle Li Dong, Jindai Chika, Li Bingxi, and Chen Yu.

Strictly speaking, the Shadow also went, but he didn’t want to engage the demigods at that time, so he didn’t appear on the battlefield.

This battle of the century was particularly eye-catching, with various media in the Federation reporting on it for a whole month.

However, the real participants all understood that in the northern battle, all the demigods held back, and none of them went all out.

That battle was more like a game; after decades without combating demigods, everyone wanted to test each other’s strengths and weaknesses.

Yet the current battle outside the Taboo Land No. 002 was truly without holdbacks.

No, to be precise, it was the Shadow alone who forced all the demigods to have no reservations.

If not for the life-saving power of the taboos, three demigods would fall today simultaneously, and the Shadow, by himself, would effortlessly cross the boundary between mortal and god to kill two demigods. If such news were to spread, it would surely shock the entire Federation.

Prior to this, the Shadow had intervened only a handful of times, and no one expected him to be so formidable!

In the world of Transcendents, there’s a saying that often circulates.

All Awakeners carry curses and sorrows on their backs.

Without extreme grief, it’s impossible to complete the awakening. Thus, behind each Awakener, there is destined to be a grievous story.

Return countdown 01:23:21.

Qing Chen stood silently in the center of the battlefield, looking at the ground, his face hidden in the midnight shadows, expression unseen.

The young man closed his eyes, tightly holding the scalpel the Shadow gifted him upon departure, as if nothing in the world mattered to him.

In the night, all people could see were drop after drop of golden tears falling.

Countless arcs of electricity spread across the ground, as if the tears were no longer tears, but a rushing river of electricity.

The sky had just drizzled, and the wilderness was moist.

Zard and others got closer, and they could even feel the tingling sensation from the ground each time a tear fell.

This was A-Class.

In the battlefield, the Shadow, Chen Yu, and Li Bingxi were nowhere to be seen.

Chen Yu was saved by the taboo ACE-090, the Everlasting Brooch, and that small taboo will disappear in the world, until it reappears ten years later and is unintentionally bought by someone.

Li Bingxi triggered the rule of the taboo ACE-023, the Bonded Lock, ’to die on the same year, same month, same day,’ turning into a pink pair of mandarin duck light shadows praised by Zard for their beauty.

Around the battlefield, countless Chen’s Army were attacking.

Chen Yu had clearly instructed that he might die in this battle, but even if he died, Chen’s Army must complete the remaining harvest operation plan, and ensure Qing Chen’s death here.

Using the Everlasting Brooch to trap Li Bingxi, exhausting the Shadow with two demigod lives, and then encircling and killing Qing Chen with Chen’s Army, this was Chen Yu’s premeditated plan, knowing he wouldn’t die.

Therefore, the hunt for Qing Chen did not stop.

Chen’s ground commander was mobilizing all troops to close in on the battlefield.

The soldiers advanced quickly towards Qing Chen, under the cover of war robots and mechanical spiders.

These war robots and mechanical spiders were like tanks in modern warfare, acting as mobile fortresses and providing firepower coverage, with soldiers hiding behind them to withstand the fiercest firepower.

At this moment, the troops surrounding Qing Chen and others were just a field camp, while the remaining field divisions and brigades were rapidly closing in.

Zard supported his vitrified right arm, while Yangyang began creating a vast gravitational field around them, attempting to make everyone entering it feel immense pressure.

But there were too many people.

Originally, she could easily suppress war robots, but there were too many war robots.

Moreover, more people were coming.

"Qing Chen?" Yangyang probed.

But Qing Chen didn’t respond to her.

Zard said, "In A-Class, an Awakener will enter a strange state, unsure how long they’ll be in it. The firmer the mind, the quicker the awakening."

Yangyang was still B-Class, so she had only heard of this and wasn’t very familiar.

What she knew was that this state is more like an introspective inquiry in cultivation, where the Awakener also has to experience something, though not as dangerous as introspection, and can awaken by themselves.

Awakeners will see... the source of this grief.

Yangyang suddenly thought, not good.

If Qing Chen saw the Shadow in this state, he might not want to awaken!

Zard cautiously said, "We can’t kill them all, there are too many. If the boss doesn’t wake up, we’re done for... should we try to forcibly wake him up? There won’t be any side effects."

Yangyang glanced at Qing Chen, inexplicably unwilling, "Wait a bit longer, it’s not the last moment yet. If he truly can see Mr. Shadow in the dream... let him look a while longer. We can still hold out now."

She understood Qing Chen’s life.

In the Outer World, unloved by his mother, ignored by his father.

After struggling alone to reach the Inner World, finally having a brother who could heal him for life, and then he too left.

She had never seen Qing Chen cry before.

He was someone strong. In Yangyang’s heart, Qing Chen was the kind who wouldn’t frown even when hurt, disciplined and strong-willed.

The boy wrapped his soft heart in a heavy shell.

But for such a person to shed tears, it’s the most painful sight.

That’s why Yangyang didn’t want him to wake too soon.

Zard, with reddened eyes, said, "Ahhh it’s so touching... let the boss and Mr. Shadow talk a bit longer!"

Yangyang was at a loss, "Your emotions just switch on like that? So quickly into character?"

Zard thought for a moment and said, "This way, it has more dramatic tension! I can be self-moved!"

Yangyang: "...Fair enough."

Honestly, she still hasn’t mastered the skill of chatting with Zard.

As they spoke, Zard scanned the Chen’s Army soldiers advancing around him and suddenly burst into laughter: "I am this world’s..."

Just as he was speaking, he scratched the back of his head with his left hand and then asked, "What were the words Mr. Shadow used? ... Hahaha, how embarrassing! Just kill them all!"

As the words left his mouth, Yangyang looked at Zard in astonishment, only to see that this eccentric person’s hair suddenly turned bright red, from the roots to the tips, the change was exceptionally sudden.

For a moment, Yangyang even felt that this fellow also had a sense of merging with the world, stepping across the largest gulf in the human world, and standing at the demigod threshold!

The previous person to reach this level was someone like Li Yunjing, a once-in-a-century genius.

Zard revered the Shadow to the extreme. He thought that since he couldn’t imitate his words or demeanor, he would imitate something else.

In an instant, using Zard as the center, the rocks on the wilderness began to sandify, as if creating a nation of sand out of thin air.

He looked at the soldiers already within hundreds of meters and roared angrily: "Time... no, no, no, I got the words mixed up."

Zard closed his eyes, and when he reopened them, he softly said, "Sky Burial."

In just a moment, those soldiers rushing in suddenly felt their steps become increasingly heavy.

The war robots began to sink into the sand, and the mechanical spiders were crushed into pieces by it, with the sand grains frantically rubbing against each other, creating a gigantic earthly grindstone within hundreds of meters.

"Merge!" Zard roared again, pressing his intact left hand against the ground.

Suddenly, a massive sandstorm arose within hundreds of meters, terrifying as a towering tsunami.

Zhang Mengchan, Sun Chu Ci, Tuan Zi, and the others stared dumbfoundedly.

Turns out this person who could never be serious, also had a serious moment.

The Chen’s Army soldiers began to despair.

Then death ensued.

Zard stopped, panting and looked at Zhang Mengchan: "Am I impressive?"

Zhang Mengchan murmured: "Impressive..."

However, Zard was already exhausted.

And Qing Chen was still in his state of selflessness.

Further away, the Chen’s Army troops arriving on the battlefield looked on from afar, filled with uncertainty and even fear to advance.

In the communication channel, an officer scolded: "That Earth Element Awakener is only A-Class, he can’t use this ability many times. Keep moving forward, those who disobey, I’ll personally send you to the military tribunal."

Yangyang turned and looked into the distance: "Just hold on a bit longer... this time I’ll take over, give Qing Chen a little more time."

Zard suddenly asked: "Then if you can’t hold on, will you wake the boss?"

"Yes," Yangyang nodded: "It’ll still be in time to wake him then."

Zhang Mengchan and the others picked up their guns.

Actually, Yangyang felt it was quite absurd that Zard almost stepped over the demigod threshold, yet even Xiao Mengqiu picked up a gun just to guard a dream for Qing Chen.

But, everyone believed it was worth it.

In the distance, a Chen’s Army officer shouted: "They’re only a few people, already isolated and helpless, kill them!"

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To the north of the battlefield, dozens of crows were silently walking in the wilderness, draped in dark linen cloaks, like reclusive monks on a pilgrimage.

On their way, they had already collected numerous transcendent corpses.

Some were Jindai officers pierced by the Faceless Army, while others were Wild Brigade officers from Qing’s Family killed by the Faceless Army’s explosions.

The crows had yet to reach the battlefield but already sensed the carnage of this war.

On the wilderness, March silently pulled a hawthorn fruit from his pocket and placed it near the six-eyed crow’s beak.

The sight of the six-eyed crow pecking at it and closing five eyes from the sourness, even bleeding, made March sigh: "A demigod has fallen, the battle is over."

At that moment, they climbed a hill and saw the Chen’s Army crossing below.

They were on their way to kill Qing Chen.

Gathering towards the battlefield.

In the group, Li Dongze pulled back the hood over his head: "I must go ahead, and you wait here. If someone sees me act, knowing I was in your group, it will bring bad repercussions to the Contraindicated courts."

March looked at him: "Decided?"

"Yes."

March asked in confusion: "There are quite a few Chen’s Army soldiers down the hill, and he’s not even your boss yet. Why risk your life to save him?"

Li Dongze shook his head: "March, it’s because we Couriers are born to fight for the Knights, even if it means death, even if life has regrets, that’s the purpose of a Courier’s existence. Moreover, I’m saving him not because he may become my boss, but because we acknowledge what he does, acknowledge him as a person."

"Understood, go on, survive, don’t give me a chance to collect you," March suddenly said.

"Don’t worry, I won’t," Li Dongze laughed as he tore off his linen cloak: "I’m off!"

The next moment, among the eleven remaining in the Contraindicated courts team, they too tore off their linen cloaks and charged southward.

Knights like fighting in groups.

Couriers like fighting in groups too.

How could Li Dongze possibly come to the battlefield alone?

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There’ll be another Chapter by 11 PM tonight.

Stayed up until 5 AM yesterday, couldn’t help but write a 4000-word side story about Shadow, with bits that couldn’t be included in the main text, I really love this character. Sometimes when I’m writing, I find myself getting immersed in the story.

After writing, my energy felt completely drained. Strictly speaking, I wrote 20,000 words yesterday... Now the side story has been handed to Qidian’s official team, let’s see when they’ll publish it.

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