in2ebook Chapter 383 [The Banner of Glory] Total Annihilation
Chapter 383 [The Banner of Glory] Total Annihilation
The light bent, and the air seemed to groan under its own weight.
An indescribable, terrifying pulling force originating from space itself was generated out of thin air!
The hundreds of ranged attacks that came hurtling towards them were like being trapped in an invisible quagmire, or being pulled haphazardly by countless giant hands, as soon as they entered this distorted force field!
The trajectories instantly became chaotic. Fireballs and ice spears collided and exploded into a sky full of ice and fire. Arcane projectiles annihilated each other. Solid arrows were twisted into pretzel shapes by the immense force or simply turned around and shot towards their own side...
No attack could penetrate this invisible barrier, let alone touch Lin Tian's body.
The true terror of this distorting force field is only just beginning to unfold.
After deflecting and shattering all the attacks, the invisible pulling force suddenly contracted and collapsed inward!
It was as if that space itself was being gripped tightly by an invisible giant hand!
boom------!!!
A deep, muffled sound, so deep it could stop your heart, came through.
Below, in the area where ranged players were most concentrated under the [Glory Banner], the space visibly "collapsed" for a moment, followed by a devastating burst of energy!
The hundreds of players at the center of the collapse didn't even utter a sound. Their bodies, along with their equipment and weapons, were torn, squeezed, and decomposed into the finest particles in an instant, like pieces of paper thrown into a meat grinder, and completely disappeared!
A hemispherical pit with a diameter of more than 30 meters and smooth, mirror-like edges was left behind. At the bottom of the pit, rocks that had been instantly crystallized by the high temperature could even be seen!
Outside the pit, players further away affected by the shockwave were flung out like leaves swept up by a gale, crashing into stalagmites and breaking bones, or simply turning into light and disappearing in mid-air.
With a single strike, the core and most lethal ranged damage cluster of [Glory Banner] was completely wiped out!
Along with them, dozens of melee and healing classes who hadn't had time to escape were also wiped out.
Dead silence.
The massive battlefield, which was filled with deafening battle cries and sparks just a moment ago, seemed to have been put on pause.
All that remained was the low hum of raging energy and the rustling sound of ashes carried by the wind.
All those still alive, whether they were players from the "Iron Torrent" group who were desperately trying to escape the battle lines or survivors from the "Glory Banner" group who were lucky enough to be out of range, were frozen in place as if under a spell.
Their eyes widened, their mouths agape, as they stared at the terrifying pit, at the scattered white fragments of light representing the players' deaths. All color drained from their faces, leaving only boundless shock and a fear that emanated from the depths of their souls.
What... what is this?
What kind of skill is this?
What kind of damage is this?!
One person, one strike, wiped out nearly two hundred people?!
Is this really something a player could do?!
Zhou Wenyuan was standing at a slightly distant command position and was not directly affected, but the palpitations and burning sensation brought by the destructive energy explosion made his calves tremble.
The calmness and calculation on his face had long since crumbled, leaving only disbelief, terror, and bewilderment.
He stared at the sea of grayed-out avatars in his guild channel, at the deep pit that represented absolute death, his mind went blank, and his staff clattered to the ground.
"President...we..."
A lieutenant standing next to him was trembling uncontrollably.
Zhou Wenyuan jolted awake; boundless fear was like ice water poured over his head, instantly bringing him to his senses, but also causing him to collapse.
He was wrong! He was terribly wrong!
This is something they simply cannot comprehend or contend with!
"Run...run! Everyone! Scatter! Run for your lives! Run as far as you can! Don't look back!!"
Zhou Wenyuan let out a howl that was no better than Zhao Tieshan's, and even more mournful and desperate. He no longer cared about the treasure chest or the guild's glory. He turned around and used the life-saving [Flash] spell, and without looking back, he scurried towards the complex terrain on the outer edge of the basin. He wished he had two more legs.
The remaining players of 【Glory Banner】 were terrified. Upon hearing the guild leader's command (or rather, his wailing), they immediately scattered like birds and beasts, fleeing in all directions for their lives, just hoping to get as far away from that demon god in the sky as possible!
On the other side, Zhao Tieshan and the people of the "Iron Torrent" had been retreating from the beginning, but they were not moving fast and had not gone very far.
They also witnessed firsthand the catastrophe-like scene caused by Lin Tian's casual strike.
Zhao Tieshan's back was instantly soaked with cold sweat. He was filled with relief at surviving the ordeal, but then a deeper chill followed—would Lin Tian let them go?
Sure enough, in the sky, Lin Tian's indifferent gaze, devoid of any emotion, slowly swept over them, like a cold searchlight, past those who had "run ahead."
Zhao Tieshan's heart sank to the bottom, and a sense of despair welled up inside him.
He knew that, given the attack range and incredible power the other side had just displayed, their attempt to escape by sticking together like this was simply making them sitting ducks!
"Scatter! All of you, scatter! Don't huddle together! Get into the cracks in the rocks! Jump into the ditch! Good luck!"
With a hoarse voice, Zhao Tieshan issued his final, almost desperate, order.
He himself lunged behind a thick, weathered rock pillar and scrambled toward the gravel area at the edge of the basin. What did a guild leader's image or guild honor matter? In the face of survival, none of it mattered.
However, Lin Tian clearly did not have the idea of "being too lazy to hunt down" or "treating people differently".
In his eyes, the two thousand players scattered and fleeing below were no different from the monsters and small groups he had casually cleared along the way.
All of them are points.
Looking down at the dense crowd scattering like ants in a swarm, the last trace of expression on Lin Tian's face vanished, leaving only absolute calm, and beneath that calm lay a chilling coldness that could freeze one's soul.
"Noisy."
He muttered to himself and raised his hands.
With his left hand facing the area where Zhao Tieshan's guild was concentrated in a retreat, [Shinra Tensei] was activated.
With his right hand pointing in the direction from which the remaining players of Zhou Wenyuan's guild were fleeing, [Starry Sky Storm] was activated.
On the left, the terrifying repulsive force no longer exploded in a spherical shape, but condensed into a visible, semi-transparent arc-shaped shock wave, pushing out like the scythe of death!
The first few rows of the fleeing crowd seemed to be hit head-on by an invisible wall, instantly shattering into white light!
The players behind were pushed and shoved by the enormous force, trampling each other, crashing into rocks, breaking bones and tendons, clearing out a fan-shaped death zone nearly a hundred meters long!
On the right, an even more ferocious astral rift tore open in the air, its diameter covering nearly a hundred meters!
The violent fragments of stars rained down like a storm, crashing down with a destructive shriek. The bombardment, which lasted for five seconds, shook the area to its core, smashing all the bunkers and stalagmites to pieces!