allendalepharm Chapter 1318 Multi-Party Melee
Chapter 1318 Multi-Party Melee
Lin Yi leaned against the city wall railing, his gaze fixed on the pillar of light shooting into the sky from the direction of Holy Light Paradise.
The brightness of the light beam decreased by more than half within a few minutes, changing from a dazzling white to a dull milky white, but it was still clearly visible.
At the camp below the city wall, the millennial students were still busy.
Engineering robots welded reinforcement plates on the city wall, and the sparks from the welding flashed in the twilight like a swarm of tireless fireflies.
Lin Yi withdrew his gaze and turned to look at Su Xiao.
How long do you think they'll fight?
Su Xiao was silent for a moment, then spoke.
"It won't be long."
"The Holy Light Paradise has found the condensed entity, and the other three parties won't just watch them take it away. The Holy Land Paradise's cult is closest and should have already blocked it. The Death Paradise won't be idle either; Cohen won't let this opportunity pass. Although morale is low in the Apocalypse Paradise, the Nameless Saints will definitely send someone over to check, just in case they're lucky enough to find it."
Lin Yi nodded and looked again at the dissipating pillar of light.
This is a five-way battle, and no one can remain unscathed.
You thought you could stay out of it and wait for the other four parties to finish their battle before coming out to reap the benefits, but you overlooked one problem—if you don't take action, others will take your share as well.
War is not a dinner party; it's not a matter of you giving one step and me giving one step, and everyone sitting down to reach a mutually acceptable outcome.
War is a matter of life and death; if you don't fight, you're out.
"Wait a little longer."
Lin Yi glanced at him but didn't ask how long it would take.
Su Xiao's judgment has always been accurate. If he says to wait, then there must be a reason for waiting.
Meanwhile, near the temporary camp of Holy Light Paradise, a girl was squatting on the ground, holding a fist-sized transparent crystal in her hands. The expression on her face changed from shock to excitement, and then from excitement to an indescribable ecstasy.
This is a condensation of the power of spacetime.
"Found it, I found it."
Her voice wasn't loud, but the excitement in her tone was impossible to suppress.
Several of her teammates gathered around. Some squatted down to look at the crystal, some reached out to touch it, and others urged her to put it away quickly.
The girl carefully placed the crystal into the storage bag at her waist; there was no way to put this thing into the storage space.
"Hurry up, before the other amusement parks arrive."
Her judgment was correct, but she was too slow.
In the few minutes she was excited, the cult of Sanctuary Paradise had already blocked their only way back.
The cult had only about thirty members, but they stood very evenly spaced, about five meters apart, forming a loose but gapless blockade.
Their positions were carefully calculated so that no matter which direction the people from Holy Light Paradise ran, two or three members of the cult would intercept them immediately.
The leader of the cult was a middle-aged man wearing a white robe, the hem of which trailed on the ground, leaving a shallow drag mark on the grass.
He held a silver scepter in his right hand, the top of which was inlaid with a fist-sized white gem that emitted a soft glow in the twilight.
His expression was calm, but his eyes burned with a chilling heat, the kind of fervor one feels when facing their faith.
"Hand over the condensate."
"You can't take it away."
The leading girl stepped out from the crowd, her right hand resting on the hilt of her sword at her waist, her chin held high, looking down at the members of the cult with a condescending attitude.
Her teammates behind her also stepped forward. Some drew their weapons, some activated their defensive skills, and others began calling for support in the team chat.
"When did the cult of Sanctuary Paradise become so shameless, blocking the road and stealing other people's things? Is this what your doctrine teaches you?"
The middle-aged man glanced at her, his lips twitching slightly, his expression unreadable—it was hard to tell if it was a smile or something else.
"The doctrine tells us that the fusion of spacetime forces is a blessing from God and should not fall into the hands of heretics."
The girl was speechless for a moment, her mouth opening and closing repeatedly.
"You're just making excuses."
The middle-aged man didn't speak again; he simply pointed his scepter forward, and the white gem at the top of the scepter lit up.
The contractors of Holy Light Paradise were stunned by this sudden attack.
Their impression of the Holy Land Order was still based on the past – they were strong, but not many; as long as they could withstand the first wave of attacks, they could use their numerical advantage to push the Order back.
But this time is different.
The cult's attack came without any probing; they went all out from the start.
A female mage from the Holy Light Paradise was pierced in the shoulder by a spear while casting a spell. The spear tip pierced through her shoulder blade and exited from her back.
Her skill was interrupted in that instant, and the backlash from the energy within her body caused her to vomit a mouthful of blood, collapsing to the ground.
The members of the cult in the back row began to chant.
White light surged from their palms, condensing into light arrows in the air. Within just a few seconds, the number of light arrows reached hundreds.
A barrage of light arrows rained down on the battlefield of the Holy Light Paradise contractors.
Explosions rang out one after another, sending dirt and gravel flying from the ground and forming clouds of brown smoke in the air.
The contractors of Holy Light Paradise dodged and weaved under the cover of light arrows. Some hid behind shields, some lay on the ground, and some simply activated invincibility skills to tough it out.
But the Order's arrows of light did not end in one round.
The first round of light arrows had barely landed when the second round of light arrows had already condensed and taken shape in the air.
The third round, the fourth round, and the fifth round.
The density of the light arrows is increasing, and the coverage area is becoming wider and wider.
The contractors of Holy Light Paradise were beaten so badly they couldn't even lift their heads.
"We need support, we need support."
The girl frantically called out in the team channel, her voice trembling slightly.
"The cult in the Sanctuary Paradise has gone mad. They're not fighting a war; they're risking their lives."
The war channel was in an uproar.
The contractors of Holy Light Paradise moved towards the battlefield from their respective positions. Some had already set off, some were confirming routes, and others were marking the cult's formation on the map.
The news reached the war channel of the Paradise of Reincarnation.
The dean stood in the main cabin of the spaceship, tapped the map a few times with his finger, and then looked up at the people around him.
"The Holy Light Paradise has been blocked by the cult."
"People from Death Paradise are also heading in that direction, and Apocalypse Paradise has also sent out a team, not many, about thirty people, probably to try their luck."
"What do we do?" The widow leaned back in her chair, a slender cigarette between her fingers, smoke rising from the tip and slowly drifting into the air.
The dean's gaze lingered on the map on the wall for a moment before turning towards Lin Yi.
"Doctor, how many of your people can you divide into?"
Lin Yi thought for a moment, then spoke.
"Five thousand."
Is that enough?
The dean's eyes lit up for a moment, then he shook his head.
"enough."
Lin Yi nodded and turned to look at Hina Sorasaki standing next to him.
Hina nodded and turned to walk towards the camp.
In less than five minutes, five thousand students from Kivotos had assembled at the camp's main gate.
People from the Paradise of Reincarnation were also gathering, numbering less than a hundred.
The dean stood at the front of the line, his gaze sweeping across the faces of those people to make sure everyone was ready, before he spoke.
"Set off."
The team began moving out of the camp.
The base of the Reincarnation Paradise is nearly fifty kilometers away from the location where the Cohesion was discovered in the Holy Light Paradise. At the speed of the contractors, it would take about twenty minutes to travel there at full speed.
But the dean did not allow them to advance at full speed. His orders were simple: maintain formation, do not fall behind, and do not expose yourselves prematurely.
At the same time, the team sent by Apocalypse Paradise also set off.
There were only about thirty people in the group. The leader was a man with a crew cut, wearing a dark light armor and a short knife hanging at his waist.
The nameless saint stood at the camp gate, watching the group disappear into the wilderness, his brow furrowed deeply.
He judged that there wouldn't be many people near the fused body, because the first fused body appeared on the territory of Holy Light Paradise, and it would take time for others to get there. In the meantime, the fused body had likely already been taken away by the people of Holy Light Paradise.
But what if?
What if the people from Holy Light Paradise are blocked by the cult of Holy Domain Paradise and can't leave?
What if the people from Death Paradise and the people from Sanctuary Paradise start fighting?
What if the aggregate remains in the same place?
The thirty-person team from Apocalypse Paradise moved quickly across the wilderness. Their speed wasn't fast, but their formation remained very neat.
The crew-cut man leading the group would stop every now and then to check the direction before continuing on.
They were unlucky.
When they were halfway there, the procession from the Paradise of Reincarnation cut in from the flank.
The two sides met on the banks of a dry riverbed.
The riverbed is about 50 meters wide and about 3 meters deep, and the bottom of the riverbed is filled with pebbles and dried silt.
Both banks are covered with low shrubs with gray-green branches, small leaves, and a layer of fine hairs on the surface.
The inhabitants of the Paradise of Reincarnation stand on the south bank of the riverbed, while the inhabitants of the Paradise of Revelation stand on the north bank.
The two sides were less than 100 meters apart, a distance that would be almost face to face for a sixth-tier contractor.
The crew-cut man leading the Apocalypse Paradise team changed his expression the moment he saw the Reincarnation Paradise team.
He instinctively took a half step back, then steadied himself, placing his right hand on the hilt of the knife at his waist.
"The Paradise of Reincarnation".
When he uttered those words, his voice trembled slightly, a tremor he himself was unaware of.
The leader of the Reincarnation Paradise Contractors was a tall man wearing a dark leather armor with several old knife marks on it, and the scabbard of the short sword at his waist was badly worn.
He glanced at the crew-cut man but didn't say anything.
He simply sent a message in the team channel.
"The Apocalypse's men are on our side, about thirty of them. Should we take them out?"
The dean's reply came very quickly.
"A swift and decisive victory."
The tall man put the terminal away, then raised his hand and made a gesture.
This gesture means an extremely simple command among the contractors of the Reincarnation Paradise—kill.
The contractors of the Reincarnation Paradise moved at the same time.
Their movements were completely unexpected, like a group of predators who had been lurking in the dark suddenly bursting out of their hiding place.
The tall man was the first to rush out. He pushed off the ground at the edge of the riverbed and shot towards the opposite bank like a cannonball. He took only one step on the bottom of the riverbed, and with his second step, he was on the slope on the other side.
The crew-cut man at Apocalypse Park had already drawn his short knife the moment he rushed up the slope; the blade reflected a cold gleam under the lights.
But the moment he raised his knife, the tall man was already in front of him.
The distance was less than two meters.
The crew-cut man's pupils suddenly contracted to the size of pinpoints, and his body instinctively leaned back, his short knife drawing an arc in front of him, trying to force the tall man back.
But the tall man didn't dodge. He stretched out his left hand, fingers spread, and grabbed the wrist of the crew-cut man holding the dagger.
The hand gripped the crew-cut man's wrist like an iron clamp, the knuckles cracking as the bones popped.
The crew-cut man's short knife stopped less than ten centimeters from the tall man's neck. The tip of the blade trembled slightly in the air, unable to pierce through.
The tall man clenched his right fist and punched the crew-cut man in the chest.
The fist made a dull thud the moment it hit the chest, like a heavy hammer slamming into a sandbag.
The man with the crew cut had a dent in his chest, and broken ribs protruded from under his skin, with dark red flesh and blood stained with the white bone fragments.
His body flew backward, arcing through the air before crashing heavily to the ground, rolling twice before coming to a stop.
He lay on the pebbles at the bottom of the riverbed, looked down at his chest, where there was a fist-sized dent, the skin around the dent was bluish-purple, like a smashed peach.
His consciousness faded within seconds.
The other contractors in Apocalypse Paradise weren't much better off.
The people of the Paradise of Reincarnation moved between the two banks of the riverbed, and they were much faster and more powerful than the people of the Paradise of Apocalypse.
A contractor from Apocalypse Paradise was stabbed in the heart from behind by an assassin from Reincarnation Paradise while attempting to retreat.
The assassin's dagger pierced his back and emerged from his chest, a drop of dark red blood still clinging to the tip.
The assassin pulled the dagger from his chest, wiped the blood off his clothes, and then turned and charged toward another target.
The battle lasted less than a minute.
Of the thirty contractors from Apocalypse Paradise, twenty-two died, and the remaining eight escaped.
They didn't run far, but regrouped downstream in the riverbed, and then ran towards the Apocalypse Paradise headquarters without looking back.
The tall man stood on the edge of the riverbed, watching the fleeing figures, but did not give chase.
He turned around and looked in the direction behind him.
Five thousand students from Kivotos stood on the south bank of the riverbed, weapons at their sides, in battle formation, but no one fired a shot.
It's not that they're afraid to fire; it's that they don't need to.
The contractors of the Paradise of Reincarnation eliminated the enemy in a minute; they didn't even have time to aim.
The student in the lead was a girl with a ponytail, wearing a dark combat uniform and holding an assault rifle.
She looked at the corpses lying on the riverbed, remained silent for a moment, and then spoke.
"Is this what battles are like in your amusement park?"
A fellow contractor from the Reincarnation Paradise nearby grinned upon hearing this.
"This is just a warm-up."
The team from the Paradise of Reincarnation regrouped by the riverbed, counted their numbers, and after confirming that no one was injured, continued towards the fused body.
At the same time, another group of people sent by the dean also set off.
The number of people was smaller than the first group, but the leader was King Kong.
King Kong walked at the very front of the group, taking large strides, each step covering a great distance, his boots making a dull thud on the grass.
Behind him were fewer than fifty Contractors of the Paradise of Reincarnation, and behind them were three thousand students of Givotos.
These students were better equipped than the first batch. Before they set off, the engineering students provided them with newly developed weapons, including energy rifles, portable missile launchers, and several experimental weapons that Lin Yi couldn't name.
King Kong's mission was simple—to reach the Holy Light Paradise, find the location of the condensed entity, and then bring it back.
As for how to seize it, the dean didn't say, nor did he need to.
King Vajra has his own judgment, which may not be perfect, but it is effective enough.
The procession from the Paradise of Reincarnation moved swiftly across the wilderness, with five thousand and three thousand people splitting into two groups, advancing from different directions toward the same goal.
Before the team from the Paradise of Reincarnation arrived, the situation near the fused entity was already in complete chaos.
The contractors of Holy Light Paradise were trapped in place by the cult of Holy Domain Paradise, unable to advance or retreat.
They tried to break out, but the cult's defenses were too solid.
Her right hand gripped the hilt of the sword, while her left hand covered a wound on her right arm.
When will the reinforcements arrive?
"It'll be here soon, it's already on its way."
She nodded, removed her left hand from the wound, wiped the blood off her clothes, and then gripped the sword hilt again.
Just as she was about to stand up and continue fighting, a message came through the war channel.
"The people from Death Paradise have arrived, on our flank."
The girl's face turned ashen in that instant.
She turned her head and looked towards the flank.
Cohen stood at the front of the group, holding a two-handed greatsword with a thick blade that was nearly two meters long.
"Rob."
The contractors of Death Paradise rushed out the moment he finished speaking.
The contractors of Holy Light Paradise were even more disheveled by this wave of attacks.
They were already suppressed by the cult to the point of being unable to raise their heads, and now the people from Death Paradise attacked from the flank, and they could not even maintain their defensive formation.
The leading girl was struck in the shield by Cohen's sword, and the shield split in the middle, with cracks spreading outwards from the point of impact like a giant spider web.
She was thrown backward by the force, her back slamming into a tree, and a metallic, sweet taste filled her mouth.
She got up from the ground, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth with her sleeve, and then looked in Cohen's direction.
Cohen didn't look at her; his gaze had already turned toward the direction of the Sanctuary Paradise Order.
The cult members were also watching Cohen.
The middle-aged man tightened his grip on the scepter slightly, and the white gem at the top of the scepter lit up, its light even more dazzling than before.
"Death Paradise has arrived too."
His voice was calm, but there was a hint of seriousness in his tone.
Cohen looked at the cult's formation, and his smile deepened.
"The Order of the Sect".
When he uttered those two words, there was an indescribable meaning in his tone, as if he were evaluating a piece of merchandise that was reasonably acceptable.
The Death Paradise group stopped in front of the cult's formation, with the two sides less than fifty meters apart.
Cohen raised his two-handed greatsword, the tip pointing in the direction of the cult.
"Get out of the way."
The middle-aged man looked at him without saying a word or moving aside.
Cohen waited three seconds, then moved.
The greatsword drew a dark red arc in his hands, the blade tearing through the air with a sharp whistling sound.
The shield bearers at the front of the cult raised their shields to block.
The moment the sword and shield collided, the shield was split in two, and the broken metal fragments flew to both sides.
The hand holding the shield was ripped open by the sword strike, and blood flowed down the hilt of the sword.
Cohen's second strike has arrived.
The blade was aimed straight at the middle-aged man's head, and the man raised his scepter when the blade was less than half a meter away from his head.
The white gem at the top of the scepter burst forth with dazzling light, and a beam of light shot out from the gem, heading straight for Cohen's chest.
Cohen's body swerved to the left the instant the beam of light shot out, and the beam grazed past his right shoulder, burning a charred hole in his sleeve.
His sword did not stop; it continued forward.
The middle-aged man's body fell backward just before the blade touched his head, lying on the grass. The blade flew over his head, severing a few strands of white hair.
He got up from the ground, used his scepter to support himself, and looked at Cohen.
Cohen looked at him, and the smile on his lips faded slightly.
The Death Park team began advancing at the same time that Cohen launched his attack.
They broke through the cult's defenses, crossed the Holy Light Paradise's position, and rushed towards the Cohesive Body.
The contractors of Holy Light Paradise completely collapsed at this moment.
It's not that they aren't strong enough, it's that they face too much pressure.
The girl in the lead lay on the grass, watching the backs of her teammates, her eyes reddening.
She didn't know how the war had turned out this way.
Just minutes before, they were cheering for finding the condenser; minutes later, they were beaten so badly they couldn't even lift their heads.
It all happened so fast that before her mind could even process it, the battle was already over.
"The people from the Paradise of Reincarnation have arrived; they are behind us."
Cohen stopped in his tracks.
He turned around and looked behind him.
King Kong walked out of the wilderness, his steps unhurried, his boots making a dull sound as they trod on the grass.
Behind him were dozens of contractors from the Paradise of Reincarnation, and behind them were three thousand students of Givotos.
The visual impact of three thousand people appearing simultaneously in the wilderness is indescribable.
They were scattered over an area of several hundred meters, forming a huge fan-shaped formation.
Three thousand guns were simultaneously pointed at Death Paradise and the Cult.
Cohen frowned as he looked at the dark gun barrels.
His judgment was that they couldn't tough it out.
It's not that we can't win, it's that there's no benefit in fighting.
There is only one condensed body. The people from the Paradise of Reincarnation have arrived. Even if the Paradise of Death manages to seize the condensed body, it will still face pursuit from the Paradise of Reincarnation.
During the pursuit, the cult may stab you in the back; the people of Holy Light Paradise may return with a vengeance, and the people of Apocalypse Paradise may take advantage of the chaos.
It's not worth taking such a big risk for a single aggregate.
Cohen raised his hand and made a gesture.
After Cohen gave the signal, the Death Paradise team began to retreat, shrinking from an offensive formation to a tight defensive formation.
King Kong stood at the very front of the line, a wide smile spreading across his face.
"It looks quite lively." (End of Chapter)