181 Open Fire! (2/2)
Please be a success! A raging howl rose silently within Wang Baole. The cannon fired, and shook the heavens!
The blast was no different from the earlier cannon firings, the explosive beam of light identical to previous blasts. It dashed across the battlefield towards the Beast Tide, as if it was charging straight at the giant bat in the eye of the hurricane.
Chen Yutong and the surrounding warriors watched nervously; even the giant bat turned its head and watched as the beam of light raced from the distance towards it.
As the crowd looked on anxiously and Wang Baole prayed fervently, the skyward beam froze in mid-flight, transformed into a huge sphere of light, and fell upon the earth…
The sudden turn of events left everyone dumbfounded. Even the giant bat was equally stunned. It hadn't expected that a Fire God Cannon blast could morph into a sphere of light.
As Wang Baole cried out in dismay and the crowd stood stunned, the ball of light landed on the swarm of beasts on land. Upon its landing, a deafening explosion that surpassed the combined explosions of all the Fire God Cannons rippled through the heavens and sent the earth quaking. It was like giant waves crashing onto the land, an ear-splitting roar that rose to the skies.
The thunderous boom shifted the landscape. Clouds rolled back, and a gush of strong wind swept across the lands. The color drained from the faces of the Foundation Establishment realm entities battling in the skies.
The warriors around Wang Baole, the Dharmic Armament cultivators from the four Dao Colleges, and Chen Yutong were all stunned speechless.
”This… This is just…!”
Wang Baole was equally dumbfounded. He watched the waves of light that exploded from the light sphere when it landed, its impact so strong it would shock one to hear that it rivaled the combined blasts of a dozen Fire God Cannons. The explosion formed a sea of light that splashed and sprayed everywhere, and where the light landed, beasts were wiped out instantly. From afar, within the endless rising Beast Tide, an empty space appeared. In that space… there stood no living beast; the grounds were strewn with their bloodied corpses!
The destructiveness of the ball of light was too overwhelming. As tremors traveled through the earth, both camps fighting on land were struck dumb by shock.
The Dharmic Armament cultivators from the four Dao Colleges, including Chen Yutong, whirled around and stared at the dazed Wang Baole. They were all gasping and overwhelmed by emotion.
It was then that the giant bat in the distant hurricane turned its eyes on Wang Baole. It let loose an ultrasonic wave. As the ultrasonic wave burst forth, Big Beard and the Foundation Establishment realm cultivators shuddered; it was as if needles were being driven into their bodies. Their cultivation was being suppressed, and the threat of death grew greater as the two Foundation Establishment realm beasts attacked.
The beasts surrounding Wang Baole's platform seemed to have received orders as well. They howled, eyes crazed, and charged at Wang Baole fearlessly. It was as if they were determined to destroy the platform even if it cost them their lives!
”Defend with all you've got!” Light glimmered fiercely in Chen Yutong's eyes. Wang Baole had used action to prove himself. As his senior brother, it followed that he too had to stand his ground. His Spirit Qi spread out as he spoke, leading the rest in facing battle.
The other Dharmic Armament cultivators were equally impassioned and roused by Wang Baole's earlier cannon shot. They gathered their thoughts, scattered out and, together with the warriors, met the beasts rushing in from all directions in battle.
The intensity of the battle spiked all of a sudden. The beasts numbered too many, all of them in a raging madness. Amidst the drowning roars, death lurked around every corner.
Amidst the massacre, Wang Baole stood, panting heavily, his eyes bloodshot. He tried but couldn't get the Fire God Cannon to fire again. It seemed that it had only enough for that last shot. He became frantic as he looked at the tragic fates that befell more and more people around him and the crazed, charging beasts swarming heaven and earth.
Madness flashed across his eyes, and he took out the Armament Sand again!
He had never tried to perform a second round of modifications on a Dharmic Artifact that had already been modified. There was no time to deliberate further; he flung the Armament Sand into the Fire God Cannon.
It was then that he discovered excitedly that the Armament Sand could be used for a second round of reform!
However, such a manner of modifications contained too much uncertainty. As soon as the modification was complete, the Fire God Cannon shuddered. Instability wrecked its internal parts, and it seemed on the verge of collapse. An alarmed Wang Baole quickly pulled out more Armament Sand and initiated another round of modifications.
Finally, after he went through five rounds of modifications, the Fire God Cannon that had been crippled and damaged beyond repair, shook with an unprecedented force; it was as if a terrifying energy was stirring within. Waves of Spirit Qi surged from all around. The inscriptions stabilized, and there were no signs of self-destruction or collapse.
”It's done!” Wang Baole whooped with excitement. He snapped his head up and slapped the Fire God Cannon with his right hand.
”Fire!” Wang Baole roared. An earth-shattering blast of light shot from the Fire God Cannon, and exploded instantaneously!
The intensity and force of the blast surpassed all blasts that had come before and left them trailing in the dust. There was no competition to be had in the first place. Its color was no longer white but blue, and as it shot out, the mere waves of energy rippling out disintegrated the hordes of beasts all around. The beasts screamed in pain as they turned into dust!
The landscape shifted, and the blast of light became the focus of the entire battle. It sped across the sky, an unbending beam of light headed squarely for the giant bat that had its mouth gaping wide open to launch another ultrasonic wave.