My Apocalypse Territory
Chapter 489 - 448: Raid

In the territory during this period, many followers who had reached the Awakening Tier Perfection began to charge at the Transcendent bottleneck.

Red Moon, Fani, Greta, Grey Blade, Tylon, Winnie, Kong...

Kong was not the first to start charging at the bottleneck, and his qualifications were only average among the many followers, but he was the first to complete the numerous bottleneck charges, reaching the final step, only a hair's breadth from Transcendence.

— Kong's Intent Realm had reached a very profound level.

When charging at the bottleneck, his power condensed into a force, like a sharp Longsword, shattering the mountains blocking his path into fragments.

Kong was not Nancy, nor Eileen, and he still needed an opportunity for his final breakthrough.

Coincidentally, from the words of two adventurers, Kong learned that among the Sakura Country Awakeners, there was a master whose Blade Qi was so fierce that it made them sweat from over a kilometer away.

This piqued Kong's interest, who was keen on the Sword Dao.

…

Liu Tianming and Xiao Qingsheng, as six-star adventurers, maintained professional standards.

After informing the relevant heads at the guild headquarters, they immediately boarded a Floating Airship and rushed to Luoxia, eventually meeting with about twenty adventurers at the Yong'an Sanctuary.

At this time,

Cui Xinseng, the ruler of Yong'an, was deploying troops and planning to continue to bleed funds to post corresponding tasks at the Luoxia Adventurer Guild, rallying a powerful group of adventurers to act with the Ancestor Dragon Army, seizing this opportunity to severely damage the group from Sakura Country.

— The Sakura Country Awakeners at White Tree High Ground had already suffered significant losses under the relentless fighting of the adventurers. Although the adventurers speculated that there were more Sakura Country Awakeners who might have sailed from far away, possessing a strong backup army.

But how could Cui Xinseng miss this chance!

They were sworn enemies, and delaying it further would only complicate matters once the Sakura Country Awakeners regained their vigor!

At this time,

Cui Xinseng was giving a pre-war mobilization, with the army camp already assembling four thousand five hundred Ancestor Dragon Army Awakeners, and over a thousand unofficial mercenaries.

The gathering was impressively huge.

The twenty or so adventurers who had accepted the mission were also standing in one corner... The client who went to Luoxia to post the mission had set out hours ago, and by calculation, the task should have already been posted at the Adventurer Guild.

Liu Tianming and Xiao Qingsheng had also just arrived.

On finding out that these two had drawn away the main force of Sakura Country and fearlessly (ironically) entered deep into enemy camp, Cui Xinseng promptly met with these two courageous adventurers.

"…What? Those at White Tree High Ground are only the vanguard of Sakura Country, and there are actually over ten thousand Awakeners and an unmatched super-expert?"

Cui Xinseng broke out in a cold sweat.

Both adventurers, Xiao Qingsheng and another, were Ninth Layer Peak experts, and even they admitted to being far inferior... which feared there might be Awakeners of the twelfth layer, thirteenth layer...

An individual super-expert, while unable to annihilate thousands of Awakeners alone, could perform decapitation strikes, inflicting massive morale damage.

Not to mention the over ten thousand proficient Awakeners, which was beyond his expectations.

He felt outmatched!

For a moment, Cui Xinseng felt agonizingly troubled.

The troops had already assembled, but now, the question was, to go or not to go?

…

White Tree High Ground,

Hundreds of survivors and low-tier Awakeners were herded to a corner of the forest, heads bowed, faces full of panic and fear, clothes tattered, and clear whip marks visible on their bodies.

— They were survivors who had already been working at "White Tree High Ground" and were captured by the Sakura Country Awakeners to be enslaved as laborers... The work was the same, yet the labor exponentially more taxing, and the slightest carelessness would result in whipping, with many already having lost their lives.

Beside them, hundreds of Sakura Country Awakeners armed with swords and firearms eyed them menacingly.

At that moment inside the forest, near the logging site, "Infinite Blade Guest" Nishimura Shonin scanned the area full of bodies and was also very irritable.

"Trash!"

"So many elite warriors from the Sky Wolf Hall, yet they couldn't even stop a few dozen people!"

Even more, the casualties were more than tenfold!

From the wounds on the bodies around the logging site, Nishimura could tell the few dozen Daxia Country Awakeners who attacked the logging camp were very strong... After Yong'an Sanctuary had suffered several losses, those sent out were definitely top-notch experts.

But he still couldn't swallow this defeat.

Thinking of the two who had escaped from his grasp, Nishimura's expression grew even darker, "Spatial abilities..."

...

Along the coast, the Sky Wolf Hall headquarters.

Batches of Daxia Country survivors were brought over from the escort, lined up beside the five massive rune Tower Ships on the seashore.

Standing on the flagship's bow, Nishimura was deep in thought...

Either end it once and for all by decapitating the high-ranking members of Yong'an Sanctuary and taking control of the entire Sanctuary,

or leverage the mobility of the rune Tower Ships to roam along the coast of Daxia Country, continuously plundering resources.

Nishimura preferred the latter, it was more prudent since the Sky Wolf Hall was short on manpower and couldn't afford the losses of a major battle.

"However," he turned his head toward his curvaceous female secretary, "Yong'an killed hundreds of our people; we can't let this go. They still have two resource mines, right? Then we'll take their mines and kill their people—"

As soon as he finished speaking, someone came running over in a hurry:

"Lord Nishimura, Washing Horse Tower! Yong'an's forces have attacked the White Tree High Ground again, and this time there are too many to count!"

Nishimura's face twisted with fury. Before anyone could react, his tachi was already drawn and with one sweep, he cut through the tranquil sea, revealing a hundred-meter-long rift. The sea seemed to split open for several seconds, and with a thunderous noise as it closed, water splashed several meters high.

This scene was like the wrath of the gods.

Although Lord Nishimura hadn't yet entered the legendary Transcendent Tier, his strength was almost there; as little as a month ago, he could easily defeat those in Awakening Perfection. Now, he was unfathomably powerful...

The Sky Wolf Hall officers nearby stealthily glanced at Nishimura, who split the sea with one stroke, and then bowed their heads as if to shield themselves from the chill.

This time, their lord was truly furious.

The Sky Wolf Hall was preparing to deploy an Elite Samurai Group of three thousand men, when...

Whizz, whizz, whizz... Sharp sounds tore through the sky, and black dots rained down, exploding into clouds of dust meters high.

It was artillery shells from the mortars — no big threat to mid-to-high-level Awakeners, but it plunged the Sky Wolf Hall camp into chaos. Those unlucky to be hit by the shells died on the spot.

"Enemy attack!" shouts roared. The Sky Wolf Hall officers quickly gathered their troops and rushed into the dense forest.

Several kilometers away, Yong'an's artillery forces and the most elite Awakeners from the Ancestor Dragon were stationed, with many Sky Wolf Hall sentinels lying dead on the ground — visible under the "Reconnaissance Eagle" spell.

But once the firing began and their position was revealed, the top-tier Awakeners from the Sky Wolf Hall could rapidly close in.

A tide of powerful auras rose from afar, causing Cui Xinseng from Yong'an to look grave, even beads of cold sweat were forming...

"Thankfully, it's almost time..."

He looked up, the clouds ethereal.

Suddenly, a thick cloud revealed a hole as if something burst through it, followed by a brilliant burst of light. A thick beam shot out from the sky, like the punishment descending from a celestial being.

Amidst his anger, Nishimura with the elite of the Sky Wolf Hall quickly approached the artillery positions, a cold gleam in his eyes. But suddenly, he sensed something and immediately looked up.

Among the clouds, the silhouette of a ship appeared in his view, and from one side of its massive cannon, blazing Heavenly Fire shot forth.

Nishimura's expression drastically changed: "Quick, take cover—"

(Spending days coding hundreds of words, finally pieced together a chapter. I'll try to update tomorrow, but no guarantees, depends on my condition. Recently, it's been tough, either pain or dizziness, I've lost count of how many painkillers I've taken ╥﹏╥...)

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