Chapter 169: Section 170: Victory Descends Suddenly


    The young knight felt a strong intuition deep in his heart—absorbing this Heart Core would be greatly beneficial to him!


    But under the watchful eyes of everyone, how could he make his move?


    The Divine Artifacts, Green Jade Gold Coffin, and Mermaid’s Fairy Tale on the two lower levels had not been touched by anyone. Who knew what defensive measures the War Merchant might have set up on this even more crucial third level.


    Zhenjin could only endure quietly.


    “This floor also didn’t have the key item to control the Alchemy Factory?” Hei Juan asked, a bit anxiously.


    “It must be on the fourth floor!” Zi Di declared.


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    Everyone bypassed the Heart Core and climbed the stairs.


    Soon, the Scout, who was leading, spoke, “The fourth floor is completely empty, not a single item!”


    “How is that possible?”


    “What’s happening?”


    “Our gods, what are we to do?”


    Everyone quickly ascended to the fourth floor and sure enough, found it completely empty. Panic began to set in.


    “Damn it, without a way to control it, it will be hard for us to use the Array here to escape.”


    “Even if we had many Divine Artifacts, what use would they be?”


    “The island is collapsing; we’re all going to die here. No, once Flame Mountain breaks free, it will surely crush us like ants!”


    Many were holding their heads, faces showing utter despair.


    “We still have time,” Bai Ya comforted.


    “Isn’t this the Central Tower?” Cang Xu frowned, his expression puzzled.


    “The War Merchant chose to retreat here after his defeat. It’s highly likely that this is the Central Tower!”


    “But why aren’t there any items to control the factory?”


    “Could it be on the War Merchant’s person?”


    “Perhaps there are other Mage Towers within this factory.”


    As everyone speculated, Jia Sha’s expression suddenly changed.


    He burst out with a look of joy, “Wait, this is it! This is the Central Tower!”


    All eyes were drawn to him.


    “This Mage Tower, no, to be precise, this floor is the key to controlling the Alchemy Factory!” Jia Sha said as he channeled his Divine Power into the wall.


    He had been doing this for a while now, previously without any response, but now it finally had an effect.


    Everyone saw the Divine Power shine with a pure white light, flowing from Jia Sha’s hands and streaming along the walls of the fourth floor. Where the Divine Power flowed, straight and curved lines and runes formed.


    These runes and lines, arranged tightly, began to reveal a small part of the Alchemy Array in the eyes of everyone present.


    “Amazing, truly amazing,” Jia Sha’s face grew increasingly joyful as his knowledge of the Mage Tower rapidly expanded with the corrosion of the Divine Power.


    “True to the War Merchant, he is indeed a peak figure in the world of alchemy!”


    Then, Jia Sha’s expression slightly changed, his voice carrying a tone of relief, “Thank goodness the Tower Spirit is in poor condition. If it were intact, we would have been wiped out on the first floor!”


    “I told you, everyone! This is a gift bestowed upon us by fate.”


    Everyone was overjoyed.


    “Fantastic!”


    “Truly worthy of Lord Jia Sha.”


    “With this, we can control the entire Alchemy Factory!”


    “Quick, see if there’s anything here that can help us escape.”


    As everyone spoke all at once, the Tower Spirit’s voice suddenly rang out again.


    “Warning! Warning!”


    “The Alchemy Central Tower has been invaded, intruders detected on the control deck, fourth floor.”


    “Initiate purge… no guards detected in the Central Tower.”


    “Awaken the Elemental Warriors… no life signs of Elemental Warriors detected.”


    “Release poison gas… control valve is unresponsive.”


    “Summon the external statues… communication is disrupted, unable to establish contact.”


    “Emergency halt to the nurturing process, awaken the Magic Beasts in creation… awakening successful!”


    The Tower Spirit’s words threw everyone into a flurry, and by the end, everyone’s face drastically changed.


    A roar!


    Separated by the Central Tower, everyone could hear the loud, raging roars.


    Within a few breaths, the roaring intensified, countless howls intertwining to form a tsunami-like wave of sound.


    Jia Sha’s face turned pale, “It’s the coffins outside the tower, all the intact coffins have been opened, a massive swarm of Magic Beasts is heading this way!”


    “We must block them!”


    “Buy me time, as long as my Divine Power completely saturates this place, the Tower Spirit will be powerless against us!”


    Everyone knew the critical moment had come, and they hurriedly fought their way down to the first floor.


    The doors of the first floor had already vanished, a third of them destroyed, forming a massive gap.


    Crocodile Head Hammer Tail Boa, Monkey-tailed Brown Bear, Blue Dog Fox Wolf, Strong Life White Rhinoceros, gun scorpions, and more surged like a tide, attacking violently.


    The extreme ferocity exerted immense pressure on everyone.


    “Fire!” Hei Juan commanded loudly, his voice trembling.


    A round of arrow rain, two rounds of arrow rain, three rounds of arrow rain…


    Although the survivors were few in number and their Arrow Screen sparse, they were now utilizing alchemy arrows.


    These arrows either exploded, blazed fiercely, emitted frost, or shot out thunder… Their extraordinary power inflicted massive damage on the beast horde.


    However, the Magic Beasts were in an extremely ferocious state, their eyes filled with blood, possibly because their nurturing process had been interrupted, and blood seeped from their pores even without being attacked.


    The Tower Spirit seemed to fully ignite their life force, recklessly bursting it forth.


    The Magic Beasts trampled over the bodies of their own kind and charged at the survivors.


    Divine Arts—Holy Temple Shield!


    A pure white radiance suddenly cascaded from the fourth floor along the walls of the Central Tower, enveloping everyone.


    This Divine Art came just in time. Big guy, Zong Ge, and others were positioned at the very front of the breach, relying on the light shields covering their bodies to firmly stabilize the line!


    “Hold on, I can now utilize the Central Tower to transfer my Divine Power at will,” shouted Jia Sha from the fourth floor.


    Zhenjin, already mutated, transformed into his “Divine Favored” form with golden scorpion armor and holding two Spider Blades.


    A flash of sword light passed, and the head of the Monkey-tailed Brown Bear was cleanly severed by Zhenjin!


    Blood spurted, obscuring Zhenjin’s eyes.


    Suddenly, a massive Crocodile Head burst through the splashing blood.


    Zhenjin couldn’t evade in time nor was he able to, with his comrades right behind him; he had to take the hit head-on.


    With a muffled thud, he was knocked back, crashing into a companion and nearly breaking his ribs!


    “We can’t hold any longer!” Zong Ge grit his teeth, “Retreat to the second floor quickly.”


    Human physical strength is limited, incomparable to Magic Beasts.


    The intensity of this clash between man and beast was so severe that after just a brief skirmish, Zong Ge was already feeling overwhelmed, finding his Bone Hammer extremely heavy.


    “Lord Jia Sha, have you succeeded? We can’t hold on any longer!” someone shouted.


    “Just a moment, I’ve successfully seized control of the first floor’s Array,” replied Jia Sha immediately.


    In the next instant, Holy Light flowed downward, tracing the intricate details of the Alchemy Array. Sёarch* The N??elFirё.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.


    Almost in the blink of an eye, the pure white Divine Power merged into the Green Jade Gold Coffin.


    The Green Jade Gold Coffin suddenly erupted with a mixed radiance of blue and gold, healing everyone’s injuries in an instant and restoring their spirit and physical strength to peak condition.


    Then, the blue-gold radiance spread out, and many Magic Beasts were also bathed in the light, completely restored!


    “Sorry, I can only control it to this extent,” Jia Sha’s voice came down again, “I’ve unlocked the Alchemy Array, now you can safely touch this Divine Artifact. Quickly, bring the Green Jade Gold Coffin up to me while you can!”


    The people hurriedly dragged the Green Jade Gold Coffin and retreated up the stairs to the second floor.


    The Magic Beasts relentlessly pursued them.


    “Dad, go first, I’ll cover you from behind!” Big guy took the rear guard position.


    Once they retreated to the second floor, their pressure considerably decreased.


    Their defensive position was greatly reduced, and being at a higher vantage point, looking down to attack, was significantly advantageous.


    However, after attacking for a while, Jia Sha’s annoyed voice came, “Don’t use alchemy arrows anymore. The damage to the Central Tower is severely interfering with me!”


    The people could only engage in close combat.


    Thus, the line had to gradually fall back.


    The Magic Beasts pressed on fearlessly and ferociously, the injuries among the people rapidly increased, and the Divine Art’s shield armor was significantly weakened.


    But soon, the shield Divine Art was cast again upon them.


    At the same time, Holy Light flowed, drawing out a large alchemy array, and eventually concentrating the Divine Light onto a large shell floating in the air.


    This Divine Artifact abruptly dropped to the ground, causing those close by to sweat from the fright.


    “Pick it up quickly, you can withdraw now!” Jia Sha yelled.


    “Father, have you succeeded?!” The people were both alarmed and delighted.


    Jia Sha replied, “Not yet, the Tower Spirit still tightly controls the teleportation privileges, I need more time!”


    “Not succeeded yet?!” Hei Juan cried out discontentedly.


    Jia Sha snorted coldly, “I’m rapidly gaining control over the Central Tower. Taking over the teleportation privileges is only a matter of time. Without my help, how could you possibly touch these two Divine Artifacts?”


    “Forget those Divine Artifacts, they are useless to us!” someone loudly objected.


    “No, these are gifts from destiny. Do you know how much merit you would get presenting them to the Empire’s high officials? You can’t even imagine!” Jia Sha roared.


    The fierce battle continued, and the casualties among the survivors gradually increased.


    A large Crocodile Head clamped onto an arm of a survivor and savagely dragged him back.


    “Save me!” the survivor screamed in terror.


    Zong Ge quickly grabbed his other arm, but? the power of the Crocodile Head Hammer Tail Boa was terrifying. If not for Zong Ge letting go immediately, he would have almost been dragged away as well.


    The survivor’s body was swiftly submerged in the Beast Tide, nearly instantly devoured by several Magic Beasts.


    Two survivors staggered backward, one losing his left arm, severed by a Spider Blade. The other clutched his perforated abdomen, the nearby intestines charred by the Monkey-tailed Brown Bear’s claws.


    A gap appeared in the line, and Zhenjin hurriedly filled it. Bathed in blood, he repeatedly ignored his own safety. By seizing the opportunity to strike despite his injuries, he killed several Magic Beasts, narrowly stabilizing the line.


    “Retreat to the third floor, hurry!” A survivor broke down, fleeing towards the third floor, hoping to be the first to ascend.


    However, at that moment, lightning inexplicably struck down inside the tower, instantly killing the fleeing soldier.


    Subsequently, the crackling sounds continued, and dense lightning repeatedly struck down, turning the Magic Beasts inside the tower into charred remains.


    Afterward, the lightning swiftly spread, extending outside the Central Tower, striking down all remaining Magic Beasts.


    Zhenjin and others, however, were not hit by the lightning.


    Victory came too suddenly, and everyone was stupefied in place.