Swallowed Star: Lord of the Wolf

"what--!"

"what happened?!"

"The sky has fallen! The earth has cracked!"

"Help!" The city was instantly plunged into an unprecedented panic. Millions of people were as if the end of the world had come. Cries, screams, the sound of collapsing buildings, and the sound of gushing lava intertwined into a noisy ocean.

The Flame Heart Palace shook violently, and crystals from the dome fell down in a flurry.

The expressions of the powerful figures, including Elder Zhuyin and Elder Chili, changed drastically as they stared in horror at the terrifying dark red blood clouds in the sky and the foul black gas surging from the cracks in the earth.

"What...what is this?!" an elder exclaimed in disbelief, his eyes filled with dread.

"A formation...it's a formation! Someone is destroying the city!" a burly elder roared, trying to steady himself, but a cold and evil suction force originating from the depths of the earth suddenly erupted.

A more terrifying scene happened.

Countless thick beams of energy, a mixture of pure dark resentment and scarlet blood energy, suddenly erupted from cracks in the earth, from the ruins of some collapsed buildings, and even from some unsuspecting members of the clan, shooting into the sky.

These beams of light, like greedy tentacles, frantically devoured all life around them!
Whether it was ordinary people fleeing in terror, Void Gods trying to organize resistance, or even some weaker Eternal Gods, as long as they were swept by this crimson and dark pillar of light, their bodies would wither and decay at a visible speed.

Their life essence, soul imprint, and even the extreme fear and resentment before death were forcibly extracted and transformed into pure yet filthy torrents of blood. Along the pillar of light, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, they surged and converged in the same direction—the clan chief's secret chamber deep within the Chaos Ruins!

"Do not--!"

Elder Zhuyin's eyes were bloodshot as he looked at a core elder in the distance who was enveloped by a pillar of light and instantly turned into ashes. He let out a furious roar filled with grief and indignation.

He finally understood!

How could this be an invasion by foreign enemies?

This is a betrayal originating from the core of the tribe; it is a catastrophe!
Elder Chi Li's hair and beard stood on end, and a terrifying aura like molten lava and stars erupted from his body as he punched a beam of light that was shooting toward him!
boom! ! !
The beam of light trembled violently, but it was not dispersed. Instead, it deviated slightly, turned a corner, and sucked the bodies of several clansmen who were passing by into dust.

Elder Chi Li's face turned ashen; the power of this formation far exceeded his expectations!
Similarly, many crimson beams of light entangled Xu Yang, but he did not confront them head-on like Elder Chi Li, nor did he try to rescue those individuals targeted by the beams—it was pointless. Without breaking the great formation, the speed of rescue could not compare to the speed of slaughter.

Bo~~~~
His figure seemed to blend into the chaotic spatial fluctuations, becoming blurred and indistinct.

"Space?!" Elder Zhuyin and Elder Chili were both shocked and looked at Xu Yang in disbelief. This guest elder actually possessed such exquisite spatial control.
This is something that even a peak Eternal True God could not achieve!
But there's no time to think about it now.

"Guard your mind! This formation is draining life and soul!" Zhu Yin's voice rang directly in the minds of Chi Li and a few other top elders, calm and clear. "The core is at the top! Elder Hei Sha and the clan leader... it was those two who did this!"

He directly pointed out the truth, his tone filled with anguish and indignation.

He sensed the presence of Clan Chief Burning Flame and Elder Black Fiend within the formation. He couldn't understand why these two would use the formation to slaughter the entire city for no apparent reason.

But the situation is urgent now. The reason is not important. What's important is to get through this difficult time first.

……

Outside the blazing city, on the ruined plain.

When the sky above the Burning Flame City was covered by thick, blood-red clouds, the earth cracked, lava poured out, and desperate cries echoed through the sky, the two legions stationed on the Ruins Plain—Rock and Skywatchers—were on guard.

I was instantly stunned by this apocalyptic scene!
"Burning Flame City!!!" The commander of the Rock Legion, a burly giant over ten feet tall and clad in heavy lava armor, stood in the main control room of the "Lava Rock," which resembled a giant fiery tortoise, staring with bloodshot eyes at the distant, hellish city.

All the soldiers behind him were equally terrified by this sudden and horrific turn of events, their faces drained of color.

"What's going on?! Has an enemy launched a surprise attack on the interior of Burning Flame City?!" The commander of the Sky Patrol Legion was a lean man with a lithe build and sharp, eagle-like eyes. In the "Crimson Flame Sky Patrol" floating fortress where he was located, the huge crimson crystal "Eagle Eye" instantly locked onto the direction of Burning Flame City, clearly projecting the scene of countless dark red pillars of light raging and causing widespread death and destruction within the city onto the main control screen.

"Damn it, we haven't received any alerts from the Flameheart Palace!" General Rocky roared, slamming his fist on the control panel. "Where are the elders?! Where is the clan leader?! Where is Elder Black Fiend?! What are they doing?!"

"We can't wait any longer!" General Chi Ling's eyes burned with fierce flames, his voice resolute. "No matter who the enemy is! No matter what's happening inside! Burning Flame City is our foundation! Billions of our people are dying, Rock! Activate the Legion's secret treasure, blast open that damned blood cloud barrier, and charge in!"

"Very well!" General Pan Yan didn't hesitate at all, his eyes filled with resolute fury. "Pan Yan Legion, heed my command! Blood cloud barrier above Burning Flame City, 'Lava Pan Yan'—'Earthfire Sky-Burning Cannon,' blast it open!!!"

"Sky Patrol Legion, heed my command!" General Crimson Feather's voice echoed throughout the Crimson Flame Sky Patrol, "'Crimson Flame Sky Patrol'—'Star-Splitting Fall,' lock onto the weak point of the Blood Cloud and launch a coordinated attack! Tear it apart!!!"

boom!
boom!
Two powerful and vast legionary wills instantly rose and coalesced within the two war fortresses.

The colossal creature, shaped like a fiery tortoise, emitted a deep, thunderous roar. The crimson runes covering its thick shell instantly illuminated to their fullest extent, and the strange mineral flowing with magma emitted astonishing light and heat. The towering skull in front of the fortress suddenly opened, and the energy core within its mouth, composed of countless prism crystals, erupted with blinding white light!

The surrounding space was distorted by the terrifying convergence of energy!
An unimaginable torrent of energy, containing the chaotic essence of violent fire, erupted from the giant tortoise's mouth like a burst dam of lava, carrying an aura of destruction that could incinerate everything. Its target was the viscous blood cloud that shrouded the Burning Flame City.

Similarly, the war machine, shaped like a fiery eagle, emitted a sharp, piercing sound as countless energy blades burning with golden flames covered its body vibrated at high frequencies, tearing through the air. A tremendous roar of energy transmission emanated from within its massive, silver-gray metal frame!

The enormous crimson "Eagle Eye" crystal unleashed a beam of light that pierced through the void, instantly locking onto a relatively weak point in the Blood Cloud Barrier, which had been impacted by countless chaotic energies within the city.

The eagle's wings suddenly flapped!
It wasn't takeoff, but rather the compression of spatial laws to their extreme, with countless spatial ripples converging at the tip of the eagle-claw-like mechanical hook. The next instant, a shuttle-shaped energy body, condensed to its limit and wreathed in terrifying spatial cutting ripples and destructive golden flames, struck the weak point of the blood cloud targeted by General Chi Ling with unparalleled precision, like a meteor tearing through the sky.

Boom——!!!!!!

Two terrifying attacks slammed into the thick blood cloud barrier that shrouded Burning Flame City almost simultaneously.

The sky over the entire desolate eastern region seemed to be set ablaze.

Above Burning Flame City, a destructive light, millions of times more intense than the sun, erupted.

The Rock Legion's raging "Earthfire Sky-Burning Cannon" energy torrent, like a raging wave crashing against the shore, frantically impacted, scorched, and dissolved the viscous, filthy blood cloud. The Crimson Feather Legion's "Sky-Splitting Starfall," which condensed spatial cutting and destructive golden flames, was like the sharpest drill bit, precisely striking that weak point, instantly tearing open a huge rift with golden flames burning at its edges.

Snap, snap——!
A teeth-grinding cracking sound resounded throughout the heavens and earth. Under the full-force bombardment of the two legion-level secret treasures, the seemingly boundless and incomparably tough blood cloud barrier was actually forcibly torn open with a huge, irregular gap.

Although the blood-red clouds churned and attempted to mend the breach, the golden flames burning at the edge and the raging earth fire energy stubbornly prevented it from healing. Inside the city.

This devastating attack from the outside had an extremely violent impact on the blood sacrifice array that was raging within the city.

Click!

Click! ! !
Above the Flame Heart Palace, space trembled violently, and the energy transmission network constructed from countless dark red pillars of light shook violently, like a spider web tossed with a boulder.

Some of the more fragile light pillar nodes could not withstand the violent clash of internal and external energies and collapsed instantly.

puff--!
Deep within the Chaos Source Chamber, Elder Black Fiend, who was fully controlling the "City Burning and World Refining Array" and guiding the life essence and resentment of billions of living beings into Fen Yan's body, suddenly trembled.

An unnatural flush flashed across his dark face, a trickle of black blood, thick with resentment, spilled from the corner of his mouth, and his eerie green eyes were filled with a mixture of shock and rage.

"Damn it! Where did this attack come from?! Those two idiot legions outside the city?!" Elder Black Fiend was both shocked and furious.

This sudden, devastating external shock severely disrupted his control over the grand formation, and even caused him to suffer some backlash.

The enormous chunk of flesh formed from the flames on the platform let out an even more painful and violent roar. The instantaneous obstruction and disorder in the energy transmission made his devouring process extremely painful, as if he were choking. The shackles of the Chaos Ruler that were about to break through also fluctuated violently, which filled his already chaotic and crazy consciousness with rage. Countless tentacles lashed wildly at the blood pool, stirring up towering waves of blood.

"Burning Flame!" Elder Black Fiend suppressed the surging blood and qi caused by the backlash, his eerie green eyes flashing with a violent and fierce light, his cold spiritual intent piercing into Burning Flame's chaotic consciousness, "Guard this place! Maintain the operation of the demonic body! Those few ignorant little fish outside have disrupted the Ascension Ceremony, I will personally crush them."

Before he could finish speaking, his entire figure suddenly became blurry, as if merging into the thick darkness around him.

The next instant, he had vanished from his spot, leaving only a faint but sharp popping sound from the forced compression of the space where he had been standing.

……

Outside the city of Burning Flame, above the plains in front of the ruins.

General Pan Yan and General Chi Ling looked at the huge gaping hole in the blood cloud that had been torn open by the combined power of the two legions' secret treasures, and a glimmer of hope had just ignited in their eyes. They were about to order their legions to storm into the city.

Just now.

An indescribable, chilling, and terrifying pressure, filled with endless evil and destruction, crashed down like billions of icebergs, instantly engulfing the entire Ruins Plain.

Pfft!
Pfft!
Within the Rock Legion and the Sky-Patrolling Legion, whether they were ordinary Void True God warriors, commanders at the Eternal True God level, or even the two peak legion commanders, Rock and Crimson Feather, everyone felt as if their hearts were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand.

An instinctive, uncontrollable tremor of fear erupted from the depths of my soul!

Like ants facing an awakened ancient beast!
"Ugh!"

"Do not--!"

Countless warriors let out painful groans, and those with weaker wills collapsed to the ground, their energy used to control the secret treasure instantly becoming disordered.

boom!
A figure appeared without warning high in the sky in front of the two war fortresses.

It was Elder Black Fiend.

He no longer concealed himself; beneath his dark, iron-like skin, countless twisted, dark lines seemed to writhe and bulge, emanating a nauseating stench. His eerie green eyes, now like two abysses burning with the flames of the Netherworld, coldly gazed down at the toy-like "Lava Rock" and "Crimson Flame Sky Patrol."

His aura was no longer the "fierce aura" of a peak Eternal True God, but rather... the might of the Chaos Ruler, which transcends everything and is capable of freezing time and space.

"Ants... trying to ruin my plans?!" Elder Black Fiend's voice was no longer the previous low and hoarse one, but became grand, cold, like the murmurs of billions of dead souls, carrying a terrifying power that could crush souls, directly bombarding the depths of everyone's consciousness.

General Pan Yan and General Chi Ling turned deathly pale instantly, and blood even seeped from their seven orifices.

They finally understood why such a terrible disaster had broken out in the city. It wasn't an external enemy at all; it was... the arrival of a terrifying being at the level of a Chaos Overlord.

"Attack!!" General Pan Yan roared in despair, his eyes bloodshot!
He knew that they had almost no chance of survival against the Lord of Chaos, but even if they died, they would bite off a piece of his flesh to fight for a sliver of hope for their people.

"Lava Rock! Earthfire Sky-Burning Cannon! Full Power!!" General Rock burned his life essence to forcibly stabilize the core of the secret treasure, and once again activated the giant cannon that was powerful enough to incinerate stars, and the dazzling white light gathered again.

General Chi Ling also disregarded everything, controlling the Eagle Fortress, his crimson eagle eyes locked onto Elder Hei Sha in the air, and the shuttle-shaped energy body, condensing spatial cutting and destructive golden flames, reappeared.

"Hmph! You're courting death!" A hint of disdain and mockery flashed in Elder Black Fiend's eyes.

Faced with two terrifying attacks that would make even the most powerful Eternal True Gods avoid them, he didn't even make any defensive stance.

He simply... extended one palm.

That hand was dark, rough, and covered with wrinkles like old tree bark.

But at this moment, this hand seemed to have become the center of heaven and earth.

hum!
The space-time around his palm instantly froze and distorted. The violently attacking torrent of energy from the "Earthfire Sky-Burning Cannon" and the shuttle-shaped energy body from the "Sky-Splitting Starfall" slowed down drastically when they were still a hundred miles away from Elder Black Fiend, as if they had been trapped in the thickest amber.

The light of the energy torrent dimmed and sluggish, the spatial ripples around the spindle-shaped energy body were forcibly smoothed out, and the destructive golden flames flickered like a candle in the wind.

"Shatter." Elder Black Fiend uttered a single word.

Snap! Snap snap—!!!
The frozen spacetime suddenly collapsed and compressed inward!
Those two terrifying attacks, which embodied the will and immense energy of the two legions, were like fragile glass being smashed by an invisible giant hammer. Before they could even explode, they crumbled and annihilated inch by inch in the void a thousand meters away from Elder Black Fiend.

They transformed into two chaotic energy turbulences, which were eventually swallowed up by the distorted spacetime and disappeared without a trace.

It's as if it never happened! (End of Chapter)