Chapter 491
Chapter 491: Us, North Sea
Translator: Irene Editor: TYZ, CakeHermit
Cloud Castle was concealed by thick layers of cloud . The deep clouds were not only used as a cover, but also provided an outstanding defense .
The 32-kilometer-long North Sea Wall was the final defensive line against the Blood of God, but now, fragmentary nicks had already appeared on its surface .
Each castle possessed countless cloud mirrors, through which one could clearly observe the situation outside . Above the mirrors, densely crowded enemies rushed over from all directions .
What followed the blood elementalists was a concentrated azure arrow rain which would occasionally strike them .
The water elemental arrows that missed would explode into balls of cold, bone-piercing ice shards .
Blood elementalists swept by the cold air would temporarily turn rigid, after which a heavy, sturdy azure javelin would shoot out from within the cloud wall . Like a ray of lightning, it would strike the blood elementalists and leave a bowl-sized bloody hole in their bodies .
Yet, it was the attacks launched by the God-subduing Peaks that the blood elementalists feared most .
The God-subduing Peaks could use the five elements interchangeably, so their attacks could not be guarded against .
At times, an enormous silver sickle of light would sweep across the whole battlefield, and where it passed, blood elementalists would be severed in half at their waists . Fresh blood poured like rain and the mournful cries that filled the field left people’s hair standing on end .
From time to time, a few red, basket-sized fireballs would drop and explode mid-journey, scorching a radius of about thirty meters, leaving no survivors .
Countless sand puppets would also leap from the ground and cling tightly to the blood elementalists, pushing them toward the arrow rain .
Wood elementalists made fewer moves, fearing that the vines and plants would be infected by the blood poison .
Under the North Sea wall lay piles of skeletons .
Lu Manman blurted, "Is Ye Baiyi crazy?"
The atmosphere within Cloud Castle was extremely grave . In the evening, on the day the Holy Emperor ordered an attack, Ye Baiyi had launched an all-out attack . Enemies closed in like the tide, pressuring them immensely .
They were very experienced when it came to battling against the Blood of God, but this was completely different from past battles . The blood elementalists throwing themselves over were in a frenzied state . It was a fear-evoking sight .
The first wave of attacks lasted from that evening until the next daybreak .
The azure light ray produced by the water elemental energy and the red blood ray released by the blood elementalists lit the deep, despair-filled night as bright as daytime . It was eerily horrifying, as even the stars in the sky dimmed and lost their color .
The North Sea Division had never met with such a frantic attack .
When day broke, the morning light faintly lit up the horizon . The sun had yet to rise and the cold blue sky was blackened by smoke . The closely packed enemies retreated like the tide, leaving behind only corpses .
The wounded were lying amidst blood pools, wailing in anguish, yet none took pity on them .
Occasionally, the cloud wall would shoot fragmentary blue water elemental arrows, putting an end to their suffering .
Giving them a proper ending and sparing them from pain was the best kindness they could be served .
The captives and wounded were an intolerable burden to the North Sea Division . There was no one to manage the captives or treat the injured blood elementalists .
The anguished wails gradually faded and the battlefield regained its deathly stillness .
The sun rose, its sunlight unable to provide these fallen corpses with any warmth . The clouds floating in the blue sky were reflected on their lusterless and motionless eyes .
Afraid that the corpses would lead to an epidemic and that their fresh blood would be drawn by more blood elementalists, the God-subduing Peaks set them ablaze, burning them to ashes .
Wave after wave of attacks struck over three consecutive days .
Even with the North Sea Wall, everyone felt that they would be unable to continue to endure . Every day, the wall would have more nicks and the enemies once almost drilled their way through . Lu Manman had had to lead his team to personally kill off those blood elementalists .
Everyone rejoiced .
The division leader had requested that they strengthen the defensive structures and they dared not goof off . At that point, many had been incredulous at the order .
Structures built on the scale of the North Sea wall, in all of the Avalon of Five Elements’s history, could be counted on one’s fingers . Alright, actually there were none in the Avalon of Five Elements . It was uncertain if the North Sea Wall could be considered as a part of the history of the Avalon of Five Elements .
Now, however, everyone felt that the division leader stood tall and had foresight, had been wise and brilliant .
Even the North Sea Wall, built on an unprecedented scale, had almost been broken through by the enemies . If it had been the flimsy structure it once was, they might not have even been able to resist for three whole days .
Qi Xiuyuan’s expression was grave . "Ye Baiyi is throwing lives away, but other than this, there’s no other way out . "
Helian Feier wrinkled her brows . "How many have died here?"
Three days of attacks had resulted in over three thousand deaths .
Such a severe loss was unimaginable for all of the North Sea Division . The bloody battle against the Blood of God had been ongoing for such a long time that it was obvious only their elites had come forward this time; they were far more capable than the soldiers from the previous battles .
As compared to the three thousand elites from the Blood of God, the North Sea Division was practically destroyed . They had no combat strength left . A combat division’s defeat was considered a heavy loss even in the former Avalon of Five Elements, but Ye Baiyi did not care .
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