Divine Flame Crystal

Chapter 632 Then Let Your God Come and Pick You Up

The Holy Spirit troops, who were making a detour, tried to directly attack the main defense line of the Free Alliance, but when they approached, they stepped into the magic aura dissipation area set up by Candice.

At first, they only felt the air was a little heavy and their magic power was slightly slow. But when they tried to cast Holy Light Shield, the delay seemed to be pinched by an invisible hand, and the originally instantaneous defensive spell turned into a slow and clumsy light film.

"They're three times slower!" the front-line commanding officer shouted excitedly.

Xingluo made a prompt decision and waved his hand to order: "Crossbowmen, suppress! Mages, double ice chains, seal their formation!"

Arrows and ice chains fell in a staggered pattern, trapping the Holy Spirit Legion in place like an iron fence. The enemy's counterattack was like being stuck in thick mud—before it could form, it was dispersed by the continuous attack.

After the traps were triggered one after another, the Holy Spirit Legion's landing formation was disrupted. But they were, after all, the most elite demigod bloodline legion on the continent, and the remaining soldiers still roared and launched a frontal charge.

Xingluo leaped from the observation deck and, using his hang glider, landed directly on the front lines. His black cape rustled in the wind. In his hand, he condensed a divine flame crystal projectile—the blazing light illuminated his profile and the enemy's fear.

“Let them know that the coast is not their sanctuary.”

He threw the orb of time and space at the enemy's vanguard, and it immediately exploded. The shockwave from the explosion overturned three rows of shields, and blazing flames swept across the center of the battlefield, abruptly splitting the Holy Spirit Legion's charge in half.

At this moment, the soldiers of the Free Alliance burst into deafening shouts, as if all the blood in their bodies was ignited.

The coastline was ripped to pieces by the triple trap, and the Holy Spirit Legion's formation could never be restored. The sea fog was dispersed by explosions and flames, revealing a shallow beach covered with corpses and broken shipwrecks.

Although Xingluo tried his best to stop it, the Holy Spirit Legion still landed on the shallows.

The vanguard's movements were slowed by Candice's magical aura, their Holy Light Lance swinging like heavy chains. The Free Alliance's shield formation firmly blocked the first wave of attacks, and spears pierced through the gaps in the shields, piercing the gaps in the enemy's armor again and again.

Xingluo didn't rush to commit his entire force. Instead, like a hunter, he waited for the enemy to reveal more flaws. He shuttled through the center of the battlefield, the Divine Flame Crystal in his hand constantly transforming into different spells—time-space vortexes, spatial shocks, spatial rifts—and each strike caused a gap in the enemy's formation to collapse.

A demigod knight from the Holy Spirit Legion roared toward him. To Xingluo, fighting against the Church of Light, he was a demigod, perhaps even more powerful. His spear flashed with a dim holy light. Xingluo simply stepped sideways and shoved a miniature divine flame bomb into the gap between the knight's shoulder pads. The bomb exploded from the knight's armor in the next instant, reducing him to a shattered mass of debris.

"Your armor is beautiful," Xingluo said coldly, "but it's empty."

The Moonfall Stealth Squad, commanded by Mo, took advantage of the chaos to bypass the right wing of the Holy Spirit Legion. Instead of engaging the enemy head-on, they used the natural cracks in the coastal rock walls to quietly crawl behind the enemy archer positions.

"Kill the flag bearer and signalman first." Mo's voice was low and clear in the crystal headset.

Then, several silent shadow arrows flew out, accurately piercing the back of the target's neck. Without a flag or signal, the right wing troops fell into communication chaos and began to fight independently.

The chaotic formation was like a shell scattered by the tide, completely losing its overall combat power.

Despite heavy losses, the Holy Spirit Legion's center still organized a counterattack. They mobilized the remaining demigod warriors to form a spearhead formation, trying to tear a gap in the center of the battlefield.

Xingluo had anticipated this and raised his hand to signal the Sky City flight squadron to attack. Dozens of glider warriors swooped down from the sky, unleashing a barrage of explosive bottles and lightning talismans, refusing to engage the demigod head-on.

The explosive bottle shattered in mid-air, spewing not ordinary flames but Candice's specially crafted sticky incendiary liquid—once it adhered to the armor, it crawled and burned along the cracks like a living thing. The lightning talisman triggered a chain of thunderstorms in the enemy formation, shattering the sharp knife formation into pieces.

While the enemy was enveloped in thunder and fire, the Free Alliance Army on the front line pressed forward in full force. Shields and spears were like an iron stream, pushing the weakened enemy step by step towards the seaside.

The flagship of the Holy Spirit Legion was watching the battle in the distant sea. Seeing that the landing troops were retreating step by step, the blond commander urgently ordered the follow-up fleet to reinforce.

However, as their fleet turned around, they found the sea ahead blocked by a massive mass of driftwood and burning debris. The Flame Hammer's underwater team was manipulating enchanted chains to secure the barrier at the confluence of the tide, preventing the fleet from reaching shore.

Without reinforcements, the troops on the shore could only struggle to hold on under the siege of the Free Alliance. The commander's messengers were killed by moon meteors one after another, making it impossible to convey orders, and coordination between the positions completely collapsed.

"A legion without a head is just a bunch of mindless shells." Xingluo whispered at the edge of the battlefield.

The tide gradually receded, revealing slippery rocks and a beach strewn with corpses. The remaining soldiers of the Holy Spirit Legion retreated to their last line of defense, their backs to the sea. The waves repeatedly lapped at their feet, as if urging them to retreat.

Xingluo waved his hand, signaling to suspend long-range fire - he wanted to let the other side clearly see his defeat.

"Holy Spirit Legion!" Xingluo's voice spread across the battlefield through the loudspeaker array. "The Holy Radiance Spring no longer belongs to you. Your God will not come to save you—kneel down and surrender, and you may still be able to survive!"

A scarred demigod warrior roared in response: "The God of Light... will protect us!"

"Then let your God come to pick you up." Xingluo raised his hand and pointed to the sky.

The archers of the Free Alliance fired arrows together. The rain of arrows pressed down like a black curtain. The demigod's shield was as fragile as paper under the influence of the magic breath. It was pierced by the arrows and fell into the tide.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, there were no organized enemy troops on the coastline, only scattered survivors were escorted to the prisoner-of-war camp in the rear.

After the battle, Xingluo stood on the sea-washed beach, gazing at the burning wreckage of a warship in the distance. The sea breeze, carrying a salty, burnt smell, blew in her face, like a sign of victory.

Mo came over with a list of his achievements: "The landing force was completely destroyed, and the naval fleet was unable to reach the shore. We seized over 30% of the equipment and captured 172 prisoners, including four mid-level commanders, all of whom were demigods."

Candice walked over to Xingluo and patted his shoulder: "Your tactics have more layers than my alchemy reactor."

Xingluo smiled and said, "It's useless to have too many layers. We have to step on the opponent's throat at every layer."

He looked up at the sky, his eyes slightly cold - today they destroyed the Holy Spirit Legion, but their real target was still the Sky Sanctuary and the God of Light hanging high in the sky.

After the battle on the southern coast, a brief moment of peace returned to the Free Alliance camp. The sea breeze blew through the tents, carrying away the smell of blood and gunpowder, but it couldn't take away the murderous intent that lingered in the soldiers' eyes.

Although the Holy Spirit Legion that landed on the shallows was completely wiped out, some of the naval legions still retained their combat effectiveness, and the strongholds in the heart of the continent still existed - especially the main offering city on the Baihui Plateau, which was not only their military supply center, but also one of the largest faith altars of the Cangqiong Sanctuary in the mortal world.

Xingluo knew that if the city was allowed to exist, the Holy See of Light and the Sanctuary of the Sky would be able to use it as an anchor to continuously project their power onto the continent.

"Before they change their blood."

In the war room, Xingluo drew a circle on the Baihui Plateau on the map with his fingertips and said in a voice as cold as a steel knife, "Just cut off the heart."

Informants from the Moonfall Intelligence Department had been infiltrating the Baihui Plateau for months. The intelligence they sent back formed a dangerous puzzle:

The city walls are constructed of double-layer magic steel, and the outer wall is attached with a holy light rune array that can reflect ordinary spells.

There are 3,000 permanent garrisons, including 200 descendants of demigods.

The altar is located in the central square and has a direct "divine channel" to the sanctuary of the sky.

Weakness: The Snow Ridge Valley west of the city is a winter supply line with relatively weak defenses, but strong winds and snow hinder marching.

Atlantis stared at the cross-section of the Snow Ridge Valley, a sly look in his eyes. "The snow can be put to good use—I have a kind of snow mine buried beneath the snow. Once detonated, it can create a massive avalanche."