aircannonsinc Chapter 400: Come out yourselves, or I'll ask you to come out.
Chapter 400: Come out yourselves, or I'll ask you to come out.
The monitoring monks tried their best to discern the truth.
Just then, the flying figure in the picture stopped a short distance from the cliff and hovered in mid-air.
Then he raised his hand, palm facing the cliff face—or more precisely, the approximate location of their cave entrance.
"What does he want to do?"
Alarm bells rang in Zhou Yi's mind.
"An attack? He discovered us? Impossible! Our illusion array was bought at a high price..."
His question was quickly answered.
In front of the man's palm, the air distorted violently, and a point of extremely bright white light appeared. Then, a beam of blue-purple light, only the thickness of a finger but so condensed that it seemed capable of piercing through everything, burst forth instantly!
[Astronomical Rays]!!!
The beam was moving faster than the reaction limit could be reached, and the monitoring water mirror shattered with a "crack"!
The next second, the vines, illusion barriers, and even the thick rocks covering the cave entrance melted silently into a smooth, round hole, just like butter being cut by a high-temperature laser!
The beam of light pierced into the cave without any obstruction!
"Enemy attack—!!!" The piercing alarm had just sounded.
puff!puff!puff!
The beam of light traveled along a straight line, passing through the seven players standing on that line.
Their shields, armor, and bodies were as fragile as paper in the face of this extremely condensed stellar energy.
The seven people didn't even feel any pain before a transparent hole appeared in their bodies, and they collapsed to the ground, turning into white light.
Chaos erupted instantly inside the cave!
"The entrance has been breached!"
"Who's outside?!"
"Counterattack! Counterattack now!"
However, before they could organize an effective counterattack or break out of the cave, the second and third [Star Rays] had already shot in from different angles!
Lin Tian hovered outside the cliff, like a calm sniper, using his mental perception to precisely lock onto the most densely populated area inside the cave. With a light tap of his finger, beams of death accurately pierced into the cave.
Each beam of light can take away several or even a dozen lives, depending on their position.
The cave became a death trap, and the players frantically searched for cover, but the rocks offered no absolute safety against the [Star Rays].
The beam of light can even penetrate several layers of rock walls and human bodies, causing terrifying casualties in confined spaces.
"He's outside! Concentrate your firepower, blast open the rock wall, and get him out!"
Zhou Yi roared, his eyes red, and brandished his staff, preparing a powerful spell.
Several mages and archers gritted their teeth and aimed at the general direction in which the beam of light entered, preparing to forcefully break through the wall and launch a counterattack.
But Lin Tian clearly didn't intend to give them that chance.
After killing dozens of people and causing widespread panic, he stopped using [Star Ray].
Just as the players inside the cave thought the attack had stopped, could breathe a sigh of relief, or were preparing to rush out, an even larger and more despairing energy surge gathered above the cave.
Lin Tian pressed his hands down lightly.
【Universal Guidance】!!!
Buzz... Boom!
It wasn't a direct explosion, but rather the entire cliff face, along with the mountain where the caves were located, was completely destroyed, twisted, and collapsed by a terrifying gravitational force!
Millions of tons of rock collapsed and crushed inward with a tooth-grinding roar!
Inside the cave, Zhou Yi only saw countless huge cracks appear on the rock wall above his head without warning, and then the entire "ceiling" suddenly crashed down!
In my final moments of consciousness, all that remained was boundless darkness and immense pressure.
In just over ten seconds, a hidden hideout where more than four hundred players had gathered, along with part of the cliff face, was transformed into a huge, fresh rock tomb.
In the western part of the central area, deep within a dried-up ancient waterway.
The terrain here is complex, with many eroded caves on both sides of the waterway.
An elite team of about three hundred people is hiding here. They are an independent action unit of a large guild, and their commander, Wu Feng, is a paladin known for his composure and tactics.
"Captain, unusually large energy fluctuations and vibrations have been coming from the north and southeast. The battle seems to have ended in a very short time, which is very abnormal."
An assassin scout reports back.
Wu Feng's expression was grave: "Can you determine what's going on? Is it a large-scale magical clash? Or...?"
"I don't know." The scout was also somewhat uncertain.
Wu Feng's heart sank. Something was definitely amiss.
He immediately ordered: "Raise the alert level to the highest. All personnel are ready to evacuate or engage in combat at any time. Contact other personnel, report the anomaly, and inquire if they are aware of anything..."
Before he could finish speaking, a calm voice, yet seemingly ringing directly in everyone's ears, spread throughout the entire waterway region in some incredible way:
"Come out yourselves, or I'll ask you to come out."
The voice wasn't loud, but it carried an undeniable indifference.
The three hundred people inside the waterway cave instantly felt their hair stand on end!
We've been discovered?!
How is that possible?
They deployed state-of-the-art anti-reconnaissance runes and silence barriers!
Wu Feng forced himself to remain calm and said in a deep voice through the team channel, "Don't panic! Stay silent! It might be a bluff! Or some kind of wide-area detection skill; he might not know our exact location..."
However, the voice rang out again, this time with a faint, almost mocking tone:
"three."
He's counting down!
"Defensive formation! Prepare for battle!"
Without further hesitation, Wu Feng roared.
Whoever comes here, this kind of approach that starts with a countdown is definitely an enemy, not a friend!
The warriors in the waterway quickly raised their shields, the mages began chanting, and the healing classes shone brightly.
"two."
The countdown continued steadily, yet it struck everyone's heart like a heavy hammer.
"one."
"zero."
At the moment the countdown reached zero, there was no expected massive army charge or spellcasting.
Only light.
Endless light seeped in from every crevice and opening above the waterway, and even from the rock itself!
That was not a warm light, but a cold, lifeless starlight carrying an aura of annihilation!
【Starstorm】—Arrives.
Devastating fragments of stars poured into the waterway and every connected cavern from all directions, like a torrential downpour!
"ah--!"
"May the Holy Light protect you!"
"withstand!"
Screams, roars, the sound of shields shattering, and the thunderous roar of rocks being smashed filled the air instantly!
The star fragments, carrying terrifying penetrating power and continuous damage, relentlessly scoured the area.
The narrow waterway terrain had become a deadly trap, leaving them nowhere to hide.
Wu Feng raised his Holy Light Shield, his eyes bloodshot as he watched his teammates fall one after another in the torrential rain of stars.
He saw at the entrance to the waterway, a gray figure hovering in mid-air, its hands manipulating destruction.