Chapter 4998

Soon, Gadfly and Jie Zhong clashed head-on!

At the same moment, Jie Zhong shouted, “Attack!”

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Tens of thousands of Feihu City soldiers surged forward.

“Kill them all!”

Seeing this, Gadfly realized it was a fight to the death. He roared in defiance.

Tens of thousands of Rhino City soldiers also charged forth in a massive wave.

The two forces instantly collided in a brutal melee.

Strong winds swept up sand and gravel across the thousands of miles of border, making the already dim sky even more chaotic.

The setting sun, shrouded in gunpowder smoke, turned a strange dark purple—like a bleeding, one-eyed orb weakly overlooking this earthly purgatory.

Withered yellow weeds had long been trampled into mud beneath iron hooves, mixing with dark red blood to form twisted, vein-like trails across the battlefield.

Beneath a sky swirling with blood-colored clouds, the armies of Rhino City and Feihu City slammed into each other like two unstoppable torrents.

Three hundred feet above the ground, Jie Zhong flicked his finger, and thirty-six black heavy swords floated into the air.

Faint light pulsed from the blades, weaving into a mysterious formation.

In an instant, the air within a ten-mile radius began to twist and distort, transforming into countless razor-sharp wind blades that swept toward the Rhino City camp.

Among Rhino City’s eight guardians, Elder Xuan Bing—his hair white as snow—reacted first. With a wave of his sleeve, icy frost spread from his feet.

In the blink of an eye, a thousand layers of crystalline ice barriers formed on the ground. The wind blades slammed into the icy defense with deafening roars, shards bursting like a dazzling shower of stars.

But the monks from Feihu City swiftly cast the Netherworld Fire Rain. Dark flames, trailing long tails, streaked across the sky. Wherever the flames landed, the ice melted instantly, releasing thick white smoke.

“Form the array!”

The array masters of Rhino City roared in unison. Hundreds of monks began forming seals with their hands, and a massive golden array pattern glowed into existence beneath their feet.
Suddenly, a golden beam of light shot into the sky and transformed into a radiant shield, blocking most of the Netherworld Fire Rain.

However, scattered flames still pierced through the defense, landing among the Rhino City soldiers. Several monks were instantly incinerated, reduced to nothing but piles of charred remains.

At the same time, the Feihu City soldiers unleashed the Black Python Strangling Formation.

Dozens of monks formed hand seals, and countless black giant pythons erupted from the ground, their bloody maws wide open as they lunged at the Rhino City forces.

The monks of Rhino City quickly retaliated with spells—some conjured hurricanes, sending the pythons flying in all directions;

Others summoned lightning, striking the serpents with fierce blasts.

For a while, spell lights and black python shadows intertwined, turning the battlefield into a seething furnace, where violent energies surged without restraint.

High above the battlefield’s center, the duel between Gadfly and Jie Zhong grew fiercer by the moment.

A dark demonic aura coiled around Jie Zhong’s body as he transformed into a towering phantom of a hundred-foot-tall demon wolf, its bloody jaws snapping toward Gadfly.

“You’ve actually resorted to demonic power to boost your cultivation.”

Gadfly’s expression turned grim as a golden divine bull phantom appeared behind him.

The divine bull raised its head and bellowed, charging straight at the demon wolf.

When the two spiritual beasts collided, the air twisted violently, forming a massive vortex that drew in surrounding clouds.

“Gadfly, today you will lose!”

Jie Zhong sneered. A black longbow appeared in his hand, and he nocked a terrifying, energy-charged arrow.

As he released the bowstring, the arrow transformed into a black streak of light, tearing through the sky at a speed nearly too fast for the naked eye.

Gadfly’s expression changed drastically. He swiftly activated the Divine Bull Shield, condensing a massive golden barrier around himself.

The arrow struck the shield, triggering a tremendous explosion.

Golden light and black energy clashed in midair, unleashing a shockwave like a hurricane.

Below, monks were hurled in all directions. Many of the weaker ones were swept up into the sky—whether they survived remained unknown.