My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 468 - 434: The Annihilation of the Two Clans

Ghost Hand Clan Secret Realm.

A hall built of stone.

The newly advanced Transcendent of the Ghost Hand Clan had burned Source Power recklessly and finally brought back a critical message.

— The attack on Green Shadow resulted in a counter-kill, more than half of the Transcendents from both clans perished, and the fate of the two elders is unknown!

The Transcendents guarding the realm and other elites of the Ghost Hand Clan in the hall couldn’t believe it.

Wasn’t Green Shadow just a few human Transcendents?

Their two clans had as many as fourteen Transcendents! Including three elders whose strength far exceeded that of ordinary Transcendents!

The newly advanced Transcendent bitterly complained.

"Heavenly Thunder... How could Green Shadow possess such a terrifying weapon?"

"Never underestimate humans. I heard that in the north, there’s a Sanctuary called Beiting, where they have created Fortress Cannons capable of annihilating Transcendents in one strike... This Heavenly Thunder is undoubtedly Green Shadow’s secret weapon."

"Not necessarily. It could be a legacy of Origin Star... This planet is different from others. It is said to have once flourished, giving rise to countless mighty beings."

"How mighty?"

The Transcendent who stayed to guard the secret realm had lived for hundreds of years and was more privy to secrets. He uttered softly four words:

"Above the Transcendent."

Then continued, "Of course, that was in the past. Humans of Origin Star are now very weak. However, Origin Star remains special. In the past, when a new world was discovered, only a few clans would get involved, but now there are at least a hundred clans that have come to Origin Star.

Moreover, the world barriers of Origin Star are exceptionally strong, so much so that it costs us Transcendents an unimaginable price to come to this world.

Originally, Origin Star was an opportunity, as long as we grasped it, but now..."

"So what do we do now...?"

Asked the grievously wounded newly advanced Transcendent.

The guarding Transcendent pondered for a moment, "We leave Tiannan Province and find other human Sanctuaries to conduct Blood Sacrifices. Although the merit won’t be much, we have no choice now..."

"Mhm, you’re right."

A voice came from outside the hall, the faces of the two Ghost Hand Transcendents altered dramatically.

...

Out of the fourteen Transcendents from the two clans, besides the two deliberately let go, the rest had been slain.

But it was not an easy process.

Several ordinary Transcendents were seriously injured. Though they fought desperately in the end, they did not cause much trouble.

However, the three alien elders were far stronger than imagined.

The White Bone Clan’s elder had been wounded when he charged out of the "Endless Thunderbolt," and was then ambushed by Nancy, Eileen, and two Puppet Guards. Yet even so, just before his death, he had caused the Puppet Guards’ armor to crack, with damages exceeding thirty percent.

Later on, to kill the two Ghost Hand elders, all Floating Airships, Nancy, Eileen, two Puppet Guards, and a Nightmare Puppet were deployed... Even under such a luxurious array, they still lost a Floating Airship in the end. Thankfully, the protective mechanisms inside the airship kept casualties of the control team to a minimum.

The two Puppet Guards had their armor shattered and arms broken, revealing their hollow insides, even losing a section of their face masks.

It was the most severe damage they had suffered since their creation.

It would take at least half a month to recover—assuming they had enough Source Crystals.

Eileen and Nancy were also not lightly wounded.

And as for Tang Yu himself, having repeatedly triggered large spells, his spiritual power was excessively drained, leaving him extremely fatigued and longing to lie in bed and sleep until dawn.

But this was a great opportunity, having discovered the Ghost Hand Clan’s hidden base. Tang Yu did not want to miss it, and soon he arrived outside the Secret Realm with Eileen and Nancy.

They did not immediately enter but rather, his will attached to the Nightmare Puppet, he quietly entered the Secret Realm to scout—as a Puppet skilled in concealing, as long as it didn’t get too close, even Transcendents could not detect it.

The Nightmare was hidden outside the hall and happened to overhear the conversation within, so Tang Yu was in no rush to attack.

Previously captured prisoners of the Ghost Hand Clan had only offered some inconsequential information. When questions approached crucial topics, those Ghost Hand tribespeople would explode, killing themselves.

However, he had largely cracked their language, and with his current level of spiritual power, he soon mastered Ghost Hand speech... Not all that fluent, but passably comprehensible.

"Secrets of Origin Star?"

"Above the Transcendent?"

"Sovereign?"

Questions flashed through his mind one after the other. Seeing that the two alien Transcendents were about to disperse, Tang Yu swiftly passed through the Secret Realm Gate. His personal domain was already unfolded, ripples emanating behind him. Hexagonal Crystals slowly rotated, lifting up a purple column of light.

Boom!

The moment the words fell, a column of purple light burst forth, piercing through the stone hall, and the wounded Ghost Hand Transcendent, unable to react in time, was instantly killed.

The other Transcendent narrowly avoided it, as two cloaked figures solidified from the ethereal, with black scythes slashing down upon them.

This time,

With the exit of the Secret Realm defended, the Ghost Hand Transcendent had no escape. Tang Yu was in no hurry, he stopped Eileen and Nancy from joining the fray, and the two Nightmare Puppets also refrained from clashing head-on with the Ghost Hand Transcendent, whittling away at the opponent bit by bit.

Five minutes later.

The Ghost Hand Transcendent’s injuries worsened, unleashing a furious roar as a dense light burst from his body.

Boom——!!!

The Transcendent’s self-detonation reduced nearly half of the Secret Realm to ruins, violently shaking the space. The once stable small realm became unstable, and Tang Yu, alongside Eileen and Nancy, quickly retreated from the Secret Realm.

The two Nightmare Puppets immediately traversed, entering the Void to avoid the explosion.

Tang Yu took a deep breath, relieved for not letting Eileen and Nancy join the siege. These alien Transcendents were each more adamant than the last.

Those two Ghost Hand Clan elders had also caused such a catastrophe because one of them self-detonated in the end.

The chaotic energy storm assaulted the Secret Realm, leaving it riddled with holes.

Tang Yu transferred his will to the Nightmare Puppets, utilizing the Nightmares’ spatial abilities to perceive the Secret Realm.

The Secret Realm before him was like a massive balloon, which now had leaks. Inside the balloon was a flame burning, and in several dozen seconds, the entire Secret Realm completely shattered, vanishing into the endless Void.

"Without spatial abilities, even Transcendents would likely not survive, let alone regular Ghost Hand tribespeople. Let’s go, on to the next place."

...

Outside of Tiannan Province, towards the northeast in another province.

The Nightmare Puppets tracked the fleeing White Bone Clan Transcendent, arriving outside a Sanctuary.

Tang Yu spread out a map and marked their position with an X.

"We are only four hundred kilometers from Luoxia; looks like the White Bone Clan is the same Skeletons that were active in Luoxia before."

The closest large Sanctuary was only fifty or sixty kilometers away.

It wasn’t particularly powerful, but it hadn’t been wiped out by the White Bone Clan.

"If the people of that Sanctuary knew that an alien race with the Transcendent ability existed not far away, I wonder what they would think," Tang Yu shook his head, then suddenly thought, "That’s not right either. Maybe the high ranks of the Sanctuary have already been infiltrated by the White Bone Clan."

In terms of infiltration ability, the White Bone Clan was much stronger than the Ghost Hand Clan.

The Ghost Hand Clan at most used bribery, persuading people to betray information and capturing children for Blood Sacrifice, while the White Bone Clan, once they wore human skin, they became completely human!

From this point of view, the White Bone Clan was even more troublesome.

What Tang Yu couldn’t understand was why these alien races, which clearly had the ability to easily destroy large Sanctuaries, didn’t seem to be in a hurry, but instead occasionally conducted some Blood Sacrifices... It seemed that their goal was not simply destruction.

Too little information was understood to guess.

Tang Yu shook his head, stood on the bow of the Floating Airship, and looked down at the Sanctuary below.

At first glance, it was just an ordinary small Sanctuary, not many people, nothing special about it.

But the fact that a small Sanctuary could stand in the wilderness full of crises was the biggest problem.

The Nightmare Puppets tracked down to here, saw a Transcendent from the White Bone Clan enter the Sanctuary, and then could no longer capture the opponent’s aura... This too was a problem.

There must be some sort of Array arranged below the Sanctuary.

He opened his "Insight Eye," able to see some energy flows.

"The Array below is probably not a Defensive type, given that these alien races must never have thought one day their stronghold would be attacked. The probability of a Concealment Array is higher, which might also combine some Illusion Technique capabilities."

After pondering for a while, Tang Yu didn’t plan to use a trick to break the Array like the last time.

That would certainly draw the attention of the alien races inside.

Eileen and Nancy were not lightly injured, and with only three Nightmare Puppets of average combat power by his side... and the White Bone Clan, Tang Yu judged, would be stronger than the Ghost Hand Clan. If there were several Transcendents among the alien races, or even Senior Transcendents... it would be problematic.

With that in mind.

Tang Yu spoke, "All Floating Airships, charge the main cannons to maximum power."

Originally five Floating Airships, one and a half were left damaged in the Territory for repairs. Then, Tang Yu urgently called in three others from outside, bringing the total to seven Floating Airships.

These seven, with "Sail" at the lead, began charging, with abundant Source Qi being absorbed and channeled into the two main cannon muzzles, the Floating Airships’ energy reserves quickly depleted.

Five seconds.

Ten seconds.

Twenty seconds.

Thirty seconds.

All the main cannons were fully charged, reaching their maximum theoretical value.

Behind Tang Yu, numerous defensive structures also emerged, with the Cannon muzzles tilting and brewing an aura of destruction.

"Reduce altitude... fire!"

With a command.

The seven Floating Airships plunged from high in the sky, their muzzles tilted downward targeting the small-scale Sanctuary.

Boom!!!!

The ground shook violently, infinite energy converged and exploded, like a mini sun rising.

The fierce light completely illuminated the night sky.

...

Inside the White Bone Clan’s stronghold.

The Transcendent who had escaped back was reporting to the elder seated at the head, with six other Transcendents sitting at the round table beside him.

Compared to the Ghost Hand Clan, the White Bone Clan outmatched them in both depth and strength.

The worst scenario Tang Yu had anticipated had already occurred.

However,

Inside the hollow eye sockets of the White Bone Clan elder, the normally calm Soul Fire suddenly began to flicker violently.

He looked up, his gaze seeming to penetrate the roof, seeing the infinite energy gathered in the sky, roaring towards them.

"Fools!"

The chair under him shattered, and his entire skeletal frame burst through the room and shot outside.

A tangle of red and purple light enveloped everything.

...

Dozens of kilometers away.

A large Sanctuary.

A few Source Power street lamps clinked on along the commercial street, pushing back the darkness.

But farther away, in the relief area and even more distant wilderness, the darkness remained, like a giant beast ready to devour.

At this moment, some Awakeners still strolling the streets gaped upward toward the horizon.

At the edge of the sky,

Light soared up, cutting through the night.

"What... is that?"

...

The rampant energy flow caused the Floating Airships to rock violently.

The main cannons, at maximum power with all fourteen combined, were many times stronger than a Transcendent’s self-destruction.

Tang Yu stood straight at the bow, eyes on the area below.

Seconds later,

The blinding light gradually dissipated.

The original small-scale Sanctuary had vanished, leaving a massive crater over two hundred meters in diameter.

Inside, some liquid, like magma, flowed slowly.

Be it humans, alien races, or anything else, all were reduced to nothing.

Only one fragmented figure burst forth from the raging energy.

The Soul Fire was dim, and the aura so weak it was inferior even to a newly minted Transcendent...

Tang Yu fixed his eyes on that figure, "There’s one fish that slipped through the net. Let’s all make a move, it’s still early, and after it’s done we can go back for a sleep."

(Ah~ couldn’t reach four thousand words, my hope for perfect attendance at the beginning of the month is broken o(╥﹏╥)o)