From afar, the earthen towers Prince Yang Jinyan had erected resembled miniature mountains. Unlike traditional triangular peaks, these structures rose in rectangular columns. Smaller towers encircled the main fortification, and abominations began scaling them like ants climbing table legs. The Wu clan, Hei clan, and army abominations led the assault.

Wu clan members climbed like spiders, deftly dodging Prince Yang Jinyan's attacks by shifting sideways or retaliating with wind blades. Liu Xing decided to begin his massacre with them.

He maneuvered around the tower, then launched himself from its top toward the Wu clan abominations. Wind whistled through his hair as he aimed his gun and fired rapidly. Using qi from the beast cores, Liu Xing swept through the climbing abominations. His gun thundered continuously, its sound like a thousand lightning strikes hammering the earth, as if the sky itself raged against those below. Abominations fell from the towers, some split apart, others reduced to bloody mist. The prince's earthen towers, both main and surrounding structures, quickly became covered in crimson.

Liu Xing circled the tower in a flash of blue lightning, shooting and slashing with his lightning blade, while also absorbing potent qi from his gun and steadily advancing his cultivation.

As he descended and his kill count mounted, his mind entered a state of hyper-focus. The experience felt surreal. Although shouts, growls, and explosions rattled the air and punched holes in the earthen tower, he moved as if the world were muted.

He sensed ripples in the air and turned toward the rear of the army, where twelve abominations, each with a giant eye for a head, stood. These ripples emanated from them, and after it hit all the abominations, the charging abominations suddenly turned and fled, while those climbing hastily descended. Seeing this, Liu Xing gave chase. He cycled his qi to strengthen his Lightning Cloak Technique and cut down fleeing abominations as he pursued.

Minutes later, he landed on blood-flooded ground, his ankles submerged in the crimson tide. The battlefield lay littered with thousands of body parts—heads, torsos, limbs, and various animal appendages. No abominations remained on the tower. The Yang clan gathered at its top, their eyes wide with disbelief, understandably, as he had defeated all the climbing abominations in less than five minutes.

Blood mist rolled through the air as the remaining abominations formed a crescent moon before him, attempting to surround his position.

Liu Xing surveyed the army before him. Although many Hei clan, Wu clan, army, and civilian abominations remained, he knew he could kill them all.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Xing examined his cultivation within his consciousness. Most of his silver chain had already sunk into the lightning ball, with only a small part still visible on the surface. Once the entire chain fully submerged, he would advance to the next realm, and seeing how little of the chain remained outside, Liu Xing knew he was close to a breakthrough. He smiled briefly before reining in his emotions. Overconfidence would be dangerous; the battle was not over, and the army's organized retreat suggested they planned something.

As if responding to his thoughts, the twelve eye-headed abominations began to move. They started with a walk, their elephantine feet stomping the ground, then broke into a run, barreling toward him.

They emitted multiple air ripples, and in response, the abominations hurled themselves at the twelve larger abominations. Upon contact, the civilians melted into a transparent liquid that the larger abominations' bodies quickly absorbed. As a result, these abominations—already over three meters tall—began to grow even larger, expanding rapidly.

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Liu Xing's eyebrows shot up in alarm. Not only were the abominations growing in size, but their cultivation was also increasing!

He doesn't understand how the hell all of this worked, but he could not allow them to absorb any more abominations. Currently, their power feels like a Core Splitting realm with around five cores. But if they absorbed more and broke through to the Sun Refining realm, Liu Xing doubted he would stand a chance against them.

"Prince Yang Jinyan! Bombard them! Kill them all before they merge!" Liu Xing shouted.

He activated his lightning blade and kicked the ground as hard as he could to reach the giant abominations, but before he could reach his targets, more ripples spread through the air.

The clan and army abominations suddenly moved in unison. Hei clan abominations extended their hair, sharpening the ends into projectiles that shot towards Liu Xing. Wu clan abominations slashed the air with their nails, sending crescent-shaped wind blades toward him. At the same time, spear-wielding abominations charged, their weapons glowing as they rushed forward.

Facing the coordinated assault, Liu Xing swung his lightning blade, slicing apart hair projectiles and wind blades while firing six shots at the spear-wielding abominations. His blade cut through the attacks, and his bullets struck six abominations in the head, killing them instantly. Despite their fall, more continued to rush forward with glowing spears.

Liu Xing kicked off the ground, launching himself into the sky. Some Hei clan members followed, their black hair writhing like tentacles, trying to ensnare him. He summoned his shield and prepared to kick it but saw that several Wu Clan members below were ready to slash with their nails, anticipating his next move. In a split-second decision, Liu Xing feinted. His feet touched the shield, but instead of kicking off, he held his position. The Wu clan attacked, their crescent wind blades slicing through empty air where they had predicted he would be.

As he began to fall, he glanced at the eye-headed abominations, now as tall as two-story buildings. Their giant eyes focused on him, and he could almost imagine them smirking. Below, two Hei clan abominations used their hair to form a ramp, allowing the army abominations to launch themselves at him.

The sight of a dozen four-legged abominations with human torsos and animal heads and bodies flying at him with spears was surreal, but Liu Xing centered himself and pulled his trigger repeatedly, destroying them all. Most fell with exploded heads, while three split into pieces that splattered on impact.

Liu Xing knew he needed more speed. He had to deal with the eye-headed abominations—the generals, as he had dubbed them in his mind—before they grew too powerful.

Twisting in the air, he fired his gun repeatedly. Six bullets hit their targets, and the gun reloaded immediately. He kept firing until hundreds of abominations lay dead around him. When he landed on the bloody ground, he channeled potent qi into his right gauntlet and strengthened it with stable qi.

A giant ball of lightning, larger than himself, materialized before him. With a shout, he unleashed a palm strike, transforming the ball of lightning into a massive lightning pillar that surged toward one of the generals.

Seeing the lightning pillar, the target crossed its giant, wicked blade-arms, forming a blue barrier while abominations continued to rush toward it. The lightning pillar hit the barrier, spreading at first like water against a wall, but then broke through. The general was completely engulfed, sending out wild ripples that sounded like screams of agony before it turned to dust and fell silent.

Liu Xing channeled more potent qi into his gauntlets and swept his lightning pillar toward the other generals. When his assault ended, eight of the twelve general abominations had been reduced to dust, along with hundreds of abominations.

Now he faced tens of Hei, Wu, and army abominations, plus four surviving generals that towered over the battlefield. These generals had reached the peak of the Core Splitting realm—the same level as Elder Xia Juetian and the snake-limbed abomination that had once overwhelmed him.

Without hesitation, Liu Xing kicked off the ground and charged toward the enemy. The clan and army abominations rushed to meet him, and the battle erupted once again.

"Come at me, all of you!" he shouted.

The abominations responded with growls, roars, and ripples sent through the air.

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