Chapter 450

Chapter 450: Luo Chen, watch carefully—this is how to wield the Calamity King!

Luo Chen’s unexpected allegiance threw Mu Lin’s plans into disarray.

Yet this disruption proved beneficial. With enhanced power, Mu Lin now possessed greater means to combat monsters, evil spirits, and malevolent entities across the North Wilderness. Through Luo Chen’s capabilities and his own mastery of calamity, he established numerous strategic preparations. These arrangements inevitably slowed their offensive momentum.

But while Mu Lin strengthened his forces, the Night Demon and Nightmare clans refused to remain passive. Targeted by military forces, they launched preemptive strikes before the three major legions could advance.

…

At dusk near a North Wilderness valley, Mu Lin’s paper figure moved alongside Mo Feng. They commanded the Agricultural and Martial Corps and Black Sha Legion to assault the Moonshade Clan—a peculiar tribe capable of moonlight invisibility. As eternal loyalists to the Night Demon clan, they couldn’t be swayed by diplomacy. Hence, Mu Lin’s emissary form stayed absent, opting for direct assault.

During their battle preparations, Mu Lin’s body suddenly shuddered with icy dread. The abrupt sensation initially stunned him, but recognition swiftly followed. "Beware!" he bellowed. "Calamity approaches!"

"???"

"Enemy attack? But the magical mirror shows nothing!" Mo Feng protested, gripping the illusion-revealing artifact borrowed from another legion. The mirror remained inert as he scanned their surroundings.

Mu Lin’s spatial perception, heavy pupils, and calamity awareness pinpointed the threat’s origin. "SHADOWS! They strike from the shadows!"

Whoosh! Holy Salt erupted from Mu Lin’s hands, scattering through the air.

Sizzle…

The salt purged patches of shadow magic, but countless dark creatures surged from the gloom. Thanks to Mu Lin’s warning and the battle-hardened North Wilderness troops, soldiers swiftly counterattacked without panic, steel meeting shadow in brutal combat.

"Whoosh!"

The scattered salt allowed humans to harm the formless shadow creatures.

The blazing Flames of Revenge became nearly unquenchable once they caught.

The Infinite Chains could yank even invisible shadows into physical restraint.

Empowered by Mu Lin, the Agricultural and Martial Corps endured the enemy’s first assault.

Yet this was only the beginning.

After the shadow creatures came a night as vast as a curtain, blotting out sky and light as it pressed down upon Mu Lin’s forces.

The Moonshade Clan seized this moment to attack from the valley.

"Kill!"

Ambushed by Night Demons, many soldiers fell wounded immediately. Their defenses teetered on collapse.

This scene drew cold laughter from Ye Huang as he appeared.

"Humans! This is your reward for provoking war… You’ll all die here!"

"Your kind deserves death more."

The Night Demons’ ambush and Ye Huang’s taunts chilled Mu Lin’s gaze.

"Spare your righteous talk. You occupy our lands. You slaughtered our people first. You’re the invaders who started this war!"

"…"

Ye Huang offered no rebuttal, nor did he care to.

"Weaklings who can’t defend their territory deserve no pity."

"Feeble races shouldn’t exist in this world…"

A resonant hum accompanied Ye Huang’s transformation as the Night Demon holy son unleashed his sealed power.

Mu Lin watched the gaunt figure swell grotesquely – horns sprouting, hands becoming talons, bat wings billowing outward until a mountainous Night Demon loomed before him.

Magical patterns writhed across the titan’s form, radiating dreadful power.

"Hummm!"

The demonic aura alone crushed fighting spirits. Yet Mu Lin stood firm.

In earlier days, he’d have summoned the vengeful spirit golden crow or Zhu Long’s body against such foes. But Luo Chen’s calamity gifts offered new choices.

"Hummm!"

Rooted to earth, Mu Lin unleashed a savage aura that warped air and ground alike. A predator’s grin split his face.

"Know this – the earth dragon’s stirrings aren’t rare. They happen millions yearly!"

"Each shift unleashes unimaginable force!"

Floods, quakes, fires – the world’s great calamities. Yet most humans rarely feel true earthquakes.

Many in this world lived entire lives untouched, believing earth dragon movements scarce. Not Mu Lin. His past-life knowledge knew better – millions of quakes yearly, over ten thousand daily.

He understood tectonic plates grinding, edges fracturing – the true cause. The energy involved dwarfed comprehension.

A magnitude nine quake equaled 477 million tons of TNT. Normally this power dispersed harmlessly underground. But even weakened tremors proved terrifying.

Once, Mu Lin ignored this untappable force. No longer. With Luo Chen’s Calamity King talent, everything changed.

Earthquakes were calamities. And Mu Lin’s Substitute Paper Figures could channel energies.

Upon gaining this power, he’d sent paper figures underground – especially where tectonic plates met.

North Wilderness’s quake-riddled mountains became his focus. There, daily tremors shook the earth. There, his paper figures synchronized with seismic energies through calamity attunement.

"I AM CALAMITY!"

"I AM EARTHQUAKE!"