Lord of the Truth

Chapter 1092: Boom!

Crack Crack

Rumble Rumble

”Hmm?!”

The soldiers of the Empire of the Great Serpent were taken aback as the ground split open once again, and something resembling a massive wall began to rise from within.

Whoosh Whoosh

”..Huh?”

The stone hands, metal bars, and even skeletal remains and corpses that had been fiercely defending the Control Zone suddenly ceased their attacks. As if guided by an unseen force, these objects began picking up fallen bodies, armor, and weapons scattered across the battlefield and hurled them toward the rising wall, where they seamlessly merged into its structure.

”What are those fools doing? Even if they block us here, what do they plan to do about the mighty martial emperors fighting above?”

Attempting to construct a wall at such a moment, against such overwhelming numbers, was nothing short of madness. No matter how strong the wall was, no matter how much reinforcement it received from fallen weapons and armor, how long could it possibly withstand the relentless assault of over a million soldiers before crumbling under pressure?

One of the seasoned generals in the army scoffed as he drew attention to himself. ”They’re gasping for their last breath! They have nothing left! Do not stop—attack!!” he commanded, raising his weapon before charging forward.

The rest of the enormous army followed his lead.

BAM BAM

BOOM!

At that very moment, the main enemy characters —Caesar, Amon, and Sakaar— made sudden, unexpected movements as well, drawing the attention of many. They had launched attacks against the soldiers of the Empire of the Great Serpent, and somehow, their efforts appeared to be effective.

Then, a strange buzzing sound filled the air.

Zzzn Zzzn

The Underworld Daisies joined the assault, sweeping through the battlefield and forcefully pushing everyone away.

”Aah! The lords have fallen?!”

A soldier clutched his head with both hands in horror.

Panic spread through the ranks of the Empire of the Great Serpent. Even though their glowing purple eyes urged them forward without fear or hesitation, witnessing nearly 1,500 Martial Emperors being thrown aside like discarded rags caused something to snap in their minds for a brief moment—an instinctual alarm telling them that something was terribly wrong.

Rumble

The wall had finally sealed itself from above, forming a massive dome.

”There’s no need to panic! They are all alive! Those fools merely pushed them back a little!”

One of the generals activated his spiritual sense to confirm, then pointed toward the dome with a cold expression.

”Watch me destroy it myself!”

Without hesitation, he took the lead, raising his weapon high.

He coated it in a layer of Corrosion Law before leaping toward the dome, determination burning in his eyes.

BANG!

The general struck the barrier with full force. Yet, to his shock, only a tiny fragment of the dome broke— a piece no larger than a fingertip. From underneath the cracked surface, an eerie green flame flickered, weaving through the structure, reinforcing it with an unnatural resilience.

”....?!”

The general froze for a brief moment, trying to process what he had just witnessed. Then, snapping back to reality, he roared to his soldiers, ”ATTACK!!”

”ATTAAAACK!!”

The army behind him obeyed without hesitation, raising their weapons and launching themselves toward the dome.

To their surprise, their weapons attacks were of no use, whether it was their high-level energy weapons or the epic ones, they just scratched the walls of the dome like a 3-year-old child trying to scratch his house old with his fingernails.

But the thing is, there were millions of them in this case, the outer chill of the dome already began to crack.

BAM BAM BAM!

”Destroy it! Tear it down!! ..hmm?” one soldier shouted fiercely, determined to contribute every ounce of his strength for the glory of His Majesty.

But then— something strange happened.

His strikes were getting weaker.

”..?”

The soldier hesitated, lowering his massive war hammer. He raised his free hand, turning it over as if questioning why his strength was suddenly fading. But before he could dwell on it, something else caught his attention.

”Hmm?”

He glanced downward and noticed a faint glow emanating from just below his navel.

As he bent slightly to get a better look, he saw the light pulse once —then vanish— only to flicker again moments later.

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”..?!”

Alarmed, he quickly turned to his fellow soldiers. Most of them were still relentlessly attacking the dome without issue. However, after scanning the crowd, he spotted another soldier experiencing the same phenomenon— the faint light flickering beneath his navel, pulsing at an even faster rate.

”Hey... Do you have any idea what’s happening to us?”

That other soldier turned toward the voice calling out to him and shrugged. ”I have no idea either. But I see three more people nearby with the same issue. Maybe if we ask the general after the battle, he might—”

BOOOOOOOOM!

Time seemed to freeze in the soldier’s eyes as he witnessed his comrade’s lower abdomen explode from the inside. But in that fraction of a second, before the shockwave could reach him, he glanced down at his own body—understanding his fate.

”Oh...”

BOOOOOOOOOM! BOOOOOOOOOM!

Rumble

”...?!”

Richard forced his bloodshot eyes open and looked upward in shock.

No one knew the resilience of this dome better than him... He already had high reserves before, and when he was left back by Sakaar at the mountain by the deceased Imperial Guards, he absorbed the escaping life energy from their corpses. The life energy of tens of high level martial emperors with beast blood was no joke!

And he poured everything into this doom as Sakkar asked!

and yet, for some reason, the dome was shaking violently. It seemed as if a single devastating attack had struck it. Who, out there, had the power to unleash such destruction?

Rumble Rumble

The violent tremors returned, shaking the very air inside the dome. No one could hear what was happening outside —Richard had sealed them within layers upon layers of reinforced metal— but the intensity of the shocks made everyone feel nauseous.

BAM BAM

Even the demonic emperors flying above began to lose control, their bodies thrown into disarray by the sheer force of the tremors. One by one, they plummeted to the ground, landing face-first.

”What in the hell is happening out there?!”

Rumble

Crack Crack

The dome had started to crack. Stones broke loose from its structure, crashing down on the warriors trapped inside.

”T- Take cover!!”

Sakaar barely managed to pull himself together before shouting with all his might.

Though his soul sense was somewhat obstructed by Richard’s dome, he could still faintly feel something— a series of colossal explosions occurring outside. Explosions that seemed to have no end!

Pushing his soul sense to its absolute limits, Sakaar picked up on something else—a familiar presence.

It was his fellow king, lying on the ground, barely clinging to life.

”Amon!!” Sakaar shouted his name and rushed toward him at full speed.

Meanwhile, Richard stood in complete disbelief as he watched his dome fall apart before his eyes.

Yes, he had built it in a hurry.

But the dome had been specifically designed to withstand continuous attacks from over a million soldiers and 1,500 Battle Emperors for at least 20 seconds.

Yet barely three seconds had passed, and it was already collapsing.

”What’s happening?! Who in the hell can produce such—”

At that moment, something caught Richard’s eye.

His words died in his throat as his entire body tensed. He instinctively twisted his torso to the left, momentarily forgetting his battered and broken state.

Ignoring the agonizing pain that tore through his body, he poured what little strength remained into his leg and lunged forward with everything he had.

BAM!

Barely in time, he managed to catch someone midair before they hit the ground.

”Big brother!!”

It was Caesar’s body.

RUMBLE RUMBLE

The ground beneath them suddenly convulsed, shaking with terrifying intensity. Then, without warning, massive cracks split through the battlefield, forcing chunks of earth upward.

From deep below, volcanic magma and scalding underground water erupted violently, creating streams of fire and boiling rivers.

What had been an already war-torn battlefield just moments ago had transformed into a chaotic land of jagged mountains and lakes of molten lava.

Tens of thousands of demon troops found themselves in immediate danger of annihilation once again.

Panic took hold.

Scrambling in desperation, soldiers began climbing the unstable rocky formations, trying to escape the rivers of death forming all around them.

”...What the hell is happening here?!!!”

Pythor, unable to contain himself any longer, finally exploded in a furious roar.