The Evolution Of A Goblin To The Peak

Chapter 1278: Urhan, the Supreme Commander of the Creasant Republic Army

[Ocean Piercing Wave]!!

Swoosh!!

Souta didn’t try to avoid it. Instead, he stepped forward and faced the trident head-on, his sword blurring with crimson light.

[Crimson Moon]!!

’This...!! But my trident will strike faster!’ Urhan was startled at first when he saw Souta confront his weapon directly. He gritted his teeth and poured more force into his attack.

Bang!!

The blade of the trident slammed into Souta’s face. It met resistance at first, but it didn’t last long. Souta’s defense shattered as the trident pierced through his skin and flesh.

”What?!!” Urhan widened his eyes in shock.

BOOM!!!

The surrounding waters exploded outward as dust and energy swept through every direction.

The experts of the Eight Shackle Realm and Seventh Shackle Realm surrounded the battlefield, preparing their spells and combat arts. They stood ready to respond to the Supreme Commander’s orders.

A few moments later, a figure emerged from the dust.

It was Urhan, the Supreme Commander of the Army of the Creasant Republic.

Urhan clutched his shoulder, where a deep sword wound gushed blood, dyeing the surrounding water red.

”What happened, Supreme Commander?!” an Eight Shackle Realm expert shouted the moment he saw Urhan’s injury.

The others stared in disbelief. The mighty Supreme Commander had been wounded in the very first exchange.

”I got careless...” Urhan said as he tightened his grip on the trident until his knuckles cracked. Blood continued to stream from the deep gash on his shoulder, drifting through the water like crimson smoke.

His expression darkened as he spoke in a grim voice. ”Be careful, everyone. Do not exchange blows with that monster. Even after having his skull crushed, he still fought like nothing happened.”

A chill spread through the group. Their faces stiffened as disbelief turned into dread. What kind of monster could survive such a wound and continue attacking?

Shhhh!!

The cloud of dust and shattered currents slowly thinned.

Then, a hand emerged from the darkness within.

Urhan’s pupils shrank violently. Every instinct in his body screamed in warning.

”Form the barrier!!” he roared.

Eleven Eight Shackle Realm experts immediately rushed forward, placing themselves in front of the Seventh Shackle Realm experts. They thrust both hands outward as torrents of mana and elemental power erupted from their bodies. Veins bulged across their arms while the surrounding water trembled under the pressure.

Ohm!!

The ocean quaked violently. One barrier after another materialized, layering together into a massive defensive wall that sealed off the area where Souta stood.

Urhan narrowed his eyes. Golden light poured from the trident in his hand, illuminating the blood drifting around him.

Within the barriers, Souta slowly clenched his hand. The surrounding space distorted, as if something invisible had been seized within his grasp.

Then, he slashed.

BOOM!!!

A blinding crimson flash exploded outward.

Blood-red lightning roared through the ocean like a raging dragon, tearing into the barriers with overwhelming violence. Cracks spread instantly across the layers of protection before they shattered apart one after another.

BANG!!

The barriers detonated into countless fragments of light.

The blood-red lightning surged forward without slowing down, flooding the entire battlefield as the seawater twisted into a violent storm of crimson destruction.

”T-This...!! Archetype!!”

Urhan stared ahead in disbelief as the blood-red lightning smashed into his body like a divine punishment.

RUMBLE!!!

The crimson lightning continued to pour out endlessly.

The surrounding experts were blasted away like broken leaves caught in a storm. Flesh tore apart, bones cracked, and streams of blood scattered through the raging currents.

”NO!!”

”Help...!”

”ARGHHH!!”

Screams echoed one after another as the entire space shook violently, as though the ocean itself was on the verge of collapse.

The blood-red lightning spread without stopping, devouring everything in its path. Within moments, it covered a radius of twenty kilometers.

The sea turned crimson.

The destruction lasted for several seconds before the violent lightning finally began to fade away.

What remained was devastation.

The surrounding structures had been completely annihilated, reduced to drifting rubble and ash. Even Hydro Land City beneath them had collapsed into ruins. Vast cracks split apart the seabed while countless living creatures were erased from existence, pulverized into nothingness by the overwhelming force.

Swoosh!!

Urhan slowly lifted his head.

His expression had turned incomparably solemn.

A terrifying surge of energy erupted from his body, more than ten times stronger than before. The surrounding seawater churned violently under the pressure alone.

[Archetype: Thousand Land into One]!!

The temperature plummeted instantly.

Mountains began rising from the seabed one after another, tearing through the ocean floor with deafening roars. Massive streams of elemental power surged across the battlefield like a world-ending tide.

”I can’t hold back anymore...” Urhan muttered grimly. ”I have to use everything I have.”

What he had seen shattered his understanding of monsters.

Souta was far beyond an ordinary advanced fifth-stage monster.

An initial fifth-stage monster possessing such monstrous strength was simply absurd.

If he hadn’t experienced it himself, Urhan would never have believed that an initial fifth-stage monster could overpower an ordinary advanced fifth-stage monster so completely.

Souta walked out from the destruction, radiating an immense and violent aura. Crimson lightning crawled across his body like living serpents, distorting the surrounding seawater with terrifying pressure.

He glanced at Urhan for a brief moment. Then, his figure vanished.

Swoosh!!

A streak of blood-red lightning zigzagged through the ocean at blinding speed, tearing jagged lines across space itself. The surrounding experts could only catch faint afterimages before death descended upon them.

Several Seventh Shackle Realm experts failed to react in time.

”No!!”

”Wait—!!”

”ARGHHH!!”

Their desperate screams echoed through the battlefield.

Then their bodies split apart.

Clean crimson lines appeared across their torsos before flesh, bones, and organs were violently severed. Blood exploded outward, staining the ocean red as their energy burst free like a raging tsunami.

The deaths of Hero-rank experts shook the entire battlefield. Their collapsing auras sent violent shockwaves across the sea, causing the surrounding currents to spiral chaotically.

Souta smirked. A dangerous glint flashed across his eyes as killing intent surged from his body like a flood.

He kicked the water again and shot forward without slowing down.

”Four down...” he muttered coldly.

BOOM!!

Red lightning erupted once more as Souta charged toward another nearby Seventh Shackle Realm expert, his murderous aura swallowing the battlefield whole.

The expert hurriedly raised his weapon, but he couldn’t stop his body from trembling uncontrollably.

Seeing four Seventh Shackle Realm experts die so effortlessly had shattered his courage completely. Fear gripped his heart like icy claws, making his breathing ragged.

”Don’t...!”

Before he could even finish his words, a blinding flash of red filled his vision.

”Ugh!!”

The blood-red lightning pierced straight through him.

For a brief moment, everything became silent.

The expert slowly lowered his gaze toward his hands. A thin crimson line stretched across his body. Then, his body split apart.

Flesh, bones, and organs tore open as blood burst violently into the surrounding water. His energy erupted uncontrollably upon death, scattering outward like an exploding storm.

BOOM!!

On the other side of the battlefield, Black Water Lord felt terror consume him completely.

His body shook nonstop as he watched the Seventh Shackle Realm experts fall one after another.

Those were Seventh Shackle Realm experts, beings powerful enough to dominate entire regions. Yet in front of Souta, they looked no different from helpless prey being slaughtered.

Souta killed them as easily as cutting down blades of grass.

”C-Can we even stop this...?” Black Water Lord muttered weakly to himself, his face turning pale as fear spread through his entire body.

Swoosh!!

Black Water Lord suddenly saw a burst of golden light collide head-on with the raging blood-red lightning.

RUMBLE!!!

The entire battlefield shook violently, as though the surrounding ocean was about to collapse under the impact. Golden light and crimson lightning clashed fiercely, releasing destructive shockwaves that tore through everything in every direction.

Among everyone present, there was only one person capable of standing against Souta directly. And that’s Urhan, the Supreme Commander of the Army of the Creasant Republic.

Urhan stared at Souta with cold, unwavering eyes.

The trident in his hand radiated a terrifying golden brilliance that pushed back the surrounding blood-red lightning, suppressing it with overwhelming force.

[Archetype: Thousand Land into One]!!

[First Stance: Great Country into Earth]!!

Souta raised an eyebrow with interest.

It had been a long time since he had fought someone capable of using an Archetype.

The ocean suddenly trembled.

Massive boulders materialized throughout the battlefield while thousands of gigantic stone pillars erupted from the seabed with deafening roars. The entire region shook violently as Hydro Land City itself was lifted upward by the pillars beneath it.

Violent elemental energy swept across the ocean like a catastrophe. More and more colossal boulders appeared out of thin air, blotting out the surrounding waters with their overwhelming presence.

Souta narrowed his eyes.

An incomparably heavy force suddenly crashed into his body from every direction. The pressure was so immense that even the blood-red lightning surrounding him shattered apart inch by inch.

Bang!!

His body was blasted downward like a meteor, smashing violently into Hydro Land City below. Buildings collapsed instantly beneath the impact while enormous cracks spread across the city ruins.

Urhan looked down from above as his energy swept through the battlefield, scanning the entire city.

He could sense countless lives disappearing. Only a handful of experts had survived the devastation.

Urhan sighed inwardly.