Chapter 660: The Curtain Falls! A Letter Arrives!
Hiss!
What an exaggerated support talent!
If this SS-rank talent were given to priests or prayer-based support professions, they’d undoubtedly become the strongest support in history!
For Ling Zhan, though this innate talent was undeniably extraordinary and could be considered invincible in team battles, the opportunities to use it would likely be limited.
This was primarily because Ling Zhan was accustomed to solo combat. Unless team battles were absolutely necessary, he wouldn’t use this talent.
Moreover…
Ling Zhan had enough confidence in his survival abilities.
When facing enemies, Ling Zhan prioritized dodging fatal attacks using his movement and combat instincts.
He rarely relied on his attributes to tank damage.
To put it in a well-known phrase…
Straight-line speed (using attributes to suppress) is something anyone can do.
Cornering speed (using combat skill) is what truly defines speed (true strength)!
Therefore, when facing strong opponents, Ling Zhan rarely relied on his system-granted overwhelming attributes.
He would first use his combat skills to spar, only resorting to attribute suppression as a last resort.
Honestly…
Some might argue that while attribute suppression is simple and crude, it works!
But have you considered that once you’re accustomed to attribute suppression, your combat skills will rapidly deteriorate?
In future battles, you’d depend entirely on your attributes to bulldoze through enemies.
There will always be someone stronger.
You can’t guarantee your attributes will always surpass your enemy’s.
When facing an equally strong or significantly superior opponent, this approach becomes useless.
The saying goes:
Forge iron; one must be strong oneself.
Overreliance on overwhelming attributes is inadvisable.
Aside from the SS-rank innate talent…
The skill rewards seemed relatively straightforward.
【Comprehensive Enhancement (A): Increases all your attributes by 50%.】
A very concise skill.
But also an excellent BUFF skill!
A 50% increase in all attributes with no side effects.
For Ling Zhan, after upgrading it to SS-rank…
【Increases all your attributes by 500%.】
Damn…
Just talked about avoiding attribute suppression, and here comes a slap-in-the-face BUFF skill?!
But still, it’s undeniably appealing.
Additionally, Ling Zhan’s level increased from 97 to 100.
His four-dimensional attributes doubled from 100,000 to 200,000.
Jumping three levels…
Resulted in a massive increase in attributes.
This demonstrated the terrifying leap in power from leveling up in later stages.
With this, Ling Zhan officially stepped into the ranks of level-100 powerhouses.
His combat power underwent a complete transformation!
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Five days after the conclusion of the Eastern War Zone campaign…
The allied armies were busy with final cleanup operations.
They recaptured all major cities in the Blazing Heart Empire’s Eastern War Zone, transforming them into heavily fortified strongholds, deploying substantial forces to defend against the Slaughtering God’s potential return.
However, this time, a comeback by the Slaughtering God seemed unlikely.
Such a vital strategic area would now be directly guarded by the allied armies, who constructed an extensive defensive line around the Eastern War Zone.
Turning it into an impregnable fortress.
Simply put…
If the Eastern War Zone were to fall, it would mean the core forces of Takamagahara’s forbidden zone had been fully deployed.
Of course…
Even if Takamagahara sent all their Heavenly Ghost Generals, this fortified Eastern War Zone would likely hold out for at least one to two days.
That would be enough time to relay the situation back to the Hundred Ghost Fortress headquarters.
Allowing for a full-scale response.
News of the Eastern War Zone’s recapture spread.
The nobility and ministers of the Blazing Heart Empire were ecstatic.
But soon…
Their smiles faded.
Because the allied armies intended to support Princess Alice in becoming the new Empress of the Blazing Heart Empire!
“Shameless! Absolutely shameless!”
“You allied armies are reneging on your word! Didn’t you promise to withdraw after quelling the Hundred Ghost Calamity?!”
“It’s clear you covet the Blazing Heart Empire’s territory!”
“I’ll expose your shameless actions to the global media!”
Duke Assad was the most furious.
He had the best chance of ascending the throne in the Blazing Heart Empire.
Just one step away from realizing his imperial dreams, only to have it snatched away!
And the allied armies went back on their word!
However…
Faced with Duke Assad’s tirade, the allied generals merely smiled faintly.
Their response was simple: Empress Alice approved it!
Meaning the Blazing Heart Empire’s new Empress consented to this move, prompting their actions!
Moreover, according to the late Emperor’s will, Princess Alice was to ascend the throne.
All nobles were required to reduce their forces!
No more acting as feudal lords with autonomous territories!
If they refused to relinquish their armies and accept a peaceful noble status, fine!
The allied armies, under Empress Alice’s command, would quell these rebellious nobles!
“This…”
This move left the self-serving nobles utterly stunned!
Not only would the allied armies stay, but they would also strip them of their power!
Ruthless and excessive!
Duke Assad was enraged!
He convened an emergency meeting with other dukes and marquises overnight.
However…
To his despair, out of five dukes, only he advocated resistance.
The remaining marquises and counts were too cowardly to fight.
Laughable!!
Who could defeat the allied armies?
They were nothing more than a rabble!
If the allied armies could drive out the Hundred Ghosts led by the Slaughtering God, what chance did these minor nobles have?
More importantly…
The allied armies held the moral high ground.
Empress Alice had already completed her coronation ceremony in Gewot City, witnessed by global media at the invitation of the allied armies, declaring her the new Empress of the Blazing Heart Empire.
A just cause.
Unrivaled strength.
How could they resist?
Thud!
Ultimately, Duke Assad collapsed into his seat in despair.
However…
What completely crushed the remaining nobles was…
Two days later…
Empress Alice, citing rebellion, executed Duke Assad and two other dukes, along with over a dozen marquises.
Although Duke Assad was a level-100 combatant, he was helpless against the allied armies’ siege and was executed.
It had to be said…
Empress Alice’s iron-fisted and ruthless methods were remarkable.
Upon ascending the throne, she immediately dealt with these tumors.
With this…
The Blazing Heart Empire became a land of peace, its skies clear once more.
A few days later…
A deployment order from the Sacred Continent arrived at the Hundred Ghost Fortress.
Reading the content of the order…
General Li looked at the young warrior he admired most and smiled:
“It’s confirmed.”
“Ling Zhan, in three days, someone from the Sacred Continent will come to escort you there.”
“You’ll step into the world’s most elite and prosperous new battlefield!”