Another human cultivator covered in flames charged forward.

His sword ignited with blazing fire.

Tier 6 Skill.

Solar Execution.

A hundred-meter blade of fire descended.

The attack cut through dozens of monsters before a giant stone hand emerged from below.

Morgro.

The Eternal Stone Giant had entered the battle.

The ground beneath him erupted.

Mountain-sized stone walls rose from the earth.

The flaming blade struck the barrier.

BOOOOOOM!

The attack exploded, and the stone wall didn’t even cracked.

Morgro slowly raised his head.

His calm eyes locked onto the human general.

Then he lifted a single hand.

The Law of Fortification spread.

The earth shook violently.

Entire sections of the battlefield transformed.

Stone pillars erupted from below.

Massive walls emerged from nothing.

Defensive structures appeared across the advancing army, protecting thousands of soldiers.

The human general stared in disbelief.

"What is this, how..."

His voice trembled.

Then Morgro pointed. A mountain-sized stone fist erupted from the ground beneath the human commander.

The man died immediately.

The difference between them was simply too large.

Meanwhile, above the city, the peak Tier 6 human generals fought desperately.

Elemental storms filled the sky.

Lightning clashed against wind.

Fire collided with water.

Earth shattered against metal.

The entire battlefield looked like the end of the world.

One human general wielding ice raised both hands.

"Freeze them!"

[Tier 6 Skill: Frozen Kingdom]

A wave of ice spread across the battlefield.

Thousands of monster soldiers were instantly trapped beneath layers of thick frost.

For a brief moment, hope returned to the defenders.

"We stopped them!"

"Push them back!"

But that hope lasted only a few seconds.

The frozen ground suddenly trembled.

Crack.

Crack.

CRAAACK!

Massive stone pillars erupted from beneath the battlefield, shattering the ice apart.

The trapped monster soldiers immediately resumed their advance as if nothing had happened.

The ice general’s eyes widened.

"Impossible..."

His gaze slowly shifted toward the source.

Morgro.

The giant stood quietly amidst the battlefield.

He wasn’t shouting. He wasn’t roaring.

He wasn’t even moving much.

Yet wherever he stood, the battlefield itself obeyed him.

Stone walls emerged from the earth.

Defensive fortifications appeared out of nowhere.

Collapsed roads repaired themselves.

Entire sections of the battlefield transformed according to his will.

The human generals couldn’t understand it.

None of them could.

They only knew cultivation through...

Elemental mastery.

Skills.

Formations.

None of them understood the existence of Laws.

In this kingdom, Tier 7 was little more than a legend.

Something spoken about in ancient stories.

Even the strongest Peak Tier 6 cultivators had never truly encountered one.

Because of that, nobody recognized what Morgro was doing.

The ice general clenched his teeth.

"What kind of earth skill is this?"

Another general nearby nodded.

"It has to be some ancient skills."

"What skills creates fortresses from thin air?"

"I don’t know!"

None of them had an answer.

From their perspective, Morgro simply possessed an absurdly powerful earth element.

Nothing more.

They had no idea they were witnessing the power of a Law.

Far behind the front lines, several older commanders watched the battle with pale faces.

One of them swallowed.

"That giant..."

"What about him?"

The old commander hesitated.

"I’ve never seen anyone use earth element mastery like that."

Nobody here possessed the knowledge to understand the difference.

Not even the Peak Tier 6 experts.

At best, a Quasi Tier 7 might have noticed something unusual.

Might have sensed that the giant’s power didn’t operate under normal cultivation principles.

But there wasn’t a single Quasi Tier 7 present in Sodon City.

There was nobody capable of understanding what they were facing.

And that ignorance made the situation even more hopeless.

Meanwhile, Morgro remained completely calm.

A barrage of fireballs crashed into one of his stone fortifications.

The explosions shook the battlefield.

Smoke filled the air.

When the smoke cleared, the wall remained standing.

Not a single crack.

The human cultivators stared in disbelief.

"Again!"

"Destroy it!"

Hundreds of attacks slammed into the structure.

Fire.

Lightning.

Ice.

Metal.

Wind.

The entire wall disappeared beneath explosions.

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

When the dust settled, the wall was still there.

One cultivator’s face turned pale.

"How much qi does that does monster have?"

Morgro looked toward them. Then slowly raised his hand.

The earth beneath the human formation suddenly shook.

The soldiers panicked.

"Move!"

"Get away!"

Too late.

The ground exploded upward. Massive stone spikes erupted across the battlefield.

Thousands of soldiers were launched into the air.

Entire formations collapsed instantly.

The surviving commanders felt a chill run through their bodies.

This wasn’t a battle anymore. It was a massacre.

Above them, the sky battle wasn’t going any better.

Monster Tier 6 experts dominated the air.

Enhanced by Radiant Convergence, their strength had risen dramatically.

A human lightning cultivator was blasted from the sky by three simultaneous wind attacks.

Another was buried beneath a rain of stone spears.

A third was torn apart by countless metal blades.

One by one, the defenders fell.

One by one, the city’s strongest experts died.

Below, the gates had already collapsed.

The walls had already been breached.

The streets had become battlefields.

And everywhere the defenders looked, monster banners continued advancing deeper into the city.

A young officer standing atop a burning watchtower stared at the scene.

His hands trembled.

His sword slipped from his grasp.

The city was lost.

Everyone could see it now.

They simply didn’t know how to stop it.

And against a power they couldn’t even understand...

There was never a chance from the beginning.

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Hours passed.

The battle that had begun with desperate resistance had slowly turned into a slaughter.

The sky was stained with fire, lightning, and blood.

One by one, the human generals fell.

The sixth died beneath a barrage of wind blades.

The seventh was crushed by a stone giant.

The eighth was dragged from the sky and torn apart before thousands of horrified soldiers.

The ninth fought until his qi was completely exhausted. Surrounded on all sides, he detonated his own core in a final attempt to take his enemies with him.

The explosion lit up the sky.

When the smoke cleared, several monsters had died.

But it changed nothing. The battle continued.

Then only one remained. The ice general.

The strongest among Sodon City’s defenders.

His armor was cracked, blood covered half his body. His breathing was ragged, yet he still stood.

Below him, thousands of human soldiers watched.

Their final pillar, and final hope.

The general looked around. Every defensive line had collapsed. Monster banners flew across entire districts.

The battle was already decided. He knew it, everyone knew it.

General Vordon floated opposite him.

"Your army has lost."

The ice general remained silent. His chest rose and fell heavily. Blood dripped from his sword.

His qi was nearly exhausted.

Yet his eyes still carried the stubborn pride of a soldier who had spent his entire life defending his kingdom.

Vordon looked at him calmly.

"Surrender."

The word echoed across the battlefield.

The surviving human soldiers immediately looked up.

Many of them were already hoping for those words.

They were exhausted, terrified, and broken.

The ice general slowly turned his head.

Below him, he saw thousands of wounded soldiers. Some could barely stand.

Some were leaning against broken walls.

Others were kneeling beside dead friends and family.

The city was gone. The battle was over.

But still...

His grip tightened around his sword.

"Surrender?"

His voice was hoarse.

Vordon nodded.

"The city has fallen."

The ice general laughed bitterly. A tired, hollow laugh.

"Then why offer surrender at all?"

Vordon answered honestly.

"Because our king is merciful."

Silence followed.

The ice general stared at him. Then at the battlefield below. The streets were filled with corpses. The walls were destroyed.

The command tower was burning. Everything they had fought to protect was gone.

For a long moment, nobody spoke.

Then the old general slowly closed his eyes.

When he opened them again, something had changed.

The fight was gone. Only acceptance remained.

He lowered his sword.

The sound of metal scraping against stone echoed through the air.

Below, thousands of soldiers stared in disbelief.

Their final general had surrendered.

The battle was truly over.

The ice general raised his voice. Every remaining defender heard him.

"Sodon City has fallen."

His words felt heavier than any attack.

Many soldiers immediately lowered their heads.

Some began crying. Others simply stared blankly.

The general continued.

"Throw down your weapons."

The words nearly broke him.