Chapter 486 - Tyrant of the Desolate Civilization: Tempest Tiger

Three months later, Han Wu’s ship arrived at a naturally formed tempest purgatory. The air was chock-full of Lightning Energy. This place was a cultivation treasure for those with a natural affinity to lightning.

Those without affinity to lightning, on the other hand, would consider this place hell. This was the territory of one of the tyrants of the Desolate Civilization.

There was an exit here that connected to another civilization. As long as they escaped, Han Wu and the others had a chance to return to the Divine Civilization.

On the ship, Han Wu stared at the scene before them and thought about Qin Shuang. It had been a long time since he had last seen her, and he couldn’t help but wonder what she was doing right now.

The War Angel interrupted his wistful musings with a report. “God, this place is filled with Lightning Energy. It’s easy to get hit by lightning if one enters rashly. I advise reducing the number of units entering the area.”

Han Wu nodded. He had originally planned to send in just the elites to fight against the powerful tyrant anyway. Sending in the weak foot soldiers would only cause unnecessary losses.

“God, I have a skill that could protect us against lightning. It should reduce our chances of getting struck.”

“Go ahead and use it on them right now.”

Nodding, the War Angel used its skill on Han Wu’s and Jing Jing’s units.

“Everyone, follow me!” Han Wu commanded.

His eight Earthsunder life forms, along with the two powerful humans, let out battle cries in response.

Jing Jing’s 12 skeletons remained silent, but obediently followed her command. Jiang Ming didn’t have any Earthsunder life forms under him, but the few Sage life forms he did have followed his charge. Meanwhile, the Origin of Mutation maintained his regular human form, not activating his combat mode yet.

They all entered the tempest purgatory together. Lightning crackled and struck down heavily, but thanks to the War Angel’s skill, they were largely unaffected.

Han Wu carefully scouted the area. Untold lightning had long charred the ground black. Numerous high-purity Lightning Stones littered the area, but no one dared to pick them up.

𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Bones were also scattered all over. The smallest was ten meters, while the largest was several tens of thousands of meters.

Jing Jing’s eyes lit up with interest at the sight.

Inspecting the skeletons, she was crestfallen to learn that most of the energy within them had already been siphoned away, leaving only empty husks.

These couldn’t be used to make new skeletons. They could only be turned into bone fragments for other purposes. Han Wu carefully sensed the area and discovered a powerful life form ten kilometers away.

If he was right, that was the tyrant claiming dominion over this tempest purgatory.

Han Wu sent Dark Locust to scout it out first, just to be safe.

It blended into the darkness and suppressed its presence as it approached. Soon, it was a mere one kilometer away from its target.

The tyrant was a ten-thousand-meter-long white tiger. Purple lightning crackled in between its white and black stripes, filling its surroundings with an air of destruction.

Dark Locust sent the information back, and Jiang Ming used his Divine Jurisdiction to obtain the data on it.

[Desolate Tyrant: Tempest Tiger (Part of the Will of the Desolate Civilization)]

[Evolution Count: 41]

[Skill: Lightning Control, White Tiger’s Suppression, Tiger Roar Cannon, Purgatory Barrier, Summon Beasts...]

Jiang Ming hissed with surprise. The last he had heard, the Tempest Tiger had evolved forty times. He had not expected it to evolve again in these past few years. Even one additional evolution meant its Life Energy had doubled once more.

Han Wu frowned. He had previously assumed that Jiang Ming had been exaggerating his descriptions of the Tempest Tiger, but it appeared Jiang Ming had actually underestimated it.

The Tempest Tiger spanned ten thousand meters. A simple pounce was enough for it to destroy a huge chunk of land. Han Wu had a feeling that it could even kill Sage life forms in a single hit.

“Boss, do we retreat? We could likely win if we trained for another three years or so.” Jiang Ming persuaded.

If they were to fight for real, there was a chance that they would lose their entire army.

Han Wu was stuck between a rock and a hard place. It’s not as if he didn’t want to retreat, but he had already spent all of his Divine Essence.

While he could continue collecting Divine Essence from his units, it was only a fraction of the money he needed to fund a massive project like merging the Desolate Beasts.

How long would it take to organize an army capable of securing a certain victory?

Han Wu hesitated.

The Tempest Tiger opened one of its eyes.

The lightning in the area multiplied. The War Angel’s protection declined drastically by the second.

“Retreat!” Han Wu cried, but the Tempest Tiger wasn’t going to let them go that easily.

When it opened both eyes, the lightning in the area multiplied tenfold. A dense curtain of lightning formed a barrier, isolating the space from the outside.

All their faces paled at the sight of the impenetrable lightning wall. Escape was no longer an option. They were being forced to fight.

“Formation! We can still win!” Han Wu rallied, having no choice but to deploy all of his units.

However, the Tempest Tiger was powerful enough that it didn’t need to fight on its own.

With a roar, summoning arrays appeared around it, and mighty Desolate Beasts emerged one after another. The weakest had evolved twenty times, and the strongest had evolved thirty-five times.

Thousands appeared to attack Han Wu and the others.

They had to retaliate.

Jing Jing’s nine Sage skeletons rushed to intercept them. Fashioned from the skeletons of powerful Desolate Beasts, these skeletons were more than capable of fighting against the Desolate Beasts that had evolved thirty times.

Han Wu didn’t send any of his Earthsunder life forms, wanting to preserve their strength. Instead, he sent out the Sage life forms, Akanzor and Bart. One fought in close range while the other shot arrows from afar.

Many Desolate Beasts fell under the combined assault of Han Wu and Jing Jing.

Jiang Ming also sent his units to fight, but their performance was average at best. Still, their aid alleviated the pressure from Han Wu’s and Jing Jing’s units.

The Origin of Mutation, meanwhile, paid no attention to the summoned beasts, instead staring fixedly at the Tempest Tiger.

“That tiger skin... Its defensive capabilities are better than dragon scales,” it mumbled. “Vessel, I want to graft it onto my body. You don’t mind, do you?”

“As long as you can defeat it.”

The Origin of Mutation excitedly changed into its battle form. Hundreds of limbs burst out from its body as it turned into a patchwork monster, standing tall in the tempest purgatory.