Apocalypse Gachapon

Chapter 2302: Symbol

"Go. At this point, there's nothing left to hesitate about."

Xia Lei's words signaled the official beginning of the final showdown between Cloud Peak's top-tier lifeforms and the Demon Whale.

With Park Xiuying, who had upgraded her job to its highest level, joining the fight, everyone's confidence grew.

Given Cloud Peak's current standing, it had taken an immense amount of time to cultivate Park Xiuying to the level of a Light Goddess—only now had it been realized.

If a person could have only one profession, then it stood to reason that profession would be immensely powerful. That power might not be purely offensive; it could manifest in many ways, but whichever way it manifested, it would be enough to have a tremendous—even decisive—impact on the battlefield.

Healing and defense, at the very least, alleviated the top-tier lifeforms' instinctive fear of death to some extent.

The Demon Whale also understood that if it could not defeat these humans today, this land-sea conflict would not end in total failure, but it would certainly be delayed by who knew how long. Gathering such a massive army again would take at least a year—and that was without guaranteeing quality. If quality had to match the current force as well... it might take two or even three or four years.

For it, that was far too long.

The Demon Whale's entire body began to radiate an overwhelming aura. The pressure from this single lifeform actually plunged the entire human line into terror.

It was as if it had cast a fear aura—a negative status effect—on every human warrior.

Cloud Peak used every means to counter it. The support battalions threw out countless potions, while the auxiliary war beasts desperately bestowed buffs on their side's soldiers.

The sky darkened at that moment, with clouds gathering from all directions. At the same time, the sea wind intensified, and the surface grew turbulent.

"I can't stop this ability." Park Xiuying's fair, flawless face was grave. It was not just her—everyone could feel that the Demon Whale was unleashing what might be its most powerful attack.

The humans could only watch, powerless to intervene, because only a few top-tier lifeforms could fly up, and if they did, they would more likely be killed by the Demon Whale while trying to stop the ability.

In that case, it was better for everyone to stay on the ground and withstand this strike together.

With so many nine-stars, Cloud Peak's people truly did not believe the Demon Whale could kill them all in one blow.

Dark clouds covered the sky, and a tsunami was forming at sea. Within the approaching waves, the cold glint of ice crystals could be glimpsed, and the same light flickered within the clouds.

"Could it be trying to wipe out the entire human camp with one ability?"

Many, seeing the dramatic change in the heavens, could only think one thing.

In truth, there was no doubt about it—the Demon Whale intended to use this ability to secure victory in one stroke.

If it did not use its trump card, the sea beasts would inevitably be the ones to lose.

"Everyone, converge on the command center!"

"Activate all defensive equipment!"

"Activate defensive abilities!"

"And—if you have anything hidden away, now's the time to bring it out!"

Xia Lei's voice, through war medals and other means, reached every corner of the human camp.

All she could do now was minimize losses. She did not order Cloud Peak's top-tier lifeforms to scatter; she chose to have them withstand this ability together. As for the other Cloud Peak warriors, their survival would depend on luck.

Countless ice spikes began to emerge from the dark clouds, their numbers enough to make anyone's scalp tingle. The tsunami, like a colossal city wall, was now less than two kilometers away, about to crash down.

"Bring it on!"

In the eyes of the human warriors, facing this heavenly might, there was only resolve.

This might be their final battle.

The Demon Whale looked down upon all; the people looked up. This moment was frozen in many minds.

But then, something changed on the battlefield.

Just as many had decided to imprint this moment in their hearts, they found it seemed to have truly been engraved—because it had... stopped.

The ice spikes in the clouds stopped growing; the tsunami's towering wall halted on the sea. If not for everyone looking up in confusion, then glancing around in bewilderment, one might have thought time had frozen.

Then, a subtle energy struck the clouds, and the thick cover dissipated. The city-wall-like tsunami shattered like a mirror, its fragments falling into the sea, as if it had never existed.

"Am I... seeing things?!"

"I think I've only slept a few hours these past days—I'm getting dizzy."

"Sigh, maybe we're all dead, and this is just our minds imagining the skill ending, while we're already gone."

"Are we in hell?"

"Maybe."

"Then this hell is way too realistic, isn't it? You still have meat stuck in your teeth!"

"So you're not confident this isn't a dream or hell?"

"How can I be confident? Because I think I just saw the boss."

"No, I think you should take out the 'think.'"

"That's the boss!"

"Boss!"

After a full minute of stunned silence, Cloud Peak erupted in earth-shaking cheers. At first, the cheers varied—all kinds of exclamations flying about—but in the end, they all coalesced into two syllables.

Boss!

Yes, their king had returned!

At this moment, he hovered in the sky, gazing down upon the earth like a god ruling over all.

Ye Zhongming had returned—the Cloud Peak King was back!

Once this news was confirmed, everyone was driven to frenzy.

At that moment, many truly felt, more deeply than ever, this man's place in Cloud Peak and his irreplaceability.

He simply stood there, and Cloud Peak was transformed.

Because he was the brightest symbol in every Cloud Peak warrior's heart—the spiritual pillar of all Cloud Peak people.

Where he stood, Cloud Peak stood!

"Flying... is nothing special!"

Ye Zhongming's calm words drifted down from the sky. He pointed casually, and the Demon Whale's enormous body shuddered, then uncontrollably plummeted toward the ground.

"This time we can hit it. Go ahead." Ye Zhongming descended with the Demon Whale, which struggled violently but to no avail, and when he reached the ground, he said to his long-missed subordinates and friends.

"Kill it. We'll have plenty of time to catch up later."

An energy barrier enclosed the Demon Whale and nearly all of Cloud Peak's top-tier lifeforms together. There on the ground, the sea king—which had just expended enormous energy to no effect—was set upon by nearly twenty peer-level lifeforms and brutally dismembered.

The moment it died, all its subordinates surrendered to Superior Dragon, and this land-sea conflict between humans and sea beasts came to an end in this manner.