The Witch Hunter System

Chapter 986: Celestials Looking For Answers



Following the three-star Celestial Commander's threatening warning, the eyes of the Celestial soldiers turned red with madness. The three-star Celestial Commander was basically forcing them to die.

Suddenly, the three-star Celestial Commander was pounced on by several fear-driven

Celestial soldiers. The sneak attacks caught him off guard as he did not expect to be attacked by so many "comrades."

As such, the three-star Celestial Commander failed to protect himself with his superior cultivation base at the third stage of the Divine Star Realm.

His fate could only be described as tragic after getting ganged by a group of frenzied soldiers.

Who was he to stop them from retreating when even the Blackshell General tried to abandon them and run?

In front of that dreadful existence, everyone's basic instincts and desire to live were awakened. Even after Valefor's departure, his presence still lingered on the battlefield, gripping everyone's heart with an invisible hand like a death god.

They had experienced their fair share of danger but never something like this.

This... this was true terror.

After the three-star Celestial Commander was mauled to death by his troops, everyone's courage to flee grew, and several hesitant Celestial Commanders immediately ordered the

retreat.

"Retreat! I will take responsibility for this order!" a five-star Celestial Commander shouted loudly and clearly, shortly adding, "Our retreat is fully justified! It was High Command that failed us!"

That's right!

Many Celestial soldiers found their own excuses to retreat after listening to the five-star Celestial Commander's statement.

High Command organized the invasion, but it had provided them with wrong or incomplete intel, resulting in their disastrous defeat. Even if they chose to retreat now, the burden of failure would be placed on High Command, not them.

As the Celestial Army of Blackshell City began to retreat, leaving behind the disorganized and terror-stricken Emperor Crabs, the imperial soldiers of the Holy Knight Empire cheered.

"The Celestials are retreating! Praise the Sun God!"

"Long live the Sun God!"n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The Celestial Army had arrived on their shores with unstoppable force, but Valefor also appeared like a god and put them in their place. This was truly a prime example of ignorant infidels profaning god's land to incur the wrath of god.

"The Sun God has already solved our biggest problem! However, it would be too light of a punishment to allow these infidels to leave like this! We must kill as many of them as we still can!"

"Charge!" an Imperial Commander roared, rushing ahead of the defensive line.

No matter how strong the Celestials were, they had already lost their will to fight. Fleeing targets with their backs exposed were much more vulnerable.

Many imperial soldiers and holy knights shared the Imperial Commander's thoughts. Thus, they didn't hesitate to join the charge beyond the safety of their defensive line.

Nevertheless, between the Imperial Army and the Celestial Army was a sea of disorganized Emperor Crabs.

Compared to the disciplined and battle-hardened Celestial soldiers, the Emperor Crabs were far weaker, ignoring their scary numbers. Still, that made them much easier to deal with.

No one would blame the Imperial Army for not trying to end the Celestial Army when the sea of Emperor Crabs obstructed them.

Most of the Emperor Crabs were just newly-born offsprings of Demigod-rank Emperor Crabs; they were no bigger than adult bathtubs and strength no higher than Rank 2.

That said, whilst their strength was low, their defense was still high.

As such, the Imperial Army still had a hard time cutting through their ranks despite their obvious advantage and momentum. If they weren't careful, even the claws of a Rank 2 Emperor Crab could pinch a Rank 3 Holy Knight in half.

"After today, it'll be an all-you-can-eat crab buffet, Brothers! Crabs will be back on the menu!" an Imperial Captain roared excitedly.

Strangely enough, the imperial soldiers had a different source of motivation besides the obvious advantage on their side.

Emperor Crabs were rare delicacies due to the high energy and protein content of their meat. Everyone desired them, but not everyone could enjoy them due to the high difficulty of -catching them.

After all, to anger even one Emperor Crab was to anger its entire colony. They were never alone.

Besides the Imperial Army, Gilbert Vuron led his vampire army around the Emperor Crabs to attack the fleeing Celestial Army.

Although blue-skinned Celestials looked unappetizing, their blood quality was clearly much higher than most humans. The Heavenly Devil did not lie to him about enjoying a blood feast.

Just the Celestial bodies that littered the battlefield were more than enough to stuff them all full, even if they didn't give chase to the fleeing Celestial Army.

Of course, it did hurt to work for more blood.

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After the Sea God Temple's earth-shaking attack sent seismic tremors across the eight seas, Moonwater City was the first to contact the Ocean Master to learn the situation.

However, they received radio silence.

In fact, contact with the Southern Border had been completely cut off. No matter who the Moonwater Lord tried to contact, no one from the Southern Border responded to his call.

It was as if the entire Southern Border had disappeared.

Thanks to the Celestial Kingdom's advanced technology, it wasn't difficult for the other eleven hidden cities to pinpoint the precise location of the source of the seismic tremor.

When they discovered it came from the Southern Sea, they, too, attempted contact with the Ocean Master and Southern Border via their spirit communication technology. But alas, without an exception, they also received radio silence.

"What the hell happened in the Southern Sea? What exactly caused such a powerful earthquake? Why can't we contact the Ocean Master or Southern Border? Who can give me an answer?"

"We just connected through to Moonwater City, my Lord. It seems there were some problems with its communication line due to its proximity to the earthquake. Ah! We just received

words from Moonwater City."

"What did Moonwater City say?" the Fanghorn Lord asked.

"Moonwater City... It doesn't know what happened either, my Lord. It seems no one does..."

The Fanghorn Lord couldn't help but frown with unease.

Such a strong earthquake had never been recorded in the long history of the Celestial

Kingdom. As such, it could only be the product of unnatural causes. However, that was

precisely his worry.

What could have generated such seismic shock?