Published: February 10, 2025
When Ye Zhongming woke up, he did not get out of bed immediately. Instead, he lay there staring at the ceiling, constantly recalling the scene before he fainted.
On that day, he had used the Shattered Soul Bone Staff three times, piercing through the charging forces of the Temple of Dawn. He estimated that with the density at that time, those three beams of light had killed at least ten thousand people.
Of course, it could have been more.
No one cared about the numbers because the emergence of such attacks had transcended ordinary battles, directly shattering the faith of the Temple of Dawn.
The reason he could use the Shattered Soul Bone Staff three times, in near maximum power, was due to Ye Zhongming’s earlier preparations. However, this preparation was originally intended for the ninth-level Holy Father, but the situation had forced him to use it.
Ye Zhongming had previously obtained a Mental Restoration Scroll, which could restore mental power based on a percentage, unlike mental recovery potions.
He had received a total of six of these restoration scrolls, each capable of restoring thirty percent of his total mental power.
Naturally, these scrolls cost Ye Zhongming a significant amount of valuable items to obtain.
At the same time, Ye Zhongming also acquired a type of potion—Ability Amplification Potion.
This was a potion that could enhance the power of currently used professional or ordinary skills, also based on a percentage. However, the increase provided by such potions was usually not very high. The three bottles he found were of low grade, providing only a ten percent increase, and they could not be stacked.
Whether it was the Mental Restoration Scrolls or the Ability Amplification Potions, their effectiveness might not be significant in others' hands, but in Ye Zhongming's hands, they exhibited some dazzling effects.
This was due to the large base numbers.
Ye Zhongming's mental power and the attack of the Shattered Soul Bone Staff were terrifying. Enhancing those already powerful abilities by a percentage yielded a naturally frightening increase.
Thus, Ye Zhongming could use the Shattered Soul Bone Staff three times, further amplifying its power.
After the Shattered Soul Bone Staff unleashed its attack that day, the entire army of the Temple of Dawn began to collapse. The posthumous child coalition seized the opportunity to launch a counterattack, even engaging in a second battle outside the city.
After a fierce clash lasting most of a day of falling sand, and until a full day of falling sand into the war, a Heavenly Shield reappeared over Royal City, prompting both sides to cease fire and return to their previous standoff.
In this intense battle, both sides incurred heavy losses.
On the posthumous child side, after being ambushed, Kan Zishan, the king zun, died in battle, and Hongxiang was severely injured and lost combat capability. Several high-level experts between levels six and seven also perished. Later, during the chaotic battle, casualties further escalated, with the Guardian of the Sacred Pool severely wounded and losing an arm. King Niao was heavily injured and fell into a coma. Little Tiger, Liang Chuyin, Xiaoli, Xia Bai, and Guangyao were all severely injured, and Park Soo-young fell unconscious. Among them, Little Tiger suffered the most because he led the cavalry charge and was the easiest target, ultimately losing an eye.
On the Temple of Dawn's side, Ye Zhongming and Park Soo-young each killed an eighth-level expert, while Ling Kun and Xia Bai took down a seventh-level warrior. On the city wall, Ye Zhongming completely annihilated the Sharp Blade Squad, and below the wall, he heavily injured Rong Zhi and Nan Jin. After they were retrieved by the people of the Temple of Dawn, it was heard that Rong Zhi did not survive his severe injuries.
Another of the three titans of dawn, Zai Li, was struck by the Annihilation Cannon while attacking Cloud Summit and fell onto the city wall, where he was besieged. However, he was powerful enough to break free. Unfortunately, when he jumped off the wall, he was unable to control his body effectively, resulting in broken legs and also in a severe state of injury.