Chapter 198

The permafrost of Capitanograd groaned beneath familiar tremors. This was neither the first time, nor would it be the last. Ever since the brief recapture of the core area at the marshalling yard three days ago, this town named after a hero had plunged into a ruthless abyss of tug-of-war. Boom—!!! Another 152mm Geo-Crystal impact shell left the thick barrel, trailing a teal-purple wake intertwined with Electro and Dendro elements, striking the abyssal tide a kilometer away like a falling meteorite. There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a dull roar that made hearts skip a beat. A visible brown shockwave spread in a ring; wherever it passed, monsters covered in violet-black carapaces were like grains of wheat thrown into a millstone, silently turning into dust, while the black frozen rock that had been frozen for ten thousand years cracked and collapsed inch by inch. Flying rock powder mixed with the purple-black mist steaming from abyssal foul blood formed a curtain of death under the low-hanging sky.