Azure Cloud Continent's Fate (2/3)

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--- Chapter 74 ---

At the barracks, Hayate stared at the 200 soldiers and frowned with a slight annoyance. These people are cultivators who barely trained in martial arts.

They are so weak that Little Ghost could easily wipe them on the floor. Not even using her profound energy, but some fundamental martial arts.

"Is there any vast field near this mountain?" Hayate asked while looking at Su Hengshan.

Su Hengshan nodded and answered, "A few kilometers from this mountain range, there is a grassland spanning over one km square, completely flat with the forest around it."

Hayate pondered for a moment and added, "Hmm, what about the underground of that area?"

Su Hengshan put on a confused expression because he didn't know the underground terrain of that grassland.

"You're asking the wrong person," Gernis commented with an irritated tone.

"Su Hengshan doesn't know about the underground better than me."

"There is an enormous underground cave below that grassland, but the rock condition there is fragile as fuck."

"It's not a safe place to live or to evacuate." He continued, which caused Hayate to smirk.

Hayate leaned on the nearest wall and shouted, "Who said I want to use it for evacuation?"

Gernis realized Hayate's intention and shouted, "Mothefucker!"

"Hayate, You're motherfucking Genius!"

...

"Everyone!" Hayate's voice echoed in the barracks.

"What's your dream?"

A random soldier raised his hand and answered, "Um, getting a harem, I mean wife?"

.

"Good." Hayate smiled a little and nodded with admiration. "You, my guy, are lucky because today is your chance to get a harem, maybe a wife."

"In this war, you'll prove your worth and become the hero of Azure Cloud Continent."

"Prove that you can reach your dream!"

"Put your life on the line!"

"TAKE THIS CONTINENT BACK FROM THOSE FILTHY MONSTERS!"

Hayate's voice echoed in the entire barracks, shaking everyone's body in spirit.

They watched the young man's golden eyes filled with fearless determination to win. Even for a moment, their heart also felt the same.

"My soldiers," Hayate clenched his hand. "SHOUT YOUR HEARTS OUT!"

"What do we want in this war?"

"OUR CONTINENT BACK!" They shouted back.

"How should we do it?!" His voice growled in anger.

Every soldier released their anger and yelled, "KILL THOSE FILTHY BEASTS AND SEND THEM TO HELL!!!"

Hayate gave them applause and lastly stated, "Prepare yourself."

"Burn your frustration, swallow your anger, and unleash your hate on our enemies."

He walked down from the podium and noticed Gernis with a grin on his face. "What?" He asked casually.

"Nothing." Gernis chuckled while walking beside him.

"Anyway, we have evacuated everyone to a safe place."

"Xia Qingyue has gone too, protecting them from a small chance of Werewolves' surprise attack."

"Horses, silver weapons, and armors, everything is ready."

"What about the cave?" Hayate glanced at the dwarf.

Gernis shrugged and answered, "I've planted over 100 bombs there, and you only have to pull Ivory's trigger."

"Very well, let's welcome them first," Hayate responded while walking to the surface.

A bright white moon welcomed them, and Hayate scanned the surroundings with his senses.

"I can smell some of them." He said while picking the silver sword from his spatial ring.

Gernis brought out his hammer and said, "Let's kill those bitches."

"Do you think you can keep up?" Hayate's sword released a faint glow.

"Try me, bitch." Gernis returned by waving his hammer.

They moved across the forest and ambushed a group of Werewolves, killing them quickly.

Hayate dodged a sharp claw and severed a Werewolf's head with his sword, kicking it to another Werewolf.

Garnis bent his entire body and swung the hammer, destroying a Werewolf's body.

"They are weak." The dwarf wiped the blood off his beard.

"Earth Profound Realm at most."

"It's just a tracking squad, I presume," Hayate commented while standing on a Werewolf's corpse. A crimson flame descended from his palm, burning the lifeless furry creature to ash.

"They are searching for Grandwake City's location."

Gernis put on a confused expression and said, "They reached this far, but how?

"Frankly, I guess they used three other bases as a lead," Hayate answered while yawning. "Or just force someone from those places to open their mouths."

"It's not that hard, considering pain is the biggest motivation to force someone to do something."

"Maybe the right word for that is torture," Gernis commented.

After thinking for a moment, He sighed, "let's clean the area and bait them to the grassland."

They began to float and hovered in the night sky, flying to the Dark Moon's Palace.

As Hayate witnessed the enormous castle, his lips curved a little.

He picked Ebony from the holster on his pants and slowly placed his profound energy into the handle. An instantaneous burst of force began to rumble inside the chamber.

Hayate could feel the bullets filling up and received intense pressure. When he pulls the trigger, all the accumulated force will get launched through the barrel.

"I don't want to be deaf." Gernis placed something in his ears.

Hayate aimed at the highest part of the castle, specifically the throne room.

"Well, kaboom?" He pulled the trigger.

BAM! SWOOSH!

Hayate's entire body was propelled several meters by Ebony's recoil, leaving a silver light traveling through the air.

As the silver light reached the castle, a tremor shook the building a second later. The highest part of the castle literally was demolished to oblivion.

AUUU~!

An enraged howl escaped the castle.

"WHO?!"

"WHO DARED TO AWAKEN THIS KING?!"

Werewolf King roared and jumped from the castle, floating in the sky.

"Sup, Dawg," Hayate said while drawing Ivory out. "Do you like my gift?"

"Hayate..." The Werewolf King responded with a growl.

"You're alive after all."

"No, it's good that you're here..." He added while immense hatred seeped through his furs. "I can end you personally."

"Well, someone is dreaming," Gernis commented while resting his hammer on the shoulder.

"Gernis, I'll also end your life." The Werewolf King spatted while tearing his chest, exploding black mists in the sky.

"But after our dear master."

Hayate's palm suddenly was covered by Phoenix Flame and burned violently.

He flicked his finger, and the flame swallowed the black mist.

"How?!" The Werewolf King scowled while waving his claw.

As Phoenix was considered a Divine Creature, this beast had a perk of purification against the Werewolf King's contaminated blood.

Not to mention Light Profound Force, Hayate doesn't have a problem with this Kaiju.

"Ssamsu Taekkyeon." Hayate flashed to the Werewolf King's side. "Phoenix Dances."

His movement was so fast that even Gernis's experienced eyes couldn't catch it.

Hayate rotated his entire body and launched an ax kick onto the Werewolf King's neck.

BAM!

The Werewolf King was taken aback and felt a mountain-like weight smashing his body. He fell onto the castle and destroyed the building.

"ARGHHHH!"

"MY PACKS!

"ATTACK!!!"

AUUUU!~

A series of howls echoed from the castle, revealing over ten thousand Werewolves with peak Earth Profound Realm strength.

There are also fifteen Sky Profound Realm Elite Werewolves.

And lastly, Four Emperor Profound Realm General Werewolves.

"He transformed so many humans in four years." Gernis solemnly whispered to himself.

"Those four Werewolves... They are the former highest sect leaders on this continent."

"Their strengths soared from peak Sky Profound Realm to Emperor Profound Realm."

BAM!

ROAR!

One of the Generals' Werewolves suddenly has his head blown up by something.

"Three left," Hayate counted on the side.

'Ah, yes... We also have a monster on our side.' Gernis thought while laughing inside.

"SHRED APART!!!"

A roar of the Werewolf King escaped the ruined castle, causing a blinding blue light to fly in the sky. Sharp yet tornado-like energy is approaching Hayate.

Hayate dodged and watched a silhouette tackling him to the ground.

The Werewolf King's fangs are a few centimeters away from his golden eyes. His poisonous saliva landed on the ground, melting the dirt.

"I've been waiting for this!" He gripped Hayate's neck.

"Not long enough," Hayate commented while gripping The Werewolf King's hand. "Your former body is better in terms of strength."

"I'M EVOLVING!!" The Werewolf King released an intense cold from his body, covering the area around them with a thick layer of ice.

"No, you're devolving." Hayate aimed Ebony at the Werewolf King's head.

BAM!

The Werewolf King was launched to the sky and fell to the ground like a ragdoll. However, his head somehow was restored in just a second.

"I see," Hayate brushed some dirt off his clothes, "You have [Ice Affinity] and [Hyper Regeneration] now."

"And with that peak Tyrant Profound Realm, you're just one step behind the S-Grade of your standard and Sovereign Profound Realm."

"How amusing." He added while releasing a pressure that every Kaiju felt once when created by him. His golden eyes shone with a sense of annoyment,

"You know nothing!" The Werewolf King hissed while crushing ice under his feet.

"I've achieved my true evolution."

"There is no shackle on me anymore."

"You cannot defeat me!"

"Is that so?" Hayate relaxed his neck for a little.

"Then, let's have a dance."

BOOM!

Hayate's leg kicked the ground and pushed him to the Werewolf King. He rotated a few times to gain momentum and smashed the Kaiju on the chest.

The Werewolf King saw a dent on his chest and roared, sending an ice blast to Hayate.

Faint green electricity surged from Hayate's skin, covering his entire body like armor. "3000 Lighting Movement." He disappeared from the Werewolf King's sight.

"One."

Bam!

ROAR!

The Werewolf King saw his hand evaporate.

"Two."

BAM!

ROAR!

His other hand also evaporated.

"Three." Hayate aimed at the crotch.

BAM!

ROOOOOARRR!

"Dayum, he's merciless," Gernis commented while dodging one of the General Werewolves.

Hayate gave a signal to Gernis, and the dwarf nodded, starting to fly away from this place.

All the werewolves begin to follow him from the ground and the sky.

"HAYATE!!!"

The Werewolf King released another Shred and destroyed the area around him, but Hayate was out of his reach.

"Bye," Hayate dissipated with a flash of green lightning.

And the chase begins.