Titan King: Ascension of the Giant

The battle raged on, and within the surging wave of dark creatures, three Alpha-level creatures were now on the field.

"Don't panic. With Rendall and Thundar's strength, those two Alpha-level creatures can't do much to them for now!" Delilah spoke up, reassuring the anxious Alpha-level fighters gathered on the city wall.

Delilah knew full well that Rendall, protected by his blood shield, could kill that giant tentacle monster given enough time, even without backup. She had every confidence in him.

As for Thundar, Delilah's gaze had been glued to him, monitoring the battlefield constantly.

"Wait—that's not right!"

"Damn it!"

Delilah and Lilith both cried out at once, but they were too late.

Screeee!

From a distant spot on the battlefield, an Alpha-level Phantom Spider suddenly emerged. One of its spidery legs sliced toward Thundar's chest.

Splurt!

Thundar had been through countless battles; at the brink of death, he managed to shift his body slightly, trying to dodge a lethal blow. Still, the spider's leg stabbed through his left shoulder.

"Support squad, move! Priority target: kill that Phantom Spider!"

"Earthshaker, go head-to-head with the Phantom Spider!"

Earthshaker nodded without a word. He vaulted off the city wall and instantly activated his racial skill, Earth Stomp. Like a runaway freight train, Earthshaker charged straight toward the Phantom Spider, a shock wave rippling behind him.

The "support squad" was really a kill team composed of Slagor, Lysinthia, and Twilight Viper. Twilight Viper would lead the frontal assault, Lysinthia would assist, and Slagor would bide his time to unleash a finishing move.

At Delilah's command, Slagor and Lysinthia also leaped from the wall, landing on Twilight Viper's back as it sped toward the Phantom Spider.

"Lilith!"

Delilah turned around. Next to her, Lilith had already begun forming hand seals, chanting a sort of melody. This was the spell to break illusions.

The reason that Alpha-level Phantom Spider had appeared so suddenly was that it had cloaked itself in illusions before ambushing Thundar. But the moment Lilith's spell spread across the battlefield, everyone's expression changed.
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Once the illusions shattered, the landscape from Blackstone City all the way to the distant darkness was no longer empty ground. Everywhere was packed with swarming dark creatures. And in the low sky far away, an Alpha-level Enchanted Butterfly flitted around, scattering glowing powder wherever it flew.

That powder created large-scale illusions—an absolute nightmare if left unchecked.

"I'll handle that Enchanted Butterfly!"

Still chanting, Lilith leaped off the wall, determined to strike down the butterfly that was conjuring those massive illusions. Such a high-level enemy could wreak havoc on the battlefield if she didn't intervene.

And with an Alpha-level Phantom Spider backing it up, the illusions were extremely potent. No wonder Lilith and her succubus sister hadn't detected them earlier.

"Understood!"

No sooner had Delilah spoken than the ground beneath Blackstone City's outer district started to shake violently. A Dark Armored Beetle, another Alpha-level beast, burst through the stone slabs and climbed up from underground. Right behind it, countless Night Stalkers poured out of the tunnel it left behind.

"Got it!" Onyx's deep voice rang out. Stone axe slung across his back, he strode quickly toward the Dark Armored Beetle in heavy, measured steps.

"Mhm."

Delilah gave a low hum, her brow furrowing. "So six Alpha-level dark creatures showed up all at once. Where's the seventh?"

That was the question on Delilah's mind. Scanning the battlefield, though, she could see no trace of a seventh Alpha-level dark creature.

"Royal Guard, join me—keep chanting the spell to break illusions!"

Even though they hadn't located the missing seventh Alpha-level dark creature, Delilah saw Lilith closing in on the Enchanted Butterfly. Her cool, haunting voice rose as Delilah and her Royal Guard took over Lilith's chanting of the anti-illusion spell.

With Delilah in the chorus, Lilith no longer needed to sing. Drawing her sword in her right hand and clutching a dagger in her left, Lilith roused her bloodline power. A pair of sleek, fleshy wings appeared behind her, and she shot into the lower air.

Clang!

Lilith and the Enchanted Butterfly in midair collided, both knocking each other backward. Regaining her balance, Lilith squinted at her foe. The butterfly now wielded a pair of curved blades about the same size, and it had used them just now to deflect her blow.

"Again!"

With a low cry, Lilith's wings flashed, and she lunged once more.

Blackstone City was in total chaos and locked in combat.

High above, Thunderhawk screeches mixed with the cawing of broadskull ravens. Streaks of lightning lit the sky, while the invisible butterflies, led by their Alpha-level leader, darted back and forth, regrouping constantly with minimal casualties.

In the low air, Lilith and that Enchanted Butterfly clashed all over the place. Sparks flew with every collision, bloodline power raging in a lethal dance of blades and steel.

On the ground, from the outer areas of Blackstone City to the distant darkness, dark creatures filled every corner, every single one locked in battle.

Four Alpha-level creatures—the Dark Armored Beetle, the giant tentacle monster, the massive Dark Fiends, and the Phantom Spider—were wreaking havoc in and around Blackstone City.

Were it not for the four arrow towers on the outer walls firing at full force and suppressing the forward wave of dark creatures, those walls might have been breached already.

Chaos. Utter chaos.

Delilah oversaw the fight, chanting and watching the battlefield, hoping to direct the conflict—but it was too chaotic, with fights breaking out everywhere, each crying out for reinforcements.

Zzzap!

A long, thin sword—sharp as a needle—materialized out of thin air, lunging straight at Delilah's throat.

"Don't stop! Keep chanting the spell to break illusions!"

Delilah halted her portion of the chant and signaled the succubus bloodline warriors who instinctively sprang forward to protect her—her personal Royal Guard—to stand down. She raised her right hand, and a gleaming strand of near-invisible silk whipped out, instantly shredding the butterfly-assassin lurking behind that narrow blade.

Poof!

The assassin faded away like a phantom, and that needle-like sword vanished into the air as well.

"You can't escape me, unknown assassin!"

Delilah projected her voice, trying to rattle the assassin. At the same time, she extended the range of her web of silk, enveloping the hidden killer still skulking somewhere in the void.

With Orion absent, Delilah—acting as the horde's supreme commander—had been spinning that web from the moment she set foot on the city wall. Her goal was to protect herself from assassination.

Sure enough, this newly revealed assassin was the final Alpha-level fighter among the dark creatures. Its mission was to sneak in and murder the commander of Blackstone City's forces. If Delilah were killed, they'd be leaderless, and the city's defenses would descend into chaos.

While Delilah was attempting to break up the Alpha-level dark creatures, those creatures, in turn, were launching a decapitation strike on her.

Up on the wall, the tension was suffocating.

Delilah stood still, maintaining a calm stance, hoping to strike back with perfect timing. But after that single failed blow, the butterfly-assassin made no more moves, as if it had vanished for good.