Chapter 0487: The Bewitching Heart Fate Aperture
"What's going on? Has that Demon-Eyed Vajra Spider lost its mind? Why is it suddenly attacking the Zerg? Its destructive power is terrifying—those spider spears are deadly, but the real horror is its leg hair. It transformed into steel needles and instantly swept through, slaughtering hundreds of thousands of Black Armored Beetles!"
"The power of those spider hairs is a lethal threat in large-scale warfare. The damage is too great—it can wipe out an army of hundreds of thousands in a flash. But has that spider gone mad? It's actually killing its own Zerg troops."
"Something's wrong. That Demon-Eyed Vajra Spider isn't acting normal. Even without intelligence, it wouldn't suddenly attack its own kind. Either its mind has been tampered with, or the mother bug controlling them is compromised."
From atop the city walls, everyone looked on with horror.
The scene was beyond imagination.
No one expected the Demon-Eyed Vajra Spider to suddenly turn on the Zerg and unleash such a savage massacre. Its ferocity and overwhelming power were shocking, devastating on the battlefield.
Absolutely terrifying.
The problem was—it wasn't attacking Ice City. Instead, it was butchering its own. Clearly, it had gone insane.
People were dumbfounded, unable to grasp what had just happened.
"General Yang, the Zerg have lost their minds. They've fallen into complete chaos and begun to slaughter each other. But this state won't last long. Open fire now—have the crossbows shoot them down!"
Jia Xu's pale face appeared at the wall as he issued his command.
"It was the strategist? It's because of him that the Demon-Eyed Vajra Spiders turned on their own?"
On the city wall, the soldiers looked toward Jia Xu in shock. Their gazes changed—filled with awe. From this moment on, they regarded Jia Xu as a true military strategist.
There was no hesitation in obeying his order.
They turned their attention outward.
Outside the city, the battlefield had devolved into chaos.
Not only were the Demon-Eyed Vajra Spiders rampaging through the Zerg, other insectoid beasts had also begun attacking one another. Tangled in inexplicable brawls, they slaughtered each other at a visible pace.
The battlefield was now covered in corpses.
Densely packed. A horrifying sight.
The Zerg had completely lost their minds, descending into a killing frenzy. It was as though they had entered an illusion where they could no longer distinguish friend from foe.
"Kill!!"
Yang Yanping decisively gave the command.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The Divine Machine Battalion standing atop the wall didn't hesitate. They pulled their triggers, and bolts tore through the air like lightning, mercilessly raining down on the Zerg.
In a split second, hundreds of thousands of bolts shot forth.
Where the arrows landed, blood blossomed. Countless insects fell under the hail of arrows.
But more Zerg died from killing each other than from the rain of bolts.
With each breath, swathes of Zerg perished.
Millions of Zerg corpses now blanketed the outer battlefield.
"What a terrifying fate-aperture divine ability. To disrupt the Zerg's minds and throw them into total chaos... it turned their own numbers into a weapon. Just this one divine power is equivalent to a million soldiers."
Yi Tianxing nodded inwardly and voiced his admiration.
"Thank you for the praise, My Lord. While divine abilities are potent, they cannot determine the entire war—only influence the moment. In the end, it's the strength of our soldiers that decides victory. My current cultivation can only confuse them briefly. We must maximize our damage while we can."
Jia Xu replied calmly with a slight smile.
Divine abilities, no matter how useful, were merely tools to assist in strategy. With proper planning, one move could shape generations. That was Jia Xu's style.
And this divine power of his was no ordinary one.
A fate-aperture divine ability awakened postnatally—called the Bewitching Heart Fate Aperture!
This divine ability was extremely strange. Once activated, it emitted no signs or traces, spreading silently and swiftly through the air. Any creature within its range would feel a confusing force seeping into their minds, clouding their thoughts, blurring reality.
Their minds would generate illusions—friends appearing as enemies.
Naturally, such confusion led to violent and brutal infighting.
Those afflicted truly believed they were fighting the enemy, becoming more savage with each blow. They fought as if they feared nothing, completely fearless of death. Even elite troops would fall into mutual slaughter in an instant if they were affected.
The more numerous the afflicted, the more brutal the result.
Just like now—the battlefield had seen millions of Zerg perish within moments.
This happened with barely any action from the human forces. Most casualties came from Zerg-on-Zerg slaughter. The scale of the bloodshed was astronomical.
The divine power's strength lay in the confusion of the mind. If the target had strong mental resilience, they could resist it. But the Zerg, while powerful in physical combat, lacked mental intelligence. This weakness made them especially vulnerable.
Even the mighty Demon-Eyed Vajra Spiders were fooled, turning their fangs on their own kind.
Some even began fighting each other.
It was a chilling sight.
In mere moments, the battlefield was strewn with over a million corpses.
Meanwhile, from the city wall, the Divine Machine Battalion fired wave after wave of crossbow bolts. The ammunition was seemingly endless—volley after volley, each one a ten-shot burst. Continuous. Relentless.
Even deadlier than machine guns.
The Zerg force that had rushed Ice City had lost over half its number.
"This is impossible. What is going on? Are these bugs idiots? Why are they killing each other?"
"This has to be a trick! Do the humans have divine favor or something? Just as they were about to be attacked, the Zerg suddenly start killing each other? Something's fishy. The humans definitely did something. It's like those bugs were bewitched or confused."
"This is bizarre. Humans actually have a trump card like this? Wiping out millions of Zerg without suffering any losses—it's too strange!"
"It must be some mind-affecting divine ability… or a rare treasure that influences their minds. Yeah! If humans can use it, why can't we? Our Foxkin race specializes in seduction techniques—why not use them to confuse the Zerg too?"
Back in Rock City, many non-human races initially felt satisfaction when the Zerg began attacking Ice City. After all, while they were fighting for their lives, the humans had simply been watching. It felt unfair.
But now, seeing the humans being pulled into the war, they were eager to gauge their true strength.
What they hadn't expected was for the Zerg to fall into chaos before even reaching the city, turning on one another with horrifying efficiency. The carnage was swift and terrifying.
So many Zerg fell, and the humans had barely moved.
Some keen-eyed non-humans immediately noticed that something was wrong.
The humans must have used some unknown method to manipulate the Zerg into this madness.
"If the Zerg can be driven to slaughter each other, then their advantage in numbers would vanish. The more they have, the more they lose—such a method could shift the balance of the battlefield entirely."
One non-human expert had a sudden realization.
If this could be used effectively, the threat of the insect swarms would be drastically reduced.
"Allow me."
At that moment, under the walls of Rock City, a massive army of Zerg had gathered.
The Zerg were preparing for a full assault.
They swarmed both sky and land. With pressure coming from both directions, Rock City would be under immense threat.
Just then, an elderly Foxkin holding a cane stepped forward.
He looked out, and suddenly, the fluffy tail behind him began to swell wildly—growing to an enormous size in an instant.
Soft and fluffy, yet it radiated an eerie aura.
The giant fox tail suddenly emitted a pink glow, sweeping outward across the battlefield. A pink divine light spread in all directions, quickly covering a large portion of the Zerg horde.
Both land and sky were affected.
Fate-aperture divine ability—Allure!
This was a divine power many members of the Foxkin race were born with—or could learn. The cultivation manual for it had been passed down through the Foxkin for generations. A natural inheritance. Though not all could awaken it, the most gifted often did.
This elder clearly belonged to the elite among them.
The divine ability he unleashed was fearsomely potent.
Even other non-humans nearby felt it. They looked at the elder and suddenly thought: Why does this old man look so handsome… so elegant… so impossibly charismatic?