Becoming Cthulhu

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Chapter 38 Mirage!

Everyone in the fortress grew nervous at this moment. Although Noah was assisting them, some people would inevitably die when the beasts attacked the city. No one wants to die, but it's uncertain who would face death.

Noah observed all this indifferently. He then cast an illusion on the fortress. What was initially a huge fortress now appeared to be a forest, while an exact replica of the fortress appeared 10 kilometers west of the original location. This was the ability of his "Advanced Spiritual Eyes," capable of creating mirages in reality. The degree of reality of this mirage was quite high and could easily be confused with the actual fortress.

Soon, when the first wave of beasts was about to reach Northern Fortress No. 1, they suddenly turned and ran towards the hill ten kilometers away. The fortress sent out a large number of drones to take pictures and monitor the situation. Indeed, a steel fortress appeared 10 kilometers away, identical to the one at their location.

"Chief, what is going on? Why did a second steel fortress appear to the west of us?" asked a general. Could it be that the Dragon Kingdom secretly built the No. 2 Northern Fortress again? This seems unlikely, as the two forts are too close.

Zhang Xiaoya suddenly thought of something and immediately addressed the sky, "Great Emperor, is this your masterpiece?" 

"Haha, you think so fast! You immediately thought of me!" Noah's voice echoed in everyone's minds. At this time, everyone realized that during the first beast attack, everyone and the beasts fell asleep collectively. This demonstrated that Emperor Abyss had the ability to control the consciousness of others and was quite powerful.

Many evolvers in the fortress wanted to awaken spiritual powers, but only one or two among millions managed to do so. The spiritual powers of these two individuals were still very weak and could only affect some ordinary people.

"Thank you, Emperor! Otherwise, we would definitely have had some people killed or injured!" Chief No. 1 expressed his gratitude. Noah did not respond but continued to observe the movements of the beast tide in the West.

The beast tide consisted of more than 300,000 creatures, led by the Python King. Among them were tens of thousands of Level 3 evolved beasts, and their numbers continued to grow over time. This made Noah even happier, as it meant the number of level 3 crystals would increase.

At this moment, the beast tide led by the Giant Python King had surrounded the fake steel fortress, but they did not launch an attack, seemingly waiting for something. "Get out of here, you damn smelly octopus!" the Python King roared angrily. An octopus flew into the sky from the steel fortress, but it was an illusion.

"Okay! You have indeed colluded with humans. It really embarrasses our Beast King!" The Python King continued to rant. 

"What about Ninainai's legs? I can ally with whoever I want. How does that concern you?" The phantom octopus retorted. Noah would not tolerate these beast kings and used his mirage to confuse them further.

"You!...You will know what regret means in due time!" the Python King suppressed his anger. The beasts hesitated to attack, seemingly waiting for something else. Noah immediately suspected two other beast kings might be involved. If they all synchronized their attacks, it would save him multiple confrontations.

With the beasts refusing to attack, this standoff continued for over an hour. At this time, another wave of beasts approached the outskirts of the fake fortress, with a huge black wolf king emerging first.

"Monster King, are you sure?" Black Wolf King asked without hesitation. "Well, it's this smelly octopus that has hooked up with humans!"

"Haha, this octopus is really cute and playful! It dares to provoke us at the same time. It will die soon after the Green Ox King arrives!" The Black Wolf King showed a ruthless look. After Noah carefully observed, this Black Wolf King led a herd of nearly 500,000 beasts, including more than 30,000 level 3 evolved beasts. This made Noah very happy. But everyone in the fortress was breaking out in cold sweat. The more than 800,000 beasts in front of them were like a giant. If they really wanted to attack their fortress, they would definitely not be able to defend it. If they couldn't even hold on for an hour, they would be breached. 

Soon after more than an hour passed, there was suddenly a tremor from the distance, and a large amount of smoke and dust rose from the sky. From the drone footage, everyone saw a large number of bison, wild horses, wild deer, and other evolved beasts. The number was estimated to be more than 300,000. In front of them was a huge green bull that was 150 meters long and 90 meters wide! 

"Moo!" The giant green bull roared loudly, and the evolved beasts behind immediately stopped running. "King Green Ox, you're finally here!" The Python King said in a huff. The Green Ox King looked in the direction of the Giant Python King and the Black Wolf King. The three kings were standing in different directions. The Black Wolf King had the largest number of beasts under his command, but the quality of the herd was slightly better than that of the Green Ox King. The Green Ox King had more than 50,000 level 3 evolved beasts alone, while the other two beast kings combined had about 50,000 level 3 evolved beasts.

"Black Wolf King, Python King, please forgive me! I am a little late!" "Haha, you're welcome, King Green Ox! Since you've arrived, let's tear these humans and that stinky octopus apart together!" the Black Wolf King said impatiently. 

"Wait a moment, I feel something is wrong!" The Green Ox King immediately sent out a burst of energy toward the fortress. As it probed, the Green Ox King's brows furrowed more tightly. The Black Wolf King on the side was already impatient. "Green Ox King, what are you waiting for? It has already lost its wings and can hardly fly!"

At this moment, the Green Ox King suddenly looked shocked and said, "No! This is a trap!" After the Green Ox King finished speaking, a burst of purple energy quickly covered the entire area. Millions of beasts and three beast kings fell into the illusion one after another. Everyone in the fortress saw from the video that the beasts fell to the ground one by one, and they all fell asleep. The only one who didn't fall down was the Green Bull King, which was still shaking its head. But the power of the illusion exceeded its mental power, and it fell to the ground with a bang after more than ten seconds.

This stunned everyone in the fortress! Killing millions of evolved beasts with one move was too abnormal! So far, no one doubted Noah's strength, and the three leaders already began to brew new plans. This Abyss Emperor had such terrifying abilities, and deep cooperation was required! If these more than one million beast corpses were brought into the fortress, it would allow 50% of the ordinary people in the fortress to become evolvers, and it could also allow humans who were already evolved to go one step further. The three leaders looked at each other, and they all saw excitement and hope in each other's eyes.