Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 868 - 97: Purge

Ultimately, Perfikot still retreated from the God of War's divine realm unscathed.

Although both sides verbally declared that the divine battle had begun, neither Perfikot nor the God of War chose to engage at this time, and even less so in the God of War's divine realm.

Even though, from the perspective of the gods, Perfikot was just a mere mortal, easily crushed like an ant within the divine realm.

Nonetheless, the God of War noticed Perfikot's subtle actions during the conversation, clearly understanding that if a battle were to commence, Perfikot could at least take half of the present gods with her.

Even the God of War himself would be significantly harmed in a battle with Perfikot.

For various reasons, the God of War chose to let Perfikot go.

As for whether the God of War still hoped that Perfikot might become his divine selection, perhaps only the God of War himself knew.

In any case, Perfikot returned smoothly to the Floating City, where the female champion had already departed.

"Commence a purge of Langton City immediately; all who dare to resist shall be executed on the spot!" Perfikot was somewhat emotional at this moment, thus issuing a very severe order.

Furthermore, she ordered the Floating City's broadcast system to address the entire city, demanding that the insurgents still resisting immediately lay down their weapons and surrender.

"I have no patience for playing negotiating games with you, nor any intention to bargain! I offer this chance only once; lay down your weapons and surrender now, and I might spare your life. Continue to resist, and there's only one outcome for you: death!" Perfikot's voice echoed over Langton City, with everyone feeling the unrestrained killing intent in her words.

Sensing Perfikot's ruthless attitude, the Steam Knights responsible for the cleanup operation unleashed full force, often attacking before the opponents could even hesitate, directly slaying those who didn't surrender immediately.

This forced many who were still contemplating to surrender quickly, lest they be swept away. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

The chaos lasted all night, finally calming down when the sun rose the next day, with no more gunfire or other sounds of battle, restoring calm to Langton City.

The Empire's army immediately took back control of the entire city, with Perfikot mobilizing the surrounding troops to blockade and clear the city.

This rebellion dealt a heavy blow and disaster to Langton, further worsening its already precarious state.

Though Perfikot's previous measures had somewhat improved the city's condition, this rebellion undoubtedly destroyed her previous efforts, even reverting the city's situation to the dire state post the last divine battle.

It's worth remembering that during the last conflict, Langton City faced tsunamis, typhoons, and repeated attacks by various Evil God Sect factions, with Perfikot and Sanderion deploying the Godslaying Armor to dismantle an entire district.

Currently, while the Floating City's electromagnetic railgun didn't destroy a district, repeated shelling and the opponents' release of area spells impacted everything within a five-kilometer radius centered on the Goldsmith Street shelter.

A vast amount of building glass and even the buildings themselves suffered severe damage, with the central Goldsmith Street shelter being abandoned and a significant portion of the population in the surrounding neighborhoods marked as deceased, causing significant loss to Langton.

Facing all this, Perfikot knew she should be focusing on calming the citizens rather than imposing pressure.

However, after the divine realm trip, Perfikot clearly realized that the divine war is imminent, leaving her no time for conciliation.

Therefore, Perfikot decided to quickly cut through the chaos, using methods she typically disliked but was skilled at to resolve the problem.

Such white terror-like ruling methods are undoubtedly effective; though citizens might suppress emotions internally, facing the Floating City daring to directly launch a shell to obfuscate the rebels' occupied shelter, few dared confront this heavenly strike.

Perfikot prepared various types of shells for the electromagnetic railgun, with the Godslayer Armor-piercing shell being just one designed for high-defense targets.

For ground targets requiring penetration and internal firepower strikes, Perfikot prepared the Purgatory Burning Bullet to fully demonstrate to enemies attempting resistance behind fortresses and such shelters how laughable they are along with their shelters.

The entire shelter occupied by the rebels was burned to cinders, with even the buildings atop the shelter being ignited due to the high temperatures within.

When the flames finally subsided, Steam Knights put in great effort, even pulling over a City Defense Cannon to pry open the shelter's gate, only to be greeted with a ground glazed over and a shelter utterly demolished.

As for people? Sorry, they were either completely vaporized or burned clean.

At least when the Steam Knights and the City Defense Army responsible for the aftermath entered the not yet cooled down, still steaming shelter, not even ashes were left inside.

Everything had been burned away by the Purgatory Bomb.

The shelter eventually collapsed after being violently opened, its fragile structure destroyed; what was left was just a pitch-black pit.

This immensely intimidated the citizens harboring discontent, making them tremble under the edge of the Empire's blade.

For these now obedient imperial citizens, Perfikot delegated governance to the officials, herself not intervening in specific management affairs.

Perfikot focused solely on recovering the Minotaur corpse and embarked on crafting new Godslayer Armor.

This kind of force capable of confronting gods is always welcome, especially now with the divine war ahead, Perfikot needs to increase her combat capabilities as much as possible.

Despite the Minotaur's seemingly trivial death, it was at least a Subordinate God-level being, possessing blood and flesh that were genuinely divine.

Moreover, its battle axe and armor were legit Divine Artifacts that, once reforged, could produce at least two to three sets of Divine Artifact Level Steam Armor equivalent to Beifa's set.

Not to mention its flesh, which, if appropriately processed, could create not less than two more sets of Godslaying Armor comparable to Beifa's.

This will undoubtedly significantly enhance Perfikot's combat capabilities against the divine.