"What the hell … what's that?"
Lightning, who had been circling not far from the Deity of Gods, immediately noticed the strange phenomenon.
"Coo … they dug out the stone pillars buried in the ground?" Maggie asked after staring for a long time.
Looking down from the sky, those pitch-black things did indeed look like standing pillars, but it was a little too strange that they were only standing halfway. Furthermore, they were neatly encircling the floating island in a circle, so it did not look like they were there for no reason.
An extremely uneasy feeling welled up in Lightning's heart.
She immediately activated the two sigils and said, "This is the Exploration team! We've captured an anomaly on the floating island! I repeat, an anomaly has occurred on the target! "
"Phoenix copy," Tilly quickly replied. "I've also noticed the dust rising from above. Please continue monitoring, I will inform the Aerial Knight Squadron to be on high alert."
"This is the Seagull." Andrea was the second to speak. "Can you describe in detail what you've seen?"
"Uh …" Lightning organized her words and said, "A few black pillars rose from the edge of the land, seemingly similar to the towers in the demon cities. I'm not sure what they are, but they're definitely not small —"
At this moment, she was suddenly stunned.
A stone pillar flickered with a dazzling blue light, and the light seemed to be emitted from within, illuminating its crystal-like outer walls. Following that, something shot out from the stone pillar at lightning speed and flew straight into the sky!
"Those pillars are hollow inside, coo!" Maggie exclaimed.
"Ah? What hollow? "Andrea was still confused.
Lightning had already screamed at the top of her lungs. "Fleet, quickly evacuate!"
That object flew past them at an extremely fast speed, following a long parabola and landing in the area where the two sides were fighting. This time, she could clearly see that the object that had been thrown was also a stone pillar. Its shape was no different from the "needle" the spider-shaped Monstrous Beast had shot out, except that its size was many times larger! At the same time, it was enveloped in an obvious magic power fluctuation, and under the high-speed flight, it looked like ripples of light being blown by the wind.
Faced with the sudden attack, both sides panicked for a moment. They turned around and dove down, hoping to avoid the incoming attack in the shortest time possible.
In the vast sky, both the 'Fire of Heaven' and the Devilbeasts were insignificant dots. The distance of more than ten kilometers also extended the flight time of the stone pillar. It pierced through the battlefield and smashed a Devilbeast that was obviously injured and slowed down into pieces before falling straight to the ground.
That's it? Lightning was taken aback.
From such a long distance, an astonishingly large stone pillar had neither exploded nor shattered into a rain of stone needles. Could it be that the enemy was hoping to shoot down all the 'Fires of Heaven' with this attack? What was the difference between this and using a wooden stick to hit a mosquito?
However, before she could breathe a sigh of relief, Maggie had already used his claws to push her head towards the direction of the pillar.
"Look there, coo!"
When Lightning's eyes met the camouflage platform with the model of the Longsong Cannon, she suddenly understood.
The demons' target had been the cannons from the start!
The stone pillar smashed into the formation and exploded with a dazzling blue light. Just the impact alone caused a snow mist to rise several meters high on the hilltop, and the dull sound was no less than the roar of the cannons. Due to its large size, the stone pillar did not stop immediately. Instead, it rolled forward for nearly a hundred meters, crushing everything in its path into pieces.
In a flash, the formation was in a mess.
Lightning sucked in a cold breath.
If this was a blocking formation, wouldn't it be a disaster?
"Lightning, hurry up and reply. What happened down there?" Andrea asked anxiously. "Is Tilly in danger?"
"No, the fleet is safe for now, but you'd better not disturb her." Lightning looked at the battlefield in the sky. After the stone pillar, both sides were reorganizing their formation. Clearly, the battle was not over. Then, she turned her gaze back to the camouflage formation with a solemn expression and said in a low voice, "But the ground troops … I'm afraid they're in trouble!"
That was not an ordinary stone pillar.
Amidst the snowy fog, the blue light grew dimmer and dimmer until it completely disappeared. At the same time, the surface of the pillar peeled off piece by piece, revealing the flesh and blood structure inside.
She vaguely saw something crawling out from inside.
"Did you see that?" Lightning patted her head.
Maggie raised her head and stared at the ground for a while. "Yes … it's a Spider Demon, coo! A small Spider Demon, coo! "
…
Cat's Claw and Jop also witnessed the destruction of the camouflage formation. Although their vision was limited and they did not clearly see what fell from the sky, the rising snow on the opposite hilltop and the reverberating rumble showed that the eighteen kilometers distance was no longer safe in front of the Mobile Stronghold. If the demons could hit the bait point, they could also hit them.
"Captain, the enemy is in range!" On the other side of the hidden fortification, the observer alerted. "No signs of the floating island turning. All three cannons can fire directly!"
Cat's Claw bit his lips and exchanged glances with Jop.
Firing the cannons now was undoubtedly a huge risk, but if they were to retreat directly, the Aerial Knight's heroic struggle and the command's arrangements would become meaningless.
"Sometimes, we don't need to consider the usefulness of our actions." Jop nodded slowly.
Fear was no big deal.
Failure was the same.
The most important thing was to fulfill their duty as a soldier.
And their duty was to fire the cannons.
Cat's Claw took a deep breath, jumped out of the window, and blew the whistle!
"Everyone, get into position immediately and finish firing before the enemy can react! Hurry, hurry, move! Let the Aerial Knight see who's the real trump card! "
In an instant, a large number of people surged out from the previously empty position. The snow-white camouflage cloth was removed, revealing the cold glint of the cannons below. Unlike wooden models, these weapons of war made of steel had an overbearing and oppressive aura at all times.
Without needing Cat's Claw to urge them, everyone had already finished loading the cannons, hanging the ropes, and other preparatory work. The entire process was as smooth as flowing water, completely different from when they faced the Longsong Knight years ago.
That's right, he was not the only one growing.
This army had become a force that could decide the fate of mankind.
"Reporting, No.1, No.2, and No.3 cannons are ready!"
Cat's Claw looked at the mountain-like floating island in the distance and spat fiercely.
"Fire!"
The deafening roar instantly ignited the mountaintop.
The flames spewing from the cannons became the dazzling stars in the mountains!
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