Although this Sturmbeest's charge was as ferocious as ever, every time it swept past a black shadow, a mournful smear of blood would appear in the air. Amidst this intense charging process, it was as though all sound had vanished. However, it was precisely because of this silence that it appeared exceptionally mournful and stirring.
After charging for less than 50 metres, this Sturmbeest's massive body was splattered with flesh and blood. Like a slow motion replay, one could distinctly observe its flesh and blood being peeled off, and its bones shattered … … yet it didn't even release half a miserable shriek. Instead, it continued charging forward, because ever since it started charging towards this location, it had been instilled with a conviction.
"You must charge forward!"
"You must fight for Mother Nature Eywa!"
Incessant assaults blasted against the Sturmbeest's body, as layer after layer of bloody rain splashed against its body; drenching the surrounding creatures with its blood. It even gave off the impression that it was a gigantic sprinkler, using its own blood to water the rocky soil.
Due to the intense agony, this gigantic beast's massive body trembled, as copious amounts of blood sprayed out. Not only was it due to its injuries, but it was also due to the rapid blood flow due to its intense charging! Yet when it was 200 metres away from the arachnid base, two newly hatched Ultralisks charged over at high speed, as they collided violently with the Sturmbeest in midair.
Four incisive circular fangs carved deeply into its flesh, as they proceeded to carve out two deep gashes of blood on the Sturmbeest's body; as though they were about to thoroughly carve out its innards.
Following closely, when this Sturmbeest landed, the six concealed lurkers simultaneously launched an assault. Ear-Piercing sounds of metal clashing against metal resounded in the air. Like a tidal wave, six dense and incisive gigantic spikes pierced towards the Sturmbeest, directly grinding it into chunks of flesh and blood that fluttered in the air!
Nevertheless, with this Sturmbeest as the vanguard of the beast horde, the wild beasts from the rear frantically surged forward. As such, the arachnid's defensive line was heavily dented inwards. A Thanator roared incomparably agilely as it charged forward, as it bit out several lurkers from the ground, before tossing them into the air. Before these lurkers could even land, they were bombarded by the concentrated fire of the slingers, as they exploded into a blood mist that filled the air.
Presently, the arachnid's defensive line was gradually being compressed to a distance of 50 metres away from the base. Hordes of frenzied wild beasts were still unceasingly charging in. At this moment, that arachnid Queen Jenny drifted over. She first aimed at the vanguard's Thanator, as she sprayed out lethal 'Fission Spores'!
This ability could cause a terrifying one-hit kill effect on most creatures. However, when the deadly spores landed on the Thanator's body, they merely slid off and left behind a puddle of stains.
Immunity!
Indeed, Mother Eywa, Eywa's, Mother Eywa's, Mother.
Instead, this arachnid Queen twitched once again, as she sprayed out an earth-shattering green web. Rustling noises could be heard as it enveloped a few hundred square metres of the arachnid horde. Although the wild beasts were still frenzied and furious, their movement and attack speed had been greatly reduced.
After a slight delay, yet another batch of newly hatched zerglings and Ultralisks viciously replenished their ranks. From head to toe, every single cell existed for the sake of war. Unexpectedly, they were forcefully blocking the front! That 50 metres distance seemed so close, as though it was the end of the world! Obviously, the arachnid's organ structures were within reach, yet they couldn't advance even half a step!
The situation had once again turned into a stalemate. However, such a war of attrition was exceedingly disadvantageous to Mother Eywa! Because the Blackthorn tribe was an innately tempered and tempered warring race that was optimized for interstellar warfare. Although they were limited by their population, under the circumstances of sufficient pandora crystals and gas ores, they could produce an arachnid that could fight in a matter of 2-3 minutes. At most, 10 minutes!! Moreover, for Mother Eywa's arachnids to grow to their current state, how much time would they require? 1 year, 10 years? 20 years?
Of course, theoretically speaking, the entire planet's biological resources (excluding humans) could be used as Eywa's chess pieces to participate in the war. However, the number of creatures Eywa could control at a time was limited. Apart from that, she had to consider the issue of whether nature could withstand it!
Hence, the tug-of-war lasted for less than 10 minutes before it was declared over. The beast horde very bluntly retreated. Obviously, Eywa had discovered that her opponent's understanding of battle tactics far exceeded her own. She could even sense that her opponent was seizing the opportunity to weaken her forces.
Facing such a situation, Sheyan sighed regretfully and said, "That's right.
"There shouldn't be anything left for us to do."
After witnessing such a scene, Brother Black sighed as well. Indeed, under such circumstances, with such a level of war, it was practically impossible for them to lure a legendary creature over to hunt. Such a desperate scene was like a frenzied meat grinder vortex. Merely approaching would result in them being sucked in by inertia. The risk was too great!
Instead, Reef hesitated slightly and asked.
"But shouldn't we stay behind? What if something happens? "
But after saying that, he could only shake his head and smile bitterly. In such a scale of war, individual strength was truly weakened to the extreme. Sheyan and the other two added together could only cause a negligible impact to the war, and even risked their lives. It could be said that their investment and output was too low.
Sheyan shook his head and replied.
"There's no use for us to stay behind. Since Mother Eywa wasn't able to trample over the Blackthorn tribe today, then she wouldn't stand a chance tomorrow. The only weakness of my arrangement is that starting from the two drones incubating the main arachnid base's beast lair, and upgrading it to a 'II' class base where the Queen's Pagoda can be constructed. Once the Queen's Pagoda is constructed, I'll be able to establish a connection with the Blackthorn tribe. Then, this matter would basically be settled. Or perhaps, we can only resign ourselves to fate. "
"Then what do we do now?" Brother Black started to buckle his belt, before patting his old buddy – that golden AK.
Without hesitation, Sheyan replied.
"Currently, all the ferocious wild beasts in the vicinity have been mobilized by Mother Eywa. That goes to say, there are practically zero unforeseen factors from wild beasts. Therefore, we naturally have to scout out the surrounding terrain of the Mosake tribe, and gather first-hand information. Sharpening the axe won't delay the work of chopping firewood. Although I have 18 days, I still feel that time isn't enough! "
*****
Pandora's jungle at night, was brimming with a bizarre and bewildering atmosphere. Grotesque and variegated sights, the myriad of bizarre chirps of insects, and the pungent yet sweet odor. These were all things that the primitive jungle of earth didn't possess, and wouldn't possess.
Advancing in such a place, if it were the trio who had just arrived on planet Pandora, they would probably have to wait till daybreak before making any plans. Fortunately, they had already acquired a plentiful amount of jungle life experience, and could still slowly fumble their way forward.
This was a primitive jungle not even 5 kilometres away from the Windstone Highland. Sheyan and the trio first carried the Blackthorn Overlord and flew for 300 metres, before realizing their actions immediately incurred the merciless wrath of Mother Eywa. Three Mountain Banshees pounced over with bared fangs and brandished claws, causing Sheyan and the rest to hastily flee.
After a series of discussions, they could only utilize one of the remaining three Overlord eggs, before attempting to carry their own Overlord. This time, they were considered to have successfully passed. It should be that Mother Eywa's assessment of Sheyan and the trio was that they wouldn't pose a threat to the environment and nature, hence they were gloriously disregarded.
According to the RDA report, the top of the Windstone Highland was flat, and was at least close to 20 – 30 square kilometres. Its external appearance was similar to a sawed off short tree stump, but of course, it was magnified millions of times. The vegetation on its surface was similar to a mountain meadow, and could be said to be extremely expansive. Hence, rashly approaching from the air would incur a huge risk. Hence, the trio's plan was to prematurely descend into the primitive jungle, before stealthily ascending to the peak.
According to their estimations, even though they were still 5-6 kilometres away from the Windstone Highland, with the surrounding ferocious creatures possibly being used as cannon fodder by Eywa, they would at most take an hour to ascend to the highland and observe the Mosake clan, this mighty Na 'vi clan.
However, this 5-6 kilometre journey took the trio a full 2 hours. This was because they had encountered an exceedingly powerful ambush! The ambush originated from the jungle, and was extremely thorny and difficult to deal with. The ambushers were monkeys that resembled chimpanzees. They possessed exceedingly high intellect, and were actually able to ride slingers! Both were closely linked together, and it seemed like they were most likely sinister sentinels created by the Mosake clan, who were experts in training wild beasts.
Such creatures weren't recorded in the RDA report, but they seemed to have heard of their name from the Takji clan – Betami-ghost monkeys. The one who suffered the most in the face of these monkeys was Sheyan. In a moment of carelessness, while evading the venomous needles of the slingers, his left leg was unexpectedly scratched by a Betami-ghost monkey. Instantly, half of his body was inexplicably paralysed. Hence, he could only find a relatively safe and spacious area to defend and take a breather.
At this moment, Sheyan forced himself to focus, and immediately discovered 6 Betami-ghost monkeys had encircled them from the surrounding jungle. These natives of the primitive jungle were exceedingly savage. Even when riding slingers, their height wouldn't exceed 1.4 metres. Their skin was pitch-black, with two grey streaks on their backs. Normally, they wouldn't live past 3 years. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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