My body sank rapidly as the wind howled past my ears. In my blurry vision, a large number of strangely shaped mechanical structures flitted past me. Jumping down from such a deep tunnel gave me the feeling that I was passing through a dark tunnel leading to hell. I even had the illusion that I would fall straight to the center of the earth if I continued to fall like this. Of course, based on Ierson's movements earlier, he should be arriving soon.
The elite soldiers who intercepted us on the walls of the tunnel chose to chase after us. They jumped down almost at the same time as us and followed closely behind us, shooting at us continuously. Even though they were just shells, their unrelenting spirit in annihilating the enemy was still moving. Furthermore, the soldiers' shooting was not completely ineffective. After more than a minute of frenzied shooting and our counterattack, they were basically all dead.
"That's weird. Why isn't anyone chasing after us anymore?"
Lina was twisting and turning in the air as if she were flying. Suddenly, she turned her head and asked, "What's going on?"
I thought for a moment. Seeing that it was about time, I told her the reason. "Because we're almost at the bottom."
Liliana was shocked. "What — Bang!"
Everyone landed safely on the ground. Like a few terminators descending from the sky, they knelt on one knee. After they slowly stood up, they realized that they had smashed a series of craters at the bottom of the tunnel like the Big Dipper. Liliana was sprawled out in the Big Dipper, her small arms and legs twitching back and forth. After a long time, she muffled and sobbed, "Wuwuwu, Boss … twisted his neck."
Who asked you to be so naughty just now!
Jingle flew over to treat Liliana's neck. Lin took out her weapon in her human form and guarded the surroundings with Monina. Just now, there was a lot of gunfire and a lot of people. I didn't have the time to observe what kind of weapon this Dragon God girl was using. Now that I saw it, I turned pale with fright.
As you can't guess, it's a huge oval shield.
I couldn't tell what material it was made of, but it had a faint luster that was somewhere between metal and crystal. Its color was pale gold, and its surface seemed to be covered with a thick layer of wax, giving off a crystalline feeling. This … this shield's size was truly astonishing. Its length was just enough to cover Lin's entire body by two heads, and its width was enough to protect three girls who were as skinny as Lin. When Lin placed the shield by her side, I thought that Lin had suddenly transformed into her third form, which was a dragon egg. Only when she switched hands with the shield did I realize, to my horror, that there was someone else behind her …
Noticing my curious gaze, Lin revealed a bashful smile. She raised the shield in her hand and waved it in my direction. I was swayed by a strong gust of wind. I vaguely heard her voice in my ears. "… My scales … are very sturdy …"
I realized that there were a lot of people around me who were used to producing their own products.
When we arrived at a place where the enemy might be lying in ambush, the two conscientious Protoss soldiers still knew to be vigilant. However, Icetis didn't have the slightest awareness. Perhaps it was due to her own strength, she was strolling back and forth at the bottom of the pit filled with gravel and metal shards. She held a brick in her hand.
I looked around and finally found Eersen, who was crouching on the ground mysteriously. I immediately led everyone in that direction. Eersen gestured for us to keep quiet. It was only then that I realized that he was guarding beside an inconspicuous metal gate.
There was a row of strange symbols carved on the gate. After comparing it with the database, I confirmed that it was ancient Mogadorian language. It indicated that this gate was an alternate passageway for people, and it was connected to a place known as a 'tomb'.
"When we came down, I set up a barrier around this place and the tunnel. I can't hear anything from inside," Eersen chuckled as he pointed at the gate that was slightly ajar. "I can feel that there are people inside, and they are already prepared to face the enemy. Because of the barrier, they don't dare to act rashly."
"Wow, Idiot Bro, it's rare for you to have such an outstanding performance."
Monina slapped Eersen's head forcefully before pointing at a pile of mosaics not far away. "Who is this?"
Eersen scratched his head. "It should be a War Puppet. I smashed it on its body."
Everyone immediately looked sympathetically at the enemy soldier who was acting as a cushion not too far away. Only I glanced at Lin and her shield. If the War Puppets could see us from the heavens, they would be secretly happy right now. If it was this brute woman who was about to fall, I'm afraid that you wouldn't even be able to keep your mosaic.
Monina didn't use Shadow Realm this time because such a concealment skill wouldn't be effective against high-level Shiring Apostles. Instead, it might alert the Shiring Apostles due to excessive energy fluctuations. This time, it was still Eersen, who had the strongest defense, who led the way. The second was Lin. That shield of hers was just too powerful.
Less than ten meters into the metal gate, there was a ninety-degree turn. Bright light shone from the other side of the turn. The enemy's closest energy signature was fifty meters away. To both sides, this distance was so close that we could hear each other's breath. It meant that we had forced the enemy into a corner. However, the enemies who resisted stubbornly were usually the most dangerous. Eersen raised his golden greatsword and muttered something that seemed to be a person's name. Then, he raised his shield in front of him and suddenly leaped out of the corner.
A hail of bullets whistled past like a storm. It was as if the firepower of an entire heavy-armored army had shot Eersen into the wall.
Eersen's entire body glowed with golden light from the abnormally fierce firepower. He used his greatshield to create a hexagonal barrier of holy light in front of him. At the same time, he was pressed against the gradually melting interstellar alloy wall by the tremendous impact. As he sank in, he shouted loudly, "Avenge me! Everyone, charge! I'm standing here! I won't fall! Victory belongs to Godfather! Freedom and glory! Strength to uproot a mountain … "
"What did you feed your brother last night?!" Icetis looked at Monina in shock. The latter was busy looking for a hole on the ground as she muttered, "Don't look at me. I don't know him."
Lin had intended to charge out with her greatshield, but when she saw the horrifying scene of Eersen being shot into the wall, she decisively hugged her shoulders and retreated with her shield. A certain blond handsome guy was still shouting heroically. By now, he was already reciting "I Have a Dream". It seemed that he would not die anytime soon, but it was hard to say for a long time.
"Don't just stand there, you bastards!" Eersen finally realized that if he did not say anything else, he would be pounded into the wall. So, he tried his best to block the attacks with holy light as he roared, "Floating cannons! The enemy is full of floating cannons! "
As soon as his voice trailed off, the enemy's weapons happened to be on cooldown in batches, and there was a momentary gap in their firepower. Lin immediately seized the opportunity, grabbed the gigantic shield in her hand, and threw it at an oblique angle.
There was a loud "clang", and almost the entire corridor and even the entire shaft shook. The giant shield made of dragon god scales was deeply embedded in the alloy wall in front of them.
Lin rubbed her hands and explained weakly, "I wanted it to bounce back and shoot down the enemy's cannons …"
The big sister patted the dragon god girl comfortingly, and looked at the shield that only had a small corner sticking out of the wall. "Your intention is good, but the starting point of the shield is a little problematic …"
However, this attack wasn't completely useless. At the very least, the enemies on the other side of the corner were instantly silenced. They probably didn't expect the intruders to launch such a vicious attack. They chose to destroy the house the moment they saw them. This was a rather difficult tactic to understand, and their already abnormal brains temporarily couldn't process it. Thus, the firepower suddenly stopped.
"Now's the time!" A golden light flashed in Bryndis's hand. He spun the huge Divine Grimoire that was tied to the barbed iron chain and threw it out. I followed closely behind him and jumped out of the corner. No matter what the other side looked like, I first pushed out an extremely compressed energy storm. My target was the enemy's psionic reaction that I had locked onto for a long time.
The energy storm that was guided by my mental power accurately rushed towards the nearest dozen or so targets. While it exploded with destructive power, it also caused the energy within the targets' bodies to explode, causing an even stronger second explosion. Deafening explosions kept ringing in my ears, and the other end of the hallway was almost completely covered by a blinding white light. However, my mental power "eyes" wouldn't be blinded by such a white light, and I discovered several more targets that were using energy waves to lock onto me. However, before they could attack, Qian Qian had already made her move.
"I shall use time to crush your flesh and bones!"
I really didn't know if the floating cannons had any flesh or bones at all. At any rate, those energy reactions immediately responded to the Master of Time's summons, shattering into twisted fragments in midair.
Kenser used his scepter to summon a gust of wind that blew away the thick dust in the corridor, revealing the scene on the other side to everyone.
In front of us was a spacious rectangular room. It appeared to be quite messy due to the previous explosion. Many abandoned machines were strewn all over the ground. Most of the machines had thick pipes connecting them to the ground, indicating that this was some sort of basic command center. And our final enemy was standing not far away from us.
This was a black-haired, skinny man wearing the military uniform of a high-ranking commander. His facial lines were as rigid as most Empire soldiers'. The power of the previous explosion was tremendous, but this man didn't seem to be injured in the slightest, which was evident from how strong his psionic shield was.
Other than the insignia on his military uniform, this man was almost exactly the same as the Imperial Army soldiers that I was most familiar with. Thus, after meeting him face to face, Big Sister couldn't help but sigh softly. Even if the other party didn't have a soul, this kind of face-to-face situation was really hard to cheer about. However, the other party obviously didn't have such thoughts. This expressionless Vengeance Army Commander simply looked at the enemy before him who was far stronger than him, not moving an inch like a soldier on sentry duty.
The landing troops that he brought along had suffered heavy losses and were on the verge of being completely wiped out. Although we had left our base in advance, through the constant reports that I received, I knew that the Imperial Army had the absolute upper hand in both the space station and the ground station. Under the combined assault of the elite troops led by Pandora and Visca, the last of the enemy's space fleets had already exhausted their shields and started to self-destruct a few minutes ago. Their ground troops were also collapsing on all fronts. After breaking through the enemy's space defense, Sandora started to continuously send military forces to this planet. Currently, the landing troops of the Imperial Army and the Atlantean Gods had all joined the battle. Now, the soldiers of the Vengeance Army were being wiped out on the entire planet.
I didn't know if the Shiring Apostles who had lost their souls would still think about such things, but even if they did, they probably wouldn't be shaken by it. This unknown Vengeance Army Commander looked at us with a blank expression. Behind him, several Shiring Apostles wearing researcher uniforms were carefully dismantling a strange rectangular box from an extremely complicated restraint device. Beside them was a material transportation door that had already entered into an extreme working mode.
That was what they were searching for on this planet!
Icetis drew her bow without hesitation and nocked an arrow. At the same time, the Vengeance Army Commander who was blocking in front of us also took action. With a wave of his hand, dozens of extremely familiar objects appeared in the air, blocking Icetis's first wave of attack at the cost of their own destruction. They were Floating Cannons!
These were Pandora's favorite weapons, but now, they had become our enemies. They agilely flickered in the air, spraying concentrated cannon fire in our direction. The low sound of energy beams piercing through the air resounded continuously. Icetis pulled the bowstring in her hand once again. The golden arrow could easily destroy the Floating Cannons, but the enemy's summoning speed was so shocking that every time one was destroyed, two more would replace it.
I had already discovered the uniqueness of this Vengeance Army Commander. His nature was extremely similar to Pandora's. Both of them simultaneously controlled a large number of independent weapons to achieve the combat power of an army. In the military classification of the Shiring Apostles, this kind of warrior was classified as a "Fortress Soldier" type of soldier. His explosive power in a short period of time was practically against the rules. In that instant when we clashed, I even felt as though I was fighting against an entire army. Every second, each of us was bombarded by at least twenty firepower points!
But in reality, the enemy's combat power was far weaker than ours. The most obvious proof was Icetis's strength. I didn't doubt that this female gangster had the power to destroy the entire planet in an instant, and the rest of us were confident that we could do the same in a short period of time. However, there was a situation that no one dared to attack with full force.
The rectangular metal box behind the Vengeance Army had been dismantled and was about to be placed in front of the material transportation door.
The Vengeance Army had paid the price of an entire army to transport a box from an inconspicuous mineral planet. If I told you that the box contained this year's limited edition figurine, would you believe me?!
It was this item that forced Icetis to forcefully suppress her sure-kill attacks. She could only think of ways to bypass the Vengeance Army Commander and destroy the Vengeance Army Commander's teleportation device first.
Never forget what the Shiring Apostles were best at. Each of them were the Tyrant of Western Chu in their previous lives. They were well versed in cutting off all means of retreat. Icetis had a hundred ways to instantly kill such a Schilling Army Commander, but on the other hand, the Vengeance Army Commander had ten thousand ways to detonate the entire shaft the moment they died! Right now, we weren't able to find a way to snatch the box in one piece. Regardless of whether we attacked with full force or the Vengeance Army Commander was destroyed, this important item would become a secret that would make one's heart ache.
But the so-called predicament only gave us a temporary inconvenience at the start. It was true that we couldn't attack with full force, but not all of us only had offensive skills.
"Time Stop!"
Shallow Shallow finally found the perfect opportunity. The Vengeance Army Commander was summoning a new floating cannon, and the Schilling Army Commander behind him was about to activate the teleportation door. The number of time nodes that required precise calculation had been reduced to the minimum. This allowed Shallow Shallow to have a hundred percent chance of freezing the target and preventing any of the enemies from self-destructing.
Everything in front of us instantly stopped, including the high-energy light beam that was hovering in midair and the material transportation device that was about to light up. Monina morphed into a gray shadow and passed through the tiny gap between the stationary cannon fire. She turned herself into a shadow and covered the black metal box that was less than a meter long.
The sound of cannon fire became so quiet that I could hear a pin drop. The feeling of space being stripped away under the effect of Time Stop made my senses sharper than ever. I saw the Vengeance Army Commander, who hadn't said a word since the start of the battle, slowly moving his eyes, tracking the trajectory of Monina's charge. His body was twisting at an extremely minute angle, his exposed skin cracking inch by inch. Blue and white energy was coming alive from the cracks as if in slow motion. In order to resist Shallow Shallow's power, the Vengeance Army Commander had begun to overload all the energy he could. He wanted to stop Monina's actions.
Perhaps in his time scale, Monina had just charged past him, and he still had enough time to stop the enemy or destroy the box. But in our time scale, we could clearly see the failure of this former Imperial Army soldier. After the black metal box was enveloped by Monina's shadow, it instantly disappeared from everyone's sight. Due to Time Stop, no one was able to move the box to avoid its impending destruction. However, Monina had the ability to send the box into the Shadow Realm. Changing the 'Conceptual Dimension' of an object wouldn't affect the overall integrity of the timeline.
"It's over."
Shallow Shallow uttered those two words softly, and time suddenly resumed its flow.
Eersson and I activated our shields in unison to protect everyone. In the next second, the explosion of the explosion filled the vast underground space, causing the earth to shake and the mountains to shake.
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