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Bauer would never have thought that this joyful long-range attack would turn into his single-way ticket to h.e.l.l.
Dom had fallen, and although Gunabel had fled, Bauer believed that this terrifying woman could easily find the cold man. Bauer looked at his limp left hand. There was a bowl-sized hole in his shoulder. It was a severe, penetrating injury, inflicted by the war spear in Valkyrie.
The tip of the spear was not as big as a bowl, but when it pierced Bauer"s shoulder, the energy that was attached to it expanded the wound. Bauer could clearly feel the energy that the War G.o.ddess attached to the spear invading his flesh and blood in a shocking and annihilating way. Even his bones were instantly vaporized by this energy.
Now the bright point of the gun was pointed at the tip of Bauer"s nose. And in the eyes of the big Russian, the image of Valkyrie"s icy figure was reflected.
"Surrender, I admire your perseverance. If you are willing to surrender and tell me how you came here, I will not kill you. " Valkyrie said in his usual indifferent tone.
If she had wanted to, Bauer would have died long before the second round began. But Valkyrie was not ready to kill him. He wanted to force useful information from him.
Bauer and the other two had abilities at rank 6 to 7. It was impossible for someone at this level to silently bypa.s.s the Jurian Mountains and appear in the snow behind Asgard.
It wasn"t an exaggeration to say that the moment intermediate espers like them appeared near the Devil"s Desert, Asgard"s defensive system would be activated. After all, anyone with a mid-ranked strength or higher would have a certain degree of destructive power. It was impossible for Asgard to allow these ticking time bombs to appear in the vicinity at any time.
However, not only did the three of them arrive, but there was no warning from Asgard as well. However, the ability of these three people was not enough to infiltrate Asgard"s defensive system. In other words, these three definitely had a special method. For example, there were people inside the Hall of Heroic Spirits to help the three Adepts do just that.
Bauer lowered his head and gasped, as if he hadn"t heard what Valkyrie had said. After a long while, a burst of mad laughter came from his mouth.
"Do you think I would? I am not a coward! "
the big Russian bellowed, and at the same time he jerked to the left, away from the point of the Walkian spear. At the same time, he swung the broadsword in his hands horizontally, bringing with it a mournful blood-colored ray of light aimed at Valkyrie.
At such a close distance, even a powerhouse of the ninth step like Valkyrie would not be able to ignore this attack.
But he was wrong.
The moment he made his move, the spear in Valkyrie suddenly disappeared. When it reappeared, it was already pointed at Bauer"s sword.
Bauer only felt his right hand sink as the heavy sword was no longer able to slash horizontally. Valkyrie"s spear was as heavy as a mountain, falling to the ground with its heavy weight on the sword.
With a loud rumble, the blood-red sword beam crashed into the ground, causing the sky to shake and snow to fall everywhere. In the midst of the winter fog, the war lance disappeared once more.
Power only saw the disappearing spear expanding in front of his eyes, and then his entire body shudder as he lost all sense of what was happening.
The point of the spear touched the big man"s forehead, and Varkiri withdrew it. Without another glance at Bauer, she turned to Dom.
Bauer was still standing in the snow, blood spurting from the back of his head. Fresh blood dyed the snowy ground red before he fell to the ground.
A bullet-like wound appeared on his forehead.
Arriving at Dom"s side, Valkyrie shoved the Indian"s hood aside with his gun and said coldly, "I know you"re not dead yet. If you tell me everything you want to know, I think I can save you."
It was true that Dom was not dead. He found that the destructive energy of the gun blast had spread through most of his body, but it had not penetrated his heart. Then he knew that Valkyrie had deliberately kept him alive. If Bauer had admitted it, he would be dead by now. But if Bauer died, then the situation could be reversed.
"I say …" Dom"s hoa.r.s.e voice rang out as he spat out a few indistinct syllables.
Valkyrie frowned. "I can"t hear what you"re saying."
"I say, we are …" Seemingly without strength, Dom"s voice dropped again.
Valkyrie had to crouch down and listen to what he was saying. But as soon as she knelt down, Dom"s hands closed around her arm like lightning, and a black light shone from Dom"s veins with a kind of madness.
"I say, let"s die together!"
After he finished speaking, a black light burst out from his body. In the end, the black rays of light crazily spread out, and fiercely retreated before exploding. The high temperature of the black flames ignited the air, creating a vacuum in the air, causing the flames to continuously soar into the sky, forming a slowly expanding mushroom cloud.
At the same time, a series of snowy waves continuously spread in all directions with the exploding point as the center. The radiation snow within a kilometer was either melted by the heat or blown away. The snowdrift on the battlefield had been swept clean, revealing the grayish-brown surface of the earth.
The SUV shook violently and almost knocked Calo out of his car. The head instructor kicked the door open and jumped onto the snowy ground. The teacher, who was clearing up the snow, stood up straight and looked at the mushroom cloud that had risen almost a kilometer behind him with a dull expression.
Caelio tosses his sungla.s.ses onto the snow. Looking at the sinister clouds, the instructor mutters, "Spontaneous combustion of elements? "d.a.m.n, this time we"re in big trouble!"
Finished speaking, the instructor began to walk in the direction of the mushroom cloud. Every time his foot, as thick as an elephant"s leg, landed on the snowdrift, the thick layer of snow was immediately blasted away by an invisible energy, and the ground slightly shook along with it. Although he was just one person, he had to run away from the scene where the elephants were running at full speed. At a speed of nearly 100 kilometers per hour, he instantly turned into a small black dot in the snow.
The battle on the ground had come to an end, but the battle on the ground had just begun.
On the third floor of the underground base, outside of a restaurant in the staff resting area, close to a thousand scythes and over a hundred green tornadoes were crazily attacking the restaurant"s defense line. The defense line was made up of metal cabinets and seven butchers. These giant zombies used their bodies to block the obstacles, in order to defend themselves from the sea of bugs. However, in just a short span of twenty minutes, these obstacles had either transformed into concave-like shapes or had long cracks covering them.
The butcher who acted as the human wall had wounds of varying degrees on his body. These slender wounds were the marks of war that the scythe bugs had left on their bodies after piercing through the obstacles. The three Ripper moved behind the "trenches", waving their claws at the Scythe Bug. As for the remaining thirty or so live corpse gunners, they split into two echelons and repeatedly fired a barrage of intersecting and dense barrage of bullets through the gap between the obstacles.
But even so, the restaurant"s simple defense line could not hold out for long.
A red route and a blue alternate route appeared on the tactical board that was zero. This was the best route the AI could come up with based on the current situation. The red route bypa.s.sed the resting area that was currently filled with bugs, and directly charged into the experiment area, using the shortest route and fastest speed to enter the entrance to the base on the fourth floor. However, this route required sacrificing some resources to attract the attention of countless bugs outside. At the same time, they would pa.s.s through the nest that was occupied by the scythe, which meant that this route was the same color used to mark the real blood path.
The other blue colored route would require more time and longer travel, but it would reduce a lot of casualties and ensure the greatest combat strength before entering the fourth layer of the base.
This was the result of the intellectual brain"s a.n.a.lysis. At the same time, it was a dilemma that was thrown to everyone. This depended on how many players chose between time and casualties. Without a doubt, this was a dilemma.
"I suggest a blue route." Eva said from the side, "If we follow the red line, we must pa.s.s the nest of the Scythe Worms. Believe me, there are surprisingly many bugs in there. I"ve seen them myself two years ago. Judging from the current level of activity of the insects, the worms in the lair are definitely not in the hibernation period, which means that if we choose this route, we would have to face close to ten thousand or even more bugs. This is a very unwise action! "
"No!"
Zero rejected Eva"s suggestion. He shook his head and said, "Using the second route takes too much time. However, the first route is also very dangerous." But after all, this is the computer"s suggested route, and we don"t have to follow it. "According to my thinking, combining the two routes is our best choice at the moment."
He handed the board to Maple while he loaded Colt. While doing this, he said, "I will lure the bugs outside. When necessary, I will also lure the bugs out of the lair and bring them to the second route to circle around. As long as you find out that the bugs in the nest have decreased in number, immediately follow the first route and leave, we will meet up at the entrance of the fourth floor. "
After giving them a brief summary of their plans, Zero didn"t give them a chance to reject. He headed for the restaurant"s main entrance. At this point, the situation was already extremely urgent, and there was no time for them to slowly study and decide what to do. The solution given by Zero was the best solution. Using one person as bait to lure away most of the bugs was a small sacrifice.
But someone suddenly grabbed onto Zero"s hand, and Feng shoved the tactical board into it. Then, with a movement of his body, he charged out of the restaurant. There was no need to explain Feng"s actions. He wanted to carry out the bait task for Zero. Almost at the same moment that Feng rushed out of the restaurant, Zero leaned forward slightly, but in the end, it stopped where it was. He then turned around and said, "Let"s leave through the back door."
Right now, Zero was no longer a lone wolf wandering in the wilderness. He was already the leader of a team. The captain had decided that he had to take responsibility, such as taking this team and leaving safely after completing their mission. And now, the other thing he needed to do was to trust his companions.
Don"t die! Zero said to Feng silently in his heart.
Feng slipped out from under the barrier of the restaurant and was immediately exposed to the eyes of countless bugs. Being stared at by thousands upon thousands of compound eyes was not a comfortable thing to do. As far as Feng was concerned, it was only slightly better than being sized up by a perverted man, but it also gave him gooseb.u.mps.
He sprung up from the ground, Tang Dao and Frost simultaneously unsheathing. The Frost Fang came out of its scabbard and disappeared into the air. The next moment, three cold saber Qi clawed towards a green whirlwind.
The green whirlwind had three blade energies on its body. In the next second, it turned into minced meat. The bug sh.e.l.l that could not even be penetrated by bullets could not withstand a single slash from Feng.
This sudden development caused the bugs in front of the restaurant to turn their attention away from the barrier and onto Feng, who still had time to use Tang Dao to pick up a puddle of insect blood. Then, he casually flung it onto a few bugs.
The blood of their companions immediately made the bugs go crazy, the scythe insects rubbed their bodies with a few scythes, and the green tornado flapped its wings to prepare for high-speed movements.
Feng smiled. He did not intend to pester Buggy to death. With his military boots touching the ground, Feng Feng leaped high into the air. Looking around, the entire resting area was filled with bugs. His lazy gaze suddenly turned sharp, just like a harmless sheep turning into a lion.
His body rose and fell, but he did not land on the ground. Instead, he heavily stepped on the head of a scythe. The head of the Sickle Worm was not solid, and was trampled down by Feng"s strength of at least the fourth step. His feet immediately cracked, and then his head sank. A green-white liquid immediately splattered out from the exploded head of the bug. As for Feng Feng, he borrowed the force of this step to travel about ten meters.
Just like this, the maple continued to move forward on top of the bug"s head. Every time he landed, one of the bugs would become a stepping stone and unluckily lose its life.
From afar, one could see the undulations in the sea of insects. The waves were caused by the insects changing their target and pouncing on the maple. Maple didn"t care about being chased by the waves. On the contrary, he was trying his best to attract more attention from the bugs as a cover for the others to leave.
Tang Zheng raised his blade and viciously chopped down. The frost struck in a straight line, almost slicing a green tornado in half. The insect venom splattered all over Feng"s head. He didn"t bother to wipe his face. As he was moving, he made a turn, causing the green whirlwinds that were rus.h.i.+ng towards him to pounce on nothing.
After trampling on another insect"s head, Feng finally landed back on the ground. He arrived at the entrance to the cinema, where a dense swarm of bugs were swarming towards him.
Frost repeatedly flashed, and several nearby sickles lost their heads at the same time. When the heads of these unlucky b.a.s.t.a.r.ds fell into the bug swarm, Feng had already retreated into the cinema. The already bloodthirsty bugs immediately squeezed their way into the movie theater. Some of them were even slower and were immediately stepped on by their companions. Just the flow of insects heading towards the cinema had turned dozens of sickles into corpses.
However, the bugs that swarmed into the auditorium found that their prey did not seem to be planning to leave.
Feng stood on the stage in front of the big screen. The Swordsman lazily returned Tang Dao to his scabbard. For some reason, Feng, who no longer had that kind of vicious and mighty aura, made the Scythe Bug instinctively feel danger. As for the higher level Green Tornado, it retracted its wings, as if it would die at any moment while flying in the air.
The green bugs landed on the ground and used their red compound eyes to size up the maple. Looking from top to bottom, this human in their eyes, with his intelligence, it was not hard for Green Tornado to tell that he was around the fifth step. If it was one on one, facing a powerhouse of the fifth step, Green Tornado naturally had no chance of winning. But there were so many of them, and there were even more scythes to serve as thugs. In the knowledge of every Green Tornado, as long as an opponent like Feng charged up, he would be gnawed to the point where not even his bones remained.
However, their instincts told them not to attack rashly, so the bugs occupied every corner of the stage, but none of them dared to rush onto the stage. All the bugs were rubbing their sharp claws nervously, as if they were waiting for an opportunity to attack.
"There should be enough time." Maple Tree crossed his waist, raised his head and looked at the ceiling of the cinema and said.
It had been almost 15 minutes since Feng left the restaurant to attract Buggy"s attention. A quarter of an hour wasn"t long, but it was enough for them to evacuate. However, what Feng cared about was not whether they had retreated, but whether they had gone far enough. Whether that distance was far enough away that they couldn"t tell what was going to happen in the cinema.
"What Swordsman are you talking about? That sounds really annoying." However, if you do not have this ident.i.ty, it will be even more troublesome. Therefore, I think it is necessary to maintain the image of Swordsman Feng, so I have no choice but to invite you guys here. " Feng then unsheathed Tang Dao along with his scabbard and threw it onto the ground. Then, he started to take off the travel gear behind him. "Please wait a moment. If I damage these items, I won"t have enough merit points to replenish one more set."
After throwing the travel gear on the ground, Feng took off his helmet and began to take off his Night G.o.d tactical uniform. Finally, the top portion of the Night G.o.d"s battle uniform was taken off and hung around his waist.
Feng moved his right arm, as if preparing to move. As he moved, he said, "You know, I actually quite like you guys. Because you"re not a talkative audience, you don"t say anything when you see it. In fact, any local mutation was just dog s.h.i.+t! I think I"m the only local mutation in the world. "
Finished speaking a bunch of nonsense, Feng finally shut his mouth. If you had an energy meter now, you would find that the biological energy in Feng"s body was constantly improving. Strangely, however, the part of his body that could ascend was confined to his right hand, while the rest of Maple"s body remained intact. On Feng"s body, there were actually two completely different types of biological energy. It was as if his right hand and his body were two completely different ent.i.ties that were safe.
When the biological energy reached the critical point of the ninth step, Feng"s right hand began to glow with a hazy silver light. In just two seconds, the silver light turned from weak to intense. In the end, all the bugs in the movie theater could see was a ma.s.s of silver light, but not Feng"s figure.
The silver light flared and then vanished in an instant. When the brightness of the light had reached a visible level, Feng"s figure appeared once more. The only difference was that Feng"s right hand was no longer its original appearance. It had expanded to nearly three times its original size. The entire arm was covered in the original muscle texture. It was like a resplendent diamond that was emitting a silver glow, dazzling the onlookers.
It was a diamond arm, and its shoulder was supported by five needle-like sharp objects. Below it was the normal shape of an arm, and when it reached the palm, it transformed into the claw of a beast. After Feng raised his arm, which was almost reaching the ground with the tip of his claw, his five claws clenched together, forming a huge fist.
Inside his fist, there was a silver light that was like an electric shock, constantly flickering and growing stronger. Finally, there was a silver ball of light that wrapped around Feng"s fist.
He said lightly: "Are you ready to be destroyed under the arm of this G.o.d?"