Chapter 763: Mask (2/2)
Spider Emperor said, “It’s no use even if I’m there. He’ll attack all the same when he needs to, and we can’t stop him from fleeing, either. It would be just right if the rabid wolf were there. I’m not like you people, my entire family business is in the Eastern sea. I don’t want to face a madman who had lost his foundations.
Mask remained silent for a moment, seemingly quite distressed as well. “That’s true, only those with foundations have weaknesses.”
The Spider Emperor said, “I don’t think Su Dingqian will fight us to the death. He’s probably thinking about letting us explore the Earth Dragon, and then coming back to attack us when we have suffered heavy casualties.”
The masked man said calmly, “His strategy isn’t bad at all. If not for ‘that’, we wouldn’t have any good way to deal with the dragon, either.”
The Spider Emperor laughed. “Indeed, Mask, I know you contributed the most this time. Rest assured, you’ll get as much of the Earth Dragon’s blood as you deserve, not one drop less.”
The masked man’s aura fluctuated slightly at the mention of the Earth Dragon’s blood. He was clearly not as calm as he seemed. “Let’s take Port City first before further discussion.”
The Spider Emperor said, “In any case, we just need to fight to the death and make them suffer heavy casualties. Do that and Su Dingqian will flee. I’ll be leaving first if there’s nothing here that needs my attention, I’ll be back in a bit. One of my little beauties have woken up, I need to take a pill!”
That translucent spider waved its fore-limbs in a gesture of farewell, and then lay down silently as the emperor’s consciousness departed.
The masked man shook his head. Propping his chin up with his hand, he fell into deep contemplation.
At this moment, the defensive lines of Port City were in flames. Thousands of armored soldiers had rushed into the city with less than fifty dead and began fighting the city guards. Port City’s casualty rates rose sharply once the melee battles broke out. The armor on these creatures was simply so thick and heavy that there was no way an ordinary soldier could shoot through them. It would seem that the four, elephant-like legs were its only weaknesses. However, these warbeasts possessed the trampling skill; going near their legs was almost suicidal.
Qianye was in no rush to join the fray. Instead, he kept on observing these steely warriors for their weakness. On this chaotic battlefield, he was basically in stealth mode after retracting his aura. Perception was an evident shortcoming of these armored warriors—sometimes, they would ignore Qianye even as he brushed past them.
After a period of observation, Qianye had a good idea in his mind. When a certain armored warrior charged past him, Qianye leapt up and landed lithely on his back. He pressed his origin gun at the soldier’s back-armor and fired!
The effects of the old man’s focused firepower became evident at this moment as a single blast almost penetrated the entire upper body of the target. The steel-clad warrior actually continued to rush forward, but its body eventually gave way. Its upper body snapped all of a sudden and fell off from the rest of its frame. Even then, the creature was still struggling with all its might, refusing to die completely.
Qianye broke into a frown as he glanced at the wound. The interior composition was fairly odd and the innards were a mess—there were many organs of unknown function, almost as though the creature was designed by someone with no sense of beauty.
However, there really was nothing special about the bones and skeleton. So, how were they able to withstand the weight of their heavy armor?
Qianye understood after glancing at the heavy armor. The plating was a type of support structure with its center of gravity on the creature’s legs. The other parts of the warrior’s body weren’t sturdy at all and relied on this heavy armor for protection.
After realizing this point, Qianye quickly formulated a plan. He rushed into the midst of several armored soldiers and abruptly unleashed his Oceanic Vortex, suppressing everything in an area ten meters around him.
The sounds of cracking bones could be heard from the legs of the eight armored warriors around him. Unable to bear the massive weight any longer, the creatures collapsed with a boom. These fierce warriors did not know pain and wanted to continue their massacre, but the sudden weight had crushed the bones in their legs. No matter how they struggled, they couldn’t climb back up.
Qianye withdrew his aura and domain before retreating into the city. His attack was concluded in a flash and controlled within a small area, hence no one discovered the abnormality.
At this point, the armored warriors were beginning to assail the interior of the city, and the battle had become quite complicated. Qianye merged into the shadows to join his favorite phase of the battle.
A steel-clad warrior was walking along a narrow street in search of potential enemies and attacking all life in sight, be they soldiers or civilians. It had just passed a house when the wall suddenly shattered and out came Qianye. He flashed past the armored warrior and opened fire at its belly.
The steel-clad warriors’ bellies were their weakness. At the very least, their abdominal armor wasn’t strong, and how could the soft abdomen withstand the ravages of a grade-seven gun? Qianye almost blasted the target’s abdomen apart, producing a shower of blood and organs.
That steal-armored soldier struggled and roared, but its mountainous body collapsed and blocked the road. Another armored soldier rushed over at this point, but it seemed to feel no sympathy for its dead comrade. On the contrary, it grew violent and tossed the corpse to the side with a wave of its heavy axe.
Qianye reappeared at this point, flashing past the warrior’s abdomen and sending it on its way to meet its compatriot.
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