NOVEL NEXT Chapter 397: Sixteen (Part 2)
"Northwest direction! Straight-line distance from the officer is one hundred and sixty kilometers!"
Wang Jixuan's figure flickered, erupting like thunder from the night sky. Sacrificing mana reserves, he transformed into an electric dragon and shot forth!
Thunder Escape! Faster!
Mu Dan's voice continually echoed:
"The second wave of black fog has appeared, rapidly expanding! Satellites have locked onto the target Spirit Cultivator! The target Spirit Cultivator is attempting space teleportation, we've launched strong lasers to interfere!"
Wang Jixuan's tunneling speed was pushed to its limit.
Under the pale light of dawn in the East Sky, numerous flying Blade Beasts were battling fiercely with the three Space Fortresses. Against this backdrop, a streak of electricity seemed to tear open the heavens.
Faster, faster!
"The target Spirit Cultivator's teleportation was disrupted!"
"Three of our half-human mechas were killed in action!"
"Twelve of our Spiritual Ability Users were killed in action!"
"The target Spirit Cultivator is attempting to use space teleportation again!"
"The self-detonating mechanical body has charged... Second interruption! The black fog has expanded to one-third its diameter! The target Spirit Cultivator is evading the black fog! Our army cannot retreat, all soldiers enveloped by the black fog's life signs vanished instantly... Mechanical bodies are disrupted and cannot function properly!"
"Black fog expansion complete!"
Mu Dan's voice suddenly paused.
In the view she could see at the moment, the second wave of black fog stood like a towering wall, consuming a vast area of the second defensive line's military camp and the Space Fortress stationed there.
The casualties were countless, and it was the frontline forces that took the hit.
Yet the elder, despite being intercepted by our warriors and the suicidal mechanical bodies, managed to retreat smoothly when the black fog expanded, maintaining a few meters distance from its edge.
The officer couldn't arrive in time;
This elder had already begun to activate multiple Spiritual Energy Circuits, holding onto what seemed to be a teleportation artifact—a round stone disc—for the third time...
Suddenly.
An unusual movement appeared at the edge of the black fog.
The elder, who was about to complete his casting, frowned slightly and turned to look.
The elder saw the surging black qi and two flashing red light points.
He was somewhat astonished;
Nothing could possibly be active in the black fog, not even so-called mechanical bodies, which would be petrified by the Rule Power contained within the black fog;
This was one of the ultimate weapons from an ancient civilization that once fought against the Yina Civilization.
The elder's expression changed slightly, and he immediately tried to retreat.
The black fog was suddenly breached!
Three figures, already nearly petrified, charged out!
Half-human Mechas!
And they were from the highly modified D8 Combined Combat Zone's half-human mechas!
Their mechanical eyes flickered with light, the glowing Eight Diagrams Plates on their bodies dimmed suddenly as they began to petrify—their flesh part turning almost instantaneously into stone, and in their final act they desperately flung out their mechanical arms.
Six arms, laden with black fog, carrying the faint glow left by the Eight Diagrams Plates, were hurled before the elder.
Beep beep beep.
Boom!
Two arms managed to self-destruct before being destroyed by the black fog!
Two not-so-bright fireballs rose again on the horizon!
The newly expanded black fog had a slight depression, and highly corrosive black blood appeared on the ground, while the black fog writhed and trembled, beginning to restore its perfect 'arc' edge.
The explosion site.
The elder brushed his sleeve with a dark expression, a lock of his short hair singed, which annoyed him slightly.
The interrupted spell casting began anew.
The elder's gaze was slightly complicated, but ultimately he said nothing, as this level of counterattack, this resilient willpower, was not native to this planet.
Over the past hundreds of years, he had witnessed many...times...
Crackle!
The elder's hair stood on end!
He was somewhat annoyed, wondering how many more times these humans would attempt such futile endeavors, but just as he was turning slightly, his pupils suddenly contracted.
A light point appeared on the horizon, a long arc of electricity trailing in the air!
Great Pioneer!
The elder hurriedly cast a spell, but the light point flickered continuously, already upon him.
A sword came from the southeast!
The space slightly twisted, the disc in the old man's hand closed on its own, yet the old man didn't panic, holding the disc in his left hand to his chest, while his right hand was raised high, with dozens of spiritual energy circuits continuously flashing behind him!
Countless Earth Ridges and Wind Blades attacked towards the direction of Wang Jixuan!
But they couldn't block it, couldn't block it at all!
The sword light flickered only twice, and the offensive the old man launched emerged with holes, the sword light surged nearly ten thousand meters!
Wang Jixuan appeared almost directly in front of the old man, chasing the sword light, with a sword thrust to the throat!
The old man was alarmed, swiftly retreating, the disc in his hand flashed continuously, he teleported seven or eight times over short distances, managing to evade the edge of the black fog.
Wang Jixuan turned the longsword, sweeping with unadorned sword light!
The black fog was sliced open, a rain of blood filling the sky; the old man was hit by the sword light, accelerating backwards like a cannonball, the disc in his hand temporarily extinguished brightness.
Is this it?
Wang Jixuan squinted slightly, his body faster than his mind, already launching a fierce attack with the sword.
The left hand forming seals, thirty-six flying swords shot out, flying swords forming an array!
With the number of Heavenly Gang, condensing the Dharma Image of Fire Dragon!
Two dragon roars sounded almost simultaneously, and the black dragon soaring from Wang Jixuan's shoulder spiraled, smashing towards the old man along the black fog.
The old man was again alarmed.
He had read history books and heard Hei Yao explaining the prowess of the Yina Civilization's pioneers;
But facing it in person, he found these were techniques he had never heard of!
The old man keenly sensed that even the spiritual energy in the air was converging towards the opponent, his perception of spiritual energy unchanged, yet unable to directly seize spiritual energy himself.
This is the Source of Spiritual Power!
No wonder the leader, upon hearing this news, left behind an almost successfully opened ruin and rushed over hurriedly.
This ancient remnant must not be given more time to grow!
The old man's thoughts spun rapidly, yet his movements did not stop, a crack appeared behind him, directly opening subspace, from within which he retrieved seven or eight treasures.
Three round shields spun around him, a spear held in his palm, two floating turret-like objects emitting dense and eerie red beams, two or three strange-looking 'cold weapons' were directly flung out by the old man.
The two engaged in a fierce battle at the edge of the black fog!
The old man's treasures were truly astounding, each of them a crystallization of wisdom from various civilizations.
Wang Jixuan thrived in endless tactics, a single magic treasure longsword was capable of wielding hundreds of techniques, and currently employing a mana-unsparing strategy, the light sword formation and alien soul pressured the old man into incapable of raising his head.
Unfortunately, those treasures allowed the old man to stand invincible for a short time.
With the protection of the treasures, the old man re-stabilized his footing, his core circuits continuously resonated, hundreds of spiritual energy circuits flashing in succession.
Soon, Wang Jixuan began to feel some pressure.
The old man's gaze turned cold, his intent to kill increasingly evident.
While on the outskirts of this second black fog, a large number of Blade Beasts were rushing underground, consciously bypassing the black fog to launch a suicidal attack on the emerging Black Storm here.
The Galinos were also exerting their efforts.
However, for handling Blade Beasts, human artillery was at the ready.
The battlefield here rapidly became extremely chaotic, the region at the boundary of the black fog became a hotly contested area between humans and Blade Beasts, with immense resources poured here, mountain peaks crumbled, the earth sank, bodies of Blade Beasts lay in sheets, yet the petrified humans and mechanical bodies within the black fog had long lost any semblance of life.
Wang Jixuan unleashed True Fire, red light burst from the center of his forehead, the Moluo Heavenly Slaughter Technique enhanced him, increasing his offensive by thirty percent in an instant!
The old man lowered his head, spitting out a mouthful of blood, his body already battered with wounds, yet his core circuits and spiritual circuits remained mostly intact.
He remained silent, Wang Jixuan did not speak, the two clashed again fiercely.
Suddenly, nearly twenty breaths erupted from afar, and these breaths resonated, reverberating with each other.
It was the fluctuations of core circuits!
Belonging to Wang Jixuan's side, only three breaths.
Amina, Nierdamon, Sabina.
And the core circuit fluctuations belonging to Hei Yao's side, numbered sixteen, excluding Hei Yao and Ye Zi.
Wang Jixuan's lips twitched slightly, his eyes blood-red.
He certainly wasn't foolish enough to face seventeen Spirit Cultivators head-on with his Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivation, even if half of them were aging Spirit Cultivators.
But now, he must act a little recklessly.
Besides the formations previously set up, Wang Jixuan still had cards to play.
Relatively, Wang Jixuan was more worried about the battle situation in the D8 Combined Combat Zone.
Two black fogs released, two elite forces destroyed, and the opponents possessed so many Spirit Cultivators capable of directly altering the course of war, along with five active Pillar Blade Beasts...
Wang Jixuan sighed inwardly.
Lao Fu, as your brother, I can only try my best to hold them off.
Swift!
Golden patterns burst from Wang Jixuan's body, his offensive fiercely intensified by three points!