"Hiss--!" Tang Yinmeng gasped, her molten gold-like pupils filled with shock! What a terrifying ability!
A flicker of surprise also crossed Ling Chen's deep, dark eyes!
This ability to contain extreme heat and instantly incinerate was indeed rare! And its power was astonishing! No wonder the Ashes Squad could establish themselves in the guild! Old K truly had hidden depths!
However, its drawback was also very obvious: it couldn't be released over a large area, only through close-quarters combat to turn the opponent or target creature into ashes.
"Myriad Things Incineration" Element-type, Fire-attribute, Pure Offensive.
With this in mind, a cold glint flashed in Ling Chen's eyes.
"Save ammunition! Pay attention to coordination!"
Old K retracted his right hand! The crimson on his skin quickly faded, returning to normal! As if that terrifying scene had never happened!
His voice was steady, his gaze sharp!
"Lin Chen! Watch the flank! Something is approaching!"
The Soul Jade Physique's icy will instantly locked onto the flank!
Outside the energy barrier, a swarm of small, ghost-like Shadow Claw Cats, covered in dark purple scales and with claws glinting with a faint blue chill, were moving rapidly along the base of the barrier like a tide!
They were attempting to find a weak point in the energy node!
"Shadow Claw Cats! Target: Southwest energy node!" Ling Chen's calm voice rang out!
"Damn it! It's a Shadow Claw Cat pack! They're best at destroying energy nodes!" A team member's face changed! "Firepower cover! Stop them!"
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Energy beams intertwined again! But the Shadow Claw Cats were too fast! And too small! They weaved through the barrage like ghosts!
Only a few were hit! Most still frantically lunged towards the southwest energy node!
"Node shield energy decreasing!"
"Warning! Node shield energy decreasing!"
The command tower's alarm sounded!
"It's too late!" Old K's eyes sharpened, and he was about to charge forward again!
But Ling Chen moved!
He didn't rush towards the barrier but slowly raised his right hand! His palm aimed at the pack of Shadow Claw Cats frantically lunging at the node!
Buzz--!
An invisible force field, heavy and viscous like the deepest, darkest swamp mud, instantly spread out from Ling Chen's center! It precisely enveloped that group of Shadow Claw Cats!
Mud Swamp Domain! Activated!
Chii chii chii--!
The speed of the Shadow Claw Cats that entered the force field instantly plummeted!
They were like creatures stuck in thick glue! Their movements became incredibly sluggish!
They let out sharp hisses, struggling wildly! But the viscous force field bound them tightly like invisible shackles!
"Good chance! Open fire!" Old K's eyes burst with light! He roared!
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
The Ashes Squad's energy beams and the armor-piercing rounds from nearby automated turrets instantly covered the area tightly confined by the Mud Swamp Domain like precise surgical knives!
Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!
Dense bursting sounds erupted! Dozens of Shadow Claw Cats were instantly riddled with holes! Dark purple blood and shredded flesh splattered everywhere!
"Target cleared! Node pressure relieved!"
"Well done, Lin Chen!"
"Mud Swamp Domain! A divine skill!"
The team members cheered excitedly! Their gazes towards Ling Chen were filled with admiration! This precise crowd control ability was simply a weapon for group battles!
Old K also cast an approving glance at Ling Chen! He nodded! His evaluation of this new team member rose again in his heart!
However, the beast tide's offensive did not stop! Instead, it intensified!
"Warning! High-energy reaction detected!"
"Outside the energy barrier! 'Lava Giant Lizard' appeared!"
"Quantity: Three! Target: Central main barrier!"
"Energy Level: Bone Eater Stage Peak!"
The cold alarm sounded like a death knell! Instantly dropping the atmosphere of the entire fortress to freezing point!
Outside the energy barrier, three terrifying Giant Lizards, as massive as small mountains, covered in thick, dark red scales with lava-like patterns, and spewing sulfurous breath and scorching molten lava from their mouths, were approaching with heavy steps, like moving volcanoes!
Wherever they passed, the ground melted into scalding lava! Mutated beasts in their way were instantly vaporized and evaporated!
Bone Eater Stage Peak! Lava Giant Lizard! Siege beasts in the beast tide!
"Thunder Hammer! Lock target! Fire!" The Commander's voice carried a hint of urgency!
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Three "Thunder Hammer" railgun turrets instantly charged! Terrifying blue-white electric arcs lit up again!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three destructive beams of light tore through space and slammed heavily into the three Lava Giant Lizards!
However!
Roar--!
The Lava Giant Lizards let out an earth-shattering roar!
Their massive bodies suddenly contracted! The dark red scales covering their entire bodies instantly erupted with dazzling red light! A viscous, almost solid lava shield instantly condensed on their bodies!
Rumble--!
The destructive beams slammed heavily into the lava shields, causing an earth-shattering explosion! Flames soared into the sky! Lava splattered! A terrifying shockwave swept out, instantly clearing out the surrounding mutated beasts!
But as the light dissipated!
The three Lava Giant Lizards were only pushed back a few steps by the immense impact!
The lava shields on their bodies were covered in cracks! But they did not shatter! They withstood the direct bombardment of the Thunder Hammer!
"What?!"
"Lava Shield?!"
"Energy resistance is too high!"
There was a burst of exclamations in the command tower!
"Report! Thunder Hammer recharge requires 30 seconds!"
"Report! Lava Giant Lizards are charging! Target: Central main barrier!"
"Warning! Main barrier energy consumption rate is rising sharply! Estimated to be unable to withstand the next lava breath!"
The cold electronic synthetic voice was like a death sentence!
The three Lava Giant Lizards had already opened their cavernous mouths! Deep in their throats, scorching dark red light was frantically gathering and compressing! Emitting terrifying high temperatures capable of melting everything!
Their target was directly the weakest energy node of the central main barrier!
Once hit! The main barrier would likely collapse instantly! And the beast tide would sweep straight through!
"Damn it!" The Commander's face was ashen! "All ground forces! Fire suppression! Interfere with them! Buy time for the Thunder Hammer!"
"Ability user team! Prepare for close-quarters interception! At all costs! Stop the lava breath!"
The order was given! But everyone's hearts sank to the bottom!
Close-quarters interception of Bone Eater Stage Peak Lava Giant Lizards?! This was almost suicide!
"Ashes Squad!"
Old K's voice rang out! Carrying unprecedented solemnity and resolve!
"Lin Chen! Use your Domain! Interfere with the leftmost one! Everyone else! Fire cover! I'll give it a try!"
His gaze was fixed on the leftmost Lava Giant Lizard that was charging! His right hand once again turned crimson! A terrifying high temperature began to gather in his palm!
He was going to use Myriad Things Incineration to directly confront a Bone Eater Stage Peak Lava Giant Lizard!
"Captain! It's too dangerous!" The team members exclaimed!
"That's Bone Eater Stage Peak! Your Incineration..."
"Execute the order!"
Old K's voice was decisive! Carrying an unquestionable authority! His eyes gleamed with a light of facing death calmly! For the fortress! For Shengjing behind him! He had no other choice!
"Yes!" The team members gritted their teeth and responded! Their energy rifles fired frantically, trying to interfere with the Lava Giant Lizards!
A ripple flashed in Ling Chen's deep, dark eyes! He hadn't expected Old K to be so resolute!
However... this was also what he wanted to see.
"Captain Old K!" Ling Chen's voice rang out! Calm yet carrying an unquestionable power! "Your target is its eye!"
Old K was stunned! He looked at Ling Chen!
Ling Chen slowly raised both hands! His palms simultaneously aimed at the leftmost Lava Giant Lizard!
Buzz--!
Mud Swamp Domain activated again!
But this time it wasn't a uniform cover! Instead, it was like two invisible chains, precisely coiling around the Lava Giant Lizard's massive head and its open maw!
The heavy, viscous force field was instantly applied!
The Lava Giant Lizard's charging motion suddenly paused! Its head was forcibly pressed down! Its massive mouth was forcibly closed partly! The lava light condensed deep in its throat fluctuated violently! As if it was about to lose control and explode!
"Roar--!" The Lava Giant Lizard let out a painful roar that distorted its very form! It struggled wildly, trying to break free from the invisible restraints!
"Now!" Ling Chen's voice was cold as a knife!
Old K's eyes burst with light! Without the slightest hesitation!
He stomped his foot! A shallow pit was instantly formed in the alloy ground! His body shot out like an arrow from a bowstring, instantly rushing out of the energy barrier! Charging towards the Lava Giant Lizard whose head was tightly bound by the Mud Swamp Domain!
"Captain!" The team members cried out in alarm!
The Lava Giant Lizard also sensed the danger!
Its one remaining eye (the other was injured by artillery fire) suddenly turned towards Old K! Filled with savagery and killing intent!
It violently shook its head, trying to break free! At the same time, its massive claw, covered in lava scales, swept towards the charging Old K with a tearing shriek!
"Lin Chen!" Old K let out a furious roar!
Buzz--!
The Mud Swamp Domain instantly condensed and compressed! Forming an even more solidified invisible barrier that tightly blocked in front of the Lava Giant Lizard's massive claw!
Bang--!
The massive claw slammed heavily against the invisible barrier, emitting a dull thud! The barrier fluctuated violently, flickering on and off! But it stubbornly blocked this terrifying blow!
It bought Old K a precious instant!
It was this instant!
Old K's figure had already rushed beneath the Lava Giant Lizard's massive head! He leaped violently! His body arced through the air in a perfect curve!
His right hand, crimson like a branding iron, carrying terrifying high temperatures capable of incinerating everything, plunged like a burning meteor into the Lava Giant Lizard's sole remaining massive eyeball!
"Incinerate--!"
Old K's voice was like a final swan song!
Pshhh--!
The crimson palm pierced into the Lava Giant Lizard's massive eyeball, covered with a thick crystalline lens, without any obstruction!
No blood! No screams!
Only an indescribably terrifying high temperature instantly erupted!
Chii--!
The Lava Giant Lizard's massive eyeball instantly turned charred black and carbonized! Then, like a lit candle, it rapidly melted and vaporized! Turning into a wisp of smoke! Even the flesh and scales around its eye socket were instantly incinerated into ashes!
A massive, charred, empty hole appeared conspicuously on the Lava Giant Lizard's head!
"Roar--!"
The Lava Giant Lizard let out a pained shriek that distorted its form! Its massive body convulsed and rolled violently! The lava energy condensed within it instantly lost control, raging and crashing violently within its body!
Rumble--!
An earth-shattering explosion!
The Lava Giant Lizard's massive body exploded like a lit powder keg! Scorching lava and charred shredded flesh splattered like fireworks! Instantly engulfing and melting the mutated beasts within a radius of dozens of meters!
The shockwave of the explosion slammed heavily into the energy barrier, producing an deafening roar!
The barrier fluctuated violently, its light dimming considerably!
And Old K, at the instant of the explosion, was violently sent flying by the raging shockwave, like a kite with a broken string, slamming heavily against the energy barrier behind him with a dull thud, then sliding to the ground, his life unknown!
"Captain--!"
The members of the Ashes Squad let out heart-wrenching wails!
"Old K!"
Ling Chen's deep, dark eyes watched all of this! The Soul Jade Physique's icy will instantly captured Old K's extremely faint life aura! Severely wounded, on the verge of death!
He also looked sad like the other team members, but cold calculation flashed in his eyes.
The other two Lava Giant Lizards were completely enraged by their companion's self-destruction!
They abandoned attacking the barrier! Their crimson beast eyes locked onto the heavily wounded figure collapsed inside the barrier and the human who had used a bizarre Domain to restrain their companion!
Roar--!
The two giant beasts let out even more furious roars!
They took heavy steps! Charging frantically towards the energy barrier with an aura of destroying everything! Their target directly Old K and Ling Chen!
"Warning! Lava Giant Lizards have changed targets!"
"Warning! Main barrier energy insufficient! Unable to withstand a second impact!"
"Thunder Hammer recharge countdown: 15 seconds!"
The command tower's alarm sounded like a death knell!
The crisis was not resolved! Instead, it became even more perilous!