Chapter 73 – One Shot
Everyone in the battlefield was shocked and panicked.
Originally, this battle was going well. Most of the demonic beast was already died in the missile explosion. The hunters only needed to cooperate with the army to destroy the remaining demonic beasts.
666 of them, at maximum.
It wasn't difficult.
Or so everyone thought.
Until the colossal demonic beast's appeared, they didn't despair. They had the peak of human technology with them. What demonic beast could withstand the destructive force of tanks, artillery and missiles?
However, reality was cruel.
Their moods went down from hopeful to despair.
Chen Yi's squad was at the front line. Originally, he was very happy because he had the chance to kill demonic beast and loot its carcasses. But now, he just wanted to go home.
He was just standing there, feeling hopeless.
Anything touched by the red tentacles will be crushed to pieces.
"What rank is that demonic beast?" Some hunters couldn't help but wonder.
"I don't know for sure. But I'm afraid its power is beyond our imagination. We don't even know how many stages the whole awakening stages had." Someone answered.
The beast's exact awakening stage was unclear.
But one thing for sure, the colossal demonic beast's aura was too strong.
Its aura was like a tsunami violently crashed the tiny helpless humans.
Its tremendous oppression sense still made them breathless even from several kilometers distance.
They were trembling. Foul smell came from every direction.
Even running away was a luxury they couldn't afford.
........
Temporary Command Center.
Everyone was stunned.
The colossal beast became more brutal and violent after being injured. It moved forward step by step.
The movement seemed slow, but with its huge size, every step was about 10 meters wide.
It was unstoppable.
Seeing the colossal demonic beast approached closer, someone realize, "Quick, escort the General to safety!"
Lu Jianjun slammed the table, "Stop joking! If we escaped from such crisis, what about the shelter? What about the hundreds of thousands of survivors in the shelter?"
His subordinate were anxious, "General! Our second artillery battalion is still willing to fight back. But you sir, you are the core of the shelter, we can't afford to lose you!"
"Nonsense! You want me to be a deserter?!"
The colossal monster approached closer.
The ground trembled from every step the monster took. The vibration could be felt from the temporary command center.
Lu Jianjun looked at the distance.
The sand vortex didn't just emerge the colossal monster. It was continuously pouring out demonic beast.
They were all hidden underground and evaded the missile bombardment. But now, they all came out.
Lu Jianjun couldn't help but wondered, was the beast a sentient being?
If that wasn't the case, why did they hide underground?
He shook his head and stopped thinking.
The situation was worse right now. The shelter side that had the upper hand suddenly turned upside down.
Everyone in the command center was nervous and scared, but nobody chose to run away.
They still held on even if they were scared.
This was their duty and responsibility as a soldier.
Lu Jianjun closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "We can't give up. Not for ourselves, not for the hundreds of survivors behind us. Let the analysis staff observe the giant beetle's weakness as soon as possible. In the meantime, get the Special Forces personnel prepare the experimental prototype 1 energy charging gun.
......…..
In the rooftop.
Tang Yu watched the colossal demonic beast's full power in silent.
The strength above the awakening stages was beyond his expectation.
Previously, he thought this demonic beast was very powerful. He didn't expect the beast could block a missile attack.
Even though it was severely injured, but its aura was still as strong as before.
Was that all Lindong shelter got?
Tang Yu wasn't sure.
He had no method to deal with such a strong demonic beast. If it were to attack the territory, he would have fled.
He had upgraded the territory's defensive structure to the highest level. But could it stop this kind of demonic beast?
Tang Yu felt restless.
Lack of spirit stones limited his strength.
After they went back, he needed to go to the Lindong black market as soon as possible to earn spirit stones.
Besides, if he could upgrade the territory by one level, he could try to use the defensive buildings to wipe out the demonic beast that guarding the spirit stone mine.
That was also profitable.
He was still thinking about it when he saw a team of military hunters approached the colossal beast.
The tank gun continuously fired, surrounded by the military master hunters. Opening a path by eliminating the demonic beast.
In the middle of the team, a heavy weapon was mounted on top of a large flatbed truck.
That was the energy charge canon, a black technology weapon developed by the Academy of Sciences.
Tang Yu heard about it when he was talking to Professor Sun.
The concept was fairly simple, the cannon extracted the energy from spirit stones, condensed it and exuded the energy.
The attack area was not large, but it had sufficient penetrating power. That was the Academy of Sciences' research goal.
Before the doomsday, ranged weapons were originally used to kill human beings. So they're not suitable for dealing with sturdier demonic beast. Missiles, for example, was originally designed to accurately hit long-distance targets. But it would be difficult if the weapon lacked of power.
After they moved to a certain area, several operators began to operate the cannon.
Energy from spirit stones were begun to be extracted. The scale indicator on the energy charge cannon began to lit up.
"10% charged…"
"20% charged…"
The colossal demonic beast noticed a new threat and turned around to walk towards the cannon's direction.
At the same time, more demonic beasts around the cannon swarmed the military team.
The demonic beasts were out of control.
Some hunters died from the fierce battle.
The colossal demonic beast was getting closer and closer.
In the distance, howitzers roared. The fire burst on the beasts' carapace, but the beast was unstoppable.
"How many charge?!"
"Fifty percent."
"Hurry up!"
"This is already the fastest limit, soon the whole charge cannon will explode."
At this time, gravel floated from the ground around the colossal demonic beast. The gravel condensed into huge stones and flung towards the energy cannon's direction like a cannonball.
The captain of the Special Forces roared. Wings were growing out behind his back. He flew into the sky.
The wings sliced the stones like a knife. The huge stones were cut in half and crashed on the ground.
Other hunters with ability also showed all they've got to stop the flying stones.
Several armed helicopters flew, missiles were shot towards the stones and the stones shattered on impact.
"80% charged"
"90% charged…"
The whole cannon rattled with a loud noise.
At this moment, the colossal demonic beast was getting closer and closer. Its red tentacles reached out but suddenly fell.
The captain of the Special Forces took a deep breath and flew alone. His wings sliced one of the tentacle.
Suddenly, the tentacles whipped out the captain and he flung like a cannonball. Smashed into the ground.
The other tentacle reached out, ready to sweep down everything on its path.
A helicopter with a mounted missile flew over and shot the missiles. But the tentacles whipped the helicopter directly.
Boom!
The tentacles was hit by a helicopter. The blown pieces deviated and fell not far from the energy cannon.
The ground trembled. Flying debris blocked the entire team's view.
Hunters and the operator's faces were all scared and desperate. However, no one dared to escape.
This was their only chance. They couldn't afford to fail at the last moment!
In the distance, on the rooftop.
Tang Yu took a deep breath.
"Come on, let's go kill some demonic beast."
He felt he had to do something, even if it wasn't much.
He had to do something.
Because he's still alive.
Suddenly, some powerful and injured hunter teams also intercepted the demonic beast, lifting off the pressure from the military Special Forces. They could buy some time until the cannon was ready.
Both the hunters and the Special Forces were gravely injured, even some died in the battle. But the cannon finally fully charged.
A thick beam of light emerged from the cannon. It shone bright like a falling meteorites.
It hit the colossal demonic beast. The beast roared in agony.
And the light dissipated.
Tang Yu saw the colossal demonic beast was pierced from its lower jaw through its back. Hollowing the demonic beast.
The terrifying aura was quickly disappeared.
Tang Yu sighed in relief.
After firing a shot, black smoke was coming out from the cannon. The cannon was severely damaged and became a massive junk.
It only had one shot.
So the cannon was just an experimental prototype. It's far from stable.
Moreover, Tang Yu saw the weakness of this energy charged cannon.
It's expensive and the range was not far. But that wasn't its only weakness. The most important thing was the cannon's charging process was too long and it had to be faced directly before the colossal demonic beast to be used effectively.
It would be even more difficult to shot if the shape were changed into a smaller and flexible model.
The crisis was solved.
But the danger continued. The demonic beasts were still too many.
Most mercenaries had already fled from seeing the colossal demonic beast.
They had abandoned the mission.
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Chapter 74 – Formless
Da da da-
Gunshots were continuously fired.
It was chaotic.
A squad was holding machine guns and fired at several demonic beasts. Suddenly, the windows on both side side of the car crashed. A mantis-like demonic beast appeared.
Its sharp leg flashed like a knife, instantly killing the squad. The heavy machine guns were also cut into pieces.
In another place.
The muzzle of a tank roared, exploding a powerful demonic beast in front of it. At the next moment, a large lizard spitted flames. The flame burnt the entire tank.
The high temperature made the steel on the tank turned red. The big lizard continued spitting fire before it finally left.
Although the tank's shape was still relatively intact, it's clear that the person operating the tank was dead.
Such scene happened all over the battlefield.
Tang Yu penetrated the long sword into a demonic beast. His sword was covered in blood. His wrist slightly pushed deeper, the sword trembled as blood spattered.
In a blink of an eye, blood disappeared from the blade.
This should be a legendary sword. Killing demonic beast without spilling blood.
But something felt amiss.
There was a loud noise coming from the front line.
Was there another demonic beast?
Tang Yu raised the sword, his gaze fixed on the street in front of him. He was ready to slay another demonic beast.
But then, what's coming towards him wasn't demonic beast, but more than a dozen hunters running awkwardly.
Among them, Tang Yu saw a familiar face. That's Captain Zhou!
So they were destined to meet again.
Zhou Jianhong shouted, "Run! There was an invincible monster behind us!"
Invincible?
Tang Yu was puzzled.
Zhou Jianhong was not weak. He even felt there were some stronger ones among those escaping hunters. All of them wasn't embarrassed to escape. Was that mean the demonic beast that were chasing them was extremely powerful?
But if it's really powerful, those people wouldn't have the chance to escape.
Not long after, the chasing demonic beast appeared in his sight.
It was a grayish-black translucent…unknown object?
Tang Yu had never seen such a weird looking demonic beast. It was formless, walking lightly…or was it floating?
Most of these beasts' strength was only double or triple awakening beast. They're not particularly strong.
Shortly after these demonic beasts appeared, several other groups of these grayish-black wraiths also appeared from the other side of the street.
Zhou's Jianhong's expression changed.
"Shoot! Why are they coming from there?"
"It's over."
"Hurry, run to that direction! We still can survive!"
The wraiths appeared near Tang Yu's team direction. Soon they floated towards him.
Tang Yu raised his sword, ready to slay it.
Zhou Jianhong was anxious, "Little brother, run! We can't kill these demonic beast!"
A man with crooked nose next to him smirked, "Not on your own."
A wraith floated towards him.
Tang Yu swing his sword, slicing the wraith into two pieces.
Nothing happened…
Tang Yu quickly concentrated, there was only a faint ripple on the wraith's body in front of him.
Like a long sword penetrated lake water, it only caused the water rippled.
It couldn't cause damage to the water.
This was a formless demonic beast!
Tang Yu's attack failed, but the ghost didn't stop. Its entire torso elongated, the formless body took shape of a hand.
The hand smashed Tang Yu.
The attack was sudden, it was difficult to evade it.
Zhou Jianhong shouted, "Look out!"
The hunter shook his head and sighed, "He's doomed. This wraith's attack patterns are weird. He couldn't evade such a close ranged attack." The man with crooked nose looked away, "If it was an ordinary double or triple demonic beast, we would easily defeated it. But unfortunately, this kind of demonic beast is formless. Even magical weapons are useless against them."
What he held in his hand was a weapon once envied by every hunters. The Demon Slayer Sword. However, Chen Sheng was still helpless when dealing with these relatively weak but formless beast.
Sharp weapons were useless and so were firearms. They could only escape in embarrassment.
On the other side, Tang Yu wasn't being careless. After seeing a group of relatively strong hunters fled in shame, he knew this kind of demonic beast weren't just powerful from its raw strength alone.
He twisted his body to avoid the wraith's attack.
He stepped back, held the sword with both of his hand and held his breath.
Suddenly, the long sword glowed.
Heavy cut!
Spirit power circulated in his body, condensed on his arm and enveloped the long sword.
Boom!
The blow was violent.
The wraith was blown up and fell to the ground. Debris flew in the air.
The hunters were surprised, especially Chen Sheng who was the most powerful among them.
He originally thought Tang Yu and his team were not strong. He didn't expect such a powerful blast from Tang Yu.
"That power would certainly killed an ordinary triple awakening demonic beast. But I'm afraid…" He would be sad if a strong hunter like Tang Yu perished here, "We better run away before the wraiths regained its power back. Otherwise, we'll die here."
Tang Yu sighed.
He looked at the fading ghost.
Heavy cut was effective. Condensing a blow from the spirit power in his body, it successfully damaged the ghost.
However, as a formless being, the wraith was still immune to most of the heavy cut's damage. Tang Yu estimated he still needed to use the skill twice or three times more to completely kill the wraith.
It was just his speculation. He wasn't sure that would be effective.
Tang Yu stepped back.
Other hunters thought Tang Yu finally retreated after realized the wraith was invincible. They would never judge him for retreating. In fact, they had tried attacking the wraiths and failed.
"Elaine, it's your turn now." Tang Yu said.
Zhou Jianhong and the other hunters were shocked again.
It'd be best if they escaped together. If they chose to confront the wraiths, they'd be dead if they're not being careful.
Chen Sheng snorted again, "She can't do it alone."
They no longer cared, they were ready to escape again.
Among the three, the girl in black robe stepped forward.
Elaine grasped the staff in her hand. Immediately, one after another condensed ice spikes emerges.
With her strength growth, the number of ice spikes condensed at a time increased. The energy also increased.
The ice spikes flung.
Each one aimed at a wraith.
The hunters were stunned to know the girl was a hunter with elemental ability.
"Maybe we still had hope!" Someone exclaimed in joy.
"No, fire elemental might be able to finish these wraiths. But ice spike's damage is physical, so it's useless." Chen Sheng was pessimistic.
The ice spikes penetrated the wraiths and rippled.
The spectating hunters were disappointed.
With a bang, the ice spikes burst.
A bright blue light bloomed in their field of vision.
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