Ten thousand I am across the heavens

The eldest son's attack seemed to be neutralized by negative energy, having no effect whatsoever, and was annihilated in the void. However, this was only a drop in the ocean for the eldest son. Although a large number of his physical body was forced to detach from his body, and the accumulation of dozens of days was completely wiped out, almost returning him to the state he was in shortly after his arrival, the terrifying energy he contained still surpassed any living immortal, and by more than just one or two orders of magnitude.

While the Yeti Legion intercepted the terrifying attack, a new wave of strikes was already brewing. The Firstborn was indeed strong, but they had now been amplified to the point where they could inflict damage on the Firstborn's true form. Thousands upon thousands of spears made of ice condensed in mid-air. From a distance, they appeared to be spears, but upon closer inspection, each of these so-called spears was tens of meters thick. These colossal objects hovered in mid-air, transforming into a torrent that bombarded towards the direction of the Firstborn.

Such a massive attack would be overwhelming for an enemy the size of a human, but to the eldest son it was like a swarm of insects smaller than mosquitoes swarming towards him.

At the same time, other legions, led by the 13th Legion, also made their move, along with the 17th Legion's talent diffusion. This allowed other legions to temporarily share the 13th Legion's lock-on shooting and mental shock. Although they couldn't possibly be stronger than the eldest son in the mental realm, the mental shock would still cause Orange to make some mistakes in defense, increasing the potential damage of their attacks.

A massive barrage of artillery shells and rockets, guided by the locked-on firing effect, bombarded the eldest son's location. Under normal circumstances, the eldest son wouldn't even need to defend himself; while the weapons were quite powerful, his body was inherently tougher than steel and his size comparable to a planet. Allowing these attacks to land on him would only result in superficial damage, much like a life-or-death struggle on Earth. The mutual nuclear bombardment might wipe out humanity, but for the Earth itself, this level of destruction wouldn't even amount to a scratch.

Under normal circumstances, the eldest son can completely ignore this level of attack. Only the kind of attack that connects all the attacks into one line and strikes straight at the heart of his brain can cause meaningful damage to him.

But now these attacks are all scattered. If you calculate their trajectories, they might hit various parts of his body, distributed quite evenly. This would really only cause superficial wounds.

But is that really the case? Obviously, the various legions would not have done something in vain; the real significance of these munitions lies in destroying the insulating structure on the surface of the firstborn's body.

To maintain sufficient bodily functions, the entire body cannot be an insulating structure; only the outer shell provides adequate insulation, just as the human body cannot be entirely composed of skin. The tissues beneath the skin are relatively more fragile.

If exposed to air, there will be no problem in a short period of time, but if exposed to extremely low temperatures, the tissue under the skin will naturally suffer great damage in a short period of time.

The current environment is favorable to all the legions. If they can create a breach in the protective layer on the eldest son's body, a significant amount of heat will dissipate near the breach. This not only damages the tissue around the wound but also depletes the eldest son's stored energy. In this unique environment, both sides have limited energy reserves, and the eldest son's massive size, like the many reactors in the underground base, has become a vulnerable target and its own weakness.

Cannons began to grow on the eldest son's body. This level of evolution posed no challenge for the eldest son; however, the time was too short, and many cannonballs still failed to intercept them. These projectiles were not capable of killing the eldest son's entire body, but they could easily create craters tens of meters deep on the planet's surface. The thermal insulation layer itself wasn't particularly strong. Its relatively loose structure allowed the projectiles to penetrate even deeper, instantly freezing a large amount of the eldest son's flesh and tissue beneath the insulation layer.

The endless ice spears unleashed by the Yeti Legion were even more effective, like nails driven into the eldest son's body. The ultra-low temperatures contained within them erupted within his body, creating widespread freezing within his form. Amidst the barrage of attacks, a layer of the massive planet's surface was peeled away as if its skin had been shaving off.

However, they faced an enemy with its own intelligence, and an extremely intelligent one at that. After adopting a strategy of dispersing attacks, the eldest son learned quickly. In an instant, tens of millions of cannons sprouted across the vast planet, unleashing a barrage of shells. Like a shower of petals, they traced arcs, bombarding the area where the base vehicle was located from all directions, aiming to destroy the underground base's energy source. This tactic effectively targeted the humans in the underground base. Both sides now had obvious weaknesses. This kind of widespread bombardment was too intense for ordinary shields to withstand, and active anti-missile systems couldn't launch so many munitions to intercept them in a short time. They could only block less than 30% at most. Even if they absorbed the energy of the munitions through the extreme cold domain, thus blocking attacks from all directions as they had with the light cannons before, it would be difficult to achieve. The Yeti Legion could only create such an environment, similar to a negative energy domain, within a small area.

However, the Yeti Legion wasn't the only force on the battlefield at this moment. Ma Hongyun led the 10th Legion to the front lines at a crucial moment, and with ample energy supplies, his command skills reached their peak. Under the influence of his command skills, all the legions received a lucky aura.

While the eldest son's attack possessed a degree of precision guidance, the failure rate increased significantly in the extreme cold. Even with the increased failure rate, the hit rate was still over 90%. However, now that this powerful attack, comparable to a peak seventh-level cultivator, enveloped the entire position, the failure rate increased dramatically, and the hit rate plummeted to a pitiful level.

At the same time, a powerful force also enveloped him. The Tenth Legion began to unleash their deadly war techniques: time-space freeze and quantum lock. The former could freeze a target for a period of time, then teleport it to another dimension for destruction. The latter could freeze every fundamental particle of a target, achieving a temporary invincibility effect. Targets frozen in time-space were also in a state of flux, existing in a state of non-existence. They were also immune to most physical attacks. The Tenth Legion's power was insufficient to cover all its teammates with these two deadly techniques; those caught in the freeze would lose their combat effectiveness. However, he now relied on his intuition to apply these techniques to teammates who might be hit. He didn't need to make any objective judgments; with the powerful enhancement, he only needed to randomly select to precisely choose the units that would be hit next.

As the blanket bombardment descended, most of the ammunition missed its mark due to various accidents. Of the few that did hit their targets, very few inflicted damage. The vast majority of the targets that were hit entered a near-invincible defensive state the instant they were struck. This type of dispersed attack was insufficient to break through the defenses, and the special defenses provided by the 10th Legion meant that if the defenses weren't breached, it essentially meant no damage.

Although a few reactors remained, they weren't lucky enough to be covered by the defenses. They suffered varying degrees of damage, some even destroyed. But this level of casualties was perfectly manageable for the underground base. This battle, comparable in scale to Star Wars, actually felt somewhat like a turn-based game when it began.

Both sides needed to coordinate a salvo to increase the firepower density to a sufficiently high level in order to inflict effective damage on the enemy. Therefore, after their own positions were attacked, they had to hold their ground and wait for the main wave of attacks to pass before launching an attack. The relentless bombardment, wave after wave, displayed a firepower density that was considered top-tier for this era. So much so that the two Rank 8 Immortals, also located within the barrier, were finding it somewhat difficult to intervene. It seemed that in terms of sheer output power, this strange legion had surpassed them, and by a significant margin. Although the attacks were not highly concentrated, posing a limited threat to these exceptionally strong individuals, dispersed attacks were part of the tactics. No one knew whether these legions could unleash equally terrifying single-target attacks when necessary.

After five rounds of firefights between the eldest son and the underground base's legions, its diameter had been reduced by several hundred meters. The underground base had also completely destroyed seven or eight reactors. Both sides suffered losses of around three-thousandths, but the eldest son changed its strategy. Continuing the direct confrontation would only result in its own downfall. The main force of the underground base's legions remained undamaged; only their energy reserves were depleted. This meant that if the offensive continued, the underground base's output wouldn't decrease significantly. The reduction was primarily in endurance. For the eldest son, the reduction in size itself would impact its output. Even if its brain core wasn't destroyed, its power output would decrease. This disparity could potentially allow it to be worn down by the underground base. Although the underground base might not have enough physical ammunition to consume the eldest son's isolated state, and it could try to absorb near-absolute-zero matter to compensate for its volume loss, it chose a simpler, more brutal tactic—one that would leave the enemy helpless.

Melee!

Close combat between humans might involve a distance of one or two meters, using melee weapons or hand-to-hand combat. Close combat between extraordinary individuals might involve a distance of ten to twenty meters, relying on lethal attacks effective at close range. Even at the level of immortals, the close combat pattern remains roughly the same. After all, some attacks do indeed lose significant power once they leave the body. Close combat still holds considerable value.

However, for the eldest son, whose own size is planetary, close combat is obviously a completely different style. For the eldest son, he only needs to crush down like a meteorite to cause a devastating blow to the area below. Perhaps the powerful units in the underground base that form an army can withstand his crushing, but the base vehicles that provide energy and the rather sophisticated yet fragile Dao Yuan reactors cannot withstand his crushing.

He Cheng looked at the eldest son, who seemed like an endless wall rolling down from the horizon, and sighed helplessly. Fighting an intelligent enemy was far more difficult than fighting a wild beast. After only a few rounds of firefights, the eldest son had once again discovered the weakness of the underground base. Their massive size meant they didn't even need to unleash any ranged attacks; their sheer size was enough to disrupt the underground base's energy supply.

"This guy reacted even faster than we expected. We can only send in the Second Legion to temporarily stop him. We're preparing to execute the satellite plan. Luckily, we made sufficient preparations before we actually took action. Otherwise, I really don't know how we would deal with an enemy who can seize the opportunity in an instant."

He Cheng was somewhat relieved that the people in the General Staff had worked overtime all night to develop countless battle plans. They had some contingency plans in place to deal with all sorts of bad situations.

At this moment, the Second Legion intervened, taking control of the Snowman Legion, which served as the main force, and unleashing electromagnetic manipulation. In the ultra-low temperature environment, they were also enhanced; room-temperature superconducting materials were difficult to manufacture. But low-temperature superconductivity was different; their control over electricity was almost unaffected. Numerous low-temperature superconducting metal filaments floated in the air, forming a semi-solid, flexible shield. Although constantly being twisted and deformed by the First Son's crushing force, they relied on the immense power provided by the reactor to retreat step by step, resisting the First Son's onslaught and buying time for the subsequent execution of the plan.

"Damn it, these guys' shields can't withstand such an impact. If all the power-providing vehicles are lost, these guys probably won't last even fifteen minutes." The Five Elements Mage, having finally seen a chance to completely eliminate the eldest son, was preparing to intervene. But just as he was about to act, he saw the base vehicles being repacked one by one. Although the output power decreased after being repacked, they could still remotely transmit energy. Then, they all rushed into a facility resembling subway tunnels, and then disappeared underground, their whereabouts unknown.

[To be continued]

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