Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 753 Breakthrough

A huge rock was lifted up by a long chain formed from black water and then violently hurled towards three bloodline warriors who were forming a defensive formation. Wolf Head, the squad leader who was in the lead, had no time to dodge. He took a deep breath, roused the surging, violent bloodline in his body, raised the alchemical longsword in his hand, and held it horizontally in front of him, intending to take the blow head-on.

Another samurai, two steps behind, strode forward, his muscular arms outstretched, intending to use his awakened superhuman strength to block the oncoming boulder for his comrade at the critical moment.

boom--

Despite the combined attack of the two high-ranking warriors, they were still sent flying by the falling rocks. Although they did not suffer any broken bones on the spot, a clear gap appeared in their previously tight defensive formation.

The evolved lizardman seemed to have been prepared. Seeing a gap in the encirclement, he immediately lifted his feet off the ground and hovered, intending to plunge into the deep, dark primeval forest in low-altitude flight.

Several warriors immediately realized the enemy's intentions and almost simultaneously abandoned their attempts to maneuver and fight on the outer perimeter, instead grabbing their weapons and leaping towards their target.

The evolved being's swift figure suddenly vanished from its original spot in a flash, then reappeared beside the group who had rushed to fill the defensive gap. Its entire body, covered in crimson crystal armor, shimmered, and its body shuddered violently—

Hundreds of fine, deep red plasma beams shot out instantly, enveloping the surrounding warriors in a flash.

The hovering airship kept its searchlight beam focused on this spot. Less than five steps away from the evolved being, in the shadow cast by the dense forest canopy under the light, a figure suddenly leaped out, his explosive gun almost pressed against the enemy's back as he pulled the trigger.

This is a high-ranking warrior who has awakened the "Hidden" bloodline.

Bang! A gunshot rang out!
The evolved being suddenly staggered forward, and cracks appeared on the surface of the crimson crystal armor on its back. Even when the large-caliber magic bullets of the bomb gun were fired at close range, they still could not penetrate the opponent's armor as directly as the convergent beam.

The evolved being, reacting in an instant, suddenly twisted his body in a bizarre way, turning around in a posture that no ordinary person could imagine. He threw out the black crystal spear that instantly condensed in his hand, piercing the attacker's body before the attacker could fire a second shot, killing him instantly on the ground.

It was this fearless act that thwarted its escape attempt, and the flesh and blood defense line composed of hundreds of bloodline warriors immediately closed up again, surrounding it once more.

Dozens of single-shot beam sniper rifles relentlessly pursued its figure in the sky. Forget about taking off to escape; even the slightest hesitation on the ground would immediately attract a beam sniper shot radiating intense magical energy.

As time ticked by, the swollen single eye on the evolved being's chest and abdomen, which had been slightly narrowed, was now fully open. A mesmerizing red light flashed within its giant pupil from time to time, forcing the battle mages who were on standby with their guns raised in the airship to briefly avert their gaze due to the oppressive feeling, which was as if it were their natural enemy.

The Flamebringer and Stormwalker are acutely aware of this bizarre ability to "kill anyone who stares at them," as their magical power dissipates and they are nearly exhausted in an instant whenever their eyes meet it.

With these two examples serving as a warning, the other mid-to-high-level players dared not risk their lives and eagerly allowed themselves to be eroded and countered by the other side.

The sniper lock from the air briefly disappeared for only a few breaths before the evolved being seized the opportunity to create a chance to escape.

Its crimson form flashed and disappeared on the spot. This time, however, it took much longer to disappear into the dimensional rift than before. By the time the bloodline warriors besieging it on the ground discovered its trace again, it had unexpectedly appeared next to a tall tree on one side of the encirclement.

Before everyone could recover and adjust their formation, the evolved being entered the dimensional rift once again... Then came the third and fourth times. The continuous and frequent flashes seemed to be putting a considerable burden on it, and even the crystal armor on its body had become much dimmer.

But this also allowed it to escape the encirclement of the dense forest. When it last appeared, it was already on the edge of the searchlight's beam, and it could have completely disappeared into the darkness with just a turn.

"Oh no! It's trying to escape!"

The Son of Flame growled in frustration, raising his sniper rifle to aim, only to lower it again in vain moments later. The bloodline warriors below, tasked with holding off the enemy, were completely thrown into disarray, rushing forward one after another to intercept their target. This, in turn, prevented the mages in the air from locking onto the evolved being and firing a shot that could inflict fatal damage.

The Eye of Illusion also straightened up, looking in the direction the evolved beings had fled, a cold smile appearing on its lips.

"Having dragged this guy here for so long, the black water and red light stored within its body are clearly exhausted, and even its ability to traverse between dimensions seems to be strained after frequent use..."

The astrologer nodded and continued, "It fled in the direction we had planned. It wanted to avoid aerial interception and, with the cover of the dense forest and the night, break directly into the artillery positions on the mountaintop from the foot of the mountain to achieve its main objective."

Unfortunately, there was another "secret force" waiting halfway up the mountain... the Starfire Warriors, who were personally ordered to be formed by His Majesty the Emperor and on whom he placed high hopes.

Not only are they completely immune to the methods of the evolved beings that erode their magic power, but their exceptionally sturdy enchanted armor also possesses defensive capabilities far exceeding those of bloodline warriors. Their custom-made magic shotguns have two firing modes: single-shot beam and area magic explosion. Their chainsaw swords can easily cut through any metal, making them veritable "artificial natural enemies" specifically created to counter alien races.

……

At a mountain pass halfway up the mountain, a group of about thirty Xinghuo soldiers, fully armed, were lying in ambush behind a natural bunker near the cliff face.

Through the towering canopy of dense trees overhead, one could occasionally glimpse a speeding airship passing by at high speed. The white light of searchlights dappled through the treetops and fell to the ground, briefly bringing a little light to the otherwise pitch-black mountain valley.

Sai Ke led his team to arrive here early in the afternoon to wait for orders. For seven or eight hours, they remained motionless in their magic armor, keeping a close eye on the foot of the mountain, completely unaware that their bodies were already soaked in sweat.

The first official combat mission I received was against the most powerful alien evolved being in the rumors... a terrifying being who even high-level battle mages had fallen to.

Although it was only one of the alternative plans for the operation, responsible for blocking the enemy halfway up the mountain and blocking them from breaking through to the top, Sek couldn't help but feel both nervous and excited. His body trembled slightly uncontrollably throughout the long wait.

But this was not out of fear of the enemy or death... Rather, ever since he arrived here to await orders, he had been subconsciously merging himself with the soul of the Bloodclaw Bear within the magic armor. The primal and ferocious spiritual power of the magical beast continuously washed over his mind, keeping him in a state of bloodthirsty excitement.

"Boss, is it really possible that the monster will come up the mountain from here? What if the traps we set up at the foot of the mountain didn't work?"

Before setting off, the Kingdom's Alchemy Laboratory installed a miniature alchemical communicator in their armor, allowing them to communicate with their teammates without removing their masks, even in the heat of battle.

However, the communicator's signal transmission distance is only about half a mile, unlike the full-frame communicator which can receive signals from the magic network dozens of miles away.

Hearing his teammate's somewhat dry question, Cyk couldn't help but scold in a low voice, "Shut up! Don't you know how to follow the silence control regulations? You all just wait patiently!"

A decoy force composed of a battalion of bloodline warriors and more than ten high-level battle mages is bound to succeed; the best outcome would be to intercept and kill the target on the spot.

If anything goes wrong, the responsibility of the Starfire Warriors is simply to do everything in their power to prevent him from breaking through the defenses and reaching the artillery position on the mountaintop.

Within a radius of more than ten miles around Yanshan, there were all kinds of human combat units surrounding it. With this level of reinforcement as its foundation, Sai Ke didn't feel that he had anything to worry about.

(End of this chapter)