Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 755 Fierce Battle
boom--

The single beam fired from the magic shotgun struck the pursuing evolved being almost face-to-face. Although it managed to dodge with a bizarre twist at the last second, half of its left shoulder, covered in crimson crystal armor, was still blown off.

Several palm-sized fragments of crystal armor flew out and melted and dissolved before they even hit the ground.

The human soldier captured by the evolved beings was thrown several meters backward by the recoil from the close-range firing of the weapon. He was immediately lifted up by two companions and continued to retreat towards the mouth of the ravine.

The flesh and blood tissue that had torn off the shoulder of the evolved being writhed and repaired itself in a few breaths. However, the color of the crystal armor covering its body had dimmed slightly, which was still a considerable injury for it.

The single eye on its chest and abdomen stared intently at the fleeing human soldier in front of it. No matter what, it couldn't imagine how an ordinary human, who had no magical fluctuations... a being weaker than the most insignificant inferior soldier of its race, could control a weapon that released terrifying energy.
The inheritance of the core cannot possibly allow the entire race to achieve a uniform and synchronized upgrade. Only the evolved individuals can truly master the core... The final result will be that the strong become stronger. Ordinary individuals, as the cornerstone of the race's reproduction, will at most receive gifts from those in power, but will not gain great power out of thin air.

Every powerful group also needs to go through fierce competition within itself, and the rulers who can stand at the top and lead the group to glory and prosperity are always a minority.

What's even stranger is that these ordinary humans, having acquired the power to threaten it, still chose to flee after their counterattack... Does this mean that they can only use this power so frequently?
Thinking of this, the giant pupil on the evolved being's chest flickered, and an extremely tempting idea couldn't help but surface.

Snatching those strange and powerful energy weapons from these obviously weak human individuals and bringing them back to the ancestral homeland to hand over to the main consciousness might allow us to deduce strategies and methods to deal with them.

The benefits that the tribe can gain from this may even exceed what it does today by storming the mountaintop and destroying the enemy's position.

Weighing the pros and cons, the evolved being immediately unleashed its power and sprinted forward again. Just as it was about to catch up with the human individual lagging behind the group, the creature seemed to have eyes in the back of its head and turned around without hesitation to fire a shot.

Having anticipated this, it immediately used its dimensional travel ability to escape the area covered by the weapon attack in an instant... A few breaths later, it reappeared on the side and rear of the group. The battle at the foot of the mountain had consumed too much abnormal energy, which made it take longer for it to reappear in the real world every time it used its ability to travel through dimensions.

Taking advantage of the opportunity created by this shot, the human squad in front of them once again escaped far away.

The closer they get to the summit, the more likely they are to receive reinforcements. Eventually, the powerful human spellcasters at the foot of the mountain will also catch up from behind. They must fight quickly at this mountain pass and escape as soon as they succeed.

Having made up his mind, the evolved being no longer held back, and once again used dimensional traversal in succession. His figure flashed rapidly three times, and finally appeared directly in front of the human team's escape route, completely blocking their way up the mountain at the mouth of the ravine.

However, at the very moment it revealed itself for the last time, the huge single eye on its chest and abdomen suddenly noticed a large number of gazes converging on it. In the originally quiet and gloomy dense forest, more ordinary humans, who were inside tin cans, appeared out of nowhere and blocked it in the ravine from head to tail.

The evolved being stopped, appearing somewhat bewildered.

These weakest of humans actually set up an ambush beforehand, specifically to lure it here for an ambush?
Unfortunately, these inferior individuals cannot even control magic. Even evolved beings cannot communicate with them telepathically, so they cannot even mock them in a human way. They can only silently endure it.

But these "tin cans" had no intention of delaying. In the blink of an eye, several people standing at the front of the encirclement rushed up, their gleaming chainsaws spinning at full speed as they mercilessly attacked it.

The narrow terrain at the mountain pass, while effectively blocking the evolved beings' escape routes, also hampered the massive Starfire Warriors' mobility... They couldn't fire single beams indiscriminately, and with such a dense battle formation, a moment's carelessness could easily result in friendly fire; the demonized armor couldn't withstand that. The evolved being pushed forward with both hands, unleashing several thin bolts of red lightning that forced back the two warriors attacking from the front. Simultaneously, they pushed off the ground, their bodies rapidly retreating, barely avoiding the swords swung from either side.

The warrior who had originally planned to ambush from behind saw it retreating and charging towards him. He immediately drew his broadsword and assumed a spear-attacking stance, intending to wait for it to run into him and pierce him through.

But the monster seemed to have eyes in its back, anticipating what was happening, and suddenly twisted its waist to throw a spear.

The crystal spear struck the heavy armor with a clang, leaving only a shallow mark before shattering. However, the powerful blow sent the warrior staggering back several steps, instantly dismantling the encirclement formation.

Just as the crowd began to disperse, a "tin can" with inexplicably red markings on its shoulder armor suddenly charged at it like a bull, its momentum unleashed. The evolved being, unable to use its dimensional travel ability in time, could only raise a huge black crystal shield in front of it.

bang——

The two, one still and one moving, collided with a deafening roar. The enormous impact triggered shockwaves that spread outwards. The crystal shield cracked with a snap, and the first points of impact on the opponent's armor, such as the shoulders and arms, also dented slightly.

Considering that the black crystal could not penetrate the armor, the evolved being raised his hand and shot out a red beam, aiming straight at the opponent's head and faceplate.

The other party didn't dodge or evade; instead, he raised his other arm, which was hanging at his waist, with lightning speed, revealing the same dark gun barrel as before.

The evolved being, unable to deliver a fatal blow, immediately used dimensional teleportation to escape.

When its form reappeared... the seven or eight "Iron Cans" who were originally on the outside of the encirclement suddenly raised their hands in unison, and a series of huge, blazing red fireballs condensed out of thin air and blasted straight toward where it was standing.

A spellcaster? No!

These damned "tin cans" aren't filled with the weakest, most ordinary human beings, are they? How can they control energy weapons one minute and cast magic spells the next?
Alarm bells rang loudly in the evolved being's mind.

It vaguely realized again that something was wrong with the situation... If it chose to evacuate decisively at this time, it should be able to get away smoothly.

However, the mysteries and doubts piled up in front of it made it difficult for it to make the decisive choice to give up.

If they fail to destroy the human stronghold and fail to seize their strange energy weapons... even returning to their race will anger the dominant consciousness.

Its birth would lose its value, and ultimately it would lose its necessity to exist.

(End of this chapter)