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"I see. You must have already prepared a solution, sir. I have overstepped my bounds."

Hiruko Kagetane immediately and very consciously admitted his mistake, displaying the demeanor of a loyal lackey. Li Yue was secretly surprised to see this. This person adapted to his identity too quickly. If we hadn't only met less than a day ago, I would have suspected that you had been with me for several years and were my most loyal subordinate.

After internally complaining, Li Yue turned her attention to the helicopters. The stone tablet was too high, over a thousand meters high, so the helicopters didn't fly that high; they flew directly under the stone tablet. Li Yue, Hiruko Kageyu, and Kohina watched as two helicopters flew towards the Heavenly Ladder.

Perhaps they were worried that an aircraft might have a margin for error, and what if it were shot down by Gastrea? After all, some Gastrea can fly, such as insect-type Gastrea, which can fly at low altitudes, and some Gastrea can even carry out long-range attacks and strike the air.

However, the commotion caused by Scorpio was so great that it attracted the attention of the Gastrea, causing all the Gastrea lurking in the forest to run towards Scorpio, thus making the two helicopters safer.

Two helicopters flew safely to the side of the Sky Ladder and landed at the foot of this huge weapon. Two groups of people got off the helicopters, carrying huge boxes, and ran towards the Sky Ladder. They carried two shells, one of which was the main shell and the other was a spare.

As for whether you can fire two shots in the ladder, that depends on luck.

Two groups of soldiers quickly entered the Heavenly Ladder, while the remaining soldiers stood guard outside. Although most Gastrea headed towards Scorpio, some Gastrea remained in place. These were relatively weak LV1s, whose mobility was inferior to those of LV2, LV3, and even LV4.

Although they were small, they were the most numerous. These Gastrea sensed the movement near the Heavenly Ladder and began to gather towards it.

The soldiers, relying on the machine guns on the helicopters, began a difficult defense, hoping to at least hold them off for a while so that the soldiers entering the ladder could fire shells and take care of that damned Scorpio!

However, as the soldiers entered the Heavenly Ladder, Li Yue also placed his right hand on his Yama Blade.

410. The Vanishing Shell

"Hiruko Kagetane, what do you think is the most despairing thing?"

"My lord, the most desperate moment is when hope is shattered the instant it is about to be realized."

"You know a lot about this stuff. Looks like you've done this kind of thing quite a few times."

Li Yue smiled and looked at Hiruko Kagetane, while Hiruko Kagetane also bent down and looked up at Li Yue with a smile. Although he was wearing a mask, Li Yue could feel his joy. Meanwhile, Kohina, who was next to him, looked at Hiruko Kagetane and then at Li Yue, her head full of question marks.

"To counter Scorpio, Tokyo has sent people to activate the Sky Ladder, hoping to use its powerful firepower to kill Scorpio. Do you think if I destroy their shells the moment they fire, they will instantly fall into an abyss of despair?"

"Of course!"

Li Yue nodded in satisfaction.

I played the villain pretty well!

"Then let me bestow despair upon them!"

The Heavenly Ladder was very tall, so it could be seen from afar. Especially when Li Yue stood on the even taller stone tablet, he could see the Heavenly Ladder clearly from above. As the soldiers entered, the Heavenly Ladder was activated. A huge amount of electricity was transmitted to the Heavenly Ladder, and its large and long cannons began to rotate, turning towards the Scorpio constellation on the coastline, preparing to aim at the head of the Scorpio constellation.

The best way to kill Scorpio in one blow is to pierce its head. As for piercing its heart, its location is now impossible to pinpoint. Even an 800mm shell would be like an ant compared to a human to Scorpio, making it extremely difficult to find its heart.

However, Scorpio's enormous head cannot be hidden at all; it is clearly visible. Since the head is visible, let's aim directly at the head and see if we can blow it off!

"The shell is loaded and aimed at the head, Captain, you can fire!"

Inside the turret, the soldiers who had finished loading and aiming looked at the squad leader. After receiving the report, the squad leader did not immediately order the firing, because the chance was likely to be only once, so he had to ensure that it would be foolproof.

The captain nervously glanced through the scope, confirming that he was aiming at Scorpio's head, which was dozens of kilometers away.

Through the scope, Scorpio's head bobbed up and down with the movement of his opponent, the fluctuations being quite large due to the opponent's enormous size.

Fortunately, Scorpio's head is big enough that no matter how it bullies someone, its aim is always on the other person's head.

The captain swallowed hard and gave the order.

"Ready to launch!"

All eyes were on the gunner. Though called a gunner, he was actually just an ordinary team member whose job was to press the fire button. Under everyone's watchful eyes, the gunner began to sweat nervously. This was a shot that would determine the fate of Tokyo!

The gunner looked at the captain, waiting for the captain to give the order, but the captain turned around and said something else.

"You decide when to fire!"

"what?"

The gunner was shocked. Were they really going to give him authority like this? Didn't that mean that if they made a mistake, the blame for the destruction of Tokyo would fall on him?

"Hurry! The fate of Tokyo rests on your shoulders!"

The captain didn't give the gunner a chance to object, and directly placed one hand on his shoulder, firmly pressing him down in front of the button.

The gunner was on the verge of tears, but he still stared at Scorpio's head through the scope, silently counting down in his mind.

The entire gun emplacement was eerily quiet; only the breathing of a few people could be heard, and the gunner could clearly hear his own heartbeat.

He swallowed hard, mentally counted down for ten seconds, and then pressed the launch button fiercely.

The massive electrical system on the ladder activated, instantly accelerating the cannonball to near-light speed before launching it. From the outside, all that could be seen was a beam of light shooting out from the ladder's cannon muzzle and instantly reaching Scorpio's head.

However, the light suddenly disappeared when it reached Scorpio's head.

"So, has Scorpio been taken down?"

After the shelling, the ladder was destroyed on the spot due to overload, and the entire gun emplacement turned pitch black. After enduring the impact of the shelling, the captain immediately got up and asked the gunner.

The gunner, lying on the control panel, stared at the Scorpio still moving through the optical sight, and his face instantly filled with terror.

"No, Scorpio is still alive and well, and without a single injury!"

"What!?"

The captain immediately climbed to the scope and stared at the Scorpio that was still moving, completely dumbfounded.

"Quick! There's one more shell! Load it now!"

The captain gave the order, and the team members did indeed move the shells over, but unfortunately, they could no longer open the breechblock because the entire ladder had lost power. To be precise, it was a miracle that the ladder, which had been abandoned in the wild for years, could still be powered!

Oh no, to be precise, it shouldn't be a miracle. This was something Kikunojo Tendo had prepared long ago. After all, if it hadn't been prepared in advance, how could a weapon abandoned outside the city for several years still be powered? Where did the enormous amount of electricity required by this weapon come from? What kind of battery can store such a huge amount of electricity for several years? It still comes directly from Tokyo.

Maintaining power to a superweapon that is not in a safe zone and has been abandoned outside the city for several years—isn't that something that was planned in advance?

However, it was clear that Kikunojo Tendo's preparations were insufficient, and his understanding of the Heavenly Ladder was also inadequate. This weapon was ultimately just an experimental product that had never been used in actual combat. After firing it once, many of its internal components were burned out, and the Heavenly Ladder instantly became a scrapped steel structure, unable to exert any further military deterrence.

Therefore, even if they brought a second shell, it would be useless!

Unable to open the breech, the team members were in despair, as were the soldiers defending outside the ladder. The two helicopters ultimately failed to stop the Gastrea army and were destroyed by the Gastrea. Without the helicopters, the team members on the gun emplacement had no chance of returning. They either hid inside the emplacement waiting for possible rescue or rushed out to be devoured by the Gastrea.

They chose the former, hoping to survive for as long as possible.

Meanwhile, atop a stone monument on the outskirts of Tokyo, Li Yue and Hiruko Kagetane stood side by side. However, their attention was not on Scorpio or the Heavenly Ladder, but on the black cannonball beneath their feet.

"So this is the shell they're going to use to kill Scorpio? It's really heavy."

Li Yue kicked the solid cannonball and laughed as she remarked.

411. Shadow, go and chop it down!

"What a powerful force!"

Hiruko Kagetane looked at the cannonball in front of him and couldn't help but sigh. How did they manage to retrieve it from such a distance and at such a high speed?

Distance wasn't the key point, because Li Yue's casual slash created a portal that allowed him to reach the top of the stone tablet, so the distance of the cannonballs wasn't an issue. But the cannonballs were almost turning into a streak of light; how was it possible to intercept them so easily?

The so-called sub-light speed is naturally impossible to achieve, but surpassing all previous weapons is still possible.

At such speed, no one in the world should be able to stop it. Holmium metal is inherently harder than ordinary metals, and with that terrifying speed, even the zodiac cannot stop the projectile's advance. This is why the Sky Ladder is called the ultimate weapon of war.

But now, the man in front of him has taken the cannonball back.

Indeed, in Hiruko Kagetane's eyes, Li Yue had simply "picked" it back. He just stood still, then cut out a portal, and the cannonball came from there and landed in front of Hiruko Kagetane.

As for how Li Yue did it, it's actually quite simple. Li Yue opened the portal early on and then used the Geo element to create several layers of shields around Scorpio. These weren't the kind of shields that completely enveloped Scorpio, as that would be too troublesome. They were single-sided shields with many layers stacked on top of each other.

After the cannonball flew toward Scorpio, it immediately hit the shield. The multi-layered shield formed by elemental power neutralized the cannonball's power, slowing it down until its speed finally dropped to zero, and then it landed in front of Li Yue.

In Hiruko Kagetane's view, it was as if a cannonball transformed into a beam of light and flew towards Scorpio, then suddenly became slow and leisurely and landed in front of Li Yue and him.

"The ladder is no longer able to fire a second shell."

Li Yue stood on the cannonball, looking at the sky ladder in the distance. After the power was turned on, all the lights on the sky ladder were on, but now, because the previous cannonball had damaged the circuit, all the lights on the sky ladder were off.

"Wendy, come here for a second."

As soon as Li Yue finished speaking, a breeze blew by, and Wendy appeared beside Li Yue, holding a wine bottle in her hand, and asked Li Yue a question.

"Li Yue, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Could you simulate Dvalin's Wind Barrier?"

Li Yue gestured with her chin towards the distant Heavenly Ladder.

"Cover that thing up to prevent Gastrea from destroying it."

"That thing? No problem!"

Wendy hid the bottle behind her back, then replaced it with a small harp and plucked it. Wind flew from Wendy's hand, quickly heading towards the Heavenly Ladder, directly encircling the entire massive ladder, and then transforming into a pale blue barrier that looked like a giant bowl covering the entire Heavenly Ladder.

"Alright, as long as I'm here, this barrier will remain in place."

Wendy put away her harp and then took out a bottle of liquor.

“Great, we can take this with us when we leave.”

Although the Sky Ladder was destroyed in one shot, this weapon is still pretty awesome, at least according to its design. I can take it back and let that woman study it.

Hiruko Kagetane didn't pay attention to what Li Yue said. He was looking at Wendy with a puzzled expression. How did this person appear? If Li Yue had directly cut out a portal with his sword before, he could at least sense how it appeared. But this green guy in front of him, he couldn't see how he appeared at all. A gust of wind blew by, and then this person appeared. It couldn't be that this person appeared with the wind, could it?

Although puzzled, Hiruko Kagetane did not speak out, but observed silently.

But the more he observed, the stranger he felt. This person looked like just an ordinary drunkard.

Hiruko Kagetane was observing, as was Kohina, who was also observing this suddenly appearing new person. Wendy also noticed Kohina's gaze. Compared to Hiruko Kagetane, Kohina's gaze was more innocent; she was simply curious about where this person came from.

Wendy was drinking when she noticed Hina's gaze. She glanced down at Hina, her eyes darting around, then clenched her fist and handed the drink to Hina.

Would you like some too?

Snapped--

Li Yue slapped Wendy's hat off.

"How did you figure out she wanted to drink your lousy liquor?"

"Oh, I just noticed she kept staring at the drinks in my hand, and I thought she'd never drunk alcohol before, so I wanted to try them."

Wendy spread her hands, slowly and helplessly explaining.

"Alright, you can go back now. Stop making a fool of yourself here."