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Chapter 386 Bloody "Audience"

The tanks roared, and Victoria's armored vehicles were divided into hundreds of units in the form of different combat teams in an attempt to divide the battlefield. The artillery fire driven by Originium gunpowder never stopped on the battlefield filled with charcoal. Heavy rain pounded on all the fighting people. No one knew who started it, but the charging soldiers stepped on the fallen protective masks.

In the heavy rain, he fiercely tore off the mask that was not enough to protect him, in exchange for unrestricted vision. Although it was quickly blurred by the rain again, he felt that he was a little "freer".

After all, now that we are here, the possibility of dying from oripathy is no greater than the possibility of dying in war.

The adjusted high-speed warship positions, on the one hand, built cable bridges to connect deck personnel to support the high-speed warships fighting in the front, and on the other hand, the warships in the rear that had the conditions raised their guns again to bombard the blood tide on land. However, due to limited position and vision, the frequency and accuracy of firing were reduced.

Special forces teams also began to gradually join the battlefield. The flamethrowers that could burst out flames more than ten meters long in front of the tanks were extremely unfavorable to use in the rain, but they were still useful as an offensive means, but their role became to assist the voltage guns in suppressing the enemy over a large area.

The entry of the elite team eased the chaotic battle situation. The originally scattered combat groups on Victoria's front line gradually moved closer to each other, and began to build a mutually supportive defense line. The high-energy voltage gun flamethrower curbed the blood tide pressing forward, but it was only a temporary expedient. Energy-storage weapons always have a vacuum period of weakness.

But at least it gave the Victorian soldiers, who were at a disadvantage in direct confrontation, a chance to catch their breath and created an opportunity to adjust for the counterattack.

"It's raining so heavily... Bai Ge, are you really okay?" Rolichi used his Originium skills to provide cover for everyone and stopped at the side of the battlefield.

"Watching countless lives sacrificed and having to wait, it must be very difficult for someone like you, right?"

Ling Dengxian glanced at Frost Star Texas and the others, a hint of hesitation flashing in his eyes, but in the end, he lowered his brows and said, "I'm not that..."

"What?" Roerich neither laughed nor mocked him, but just looked at him quietly, without any of the diplomatic attitude he had when they first met.

"...without socializing, fighting things that have nothing to do with me, and getting used to seeing death repeat before my eyes...I'm not that noble."

"I agree with and praise their selfless actions in defending their hometown. They should be engraved on the monument of history - but after achieving the most basic goal... I feel a little... numb." Ling Dengxian's eyes flashed with the scene of a long line of displaced disaster victims struggling to escape danger, and the tragic battle line of Changquan Town's disorganized soldiers fighting monsters with their lives. He felt hypocritical again.

"Here you go again. You obviously don't think so. Why do you say that to yourself?" Ling's voice sounded, as if blaming him for not trusting himself enough.

make?

But the voice seemed like an illusion and there was no response.

Texas frowned, but Ling Dengxian told them not to talk to Rolichi after seeing Filin in front of him, and he looked serious, so he did not interrupt.

"Mr. White Dove is as dishonest as ever." Roerich didn't comment on his answer. He looked in the direction of the blood tide and said seriously, "In the two battlefields, according to intelligence, two-thirds of the Earthshakers have been dispatched, leading a considerable number of blood tides to bypass the front battlefield and directly attack the high-speed battleship positions. The core existence of this bloody chaos and the remaining one-third of the Earthshakers are probably still in the city..."

"We must eliminate the source of the plague. According to the director's analysis, the bloody plague has a strong guiding effect on the blood tide. It's not an 'individual' in the normal sense, and it's related to its infectious ability. If we eliminate it first, the most troublesome aspect of the bloody plague will also be resolved."

"Is it that simple?" Frost Star couldn't help but ask.

Ling Dengxian glanced at her, somewhat blaming her for attracting the attention of the scepter and everyone else without permission. Shuangxing was not aware of the potential danger, but she knew she had spoken out of turn, so she stopped talking.

"Of course not." Rolich didn't show any unusual reaction, and didn't even look at Carters, but he answered the question that should have been asked. "The Bloody Bane is the most dangerous existence. That's why I came to you."

"...It has extraordinary means." White flames rose from Ling Dengxian's hands. The white flames swirled up from his drooping palms, reflecting each other with the black crystals. The white flames covering the source stone crystals showed a glass and colored glaze texture, burning quietly.

"This isn't a mission, and no one has entrusted you with it. Victoria's army was simply caught off guard. Once the army stabilizes its position, a breakthrough will soon be made on the front line. The blood-colored monsters are basically all gathered here. To eliminate them, Victoria herself will have to confront the source of the disaster."

A loud bang erupted, signaling bad news. Lorich, Ling Dengxian and the others looked over and saw that half of the high-speed battleship, which was the first to be hit, was trapped in the collapsed area dug by the blood-red monster, while most of the ship was covered with blood-red flesh. The blood-red monster moving on the high-speed battleship that was dragged into the trap made this steel giant look like a living creature that was gasping for breath. The loud noise came from several bright explosions on the deck.

"...Even in the worst-case scenario, Victoria's most foolish plan to abandon one or two high-speed battleships, Blood Tide won't be able to outlast the powerful dukes." Roerich said, revealing the essence of the matter. "They're simply inflicting more losses on each other to ensure greater influence in future competition."

"What we have to do is to hold back our mercy, conserve our energy, and follow the front line to cooperate with you in sniping the source of the disaster when we break into the city." Lorich looked at him, and Ling Dengxian understood the problem he was worried about.

"The reason was told after the decision was made. The Scepter and the Institute are still so arrogant." Ling Dengxian turned his eyes away. The sudden artillery fire passed over everyone's heads and exploded not far away. The heat wave and shock wave affected the team. Rolic raised his hand, and the stream of light eliminated the influence and threat. He was facing the flames of the explosion, so no one could see his expression clearly.

"We don't have a combat designation. If we rashly join the battlefield as a third party, we'll easily be attacked indiscriminately by high-speed warships. Furthermore, war isn't something that can be easily influenced or accelerated by one or two combat groups. You weren't surprised at all when those bloody monsters emerged from the ground. If you knew their battle plan, why didn't you alert Victoria?"

"The arrogant Victorians must pay a price. The Scepter and the Institute aren't exactly reputable, but at least they're clear about their grudges. Because of their foolish actions, we've lost an excellent director. Even their own country can be torn apart by their colleagues. People like them...

"Victoria is not worthy of the scepter and the good person."

"Soldiers, refugees, how many of them don't even know the cause of the bloody chaos." What Ling Dengxian hates most is the unwarranted disregard for life, especially the innocent.

"People are diverse, with different standpoints and different standards. A completely good person is truly rare. We're not, and neither are they." Rolic sneered. "This isn't revenge. The 'Boss' said that Sisidor acted on his own for his hometown—he knew the Boss's answer very well."

"'Consider it the price of time. We've already paid the price, and Victoria should also be held accountable for her actions.' The Blood Soldiers' breakthrough onto the high-speed battleship was the closest they've ever come to paying the price. The loss of weapons and soldiers is a 'resource-based' cost for them."

"There is nothing good to talk about between you and me." Ling Dengxian showed a little aggressiveness in his posture. Lorich smiled coldly. They had never tried to be partners. They both thought so.

"After I follow the Victorian army to break into the city, I will disappear automatically. Don't worry."

Blue-haired Sakota stared at the figure that exuded an uneasy aura. She did not interrupt his conversation. She could see the changes in Ling Dengxian. Before he took the initiative to seek her help, she would silently be the person behind him.

He didn't want her to take any risks, and she didn't know the truth any better than he did, so why didn't she just do as he asked?

"Because I don't want to miss his story anymore."

As one of the dukes' high-speed warships was completely paralyzed by the corrosion of the blood-colored monster, the front line was pushed to the front of the mobile city in the core of the county, the source of the blood tide, under the desperate charge of the front line.

As the Duke of Caster's high-speed battleship fired a first-hand cannon shot that tore through the city defenses, the subsequent artillery fire split the blood tide. As several bloody earthshakers led the blood tide to attack the damaged high-speed battleship and concentrated their forces to attack the next battleship, Victoria's army finally repelled the first round of the most ferocious attack of the blood tide.

Ling Dengxian and Luo Liqi did not say anything, but they did not need to remind each other to take action.

Frost Star looked at Texas, then at Mostima and the others, and was a little hesitant. White Dove had not had time to tell her the reason for all this. Just like in Chernobog, she trusted him once, and he did not let her down.

Then she had no reason not to believe again.

"...Young, Big Bear, follow closely. White Dove is now the leader of the 'Snow Monster', temporarily."

"We understand, Big Sister. Big Brother White Dove saved us in Ursus. We are friends for life."

The second round of blood-red monsters in the heavy rain gradually blurred, and their scarlet eyes merged into one. Victoria's army lost sight of them. Searchlight-type Originium skills lit up one after another, and a mobile city with all the channel valves open suddenly appeared in front of everyone. The blood-red monsters hid back in their "nest" and opened the door to their hinterland to Victoria without hesitation.

Even though the dukes were constrained by the threats under their feet, they did not miss the great opportunity to share the credit after the war. Knowing that the other party was luring them into a trap and that this move was risky, they still issued the order to charge.

"...Forward, take back our city!"

With the cover of Victoria's main force, Ling Dengxian and others also successfully entered the source of the bloody plague. However, after the shattered darkness before their eyes was swallowed by the light, the crimson scene indicated that the curtain of Victoria's bloody end... was about to begin.

Victoria's army reappeared on the surface, and when they saw the scene before them, the old legend resurfaced in everyone's mind:

The golden lion used the breath of kings to break the storm of destruction for his people, and from then on he and the red dragon held the scepter together.

Now, they have witnessed the new "storm" with their own eyes.

The gray-black sky, swirling with wind and rain, enveloped the earth. Beneath the collapsed ruins, broken limbs were scattered everywhere. From the pile of corpses and bones, huge blood-red monsters shook off their covering materials. Extremely dangerous blood-red figures appeared on the sharp fractures of the buildings high above, with the same scarlet flickering in their eyes.

A unique, eye-catching, lonely and brutal figure sat on the "throne" made of the corpse of a huge blood-red monster. When it saw the audience, it raised its eyes, and two rows of supporters roared and "led the way" for the newcomers.