Chapter 947
The first confrontation
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Watching the four figures disappear.
Xiao Honglu and the others followed far behind on their respective flying brooms.
Behind Zhan Lan at the very back, a flash appeared, and a red cloak materialized out of thin air, holding her aloft and suspending her in mid-air.
The psychic turned around with a complicated expression and looked at the spot where they had just come from.
With her mental scanning abilities, she saw more than just those transforming robots and the retreating army.
There were also all sorts of newlyweds inside the air-raid shelter.
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city fringe.
Gunfire erupted and smoke filled the air.
"Attention all units! The left flank feints to draw fire, while the right flank assault platoon follows me to protect the tanks!"
Where's the machine gun team? Where is the machine gun team?
"Get the tanks aimed at the building to my right front and set up a roadblock—ready, fire!"
No matter how experienced the commanding officers were, the casualties among the troops increased in the war against the alien civilization.
Their firepower inevitably weakened over time.
So much so that before they could even withdraw from the edge of the city, only seventeen or eighteen of the original forty-odd tanks remained, struggling to hold on.
Compared to the relentless attacks from the other side.
Each time this tracked tank fires a shell, it requires a series of complex actions such as manual loading, chambering, and aiming.
The frequency of attacks is naturally not high.
The reason they didn't abandon the cumbersome tanks to speed up the march was...
It's because only the main gun of a tank can effectively damage those 14-15 meter tall Decepticon robots.
Otherwise, relying solely on the machine guns and grenades in the soldiers' hands would only be enough to deal with those small robots.
As gunfire roared, death continued to occur.
But the next moment, a miracle occurred.
"Zheng Zha, Chen Zilong, you two protect them first. Let me test their attack strength!"
After Li Xiao finished speaking, the flying sword beneath his feet shot off.
Zheng Zha and Chen Zilong's figures fell downwards.
soon.
A figure standing on a flying sword with his hands behind his back appeared in the very center of the battlefield.
Perhaps they thought it was a human-made aircraft.
Therefore, these Decepticon robots did not hesitate at all before targeting Li Xiao in the air.
But at this time.
The person standing on the flying sword took a deep breath.
A layer of brilliant golden light rippled across his skin.
This golden light permeated every hair on the body's surface; even upon closer inspection, one could see that the fine hairs on the skin were tinged with a dazzling gold.
Li Xiao narrowed his eyes, watching the robot's attack without making any move or activating the protective jade pendant.
When the first bullet hit.
With a soft metallic clang, the bullet grazed Li Xiao's body and flew out at an angle.
And this was only the first attack.
Then countless bullets rained down.
The soft clanging of metal was like Beethoven playing the piano, just as more and more attacks came toward Li Xiao.
The human forces finally spotted this conspicuous figure.
In mid-air, the golden humanoid figure seemed to feel a gentle breeze.
They did not retreat an inch.
Upon seeing this, the two large robots at the front shuddered and then began to fold and deform.
As the cannon barrel formed, several grenades as thick as an arm were launched.
It finally exploded in mid-air.
Even so, Li Xiao remained motionless.
The golden figure was enveloped and shrouded by clusters of firelight.
Seeing this scene, Chen Zilong on the ground couldn't help but complain:
"I give this guy a perfect score. I'm just saying, could I do it next time?"
"That's so damn cool!"
The flames in the air died down, and the golden figure remained unharmed and shone brightly as always.
This miraculous scene brought hundreds of robots in front of them to a standstill.
It seemed to be the first time they had ever seen an enemy like this.
It was at this moment that Li Xiao, who resembled a Jin man, finally spoke:
"Alright, we've collected enough attack data, Captain, you can begin!"
Hear this.
Zheng Zha, who had already landed, suddenly leaped up from the ruins on one side and walked through the air.
In the blink of an eye, they arrived in the middle of the robots' ranks.
Then, in mid-air, they heard a roar.
"Ring Slash!"
Then the soldiers standing at the edge of the tank saw a terrifying crimson blade of light appear out of thin air and grow larger.
It eventually transformed into an ever-expanding circular arc.
This crimson circular blade almost instantly covered half of the robot formation.
It expanded to nearly 100 meters before collapsing and dissipating.
The blade's edge vanished, and the scene fell into an eerie silence.
Even the attacks within the army ceased.
The soldiers, one by one, blankly lowered their somewhat ridiculous weapons and raised their heads.
Because the next moment, within the area covered by the blade's light...
Whether they are large robots that are over ten meters tall or small ones, most of them are staggered vertically and divided into two.
The broken metal crack showed signs of corrosion and decomposition, as if it had been burned by flames.
However, this is only the case for the majority.
As the firepower unit in the robot camp, the 20-meter-tall robot staggered and knelt on the ground after being cut.
Zheng Zha was also surprised to see this.
He thought he could at least cleave these grunts in two with one strike, but now it seems he underestimated these mechanical beings.
A huge gash, sparking with fire, was visible on the back of the robot, which was kneeling on the ground.
The crimson blade light had just cleaved most of the metal in two.
However, it did not damage the core.
So much so that the robot struggled and even tried to get up and attack.
However, before the metal head could turn around to see what was happening behind it, it was already too late.
A figure descended from the sky.
With a shockwave, the metallic head was trampled, creating a huge crater.
Zheng Zha, the instigator, frowned as he felt the ground beneath his feet.
"So hard!"
As he spoke, the next moment, thick, blood-red flames surged out from Zheng Zha's feet and quickly enveloped the metal head beneath them.
A painful howl rang out from the robot's mouth.
At this point, the enormous creature collapsed to the ground with a crash.
A mechanized army that could only be barely held off by thousands of fully armed soldiers plus forty or fifty tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.
Most of them were almost instantly wiped out in Zheng Zha's hands.
However, he wasn't the only one present.
The gold in mid-air began to dim.
A being standing on a black sword crashed into the foremost red robot, which was seven or eight meters tall.
Judging from its appearance, this robot should be a transformed red fire truck.
The red robot reacted quickly, likely prepared in advance due to Zheng Zha's earlier attack. It raised its arm to block before Li Xiao could get close.
But that's all.
With a light tap of his foot, the flying sword landed in Li Xiao's hand.
Using its flight speed, it thrust forward and, unsurprisingly, struck the robot in the chest.
Then Li Xiao directly exerted force downwards, and several crackling sounds rang out in succession, starting from the middle of his chest.
The entire red robot was split in two.
Li Xiao didn't even look behind him before rushing towards the next robot nearby.
Without stopping his hands, Li Xiao spoke in a shared mental connection:
"Just like in the story, the heart is the core part, and it should have been transformed into an energy center or energy source by the spark source."
As he spoke, Li Xiao's figure had already arrived in front of the fourth one.
With the delays of the first three, the fourth Decepticon robot finally had ample time to react.
Of course, only two or three seconds have passed since Zheng Zha launched his attack.
It might not be enough for ordinary people, but it's not a problem at all for these mechanical lifeforms.
With a clanging sound, the muzzle of the cannon, nearly half a meter in diameter, vibrated, and a shell, accompanied by a blast wave, burst out from the chest.
However, before the cannonball could unleash its full power, it was easily cleaved in two by an extremely sharp black longsword.
It landed around the other Decepticon robots.
After watching the robot army shift its attack targets from the military to Zheng Zha and Li Xiao.
Chen Zilong, who had been eyeing it for a long time, immediately rushed forward.
After unlocking the second-order gene lock.
With a sweep of his dark gold staff, several buildings and dozens of robots collapsed.
Zheng Zha folded his wings, stepped onto the mechanical body, and his previously hesitant figure suddenly surged forward.
Zheng Zha activated his storage ring, and before the force field was fully formed, he punched a blue robot at the edge of the field.
Just like the previous attack, but this time it was different from what Zheng Zha had expected.
This time, the punch missed its mark.
It turns out that this unremarkable blue robot had already reacted after seeing the ring slash and chose to rush out of the edge to retreat.
Seeing Zheng Zha approaching, he immediately dodged to the side, narrowly escaping.
However, the invisible force field on the storage ring still caused a bright spark to appear on the surface of the robot.
Zheng Zha was stunned for a moment after his attack failed.
In that moment of stunned silence, the blue robot that had successfully dodged the attack actually revealed a very human-like smile.
Immediately afterwards, a burst of electricity erupted from the blue robot.
Then, as if receiving a command, the robots around them that were still able to move abandoned their attacks and pounced on Zheng Zha.
The blue robot was then grabbed by a tall mechanical being and thrown into the air.
After dodging Chen Zilong's blow once again, the blue robot in the air began to transform rapidly.
Almost instantly, it transformed into a streamlined shuttle.
A burst of blue flames erupted from its tail, and it suddenly rose into the air, seemingly wanting to abandon the robot army that was "resisting".
However, Zheng Zha and Chen Zilong, who escaped on the ground, could not escape Li Xiao, who flew through the air on his sword.
Looking at the shuttle whose transformation speed differed from the other robots, Li Xiao raised an eyebrow.
With a flick of his wrist, the second sword appeared and flew away at lightning speed.
The Seven Star Dragon Abyss unleashed a sword roar in the air.
Just before it was about to hit, a robot on the ground leaped up and used itself as a shield to block the Seven Star Dragon Abyss.
However, the robot underestimated the sharpness of the bronze sword.
The longsword, its sharp edge gleaming, pierced through and struck the side of the shuttle's wing.
The azure aircraft swayed briefly before soaring into the sky.
Seeing this, Li Xiao simply recalled the Dragon Abyss Sword and did not give chase.
The ground, perhaps sensing Zheng Zha's surprise,...
A human soldier not far away shouted to Zheng Zha:
"That guy is an original Decepticon robot, from outer space. He's the captain of these transformed robots!"
Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha and Chen Zilong finally understood what was going on; he had just thought it was his imagination.
This guy not only has a tougher mechanical body, but his reactions and skills are also different from other robots.
As for letting him escape now, that's impossible.
Because of the next moment.
Bang!
A distinctive gunshot rang out from the air.
And at the same time that everyone heard this sound.
The shuttle that had just shot into the sky was hit directly by a bullet that flew like a meteor.
Then a force descended from above, pressing the blue shuttle down heavily onto the ground, where it slid for over a hundred meters before coming to a stop.
It was the gravity bomb jointly created by Chu Xuan and Xiao Honglu!
This was also the first time the Zhongzhou team had used the anti-gravity rune in an attack after obtaining it.
In terms of sheer power, it's comparable to a single-use bullet worth a D-rank side quest.
Its power is considerable.
The robot, which was said to be indestructible just a second ago, was now almost pierced through from the front and back.
It was almost completely destroyed.
Not to mention the gravitational pressure imposed out of nowhere.
After crashing, the shuttle slid across the ground for hundreds of meters before exploding into a cloud of fireworks.
The dead can no longer die.
The battle of the mechanical legion continues.
If Zheng Zha and his group had also used various high-tech weapons, or what they perceived as firepower coverage, the soldiers and survivors could understand.
But these three people.
He wielded a dark gold staff that could be shortened or lengthened.
One wields a flying sword, its edge unmatched in sharpness.
One person wielding a single sword can defeat nearly a hundred robots with a single strike.
This left them with no choice but to kneel down.
Of course, there's one more now.
A sniper who can blow up a robot with a single shot.
Over time.
The soldiers who witnessed this scene were speechless.
Just six months ago, these American soldiers were a group of proud and self-assured individuals.
With high-tech weaponry, comprehensive logistical support, and advanced mechanization, they are confident that they are the vanguard on the entire planet.
Their luck took a sharp turn for the worse once extraterrestrial mechanical life appeared.
These enormous mechanical beings with metal bodies possess greater strength, more advanced weapons, and more technologically advanced equipment.
In addition, there was an endless stream of terrifying numbers and an almost inexhaustible supply of ammunition.
In an instant, their pride and arrogance were brought down from their pedestal.
The force that has now appeared has defeated, and even destroyed, these mechanical legions in no time.
This scene left both the soldiers and the survivors deeply shocked.
Just as the three of them started crushing the weaker opponents, Chu Xuan's voice rang in their minds:
“We need to categorize them by body type and keep one live sample from each type.”
Having received the latest information from his mind, Li Xiao and the others changed their plans. (End of Chapter)