Chapter 373
Norton
Chapter 374 Norton
The dragon's graceful body was carried into the air, its long tail thrashing wildly in agony, as the storm torpedo and the dragon king together drew an arc in the air.
Meanwhile, the artillery fire continued to pour down, and plumes of blood mist exploded in the air until the dragon servant sank completely into the river.
"Did they take them down?" Everyone, whether in the joint command post or inside the Moniach cabin, stared intently at the sonar display screen, holding their breath.
The dragon servant's enormous body swayed and sank to the bottom of the river like a falling leaf, and there was no further movement.
The combined effect of the alchemical warhead and the kinetic energy impact of the storm torpedo is evident.
Cheers erupted again inside the cabin, but Professor Mans immediately raised his hand to signal for quiet. It was just a dragon servant; the real big prize was still below Bronze City!
"Command, requesting activation of Operation Bronze." Professor Mans said in a deep voice, opening the communicator.
The real Bronze Project was actually a war of annihilation against the Dragon King. They had prepared a plan from the very beginning: how to carry out the final battle if the Dragon King continued to hide in the Bronze City.
Now is the time to launch the plan.
However, this deep-sea mission was originally supposed to be completed by Ye Sheng and Aki, but now only Caesar and Zero are left.
"Execution approved." Professor Schneider nodded to the professors in the operations room. The Dragon King was an incredibly tyrannical being...
The fact that they only sent one dragon servant to test the waters shows that the other party is probably not in good condition, and we must seize this opportunity.
"Deep Dive Team B, depart immediately. You have only one hour to plant the bomb and then evacuate." Professor Mans looked sternly at Caesar and Zero returning from the torpedo room and gave the order: "I will take the key with me. The bomb must be detonated when the time comes."
"Understood, Captain." Caesar nodded solemnly. This hour was less about planting the bomb and more about giving them time to search for and rescue Chen Motong and the others.
If they encounter the Dragon King on their journey, they must be prepared to detonate the bomb on the spot. They must force the Dragon King out of the Bronze City before they can possibly kill him.
The alchemical bombs specially crafted by the Equipment Department possess an extraordinary poisonous effect on all dragon-blooded creatures. The impact on the Dragon King if detonated within Bronze City is unclear, but it would be absolutely fatal to hybrids.
"If things are hopeless, try to escape on your own. Don't lose your lives in vain." Professor Mans patted the two men's shoulders gently, his eyes red. In fact, ever since he learned that the Dragon King Norton was likely to have awakened and was in the city, he had given up hope for the survival of the four men.
Bronze City is Norton's home turf. Even the other three monarchs cannot defeat him there. Once there, the life and death of all lives are in Norton's hands. Planting the bomb is a mission with a certain death sentence, because they need to place the bomb as close to the Dragon King as possible.
"Is this the end?"
The four of them walked down the last set of steps and came to a huge, spacious area.
Nono shone her flashlight forward, where a huge snake-faced statue sat against the bronze wall. It was completely different from the previous ones. It was 20 meters tall and looked like a statue in an ancient Greek temple. Without a doubt, this was the temple for pilgrimage.
If the snake-man statues in the bronze passageway were courtiers, then the statues here are a monarch.
In Bronze City, it can only symbolize one person.
Norton!
"Looks like we've arrived." Lu Mingfei took a deep breath.
As he finished speaking, flames suddenly lit up around the statue, and then, like dominoes, the flames spread rapidly across the walls, from points to lines to surfaces. The two bronze walls on the left and right sides seemed to be ignited by the flames at the same time, but upon closer inspection, one could see that there were hundreds of oil lamps lit on the walls, illuminating the entire space as if it were daytime.
The intense light made people instinctively raise their arms to shield their eyes, but soon a golden light, even more intense than the firelight, poured down from the sky, carrying with it a suffocating majesty.
At the same time, Ye Shengya felt his heart racing and his legs going weak. They suddenly felt as if they had lost control of their bodies and could not even look up to see what was happening.
Dragon's Might!
Just like in the academy, even Caesar rarely looked directly into Chu Zihang's ever-burning golden eyes, but now they were facing a dragon's might a thousand times greater than Chu Zihang's.
Clearly, they were not qualified to have an audience with the Dragon King.
Lu Mingfei also activated his golden eyes, looking up at the owner of those molten crimson golden eyes. Even with his mental perception, he hadn't detected the other's presence at all, as if they had appeared out of thin air—was it spatial teleportation or mental concealment?
In short, he stood quietly atop the giant statue until the firelight illuminated his white robe and gaunt figure.
When Lu Mingfei looked closely, his face showed undisguised shock. It was one thing for the Nordic dragon king to look like a Chinese person, but it was also a very common face.
"Lu Mingfei," the man in the white robe calmly called out his name.
Both Ye Shengya and Nuonuo were stunned. Without a doubt, the man above them was Norton, the King of Bronze and Fire, yet he could call out Lu Mingfei's name so readily.
Lu Mingfei felt like he had encountered a ghost story. A dragon king with Old Tang's face was calling his name in Old Tang's voice. Even if he didn't want to believe it, he had to admit that he had really encountered a ghost this time.
"Old Tang?" Lu Mingfei asked tentatively.
Norton didn't answer, but stared coldly into Lu Mingfei's eyes. He sensed a dangerous aura emanating from Lu Mingfei, and even this city didn't seem to give him a sense of security.
But he couldn't detect any trace of his siblings or even his father in the other person; all he felt was an indescribable strangeness.
The other three also felt something was strange. Judging from the tone of the two, Lu Mingfei actually knew the Dragon King?
"You've come to kill me?" A strong killing intent suddenly emanated from Norton, and his thousands of years of majesty and anger erupted like a volcanic eruption.
"Just kidding, Lao Tang, how could I possibly have that ability?" Lu Mingfei shrugged and smiled wryly. In this situation, starting a war with the other party would undoubtedly be a very foolish act.
He had everything going for him – timing, location, and people – and he just wanted to get out safely as soon as possible.
However, at that moment, Lu Mingfei's mental perception suddenly caught a strange sensation; something flashed past behind him.
Unfortunately, Lu Mingfei had just seen this thing yesterday. It was the free wind demon Kamaitachi—Caesar—who had broken into the Bronze City, and the battle above was over.
But it had to be at this time!
A cruel, cold grin spread across Norton's face. The next moment, the temple floor and walls began to shake violently, and large pieces of bronze rust began to fall off.
"Go! Hurry up! Go find Caesar!" Lu Mingfei shouted to the three of them.
The three reacted instantly and took off running. A deafening crash came from behind them. At the last moment before they reached the top of the stairs, the three subconsciously looked back.
The enormous snake-man statue collapsed with a crash, revealing behind the wall a massive bronze gear and a gushing column of water.
But what's most unsettling isn't the surging water, but the menacing figure with an iron mask amidst it.
"Samson, tear them apart!"