High Above

[...Those Imperial people who live in big cities can eat hot bread, but why do we only have bland wheat soup and wild vegetables? Yes, the empire does not discriminate against us, there is no doubt about this, but our leaders are not mountain people, so in critical moments, they will favor their own people! 】

[This is human nature, I don’t mean to criticize the administrators of the empire]

[So, we must adhere to a concept - the mountain people's city and the mountain people's territory should be managed by the mountain people. Only in this way can our lives and safety be guaranteed! 】

During the speech, Martin Xuanfeng was not as calm and confident as when he spoke to his subordinates before.

Even when facing the chiefs of the two major tribes, Shankou and Jiangu, his strength was full of confidence and even more than enough, even though his men had already laid out dense defenses around Leian Castle.

Those fortresses, crisscrossed by ditches, barbed wire fences and poisonous hooks, as long as there are people blocking the intersection, are enough to block the approach of the mountain people who are not sublimated people, and can even create an empty safe zone. The alchemy artillery of the independent mountain people could not be successfully pulled around the castle, so that the residents of Ryan City could get closer and listen to his speech.

yes. Martin looked at the gathered citizens, whose eyes were originally numb - now their eyes had color again. When people are in pain and confusion, as long as anyone is willing to tell them the reasons and solutions, there is a high chance that they will regard it as a life-saving straw, and they have no doubt about it.

And all he needs to do is to arrange some shills to incite the people during his speech, so that everyone's emotions gradually become more enthusiastic and biased towards him.

At this point, those in Ryan's leadership who still have the energy to care about who will rule them have basically begun to believe his words. Martine can see the stunned expressions of those people, their closeness to him, and their subconscious dependence on him. .

He was so close to victory that he didn't need to fight to achieve his goal.

However, this three-meter-tall giant mountain man still felt something was not right.

Because just now, his confidant told him that the secret agent he placed within the independent mountain people discovered that all three patrol teams outside Leian City were missing and could not be contacted at all.

If the communication device given by Feiyandi was not expired, there was only one possible reason why the communication could not be connected in a place like Ryan Territory.

That means they are all dead.

But how is this possible? !

——Who is it that can wipe out the three patrols of the independent mountain people in an instant? Martin thought that even if he led the team, he might not be able to accomplish such a thing quietly. His bloodline inheritance was really making a lot of noise.

But it doesn't matter.

At this moment, Martin knew that the overall situation was now decided.

Look at the people surrounding the castle, looking at themselves with hope and expectation - now everyone is incited, Yamaguchi and Tsentani do not have the ability to defeat themselves in a frontal battle, and if they defeat themselves, they can What does it bring to the residents of Ryan Territory? They can only bring destruction and pain with the support of Feiyandi, driving people further and further away from them!

You can rely on your tribe's years of accumulation to provide enough food. If that doesn't work, you can surrender to the empire. No matter which way you go, there is a way. Even if the empire really wants to parachute a lord over, if he is not a mountain knight, how can you compete with him for mountain people? popular support?

If he is a mountain man, then why should he fight against himself who has the support of a large tribe?

[Under the guidance of the same blood and faith, let us build future prosperity together! 】

Martin suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, raised the giant sword in his hand, and shouted - the dazzling light of thunder flashed on it. This was obviously an extremely powerful sublimated weapon and an ancient treasure of the mountain people.

——He has power and a plan. Neither Feiyan Land nor the Empire care about what the mountain people think. The former only needs chaos, while the latter only needs stability.

He can seize chestnuts from the fire, seize this inheritance, and prepare for more dangerous situations in the future.

But, at this time.

At the edge of the city in the distance, a violent explosion suddenly occurred.

A thunderous rumble suddenly appeared, and then quickly approached the center of the city at an unsettling and even frightening speed.

Even Martin, who was giving a speech, couldn't help but pause slightly. He looked at the starting point of the roar in the distance, and then was stunned for a moment.

The black giant is advancing rapidly.

The Avalanche III alchemy furnace inside the Cyclops is being overclocked by 120% under Ian's subtle operation. When the nearly five-meter-tall giant heavy armor is running at full strength, the pressure caused by its own weight and acceleration alone can destroy everything along the way. The rocky road surface was completely crushed.

The sound of the overclocking of the alchemy furnace heart and the shattering of the ground was the truth of the thunder. The huge armor was heading straight towards its goal, which was the Leian Castle.

No one or thing dares to be in front of it.

"Stop it! Stop this thing!"

"Damn it, where's the patrol?! How on earth did this thing drive into the city and no one reported it?!"

"Go up, stop it with barricades and fortifications!"

Both the independent mountain people and the mountain people of the Xuanfeng tribe were horrified by this. Nanling was the frontier of the empire, and Laian Territory was not particularly important in Nanling. After all, it was just an origin of alchemy materials that was managed jointly with the mountain people. It's not the only one in Nanling. How come a special model of armor that has obviously been modified suddenly appeared? !

But there was no time for them to think. Ian had already accelerated the Cyclops to a speed of 170 kilometers per hour. On earth and land vehicles, this is a speed that can only be driven on the highway, not to mention a speed. A metal behemoth nearly five meters tall and weighing thirteen tons?

boom! With wood chips and rock fragments flying all over the sky, the black giant smashed into the mountain people's barricades and horses, and even the temporary fortifications piled up with cement were completely crushed, leaving only a ball on the ground. Trash of ruins.

The Cyclops moved straight along its goal, even slamming itself into an unoccupied house that stood in front of it.

Accompanied by a tremor and a strong wind, the three-story building seemed to have been cut open by a long knife, leaving a blank trace, and the shattered building fragments had been knocked hundreds of meters away. , causing a shower of rocks to fall throughout the city.

——Who can stop such a monster?

Everyone watched with fear and disbelief as a black shadow passed through half of the city. Even a hunter who dared to face a three-meter-tall giant bear could only feel his own insignificance when faced with such a civilized creation.

There was also the smell of a fear potion that spread quickly through the wind.

——There are too many behemoths in Terra. Even an armored one can't be blocked by anyone, so it still needs some off-board moves.

"There's a ditch ahead!"

Someone screamed: "Stop him there!"

The struggle fortifications of the independent mountain people and the Xuanfeng tribe are now effective - a three-meter-wide ditch is located in the middle of the street. If the black armor does not slow down and turn, then it will definitely fall into the ditch head-on. If it slows down... ...The alchemical artillery and various conventional artillery that are turning to take aim not far away are already ready to fire!

But this armor is just like its owner.

It never makes sense.

Buzz - Blue light patterns flowed on the bottom layer of the thick armor, and the pumice device inside the Cyclops began to operate.

Then, under the incredible gaze of everyone - it took off!

"We can't stop it! Boss, we can't stop it!"

The mountain people on the street are calling urgently: "He is very fast, and he can switch between flight and land travel at any time. Our artillery cannot aim at someone who maneuvers at this speed and angle... Ahhhh! He is coming!!!" "

Then there was the sound of flesh and blood being crushed by steel.

This is the power of armor as the real main battle weapon of the Terra world army. Its size alone may be no different from ordinary medium-sized armored vehicles, but the alchemy furnace heart and various sublimation modules can give them incredible power.

If the driver is still an ascendant, then this terrifying power will increase several times.

"What the hell?!"

Not far away, the messenger of the Flying Flame who cooperated with the independent mountain people, that is, the observer who collects biological information around the Leian Territory, also saw the black armor breaking through the many obstacles set up by the mountain people as if entering uninhabited territory. He couldn't help but Eyes wide open: "The Empire actually has extra armored troops to deploy?! And this armor...could it be the Empire's new flight module?!"

Although he is only a biological observer, how could he not know anything about military equipment? An obvious heavy armor can actually fly for a short period of time. This represents great strategic significance. Among other things, some areas that appear to be desert areas have become passable, and the heavy armor seizes the advantage and bombards the enemy from a high position. This is enough to directly defeat the huge advantage of the enemy's troops!

How could the rebel mountain people, who had never seen armored troops before, deal with a driver who was obviously an ace? !

However, even if the opponent is a mountaineer and the driver is Ian, it is impossible for the enemy to rush directly to the center of the city without any effective reaction.

When Ian was driving the armor and preparing to rush through a barricade, two Ascended Ones 'suddenly' jumped out from the top of the houses on both sides of the road.

Kari Yamaguchi, the burly mountain man was roaring and raising the iron rod in his hand to accumulate strength. His iron rod shone with a faint gray light, making it covered with a layer of illusory crystal rock out of thin air. , this is exactly the power of his bloodline power 'Rock Barrier Tortoise'. For a moment, the rocks that make up the surrounding houses began to shake slightly, trying to gather in the direction of the stick.

If the power of this blow were real, it would be enough to completely collapse a small building. No matter how strong the Cyclops was, it would be impossible for him to remain stable under the force of nearly swinging a small building.

And if it is impossible to maintain stability, on the other side, a thin mountain hunter has raised his long bow and aimed it. The bright thunder light is condensing at the bow string. As long as the opportunity comes, it will burst out with enough force to penetrate the armored defense. power.

But it was Ian they ambushed.

Therefore, the light prism cannon on the Cyclops's shoulder had been charged long before the two mountain leader leaders, who thought they were hiding well, popped out.

When Kari intended to swing down the iron rod, a dazzling stream of light poured out.

--Danger! !

The leader of the mountain people who has experienced hundreds of battles knows the nature of this early warning all too well. The moment he saw the light flame condensed in the prism on the Cyclops' shoulder, he knew that something was going to happen. He immediately activated his spiritual talisman to protect himself. The various medicines taken before the battle also began to take effect.

Buzz - A pale white shield appeared in front of Kari, and a dazzling stream of golden-red light spurted out at this moment.

Then it penetrated the shield.

It's like cutting through butter with a hot knife.

The scorching light engulfed Kari, and he tried his best to change his body shape. He only lost his right hand and weapon. The molten iron was splashed by the wind, and the mountain man screaming in pain rolled and fell from the air.

Xisang Jiangu looked at this scene in astonishment. He could not imagine that Kari, the two heroes who were equal to him, could be killed with almost one blow.

But he still seized the opportunity and fired a thunderous arrow - a blue-white fine lightning with an ultra-high temperature armor-piercing arrow several times the speed of sound penetrated the atmosphere and hit the armor of the Cyclops cockpit.

Bang bang bang bang bang! A series of armor pieces were broken. Under the power of the second-level sublimator, even the five-layer composite armor was destroyed almost instantly.

——Punctured? !

Such thoughts flashed through Xisang's mind. He was about to retreat and see the situation to decide whether to fight or run. This armor was a bit too abnormal, and the driver's strength was definitely not inferior to them.

But what is incredible is that the Cyclops, who was hit by a thunderous arrow, did not slow down at all. On the contrary, his scarlet one-eyed eye locked on the thin mountain man who was retreating. Xisang suddenly changed color, because he saw that along with the armor Pretending to be volleying in his direction, the water in the air suddenly began to condense crazily, condensing into sharp and strong chains of ice, cutting and winding towards his body!

"A water sublimator at the peak of the second energy level?!"

He subconsciously used his trump card. Immediately, the wrist guards on the mountain man's wrists lit up, and two staggered lightning chains burst out, intending to shake off these ice chains.

At the same time, electric eel-like scales appeared on his skin, trying to slip away from the chains.

It was a very quick countermeasure, but after all, he didn't take the potion in advance like Kari did, and he didn't have the protective psychic jewelry to delay the attack.

So it's a little late.

The ice-edge chain blessed by the Cyclops bionic system directly cut through Xisang's scales and inserted into his flesh. Then, as the armor closed, the mountain hunter watched in fear as he was being attacked. The majestic force was pulled along the ice chain, and then fell into the giant armored hands.

Click, the sound of metal locking. The black giant held the second-level sublime in his hand tightly.

He is still struggling, and his strength is so huge that even the armor cannot suppress him for too long. To be honest, if it was Kari instead of Xisang, he would have broken away long ago - but the light prism cannon on his shoulder has been charged. complete.

"No no no no!!!!"

Therefore, Yu Xisang's desperate howling and struggling, Yu's scarlet electronic eyes locked indifferently, the Cyclops lowered his head and stared at the enemy in his hands, while the golden-red light beam on his shoulder spurted out, engulfing his head and upper body. .

With a bang, the body with only half of its body fell to the ground.

The second-level sublimated ones do have the ability to challenge multiple armors in a duel, and even easily win - but it's a different matter if they are driven by sublimated people, or if they are specially equipped.

Not to mention the special armor Ian piloted.

The Cyclops continued to gallop forward.

However, although Ian caused one death and one serious injury in an instant, his speed was also slowed down.

Therefore, distant artillery began to ignore the shelling of surrounding residents.

boom! Accompanied by continuous thunderous sounds, cannonballs poured towards the Cyclops.

But Ian had no intention of evasive maneuvers. In the cockpit, he even smiled slightly, and his eyes lit up with an increasingly bright cyan light.

The outer armor of the Cyclops, the icy blue ice armor, is rapidly growing as the cold air spreads. The spread of frost potion mixed with Ian's source material turns the humid air of Nanling into his own shield.

Flames and explosions bloomed on the Cyclops' outer armor, but they did not cause any considerable damage - as the water vapor under the armor contracted and expanded, most of the penetrating power was removed from the ice armor. Scratch away the edges.

Only alchemy shells, this kind of high-explosive firepower that could instantly kill an armor, shattered the ice, causing the armor on the surface of the armor to dent, and the movement also stagnated a little.

"efficient!"

"Continue the attack!"

Seeing that the nearly unstoppable Cyclops finally slowed down due to this, all the mountain people were morale-boosted and they intended to continue the attack.

But what greeted them was a series of beam shots coming from afar!

On the streets on both sides of the road that Ian swept along, groups of white people soldiers were aiming at the areas where shooting sparks erupted, while Scott directed everyone to the high points of their respective areas to attack all those who were attacking. Ian's firepower performs targeted extraction.

Long before entering the city, Ian gave Scott the map and building distribution map of Ryan Territory, although he didn't know why Ian could draw such a detailed map after just visiting this place once...

But what the heck! As expected of Ian!

"It's those artillery pieces! Attack them! Don't hit people, just attack those artillery pieces!"

Scott commanded in detail. He knew from the first time he fired a rechargeable rifle that the real value of this thing was not to kill people at all, but to destroy the enemy's important equipment!

Yes, it is powerful at killing people, but for such a fragile thing, if you are not an Ascendant, an ordinary marksman can shoot one arrow and one bullet at a time, and it may kill much faster than a rechargeable rifle that still needs to be charged.

However, bullets cannot destroy the cannon, but the beam of the charged rifle can!

This is a targeted alchemical firearm that destroys the enemy's heavy firepower! It is a concentrated fire weapon that can remove important targets at a fixed point!

"This is what the rechargeable rifle is really for!"

Scott's mind was spinning very quickly at this time, and the white soldiers with high morale quickly destroyed the artillery and even the alchemy artillery one after another.

too easy. Some soldiers even have this idea in their minds - a gun that can hit wherever you aim it, and you can hit slow-moving artillery targets even if your grandma can do it!

The Cyclops, no longer suppressed by artillery fire, began to accelerate again at this moment.

This time, his target is Martin Xuanfeng, who is at the top of Ryan Castle and was giving a speech just now!

[Friends of the Empire, we actually don’t need to fight! 】

Without hesitation, Martin raised the sword in his hand. Although Martin said words that were almost submissive, he knew that this time when he saw Kari Yamaguchi and Xisang Jiangu losing their combat effectiveness and even dying in an instant. There will definitely be a fight to the death.

Therefore, just a little bit can make the other party hesitate. The mountain giants light up one after another with the brilliance of psychic accessories: [We are all fighting against those mountain people thugs who want to be independent. Now that they have been killed, we can work together. Make progress and work hard for the future well-being of the residents of Laianling...]

Necklaces, wristbands, shoes, belts, weapons, earrings, headdresses - the sparkling psychic radiance all over Martin's body is intertwined, and even forms a circle of dim psychic entities around his body, providing him with vitality respectively. Enhancement, increased strength, accelerated dash, thunder power, extraordinary perception and psychic resistance.

This set of psychic accessories combined even has an additional 'Thunder Judgment' effect. As long as someone is hit by his thunder sword, in the next period of time, every time the hit person is attacked, there will be additional Increases the source of thunder attribute damage and mental damage.

This is actually the ancient etheric weapon or even the prototype of the 'true form'. Through the effects of many psychic powers and sublimated creations being combined into one set, a brand new suit similar to bloodline inheritance is formed.

In fact, some of the true forms had suits similar to the etheric weapons first, and only then did latecomers discover that the abilities of these Warcraft equipment were not mutually exclusive.

Ian could see through the power of Martin's set of psychic accessories at a glance. The Mountain Man Ascendant's power at the moment could probably defend the Cyclops, but he was still shouting something that was not there, as if he wanted to He incited the residents of Rhianland present to agree with his words, forcing Ian to stop fighting and cooperate with him.

Indeed, among the residents of Rhianland who were still listening to Martin's speech, there was already a message of 'Stop fighting! ''It has ended! The rebels are dead! ’ Such a sound.

A voice that made Ian feel extremely funny.

——Carrying public opinion?

——In Terra? In an extraordinary world where I haven't had time to popularize education, and I don't dare to play this game, are you trying to coerce public opinion?

Boring trick.

The Cyclops rose into the sky, and the icy cold air spread. For a moment, the residents of the surrounding Ryan Territory felt as if winter had arrived early, and they subconsciously closed their mouths.

At the same time, Martin also roared and raised the thunder sword in his hand that was already more than ten meters long - the mountain man giant was covered in muscles. It was a perfect combination of absolute brute force and skill. As a strong man at the pinnacle of the second level, he was fully confident to compete head-on with the armor in front of him.

But Ian is not alone this time.

He came with troops.

Zi————Collapse! ! ! !

From all over the city, from all over the streets, including Scott, thirty-one scorching light beams converged at the speed of light, piercing the air!

Buzz! As a ring suddenly lit up, a layer of silver dragon scale shield appeared in front of the shocked Martin. It was so tough that even the concentrated fire of thirty-one charged rifle beams did not stop it. Penetrating it only made it tremble slightly.

This is obviously a precious psychic ornament left by the mountain people during the days of Baisen Dragon God.

But it doesn't make sense.

Because he is a dragon and Ian is a dragon.

[Listen, if you can’t get it with force, you can’t get it with words either. This is the truth]

The power of the ether crystal began to be transmitted from the young man's body to the armored alchemy furnace heart, causing the Prometheus prism on the shoulder to start charging at the highest energy level, which could never be achieved by relying solely on potions.

[Martin Xuanfeng, we are enemies, no matter what you think, I have marked you]

——I’m not here to resolve the conflict between the mountain people and the empire, nor am I here to seek tender and affectionate cooperation with you. I’m here to occupy a base area and raw material factory, and gain the absolute authority of the Lian Territory.

——I don’t need to promise happiness to the people, because they will experience it for themselves instead of fantasizing about it in exaggerated words.

——So, everything is simple.

[You can deny, you can resist, you can scream - but there is only one fact]

At this moment, Ian's voice was transmitted to the outside world through the loudspeaker. The cold voice was as ruthless as the frost itself in winter: "If I come, you will die."

"This is war!"

The cyan source of light burned rapidly in the Prometheus prism system, and the power of the ether crystal, the unfinished true ether furnace, mixed with the power of the ancient dragon's heart core burst out.

Thunder's giant sword had just cut down, but the burst of cyan light tore apart everything in front of him, and the weapon that could theoretically completely shatter the armor was directly bounced away.

A beam of light that surpassed the rays of the sun in front of him burst out obliquely, engulfing Martin before he could despair, and shattered the silver dragon scale shield that had been weakened by the soldiers' charged rifle volleys.

The speeding light stream passed by a corner of Ryan Castle, burning a huge lava gap into the building that was more than two hundred years old...

Then, it flew towards the clouds in the distance, where it shattered the clouds in the sky.

It also shattered the dark clouds that had shrouded the Ryan Territory for half a year.

A large sword and a smoking ring fell to the ground.

Other than that, there was only ashes that drifted away in the wind.

But this is not the end.

【Attention to all! 】

He took off the prism muzzle that had begun to melt on the Cyclops' shoulder and was dripping with golden-red molten iron and threw it on the ground, shaking the rocky road.

Ian's calm voice rang out through the loudspeaker: [The counter-rebellion is not over yet, except for the sublime ones, there are still many remnants in the city! Get ready to clean! 】

[Notify the whole city that in fifteen minutes, if any suspected remnants are found in the city]

The voice in the armor even had a creepy and dangerous smile: [Melt on the spot]

According to the later memories of the residents of Laian City, not a single one of the rebel mountain people and Xuanfeng tribe members who ran out of Laian City at that time escaped.

After they escaped from the city, they were penetrated and scorched from a distance.

The whole process wasn't even a little bloody, and it wasn't scary at all. They even felt a strange sense of pleasure in their hearts when they watched the rebellious mountain people who occupied their houses and snatched their food being ignited by a beam of light from a distance.

"How should I put it? What Sir Ian did..."

I don’t know why, but the very ‘courageous’ residents of Ryan City at that time recalled with some nostalgia: “It was like driving the cockroaches out of the house…”

"One step to death."

"Yes - it's that simple."

Double at the end of the month! It’s mid-month now, so you can wait!

I ate grilled scallops and scallops today, and I feel energetic. Sometimes you just have to eat grilled food, otherwise your brain won't work well!