High Above

[Ian, the beast tide is coming! 】

After hearing these words from Marquis Barton, Ian was a little confused for the first time because he didn't understand what the 'beast tide' was.

But soon, he wanted to understand the meaning of the other person's words, so he opened his eyes wide: "You mean, the demon controls the group of monsters in those caves?"

[That's it, I can't say control, but all those Warcraft groups are crazy]

What Marquis Barton said made Ian frown.

The Golden Plain is the product of an upwelling of mantle lava in the Terra continent during the Skyfall Disaster, which was about to turn into dark rock before it was suppressed by the Ascendants of that era. Therefore, there are a lot of rare metal veins here. , there are also quite a few special groups of Warcraft that rely on these mineral veins.

For example, inside the Nine-Xuan Abyss, there is an entire underground ecosystem and five large monster lairs, which are areas designated as key ecological observation targets by the empire.

In addition, there are many abyss caves in the Golden Plains. The number of monsters inside is really countless, and it is also a major source of monster materials in Nanling.

But obviously, the people of Feiyan do not care about the ecological resources of the empire. They must have used some method to control the Warcraft tribe as their 'vanguard' to attack Nanling.

"So fast?"

Ian's expression was solemn. He had actually had a premonition of this possibility, but he didn't expect Feiyandi to control the monsters so quickly - in just one day, the other party had already created a wave of monsters?

What exactly is this technology?

Without any hesitation, Ian directly applied for off-site assistance and asked about Long Island!

"Is this abyss technology?"

And Longdao’s answer is also very simple: [Yes]

Later, Ji Feng Dragon King thoughtfully gave an explanation: [This is a spiritual infection from the abyss, which directly interferes with the mind of normal creatures through the virtual realm, making them gradually become crazy and violent - if the creature is originally very violent, for example Predators like the Sharpclaw Tiger will soon degenerate into their own demonized subspecies in the labyrinth of warp]

at the same time.

Golden plain, demon army.

A four-clawed terrifying robot is moving quickly through the grass on the plain.

This spider-like four-clawed robot moves very quickly and is very similar to common plains arthropods, making it impossible to detect by people who don't know their existence.

And because it is a machine creation, it is extremely difficult for the devil to detect such a small target with no life response. Even if it is found, it is not clear whether it is a local 'little' insect.

Thanks to the wonders of Terra, bugs here are normal whether they are the size of basketballs or metal exoskeletons.

Even if it is discovered, there are many different types of such bugs.

Therefore, this terrifying robot equipped with a professional camera can accurately capture the horrific changes taking place at the headquarters of the Demon Legion.

On a flat ground covered with flesh and blood, red blood boiled like lava. It could be vaguely seen that the flesh and blood came from various completely different monsters.

And one after another lemures threw themselves into it like sacrifices, their bodies dissolved, and their souls began to reorganize - and as hundreds of lemures plunged into this mass of flesh and blood, a purple-red vortex began to take shape, boiling like The scarlet mist began to thicken.

Then, from the mist, one after another tall and burly 'Warcraft' with a height of more than 20 meters walked out. They have different shapes, their muscles are almost pathologically developed, and their fur is as red as fire and blood, which makes people think of horrific massacres.

And on the heads of these monsters, the large horns of demonic power shine with flowing luster.

"Roar!!!!"

As soon as they were born, these demons who had gained new bodies let out roars that shook the atmosphere, and their violent energy spread and stirred up wind and sand.

[They use the flesh and blood of monsters to upgrade lemure monsters into monster monsters]

Seeing the video broadcast by Ian, the True Flame Dragon King who provided off-site assistance said solemnly: [It seems that Feiyandi has indeed obtained abyss technology - at least they have obtained a complete set of abyss level diagrams, knowing which emotions and souls to use. What kind of devil can be created]

[Although these beast demons can no longer advance into more powerful true demons, their combat effectiveness has obviously been greatly improved in a short period of time]

"So that's it." Ian thought of the rot fungus before Nanling and the crazy monsters: "Sure enough, there is some advance..."

He was a little surprised: "Is this also part of the demon army? Using biological plague to make local creatures enter a manic and violent mood, and then using demon technology to catalyze it, catalyze the monsters that would not actively be enemies of humans to become real ones. Demonic beast.”

"Then, use the flesh and blood of these demonized beasts to create beast demons... Indeed, this is a complete process of demon war!"

It seems that this is part of the Demon Legion's trump card. The future legion of immortals will definitely need true demons as the basis for advancement. The transformation of lemure demons into beast demons is equivalent to actively extinguishing the possibility of this future.

If Ian hadn't given Deathstroke such a difficult feeling, he would never have used this method.

But now, with the beast tide as the vanguard, thousands of demons as the skeleton, and hundreds of beast demons as the core, the demon army's offensive has begun to take shape!

"It only takes a few hours at most for these monster beasts to reshape their bodies... The war is about to begin! And all the monster beasts that have been infected with 'madness' in our territory may degenerate into demonic beasts!"

"We must respond immediately!"

Ian's expression was solemn, but he was not panicked, but directly contacted the 'Confused Heart'.

"Now sneak into the virtual realm of the Western Realm and explore the situation inside the cursed soil."

Ian gave a concise and concise order: "Now all the attention of the demon army is focused on Nanling. There is no time to stop you. You must find the terrifying existence that is gestating in the virtual realm as quickly as possible, send its message to me and retreat immediately. "

"If there is still time, return to the two fortresses on the border of Nanling that were charmed by you, and charm them to be loyal to me and loyal to the Silver Peak Leader... This is part of the plan."

"This is your most important mission."

[Yes, my lord] Huoxin responded righteously: [Guaranteed to complete the mission]

Returning to his conference room, Ian communicated with Scott and Qingchao: "The Steel Feather Troops and the Unmanned Armored Troops are immediately ready to attack. Notify the Marquis of Barton that the new armed corps of the Nineteenth Army must also start taking action immediately. We Keep the enemy at the edge of the golden plain."

"yes!"

Scott and Qingchao also became serious at this moment. This is the first time they have officially participated in a battle that can be recorded in the history of Terra... Regardless of the outcome and scale, the demon army invaded the empire for the first time. This is about the extraordinary army. His debut is destined to be recorded in history.

Nanling's response will determine whether the demon army is a demon king who brings despair and terror to all living beings, or a clown who exaggerates the truth - it is not yet known who will be the protagonist of this debut.

Qingchao is about to go to the Steel Feather Team to summon his team captains. Their mission is to wait for an opportunity to raid behind the enemy lines and destroy the beast monster incubation pool behind the demons.

Scott will be responsible for checking the current resource situation in the territory and sorting out the situation. Xio will be able to connect to the Heart of Terra immediately. He must ensure that the unmanned armor controlled by Xio can set off as soon as possible, and The war has officially begun, and someone has summarized the publicity in the territory and the intelligence from the Heart of Terra.

In addition, Ian also told Scott to prepare to lead a team to eliminate the monsters that are relatively close to human settlements in the territory-even if they may be killed by mistake, they will never give the enemy any chance.

"Adlbert."

And at the end, Ian said to Xu Jing: "Are you ready?"

"Ready." Adlbert's voice came from the depths of the virtual realm, with a heavy echo, but he still had a trace of hesitation: "It's just Ian, is this really okay?"

"Don't worry."

The corner of Ian's mouth curled up, and he said firmly: "I believe that the people in my territory absolutely respect and love me."

So, the war began.

In mid-July, Terra 775, an army composed of steel and virtual AI stepped out of their production workshop. Just like the demon army, this army also appeared on this land for the first time.

In the long past, similar armies appeared in the wars of pre-epochal civilizations. And one thousand six hundred years later, the mechanical knowledge from other worlds was combined with the local virtual reality technology, and what was born was a brand-new exist.

The heart of the alchemy furnace behind the burly exoskeleton armor was humming, pushing the nearly ton-heavy body to trample on the earth, while new artillery pieces walked out of the workshop under the assembly of workers, and the bearings and tracks were still slightly damp. Heat contains enough power to crush everything.

And among these steel figures, which are generally two to three meters high, every other team will have an armor nearly six meters high. The silver-white steel armor reflects the dazzling sunlight, and the scarlet one-eye connects the aiming of the virtual world. Modules, so that they are sure to hit every target.

Cyclops MKⅡ, a long-range sniper unit with heavy firepower. Optimized based on Ian's first-generation Cyclops armor, it can individually fire numerous heavy firepower including light prism cannons and cloud blast bombs.

On the other side of the earth, the 19th Nanling Army Corps, which was armed with the technology of the Silver Peak Leader, also walked out of the station amidst the sound of bells. This army was not yet fully mechanized. Behind the exoskeleton army, there were a large number of ordinary troops.

This army also has a large number of armors and artillery. Their main task is to deal with the enemy's impact on the defense line that has been roughly set up.

And their enemy is an army of destruction that seems to come from another world.

North of Nauman City, there is a small basin of arbor forests in the south of the Golden Plains. There are many water systems here. The arbor forests sway in the heat. In the past, it was a beautiful scenery praised by travelers.

But now, this beautiful land and water is burning.

fire. A fire ignited from north to south, and the trees were burning in the heat, while the black clusters of monsters were rolling on the earth like a tide. The scarlet beast pupils moved forward with a stream of light, making the earth shake endlessly.

In this formation, there is a whole tribe of plain rock wolves and more than thirty giant wind-eclipse spiders. Those scorpion spiders, which are like steel chariots and are all white, are enamel scorpion spiders. These live in caves. The dangerous monsters are now covered with colorful magic patterns, exuding amazing evil aura, rushing towards the human settlements.

The faces of the Nanling scouts watching this scene were full of fear and anxiety. Sweat was dripping from their faces and foreheads, but they did not dare to breathe.

Because these monsters, which have obviously begun to become demonic, are not the real source of fear for them.

What really made their hands and feet feel cold was the 'slowly moving' giant beasts behind these monsters.

It was said that it was moving slowly, but in fact it was just because it was too huge. It only took one step to keep up with the army. Amid the mighty heat wave, giant beasts over twenty meters tall stepped out of the smoke and smoke. Like a demon coming out of hell.

Beast demon. There were more than hundreds of giant beast monsters, which could only be dealt with by second-level ascenders, pressing towards Nanling.

On the shoulders of these beast demons, demonic officers with humanoid shapes were commanding the entire army.

The army of demons, forged from the fear of all sentient beings, and the bloodless and tearless mechanical masters are marching opposite each other.

But in fact, due to the detection of the scouts and the Yinfengling terror robots, the Nanling side, which had determined the enemy's location, took the lead in launching the offensive.

"The shooting elements have been calibrated."

The artillery units on the front line have been set up in advance, and more than a hundred large-caliber heavy artillery are rapidly adjusting their firing angles based on the messages from the front line. When everything is calculated, they launch.

boom! boom! boom! boom!

Amidst the rhythmic blasts and whistles in the air, countless cannonballs rushed into the sky, and then fell to the earth. This scene was like a large rain of steel falling from the sky, and then exploding into a large blaze of flames on the distant earth. flower. But these flowers were enough to destroy everything. The moment they bloomed, the earth shook, rocks cracked, and the arbor forest that had been burned to char was blown away by the shock wave in an instant, turning into smoke and dust all over the sky.

However, if just heavy firepower can harm the demon army, then can't the Western Army still use thousands of alchemical heavy cannons to cover the ground?

Just ten seconds before the heavy artillery landed, the Fusion Demon officers had already raised their heads. Their excellent dynamic vision, which was better than that of Warcraft, could directly see the trajectory of the artillery dozens of kilometers away. For them, warheads with several times the speed of sound were simply thrown faster. of snow.

So at this moment, flames suddenly rose into the sky, and the cursed soil that had begun to spread in the virtual realm echoed with the material world, forming a temporary subspace block.

Most of the demons and monsters were hiding in it. The powerful heavy firepower covered the entire land and shattered the solid basalt rock formations of the golden plain, but it failed to hit even a single target.

Then, the demon army appeared in reality again, unscathed.

This is the importance of the 'cursed soil' - the virtual realm eroded by the cursed soil makes it very easy for demons to enter and exit. It only takes less than a second to complete the transfer, thus avoiding all physical damage.

In addition, in the real world corresponding to the virtual world covered by the cursed soil, everyone will subconsciously feel anxious, uneasy and frightened. In severe cases, it may even produce extremely strong depressive reactions. For beasts, manic aggression will be high.

This also makes it easier for the devil to convert them into cannon fodder-like slave demons.

Precisely because the cursed soil is so important, as soon as the demon army arrives at a certain place, it will immediately start a bloody massacre and spread the scope of the cursed soil... In a sense, this war is closely related to ordinary people.

Because they have become fuel and supplies for the devil.

Of course, curse soil is not omnipotent.

There were also some larger beast monsters that had difficulty transitioning into the virtual realm in the first place, so they still withstood the artillery attack.

A beast demon that looked like a cow, but looked more like some kind of bull-headed troll, received a 200mm heavy cannon head-on - but even this one shot could kill a heavy artillery shell with a radius of 500 meters. The top of the monster's head exploded, which only caused the horns on the giant beast's head to shatter.

The tauren beast demon staggered for a while, then came back to consciousness and roared violently.

With the support of Cursed Earth, the beast monster that should have suffered trauma quickly began to heal itself. Except for the two big horns on its head, it was difficult to see what kind of injuries it had suffered.

This is the war in the world of Terra - the artillery bombardment that is enough to destroy all flesh and blood life has no effect on the army composed of sublimated creatures, but at most it is only a bloody mess and does not threaten life.

Not to mention, most of the enemies can even directly transfer time and space to avoid all damage in the material world... This is the real reason why the demon army can successively break through many fortresses in the Western Territory!

"Conventional firepower is ineffective."

North of Nauman City, Ian and Marquis Barton stood on a temporary fortified fortress and looked at the black-red fire clouds pressing down from the distance. That was the direction in which the demon army was marching, and the virtual realm's cursed soil spread back to reality. Visions of the world.

The old man narrowed his eyes. He was not nervous. He had seen similar scenes many times decades ago: "The same was true for the Gray Eagle Knights back then. Under the leadership of Captain Huiyu, the Knights Under the bombardment of heavy artillery from the Junlingbao Mountains, we broke through the encirclement and entered the inside of Junlingbao's defense line."

"The mountain heavy artillery of Junling Castle is amazing. It is said that it is a super cannon that can launch objects into space orbit. Even so, it can't help but the low light protection of Huiyu and the heavy armor of the Knights."

"Why haven't I heard the name of the Knights of Gray Eagle?" Ian moved his eyes away from the demon's advancing defense line and looked at Marquis Barton with some confusion: "Such a powerful knights should be one of the top ten knights. One, right?”

"The Gray Eagle Knights participated in the Dark Moon Rebellion, and later followed other princes and became enemies of His Majesty."

The old man said lightly: "So they were wiped out by me. My hidden injury was left by Huiyu. He broke my heart light body and destroyed all the etheric true bodies I wanted to condense, but I am still better. "

It turns out that I am recalling the glorious days of the past. Ian nodded slightly. He knew exactly what the old man meant: "Then how did you destroy the Gray Eagle Knights in the first place?"

"I led a raid and killed Huiyu."

Marquis Barton looked at Ian closely: "This is the first priority of the Ascended War: to kill the enemy's most powerful person."

"It's not just us who think so. The enemy thinks so too. Ian, you have to hide well. Wait for the soldiers on the front line to fight for you and force Deathstroke to take action, so that we can seize the opportunity."

Marquis Barton's words were cold and ruthless, but this is also the normal state of war in the world of Terra: ordinary soldiers stick to their positions and force the enemy's elite troops to invest. If one side is at a disadvantage, then the strong side of the first attack will be preempted by the second attack. Take the initiative.

All positions, fortresses, artillery and soldiers are weapons that serve the Ascended Ones.

"No."

Ian shook his head. He stared at the black and red fire clouds in the distance with scorching eyes: "Not only will I not hide, I will also arrive at the front line in person later."

"Marquis Barton, do you still remember my prophecy?"

"Your prophecy?" Marquis Barton said slowly, hesitating a little: "You mean... that the holy fire will descend from the sky and destroy the evil spirits... that prophecy?"

"Not only that. There is also what I said before, 'We will encounter suffering.'" Ian said calmly: "So just wait and watch how I act."

"How to fulfill my prophecy."

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