Chapter 102: Chapter 102: Group Beating (Part 1)
Everything was going smoothly.
Without a Leader Level Abyss holding the fort, these demonized creatures that were only fit to be cannon fodder were no match against the Ultimate Battle Line formed by Pandora and Sandora. The premise of quantity over quality holds only when the quality does not differ enormously; ten million fleas still couldn’t withstand the Pacific Joint Fleet, let alone a General Level Xyrin Apostle or the Xyrin Emperor, any one of whom was far more formidable than the Pacific Joint Fleet. Battling the demonized wind wolves and Fallen Thunder Beasts was as easy as slicing tofu for them. However, if they were confronting monsters like the Fallen Dragon Clan, it might be as challenging as cutting old tough tofu.
Just when we thought these monsters had nothing impressive besides their astonishing numbers, we simultaneously heard Lin Xue’s voice in our minds, thanks to a temporary spiritual network facilitated by Pandora as an intermediary. After all, Qianqian and her sister were still novices in using spiritual power. Moreover, as foreigners not registered in the Xyrin communication network, they wouldn’t have received battle commands if it weren’t for Pandora acting as the base station.
In the rear, acting as a super-reality radar, Lin Xue had been using her superpowers to perceive all movements within a hundred miles for the next twenty-four hours. However, as the opponent was a Leader Level Abyss with powerful energy interference, the future visions Lin Xue saw were blurry. In her words, everyone seemed to have been pixelated like protected witnesses, and the pixelation only got worse as time moved forward—after thirty minutes, the visions of the future appeared as chaotic and indiscernible as if struck by a racing car at 120 kilometers per hour. Hence, only now could she offer us some concrete advice.
Lin Xue’s message consisted of just a few hurried sentences, but it clearly told us what to do and what she was currently doing.
“Fire concentrated shots towards the western sky in three minutes. No need to aim, you’ll hit your target. Baobao, sweetheart, can you give sister another sugar cube… Ah, forgot to hang up! You guys, quickly forget what you just heard!”
We internally scolded the person who, despite not being young, still tricked Loli into giving up her sugar stash, and then we focused our attention on the western sky.
Pandora’s deployed detectors still had no responses; the hidden Leader Level Abyss and its main forces were nowhere to be seen. However, nobody doubted Lin Xue’s predictive ability. Though she spent most of her time on mundane tasks like forecasting the weather, the prophet’s exaggerated accuracy, even predicting the next day’s rainfall to the milligram, was evident.
Seconds ticked by; the cannon fodder-like demonized creatures, weakened by Dingdang, controlled by Sandora, and overwhelmed by Pandora’s strikes, had all but lost their threat. With two thousand Elite Level Xyrin Soldiers present, we were able to focus all our attention on the looming chief opponent.
As powerful as they might be, coming against a violent gang guarded by a prophet meant an inevitable brutal beating as soon as they showed their face.
With two seconds to three minutes left, Pandora initiated her attack first. She abandoned those Floating Cannons and cluster beam weapons, which had considerable range but lacking power, and instead, she brought out her signature Pandora 1000 mm Ship-to-ship Ghost Energy Cannon. Behind her, two gigantic Vector Cannons, deadly weapons of the mortal realm, loomed menacingly and then all fired in unison.
I always thought that Pandora’s petite, cute frame paired with strategic level military weapons created a display filled with violent aesthetics, but now, I felt that the brightness of this scene was perhaps a bit too intense.
“Strong, huh,” Sandora said to me through a spiritual connection during a brief pause, “being able to keep your eyes on the Photon Vector Cannon firing is quite the feat; you’re lucky you didn’t go blind right then.”
“What did I know about the brightness being so intense when it fired…”
I complained while rubbing my eyes that hurt from the intense light, startled by the experience. It was my first time hearing about a weapon from the Xyrin Empire being so ludicrously bright. I wondered if intense brightness was a common feature of these weapons or if it served some other purpose.
Almost the moment Pandora’s cannons fired, a wide, eye-like horizontal space rift tore open in the western sky, with dark mist swirling inside, and numerous large shadows flickering in and out.
No wonder our radar couldn’t detect this concealed force. They had been hiding in Other Space all along. In the same space-time quadrant, the overlapping Other Spaces were infinite, and even the most advanced radar systems could not locate an army hidden in Other Space—except for Lin Xue, this totally scientifically illogical super-reality radar.
Just as Lin Xue had said, although Pandora hadn’t aimed, three thick energy beams still hit the rift head-on, and without a doubt, the entire massive space rift was brightly illuminated by intense white light.
I saw thousands of ferocious monsters whose twisted figures were illuminated by a bright light in that instant. Among them, not only were there relatively strong cannon fodders like the Fallen Dragon Clan, but also many who appeared even more formidable than the Fallen Dragon Clan. However, in front of the violent duo of Pandora and Sandora, they still only had cannon fodder-level strength, though they clearly had the capital to build quality through numbers.
If we had been unprepared, such a horde of enemies descending from the sky would have put everyone present in danger.
But now, we were fully prepared, and as soon as they showed up, they hadn’t even managed to land before we ambushed and bewildered them.
As a large number of high-quality cannon fodders were vaporized by energy beams, a completely unharmed black shadow was especially conspicuous. He effortlessly dodged Pandora’s attack and then used a gray shield to block the spread attack radiated from the Photon Vector Cannon, looking extremely relaxed. I could almost see the disdainful expression he revealed after a slight startle.
Well, this was the second time I had seen an expression on a pool of ink…
His disdain was reasonable after all. To him, the only threatening targets here were Pandora, who was efficiently slaughtering monsters, and Sandora, who was radiating high energy fluctuations. Though Dingdang was strong, the Abyss’s vision was obviously not even 1.5; he couldn’t locate where the enveloping life force on the battlefield originated. As for Qianqian and I, we hadn’t made a move from the beginning and were still sincerely playing the role of the masses. Although the Abyss possessed its own independent consciousness and relatively high intelligence, most of their brains, apart from Fallen ones like Caesar, weren’t very clear— Primordial Abyss in front of us who was obviously being used as a fool by Caesar. He hadn’t considered that there are more sophisticated battle philosophies in the world like playing possum and backstabbing.
As for the two thousand Elite Level Xyrin Soldiers beside us, although they also represent a significant fighting force, let’s not forget, this guy also brought a large group of fierce cannon fodder…
Just as we were preparing for a tough fight, Lin Xue’s voice suddenly rang out again, “Ah Jun, quick, use your ‘Heavenly Light’ to sweep about 500 meters south of the Space Rift!”
I distinctly heard some excitement in Lin Xue’s voice, as if she was about to succeed in a prank on some unfortunate soul. Also, I heard her chewing something while talking…
It seems that the naturally naïve Little Bubbles had been successfully tricked by Lin Xue. By the time the little guy realized it, I would probably have to comfort him again…
I had great trust in Lin Xue’s Prediction Ability. Without hesitation, I summoned a Super Space-Time Strike and swept it near the Space Rift.
Under our puzzled looks, the already nearly completely opened Space Rift suddenly closed again—the speed was so fast, it looked just like the blink of an eye. Most of the monsters were resealed into the Other Space, leaving only the Abyss that had moved away from the Space Rift and a few fast-reacting agile-type Demonized Creatures lingering in the air.
The sudden massive change left ‘Brother Ink’ confused and uneasy; he twisted anxiously in the air, completely failing to understand why suddenly he had become totally isolated. Facing the enemy ahead without the large forces of Demonized Creatures backing him, he suddenly realized that the situation was very unfavorable…
I was also puzzled. Why did randomly firing at nothing close that Space Rift?
At that moment, Sandora’s Spiritual Connection promptly cleared up my confusion, “Space interference! It’s because of space interference! Every spatial portal has a fragile point, and this point, if disturbed by a disturbance of the same level, causes the collapse of the passage. However, this fragile point is extremely small and its position is always changing. It’s practically impossible to locate it, only Lin Xue with her Prediction Ability could completely defy common sense and know in advance where the fragile point would appear. Your Super Space-Time Strike utilized the powerful energy summoned from the Xyrin Mother Star through spatial distortion, so your strike just closed the spatial passage!”
Well, despite Lin Xue causing me lots of trouble on a regular basis and constantly damaging equipment in the base, what I want to say now is—I absolutely love that Prophet sister!
I gloomily glanced at the isolated ‘Brother Ink’ in the air and sinisterly smiled, “Soldiers, let’s gang up on him!”