97: Chapter 97 Bombarding the Beast King

At this moment, the Raven King was still advancing step by step toward the Power Hub.

The military had used almost all their means.

But it had no effect at all.

Qin Ce's gaze shifted away from the Raven King.

It turned completely toward the City Lord's side.

It landed on that giant bear, whose body was like a mountain and burning with lava.

The Lava Bear.

A Bright Moon Level Beast King.

Its strength was countless times greater than the Raven King's.

But it also had a weakness.

And it was extremely obvious.

That was its massive size and slow movement.

It preferred to use its body to tank attacks that caused no damage.

Rather than dodging like the Raven King.

At this moment, it was fully focused on fighting the City Lord, using all its strength to entangle him.

It paid absolutely no attention to the situation elsewhere.

This was another major advantage!

Whew!

Qin Ce took a deep breath and said in a low voice.

"First, swap out the gold-level crystal core in the crystal core tower."

"For this wave of attacks, I want an ice-type crystal core!"

Ice-type?

The others didn't understand.

But this time, no one openly questioned him.

When Qin Ce, despite being only Bronze Rank, managed to operate the gold-level crystal core tower, he had already earned the respect of everyone present, and the entire squad now had a great deal of trust in him.

It wouldn't be accurate to say they followed every word, but at least they would listen to his commands.

Because prestige is earned through combat.

Quickly, a team member pushed a gold-level ice-type crystal core into the energy slot.

Ready!

Qin Ce fixed his gaze on the Lava Bear, pressed his hands onto the control panel, and the energy within his body surged wildly!

Activate, Nine-Star Insight!

At this distance, Nine-Star Insight could not identify the Lava Bear's information.

However, when Nine-Star Insight was in use, it had an effect similar to a telescope.

This was to allow Qin Ce to better lock onto the attack target.

With the activation of Nine-Star Insight, the Lava Bear magnified in Qin Ce's field of vision!

Its movements, attack rhythm, and movement habits were all silently noted by Qin Ce.

Then, Qin Ce used extreme speed to lock onto its face, specifically the area below its eyes and to the side of its nostrils.

This spot would cause it the greatest discomfort and would best achieve Qin Ce's strategic goal.

Hum!

The body of the gold-level crystal core tower began to charge frantically!

This time, a hint of azure faintly gathered within the golden light.

Then.

The ice blue gradually deepened.

Ice-type energy gathered wildly!

The brilliant ice-blue light condensed into substance at the muzzle, becoming brighter and more concentrated!

The surrounding temperature began to drop!

The muzzle quickly reached a state ready for firing.

But Qin Ce was still charging it.

The energy was still being compressed.

He didn't know if it was because the energy-solidifying characteristics of Nine-fold Azure Sky · Breath Condensation were also affecting the internal energy operation of the gold-level crystal core turret.

The turret's energy, which had already reached the critical point for firing, was still condensing.

The energy level at the muzzle was constantly climbing.

Low-grade Gold Rank.

Mid-grade Gold Rank.

High-grade Gold Rank.

When that energy condensed to its limit, the energy at the muzzle also reached the peak of Gold Rank!

At the same time, Qin Ce's face had turned pale as paper, and the mental power he was pouring into the control panel was trembling violently.

Enough!

It's at the limit!

Qin Ce withdrew his primary attention from the interior of the turret and turned to aiming.

Then, under Qin Ce's control, the muzzle slowly turned, shifting from aiming at the Raven King to the West Gate of the Inner City.

At this moment, everyone still didn't know Qin Ce's plan and exclaimed in surprise.

"What... what is he doing?!"

The team members under the golden tower stared in astonishment at the turning muzzle, completely failing to understand what Qin Ce was doing.

The Raven King was above; why was he aiming the muzzle toward the City Lord's direction?

"Is he crazy? Not attacking the Raven King, but wanting to attack the City Lord?"

"Uh! He wouldn't be trying to use an ice-type crystal core to attack the fire-type Lava Bear Beast King, would he?"

"Ah? That's Bright Moon Level! A Gold Rank attack is completely useless against it!"

"Stop! If the gold-level crystal core tower could affect battles above Star-Glow Rank, we would have already used it!"

The team members explained anxiously, but Qin Ce turned a deaf ear.

He just stared fixedly at that Lava Bear, watching every trajectory of its movement and every detail of its fight with the City Lord.

Then.

During the brief moment of stagnation after the Lava Bear Beast King launched an attack.

"Now!"

Qin Ce suddenly released the attack command!

"Fire—!"

Boom!!!

A brilliant ice-blue beam of light shot out from the muzzle of the golden tower!

The light pierced through the sky at extreme speed, blasting straight toward the Lava Bear several kilometers away!

The air along the way was frozen into countless tiny ice crystals, forming a gorgeous halo around the light!

The distance of several kilometers was covered in an instant!

The Lava Bear Beast King had just forced the Jade-Horned Flying Tiger back with one claw and was preparing to launch its next round of attacks.

It completely failed to notice an ice-blue ray of light attacking it.

Or rather, it noticed, but didn't care at all.

A Gold Rank attack?

To a Bright Moon Level, it was nothing more than a tickle.

It couldn't even be bothered to dodge.

However, the next moment.

Boom!!!

The ice-blue light blasted precisely onto the Lava Bear's face!

"Bang—!"

The ice-type energy exploded on its face.

The ice-type energy, which was intended to freeze everything, collided violently with the lava energy on the Lava Bear's body!

The next second—

Sizzle!!!

The ice-blue light instantly vaporized under the scorching of the Bright Moon Level lava energy!

A large amount of vaporized smoke instantly formed a dense cloud of fog in front of the Lava Bear.

It shrouded the entire Lava Bear!

That's right!

A Gold Rank ice-type energy attack indeed could not cause any damage to a Bright Moon Level ferocious beast.

But Qin Ce was never looking for damage.

The people who had been confused before were instantly stunned when they saw this scene.

Seeing the smoke shroud the Lava Bear Beast King, everyone vaguely sensed the meaning behind it.

But it was still not very clear.

On the other side, the moment the mist rose, the Lava Bear's vision was completely blocked by the large amount of water vapor!

It instinctively froze for a moment, stopped the attack it was about to launch again, and instead used its claws to disperse the mist in front of it.

But, it was that moment of hesitation!

It was that subconscious act of dispersing the mist.

That caused a break in its previously intense, non-stop fighting.

The sudden ice-type attack and the mist that burst forth to shroud the bear also startled the City Lord.

He subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction the attack came from.

Then, he immediately saw the gold-level crystal core tower in the distance.

He also saw the figure on the tower wrapped in a large cyan bird.

The next moment, as his gaze landed on it.

That gold-level crystal core tower did not retract its muzzle after firing that previous shot.

Instead, it turned extremely quickly.

It aimed the muzzle once again toward the direction of the Inner City's Power Hub.

It aimed at that patch of silver-gray thick fog.

It aimed at the Raven King.

Then—

The muzzle lit up again.

But this time, there was no charging whatsoever.

It directly fired a very faint, weak, and almost invisible glimmer of light.

The light shot out from the muzzle; its speed was extreme, but its power was extremely low, so low that it couldn't even hurt a single Bronze Rank raven.

It was just a thin line of light shooting toward that thick fog.

It was as if it were a guide.

A signal.

A beacon.

The City Lord looked at that line of light, then at the Raven King at the Power Hub that no one could deal with, his eyes suddenly lit up, and his mouth tightened.

He understood in an instant.

That kid's goal just now wasn't to attack the Lava Bear, but just to interfere with it.

The purpose was to free him up to attack the Raven King.

To attack the key that determined the final outcome of the entire battlefield.

Good kid.

Whose subordinate is this?

To actually have such a unique line of thinking.

He deserves a great reward!!!