181: Chapter 181 The Ripper

Within the mist, one colossal silhouette after another loomed in and out of sight.

The soldiers could hear the heavy, solid tremors of the ground; everyone knew these movements did not originate from their own forces. There was only one possibility: it was the Lux Aliens' army.

The mist would eventually dissipate, and the Imperial army would ultimately have to face entities comparable to Knight Titans.

The forward-most reconnaissance bunker hurriedly transmitted a message via the communication array:

"The aliens possess Knight units."

This message was transmitted only once; before the command post could even confirm it, the forward reconnaissance bunker's entire communication array was reduced to nothing but static.

Without a doubt, the reconnaissance bunker had been destroyed by the Lux Aliens.

When the soldiers standing at the front saw the silhouettes in the mist clearly, they were first shocked, and then alarms rang out across the entire defensive line.

Before those soldiers stood a unit resembling a giant beast.

The Ironclad Heavy Army's Leman Russ Tanks and Twin-Headed Dragon main battle tanks immediately opened fire on the Scarabs.

At the same time, the Commander on the ground immediately requested artillery support from the command post.

The situation before them was no longer something they could handle; these few units, comparable to Knight Titans, were fully capable of breaking through any of their defensive lines.

Just as the soldiers were at their wits' end, a directive came from the command post:

"Hold the line, a Titan is arriving on the battlefield shortly."

As soon as this message reached the front lines, the soldiers felt the vibrations coming from the rear.

The Adeptus Mechanicus's Warhound-class Titan, the Ripper, arrived on the battlefield immediately.

When the alien Commander saw this, he was stunned. The Warhound-class Titan was a full 7 meters taller than those Scarabs. That humans could build a unit as massive as a Scarab was something that had never been recorded in their war reports.

However, the Ripper would not waste any breath on him. The super-heavy twin-linked laser cannon on its right arm immediately aimed at the head of a Scarab. A violent, high-energy heat ray shot out instantly, and the high temperature, reaching tens of thousands of degrees, melted a Scarab in an instant.

Leovitos stood on the space station, watching the battle below, and turned to the Archon to say:

"High-energy heat ray technology is very rare, and I believe the Adeptus Mechanicus on Mars would quite like this technology."

Leovitos meant that the Triplex Phall Forge World was still withholding some things from the Adeptus Mechanicus headquarters on Mars.

For instance, this technology before them; if the Adeptus Mechanicus on Mars were to see it, it would absolutely be confiscated.

Upon hearing this, Xia Xingchen said nothing. He had no interest in concerning himself with the conflict between the Triplex Phall Forge World and the headquarters on Mars.

"Should we deploy the Red Hunters to the battlefield?"

Xia Xingchen looked at the three Scarabs before him, which were comparable to Knights, and after a moment of thought, out of inner concern, he asked Leovitos.

"My lord, you should trust the Titan."

Leovitos did not quite approve of deploying the Red Hunters to the battlefield.

After all, in the current situation, one Warhound-class Titan was already completely sufficient; deploying a Warlord-class Titan would be complete overkill.

"Furthermore, Archon, Titans and Knights are fundamentally two completely different types of units."

"Archon, you can just sit back and wait for victory."

Xia Xingchen cast his gaze outward for a moment. At this time, the battle in space had reached a stalemate. The Lux Aliens were neither approaching nor retreating, attacking the orbital platform from an optimal distance. Both sides could hit each other but were unable to inflict absolute damage or overwhelm the other.

At this moment, two Scarabs remained on the battlefield. Seeing this, another Scarab immediately launched a fierce charge.

At the same time, it quickly used its arms to protect its head, utilizing its sturdy armor to withstand the humans' terrifying weapons.

However, the Warhound-class Titan did not take it seriously at all; the automatic turret on its left side fired madly at the Scarab charging forward.

The massive explosions forced the Lux Aliens to retreat step by step.

Meanwhile, the Warhound-class Titan's right-arm laser cannon finished recharging.

After putting some distance between them again, the Warhound-class Titan, the Ripper, quickly aimed its cannon at one of the Scarabs.

Also, due to the lesson learned from the first Scarab, the two remaining creatures had become smarter this time; they immediately ran in different directions.

The Ripper's pilot immediately aimed the cannon at the Scarab running to the right. As the heat ray fired, it instantly melted the creature's entire right arm.

Unfortunately, hitting moving targets with the high-energy heat ray was quite difficult. The previous one-hit kill had been due to luck, combined with the fact that the Scarabs did not initially understand the Ripper's power, allowing the Ripper to exploit the information gap and gain an advantage.

The other Scarab on the side took advantage of the Ripper's subsequent opening to swing a claw directly at the Ripper.

In their minds, they had already pegged the Ripper as a creature with powerful long-range attack capabilities but no melee advantages whatsoever.

Just as the Scarab touched the Ripper, the Ripper immediately raised its right cannon and blocked it fiercely.

The lingering high temperature on the cannon collided with the Scarab's armor, instantly producing a hissing sound.

And the Scarab, relying on its sufficiently thick, hard, bony armor, collided with the steel, instantly sparking and hissing.

The operator, relying on rich combat experience, quickly recharged the right arm.

At this moment, the operator was just waiting for the moment the high-energy heat ray finished recharging.

The Ripper's pilot suddenly noticed that the Scarab on the right hand side had gradually started to recover, and the pilot of the Warhound-class Titan, the Ripper, knew there was no time to lose.

Without hesitation, he pressed the right-hand heat ray cannon barrel against the Scarab in close proximity.

At such a close distance, if the heat ray hit, it would undoubtedly mean certain death.

The Scarab also saw this and immediately wanted to escape the battle in terror.

But the humans would not give it this chance. As the heat ray finished charging...

A scorching ray capable of penetrating any armor instantly pierced directly from the belly to the chest of the Scarab in front.

The massive beam of light, like a holy sword, pierced through the alien.

The alien instantly emitted a shrill, miserable scream, and then countless green blood poured from its mouth and nose.

Immediately following this, the alien corpse leaning against the Warhound-class Titan went limp instantly, like a marshmallow, and the limbs that were just about to swing fell down instantly.

The Warhound-class Titan, the Ripper, gave a fierce push, instantly shoving the corpse away, and then aimed its cannon to the right, firing six shells instantly.