270: Chapter 270 Fusion Strike Detected En route

Boom! Boom! Boom!

"The steel tracks roll forward!"

Accompanied by a storm of artillery fire, the tank legion also rushed out of the turret zone to intercept, aiming to alleviate the offensive pressure.

This kind of weapon, born from ancient wars, shared the same name, but those manufactured with a level of knowledge exceeding level forty were naturally incomparable.

Although limited by planetary materials and cost-effectiveness, the attack methods remained primarily armor-piercing shells and high-energy lasers; however, their outer armor utilized Phase Technology, allowing them to briefly escape into phase space to evade attacks in the physical world.

This was especially useful in such a dense battlefield.

Every time they were cornered by those agile Claw Bugs, they could briefly disengage from the battlefield and fire back, blasting the gathered swarms into fragments.

The turrets and missile launch sites on the rear positions were also outputting full power, striving to stall the insect swarms there.

However, at this moment, he was facing a joint offensive from nearly half of the students from Leviathan Academy, and the massive insect swarm was virtually endless.

Even though the phase armor did its best to evade, it was still caught the moment it materialized, and the scars on its body increased.

Every second, dozens of tanks were destroyed, left paralyzed on the spot.

The insect swarms, which had been briefly repelled, charged back onto the defensive positions.

Much like fanatical believers, the insect swarms were almost the perfect biological combat weapons—knowing no fear and never retreating.

Stepping over the corpses of their comrades, they charged forward one after another, forcibly dismantling turrets and steel bunkers.

Although Talix was the academy's former top student, he lacked Zhang Huaiyuan's True Sight buff and the ability to directly materialize things, so his development speed was still a far cry behind.

At this time, from the perspective of the Zerg falcons in the sky, it was clear that the entire defensive line was being gradually submerged at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"It seems defeat is certain."

Within the Zerg command network, waves of bio-electric signals were discussing rapidly.

"It's normal. What they excel at requires a lot of time to build up from scratch. To have developed this far in just one short year is already outstanding."

A matter-of-fact voice came through the command network.

Technology-based paths require a lot of prerequisite technologies to develop more advanced weapons and equipment.

Whereas they possessed part of the genetic sequence codes and technological heritage of the Great Zerg, so they didn't need to go through all that trouble.

"It's about time. Let's launch an all-out assault. We can't be stalled here by one person for too long, or it'll be bad if we miss the endgame over there. However..."

Looking at the command center that was still constantly emitting command fluctuations, another bio-electric wave sounded, its voice carrying a hint of mockery:

"Defeat is clearly inevitable, yet this guy Talix still wants to put up a desperate struggle. Why don't we try to take him out?"

"I dealt with this guy when I went for an exchange; he's not simple. Besides, as the public top student of the Time Book House, how could he let himself be the second one eliminated? He probably just refuses to accept defeat and wants to stall for a bit longer."

A signal sneered:

"Then as Number Three says, let's launch an all-out assault and drive him away."

"Seconded."

"Agreed."

...

Soon, the wills within the ten hives reached a consensus once again.

Countless Nydus Worm tentacles burst from the ground, opening their bloody maws as even more surging swarms filed out from within.

This time, it wasn't just the Claw Bugs.

There were quite a few of those ten-meter giant insects clad in thick carapaces.

There were even some hideous-looking units that were clearly higher-tier species.

They frantically destroyed the mechanical positions, advancing at an astonishing speed. Soon, only two kilometers of the core area remained of the dozens of miles of defensive lines.

"Hmm? This guy is truly insane. He still hasn't run?"

Within the Zerg command network, the thoughts of the ten Leviathan Academy members suddenly shifted.

More and more Nydus Worms burst from the ground, quietly forming a perimeter and launching a siege.

Clearly, their intent had changed from wanting to drive him away to wanting to eliminate a formidable rival.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Intense explosions and roars rang out continuously. Before long, the massive sea of insects had spread in all directions. The command room and the remaining outer defensive lines were like an isolated island, being submerged bit by bit.

Finally, when the last turret was dismantled, all the insects glared hungrily at the remaining command room.

"Hahaha, Talix, have you realized you're no match for my Zerg and decided to surrender directly?"

A strange sound came from the mouth of one of the Claw Bugs; clearly, a student was speaking through it.

Inside the command room, Talix expressionlessly pressed the upload button, sending all the parameters for dealing with the insect swarm from the recent battle to the team network.

Only then did he unhurriedly push open the door and walk out, saying calmly:

"Number One, don't you think this was a bit too easy?"

"What do you mean?"

"Nothing... Junior Classmate Zhang... this is the last thing I can do. You must win..."

He whispered softly, and the signal wire on his head suddenly turned red.

"Kill him, quickly!"

The Leviathan student possessing the Claw Bug suddenly felt a surge of foreboding.

Behind him, the hideous mouthparts of the Insect Beasts suddenly spat out a stream of green acid.

The defenseless Talix was instantly melted into a pool of bloody water under the cover of the high-intensity acid.

However, the unease in that student's heart only grew stronger.

Right then, the Zerg Disruptor, no longer suppressed by the signal wire, suddenly let out a piercing shriek:

"Nuclear Strike detected..."

"Estimated time of arrival... is now!"

...

On the other side, on the main battlefield between the Time Book House and the Holy Light Monastery.

The war had now reached a fever pitch.

Under the day-and-night assault of an army of believers totaling over a billion, the outer and middle defensive lines had all been breached.

Fang Qingran and several other students had also arrived to provide support.

Countless combat robots were locked in a chaotic melee with those brainwashed indigenous beings.

Every second, more than tens of thousands of beings perished.

This was a complete war of attrition.

"Your Highness the Saintess, the number of remaining believers is now less than eight hundred million. It is estimated that to completely conquer their territory, we will lose at least another six hundred million believers. Furthermore, according to the reconnaissance arrays set up in the rear, most areas have already been occupied by the insect swarms."

A Missionary reported with a weary expression:

"It is estimated that in one month at most, we will face a pincer attack from both sides."

During these days, he had also been doing his best to assist the offensive with Faith Divine Arts, not daring to lose focus for a single second.

"No matter. Continue the offensive."

Saintess Jiang Nian nodded gently, her eyes showing no trace of panic, as if everything was under her control.

Her gaze quietly turned toward the battlefield, which was like a meat grinder, her expression radiant.

The world knows that the Holy Light Monastery believes in the Lord of Holy Light and is the most loyal follower of the Holy Light.

Yet they do not know that her father, in the endless ages past, had another identity.

The authority over life and death has always been inseparable.

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