SWDnovel Chapter 187 Heavy Armor Rush! The True Face of the Regional High-Rankings!
Chapter 187 Heavy Armor Rush! The True Face of the Regional High-Rankings!
The heavily armored fortress sped along the abandoned highway leading out of the city.
The speedometer went straight up to 240 kilometers per hour.
The 15-meter-long chassis flew almost touching the ground, with its anti-gravity field fully activated. Abandoned cars blocking its path were smashed to pieces, with scrap metal flying everywhere.
Jiang Ming sat in the command seat, his fingers rapidly swiping across the holographic screen.
On the radar screen, the direction where the Jiangnan General District is located is completely covered by a dense red light, which represents an extremely high concentration of abyssal energy radiation.
"Boss, there's a roadblock ahead."
Marlowe exhaled a smoke ring and jerked the steering wheel with both hands.
The toll station a few hundred meters ahead was completely blocked by thick reinforced concrete and abandoned armored vehicles.
Behind the roadblock, hundreds of soldiers dressed in the black armor of the headquarters stood densely packed together.
However, the soldiers' helmets were broken, dark red growths had grown on their heads, and the assault rifles in their hands had even grown into the flesh of their arms.
【Abyss Assimilation - Regional Mutant Army (Lv.45 - Elite)】
When the mutated soldiers saw the tanks charging towards them, they immediately raised the heavy machine guns and rocket launchers that had been fused to their arms and opened fire wildly.
A dense hail of bullets and rockets, trailing plumes of fire, hurtled towards us.
"No need to activate the kinetic shield, just run them over."
Jiang Ming issued the order.
"Okay!"
Marlowe floored the accelerator.
The heavily armored fortress roared to life with an overloaded engine, and its front end crashed directly into a three-meter-high concrete barrier.
boom!
The defensive fortifications, which were strong enough to withstand heavy artillery bombardment, were as fragile as paper in front of the Astral Meteorite Armor, and instantly crumbled into pieces.
The tank tracks rolled over the gravel and charged directly into the ranks of the mutated soldiers.
Chen Qi sat in the passenger seat, gripping the machine gun control stick tightly, and shouted, "Experience the power of this new thing!"
The [Magic Energy Thunderstorm Ripper Machine Gun] on the roof of the vehicle spun wildly.
Purple-blue armor-piercing shells poured out.
The black armor that these mutated soldiers were so proud of was useless against the Thunderstorm Armor-Piercing Rounds.
The moment the bullet pierced the armor, the accompanying chain reaction of thunderstorms exploded directly in the crowd.
Dozens of mutated soldiers were burned to charcoal by high-voltage plasma, their flesh scattered all over the ground.
"Ming-ge, these guys are still wearing the headquarters' identification badges."
Chen Qi looked at the magnified portion of the image on the screen and shook his head.
Jiang Ming didn't say anything.
The vehicle's chassis extended its source material tentacles, sweeping up all the debris and crystal cores scattered on the ground into the vehicle compartment.
[Obtained: Abyss Assimilation Crystal Core (Purple Rare) *45]
[Obtained: High-strength Alloy Plate (Blue, Excellent) *120]
"Keep driving, the Jiangnan General District is just ahead."
Jiang Ming tapped on the control panel.
Half an hour later, the heavily armored fortress stopped at the edge of a huge basin.
This place was originally the core stronghold of the Jiangnan General Region.
The sight before them made both Ma Luo and Chen Qi gasp in shock.
The fifty-meter-high steel wall of the main district is covered with thick, dark red veins.
The enormous tumor rose and fell on the city wall, making a dull heartbeat sound.
The original anti-aircraft turrets on the city wall were transformed into huge bone launchers filled with green, corrosive slime.
Thousands of mutated soldiers patrolled below the city walls, and there were even more than a dozen Thor armored vehicles completely covered in abyssal flesh and blood moving back and forth.
The entire Jiangnan region has become a massive abyss incubation ground.
"These old bastards have really sold themselves to the abyss."
Marlowe threw the cigarette butt out the window and cursed.
As soon as the chariot stopped, the alarm on the city wall emitted a piercing shriek.
A dozen searchlight beams instantly struck the heavily armored fortress.
The massive, fleshy gate in the very center of the city wall slowly writhed and opened to both sides.
A man dressed in the uniform of the Supreme Commander of the General Region walked out, surrounded by a group of mutated guards.
The man's right side of his body still retained a human appearance, but his left side had completely transformed into a wriggling mass of tentacles, and his left eye was a huge golden compound eye.
【Abyss Kin - Jiangnan Regional Commander Lei Qing (Lv.55 - Leader Level)】
Lei Qing stood on an open ground several dozen meters away, looking down at the heavily armored fortress.
"Jiang Ming, you really came."
Lei Qing's voice, amplified by the loudspeakers on the city wall, resounded throughout the area with a distinct emphasis: "That useless Chief of Staff Wang can't even handle this simple matter."
Jiang Ming pushed open the hatch and jumped onto the roof of the vehicle.
He looked down at Lei Qing and casually lit a cigarette.
"The dignified commander of the Jiangnan General Region has turned himself into this inhuman and ghostly state. Your General Region's aesthetic sense is truly unique."
Jiang Ming exhaled a smoke ring.
Lei Qing burst into laughter, and the left side of his beard trembled violently.
"You don't understand! This is the ultimate form of evolution!"
Lei Qing spread his arms wide, his expression crazed, "Blue Star's technology has reached its limit! Only by embracing the abyss can we gain immortality and endless power! Look at this fortress, look at my invincible legion!"
He stretched out the arm that had turned into a tentacle and pointed it at Jiang Ming.
"Jiang Ming, the technology and materials you possess do not belong to you at all. Hand over that high-dimensional mechanical core, and I can plead for you before the gods and grant you the status of a high-ranking servant."
Jiang Ming flicked the ash from his cigarette.
"Chen Qi".
"Hey, Ming-ge."
"Charge the gravity cannon and smash that stinking mouth of his!"
Jiang Ming spoke casually.
"receive!"
The [Abyss Annihilation Gravity Cannon] on the left side of the tank instantly lit up with black light.
Lei Qing was still rambling on about his grand plans for the Abyss, completely unaware that Jiang Ming wouldn't even bother with polite words before firing a shot.
boom!
A gravity collapse bomb roared out and landed precisely at Lei Qing's feet.
An absolute torsion field with a radius of thirty meters exploded instantly.
Ten times the force of gravity pressed down on you.
The dozens of Lv.45 mutated guards around Lei Qing didn't even have time to scream before they were crushed into piles of dark red flesh.
Lei Qing reacted extremely quickly, his left tentacles plunging into the ground, forcefully withstanding the crushing force of the gravity field. His entire body was distorted and he was violently pushed back over a hundred meters.
"Jiang Ming! You're asking for it!"
Lei Qing steadied himself, his golden compound eye fixed on the chariot, and let out a superhuman roar.
"You talk too much nonsense."
Jiang Ming threw away the cigarette butt and stomped it out.
"All troops, attack! Tear him to pieces!"
Lei Qing roared.
Below the city wall, tens of thousands of mutated soldiers and more than a dozen flesh-and-blood Thor armored vehicles charged toward the heavy fortress like madmen.
Jiang Ming jumped back into the cockpit and yanked the seatbelt.
"Marlowe, stop the car."
Jiang Ming pressed the red button on the main control panel.
"Mech mode, activate."
Rumble!
The 15-meter-long heavy fortress collapsed on the spot.
Countless dark gold armor and mechanical parts shot into the sky and rapidly reassembled in mid-air.
Twenty seconds later, a 30-meter-tall, four-armed steel giant exuding a terrifying aura crashed heavily onto the open ground of the main district fortress.
The ground trembled violently, and large sections of concrete were overturned and rolled up.
Astral Asura, descend.
The first few dozen mutated soldiers were blown away by the shockwave from the mech landing and disintegrated in mid-air.
Jiang Ming sat in the control room, looking at the dense red dots on the holographic screen.
"Since you like the abyss so much, I'll send you down there to reunite today."
The colossal thirty-meter-tall body of the Astral Asura stood in the center of the battlefield.
The dozen or so Thor armored vehicles, encased in flesh and blood, were the first to rush forward.
These originally ten-meter-tall regional aces now appear utterly laughable in front of the Star Realm Asura.
They raised their mutated electromagnetic cannons and opened fire on the Astral Asuras.
The azure electromagnetic cannonball struck the dark gold astral meteorite armor, leaving not even a white mark. It was deflected by the properties of the [Energy Deflection Armor], instead killing a large number of mutated soldiers around it.
"Is that all the firepower you have?"
Jiang Ming pushed down the control lever.
The Astral Asura swung its right main arm out suddenly, and the fifteen-meter-long [Absolute Zero High-Frequency Ship-Slaying Blade] instantly popped out.
The blade gleamed with a blinding, eerie blue light, and the surrounding air instantly froze into a thick layer of frost.
laugh--!
A single, sweeping strike.
The five flesh-and-blood Thor armors at the forefront, along with their pilots, were cut in half at the waist.
Not a drop of blood spurted from the cut; the absolute zero cold instantly froze the abyssal energy and flesh within their bodies the moment it sliced through the armor.
The five mechs turned into ice sculptures, crashing to the ground and shattering into countless ice blocks.
"Left arm machine gun, clear the area."
Jiang Ming gave the order.
Astral Asura raised its left secondary arm, and the barrel of the [Magic Energy Thunderstorm Ripper Machine Gun] spun wildly.
With a firing rate of 3,000 rounds per minute, it directly carved a death tunnel tens of meters wide through the mutated soldiers' formation.
A chain of purple-blue plasma surged, incinerating hundreds and thousands of monsters to ashes.
Lei Qing stood on the distant ruins, watching his proud mutant army being unilaterally slaughtered, his golden compound eye almost dripping blood.
"Jiang Ming! You forced me to do this!"
Lei Qing suddenly ripped open his officer's uniform, and the left half of his beard grew wildly, plunging directly into the flesh-and-blood wall behind him.
The fortresses throughout the Jiangnan General Region began to tremble violently.
The huge lumps on the city wall burst open, and dark red blood flowed down the wall and gathered at Lei Qing's feet.
"Great will of the abyss! I offer up the flesh and blood of this entire fortress, descend!"
Lei Qing let out a piercing scream as his body rapidly swelled and melted, merging with some enormous substance within the city wall.
Boom!
The 50-meter-high wall of flesh and blood collapsed by more than half.
A deformed monster, over fifty meters tall, crawled out of the ruins.
The lower half of this thing was forcibly pieced together from the chassis of more than a dozen main battle tanks, and its tracks were covered with bits of flesh.
Its upper body is a huge chunk of flesh, with countless heavy cannons and missile launchers embedded in its surface.
Lei Qing's distorted face was located right in the center of the fleshy mass.
【Abyssal Mechanical Assimilation - Tyrant (Lv.58 - Lord-level)】
[Features: Flesh and Blood Armor, Infinite Firepower, Abyssal Radiation.]
"Do you see that, Jiang Ming! This is truly a creation of the gods!"
A deafening roar of thunder emanated from within the tyrant's body.
All the heavy artillery and missile launchers on the surface of the meat block lit up red simultaneously.
Hundreds of shells imbued with abyssal corrosive energy rained down on the Astral Asura.
"Marlowe, activate all shields!"
Jiang Ming stared at the energy index on the screen and shouted.
The fire matrix on the chest of the Astral Asura operated wildly, and a thick, dark blue kinetic energy shield instantly expanded.
Boom boom boom boom!
The dense explosions completely engulfed the Astral Asura.
Corrosive slime sizzled on the shield, attempting to burn through the defenses.
"Ming-ge! The shield's durability is dropping too fast! This monster's firepower is too intense!"
Chen Qi shouted from the secondary control position.
"No matter how powerful it is, it's still a Frankenstein's monster."
Jiang Ming gripped the joystick tightly, his eyes focused intently.
Before the smoke from the explosion had even cleared, the four main thrusters on the back of the Astral Asura simultaneously erupted with blinding blue flames.
The 30-meter-tall dark gold mech, braving the barrage of gunfire, burst through the smoke, leaving several huge craters in the ground, and charged towards the tyrant at a speed that defied the laws of physics.
"die!"
Lei Qing roared, and the Tyrant's lower body tracks spun wildly, trying to create distance. At the same time, two thick, fleshy tentacles lashed out like whips at the Astral Asura's cockpit.
Jiang Ming didn't dodge at all.
The Astral Asura raised its heavy tower shield on its left main arm, forcefully withstanding the tentacle's lash.
The enormous impact caused the mech to slide backward for more than ten meters.
"Hold on tight!"
Jiang Ming slammed down on the chassis anchor.
The moment the mech stabilized, the [Absolute Zero High-Frequency Ship-Slaying Blade] on its right main arm was raised high.
The energy of the Fire Matrix was frantically poured into the blade.
The 15-meter-long giant blade shone with an intense blue light, causing even the surrounding space to subtly distort.
"High-frequency cutting, maximum power."
Jiang Ming gripped the control lever with both hands and brought it down hard.
Sizzle—!
This strike encountered no resistance whatsoever.
The high-frequency oscillation of 30,000 times per second completely ignored the tyrant's thick layer of flesh and armor.
The fifteen-meter-long ship-slaying blade cleaved down from the tyrant's head to the bottom, neatly cutting the fifty-meter-tall deformed monster, along with Lei Qing's twisted face, in two.
Absolute zero cold air bursts forth the moment it is cut open.
The abyssal energy, gushing blood, and writhing internal organs within the tyrant's body, which were about to explode, were all forcibly frozen.
A massive ice sculpture stands amidst the ruins, reflecting an eerie blue light in the sunlight.
Jiang Ming controlled the Astral Asura to step forward, raising its massive mechanical right foot and kicking it hard at the core of the ice sculpture.
Whoosh!
The 50-meter-high ice sculpture shattered into a pile of ice shards.
[Defeat the Abyss Mechanical Assimilation Tyrant (Lv.58, Lord-level) – A level above your own!]
[Experience Points Gained: 3500000!]
Your level has been increased to Lv.42!
[Gained 10 free attribute points]
Jiang Ming exhaled and added all 10 attribute points to Strength.
The current strength panel has skyrocketed to 127 points, making the pure physical strength terrifyingly high.
The armor on the chest of the Astral Asura cracked open, and source-material tentacles emerged, beginning to rummage through the ice shards on the ground for spoils.
[Obtained: Abyss Tyrant's Flesh Engine (Gold - Legendary)]
[Obtained: High-Dimensional Assimilation Metal (Purple Epic) *20]
[Obtained: Ultimate Region Access Key (Special Item)]
"This trip was worthwhile; we got a legendary engine."
Jiang Ming looked at the spoils in his storage ring with satisfaction.
"Boss, this regional headquarters is completely ruined."
Marlow looked around at the desolate ruins. Thousands of mutated soldiers had fallen and turned into black water after the tyrant's death.