Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 544 - 537: Shattered

Chapter 544: Chapter 537: Shattered

The familiar shrill sound of the Advance Team echoed through the sky, a noise generated by the friction of the air just before a missile hits the ground. Immediately after, a missile landed directly on the giant creature’s head and exploded instantly.

This was a medium-range missile with a payload of 200 kilograms, causing a brilliant flash of light upon explosion that illuminated everything around it. This was followed by an intense shock wave and a deafening explosion. If it were day, everyone would have been able to witness the shock wave rippling out of the explosion.

The first missile blasted away half of the giant creature’s body. To make matters worse, there was more than one of these missiles. After the first one exploded, the subsequent missiles also fell to the ground and detonated. The intense explosions thundered throughout the night sky, audible even tens of kilometers away.

The High-peak people have a fascinating misconception about missiles. They believed that missiles should make noise to intimidate the targets on the ground. As a result, they produced this type of missile that would emit a sharp, piercing sound before detonating due to the friction of the air, just like the Stuka Bombers of World War II.

Amidst the unnerving shriek, one missile after another exploded upon impact, immediately enveloping both the giant creature and the surrounding area within the blast radius. The explosion of each missile shook everyone’s hearts as if their hearts were being pounded by a heavy hammer.

Even before the explosion, Luo’er had jumped down to a position a few meters below ground, rolling and crawling into the pipe and fleeing outward in a panic. Intense explosions were heard overhead and the surroundings were shaking violently. Struggling in the muddy silt, he stumbled several times without finding stability.

After dropping the missiles, the transport plane flew straight back to the Airship landing pad, ready for reloading and awaiting the next bombing command. These missiles were hung on the outside of the aircraft fuselage and when it came to launching them, the bomb dispenser would pull off the safety cap and toss them all at once.

Because the transport plane relied on an anti-gravity engine, it never needed to circle continuously to maintain flight. It could just hover and directly drop the missiles toward the ground.

Theoretically, such a simple bombing task could be done solely by an airship. But in reality, it wasn’t so simple. The High-peak people had their own air flight management standards. During combat periods, the airships that transported soldiers and weaponry typically docked on a cruising orbit, which was usually above 800 meters.

To execute a bombing, a ship had to descend to the support orbit, which was usually less than 300 meters from the ground, to reduce the margin of error in dropping bombs. As mentioned before, during a battle, airships were not allowed to descend to the support orbit. Therefore, only ground support aircraft and robust ground-support vessels would occupy this orbit.

The High-peak people’s airships were invincible in the Otherworld, unmatched in the sky, but they were quite vulnerable on the ground. The most effective and practical menace came in the form of Earth’s anti-aircraft guns.

During the Otherworld war, multinational troops from Earth didn’t acknowledge the existence of the High-peak people’s air fleet, resulting in a lack of anti-aircraft guns in the Otherworld. Consequently, the multinational forces were one-sidedly massacred in the face of High-peak people’s air fleet.

Post-war, in their interactions with Earth, High-peak people recognized the sophistication of Earth’s anti-air defense system. While they were grateful for their lucky escape, the High-peak people also set up related standards to enhance the survivability of their airships.

On the other hand, High-peak people were actively lobbying Earth to abandon their desire to export anti-aircraft weapons to the Otherworld. In their efforts, they had since incorporated a principle banning Earth from exporting anti-aircraft weapons to the Otherworld in the agreement for arms export.

Amid the echoing explosions, Luo’er quickly escaped from the pipeline. Outside, two mercenary guards were standing by. Upon recognizing Luo’er’s identity, they finally relaxed and lowered their weapons.

"Chief, do you need assistance?" One of the mercenaries asked as he approached.

"No, hurry to the other exit for defense. We don’t need it here anymore. The other entrance has been blasted off," Luo’er waved them off.

"Understood, we’ll head there immediately!" The two mercenaries nodded and jogged towards the breach in the wall.

After catching his breath, Luo’er also ran to the periphery of the wall, which was already occupied by mercenaries.

"Luo’er, how is everything going?" He had just let out a sigh of relief when he heard Cheng Ziang’s voice behind him. Turning his head, Luo’er saw him rushing towards him.

"Where is Little Ke?" asked Luo’er.

"Taken up into the sky!" Cheng Ziang pointed at the sky as he spoke.

"How’s it going?" Cheng Ziang asked, taking a step forward to look at the rising smoke not far from the base.

At this time, the gunfire had temporarily ceased, with only sporadic shots being heard. It must be Theron exchanging fire with the mercenaries, but the giant seemed to have lost any sense of movement.

"Not quite sure, let’s go in and check!" Luo’er suggested, then started running towards the interior.

"Are you all right?" Cheng Ziang followed him, asking with concern.

"No biggie, just jumped down from the stairwell, my leg’s a bit numb," Luo’er replied, grinning.

Both of them jogged into the base interior to find the repair space had drastically changed, with the ground blasted into countless holes. The magic crystals on the giant’s body had been blasted off and shattered, revealing the glowing spirit form inside.

Not sure if it had been stunned by the blast, the giant was now floating on the destroyed roof of the repair space, curling its body and remaining completely still.

"What’s happening to it..." Seeing this, Cheng Ziang could not help but frown, inquiring hesitantly.

"It’s probably due to the magic," Luo’er replied, watching it intently. "Its crystal body consumed too much magic, and it unleashed some magic attacks, so it probably doesn’t have enough magic to reconstitute its body now."

"This form could be a bit of a problem," Cheng Ziang said, his brow furrowing.

"Indeed, if it was still in its crystal state, at least we could physically hinder it. But now that it’s a spirit form, we’re pretty much powerless," Luo’er added with a worried look.

Suddenly, the giant’s spirit form seemed to sense something. It spun around on the spot before charging at the research area with a roar, causing the magic in the air to fluctuate violently.

"Damn, stop it, we can’t let it get to the research area!" Luo’er shouted, immediately raising his rifle and futilely firing at it.

The spirit form, unlike the crystal body, completely ignored the bullet fire. The bullets Luo’er fired easily penetrated its body, unable to inflict any damage on it.

Suddenly, the spirit form let out another roar, then swung its hand to launch several large fireballs at the research area structure. The power of this thing hitting a building is no less than the previous missiles.

Then within a hair’s breadth, a petite figure appeared outside of the building. Immediately, an invisible shield enveloped the entire structure. Big fireballs, as if hitting a glass curtain wall, exploded in the air instantly, causing no damage to the building behind the shield.

"Moumou!" Luo’er cried out in surprise and delight.

Tangmo was standing outside the building, waving a magic wand in her hand. Apparently, her magic shield was a bit strenuous, causing her to cough a few times. She stared coldly at the spirit form and gritted her teeth, "If you want to destroy the facility, you’ll have to defeat me first. Given your current strength, I doubt you’re a match for me!"

"Damn it, damn it, you accursed runt!" With the spirit form’s soul domain expanding, almost everyone could hear Kuyana’s exasperated voice.

The spirit form flew about anxiously in the air, then attacked Tangmo again. This time, Tangmo didn’t strain to open a large shield but only initiated one that protected herself. The power of the spirit form’s magic attack was comparable to a level 4 magic, whereas Tangmo’s shield magic also happened to reach level 4 strength.

"Boom, boom, boom!!" Despite enduring a series of magic bombardment from the spirit form, Tangmo was unscathed. Although it seemed tough for her, she was not affected by the spirit form’s magic at all. On the contrary, the spirit form’s attacks were getting weaker and weaker.

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