Chapter 560: War Begins

"The spear of light, it disappeared?" Rentaro Satomi looked at the sky with some confusion.

Just a moment ago, a shrill roar suddenly came from afar. Following that, the spears of light that had been continuously attacking from the sky completely vanished without a trace.

"It seems Akame and the others have already completed the decapitation strike over there!" Xiaona said, lowering the gun in her hand.

"Decapitation strike?"

"Yeah, Brother said that only by first eliminating that Gastrea capable of releasing spears of light and removing the threat of the enemy's long-range attacks can we fully unleash our strength to attack the opponent!" Xiaona shrugged and said. "Then this matter was left to Akame and her companion to handle; this is exactly what they are best at!"

The death of the Pleiades had a significant impact on the Gastrea army.

The Gastrea surrounding the Pleiades frantically swarmed toward the direction where the Pleiades was, seemingly wanting to tear Akame and her companion, who had killed the Pleiades, into pieces.

"Ara, they really are crazy!" A yandere smile hung on Kurome's face as the Samurai Sword in her hand swung rapidly; all the Gastrea that approached her were torn into pieces in an instant.

"Kurome, don't get bogged down in the fight, let's leave this place quickly!" Akame waved her hand at Kurome.

"Got it, Sister!" Kurome turned her body abruptly, and a shining ring expanded from her side, instantly tearing the Gastrea surrounding her into pieces.

The Gastrea's bodies were writhing frantically, seemingly wanting to combine together once more. But the aura of death quickly eroded their bodies; those Gastrea twisted their own bodies, and then completely lost the aura of life.

"Mission accomplished, let's leave this place!"

The two turned into two afterimages and quickly retreated from this area. The Gastrea that arrived later saw the remains all over the ground and couldn't help but let out frantic roars, tearing the surrounding woodland to pieces.

"Although the Gastrea that could fire spears of light has been eliminated, those Gastrea seem to have fallen into a state of madness as well!" Rentaro Satomi twitched the corner of his mouth and spoke.

"Let them be crazy!" Xiaona waved her hand indifferently and continued to command the Cursed Children beside her to launch attacks on the Gastrea army.

The advance of the Gastrea army appeared extremely difficult; under the orderly attacks of the Cursed Children, the Gastrea had to leave behind a large number of corpses for every distance they advanced. The originally neat phalanx also began to become somewhat messy under the combined attacks of the Cursed Children.

"Attention everyone, there are Gastrea approaching from underground!" Suddenly, one of the Cursed Children spoke loudly.

"Underground, is it the same method Aldebaran used to attack the Self-Defense Force before?" Rentaro Satomi's expression was very serious.

"Since you like being underground so much, then never come out!" A leisurely voice rang out.

Rentaro Satomi followed the voice and looked over; it was a little girl wearing a puffy skirt, and beside her was a rhombic crystal that completely defied the laws of physics as it rotated around her.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Alice, Xili Ailisi!" The little girl said to Rentaro Satomi.

"Xili Ailisi?" Rentaro Satomi couldn't help but mutter, but found that he was very unfamiliar with this name.

Xili Ailisi had signed an Eternal Contract with Lingyun for quite some time, but it seemed that due to the influence of the Eternal Contract, time had not left any traces on Xili Ailisi over these years. In other words, the little loli Alice had shown no signs of growing up at all over these years, and because of this, Alice had complained to Lingyun more than once.

"Earth Seal!"

With a soft shout from Xili Ailisi, a huge Array suddenly unfolded beneath her feet.

The Cursed Children present felt the ground tremble slightly almost at the same time, and then everything returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

Only the Cursed Child who had just issued the warning looked toward Alice's direction in astonishment. In her perception, the Gastrea that had just lurked over from underground were all wiped out!

Although there was the obstruction of the Cursed Children, the Gastrea still kept pushing their front line forward, and soon approached the forward defense line of Lingyun Town. Just at this moment, the Gastrea changed their formation again, and a batch of strange Gastrea suddenly rushed to the front.

"These Gastrea, something is not right!" Rentaro Satomi's prosthetic eye rotated as he looked at the Gastrea in front of him with some confusion.

However, a scene that horrified him appeared: the Varanium bullets hitting these Gastrea were actually unable to cause them any damage!

"Damn it, these Gastrea have Varanium resistance!" Rentaro Satomi couldn't help but shout out.

"Has it finally come?" Xiaona chuckled softly and slowly drew the Long sword from her waist. "Xia Shi, the command here is handed over to you!"

"Yes!" Senju Kayo, who took over the command, nodded. "Everyone, provide fire cover!"

"Charge!" With a soft cry from Xiaona, the dozens of Cursed Children beside her rushed toward the Gastrea army simultaneously.

"It won't work, those Gastrea have Varanium resistance, weapons made of Varanium absolutely cannot kill them!" Rentaro Satomi hurriedly tried to stop them.

"Rest assured, we have long known about the appearance of Varanium-resistant Gastrea; what Sister Xiaona and the others are holding are our specially made weapons designed specifically to deal with them!" Senju Kayo said calmly.

"Shhh—" Xiaona reached out and pressed on the blade, and a faint layer of light spread across the sword.

"Slash!"

Following a soft shout, the Gastrea in front of Xiaona was instantly slashed into two segments. That Gastrea twitched a few times, its entire body began to collapse, and finally, it completely lost the aura of life.

"So this is the Destruction Power that Brother spoke of; it really is terrifying!" Xiaona murmured.

"The vanguard of the Gastrea army has already made contact with the defense line set up by Xiaona and the others!"

Nangong Nayue said to Lingyun, who was floating in the sky with her.

"Looking at this quantity, it's enough for them to practice with!" Lingyun nodded and said. "Next is our job!"

"Woo—" The roars of the Gastrea resounded through the sky, and countless black shadows rushed toward the direction of Lingyun Town in a mighty force.

"Sorry, this road is closed!"

A huge sword radiance suddenly swept down from the sky, turning the Gastrea rushing at the very front into ashes. A huge chasm appeared in front of the many Gastrea, halting their pace of advance.

"Boom— Boom—"

A huge body like a small mountain appeared before Lingyun and the others; the leader of the Gastrea, the Stage Four Aldebaran, had appeared.