Chapter 253: Saint Tier Crawler

Hum—

After being struck by this beam, it was not the ordinary rush of wind.

But a resonant vibration.

The white bird of the Echo Lord was struck again.

【Echo Bird】

【Rank: Legendary】

【Tier: Saint】

【Abilities: Echo, Resonance, Sonic Boom, Absolute Pitch, Song of Clarity, Overlapping Sonic Boom…】

【Description: A Saint-tier Echo Bird possesses extremely powerful sonic attack capabilities.】

【Description 2: Its voice can heal people, or kill them silently.】

This Echo Bird had merely let out a test call just now.

The flesh wall nearly collapsed entirely.

Only this sudden explosion made Lu Cang consider dealing with the Echo Bird first.

Simultaneously, within the city, countless Screamers let out shrieks.

To defend against the Echo Bird's attack.

For physical damage, one can block it or wear sturdy armor.

For magical damage, one relies on elemental resistance, magical shields, or materials that resist elemental harm.

Most resources possess effects that defend against both physical and magical damage.

Secretsteel Stone is a universal, durable defense material.

But for sonic attacks,

one can usually only counter them by cancellation.

Like a singer canceling another singer's sound waves.

Tens of thousands of Screamers shriek together to oppose the Saint-tier attack.

The World Boss had only been slain less than twenty minutes ago.

The flute dropped by the Reverser of Death had not yet been analyzed into a special gene.

If analyzed, it would most likely yield a gene that amplifies sonic damage.

Which would greatly enhance the Screamers' sonic abilities.

The Echo Bird opened its beak again and attacked the blood curtain.

Hum—

A thunderous roar rang out on the flesh wall.

The flesh wall resonated, but no longer as violently as the first time.

Nearly shattered.

Thanks to the Screamers' mitigation, the flesh wall only trembled slightly.

"Saint-tier attacks are insane."

"I have tens of thousands of Screamers, yet still cannot fully cancel out the sound waves."

The Screamers are the troop type that benefits least from Lu Cang's enhancements.

Though many Lords exist, very few possess sonic-type troops.

Bat, Bard, War Singer, Janna's Kraken, Dolphin—only such troops possess sonic abilities.

Beyond these, there are tech-based broadcast robots, high-frequency sonic fortresses…

But even tech-based troops rarely have sonic damage.

Among aquatic troops, sonic attacks are more common.

But in this battle at Bay City, which Lord would deploy their aquatic troops?

As for other genes,

most genes are ineffective at amplifying sonic damage.

This causes the Screamers to gain absolutely no war dividends.

Blood Giants, for example, can kill hundreds of different Giants in a single battle.

After the war, once analyzed, their power surges dramatically.

Crawlers, meanwhile, extract useful genes from various infantry units depending on their type.

Blood Embracers follow an elemental path, extracting elemental attack abilities from elemental beings.

Common troop types in war.

Through every battle, they gain significant boosts.

Crawlers, however, benefit from Lami's bonus.

Lami grants a cluster bonus to the entire Crawler race, greatly strengthening the entire Crawler population's combat power.

Yet the Screamers have not yet produced a Supreme One.

The current Screamers are truly Sixth-Tier in power.

But they are fighting a Saint-tier enemy.

If not for resonance, the Echo Bird would be Lu Cang's greatest current threat.

"Roar roar roar roar～々!"

Boom boom boom!

Several Echo Birds were released.

As a Saint-rank Lord, he certainly wouldn't possess only one attack method.

They soared into the high sky.

Above two thousand meters in altitude lies a zone even the Blood Giants cannot reach.

Only the range of the 【Gene Mutation Tower】 can extend that far.

Although the Blood Giants stand a thousand meters tall,

they are indeed melee units.

Compared to units with an attack range reaching thousands of kilometers,

a close-range distance within a thousand meters is indeed as close as possible.

Of course, conversely, once engaged in close combat, that becomes the Blood Giants' domain.

Once a Blood Giant gets close, there is basically no chance of surviving.

The Gene Mutation Tower and the Echo Birds exchanged fire.

The Echo Birds continuously launched attacks at the Blood Curtain of Within Cangcheng.

Meanwhile, the Mutation Tower erupted with beams of light, attempting to assimilate those Echo Birds.

"Lord Aoshan, pull yourself together."

"Let us act together to tear open this Blood Curtain!"

"Why has Lord Qing Feng truly lost contact!"

"What is he doing inside?"

After Lord Qing Feng entered the Blood Curtain, there was no further news of him.

He should not have died inside.

But no other commotion erupted from within either.

As for the three Saint-rank Lords outside,

how could they have imagined

that this dignified Saint-rank Lord had actually gotten lost inside.