Chapter 57: The Military's Resolve, Missile Carpet Bombing!

Just a moment ago, Lu Chuan's elusive movements had already thrown the military into a state of panic.

Now, the Fire Leopard's close-quarters assault had thrown them into even greater disarray, leaving them momentarily unsure of what to do.

"Without missile reinforcements, no matter how many troops come, it's probably useless!"

In the distance, Jiang Luoli watched all of this silently, but when she saw the Snake King and the Fire Leopard join forces to directly devastate this military unit, her brows furrowed instantly! At the end of the day, she was a person of Great Xia, and her heart naturally leaned toward Great Xia; she was naturally unwilling to see the military suffer under the attacks of the Beasts.

But...

"Besides watching, what else can I do?"

"I can't do anything!"

Watching as one aircraft after another was destroyed by the Snake King and the Fire Leopard, Jiang Luoli clenched her fists without realizing it.

If reason hadn't told her that with her current strength, she would likely struggle even against the Snake King's underling—the Fire Leopard—let alone intercepting the Snake King itself, she probably would have already charged in to fight the Snake King and the Fire Leopard!

"Sigh!"

Staring for a while, Jiang Luoli sighed in her heart, "If I hadn't been severely wounded by the Snake King at Yixiantian Canyon last time, I probably... would have already reached the Shackle Realm, and I wouldn't have to watch all this happen now while being unable to do anything!"

"For now, you in the military can only rely on yourselves to solve this!"

At this moment, Jiang Luoli felt a profound sense of powerlessness in her heart.

However, she was also silently praying that the military could hold on, though the hope was not very high.

Although she did not intend to intervene, she knew very well that the Snake King should have sensed her presence through the Blood Pact and was lurking nearby, so the Snake King could attack at any moment! Thinking of this, Jiang Luoli couldn't help but brace herself with absolute vigilance to prevent any mishaps! "Ah..."

In the sky, screams mingled with the sounds of explosions continued to spread.

Looking out, the aircraft were destroyed one by one by Lu Chuan and the Fire Leopard; those soldiers inside the fighter jets didn't even have time to escape before they crashed along with their planes.

The unluckier ones were even flattened into meat patties while still inside the planes.

Some planes even tried to attack the Fire Leopard, which remained visible, but as soon as they turned, the Fire Leopard would dart elsewhere and launch another fatal strike at a plane! "You damned beast!"

On a helicopter, the military commander watched as so many soldiers died before his eyes.

His heart was bleeding, and his gloomy face was filled with rage and hatred.

Soon, he picked up the communicator and said in a deep voice, "Requesting reinforcements! Send reinforcements quickly, otherwise it will be too late!"

At this moment, he wished the support from the Junqu Zongbu would arrive immediately.

"The situation of the people sent to the Qinling mountains is extremely critical!"

Inside the Junqu Zongbu, those old men wore grave expressions; several were already fuming with rage and didn't intend to say anything, but the old man who supported going to war with the Snake King sighed heavily, "Over there, there isn't just a Snake King, but also a Fire Leopard whose strength is not weak!"

"Both of these are Beast King-level Beasts with immense lethality; relying on them alone... they cannot hold them off!"

"It seems we can only use a missile barrage!"

Another old man looked at the group and said in a heavy voice, "Last time, the Golden Eagle King in the Northwest region was wiped out in the same way!"

"This Snake King looks even more formidable than the Golden Eagle King, and it has a strong helper, but they cannot possibly escape the bombardment of missiles!"

"Didn't the report say the Snake King can burrow underground?"

"Hmph!"

"At worst, we will dig three feet deep and turn that place upside down; we must kill the Snake King at any cost!"

After these old men discussed for a while, they reached a consensus, and the Chief said in a stern voice, "Regardless, whether it's missiles or carpet bombing, we must let Commander Ning and his men retreat first! We cannot let these elites disappear along with the Snake King and the others!"

"Received!"

Deep in the Qinling Mountains, Commander Ning had been keeping a close watch on the communications; upon receiving the response, he immediately acknowledged it and then issued an order to the remaining fighter jets, "Quick, quick, quick, everyone evacuate, do not linger!"

"Don't worry about whether the Snake King shows itself, just get out of here!"

At the order, the remaining fighter jets began to climb rapidly until they reached what they considered a safe altitude, then sped away from the area as fast as they could.

Below, the Snake King and the Fire Leopard continued their pursuit, especially the Snake King, which would occasionally spray a cloud of pitch-black toxic mist, causing the fighter jets to lose control instantly!

The two sides chased and fled, but quite a few fighter jets successfully escaped the Qinling Mountains.

Commander Ning looked back and saw the Snake King and the Fire Leopard remaining in one spot, gazing from afar, and he breathed a sigh of relief, though his expression remained grim.

He clenched his fists and thought to himself, "The personnel and aircraft lost this time exceed two-thirds; the damage is truly too great!"

"Damn the Snake King! Damn the Fire Leopard! Killing so many soldiers!"

"I have noted this debt!"

"Jiang Luoli!"

Not long after, Lu Chuan looked toward a spot in the south and discovered a black dot there.

Although the distance between them was extremely vast and he couldn't see that the black dot was a person with the naked eye, he could still clearly know that the black dot was Jiang Luoli.

After all, he knew Jiang Luoli possessed that black flag capable of teleportation; by the time he rushed over, the other party would likely have already slipped away, so he didn't go to deal with her this time.

"Boss, we won!!"

The Fire Leopard was very excited and wanted to cheer; after all, this battle had defeated the human military head-on, which made him feel that humans were nothing special! Yet, he still had some doubts in his heart.

"Boss, not chasing anymore?"

The Fire Leopard had only stopped because he saw Lu Chuan stop, but if they continued the chase, they could have taken down a few more fighter jets.

Hearing this, Lu Chuan shook his head and said, "Any further, and we will have left the Qinling Mountains; there is no suitable terrain for us to continue the pursuit, so let's end it here."

"Good!"

The Fire Leopard's eyes were full of smiles, and when Lu Chuan saw this, he couldn't help but smile as well; after all, he had won this battle, and this time he had successfully defended his dignity!

"Launch!"

However, at this very moment, hundreds of miles away in the military zone, over a dozen clearly unusual missiles flew out; these missiles were fast to the extreme, flying a hundred miles in almost an instant, and then headed toward Qinling!

"Let's go!"

At the edge of Qinling, just as Lu Chuan turned around, he suddenly sensed a massive crisis; he turned his head sharply to look and saw over a dozen black dots.

Those black dots magnified in an instant, their speed extremely fast!

"Bang!"

In an instant, over a dozen missiles with extremely precise targeting exploded thunderously all around him.

That terrifying shockwave spread in the blink of an eye, and Lu Chuan subconsciously unleashed the Diamond Transformation to defend himself, yet he was still engulfed by the aftermath of the explosion!

(End of this chapter)