Chapter 524

Zhou Heiya looked at the cold, huge, handsome black humanoid mecha, then at his own Land King, and instantly felt bored.

Before Heiya could utter the boast, "Instructor, I also want to pilot a giant robot."

"Run, run!"

Tang Luo shouted at Heiya.

Heiya instinctively shifted into reverse, pressed the accelerator, and the Land King retreated backward; the three vehicles behind reacted quickly, following in reverse together.

The remaining four pursuit vehicles of Heiya's convoy fled backward in madness, exiting the canyon.

"Master, why are we running? Is that robot very powerful?" Heiya asked while reversing.

Everyone knows people like piloting giant robots because they're cool, not because of their power.

Regarding the drawbacks of giant robots and mechs—impracticality and extremely low cost-effectiveness—many people could easily write eight thousand words on the topic.

No need to elaborate here.

"It's not about whether it's powerful or not; we're not avoiding this robot, but..." Tang Luo pointed to the sky.

"What?" Heiya blinked.

"I don't want to be accidentally injured by friendly forces—no, these guys don't even count as friendly." Tang Luo said.

As Heiya's convoy fled, Nezha activated his "Invincible War God" and set it in motion.

The iron spear in his hand emitted a piercing howl as it thrust into the nearest vehicle.

The vehicle was skewered like a meat skewer, violently flung by Nezha into the pursuing convoy.

Meanwhile, a barrage of bullets rained down on the Invincible War God, including vital areas like the head—though everyone knew the head might not actually be a weak point.

But for a humanoid mech, one would surely aim for the head, just as everyone likes to aim at Captain America's shield.

The bullets striking the Invincible War God bounced off, leaving not even a white mark.

No effect at all.

"Boom!"

An explosion, a tremendous roar, and firelight engulfed the huge black robot.

Someone used a more powerful weapon, with good scale control, causing no further chain reactions, merely adding slight cracks to the cliffs on both sides.

The rift valley could still hold.

But before the smoke and firelight had cleared, the Invincible War God surged forward, delivering a flying kick that sent the lead vehicle flying like a ball.

Aside from some dirty smudges on its body, it sustained no damage whatsoever.

"Who said giant robots aren't powerful!" Heiya, still retreating, widened his eyes.

"……" Tang Luo said nothing.

Can this be the same?

"The Black Gundam·Invincible War God" is Nezha's years of painstaking research and creation, a card he has always held in his hand.

If not for cooperating with Tang Luo to fish, he would never have played this card at a critical moment.

Facing the pursuit force capable of destroying a large settlement, in Nezha's eyes, it was merely a pile of toys.

Tiger entering a flock of sheep, the Invincible War God began its destruction.

Movements not swift, relying instead on its hard shell and fierce iron spear, sweeping horizontally around.

Instantly clearing a patch of open ground.

At that moment, the "Sea of Bitterness Vessel" in the sky dropped bombs.

"Boom!"

Roaring explosions connected into one continuous sound.

A massive air wave surged upward, firelight and smoke dust expanding wildly.

The earth trembled violently!

Even the Land King began to shake, jolting up and down, like a tiny leaf boat in the sea.

The glass before them, capable of resisting divine cannons, was struck by numerous flying rocks, developing cracks.

Heiya's ears rang with explosions; he could hear nothing anymore.

He gripped the steering wheel with one hand, floored the accelerator, and made the Land King retreat backward at maximum speed.

In the smoke and dust ahead, a black shadow appeared—constantly collapsing cliffs, like a monster chasing, seeking to swallow everything around.

After realizing the pursuit force could not capture the black giant mecha, the Sea of Bitterness Vessel in the sky, that group of mad saints, hesitated not in dumping all their ammunition stores.

Fortunately, Heiya's convoy had already retreated a certain distance earlier, leaving a chance to escape.

Soon, smoke and dust obscured vision; aside from a hazy mist, nothing could be seen.

Fortunately, this escape route had no turns—just a straight line—so Heiya only needed to grip the steering wheel tightly and keep his foot planted on the accelerator.

Press down, press it to the floor!

The Land King's reverse top speed is no different from its forward top speed.

Colliding with the vehicles behind, pushing them into frantic backward motion.

Unknown how long passed—possibly tens of seconds on the brink of life and death, or several minutes, or even over ten minutes.

The ground's trembling gradually subsided.

The raised dust still floated everywhere.

Heiya released the accelerator; the Land King's speed dropped sharply, gradually coming to a stop.

He could not yet see clearly what had happened, but he was certain that the cliffside rift valley likely no longer existed.

The giant mecha should also have been destroyed.

"These madmen." Heiya slammed the steering wheel, feeling both anger at nearly being blown to pieces and regret.

What a fine giant robot—gone just like that.

This is technology that even powers like Divine Grace haven't mastered, a cross-era product that cannot be manufactured.

Just like that it was blown up — don't you think it's a pity?

Or rather, these major powers possess powerful confidence and certainty.

As long as it isn't completely destroyed, even if blown to fragments, as long as there's a possibility of recovery, they have ways to make good use of the wreckage and achieve technological progress.

"Master, um, is our mission over?" After smashing once, Black Crow suddenly reacted, looking at Tang Luo with an expectant face.

Although the mission wasn't completed, there's still hard work put in; followed for this long, a few vehicles isn't too much to ask, right?

"Still early." Tang Luo said, "Are you underestimating Gundam?"

"Gundam?"

"Name I came up with, don't mind such details — a true Gundam won't be defeated by bombing like this!" Tang Luo said, "Only a giant robot can defeat a giant robot; this is an immutable law of nature."

Giant robots don't die to map cannons!

Law of certain survival when smoke, dust, and fire obscure vision.

"No way, firepower on this scale..." Black Crow exclaimed in surprise.

Bombardment of this grade, honestly, even a place like Gaze City couldn't fully withstand it.

Estimated over a third would turn to ruins.

Of course, against a headquarters like Gaze City, it's impossible to launch such a large-scale firepower strike.

If actually carried out, those Ships of the Sea of Suffering would be blasted to pieces thousands of li away.

On the wasteland, ultra-long-range missile strikes haven't appeared yet.

Firepower bombardment of this grade can be said to have almost reached the limit.

However, the Saints on the Ships of the Sea of Suffering weren't completely crazy either; before bombarding they consciously dispersed the range somewhat.

As a result, the cliff rift valley bore a massive amount of damage, the terrain completely transformed.

Forming a huge "burial mound," completely burying that black mecha and the pursuing motorcade within it.

Judging from initial performance and defense, the black mecha wouldn't be totally wrecked under such firepower.

What follows is joint excavation and development by the major powers.

Whoever digs it up first claims it — that's impossible; there'll definitely be another scramble then.

And this scramble is limited to the Yellow Robe Society, Red Lotus Society, Great Sun Temple, and Divine Grace which has weathered the turmoil and can also come share a slice of the pie.

Other wasteland forces can only watch dryly.

Yes, including those legendary forces said to have gods and buddhas behind them — they also find it hard to intervene and get a piece of the cake.

Unless their gods and buddhas truly appear, or they can unite.

Both scenarios are extremely low-probability events.

Through this period of investigation, Ao Yulie discovered that some so-called forces with gods behind them aren't what they claim to be.

They are blessed by gods and buddhas.

A few are borrowing the tiger's skin to pull a big banner; a few are outright secretly propped up by Red Lotus Society and Yellow Robe Society.

If anyone really thinks these forces are winnable allies, that everyone can cooperate against the "Three Great Wasteland Powers," the outcome will be quite miserable.

This pursuit of Nezha makes it clear.

The "people" who call the shots on the wasteland are just those few; the rest have difficulty even becoming the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

All the above about interest distribution is premised on the Invincible War God Nezha really being wrecked.

If not...

As the smoke and dust gradually dispersed, the Ships of the Sea of Suffering in the sky also prepared to return.

And the Steel Fortress, one part already buried, one part still standing tall, actually began excavation work directly.

Now isn't the time to argue with that bunch of crazy Saints.

Yellow Robe Society's Envoys are relatively more rational; they value interests more.

Rather than condemn, better to dig fast.

Of course, if the Steel Fortress could destroy the Ships of the Sea of Suffering in the sky, the Envoys certainly wouldn't mind doing so.

Pity the Steel Fortress isn't anti-air.

Before the Ships of the Sea of Suffering truly left, the huge "burial mound" below suddenly cracked open, a black shadow bursting from the earth.

Charging straight into the clouds!

Nezha piloting the Invincible War God, surging into the sky — the steel wings on its back aren't ornaments, spewing flames and activating gravity devices.

In an instant speed fast as lightning, in a split second destroying one Ship of the Sea of Suffering.

But one can see the Invincible War God's condition isn't good either.

One arm already gone, torso tattered, a huge skull, one leg also missing.

Only scattered fragments hanging on.

The steel long spear in hand turned into a short staff.

But the Invincible War God isn't broken, still maintaining considerable combat power!

After destroying one Ship of the Sea of Suffering, the Invincible War God immediately locked onto the next target; this time not simply destroying, but using the Ship of the Sea of Suffering as a weapon, smashing it into the Steel Fortress underground.

Whether it works or not, throw it down first then talk.

The Ships of the Sea of Suffering still have Fire God Cannon ammunition, not completely without resistance.

But their mobility is too poor; if it were Divine Wrath, maybe it could still tangle with the "Invincible War God" damaged by half.

But the Ships of the Sea of Suffering... Nezha controlling the Invincible War God "charging" up, like a living person rushing into a pile of puppets.

Ships of the Sea of Suffering one after another used as weapons, hurled at the ground; some exploding directly in midair.

Bullets completely missed, even a portion hitting friendlies by mistake.

In the sky, Nezha displayed his divine might, proving the words he had spoken at the start.

On the Land King's side, a massive black silhouette could be seen bursting out of the smoke-and-dust-shrouded area, beginning to demonstrate what the power of a giant robot truly meant.

"Amazing!" Zhou Heiya was very excited.

Coach, I really want to pilot a Gundam!

Soon, the Sea of Suffering Vessels in the sky vanished completely, and the location of the Steel Fortress turned into a sea of fire.

"The losses aren't small." Nezha contacted Tang Luo, "My Invincible War God is about to give out."

"Then run, I'll keep chasing." Tang Luo said, "Anyone with eyes can see you're done for; that bunch should be unable to sit still by now."

"Mm." Nezha piloted the Invincible War God, casually picking a direction and flying off.

The flight speed was far slower than during the battle just now, and damaged spots could be seen occasionally sparking with electric arcs.

The massive mechanical body also rose and fell unevenly.

"Chase." Tang Luo commanded Heiya.

"Still chasing?" Heiya froze for a moment; he had declared he was now a fan of this mecha, but chasing a star shouldn't mean losing your life in the chase.

This time, if he wasn't fast enough escaping, he'd be buried by a falling chunk.

"Of course, can't you tell he's at the end of his tether?" Tang Luo pointed at the Invincible War God in the sky.

"But we're almost out of fuel too." Heiya said.

The Land King's fuel wasn't far from exhaustion either.

"No problem." Tang Luo reached for a black case, opened it, and inside lay a row of meticulously polished obsidian pieces, "These are enough to run continuously for a year... provided the parts themselves can hold up."

"..."

"Your people don't need to follow." Tang Luo said, "Following serves no purpose anyway."

"Okay." Heiya nodded, ordered the caravan people to leave, stepped on the gas, and followed after the Invincible War God.

Just as Tang Luo said, this thing was already a spent force.

Discovering there were still pursuers, it turned back wanting to finish off the Land King, but in speed it could no longer catch up to the Land King.

The two sides chased and fled for a while; the Invincible War God helplessly turned to leave, trying to shake off the Land King.

Yet the Land King stuck fast like a plaster, refusing to let go.

The giant mecha in the sky flew slower and slower, and drew ever closer to the ground.

Originally there was still a chance to find special terrain and use the advantage of flight to shake off the Land King; now that had become a luxury and an illusion.

"Master, we really have a chance!" Heiya was incomparably excited.

"You're celebrating too early."

Tang Luo splashed a basin of cold water on Heiya, making him sober up instantly.

Right, the pursuit by the major powers wouldn't stop because of one failure; before long they would return in force, with power even stronger and more irresistible than last time, to achieve their aims.

The Invincible War God dropped to the ground, shifting from flight to single-legged hops, looking unspeakably miserable.

Only, before Heiya could accelerate and catch up.

An incomparably vast shadow suddenly cast down; from within the thick cloud layers, a colossal object slowly descended.

From Heiya's line of sight, only a massive hull replacing the clouds could be seen.

Like a mountain peak, it slowly lowered.

"What is this..." Heiya's mouth gaped open.

"A sky carrier?"

Tang Luo smiled, "Finally a big fish has taken the bait."