Chapter 379

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Protagonist:

Lin En

Lena

No one had time to lament this bloody scene; in the Empire, this was nothing out of the ordinary anymore.

Just as the silk net stabilized their footing, and the Bug Swarm's shadows re-established contact with the stairs along the threads, purple light surged in Gu Yu's eyes.

"Halt!"

Within the clear, cold shout, the Untouchable Field, compressed to its limit, spread outward along the silk net.

The Spiral Staircase, still twisting and turning, seemed to have hit a pause button; the madly tugging gravity abruptly returned to its proper course, and the inverted up and down restored order once more.

Everyone landed steadily on the solid brick steps; the solid sensation beneath their feet gave many veterans a surreal feeling of having escaped death.

"Move! Charge down!"

Gu Yu didn't utter a word of Waste Talk; his four arms retracted, the Spirit Threads withdrew into his body, leaving only the three Mutant Species' remains quietly embedded in the midair silk net.

Everyone raced against the clock; no one looked back.

The Vanguard Army veterans, gripping Bomb Guns, followed the Gene Thief's figure, sprinting wildly down the Spiral Staircase as if possessed.

Combat boots striking brick produced dense Crisp Sounds; everyone held their breath, wanting only to escape this damn Spiral Corridor faster.

Even veterans who had survived a hundred battles and witnessed countless Hell scenes now harbored a lingering shadow in their hearts toward this endless rotating staircase.

What passage was this? This was clearly a gallows woven by Demons.

The mad sprint lasted nearly Ten Minutes.

When the view ahead finally ceased to be a cyclical brick corridor, a vast Underground Hall appeared at the End of their vision.

Everyone slowed their pace in unison, gasping for air.

The Hall was eerily spacious; the Ground was carved with deep blue Profane Runes, and the Walls hung with twisted flesh ornaments.

The Chaos energy in the air was so Rich it was almost visibly substantial.

Quiet.

Deathly quiet.

Yet within this quiet lurked lethal Killing intent.

"Thud! Thud!"

Heavy Footsteps rang out simultaneously from the Shadows on both Sides of the Hall; the Ground trembled with each step.

Two colossal Giant Beasts emerged slowly from the Darkness with massive strides.

They stood nearly Five Meters tall, covered head to toe in thick rusted armor; Hell Engines in their Chests roared low, and blue evil flames gushed from armor gaps.

Thick mechanical Giant Claws gleamed with Cold Light; the Heat Melting Cannon barrels on their other arms flickered with dangerous Red Light.

Hell Beasts.

Chaos Hell Engine constructs, battlefield Giant Beasts comparable to Empire Dreadnought Mecha.

They possessed no reason, no tactics, only charging blindly on Killing Instinct; yet their very real armor thickness and destructive power were enough to make any infantry squad's scalp turn Ice Cold Numb.

The two Hell Beasts activated almost Simultaneously; their bulky frames burst forth with speed unbefitting their size, charging from left and right to pincer the squad's center.

Their timing was cunning to the extreme.

The squad had just endured two falls; all three Mutant Species were Sacrificed, Spirit Consumption was severe — this was precisely their most Vulnerable moment.

If this charge hit home, their already few numbers would be directly scattered into disarray, never again able to organize a decent resistance.

"I'll intercept it!"

Peter's roar blasted from within the Mecha.

The Squire Knight Mecha, having lost its right-arm Chain Sword, had only its Left Hand Ion Storm Shield still operational.

He did not Hesitate; fiercely shoving the control stick, the Mecha dragged its smoking frame forward in Big Strides, forcibly blocking the left Hell Beast's charge Route.

"Clang!!!"

Metal Giant Claw and Ion Shield collided violently; blinding Electric Arcs Blast Open instantly.

Peter let out a muffled groan, coughing up a pool of fresh blood.

Alarm lights in the Cockpit flashed wildly; over half the hydraulic lines in the entire mechanical arm had ruptured.

The Mecha was knocked back several meters, Plowing Out two deep Trenches in the Ground.

"Come on, you Chaos scum!" Peter's eyes were red, teeth gritted against the pressure.

Though the Ion Shield's radiance flickered violently, it never shattered.

He knew he couldn't hold long, but stalling one was enough.

Yet no one could stop the other Hell Beast.

It roared into the squad's center; a casual Thermal Cannon blast blew a charred crater in the Ground.

Several Vanguard Army veterans who couldn't dodge were flung by the heat wave, crashing heavily into the Wall.

"Disperse, flank it!"

The Captain roared the Command.

The Attendant Monks scattered in groups of three, Bomb Guns pouring Firepower wildly at the Hell Beast's Joints and Head.

The Pureblood Gene Stealer wove through Shadows, sharp Claw Blades constantly slicing at the Hell Beast's leg piping.

They didn't seek to destroy this Giant Beast, only to restrain its movements, buying Breathing time for the Bishop and Gu Yu.

Gu Yu did not move.

She stood at the core position of the Team, her Purple eyes rotating in all directions, her Gaze not falling on the Hell Beasts charging recklessly, but instead staring dead at the dark dome above the Hall.

There was something there.

Something faster, more Lethality than the Hell Beasts.

The black shadow that had just smashed through the Mecha's arm and knocked them into a fall had not yet revealed itself.

"Screech!!"

A sharp Hissing tore through the Hall's silence.

A pale blue Residual Image dove down from the dome, its speed so fast only a blurry light belt remained.

The Vanguard Army veterans only felt a blur before their eyes, unable to even aim, the strong wind already blowing their Cheeks Ice Cold Pain.

Gu Yu saw clearly.

This was the Hellfire Dragon that had just attacked them.

Belonging to the Hell Engine's aerial elite Unit same as the Hell Beasts, a creation of machinery and flesh Distorted Fusion.

A Metal skeleton supported bat-wing shaped wings, large pieces of mirror-like scales under which flowed evil flame fire.

The Head was a giant mechanical dragon head, spewing hellfire that could melt Orichalcum.

In the Chaos Fleet, this kind of aerial hunter has always been the infantry's Nightmare.

And its Target pointed straight at Gu Yu standing in the Team's center, with the strongest Psyker Fluctuation.

In its view, this four-armed woman was the Largest Threat among this group.

As long as it killed her, the Remaining ants were just lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

"Boom!"

The Hellfire Dragon spewed a pale blue fire pillar several meters wide, pouring it down straight at Gu Yu.

Where the fire pillar passed, the air itself was burned into Distorted Deform.

Gu Yu's figure flickered, narrowly dodging to the side.

The fire pillar plowed past the Ground beside her, instantly melting out a bubbling Burn deep pit.

The Flying Dragon missed with one Blow, its wings vibrating, borrowing the momentum of the dive to skim past the Ground, sharp wing blades slicing toward Gu Yu's Neck.

Its speed was too fast, fast enough that ordinary people simply could not React.

But in Gu Yu's eyes, its movements were actually no different from slow motion.

So she had long since predicted its flight Trajectory.

Just as the Flying Dragon's right wing was about to sweep her, a Spirit Thread thin as hair suddenly tensed, lying across its flight path.

The Hellfire Dragon's Reaction far exceeded Imagination, just as the thread was about to Contact the right wing armor.

It actually forcibly twisted its Green Skin Body in the high-speed dive, left wing raising, the whole fuselage Tilting several degrees to the right, barely avoiding the thread's cutting.

The pale blue Dragon eyes flashed a Trace of humanized mockery.

As if mocking this futile attack.