Chapter 289: Bad News

Chapter 289: Chapter 289: Bad News

The group turned to face the Blood Breath Beasts that had broken through their barrage of fire. Without a hint of fear, they met them head-on, swinging their weapons to cut down one charging beast after another.

Right now, Long Ming and the others could only brace themselves and hold the line. If they let the Blood Breath Beasts break through, everyone would be finished.

Fortunately, Felim’s body was only so large, so the number of Blood Breath Beasts climbing up at any one time wasn’t too overwhelming. They could barely manage to hold them back.

Time ticked by.

Soon, the early hours of the morning arrived.

Long Ming and the others had fought until their hands were numb, but the tide of Blood Breath Beasts still surged forward, wave after relentless wave.

"Dammit, just how many of these Blood Breath Beasts are there? It’s like they’re endless, and their numbers keep growing!"

Agaka and the others also wore expressions of disbelief.

"We have to kill them even if they’re endless. We have no retreat now. Either we die here, or we succeed in repairing the device!"

Qiansha said to Agaka and the others.

"Don’t worry, we didn’t plan on escaping when we came here!"

Brubo replied sharply to Qiansha.

"Good!"

Qiansha nodded.

...

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「Inside the secret reserve base on Katan Peak.」

Qian Xing glanced at his wristband, then turned to Qian Yun and said,

"The time is right."

"Then what are we waiting for? Move out!"

Qian Yun issued the order to everyone.

Everyone drove their armored transport vehicles out of the reserve base, rushing toward the ruins of the royal city at full speed.

「Over three hours later.」

The armored transport vehicles sped to the outskirts of the royal city ruins and came to a stop.

"ROAR!"

The Blood Breath Beasts prowling the perimeter immediately charged toward the armored vehicles.

Qian Yun and his men leaped from the vehicles, and he immediately gave the order.

"Attack!"

BANG! BANG!

The soldiers opened fire on the Blood Breath Beasts, quickly killing them.

"Go!"

Qian Yun and Qian Xing led their troops, charging toward the royal city ruins.

「Aniska Royal City Ruins, within the Royal Palace Plaza.」

The Monarch-rank Blood Breath Beast, Xi’om, was continuously transferring nutrients to Hilic.

Just then, it heard the sound of intense gunfire and explosions in the distance and roared in fury.

"Dammit, didn’t that group of humans head to the rear? Why are they still here?"

In fact, Xi’om had misunderstood something. The ones who attacked the Famons base were not Qian Yun and his people.

Qian Yun’s group had never left in the first place.

Of course, if Xi’om had known, it certainly wouldn’t have diverted so many of its forces.

Now, it was in big trouble.

Although Xi’om had left a considerable number of Blood Breath Beasts in the royal city, it now sensed a grave danger.

At that moment, Hilic began to stir restlessly again, its entire tumorous body trembling.

"Don’t move. Your injuries haven’t healed yet. If you force yourself to fight again, you might not make it. I will deal with those ants outside myself!"

Xi’om immediately extended bloody tentacles, wrapping them around Hilic to forcefully restrain it.

After hearing Xi’om’s words, Hilic reluctantly quieted down.

’What a relief.’ Xi’om sighed internally, then opened its mouth and let out a piercing roar.

「Within the ruins of the royal city.」

Blood Breath Beasts of all different types rose up, swarming together to form a massive tide of monsters that rushed toward the invading Qian Yun.

When Qian Yun and his people reached the edge of the inner city, they saw the immense tide of Blood Breath Beasts surging toward them.

"That thing didn’t come out to fight. Looks like I was right, its current condition can’t be good!"

Qian Xing said as he watched the approaching monster tide.

"Perfect. Let’s strike while it’s down. Everyone, with me! Let’s wipe out these bastards!"

Gripping his Giant Hammer in one hand, Qian Yun led the charge.

...

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「Under the cover of night.」

The interior of Mountain City Mountain was brightly lit, filled with the sounds of gunfire and explosions.

"AHH!"

All kinds of terrified screams and agonizing cries echoed relentlessly.

Blood Breath Beasts swarmed into Mountain City Mountain, pouncing on fleeing civilians and devouring them with ravenous hunger.

"Help me!"

Numerous civilians cried out in terror.

Just then, two garrison soldiers rushed over from a distance, horrified by the sight.

"How did so many monsters get into this area?"

’Even though monsters have been slipping through the Mountain City Mountain defense line, this is way too many.’

The leading captain snapped back to his senses and immediately raised his communicator.

"Command, Command, this is Squad Leader Zhao Hua! A large number of Blood Breath Beasts have broken through on Ginkgo Avenue! Requesting backup!"

...

「Defense Line Command Area.」

Qian Wu stared at the battlefield, his face grim.

Just then, Lin Qi hurried over to report.

"Sir, a large number of Blood Breath Beasts have swarmed into Ginkgo Avenue. There must be a problem with Position D17."

"What the hell? Position D17 has a problem again? Didn’t we just send people to retake it?"

Qian Wu asked, his face dark.

"I’m not sure."

"Get me Position D17!"

"Yes, sir!"

Lin Qi immediately tried to call Position D17.

BEEP... BEEP...

But the call wouldn’t go through.

"It’s no use, I can’t get through."

Lin Qi said to Qian Wu, his voice filled with panic.

"Something must have happened. Notify Captain Zhou Zhi of the reserves. Tell him to take his men and recapture it. We must hold that position, no matter what."

Qian Wu ordered Lin Qi.

"Yes, sir!"

Lin Qi responded at once.

...

The situation in Sinful City and Star Tower was no better.

Their defense lines had also been compromised, and a considerable number of Blood Breath Beasts had poured into the cities.

「Inside the great hall of Star Tower.」

Elder Fakam and the others were in a remote video conference with the Abyss Lord.

Fakam was pacing back and forth anxiously. He then turned to the Abyss Lord and accused him,

"Are you happy now? You just had to pull our elite forces for your ’Skyfall Plan,’ and now the monsters are pouring in!"

"Shut up, you idiot! Even if we didn’t reassign the elites, how many more days could we have held out? What’s the point?"

The Abyss Lord snapped at Fakam.

"Alright, stop arguing. The priority now is to figure something out."

Elder Romage interjected, trying to mediate with a weary tone.

"There’s nothing to figure out. If we can hold on, we live. If we can’t, we die!"

The Abyss Lord replied coldly.

Hearing the Abyss Lord’s words, Fakam and the others fell silent.

...

「The next morning, at the Famons base.」

As the brilliant sun pierced the darkness and spilled across the land,

the symphony of battle did not cease. Instead, it grew even more intense.

Long Ming swung his Dark Blade, cleaving a pouncing Blood Breath Spider in two. He immediately dropped to one knee, gasping for breath.

He had truly fought until his hands grew weak, until he could barely even grip his blade.

Just then, a Blood Breath Dog lunged at Long Ming from the side.

As Long Ming was about to rise and block, Luoxue rushed over and sliced it in half with a single strike.

She extended a hand to Long Ming and asked,

"Are you okay?"

"My Physical Strength is just a bit depleted."

Long Ming took Luoxue’s hand and stood up.

Just then, Luoxue took out a Physical Strength recovery injector and handed it to Long Ming.

"Here!"

"Then what will you use?"

Long Ming was taken aback.

"Don’t worry, I have more. Besides, my Physical Strength is better than yours."

Luoxue said with a smile.

"Ahem, alright."

A slightly embarrassed look crossed Long Ming’s face. He inserted the injector into a pre-made port on his arm and injected the fluid.

As the fluid entered his system,

Long Ming immediately felt his Physical Strength rapidly recovering.

But he didn’t feel too happy. More and more Blood Breath Beasts were charging up, their corpses piling into a mountain that was quickly filling the height difference.

"Luoxue, how much longer until the device is repaired?"

Long Ming asked Luoxue.

"It’s at 97% now, slower than projected. I don’t think it’ll be fixed within three days."

Luoxue didn’t hide it from him.

"We’re in trouble now. Even with help from the paratroopers from the two cities, we probably can’t hold out much longer. The moment these Blood Breath Beasts fill up the gap, it’ll be our end."

Long Ming gazed out at the oncoming tide of Blood Breath Beasts; there was no end in sight.

"Are you scared?"

Luoxue asked softly.

"I’m not scared, just... unwilling to accept it. We’ve fought so hard to survive this long. I don’t want to die with regrets like this."

Long Ming replied, his expression remarkably calm.

"Do your best and leave the rest to fate. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself."

Luoxue told him gently.

"Yeah. Let’s go!"

Long Ming stopped dwelling on it and prepared to charge forward with Luoxue.

Just then, a communications soldier ran up frantically, his face pale as he shouted.

"This is bad!"

"What happened?"

Qiansha and the others were stunned for a moment before asking.

"Mountain City Mountain is about to fall."

the soldier said in terror.

"What did you say?"

Everyone was shocked to hear this.