Chapter 741: The Fierce Battle Between the Giant Beasts and the Moving City, Wu Qiming's Discovery and Greed

"Awooo-"

The Ice Giant Ape let out a furious roar as it hurled the ice axe from its hand.

At the same time, the other six Silver-tier Ice Giant Beasts all launched their attacks.

The ice axe thrown by the Giant Ape rapidly expanded, with wind and snow condensing around it.

In the blink of an eye, its length reached fifty meters, screaming through the air as it descended toward the moving city.

"Damn it!" Wu Qiming's pupils dilated instantly as he slammed his palm down on a button on the control console.

Hum-

[A-tier City Defense System activated. City Protective Barrier engaged...]

[City Counterattack System activated...]

A message flashed before his eyes.

Above the moving city, four pale blue beams of light shot out from the city's four sides, forming four anchor points. After interconnecting, a barrier crackling with electric arcs enveloped the entire city.

The moving city also underwent structural changes. Buildings shifted and transformed, and three large laser emitters emerged from behind the structures, beginning to charge as red energy coalesced at their barrels.

Dozens of fixed artillery cannons and missile launch platforms appeared as well.

Bang-

The ice giant axe landed on the protective barrier, and tremendous energy discharged at the point of contact between the axe and the shield.

The moving city shuddered violently.

The good news was that the ice giant axe's attack had been blocked.

The bad news was that the A-tier protective barrier guarding the moving city had actually cracked into web-like fissures from a single strike of the ice giant axe.

Although the city's full energy output was pouring into the barrier, and these cracks were rapidly being repaired.

But endless cold air spread from the giant axe toward the barrier, with ice crystals condensing outward from the axe as their center.

At this point, not only was the barrier's repair facing tremendous obstacles, but the energy required to repair it had also increased exponentially.

The spread of ice crystals and the repair of the barrier had actually entered a bizarre stalemate at this moment.

Back and forth, neither giving an inch.

Wu Qiming stared at the stalemated battlefield above the city, his eyelids twitching madly.

This was his city's core defensive system, and it had nearly been shattered by a single strike from the enemy.

Was he insane, or was this world insane?

That damned monkey was absolutely not a normal Silver-tier creature. He knew his city's protective barrier performance quite well.

He had hunted Silver-tier creatures more than once or twice.

In all his past battles, no Silver-tier creature had ever been able to pose a threat like this.

Not a single one.

But now, the appearance of this monkey had shattered his understanding.

However, he wasn't without means of retaliation.

[West Tower Laser Cannon energy charge complete]

As this notification flashed before his eyes, a savage gleam flashed through Wu Qiming's gaze.

Click-

With the press of a button.

Three thick laser beams shot toward the ice giant axe embedded in the barrier.

Sizzle-

The three laser ray attacks had already exceeded the ice giant axe's tolerance.

It exploded on the spot.

Amid countless shattering ice crystals, a streak of blue light arced backward through the air.

It was that ice axe.

The Ice Giant Ape, charging forward at full speed, leaped high and caught it in one grab.

A flicker of surprise crossed the Ice Giant Ape's eyes, clearly not expecting the opponent to be able to shatter its ice giant axe. But immediately after, the fighting desire in its eyes grew even more intense.

"Awooo!"

It let out another furious roar.

Wu Qiming watched the Giant Ape roar once more, and a killing intent likewise flashed through his eyes, mixed with a trace of joy at discovering a rare creature.

"This monkey definitely possesses a special bloodline. If I can capture it, the Merchant Alliance will certainly pay a high price. This is a rare species."

His gaze swept across the other six ice creatures.

[City Trait - Bounty Incentives fully activated]

[Buff Selection: Extreme Cold Resistance, Enhanced Vitality, Fearless Charge, Large Creature Hunting, Ice Specialization]

Five buff selections completed. The first two buffs had been selected previously, while the latter three were newly added.

Survival points deducted, buffs took effect.

"Wolf Pack~~Attack!"

With the command given, the wolf pack mercenaries who had long been waiting, at the instant the lift gate opened.

Had already floored the accelerator and rushed out. The modified heavy snow terrain combat vehicles took the lead, charging out first, followed by various support firepower vehicles.

Finally, there were the mobile hover motorcycles, gliding like swimming fish.

They poured out from that enormous moving city, executing flanking maneuvers and encirclement tactics according to the large creature hunting tactical plan.

They had long since mastered this plan to perfection, so every tactical coordination was executed with ease.

Although suddenly facing seven Silver-tier creatures was somewhat surprising.

But these desperados who didn't even care about their lives for money.

Their minds held no fear of death's threat.

Only the anticipation of how much bounty they would earn from completing this mission.

The appearance of the wolf pack drew the ice creatures' attention away from the moving city.

Ratatatat-

Boom-

Sizzle-

Continuous attacks fired from these 'wolf pack' mercenaries, striking the Silver-tier creatures.

Facing the harassment of these ants, the seven Silver-tier creatures also displayed their methods.

The blizzard summoned by the Ice Crystal Spider Fiend blanketed the entire ice field, with Icicle Shards mixed within, continuously reaping the lives of these mercenaries.

The Ancient Ice Troll swung its wolf-tooth club, each smash destroying several mercenaries. Some mercenaries driving mobile hover motorcycles, unable to dodge in time, directly drove their vehicles into the descending wolf-tooth club.

Vehicle destroyed, people dead.

The Ancient Ice Mammoth unleashed War Stomp, and countless ice crystals shot outward in all directions with its stomping.

These ice crystals were comparable to tungsten steel armor-piercing rounds, riddling those unlucky bastards full of holes.

The other giant beasts also fought in their own ways.

For a time, the mercenaries suffered heavy casualties.

But these mercenaries were battle-hardened desperados, and in a very short time they had fully grasped the attack patterns of the ice creatures.

Through mutual coordination, they became slippery as eels, completing evasions in some unbelievable manner before the ice creatures' attacks arrived.

Although they still could not confront the Silver-tier creatures head-on and remained at a disadvantage.

They had successfully pinned them down.

Watching the wolf pack mercenaries below accomplish their predetermined objective, Wu Qiming's tightly drawn face finally revealed a trace of a smile.

That had been truly dangerous just now.

Now that the situation had stabilized... his gaze locked onto that Giant Ape once more.

The laser emitter began charging energy again.

Greed flashed through Wu Qiming's eyes.

The instant the laser emitter signaled that energy charging was complete.

He slammed his palm down on the firing button.

"Everything depends on this one shot."

Three crimson laser rays shot out from the emitter's barrels.

Their target was precisely that Ice Giant Ape!