Chapter 743: Wu Qiming's Trump Card, [City Trait - Bounty Combat State]

The Ancient Ice Troll leaped high from the Ice Wild Boar's back, raising its ice axe and slashing down at the barrier.

Golden patterns on the ice axe suddenly blazed to life. Ice crystals froze the barrier, and web-like cracks appeared once more.

The Ancient Ice Troll swung the ice axe a second time in mid-air. With a crack, the city protective barrier frozen by ice crystals finally could no longer withstand the assault, and chunks of ice crystal fell away.

It wasn't over yet. The ape's ice axe came down again.

This protective barrier that had been shielding the moving city was completely shattered. Even a full-force repair would be futile.

The entire process happened within one second.

Three axe strikes in one second, exploding with terrifying combat power.

The Ancient Ice Troll landed heavily on the ice surface, its body rolling backward in rapid succession.

Three laser beams grazed past its fur.

Then came wave after wave of artillery bombardment.

Dense gun barrels stood at every corner of the city, unleashing a relentless barrage upon the Ancient Ice Troll.

The massive population gave Wu Qiming formidable war endurance.

Every citizen became a soldier. All city residents transformed into Warriors in an instant, coordinating with each other to unleash bombardment.

But the Ancient Ice Troll's movements were astonishingly agile, dodging attacks with darting lefts and rights.

The ice creatures also engaged the four Silver-tier mercenaries in a life-or-death battle.

The greatest threats among them were the Hound and the Armored Warrior.

The Hound seemed to be a shadow creature as well, possessing the ability of shadow movement. It was precisely with this ability that it ran circles around the ice serpent.

The six-armed Naga swung its weapons, defending with all its strength, stalling two ice creatures while waiting for reinforcements.

The mechanical crab tried to ambush the Ancient Ice Troll but was blocked by the Ice Wild Boar.

The Armored Warrior was the pinnacle of offense and defense.

A layer of black energy shrouded his body's surface, and this energy kept the extreme cold at bay.

The Ice Crystal Spider Fiend's attacks landed on the Armored Warrior like tickles.

Only the Ancient Ice Troll's wolf-tooth club attacks forced him to raise his sword in defense, and the Ice Crystal Spider Fiend would seize the opportunity to launch its own attacks.

Although its attacks posed little threat to the Armored Warrior, the ice-based attacks still drastically reduced the Armored Warrior's movement speed and attack speed.

Finally, the Ancient Ice Troll seized its chance. The wolf-tooth club smashed into the Armored Warrior.

He was directly sent flying, crashing into the moving city.

The Ancient Ice Troll dodged yet another laser ray and looked at the moving city with its shattered protective barrier, revealing a ferocious grin.

Its gaze swept over the ice serpent that had been toyed with by the Hound, now visibly gravely wounded.

There was no helping it.

The icy environment was their home turf, but the Green Forest World's polar night environment was equally the Hound's home turf.

Facing a Hound with teleportation abilities, even ice creatures were helpless.

"Awooo—"

The Ancient Ice Troll let out a thunderous roar, its left fist pounding its chest.

It then sprinted toward the moving city. The other ice creatures, still locked in battle, paid no more attention to the mercenaries harrying them, and charged toward the city.

"Damn it! If you let them into the city, your mission is a failure!"

Wu Qiming's infuriated voice rang in the four mercenaries' ears.

The Hound went cold. Its figure vanished, and when it reappeared, it had already arrived at the ice serpent's flank. Its claws tore toward the serpent's body.

Its jaws gaped wide, biting toward the ice serpent's vital point.

The ice serpent let out a hissing cry, but the other ice creatures paid no attention, their target was only that city.

The ice serpent's body coiled around the Hound in retaliation.

They needed to wipe out the enemy of ice completely.

The Ancient Ice Troll had already reached the city's edge. Bending its legs slightly, it leaped abruptly, entering the moving city.

It continuously trampled and leaped between city buildings, dodging the artillery fire raining toward it.

Its ice axe swung relentlessly, and broken gun barrels and building debris lay everywhere.

The other ice creatures also arrived at the city's edge, wreaking havoc.

In that moment, Wu Qiming's eyeballs bulged, bloodshot veins covering them.

"Stop them! Drive them out! You idiots!"

How could Wu Qiming not see it now? The root cause of all this was that monkey.

That damn monkey not only possessed extraordinary intelligence but also had the ability to command the other monsters.

This hellish situation was Wu Qiming's first time encountering.

Every monster he'd encountered before, without exception, would have its attention drawn away as soon as it was provoked.

Moreover, he had never imagined that his strongest defense, the A-rank City Protective Barrier, would ever be broken by someone.

"It's that axe! It must be the axe!"

Wu Qiming's gaze locked onto the Ancient Ice Troll rampaging through the city.

He understood that this time his losses were too great.

After all, he was simultaneously facing seven Silver-tier creatures, and they were ice creatures with a world home-field advantage.

Even if his combat power was extraordinary, there was simply no competing.

But he wasn't without options now.

As long as he took down that monkey, plus obtained that axe, there was a chance to recover his losses.

"I can only use the last resort!" A hint of pained reluctance appeared on Wu Qiming's face.

"This was obtained at enormous cost as a life-saving measure, and now I have to use it in a place like this."

But watching the Silver-tier creatures below wreaking endless havoc and that ceaseless blizzard, Wu Qiming finally steeled his resolve.

[City Trait - Bounty Combat State]

[WARNING! Activating [Bounty Combat State] will consume massive amounts of energy. Current energy is insufficient to activate this trait. Activate backup emergency energy?]

Wu Qiming ignored the warning and made his choice directly.

— [No]

He then issued instructions.

[City combat energy switching. Switching energy supply mode to special energy supply.]

A black portal appeared in front of Wu Qiming's console.

[Please deposit special energy.]

A yellow crystal had already appeared in Wu Qiming's hand.

As the yellow crystal entered the portal, a brilliant red light emerged.

[Special energy detected - high-concentration life energy crystal. Meets requirements to activate 'Bounty Combat State.']

[Bounty Combat State officially activated! Duration: ten minutes. Under activation, ammunition is unlimited. Consumes 200 million survival points per minute.]

The next moment, the ice creatures that had been madly attacking and wreaking havoc on the moving city.

Suddenly sensed an extremely dangerous death aura.

The Ancient Ice Troll, with the keenest perception, sensed something wrong and immediately ran toward the city's exterior, simultaneously emitting a retreat call.

The other ice creatures, paying no mind to anything else, all fled the city like maniacs.

Not only were they fleeing, even the four Silver-tier mercenaries felt the same premonition.

"Damn it! Does that bastard want to kill us too?"

Without time to think further, they also fled outside the city.

They had just escaped the city when they turned back and witnessed an incredible sight.

This enormous city had actually begun to transform.

The city buildings seemed to operate with countless mechanisms and gears.

They combined and rearranged themselves.

This moving city seemed to have come alive.

When everything ended, the originally cumbersome moving city had astonishingly transformed into a war fortress.

Gun muzzles of massive caliber were everywhere. The city protective barrier lit up once more, electric arcs flickering constantly across its surface.

The most exaggerated feature was the gigantic energy cannon barrel at the city's center. Clearly, this was the moving city's primary weapon.

And the secondary weapons numbered even more.

As Qiming Mobile City activated its Bounty Combat State, it completely unleashed its full potential, transforming into Qiming War Fortress.

Above the fortress, a line of numbers flashed past.

— [-200000000]

Wu Qiming's eyes narrowed slightly. Beside him, the four-armed creature operated the computer at lightning speed.

On the screen, all seven ice creatures had been locked on.

"City Lord, target lock complete."

This was the sentence Wu Qiming had been waiting for. He slammed his hand down hard on the console.

"If that's how it is, then all of you can go to hell..."