Chapter 744: Wu Qiming’s Excitement, Yu Yuan Takes Action to Decide the Outcome

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—

Flames shot up from the Qiming War Fortress. Hundreds of artillery shells rained down from the sky, forming a vast barrage as they flew toward the ice creatures.

The huge energy cannon at the center of the war fortress also began glowing with intense energy, entering its charging state.

The threat of death drove the ice creatures to flee instinctively, each using its own means.

Even the four Silver-tier mercenaries were aghast. Without time to think, they fled in another direction.

They had never known that this city possessed such a terrifying capability.

Now they could only hope that the City Lord’s target was those seven ice monsters, and that they would not be caught in the crossfire.

Oh, no, that was wrong. There were only six ice monsters now.

The ice serpent had already been killed by the Hound.

Because of that, the Hound was actually the most at ease. No matter what, he had killed one of the targets, so he had earned merit, not blame.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The artillery bombardment began.

Hundreds of shells pounded the ice, advancing slowly. Everywhere they passed, the surface erupted into deep craters.

That was only because the ice in the Greenwood Sea was now more than a hundred meters thick.

Back when the temperature was minus twenty degrees Celsius, when the ice had not yet grown so thick, an attack like this would have shattered the entire ice plain.

The Snowfield Mammoth, the slowest to run, was struck by the shells. Its thick fur and ice-crystal armor blocked most of the damage.

Its already sluggish movements were slowed even further.

It let out a mournful cry!

The next moment, the Qiming War Fortress’s main cannon finally finished charging. A thick beam of energy blasted out.

The world itself seemed to tremble slightly.

In the blink of an eye, the blazing red energy blasted a gaping hole straight through the Snowfield Mammoth, the creature with the strongest defense.

The energy beam pierced through the Snowfield Mammoth and kept going. It grazed half of the Ice Crystal Spider Fiend’s body, vaporizing it, then vanished completely into the blizzard.

That shot left every Silver-tier creature stunned.

An instant kill!

It had actually killed a Silver-tier creature renowned for its defense in one shot, while blasting away half of another Silver-tier creature’s body.

“Damn it, what was that?”

Even the Hound was deeply shaken by what he saw.

The other Silver-tier creatures needed no further prompting. Each used its own means to flee the area.

The Ice Ape climbed back onto the Ice Wild Boar and charged across the snowfield.

The Ancient Ice Troll vanished beneath the ice and snow once more.

Under the blizzard’s cover, the Ice Crystal Spider Fiend had already recovered.

It let out an enraged hiss. As an ice ridge appeared across the plain, it burrowed through the ice and fled.

“Hahaha! Keep it up, keep it up!”

Wu Qiming was very pleased with the results.

This was exactly what he wanted. Watching the ice creatures retreat on the radar, he curled his lips into a cold smile.

“Trying to run? Too late now! Switch to scatter mode.”

The four-armed humanoid creature also cheered excitedly.

“Understood! Raising the cannon to eighty-two degrees. Preparing to charge…”

The war fortress’s main cannon immediately tilted upward to an angle of eighty-two degrees, its muzzle once again glowing with intense energy.

The charging process began anew.

“Hahaha, don’t even think about running. Not one of them is getting away!” Wu Qiming watched the Ice Ape’s position on the screen, excitement showing on his face.

But while he focused his attention on those ice creatures,

right there inside his war fortress,

in the corridor just beyond the door to his command room,

Yu Yuan, inside the Shadow Dimension, listened to the excited shouts coming from behind the door.

The corner of his mouth lifted slightly.

He had arrived as soon as the Ice Ape broke through the moving city’s City Protective Barrier.

He had taken the opportunity to enter the moving city and had been using the Shadow Dimension to search for Qiming.

Although the Combat Detector could pinpoint Silver-tier creatures, there had been five of them in the moving city. He had been wondering which one was Qiming.

As it happened, four of the Silver-tier combatants had headed straight into battle, so Yu Yuan had come here.

Clearly, he had found the right place.

The war fortress’s main cannon finished charging again.

Boom!

A torrent of energy shot from the war fortress’s main cannon. Once it reached the sky, it exploded into clusters of smaller energy shells, raining down toward the ice creatures like cluster bombs.

Wu Qiming watched everything on the radar with excitement, already thinking about how to maximize his gains from this battle.

Just then, a bright red warning message suddenly appeared before his eyes.

【Warning! An unidentified person has appeared outside the security door!】

What!

Wu Qiming’s mind cleared instantly.

An unidentified person? Someone had infiltrated the city?

How was that possible?

But Wu Qiming had no time to think it over. He immediately slammed a button on the control panel.

Bang!

With a loud crash, the room’s security door seemed to take a massive impact. It twisted out of shape, flew into the room, and slammed into the wall, embedding itself there.

Wu Qiming’s palm struck the control panel as well.

Hum—

An energy barrier crackling with electricity began to form, isolating and protecting Wu Qiming and the four-armed humanoid creature beside the control panel.

But at the very last moment, just before the barrier could fully close,

a calm voice sounded from the doorway.

“Diagnosis: Epilepsy.”

The barrier closed. Wu Qiming’s body suddenly began twitching and jerking uncontrollably.

He fell to the floor, foaming at the mouth, his eyes rolling back.

His hands moved against his will, making gestures: one moment, six with his left hand and seven with his right; the next, something resembling “very 6+1.”

Finally, both hands curled into claw-like shapes and began shaking continuously.

The sight filled the four-armed humanoid creature beside him with utter terror.

He had seen plenty in his time, so he knew exactly what this meant.

The City Lord had been hit by the enemy’s mental attack.

And it was an extremely powerful mental attack. It affected not only the mind, but even controlled the body’s movements.

But most importantly, the barrier in front of them could withstand any form of physical attack.

Bullets or anything else.

But it could not withstand mental attacks.

Against their current enemy, this barrier was completely useless.

Besides, the City Lord was a Silver-tier Lifeform!

Yet he had not been able to resist the enemy’s mental attack in the slightest.

The overwhelming difference in strength left him without even the slightest desire to fight back.

He immediately did what any mercenary would consider the wisest choice.

He raised all four arms high and lay flat on the ground.

He shouted, “D-Don’t kill me! I surrender!”

Clack, clack, clack.

Wearing his Destiny Armor, Yu Yuan walked into the room with heavy footsteps.

He looked as though a ruler were inspecting his prey.

His voice was cold and allowed no defiance as he spoke calmly:

“Barrier, open!”