Immediately afterwards, they would rush out carrying their giant trees, and the forest where they had just uprooted the trees would turn into a plain...
Giants with telepathic abilities were interspersed among the troops, directing them: spread out and throw in a matrix pattern!
But as they approached the Silver City troops, they took a running start of about ten steps, stretched their bodies as much as possible, and then hurled the large trees in their hands like javelins.
The giants of today are different from those of the past. After being empowered, they all advanced two levels, with their strength increasing by as much as 80%, and some even doubling.
These tree javelins were thrown nearly a thousand meters away. The soldiers in the back row didn't even see the shadow of the giants before they saw the trees raining down from the sky.
Soldiers have seen arrows raining down in movies, but they've never seen javelins raining down from a tree.
A rumbling sound echoed through the woods, and the large trees that had fallen to the ground were now stuck at an angle. Some soldiers were half outside the trees, while the other half was smashed into the mud by the trees.
Corpses and blood were everywhere.
The giants actually smashed the forest into a wild and untamed atmosphere.
This is the most extreme, the simplest and most brutal battle.
The key point is that the army groups in front have already entered the battlefield, but the mechanized troops behind are still waiting to cut down trees and clear roads!
At this moment, Lao Wu ordered the mechanized troops: Do not worry about the casualties at the front, and use artillery fire to cover the battlefield at all costs!
Outside the forest, all the self-propelled artillery and armored vehicles began adjusting their firing range and elevation, preparing to cover the forest where the giant was located with half a load of shells.
These self-propelled artillery pieces have a maximum range of 120 kilometers, and with the support of electronic tracks, they can carry out precision strikes as long as the coordinates are determined.
It can even set up a fire matrix with a single click to perform saturation attacks.
This is the true modern warfare of the Otherworld, where everything can be handed over to artificial intelligence and electronic devices.
"Fire," the fifth brother said coldly.
The savage fighting style of giants is ultimately no match for modern weapons.
However, just as they were about to open fire, someone suddenly noticed an Asian middle-aged man wearing a Zhongshan suit in front of them.
The other party, holding a black stone in his hand, coldly approached the artillery position.
Everyone understands the principle of "capture the king first," but when it comes to actual fighting, not everyone has the awareness to see the big picture.
At this moment, only Boss Zheng clearly knew that if the artillery unit was not eliminated, the giants would be in danger.
Boss Zheng recalled the time when he first led new recruits in the recruit training camp.
The young recruit, He Jinqiu, with his youthful face, excitedly looked around the dormitory, and then all the snacks he brought from home were confiscated...
Ham sausage, instant noodles, Want Want rice crackers...
Zheng Yuandong asked him with a livid face, "Do you think you're here on vacation?"
For this, He Jinqiu held a grudge against him for quite some time.
In the midday sunlight that welcomed the new recruits, Zheng Yuandong could never have imagined that the very recruit He Jinqiu would now lie quietly in the grove of trees behind him.
On the river embankment in Shamao Town, Hannan, new recruit He Jinqiu was so exhausted that he questioned the meaning of life. Suddenly, someone behind him asked, "Squad leader, why did you join the army?"
Zheng Yuandong, an expert on anti-hypocrisy, replied: "If you're not tired, then go carry two more sandbags. If you're still not tired, then go run five kilometers."
Actually, Zheng Yuandong didn't have an answer in his heart at that time. Even if you asked him to say something, he couldn't.
But He Jinqiu has already given the best answer.
Thinking of this, a smile suddenly appeared on Boss Zheng's solemn face.
In an instant, a glacier suddenly rose up beneath Zheng Yuandong's feet, with huge ice spikes bursting from the ground.
Those ice spikes formed a long, frozen dragon that snaked all the way to the foot of the artillery unit, overturning all the self-propelled artillery and armored vehicles.
In just a few seconds, thousands of miles were frozen!
Looking down from the ground, one can see ice spikes up to three meters high stretching across the land, like the veins of a leaf, constantly growing and spreading!
It spread for a full three kilometers!
In an instant, summer turned into winter, and the temperature of the entire world plummeted to below zero!
The fifth brother was shocked when he saw this: "A demigod! How come another demigod has popped up!"
In those mere ten seconds or so, the Silver City Army Group collapsed.
The army soldiers at the front were no match for the Titans, and the artillery units at the rear were also ambushed and routed!
The fifth brother was also devastated. He couldn't understand why so many people had suddenly appeared when he had only come to hunt down one person!
Where did all of these come from?!
The fifth prince ceased commanding the battle. From inside the command vehicle, he shouted, "Retreat! Retreat back to Silver City! Quickly, call the royal fleet and have them come to our aid!"
At this moment, the second prince sat in the command seat of the airship, and could see the fierce battlefield in the distance.
In fact, the royal fleet had arrived a few minutes earlier, but he did not take action and chose to observe instead.
Now, the time has come.
The second prince crossed his arms and rubbed the ruby ring on his index finger: "Issue the battle order to launch an indiscriminate attack on the Silver City army and the giants. The Silver City has been defiantly opposing the royal family for many years; it's time to purge them."
The fleet's orders were relayed out, and the Second Prince did not think this battle would be difficult, after all, the Sword Immortal He Jinqiu was already dead.
All the fleet needs to do is drop terrifying incendiary bombs, and the entire forest will be turned into a sea of fire.
However, just as the fleet was slowly starting to move, a combat staff officer responsible for observing the holographic sand table suddenly said, "Wait, there's something rapidly approaching in the distance... It's moving too fast, we can't see what it is at all!"
"Hmm?" The second prince looked at the holographic projection and indeed saw a shadow moving forward like lightning.
"Watch the footage we just captured in slow motion!" the operations staff officer commanded.
The footage was quickly captured and slowed down, and then everyone was astonished to discover that the shadow, which was so fast it was almost invisible, was actually a middle-aged man.
The other person was also carrying a bundle of steel bars that were over a meter long on their back?
However, at this moment, the middle-aged man had already approached within one kilometer of the airship.
Then he pulled out a steel bar from behind his back and threw it with all his might... The steel bar bent slightly due to the great force, but its trajectory was still straight as it shot into the sky.
In an instant, the unadorned steel bars, empowered by the knight's aura, traversed thousands of meters with unparalleled force, then pierced through the power compartment beneath an airship.
The steel bar continued its downward trajectory, flying straight into the sky even after penetrating the engine compartment.
With a loud bang, the airship was simply and unadorned, and it was blown up.
This should be the highest-end version of the Autumn Leaf Blade.
Chapter 895, The End of the Battle
The steel bars were too ordinary to be worthy of a demigod.
Logically speaking, a demigod's javelin should at least be made of alloy, perhaps even inlaid with gems. Even if you don't like such ostentatious things, you could have someone study its aerodynamics and then specially forge a few intricately structured tungsten rods for you as your kinetic weapons.
However, Li Shutong did not do that at all. He abandoned all the fancy stuff and used only a steel bar, yet he used it to create the feeling of a kinetic weapon called the Divine Scepter.
It is simple, unadorned, dry and boring.
But it is precisely because of this that this demigod inspires fear.
Because you will suddenly realize that whatever he is holding is the biggest threat.
Or rather, as long as he lives, he is the greatest threat to the enemy.
The knight demigod's entrance wasn't as dazzling as the sword immortal's; it was even a bit rustic...
But the battle should end as soon as he appears.
But then, steel bars shot straight up into the sky, piercing through one airship after another.
The airship burst into a burst of sparks in the morning sunlight, a truly beautiful sight.
Most importantly, the airships are equipped with missile interception systems. If a surface-to-air missile comes, they will use a heat-locking mode to accurately intercept it.
But... steel bars have no heat source.
In fact, the Roosevelt Kingdom also had other interception technologies, but no one really expected that a surface-to-air weapon like steel bars would appear.
At this moment, the only thing that could limit Li Shutong's strength seemed to be the number of steel bars.
During this process, the thirty-odd steel bars behind Li Shutong were gradually used up, but there were still more than forty airships left.
At this moment, a operations staff officer breathed a sigh of relief and said, "He's run out of steel bars!"
But no sooner had he finished speaking than Li Shutong bent down and picked up a stone from the ground...
He reached out and weighed it, then suddenly stretched his body, twisted his waist with all his might, and the stone, infused with the knight's aura, shot across thousands of meters like a cannonball, making a buzzing sound, and blasted the turbine of an airship to pieces...
The operations staff were dumbfounded. This demigod could easily destroy an airship by picking up a rock, yet he specially brought a bundle of steel bars as a sign of respect?!
For striking ground troops, airships can carry more munitions and have longer endurance thanks to their miniature nuclear reactors, making them more suitable for prolonged operations.
But to kill such a demigod, you either need a supersonic fighter jet or an aerial fortress.
Relying on the speed of an airship is probably not an option.
Inside the airship, the second prince roared, "Quickly, quickly, increase the altitude! 3000 meters! No, 4000 meters! No, 8000 meters!"
The second prince was already scared; even a height of 4,000 meters could not give him any sense of security.
But it's too late now.
But then they saw stones fly into the sky and pierce through the turbines.
The next moment, the airship carrying the second prince was pierced. He looked frantically at the operations officer: "Where are the fleets of Blackwater City and Phoenix City? Why haven't they arrived yet?"
The operations staff hesitated for a moment before saying, "They've lost contact!"
The second prince quickly realized something was wrong. This was not an opportunity to make a name for himself or win back his father's love, but a trap that had been prepared for him from the beginning.
The virtuoso responsible for locking onto him must have seen this, but he didn't say anything and just watched him die!
In this battle, the Roosevelt royal family may have been the biggest winners.
Finally, the Fate Master eliminated the Silver Duke, the Sword Immortal He Jinqiu, killed the Second Prince who was competing with the Storm Duke for the throne, and obtained the Poisoned Wine Cup.
They secured the capital for the Imperial Expedition, consolidated the Storm Duke's throne, and eliminated the root of the internal strife.
Now, their plan has only one final step left.