Looking at the big picture, the Virtuosos' actions in this war were like a stroke of genius; they seemed to do nothing, yet they also seemed to accomplish a great deal.
This ability is called "God's perspective" by the Fates, just like He Jinqiu's "Noon", Da Yu's "Formless", Zard's "Sky Burial" and Qing Chen's "Divine Cut". God's perspective is one of the most powerful abilities of the Fates. Another ability is "gaining the upper hand".
This is why the Fates were able to control the entire kingdom for over a thousand years. Looking back through human history, no dynasty has ever stood for a millennium; the Roosevelt Kingdom was the first.
Of course, this might also be the reason for their short lifespan... The world is fair.
At this moment, Li Shutong looked up and saw that after most of the airship's turbines were pierced, it struggled to fly for a while longer before crashing.
The remaining small portion finally gained altitude and fled into the distance.
However, before they could completely leave the battlefield, a white azure dragon and a white figure more than two meters tall suddenly appeared in the distant sky.
The white dragon is the shikigami Bai Rongyi, and the tall woman in white is the disheveled Hyakume-ki.
The Hyakume-ki now has seventy pairs of eyes on both arms, not counting the ones Qingchen collected from the Western Continent.
In an instant, Bai Rongyi flew towards the airship, using his body to lift it into the sky. Once the airship lost its balance, it crashed heavily to the ground.
Hyakume-ki blocked the airship's path, spreading its arms wide.
"The Ten Directions World".
Li Shutong was somewhat moved by this scene. His apprentice, aside from anything else, had a great many friends.
He walked towards the crash site of the airship, wanting to see if there were any forbidden items inside.
Even if there are no forbidden items, there should be A-level or B-level superhumans, right? Take them back and cultivate them for decades, and you'll eventually grow forbidden items.
This is Li Shutong's current strategy: if there are forbidden items, he will rob them; if there are no forbidden items... then he will create forbidden items.
Anyway, he can live for a long time, and Qingchen can live for a long time too. In their lifetime, they can pay off the debts to their descendants.
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On the other side, on the land battlefield.
The giants charged out of the forest and encountered the Silver City's most elite First Field Division, the Silver Duke's personal force.
The soldiers in this field division were even all equipped with semi-enclosed exoskeleton armor, as if they were wearing skeletons on top of their bodies.
Once the soldiers put them on, their outer arms, outer legs, outer chest, and back were covered with lightweight armor.
It can utilize mechanical transmission to enable a special forces unit composed of E-level gene warriors to perform at the D-level level.
This fully mechanized field force can even traverse mountains and fields and march 500 kilometers in a single day, taking routes that mechanized troops cannot take and going to places that mechanized troops cannot go. It is more flexible and its ferocity is in no way inferior.
Moreover, the exoskeleton armor comes equipped with firearms and two 40mm howitzers, making it extremely powerful.
In just one encounter, hundreds of giants were seriously injured by the howitzers, and some were unlucky enough to be hit in the head and die.
For the first time, the giant's advance came to a halt; this was a contest between strength and technology.
A giant roared, "Hmph!"
(Family members, we can't win anymore, let's retreat! Know when to quit while we're ahead!)
The giants are fierce, but they lack organization, discipline, and fighting spirit. They will crush anyone they can defeat, and run away when they encounter human technology that they cannot overcome.
Commanders with telepathic abilities conveyed a message: Family, the King's instructors taught us how to do it, do as they say!
The next moment.
To withstand human firearms, the fiercest warriors among the giants, empowered by the Zhunti Dharma, raised armored vehicles as riot shields.
But then they saw the giants slightly bent over behind the 'riot shields', forming a long advancing column. All the giants had their left hands on the shoulders of the giants in front of them, and they advanced quickly like special forces.
From the front, the soldiers of the 1st Division could only see a huge riot shield approaching them.
No matter how many shots they fired or how many grenades they used, it was like playing around with the riot shields; it had absolutely no effect!
The elite troops of the First Division were immediately stunned; they had never seen such a robust, massive, and ferocious special forces unit before…
Are you scared of a Titan that knows tactics? I've never seen a Titan like this before!
This time, the giants didn't run away when they encountered howitzers as before, but continued their rapid advance.
Those elites who were used to the old combat mode were suddenly at a loss for what to do!
Fortunately, elite troops are elite troops. They quickly adjusted their strategy, retreated slightly, and prepared to flank the giants from both sides, directly cutting off their long dragon formation.
Before they could even outflank the enemy, they were outflanked themselves!
Suddenly, more than twenty three-headed, six-armed demon-subduing Vajras, flying goddesses with red ribbons fluttering around their bodies, Li Shutong wearing a training uniform, and Qing Chen picking his nose suddenly rushed out from the flank.
These twenty-odd A-levels are too ruthless.
When others are fighting, at least they weigh the pros and cons, and at least they will step back when they see danger.
They're different; they go where it's most dangerous, and if they die, so be it. One batch is killed, another comes along, an endless cycle.
Finally, in the fourth hour, the elite troops of the First Division began to gradually collapse, and they began to try to escape the battlefield.
The military police began shooting deserters from the rear, ruthlessly forcing the soldiers to return and fight the giants.
The soldiers were caught in a dilemma, with military police in front of them and giants behind them.
The military police roared into the communications channel: "Do you know what happens when you desert? Your children, wives, and parents will all become slaves! What are you afraid of? We still have main battle tanks!"
The soldiers were in despair. They turned around and went to fight the giants. Even if they didn't survive, they couldn't let their parents, wives and children suffer!
At this moment, nuclear-powered main battle tanks arrived on the battlefield, and the soldiers rushed back alongside the tanks.
But Zheng Yuandong's appearance crushed their last hope. A meteorite carrying huge flames fell from the sky, and with a loud bang, the entire main battle tank position was smashed into a shower of sparks.
Now even the military police were scared and started to flee.
Seeing this, Da Yu, standing at the back of the crowd, said coldly, "Pursue! Giants, charge! War is about killing as many enemy soldiers as possible, otherwise they'll become a threat again once the Roosevelt Kingdom reorganizes them! Leave no one alive, kill them all!"
This battle, which began when we crossed over, has lasted for a full 10 hours and is finally coming to an end.
In the woods, Qing Chen slowly opened his eyes. He tried to get up, but Qing Ji pressed him down: "Lie down. You must rest now. The body is the foundation of a cultivator. Desperation and passion are good, but you must also pay attention to the methods."
Qing Chen lay down helplessly, touching his ribs: "Is it set... wait, didn't I only break three ribs? How come it's five now?"
Qing Ji glanced at him sideways: "You had a broken rib before, but you probably didn't pay attention to rest and immobilization at the time, and let it grow crooked instead. Don't think it's nothing. The chest and abdomen are the foundation of a human being. Broken or crooked ribs will affect your strength. So, I broke the ribs that hadn't grown properly and let them grow back."
Qing Chen: "...You played very well. Don't do it again next time."
At this moment, he turned to look at He Jinqiu's body, who was lying there quietly, as if the world's clamor had nothing to do with him.
Finally, I can take Mr. He home.
Chapter 896, Six Li Shutongs
"Retreat, retreat immediately," Lao Wu said weakly, sitting in the command vehicle and looking at the devastation on the battlefield. "Don't go back to Baiyin City, head directly north."
The fifth brother led his entire service company and quietly left the battlefield.
At this point, returning to Silver City would result in being killed by the giants, and hiding in the royal city would result in being killed by the Jester. He could only go to the northern coast, board the airship he had prepared, and head to a deserted island to start over.
However, two of the four airships along the coast were transport airships equipped with various supplies, and the soldiers on board were all trained female soldiers.
Previously, the relationship between Silver City and the Roosevelt royal family was very delicate, so he was always prepared to have a way out if things ever fell apart or he was defeated.
The fifth brother was generous and forthright, but he was much more cautious than his brothers, which is why he survived to the end.
The troops quickly headed north, and after traveling about 120 kilometers, they spotted a small military base hidden among dense coconut groves.
When the convoy arrived, Lao Wu jumped out of the car and hurried towards the military base.
Strangely, there wasn't a single guard outside the military base.
Lao Wu instinctively stepped back, but then he heard the female soldiers inside laughing and talking, which didn't seem dangerous at all.
Could it be that the guard he had stationed here had embezzled his own female slave? Thinking of this, he felt a surge of anger.
With a loud bang, he kicked open the door and walked in, followed closely by the entire service company.
The fifth brother roared, "Who the hell dares to do this?"
As he entered the magnificent military base, he suddenly froze.
But there sat a noble young man dressed in white hunting clothes on a sofa, surrounded by female slaves.
The young nobleman said something, and the female slaves sitting or leaning on the sofa laughed heartily.
The scene left Lao Wu dumbfounded. These female slaves were the result of his hard work in collecting them. The Asian and Black slaves were relatively easy to deal with, but the white female slaves were all relatives of white people who had committed crimes, making them very difficult to handle.
He had never seen these female slaves smile at him so genuinely before... never.
The fifth brother looked to both sides and saw two young Asian men and women in black suits standing on either side of the sofa, coldly watching him.
"Who are you?" the fifth brother asked as soon as he finished speaking.
"In the daytime, God Dai Yunluo."
Tensions immediately rose within the military base. The female slaves panicked and tried to get up and run away, but Shen Daiyunluo comforted them, saying, "Don't be afraid, I'll deal with him for you right away... no, not for you, but for that Boss He."
The fifth brother narrowed his eyes: "He Jinqiu?"
“Yes, we heard it from Boss Zheng when we were on Whale Island. You plotted to capture Boss He and then tortured him,” said Shindai Yunluo with a smile. “Actually, I’m not familiar with Boss He either, but you shouldn’t have provoked our little boss.”
The fifth brother was stunned: "Kamishiro Yunluo, I've heard of your name. When did Joker become your boss?"
"Ah...it was just a few days ago. It was just a joke at first, but then I saw how hard he worked to collect eyeballs for me, and I thought it would be nice to have a boss like that," Kamishiro Yunra explained with a smile.
Shinjiro Sora, standing to the side, pursed his lips and made excuses for himself.
The fifth brother stepped back, but heard the clanging sound of copper rings behind him. He turned around and saw the burly horse-faced Rakshasa waiting there, holding a huge nine-ringed sword.
Looking around again, Bai Rongyi and Bai Mugui had returned at some point and were now blocking off the entire airspace above the military base.
The fifth brother was utterly despondent and said bitterly, "Give me a way out."
Shindai Yunluo laughed and said, "This requires the boss's consent. Don't worry, I will let you get to him alive, and then let him kill you with his own hands."
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The chase continues.