CHAPTER 332: CHAPTER 92: THE SHOW BEGINS!

The emergency launch silo installed in Fortress No. 2 slowly opened, revealing a missile armed with a hydrogen warhead to the air.

Abyssal Believers hidden among the Hunters noticed this and attempted to convey the information back to Lingquan City, only to find that the entrance to the Abyss had been sealed off, preventing anyone from entering or leaving at will.

Guarding the Abyss entrance were not only regular soldiers but also Engravers who had retired from being Hunters and joined the military.

They activated their engravings, with at least two and at most five engravings hovering behind these soldiers, deterring anyone who intended to forcibly enter the Abyss entrance.

With these people overseeing the Abyss entrance, the Abyssal Believers had no way to transmit information outwards.

Moreover, they had previously been in a state of information silence, having not received any orders from superiors, leaving the Abyssal Believers extremely confused about what to do.

Unbeknownst to them, their activities had been noted by monitoring inspectors.

Upon discovering the missile’s rise, these Hunters immediately headed towards the Abyss entrance, and regardless of whether they were Abyssal Believers or not, they were to be captured first.

Only after interrogation had confirmed they were not Abyssal Believers could they be released.

The soldiers received orders and immediately took action to capture those Hunters who intended to leave.

[Hunters, do not panic. Those we have captured are individuals who realized that the campaign battle is about to start and wanted to leave the Abyss. Either they are Abyssal Believers or cowards. Either way, it has nothing to do with you, right?]

The Commander’s voice transmitted through the public channel into each Hunter’s ear, calming those standing near the capture site.

As the Commander said, those individuals indeed deserved capture.

Abyssal Believers wishing to return to Lingquan City to give warnings was understandable, but Hunters were even more contemptuous of cowards who were not Abyssal Believers yet wished to leave the Abyss.

It was clear they signed contracts and earned abundantly, yet at the critical moment, some wanted to abandon everyone and flee alone. No one was inclined to speak kindly of such individuals.

Indeed, some Hunters had wavered emotionally, fearing they’d perish in the magic tide, this being neither their usual exploratory town nor a place to which they held any sentimental attachment to Lingquan City.

However, upon hearing the Commander’s words, they seemed affirmed and thus gathered their courage, no longer fearing the impending onslaught by demons.

The Master of the Abyss was unaware that an attack was imminent, so the Forbidden Demon Abyss remained relatively calm at present.

At this moment, a convoy entered from Fortress No. 3, heading towards a marked location on the map.

Simultaneously, three reconnaissance planes took flight from within the Abyss frontlines.

The Master of the Abyss was mobile; its coordinates were previously marked, but now its specific whereabouts were unknown, prompting the Commander to deploy three reconnaissance planes to locate the Master of the Abyss for Yan Luo and their team.

All other Hunters were clad in full-cover exoskeletons; only Yan Luo’s exoskeleton appeared in the form of a half-body armor.

Sitting beside Yan Luo, a Hunter, curious about his exoskeleton, couldn’t help but ask, "Yan Luo, your exoskeleton seems odd, like it doesn’t provide much protection?"

Yan Luo, resting with closed eyes, replied, "My body’s defensive power is already strong enough. If I were to increase defense at the expense of limiting my output, it would be counterproductive."

Upon hearing this, the Hunters sharing the same vehicle expressed envious admiration.

Listen to those words, ’body defense is already strong,’ even without needing the exoskeleton’s protection.

Though Engravers, when activating engravings, could gain extraordinary abilities, their bodies remained fragile under normal circumstances, requiring exoskeleton protection.

Even Second Rank powerhouses would significantly weaken without the exoskeleton.

To Yan Luo, the exoskeleton was not an enhancement but a hindrance.

They too wished for a powerful physique like Yan Luo’s, but unfortunately, only those with extremely low magic power adaptability who ingest Saint’s Blood could attain body reinforcement.

Yan Luo was strict in distributing Saint’s Blood, only offering it to Hunters, nearly preventing the creation of ’Samurai.’

[A large group of demons detected ahead!]

The in-vehicle radio transmitted the message.

All Hunters immediately reined in their emotions, transforming into cold, rational demeanors akin to robots.

Every Hunter selected for the campaign team was elite among elites, boasting Sequence Three strength.

Had it not been necessary for someone to lead the team to intercept demons blocking their path, Chen Shan would have joined the campaign team.

Chen Shan was one of the foremost in strength on Crimson No. 2, and thus he joined the escort team to ensure its successful retreat after intercepting demons.

The Forbidden Demon Abyss was a newly formed Abyss, thus even the Master of the Abyss could not possess Catastrophe Level power, prompting Wu Zechuan to remain in Lingquan City to deal with Huyan Guang rather than becoming the campaign team leader.

The campaign team leader was not Yan Luo; he had no achievements in command but merely excelled individually.

Sitting in the co-driver’s seat within the vehicle, the campaign team captain Jing Changfeng instructed, "Let’s not act; let the escort team handle those demons."

They needed to preserve their strength until confronting the Master of the Abyss.

The Forbidden Demon Abyss’s Master of the Abyss was a flying demon; hence, Hunters in the campaign team possessed flying or hovering capabilities, with Yan Luo being the sole one capable of direct combat with the Master of the Abyss.

Yet for Yan Luo, this was already sufficient.

Beside Yan Luo’s vehicle, two armored vehicles separated from the convoy, raised rocket pods, and unfolded a heavy machine gun shooting platform from the side.

Rockets fired outward, successfully hitting the mass of demons ahead. However, under the deflective shields’ protection, the demons did not perish.

Consequently, the [Mechanic] seated on the shooting platform infused magic power into the heavy machine gun, enchanting each bullet.

"Die!!" yelled the two shooters.

A metallic storm suddenly swept forward, wearing down the demons’ deflective shields, and after a wave of rocket bombardment, the demons’ shields weakened significantly, now causing a tempest of bullets to shred through and destroy several demons’ deflective shields.

Special armor-piercing shells crafted to combat Forbidden Demon Abyss demons drilled into the bony plates covering demons, piercing into their flesh below.

Within a mere second, their bodies bore a hundred bullets, overwhelmed, the demons collapsed dead.

The team’s [Gun Master] also stepped forward, using sniper rifles to fire on City-breaking Level Demons among the demon army ahead, concentrating fire to kill.

That large group of demons didn’t even manage to collide with the convoy but ended up dead and injured in large numbers.

Chen Shan, coldly observing these events unfold, used the command vehicle’s high-power radio to send a request for reinforcement to the headquarters at the Abyss frontlines.

Although soldiers and Hunters retreated into the Abyss frontlines from supply stations, the signal towers built along the way remained intact.

A signal emitted from the high-power radio entered a signal tower, then relayed back to the Abyss frontlines.

The Commander received the reinforcement request, promptly signing their name on the ’Hydrogen Missile Launch Authorization Document’ and authorizing the missile unit to launch the hydrogen missile.

The missile, equipped with a hydrogen warhead, sprayed flames from its tail, slowly emerging from the launch silo, accelerating as it ascended. Once fully detached, it swiftly climbed to high altitude, tracing an arc with its tail smoke, flying toward the coordinates provided by Chen Shan.

Engraver specializing in perception within the escort team had detected a mass gathering of demons in the distance, which prompted Chen Shan to send the reinforcement request.

For some reason, the Master of the Abyss had prematurely perceived human actions and was rallying demons to hinder the campaign team.

Chen Shan would not let this succeed; he aimed for the campaign team, formed by Yan Luo and others, to reach the Master of the Abyss successfully!

Presently, their location was still two hundred kilometers away from the original position of the Master of the Abyss!

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The military factory operating at full capacity suddenly transported massive quantities of ammunition to the Forbidden Demon Abyss, leading Huyan Guang, covertly monitoring Lingquan City’s movements, to conclude that the abyss campaign had commenced.

The lower-ranking members he placed in the Forbidden Demon Abyss failed to relay information, likely because the entrance had been sealed off.

Thus, Huyan Guang lifted the silence status on communication channels, issuing a directive to all Abyssal Believers.

——[Attack the important facilities around you!]