CHAPTER 312: CHAPTER 140: THE TRUE HOLY FATHER

"Boom! Boom!"

The incessant explosions kept resounding outside the walls of the Imperial City.

Under the operation of Squad One, three 107 rocket launchers fired 27 smart-guided rockets with ultra-high precision and overwhelming firepower, all within moments.

Like a glowing chain linking the cannon formation and the city walls, when the bright chain burnt out, the speed of the three monsters instantly slowed down.

Yet even so, the suppressive firepower was still unable to completely annihilate these three monsters.

They were too fast.

They were too smart, too agile.

Realizing that the firepower from an unknown location couldn’t accurately cover them, the three monsters immediately changed tactics.

They quickly dispersed, constantly running and leaping along the Imperial City’s walls.

In the face of their nearly 5-meter height and powerful muscle strength, the low walls were no obstacle, and even became barriers to block direct fire from the Huaxia Army.

The drones in the sky had expended their ammunition and were forced to return to the convoy for supplies.

And after losing the suppression of aerial firepower, the three monsters acted even more recklessly.

Chen Jian had already maxed out the power of his exoskeleton, quickly heading back towards the Imperial City; at that moment, a voice not belonging to this battlefield suddenly came to his ear.

"Captain, this is Zeng Yi!"

"Those three monsters look a lot like the level-two monsters I’ve seen before, Mountain Demons!"

"But they are definitely not complete forms, probably only level three in strength!"

"We can’t chase after them! They have a bloodthirsty instinct!"

"They’ll go where the most people are, they’ll crash into them themselves!"

"Understood!"

Chen Jian immediately replied, then issued the order:

"Everyone, spread out!"

"Find a crowded place inside the city and wait!"

"These monsters are too fast; we can’t catch up with them no matter what!"

"Let them make the first move, we only need to block them!"

"Understood!"

At the command, the Holy Blood followers immediately scattered, running in different directions inside the city.

At that moment, Chen Jian was less than 300 meters from the city walls, and there was already no one behind him.

But he didn’t slow his steps because of this.

He knew that if he couldn’t arrive in time, the damage these three monsters could cause to the Imperial City and its civilians would be irreparable!

He had to be fast!

The exoskeleton’s motor spun wildly as Chen Jian unfurled the weapon rack from his back, gripping the bomb rifle and sprinting forward.

When he was less than five meters from the wall, he leapt, then landed heavily on the wall, using the momentum to propel himself upwards again.

After a flip, Chen Jian had already stepped onto the nearly 6-meter-high wall.

At this moment, through the drone’s perspective, a monster had already charged towards the gate where civilians were fleeing.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Chen Jian raised his bomb rifle.

The fire control system guided his arm, and moments later.

"Bang!"

A 15mm mini grenade launched out, striking the monster’s torso at an unavoidable speed.

The explosion instantly sounded, shrapnel flying and deeply penetrating the monster’s muscles and bones.

Chen Jian thought that for such a small monster, this shot would be enough to end it completely.

But to his surprise, after taking a direct hit, the monster let out a piercing shriek and stumbled towards his position!

It moved fast.

Less than 200 meters away, giving Chen Jian under 3 seconds to react.

He pulled the trigger of the bomb rifle; the massive recoil transmitted through the exoskeleton anchoring him firmly to the ground.

This was a battle of no retreat; if Chen Jian couldn’t kill it before it got close, he’d face the same fate as those civilians: being split in two!

His heart was pounding, but the hand holding the bomb rifle was steadier than ever.

Grenade after grenade shot out; the monster tried to shield itself from the frontal assault with its arm, but not even the hard chitinous armor could withstand the terrifying power of modern weaponry.

Time seemed to slow down.

Chen Jian watched as the exploding grenades gradually stripped the monster apart.

The long claws it used to shield itself disappeared first; the shattered armor plates were flung into the air, turning to dust and scattering with the wind.

Next were its two front claws.

Blood and flesh splattered, like a mud sculpture washed away by a flood, the monster’s arms dissolved and fell off.

Finally, its torso, its internal organs, its bones...

When the monster fell forward at Chen Jian’s location, driven by its momentum, it was nothing more than a bloody, mangled skeleton.

Chen Jian exhaled deeply, shifting his aim without any pause toward another monster, hundreds of meters away, leaping across rooftops.

—But it seemed he didn’t need to act.

The somewhat slow and behind-everyone-else Li Shi finally arrived.

When the sound of the 301 heavy machine gun rang out, all traits of "agility" and "speed" became just jokes.

He didn’t need to be precise.

Because even if just one bullet hit, the subsequent barrage would completely pin down and kill the monster.

Li Shi advanced with heavy steps, the gun barrel, already hot and even glowing red, continued to spew bullets.

And when he finally surmounted the obstacles to face the enormous monster, the bullet-shredded flesh had already stained the ground red in a radius of dozens of meters.