Published: February 11, 2025
The war fortress truly couldn't do anything against the Holy Father. Just as the Holy Father himself said, in the face of his bizarre speed, these modern weapons that could be considered a fusion of the technologies from Earth and the roulette side were too clumsy.
Only when those short crossbows were fired did the Holy Father encounter some trouble.
In contrast to Xia Lei, who observed the Holy Father playing with the war fortress without attacking, the operators inside the two machines felt tremendous pressure.
Many attacks missed their target, while the objective loomed around them, creating a feeling of imminent danger that kept them in a heightened state of tension.
The more this happened, the more they wanted to achieve some results, at least to drive back this ninth level Holy Father, so that other methods from Cloud Summit could be deployed.
What gave them hope were the launch ports for the hidden crossbow bolts scattered all over the fortress.
Zhang Xiang, a very ordinary name, was not particularly outstanding in Cloud Summit.
However, his profession before the apocalypse as a researcher at a nuclear energy institute led to him being heavily utilized during the process of receiving the war fortress.
He was appointed as the technical head of the Cloud Summit war fortress project and subsequently became the commander.
He traveled to the resistance area to receive the equipment, underwent training, and got familiar with the gear on the way back. After arriving at Cloud Summit, he conducted secret training, and once the third machine was modified, he rushed to the battlefield.
Previously, Zhang Xiang thought of Cloud Summit as home. He was part of the logistics team; despite lacking a high evolution level and glorious battle achievements, he lived a comfortable life, well-protected by others, as he was considered a technical backbone in the magic crystal weapon manufacturing factory.
However, facing Cloud Summit's glorious battles time and again, Zhang Xiang, as a man— a man with flesh, passion, and ambition—yearned to join the combat troops to achieve success.
Yet, he knew that due to his specialized skills, even if he made such a request, it would not be permitted. Occasionally, when he saw comrades getting killed or injured in battle, he thought that perhaps it was fine this way.
But when the war fortress was to be deployed, Le Da Yuan personally recommended him, and Zhang Xiang finally had the opportunity to pursue his dreams.
He hadn’t expected that the first battle of the war fortress would be against a monster like the Holy Father.
In his view, someone who could fly without relying on any tools was indeed a monster.
Facing such a creature, Zhang Xiang transitioned from initial nervousness and fear to a state of calmness.
Perhaps he lacked the sharp insight to realize that this powerful being had refrained from attacking for some reason; he always felt that the Holy Father was looking for an opportunity to incapacitate the war fortress with a single strike.
After coming to this conclusion, Zhang Xiang decided he must leave some kind of memento for this ninth level expert.
That way, when he returned to Cloud Summit, he could boast about it to his friends for years.
So after depleting missiles and jet propulsion systems to no effect, and having the cross-cutters shot down, he ordered the war fortress to engage with only two melee weapons—a war hammer and iron chains.
At the same time, he requested the auxiliary forces, including unmanned attack drones and command vehicles, to divert the Holy Father’s attention as much as possible.
Sure enough, the Holy Father showed interest in these vehicles and drones capable of running and flying; he discovered that besides the two large weapons which had exhausted their explosive capabilities, there wasn't much more they could do.
The massive war hammer and ball chains could indeed be terrifying against others, but against the Holy Father, they couldn't even brush against his clothing.