Published: February 13, 2025
Lord Luoxu suddenly turned around, unable to believe that the powerful warriors he had trained were making such sounds in such a short time.
Clearly, they were suffering from some unbearable pain.
As he looked back, Lord Luoxu saw that many of his subordinates' mechanical battle armor was covered with a significant amount of black substance, displaying spots of varying sizes on the armor.
These substances seemed to possess a life of their own, slowly writhing, and with each movement, they caused significant damage to the mechanical structure. Many unfortunate warriors had their joints or energy sources covered, making their movements extremely sluggish.
At the same time, Lord Luoxu noticed a shadow rapidly moving among these warriors.
It was too fast, seemingly blending into the darkness; if it weren't for Lord Luoxu's high level, anyone else might only sense something moving without being able to pinpoint it accurately.
Just a glance back revealed that the shadow was perhaps wary of the protective capabilities of these high-level mechanical battle armors, opting not to launch a direct attack. Instead, it specifically targeted the areas corroded by the black substance, attacking anywhere it could reach with its weapon.
The goal was naturally to cause damage, not to inflict serious harm on the warriors inside, but rather to allow the black substance to come into contact with them, aiming to greatly accelerate the corrosion process.
After a brief exchange of skills with the Dark Giant Dragon, over twenty warriors had suffered damage to their bodies, which led to the distressing sounds emitted through the mechanical battle armor's sound system.
These warriors were well-trained; they had indeed never encountered such an ability before and were caught off guard by the sudden descent of the black substance.
However, they quickly assessed that this was not the time to exit their mechanical battle armors and, after some of their comrades were harmed, they promptly shut down the external sound system they had activated for convenience and energy-saving, switching to internal communication to prevent the enemy from using their information against them.
“Gather around me, form a defensive formation, light up position markers, and pay attention to the positioning instruments!”
The captain of this small squad of mechanical battle armors issued commands anxiously, and after a brief period of chaos, the entire team began to regroup purposefully.
“Ah!”
“Number 3 is under attack! Number 3 is under attack! The arm has been corroded, what is this thing?”
One mechanical battle armor clearly lost control, letting out a roar as it attacked in a certain direction, with flames shooting from the front of its arm. That direction was where Ye Zhongming had just darted past, but by the time the flames reached that spot, he was long gone. The flames merely scorched the black substance.
Seeing that the flames were effective, the remaining mechanical battle armors followed suit, spraying flames in their vicinity.
“69, 69 is under attack, losing power source!”
“Number 108 is under attack, unable to reach the designated position, losing power source!”
“Number 90 is under attack, radar system damaged, losing detection ability. Should we exit the cabin? Should we exit the cabin?”
“Number 30 is under attack, fizz…”
“…”
Initially, the effectiveness of the flames against the black substance boosted the warriors' confidence, but the continuous reports of damage caused their spirits to drop again.
In just a short time, nearly forty warriors had various issues; some were being corroded and were now groaning in pain, while others were trying to figure out why their mechas were damaged, and some had their auxiliary systems destroyed, losing many functionalities.
They had only entered with two hundred, and now one-fifth had temporarily lost their combat effectiveness, a situation they had never encountered before.
Their mechanical battle armors had indeed suffered corrosion from an unknown substance, but as long as it didn’t hit their weak points, they could typically withstand for one or two minutes. With that time, they could have arranged their battle formations and then charged out or launched a counterattack.