Published: February 19, 2025
CHAPTER: A Strike that Pierces Heaven and Earth
Chen Chu's teacher, named Zhang Ze, was somewhat bewildered: "What is going on here?"
"This battle armor has undergone extensive research and evaluation, retaining advantages in agility, flexibility, and defense before being finalized," he explained.
"Now, you are adding extra thickness and flashy wings, which will significantly impact the overall performance of the armor and weaken its combat effectiveness."
Liu Feng smiled bitterly, "Teacher, what's the use of agility when people are already dead?"
His words caused Pang Long and the others to fall silent for a moment, recalling the student who was shot and killed in a sniper ambush, understanding their concerns.
Pang Long said solemnly, "Let's set off."
Under the night sky, armored vehicles and troop transports drove through the blocked roads at a slow speed of fifty kilometers per hour.
Except for the leading armored vehicle that had its headlights on, the following vehicles used low beams to trail behind.
It wasn't until they left the city that the lead armored vehicle began to accelerate, and the convoy followed suit, creating a rumble that echoed across the wilderness.
The cultist's stronghold was nearly a hundred kilometers away from Lestrol City, nestled between a small mountain range, hidden within a naturally formed cavern.
Additionally, in a valley below another mountain, remnants of the rebel forces that had once occupied Lestrol City were concealed.
Most of these rebels were locals, giving them many eyes and ears.
The main forces usually gathered at the stronghold, while most lower-tier personnel scattered to blend into villages and towns, adopting various identities, making it difficult for the federal military to distinguish them.
After all, only a few days had passed since the federal forces had crushed the rebels, and they hadn't established a complete intelligence system yet.
Meanwhile, these civilians harbored a subtle hostility toward the federal military, believing they were preventing the rebels from rescuing Keluoya, wanting them to continue being enslaved by the royal family.
These ordinary people had no idea of the consequences if the rebels established a divine kingdom on earth.
An hour and a half later, the horizon was faintly visible under the night sky, with peaks undulating in the distance. Chen Chu and the others suddenly stiffened, looking up at the sky.
A buzzing sound of fighter jets approached, dozens of aircraft flying from thousands of meters above, followed by powerful aerial bombs descending from the sky.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!
Flames erupted in the distant mountains, illuminating the horizon with a dazzling light. Even from afar, Chen Chu and the others could hear the thunderous explosions of the missiles.
And this was just the beginning.
As the first wave of bombing from the fighter jets departed, an endless array of fiery explosions erupted from the left, with a dense barrage of rockets whistling through the air.
At the same time, on the right side, the artillery units that had already reached their positions also launched an attack, unleashing a torrential downpour of heavy shells.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!
Under the relentless barrage of countless shells, the earth trembled.
Especially at that moment, the fighter jets roared back, and dozens of heavy underground missiles accurately struck down, instantly igniting a fiery explosion on the mountainside.
The deafening vibrations were terrifying, and the overwhelming force made Chen Chu and the others' expressions turn stern.
This was the power of modern weaponry; even high-level martial artists like Pang Long, capable of withstanding single-person rocket attacks, would have no chance against such bombings.
Even Lin Xiong, a high-level cultivator, would be in the same predicament if he couldn't escape the epicenter of the explosion in a short time.
As for Chen Chu and the others, who were low-level cultivators of the double or triple heaven, they could bully ordinary people and fend off bullets from rifles or submachine guns, but against this kind of bombing, a single aerial bomb could send them to their end.