Chapter 169 The Spathena Race <TOC> Chapter 171 Enemy of the Gods
Translator: SumTLMan
The elite Spathena soldiers were not easily cut down like ordinary troops; it was extremely challenging to penetrate the Black Membrane on their bodies.
When simulating a battle, a team of Spathena warriors would require at least one mechanized infantry battalion to defeat or annihilate them.
Li Mu unleashed the Dragon and Tiger Astral Specter, and the Blade of Annihilation emitted a long, mournful cry. Scorching psychic energy flames adhered to the blade, transforming into a high-temperature flame.
“Dragon of the Blazing Sun!”
The fiery dragon-shaped flame erupted from the sword, flying toward the Velerna giant lizards. Although the Spathena warriors possessed a Black Membrane, the Dragon of the Blazing Sun could only burn two or three of them to death. However, the Velerna giant lizards, being psychic creatures, did not have such strong defenses.
After advancing to the fourth energy level, the power of the Dragon of the Blazing Sun unleashed by Li Mu surged, and the dragon-shaped flame instantly entwined around the fifteen Velerna giant lizards, severely scorching seven of them and completely charring three others.
The leader of the Spathena warriors let out an angry roar and stood before the Dragon of the Blazing Sun, tearing the exhausted fiery dragon to shreds.
“Second Stance: Flow of the Fireblade.”
The blade of the Blade of Annihilation was instantly coated with a thin layer of flame, resembling a sword’s radiance.
Li Mu’s eyes turned cold, and with both hands holding the sword, he unleashed a lightning-fast slash. Compared to the more destructive Dragon of the Blazing Sun, the second stance, Flow of the Fireblade, used vibrational shockwaves to transform the psychic energy flames into a highly cutting flame, making it faster and more adept at piercing armor.
Since the Blade of Annihilation was already sharp enough, this technique was unnecessary for ordinary enemies.
A Spathena warrior instinctively raised his spear to block. But in Li Mu’s accelerated neural state, the warrior’s defense was full of flaws. The slender blade evaded the spear and slashed directly through.
The Spathena warrior realized that he had failed to block the attack, his heart skipped a beat, but before he could react, the sword had already pierced through the Black Membrane and his armor, diagonally cutting into his body.
Half of his body was instantly charred by the high temperature.
The warrior’s tenacious vitality and fighting will allowed him to make an instant decision, abandoning his spear and concentrating the Black Membrane on his hands. He tightly gripped the sword embedded in his body, preventing Li Mu from withdrawing the blade.
Li Mu did not expect the Spathena warrior’s body to be so resilient, and the lightning-fast strike failed to cut him in half.
The high-temperature flame and the Black Membrane on his hands fiercely clashed, unable to break through for a moment.
“巾己门〇丂己!” (Kill him!)
The Spathena warrior roared fanatically in the common language of the descenders. In their eyes, sacrificing their lives for the Lord of Desolation was the highest honor. After death, his soul would enjoy an endless feast in the Palace of Thorns.
The surrounding Spathena warriors immediately rushed forward with their weapons, while the outer circle of energy manipulators unleashed force-field shackles to bind Li Mu.
Li Mu’s eyes were deep and mysterious, as he activated the holy relic Shock Calamity with the utmost psychic power. Facing such an enemy, he could no longer afford to hide his true strength.
His entire skeleton seemed to act as an antenna, transmitting and amplifying the power of the Shock Calamity. Circular shockwaves emanated from him as the epicenter, spreading in all directions. The force field that bound him shattered, and the encircling Spathena people were scattered and thrown about.
Li Mu turned his head to face the Spathena warrior who tightly gripped his blade, launching the Shock Calamity once more. Devastating shockwaves propagated along the Blade of Annihilation.
The Spathena warrior looked at Li Mu with terror in his eyes.
“Hum!”
Accompanied by a high-frequency whistling sound, the fearless Spathena warrior was shattered, transforming into a fine rain of blood.
The holy relic acted as a power amplifier; the stronger the awakended individual’s own strength, the stronger the power of the holy relic they could activate. Li Mu, who could originally only kill corpse ghosts with his full-strength Shock Calamity, was now able to effortlessly shatter his opponents of the same level.
“丫〇ㄩ亻乚丨丷” (Seven Demon Calamities!)
Seeing their shattered comrade, the Spathena people were both shocked and fanatical. Those who could inherit the Seven Demon Calamities were core figures of the Eastern Xia. If they could offer his head as a sacrifice to the Lord of Desolation, they would surely please her.
Li Mu retreated to the edge of the landing craft, guarding against any ambush from behind. He first took out a railgun and fired three shots. One aimed at an energy shaper awakened individual behind him, and the other two targeted the two enhancer-type warriors at the forefront.
Three bursts of flame instantly engulfed the targets. Due to the previous consumption of the Black Membrane by the Shock Calamity, one lucky bullet penetrated the membrane, and the raging psychic fire instantly engulfed the energy shaper Awakened.
Seeing this, the Spathena people rushed forward, unable to contain their anger.
Li Mu laughed, putting away the railgun and wielding the Blade of Annihilation, engaging in close combat with the Spathena warriors.
The battle instantly intensified.
He used the full power of the Ancient Scales to protect his body, blocking non-vital attacks with the Ancient Scales. Threatening attacks were deflected with his left arm, strengthened by the Hand of Steel.
Under the effects of the Divine Eye Technique and Danger Intuition, no attack could evade his perception.
One Spathena warrior was struck in the face by a flaming blade, which pierced through the Black Membrane and shattered his facial bones. Brain matter flowed from the wound as he dropped his weapon, screaming in agony.
Another Spathena warrior had half his neck severed by a single strike, convulsing on the ground and teetering on the brink of death.
One Spathena warrior attempted to emulate his predecessors and lock the Blade of Annihilation, only to meet the same fate and be shattered into a bloody mist.
“Bang!”
A muffled gunshot sounded as a bullet the thickness of a thumb slammed into Li Mu’s waist, almost penetrating the psychic scales but getting stuck on top. The Spathena people were not simply using cold weapons in combat. Through warfare with humans, they had learned the methods of gunpowder weapons, and even captured a considerable number of engineers and workers.
“丨下’丂丂下丨乚!”
(Keep firing!)
The firearms they employed had large calibers and were crudely constructed, offering limited precision. Their sole advantage was their immense power.
Even a fifth-level awakened human would be injured by the recoil from using their weapons.
The deck was awash with blood, and severed limbs fell from time to time. The air was thick with the smell of blood and the acrid odor of cheap propellant burning.
In this brutal melee, even the most fanatical Spathenians began to waver in resolve, for it seemed as if the enemy could never be vanquished.
Even with their psychic scales shattered and their entire body drenched in blood, they still stood tall and unyielding.
Li Mu blocked a bullet with his arm, and his Blade of Annihilation pierced directly into a Spathen’s skull.
The leader of the Spathenians hadn’t anticipated the situation escalating to this extent, with the enemy being so tenacious. He had miscalculated, rashly assuming that his subordinates aboard the landing craft could easily deal with this human awakened.
Even though he possessed the Seven Demon Calamities.
“互己丷己! ㄇ丨ㄇ下亻人互己刂丫!”
“Disembark! Mount the giant lizards and slay this Eastern Xian!”
He himself mounted a Degta flying dragon, preparing to take to the skies.
The knights, riding the remaining five Valerna giant lizards, leaped off the landing craft and circled around Li Mu’s rear, ready to launch a lethal strike from behind. The Valerna giant lizards’ explosive power was immense, allowing them to accelerate rapidly.
Li Mu narrowed his eyes as the flames on the Blade of Annihilation expanded violently.
“Dragon of the Blazing Sun!”
Chapter 169 The Spathena Race <TOC> Chapter 171 Enemy of the Gods