A few days later at noon.
Several peculiar resonant nails burst out from the Sass Empire's army formation and struck the mining machine.
The deafening cheers nearly overturned the army of the Sass Empire.
When those once-mighty "steel butchers" crashed down amidst the ear-piercing metallic creaks and billowing dust, the gloom that had hung over the soldiers' hearts for days was instantly dispelled by ecstasy.
"They've fallen! They've fallen! The monsters have fallen!"
"The artifacts of the Orks! Long live the artifacts of the Orks!"
"Revenge! For our fallen brothers! Charge!"
The commander's roar mingled with the soldiers' screams, and the entrance to Anvil Canyon, which had been frozen in fear, was now transformed into a boiling furnace of revenge.
The remaining "Earthbreaker" mining machines turned around in the dust and took heavy steps, seemingly retreating hastily into the depths of Blackrock Territory.
"Chase! All troops, charge! Leave no one alive! Reclaim our glory! Crush Blackrock Territory!"
Count Sauron Bloodfang roared with a trembling voice of ecstasy, as if he could already see Lind's head hanging on his battle banner.
The remnants of the Crimson Scorpion Legion, along with the infantry phalanx that followed, surged like a crimson torrent bursting its banks, driven by a fervent thirst for revenge, as they roared and chased after the retreating steel giant.
The wind howled through the canyon, stirring up the lingering stench of blood from the previous day and the dust that rose today.
The Sass soldiers stepped over the scorched marks of their fallen comrades, their eyes burning with a twisted excitement, as if those fallen steel monsters were prey they had personally slain.
The distance was rapidly closing in the frenzy, and they were about to catch up with the last few "Earthshatterers"!
At that very moment, another unexpected event occurred!
Those mining machines, which seemed to be "retreating," suddenly came to a complete stop without warning, their massive bodies kicking up clouds of dust. Their cold bodies instantly twisted 180 degrees, and the energy emitters on their chests flashed with brilliant light!
Buzz—!
Sizzle—!
Dozens of blazing white beams were no longer aimed at precise kills, but rather swept across the densest and most heavily packed Sass cavalry group at the forefront, like the scythe of death!
"No--!"
"A trap! It's a trap!"
"Scatter!"
A desperate scream instantly replaced the frenzied shouts.
Wherever the white light passed, men and horses fell, armor melted through, and flesh evaporated! The vanguard, who had just been immersed in the joy of victory, were instantly turned into a burning wasteland and twisted wreckage! The terrifying beam of death plowed through the charging wave, leaving behind several bottomless, scorched trenches emitting blue smoke!
Almost at the same time, the blue patterns on the shells of the mining machines that had been hit and felled by the "resonance nail" suddenly lit up and emitted a deep hum.
The dust covering their armor fell in a flurry, and they rose abruptly from the ground like slumbering beasts! The crimson single eye coldly swept over the Sass infantrymen around him, who were now huddled together in chaos due to the upheaval!
The mechanical claw swung out with a piercing shriek as it tore through the air!
Boom! Pfft!
Bones shattered, flesh flew everywhere! The giant steel claws ripped several soldiers and their shields to shreds as easily as swatting flies! Another golem stood up, its massive metal feet slamming down, crushing a soldier who tried to stab its joint with a spear into a bloody pulp!
"Something's wrong! They're not dead! Run!"
"Help! Demons! They are demons from hell!"
"The Orcs' nails are useless! Useless!"
The morale that had just been ignited was instantly extinguished by ice water, plunging into an abyss of despair.
Panic spread like a plague, the entire charging formation collapsed completely, and the soldiers cried out and trampled each other as they fled backward.
The horrific scene from a few days ago has been repeated on a larger scale and with even greater bloodshed! The entrance to Anvil Canyon has once again become a living hell!
However, amidst this chaotic and desperate slaughterhouse, a strange undercurrent suddenly emerged.
"For the Grand Duke! For the Alchemist's Radiance! Target: Damaged mech! Armor-piercing cones ready! Charge formation—wedge assault!"
A deep, emotionless voice pierced through the chaotic noise.
On the edge of the collapsing crimson wave, about a hundred figures clad in heavy, matte black alchemical armor stood firm like rocks.
Their movements were perfectly synchronized, far surpassing those of ordinary soldiers, and a deep hydraulic transmission sound emanated from the joints of their outer armor.
Each person held a huge, grotesque metal impact cone, over two meters long, with its tip gleaming with dark purple arcane energy.
Alchemy Legion!
Ignoring the fleeing allies around them and the death beams shot from the distant "Earthshakers," they aimed directly at the damaged mining machines that had just stood up and were wreaking havoc nearby, like a quenched black dagger!
They moved with incredible speed, their heavy footsteps thumping on the ground with a dull "thump! thump!" sound. Their outer armor granted them superhuman strength and speed.
"Stop those metal cans!" A damaged "Earthshaker" seemed to sense the threat. Its crimson single eye turned towards the charging alchemist soldier, and its chest launcher rapidly charged, unleashing a beam of blazing white light!
Just as the beam of light was about to engulf the front-line alchemical soldiers—
Buzz!
A deep red, semi-transparent, diamond-shaped energy shield appeared out of thin air in the path of the beam! Complex alchemical runes flowed across the surface of the shield, radiating powerful arcane energy!
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The blazing white beam of light slammed into the crimson shield, producing a piercing melting sound! The shield trembled violently, its light flickering, and even tiny cracks appeared at its edges, yet it stubbornly withstood this blow that was powerful enough to melt through adamantine!
The energy of the beam was forcibly deflected, dispersed, and eliminated by the shield, ultimately leaving only scorch marks on the ground in front of the shield, without harming the soldiers behind it in the slightest!
"What?!" Leonis exclaimed in shock from the command center.
On Alice's screen, the energy reading of the crimson shield instantly soared to an astonishing peak, its structural strength and energy conversion efficiency far exceeding any equipment previously displayed by the Principality of Oak!
The one who released the shield was the only warrior in the Alchemy Legion wearing dark red alchemical armor!
He was positioned at the heart of the assault formation, maintaining the shield generator in one hand and wielding a massive armor-piercing spike in the other. His outer armor was more streamlined, the runes more intricate, and the eye area of his helmet gleamed with a cold blue light.
"Target locked! Armor-piercing cone - Penetrate!" The red alchemist's voice came through the armor's loudspeaker, cold and efficient.
Taking advantage of the moment when the shield blocked the beam and attracted the mining machine's attention, several black alchemy soldiers pounced on the target "Earthshatterer" at the junction of its legs and torso like cheetahs!
Ignoring the deadly threat posed by the mining machine's waving mechanical claws (the sacrifice of their comrades had created a precious millisecond window for them), they slammed the massive armor-piercing spikes in their hands into the armored area that had been hit by the "resonance spikes"!
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