assistirfilmes Chapter 117 : Chapter 117
Chapter 117 : Chapter 117
Chapter 117: Run!!!
Naturally, Huaxia’s Abyss-Suppressing Army was not about to show weakness either. They drew their blades and stepped forward, ready to fight.
But just then, from below the hill behind the Huaxia camp came the shrill neighing of warhorses.
Sixty or seventy people came galloping over.
Most of them were Abyss-Suppressing Army soldiers.
But around ten of them carried no weapons and looked like scholars.
They seemed to be from the Research Institute.
When a new Vacuum Zone was discovered, it was impossible to send a massive group over all at once.
The Research Institute first had to conduct an on-site survey and gather the exact data.
Only after returning and designing everything based on that data—what type of outpost to build, how to build it, how long it would take, what materials to use, what equipment to install, how many men to station there, and so on—could operations begin.
Otherwise, they might end up wasting effort on useless work.
When the Divine Elephant Nation saw that Huaxia reinforcements had arrived, they immediately dropped their aggressive stance and slowly backed away.
Their leader gave a look, and they all climbed back onto the giant elephants in a dispirited manner.
Without saying a word, they turned the elephants around and started heading back.
A newly arrived officer from Huaxia stepped forward and asked, “What happened here?”
The captain of Evil Tiger Squad replied, “Mid Wolf Guard Lü, we were clearly the first to discover this Vacuum Zone. We even planted our flag on the highest hill, but those people from the Divine Elephant Nation kept insisting this was their territory.”
Mid Wolf Guard Lü looked at the retreating backs of the Divine Elephant Nation soldiers and frowned slightly.
Then he turned and ordered the people behind him, “Researchers, thank you for your hard work. Begin your work as quickly as possible.”
“Everyone else, split into groups of three and protect the researchers while they work. Do not leave their side for even a step!”
“The rest of you, split into pairs and patrol the surrounding area. Maintain communications at all times.”
This Mid Wolf Guard issued his orders calmly, and the personnel moved into action in an orderly fashion.
He personally led a group to keep watch in the direction the Divine Elephant Nation had left.
This place was already beyond the communication boundary of Pearl Military District.
They could only use regional communications here.
Otherwise, the members of Evil Tiger Squad would not have needed to send two people back specifically to report the matter.
To get news of the situation back to Pearl Military District Headquarters, they either had to return directly to the city or run over a hundred kilometers back toward friendly territory.
A little over an hour passed.
The researchers worked with remarkable efficiency, and through careful cooperation, they quickly determined the exact data of the Vacuum Zone.
They regrouped at the highest point of the hill.
“We’ll stay here. The researchers will return and report.”
Mid Wolf Guard Lü gave the order again.
Then he crushed a Return Stone.
Who would have thought that the Return Formation only gave off a faint glow before vanishing with a hiss, like a flame doused by cold water?
Mid Wolf Guard Lü was startled.
Another person crushed a Return Stone as well, but it failed in the same way!
At that very moment, a dense curry stench drifted over.
Everyone reacted in alarm and looked around on guard.
Then they saw that, in an open space dozens of meters away, the air began to warp.
A man dressed in black robes slowly stepped out of space itself.
“Fall back!”
Mid Wolf Guard Lü shouted at once.
If the enemy could get that close without being detected, then his strength was definitely far beyond that of an Eighth Grade Martial Artist like himself!
Meeting him head-on would be sheer stupidity.
But the black-robed man merely shook his head and brought his palms together, raising them toward the sky. His body moved in bizarre motions, almost like he was dancing.
At the same time, everyone on the Abyss-Suppressing Army side discovered in horror that the ground beneath their feet had suddenly become unbearably heavy!
When they tried to step again, they found that the earth beneath them had already turned pitch-black.
Their feet felt as if they were stuck in powerful glue. No matter how hard they pulled, they could not free them.
Mid Wolf Guard Lü was horrified, and he could immediately tell that this black-robed man was at least of the Profound Rank! Otherwise, it would have been impossible to control over a hundred Martial Artists in one move with such an evil technique.
Everyone panicked and tried to abandon their shoes and yank their feet free.
But even that did not work. Their feet were clamped tightly to the ground.
Just then, violent tremors began rumbling from behind the black-robed man.
Moments later, dozens of giant elephants charged out, with at least six or seven hundred Divine Elephant Nation warriors running beneath them.
A few of them were especially fast!
Their strength was obviously far above his own.
Mid Wolf Guard Lü instantly realized how bad things were. These damned Divine Elephant Nation bastards had clearly planned this in advance!
Their reinforcements might even have arrived long ago. They had simply been waiting for Huaxia’s people to gather together—so they could wipe them out in one sweep!
That way, no one would be left to report back to the military district.
If they seized this place, Huaxia would naturally turn hostile toward them. But as long as they silenced everyone and left no witnesses, the Divine Elephant Nation could still argue and play dumb afterward.
“Despicable!” Mid Wolf Guard Lü roared through clenched teeth.
But then, suddenly, he heard someone behind him shout, “Quick, pull harder!”
He whipped around at once and saw that Ma Jun of the Vanguard Squad was helping his female teammate pull her leg free.
But Ma Jun’s own feet seemed able to move freely!
Mid Wolf Guard Lü bellowed, “Ma Jun!!”
Ma Jun’s eyes were already red with panic. He immediately turned to look at him.
Only then did Mid Wolf Guard Lü see it clearly—Ma Jun’s feet really could move!
His feet were made of iron!
That meant this black ground could only restrain living flesh in direct contact with it.
It did not work on prosthetics!
“Run!! Run back and report this!!”
Mid Wolf Guard Lü roared with almost all the strength in his body.
Ma Jun seemed to realize something as well.
“Go!!”
Zhao Meiting gave him a long, deep look. Then she suddenly tore off her Technological Watch
and stuffed it into Ma Jun’s hand.
Ma Jun did not hesitate any longer.
He lunged forward and ran with all his might toward the edge of the black zone.
Everything below his knees was prosthetic, but above the knees he could still feel the terrible pull of the ground.
It dragged downward like a powerful magnet.
Ma Jun felt that if he fell, he would be just like a mouse stuck to a glue trap—utterly unable to move.
When the Divine Elephant Nation soldiers saw Ma Jun trying to escape, one of their leaders pointed at him and shouted something.
Immediately, several of their Martial Artists accelerated like mad.
Fortunately, Ma Jun quickly broke free of the black zone.
After sprinting more than a hundred meters, he summoned his warhorse and leapt onto its back, his speed rising sharply!
Just as he was about to rush out of the Vacuum Zone, Ma Jun glanced back.
He saw that every single member of the Abyss-Suppressing Army—every single gaze—was turned toward him.
Some were crying. Some were laughing.
Mid Wolf Guard Lü was shouting for him to run.
And Zhao Meiting wore the most beautiful smile he had ever seen on her face.
The next instant—the giant elephant army crushed forward!
Mid Wolf Guard Lü and the others swung their blades with all their might, and blood instantly filled the air.
Some giant elephants had their legs severed and crashed heavily to the ground, but in the very next moment, the furious warriors of the Divine Elephant Nation completely engulfed them.
Ma Jun let out a heart-rending roar, as if those blades were cutting into his own body.
“AHHH!!!~~~”
At first, the group of Divine Elephant Nation soldiers chasing behind him managed to close the distance a little.
But the warhorse beneath Ma Jun also seemed to sense the urgency of the situation and ran as if its life depended on it.
Very soon, with its superior endurance, it threw the Divine Elephant Nation soldiers running on foot far behind.
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At the same time,nin Pearl Military District, inside the Talent Testing Room, Li Mu stood before the testing stone and reached out a hand.
After giving Zhang Zhiwei and Lu Chenfeng their pills, he had come here at once.
He wanted to see how far his talent had risen after advancing to Sixth Grade.
The two employees operating the test were still the same pair who had tested Li Mu before.
Last time, Li Mu’s talent had evolved from F-Grade Heavy Strike to D-Grade Overheavy Strike.
And this time, under the dumbstruck gaze of those two, a golden light shot into the sky.
On the computer screen, Li Mu’s new talent appeared.
B-Grade Talent — Agile Brute Force!
And within Li Mu’s mind, the three traits of this new talent appeared.
[Your attacks deal additional damage equal to 15% of your True Qi’s strength.]
[When attacking with a weapon, your destructive power against armor is increased by 30%.]
[When attacking, your own speed increases by 20%.]
Li Mu did not know whether other B-Grade talents were strong or not.
But he felt that his own B-Grade talent was absurdly strong!!
It had no flashy abilities whatsoever, but every effect was a boost to the most fundamental core attributes.
Especially considering that his attack power, destructive force, and speed were already outrageously higher than those of people at the same level—adding percentage-based increases on top of that was simply overpowered.
After the test, Li Mu walked out of the testing room in complete satisfaction. Before those two employees could even step forward to congratulate him, his Technological Watch suddenly began ringing shrilly.