Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 423 Cultist Legion Blockade
On the suburban highway, the cult convoy was packed with vehicles, filling the wide eight-lane road.

At first glance, the massive convoy stretched as far as the eye could see, its tail disappearing into the distance, surging forward like a flood.

An army of this size could not have been organized on a whim. The Parasites and the Fire-Stealers Cult must have planned this operation long ago, intending to use the power of this rule to counterattack the Human Alliance.

Eight armored vehicles at the forefront of the legion advanced side by side, their bodies covered with high-definition images of "Scarlet Terra." The method seemed comical and crude, but it had been effective in the previous advance.

The Solmar defenders were already at a huge disadvantage because they could not fight with their eyes on the ground. In addition, their defenses were not adequately prepared and they did not expect the enemy to launch such a large-scale legionary attack so quickly, which is why their defenses collapsed so quickly.

As soon as Bai Xuewu's nearly three-meter-tall mecha appeared, it was immediately noticed by the cult army. They quickly responded, with the first eight armored vehicles maintaining their formation, while several other vehicles accelerated and drove out onto the side lanes, circling the muddy ground to encircle her.

Guan Tong's team was able to learn about the enemy's movements not by observing them with their own eyes, but by listening to Chen Na's relay.

She would now be fully focused and quickly describe what she considered to be the enemy's most important actions.

"More than a dozen cars are speeding towards us from both sides, each with four or five people in it, but their mental strength isn't high. Brother Guan, you have to stop them."

"Ah."

Following Chen Na's instructions, Guan Tong manipulated the shadow to lie in ambush on both sides of the road where the enemy was advancing. When the vehicle tires came into contact with the shadow, the "touch" was also simultaneously transmitted to Guan Tong.

Chen Na also said, "Brother Guan, your mental power overlaps with that of the enemy!"

Since she could sense the enemy's mental power, she could naturally sense the shadows that Guan Tong had released.

Touch and perception corroborated each other, and Guan Tong immediately manipulated the shadow to deform!

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle bang bang bang!"

In an instant, all the shadows spread on the ground sprouted sharp spikes, puncturing the tires of all the vehicles that ran over them. The sound of tire blowouts filled the air, throwing the convoy that had rushed in from both flanks into chaos. The vehicles, out of control, collided and rolled over one another.

"The cars have all overturned!" Chen Na exclaimed with delight. "And these overturned cars are blocking the road on both sides, making it difficult for those behind to get around. They have to push aside the cars in front first."

Silver Fox and the others were delighted to hear this. Although they were unable to fight due to their limited abilities, they were all very focused on the situation and dared not be negligent.

"Sister Bai, the enemy directly in front of you is less than two hundred meters away!"

"I knew the distance was less than two hundred meters."

"Sister Bai, be careful! Several mental forces are rapidly approaching you; they must be ranged attack items!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Xuewu immediately activated the mecha's energy defense module. The next moment, she felt the mecha tremble, indicating that the enemy's attack had hit her.

But she discovered that the energy loss of the defense module was almost zero, and she immediately realized that Guan Tong's shadow attached to her mecha must have blocked most of the attacks.

"Although there are many enemies, you need to take the initiative." Guan Tong's voice came through her earpiece at just the right time. "Your mecha consumes too much mental energy. If you can't kill more enemies and create psychological pressure on them while it's in existence, we will be even more passive. You can use more energy on offense, and I will defend against enemy attacks for you."

Although Guan Tong hadn't been the team leader for long, out of a sense of responsibility, he understood the abilities and characteristics of the other team members, except for Wenren Yizhi, whom he had only met once.

Among them, Bai Xuewu's [Bai Xue Wu Hen] mech has undergone two years of continuous development and modification, and is now equipped with a multi-functional module for melee, ranged, defense, and mobility. Its advantage is its all-around capability, while its disadvantage is its high energy consumption.

If she activates all her modules, her mental energy will be rapidly drained by the mech. Therefore, Guan Tong will now share some of the burden by constructing a shadow armor that envelops the entire mech, thus stopping her from using the defensive modules.

"Roger that!"

Bai Xuewu had been training on the front lines of the Black Flag Kingdom for several months, and since the start of the operation, she had developed the discipline and discipline of an army. Since Guan Tong was now the captain, she had to obey orders.

"boom--"

She immediately shut down the defense module and focused her energy on the mobility module.

Blue nitrogen gas erupted from the leg nozzles, and the mech quickly dashed to the front of the enemy convoy.

The parasites and cultists in the convoy were shocked. The mech that was a hundred meters away had suddenly appeared in front of them, and it was different from the "white mech" they had seen from afar. Now, it was a completely black mech, as if it had suddenly changed its paint job. Compared to before, it had lost some of its purity and elegance, but gained a more ferocious and murderous aura.

Bai Xuewu activated the mecha's melee module, and two power swords, one red and one blue, immediately appeared in her hand as she bent down and slashed!

"Boom boom boom boom!"

The first few incredibly sturdy armored vehicles were sliced ​​open like tofu, along with the enemies inside, all of whom were killed.

Before the enemy could react, the mech's feet and shoulder nozzles spewed out gas again, and the powerful force propelled this real weapon of war high into the air before it swooped down into the middle of the cult convoy, slashing left and right and wreaking havoc in all directions!

With Chen Na's perceptive guidance, Bai Xuewu was able to disable her visual module. Regarding the Pupil Shadow Armor's defensive capabilities, she was also able to disable her defensive module.

The energy saved by these modules was concentrated on the "Attack" and "Mobility" modules, which turned the [Snowflake Without a Trace] into a killing machine, destroying hundreds of vehicles and killing hundreds of enemies in a short time!

Thanks to her valiant efforts, the cult army's front lines were thrown into disarray. But instead of fleeing, these parasites recklessly accelerated and rammed into the mechs.

"What are they doing..." Chen Na, who had sensed all of this, couldn't understand it. "They would rather crash their car and explode than run away?"

"What? They crashed their own car into the wreckage?" Although Yang Ran couldn't see it, he could imagine how horrific the scene must have been from Chen Na's words. "What a bunch of lunatics!"

“Whether it’s a parasite or a cultist, the vast majority of individuals should not have free will,” Silver Fox said seriously. “According to Dr. Zhang’s research in the lab, parasites are completely obedient to the ‘prophet’s’ orders, while cultists are completely obedient to the Pope’s orders, even if the order is to die.”

“That’s terrifying…” Yang Ran said. “No wonder I heard that parasites and cultists are almost never turned, and it is very difficult to send spies to infiltrate their groups.”

"Existences like them will eventually perish." Uehara Yuki, who hadn't spoken much until now, rarely spoke up. Perhaps she was thinking of Misawa Jun, who had once held absolute power in Sakura Inori and could order his subordinates to die at will.

"Their purpose in doing this is to accelerate the depletion of our mental energy," Guan Tong said.

As he said, although the enemy's front line was thrown into some chaos due to the strength of the Snow White mech, the rear convoy kept coming around from both sides.

The strategy used was simple and direct: to wear down Guan Tong and his companion as quickly as possible by using various long-range attacks, suicide driving vehicles to crash into the mechs, and flanking maneuvers to force Guan Tong to activate more shadows to stop them.

The cultist legion also has a commander; the mechs and the Shadow Assassins who punctured tires are enough to prove the identities of those blocking the road.

The former, due to his active performance on the front lines of the Black Flag Kingdom, had long been hated by a group of parasites, while the latter was the infamous "Shadow".

These two are powerful; rather than trying to kill them, it would be better to quickly deplete their mental energy through a saturation attack.

If an ascendant lacks sufficient mental energy to sustain their power, they cannot unleash their full potential, no matter how strong they are.

"Huff, huff... I don't have much mental energy left."

Before long, Bai Xuewu was panting heavily. She had killed many enemies in her series of attacks, but the mecha had consumed too much of her mental energy, and she now had less than one-tenth of her mental energy left.

"You go back first, I'll handle this myself," Guan Tong said. "Do you still have much mental energy left?!"

Bai Xuewu found it hard to believe. Not to mention the energy Guan Tong had consumed when he broke the formation earlier, his mental energy had been depleted even more during the few minutes the two of them had fought together.

Bai Xuewu knew that she only needed to fight on the front of the road, while Guan Tong's shadow was used to protect her mecha and also to split off at both ends of the road to block enemies who tried to take a detour. His consumption was probably more than twice that of hers.

"Not a lot, but definitely more than yours."

"..."

"You will be in great danger once the mech disappears. Retreat to cover immediately."

Guan Tong adopted a commanding tone, and Bai Xuewu gritted her teeth slightly. She immediately used her remaining mental energy to launch two missiles, blowing up several vehicles before retreating. The shadow armor covering her mecha also automatically detached, transforming into a towering shadow wall to block the ranged attacks and cover her retreat.

As soon as Bai Xuewu returned to the cover, she glanced at Guan Tong, who was focused on manipulating the shadow with his head down and eyes closed, and immediately contacted Li Meng.

"Has the reinforcement arrived yet?!"

Right now, only Guan Tong is holding on, but even he, how long can he hold off so many cultists? One minute or two minutes?
“The ‘Destroyer’ will be delivered soon, in three minutes!” Li Meng replied. “The Ascended ones they sent will also be arriving on site to provide support soon!”

Upon hearing this, the group felt a chill run down their spines. Three minutes might not seem like a long time, but in this situation…

"This can't go on."

Guan Tong also realized that his mental energy was being consumed too quickly. The consequence of him manipulating the shadow to hold off thousands of troops for three minutes was that even if he used all his reserved mental energy, it might not be enough.

Silver Fox picked up a pair of goggles left behind by a Soroman soldier, put them on, and with a flick of his wrist, gripped two daggers tightly: "I'm going to help relieve the pressure on your shadow."

She was about to get up when Guan Tong pressed her shoulder down: "Wait, it's too dangerous for you to go up like this."

"Silver Fox is too dangerous in close combat, how about I do it!" Yang Ran puffed out his chest and shouted, "I'll cover my eyes and have Xiao Na guide me to a suitable distance to unleash my flames, and I'll burn these bastards to death!"

"No way," Guan Tong immediately rejected.

"But Captain..."

"It's not that you're not capable enough, it's just that Xiaona has reached her limit."

The group was taken aback upon hearing this and all looked at Chen Na.

Only then did I notice that her little face was covered in sweat and her body was trembling slightly.

The group then realized that they had overlooked the fact that Chen Na's mental energy, which had been constantly activated by her [Perception Domain], was also being rapidly depleted!
"I... I can still hold on!" Chen Na opened her eyes and said bravely.

Guan Tong shook his head. At this moment, Shang Yuanzi suddenly suggested, "Captain, I remember you can summon the undead. You summon them, and I will transform them into snake servants to fight and stop the cult legion."

Serpent Servant!

Guan Tong's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

Indeed, while the transformed snake servants are not as powerful as the slightly stronger ascendants, they are far stronger than the undead.

"Okay, let's do it that way."

In this urgent situation, disregarding the issue of Shang Yuanzi's abilities being leaked, Guan Tong took out the [Corpse Whistle] and blew it continuously, causing a large number of undead to crawl out from the surrounding area. Shang Yuanzi took off her sunglasses, and under the gaze of her vertical pupils, these undead underwent genetic mutations, transforming into snake servants who were half-human and half-snake.

This scene greatly surprised Bai Xuewu and Yang Ran. The two were not familiar with Shang Yuanzi and only thought that she was an Ascensionist sent by Yingqi Kingdom. They had already found her mysterious and strange because she always wore sunglasses, a mask, gloves and not exposed any skin.

Hearing her refer to Guan Tong as "Regimental Commander" just now made him even more puzzled.

But when she took off her sunglasses, revealing her eerie snake-like eyes and the scales around them, both of them felt a strange sense of dread. Was this a person or a snake?
In contrast, Chen Na and Silver Fox were much calmer. They had known Shang Yuanzi for a long time and knew her better. However, when Silver Fox noticed that Shang Yuanzi's eyes were also covered with snake scales, she guessed that her abilities had probably been further developed.

Under Shangyuan Zi's command, the transformed snake servants leaped out of their cover and charged towards the cult convoy. As they approached, they opened their mouths wide and spewed out emerald green venom. Some of the parasites, unable to dodge in time, screamed in agony upon being slicked by the venom, writhing on the ground in pain.

The cultist army immediately launched a counterattack, attacking the various spiked walls formed by Guan Tong's shadow while sending men to eliminate the snake servants.

Furthermore, through observation, they discovered the hiding place of Guan Tong and his group, and were mobilizing their forces to attack this area.

Although the number of converted snake servants was considerable, it was still far from enough compared to the cult legion, and could only buy them a few seconds or thirty seconds of time.

With only two minutes left before reinforcements arrive, Chen Na and Bai Xuewu are almost exhausted and unable to fight any longer. Silver Fox, Yang Ran, and Shang Yuanzi are also limited and unable to exert their full strength. The situation is urgent.

In a split second, Guan Tong, concerned for the safety of the others, considered retreating. Just as Li Menglai had previously told him, retreat was an option if things didn't go smoothly.

But once they leave, the war machine "Destroyer" that is about to be deployed will be left without guidance and will be unable to play its role in combat. In that case, the few minutes of fighting and blocking will be meaningless.

As her thoughts raced, Guan Tong stood up.

"What are you going to do?" Bai Xuewu asked immediately.

He took out the Silver Hunter from his storage ring: "The enemy has discovered our hiding place. It's too dangerous to let them get close. We must stop them."

Seeing Guan Tong's actions, Chen Na was filled with worry and grabbed his arm, saying, "Brother Guan, are you going out? No!"

"My weapon has a limited range, so I have to get closer to the enemy after leaving cover to use it," Guan Tong said.

"What about Scarlet Fear?" Silver Fox asked calmly. "Those guys have pictures of Scarlet Terra plastered all over their cars; you're bound to see them when you get out. If you wear goggles, then..."

“That’s right,” Guan Tong said. “If I’m the only one who can’t see it, it’s definitely a disadvantage. But if neither I nor the enemy can see it, then it’s a stalemate.”

Upon hearing this, Shangyuan Zi guessed what was going on: "You mean..."

Guan Tong nodded, put on his goggles, and the next moment countless shadows spread out from around him, and the shadow domain quickly unfolded.

Even though he himself cannot see, he must use the Shadow Domain to block the enemy's vision, so that the cult legion cannot see him either!

Seeing this, Silver Fox had an idea. He also stood up, his dagger flashing coldly: "If everyone is in complete darkness and can't see, I can use my speed to help kill the enemy quickly. Anyway, there's no need to worry about accidentally hurting my teammates."

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