Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 228 Battle in the Deep Mountains
This is a sturdy bunker built at the foot of a mountain.

The entire mountain is made of solid rock, with a crescent-shaped alloy gate at the entrance and dozens of firing ports or missile launch ports on both sides.

Of course, missiles are long gone now.

Even their so-called artillery was just a tank main gun, which took about fifteen seconds to fire once. Otherwise, if it were a rapid-fire cannon, it would have turned the rock giant into mush long ago.

"Kill!"

"Charge! Kick the Gatling gun, blow up that tank, and capture the Natural!"

The remaining superhumans launched another charge, which should be the last charge, because there was no cover ahead, just hundreds of meters of open ground.

Therefore, Li Wei decisively stopped. He didn't want to be killed by natural people, nor did he want to kill natural people. His cooperation with the superhumans could end here.

"Xuanxuan, Xiaoyue, you two go to the ambush site where the natural people were just now and see if there are any wounded. If there are, rescue them, but be careful!"

The two quickly obeyed and left, while Li Wei, Leon, and Thomas each hid behind a large tree to watch the fierce battle unfold.

The superhuman's charge is frenzied and invincible; the death of a comrade will not lower morale. The key is that they can also upgrade their comrades' GPUs, which is really amazing.

"Boom!"

The old tank in the bunker fired another shot, hitting a rock giant precisely. Because it moved so slowly, it would have been really interesting if it had missed.

The next second, a barrage of bullets rained down, attempting to take advantage of the rock giant's cracked body to kill him.

But the effect is not big.

Just then, something resembling an RPG flew in and, with a deafening boom, blasted the rock giant into tiny fragments before it could recover.

At this moment, Li Wei could clearly see that after the rock giant died, a universal gold card immediately appeared. Unfortunately, it was snatched away by a cat-like ability user in the next second. He was too fast. Originally, he was only three stars+, but he relied on his speed to consume three GPUs and two CPUs along the way, and he is now four stars-. If he were to fuse with this universal gold card, he might become a four-star user.

Indeed, that was the case. After fusing with the four-star gold card, the cat-like ability user seemed to have suddenly discovered a blind spot. He looked up at the tree where Li Wei, Leon, and Thomas were hiding, and let out a sharp meow, as if a gust of wind had swept in.

"Don't move."

Li Wei muttered something under his breath, then turned and ran.

At first glance, it looks as if he had Leon and Thomas cover the rear while he ran ahead.

However, that's not actually the case.

These people with superpowers do indeed have poor brains and are prone to falling into linear thinking patterns.

In their view, hesitation and cowardice were the most unforgivable acts, so he abandoned the attack and instead turned to deal with Li Wei, Leon, and Thomas.

However, when Li Wei turned and ran away, becoming a deserter, then deserters became the first unforgivable. As long as Leon and Thomas did not move, then they became the second unforgivable.

This is easy to determine.

Indeed, that was the case. After Li Wei deserted, the cat-like ability user angrily cried out. Its speed was so fast that only afterimages could be seen. "Awesome, it must have at least 30 points of agility!"

Li Wei was secretly surprised, but he didn't panic and activated the two-star agility card, which added 3 points of agility to himself. After deducting the burden level, he still had 25 points.

He began to run rapidly through the mountains and forests, dodging and weaving through the complex environment, which felt like his home turf.

Even without switching to the Tracker title, he was still able to clearly pinpoint the cat-like ability user's location thanks to his +1 normal perception.

However, this cat-like ability user definitely did not have a stronger sense to suppress Li Wei's senses. His speed was his greatest advantage, oh, and also his sharper claws and more agile body.

Li Wei was completely confident that he could dodge the dense hail of bullets and rush up to open the boxes on those natural people.

So in a sense, this can be considered that Li Wei is doing a good deed.

Such highly agile superhumans are a nightmare for ordinary people.

"Meow! Stop running!"

A gust of wind swept in, and the cat-like ability user, having caught up ahead of the others, slashed down with a claw, creating a chilling whooshing sound as if it were about to form a wind blade.

But Li Wei seemed to have eyes in the back of his head, barely dodging the attack. However, the tree he used to dodge the attack left him with several deep claw marks, each about ten centimeters long. These claw marks were sharper and more ferocious than those from a saw blade. Judging by the force, this cat-like ability user must have a strength of at least 25 points.

He's incredibly strong. In open plains, Li Wei might not even be able to beat him, or he might have to rely on the characteristics of the noble crest armor to do some cruel things.

Now, in this environment with steep mountains, complex terrain, and towering trees everywhere, Li Wei's advantages are brought into full play.

He appeared to be in dire straits, facing imminent danger, with his claws threatening him every second and barely managing to dodge each attack. However, he was actually quite adept at handling the situation.

He even took the time to release Ah Dai, sending him soaring 500 meters into the air to cover the entire battlefield and the latest battle reports from both sides.

For example, through Ah Dai's perspective, he discovered that Leon, Zhao Xuanxuan, and Li Yue had indeed found two seriously injured natural human snipers.

Normally, they would be rescued and divided equally by the superhumans immediately...

But this time, the superhumans wanted to take advantage of the situation to capture the bunker. They were different from ordinary zombies; they were magical zombies who had transcended low-level interests.

So now the two seriously injured human snipers have been rescued and are receiving first aid and bandaging by Li Yue. It seems that their condition is stable now.

Leon and Thomas remained where they were, smart enough to know that charging forward would likely result in them being killed by the Naturals. But if they retreated, they would become the second deserters, and the cat-like ability user might just casually swat them away.

Although it's impossible to kill it with a single claw strike, its ghostly speed and terrifying attack power will surely become their nightmare.

Leon's agility is 21, while Thomas's agility is only 18, and he hasn't even reached level one awakening yet. Even though his defense has been raised to 30 points, even with Leon's cooperation and the enhanced codename, in such a complex environment, he is guaranteed not to even see the shadow of the cat-like ability user. The opponent only needs to keep using basic attacks to kill him, and then kill Leon like an eagle catching a chick. In a sense, Leon is even weaker.

So when Thomas saw Li Wei playing hide-and-seek with the cat-like ability user, every moment seemed thrilling, yet he managed to escape danger every time. This skill truly shocked Thomas, while Leon thought it was quite normal.

Thomas's impression of Li Wei was still that of the hateful archer in the newbie mission world. Even after hearing that the kid had become the newbie king, he still didn't think much of it.

It's just about creating stars. Others might not know, but surely he knows the truth.
Back then, he was just an ordinary elementary school student.

Hey, looking at it now, damn it, prejudice in people's hearts really is a mountain. He even once really thought that Li Wei was that bitch's illegitimate son.

But in just those few seconds of dodging and weaving, you can see the real skill.

That's not something you can master overnight; it requires a very solid foundation, plus some other techniques that even Thomas can't understand, to achieve such an effect.

Thomas even felt that Li Wei had seized several perfect opportunities to counterattack, but he just wouldn't make a move, pretending to be chased and utterly humiliated in the mountains...

So his purpose is—

Thomas turned his attention back to the main battlefield, where only six superhumans remained: two rock giants, two firemen, one ice archer, and one hedgehog superhuman.

But as their numbers dwindled, they also became stronger.

It's like I've become stronger just because my hair has gone bald.

Because they all advanced to become four-star ability users.

Although the two rock giants moved slowly, it became even more difficult to kill them after the natural humans ran out of second RPGs. Especially when they moved to the front of the bunker, the old tank's cannon was completely useless.

The two firemen hid behind the rock giant, firing fireballs out of the blue. Sometimes the fireballs would be blown apart by the sharpshooters on the Abominations' side, but other times they were too late and the fireballs would blast into the firing ports head-on, causing an explosion. Tongues of fire would shoot out, but the firing ports themselves were not affected, although the Abominations inside must have suffered heavy casualties.

However, the natural beings were not to be underestimated. They had many firing ports that could be constantly adjusted, and they also seemed to have a lot of large-caliber anti-material sniper rifles. Sometimes, if they got the angle right, they could shoot a superhuman hiding behind the rock giant and blow their head off.

But if their head isn't a vital organ, a new head can grow back in just a second or two.

However, if a fatal blow is struck to the heart, killing an ability user, the universal gold card dropped by the deceased ability user will immediately be snatched up by other ability users, instantly strengthening them and turning them into even more powerful ability users.

It feels like a dead end that I can't get out of no matter what, a knot that can never be untied!
So, what do you, Li Wei, want to do?
Using superhumans to consume ordinary people?

Those who play tactics are all dirty-minded!

Thomas muttered a curse under his breath, then he and Leon remained where they were, waiting for orders.

"Boom! Boom!"

A tremendous roar resounded as the two rock giants began to ram the massive, heavy alloy gate of the bunker.

This thing must be two or three meters thick, it's definitely impossible to open.

But then, something unexpected happened.

Suddenly, four or five natural beings rushed out from the firing port above the bunker, yelling. They were covered in some kind of substance and jumped down at all costs, directly behind the rock giant, which was where the superhumans had been hiding.

"Boom boom boom!"

A tremendous explosion rang out, shaking the entire mountain. A mushroom cloud rose into the air. The massive explosion even startled the cat-like superhuman on the side. He quickly turned around and glanced back, but that one glance determined his fate.

He thought he had everything under control, but little did he know that everything he had was under Li Wei's control.

In that instant, Li Wei suddenly did an incredible spin, drew his three-star dagger, and thrust it straight into the heart of the cat-like ability user.

"Meow!"

He let out a strange cry, leaped backward with lightning speed, and jumped more than ten meters away before turning around and running away!

His heart was indeed his vital point, but he had more than one vital point!

You stupid idiot, come and chase me!

In a short time, this cat-like superpowered individual managed to escape over a hundred meters in a straight line, at an astonishing speed.

If he wants to escape, no one can catch him—except for a three-star sniper's armor-piercing arrow.

Yes,

Li Wei had already planned everything. Ah Dai, who was flying high in the sky, could also use projectile positioning, and the accuracy and number of adjustments for projectile positioning could be even greater.

"puff!"

With a flash of red light, just like a missile, the three-star sniper armor-piercing arrow pierced through the cat-like ability user with the most accurate and terrifying method, and his second heart was directly blown out!

This is the dimensionality reduction attack.

(End of this chapter)