Exploding God

The roar of the mech engine as it overloaded resounded one after another.

Using the super mobility of his fighter mech, Han Zhenteng dodged the spitting attacks of the two Devouring Terror Spiders, rushed to the highest point, and then suddenly turned to the side, stretching his arms into a straight line, and wielding two cutting daggers to slash down.

The dagger illuminated the entire body with a dazzling white light, making it look like a rapidly slicing wheel of blades from a distance!

The short distance of just over ten meters was covered in an instant, and it was slashed across the spider silk in a flash.

A grating, teeth-grinding scraping sound rang out.

A shocking scene unfolded: the blade wheel formed by the rotating fighter mech slammed into the spider silk, creating a nearly 60-degree V-angle. After the apex was forcibly pulled five meters, it only severed the two outermost strands of spider silk before its kinetic energy was completely exhausted.

Han Zhen was speechless with surprise.

Just now, when he was dodging and counterattacking the giant spiders, a simple spinning slash could slice through half of their bodies. How come he was so severely hampered by these spider silks? He yelled to his teammates: "Our conventional physical attack methods are countered!"

Upon hearing the warning, Lü Geng immediately reacted, performing a short tactical roll and raising his arm to fire a three-round burst into the air.

The thermite landed precisely on the spider silk binding the captain.

The flames generated intense heat, instantly melting the spider silk.

"Fire attack effective!"

After confirming the success, Lü Geng immediately looked up and shouted, "Lock the strong!"

The massive Berserker mech created a burning zone in front of it, then took a step back, bent its knees, and leaped up, its flamethrower sweeping across the air.

The flames were scorching, and thick black smoke rose into the air.

Ye Tianming controlled the engine to accelerate and finally broke free.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but when they turned their attention back to their surroundings, their hearts skipped a beat.

In that one minute of delay, their escape route was cut off by six giant spiders, and deep in the dense forest, the shadows of the giant spiders appeared to be at least thirty feet long!

As for the countless spiderlings on the ground, they had formed an immeasurable ocean, constantly spewing acid towards the flames to pave the way for the giant spider.

With a clear hierarchy and orderly division of labor, these are highly intelligent creatures of the mist. They have only three attack methods: venom spray, spider silk spit, and leaping. However, due to their large numbers and their treacherous nature, they have become the most troublesome opponents at present.

Killing a single giant spider is easy, but killing a group of giant spiders becomes exponentially more difficult!

As the Terror Spider continued to spray venom, everyone's construct armor began to corrode to varying degrees.

Suoqiang was extremely anxious as he watched the fuel gauge plummet.

His flamethrower wouldn't last much longer; conventional weapons were ineffective against the mist creatures he encountered in this battle.

"Captain, we have to retreat!"

"I know—" Ye Tianming unleashed another high-pressure wind wall, briefly blocking the incoming spider webs, and growled, "Our formation is too concentrated. Those damned spiders are deliberately compressing our space, and our methods of restraining them are too limited."

"Still unable to contact the support vehicle?"

"cannot."

Damn it.

As it retreated, a Devouring Terror Spider that had hidden to the side suddenly shot out a strand of spider silk that stuck to the left leg of the Berserker Mech and pulled it sharply.

Suo Qiang felt a tremendous force suddenly pull him from behind. Caught off guard, his heavy body staggered, and the flamethrower in his hand finally stopped working.

A piercing screech suddenly erupted from the dense forest as seven or eight Devouring Terror Spiders simultaneously pounced on the Hibiscus Squad.

The high-pressure wind wall was shattered instantly, and the elemental mech was thrown more than ten meters by the recoil. No one expected that a giant spider hidden underground would suddenly emerge, and one of its segments viciously sliced ​​through the air.

Sizzle, sparks flew everywhere.

The floating elemental mech was slammed hard onto the ground. Ye Tianming groaned, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

"Captain!" Everyone exclaimed in surprise.

However, as they were rescuing them, the terror spiders began to turn around and raise their abdomens.

Large swaths of spider silk shot out, covering the sky and sticking to trees of all sizes, creating a no-fly zone in just two or three seconds.

"We must... break through," Ye Tianming shouted, coughing up blood.

"Lu Geng, throw the incendiary bomb! Don't worry about the aftershocks, we have no other choice."

Everyone looked at the Ranger mech with the largest ammunition capacity, and as their eyes met, Lü Geng nodded.

The shoulder-mounted ammunition cannon was leveled along the slide rail, its dark muzzle pointing forward. Lü Geng took a deep breath, gripped the cannon with both hands, and a dull loading sound rang out.

Thump—

The smoke dissipated, and a shell whistled as it fell forward.

boom!

A spectacular burst of flames erupted.

Suo Qiang roared and leaped up, dragging a strand of spider silk as he landed heavily in front of everyone, holding his shield up just as the shockwave was about to hit them.

A terrifying wave of high-temperature air slammed into him, and the intense heat instantly evaporated the bloodstains and sweat on his body through the armored mech.

Suo Qiang was in excruciating pain all over his body, but he grinned and laughed because he had finally managed to block the shockwave!

He will always be the best Berserker pilot in the Hibiscus Squad!

"The engine is now overloaded—"

"Charge with me!"

The flamethrower swept away the spider silk stuck to its legs, and the Berserker Mech, shield in hand, charged forward like a crazed steel behemoth.

As the people behind them exchanged glances, they simultaneously leaped up and followed.

The elemental mech struggled to its feet, its movements slightly sluggish, clearly indicating that Ye Tianming had not yet fully recovered from the attack. As he stood up to leap, a dark shadow swept fiercely towards him from the corner of his eye.

Ye Tianming wanted to dodge, but it seemed too late at this moment, so he crossed his arms in front of him and forcibly overloaded the energy amplifier to prepare to withstand the attack of the Devouring Terror Spider.

But at that moment, a sound of steel colliding suddenly rang out, and Ye Tianming felt his body being forcibly lifted up.

"Lü Geng?"

Ye Tianming looked over in surprise and saw that the Ranger mech next to him, covered in scars, was none other than Lü Geng!

"Hey."

The thin-looking Lü Geng grinned.

Only inside the Ranger mech did he feel the meaning of his life; he loved the feeling of fighting side by side.

He is Lü Geng, the most resolute and steady ranger pilot in the Hibiscus Squad!

"The engine will overheat in 8 seconds. I'll push you out at the 7th second. Tianming, hang in there."

"Hmm." Ye Tianming answered, enduring the excruciating pain. He had at least two broken ribs, but he tried his best not to show it, so as not to add any burden to his teammates!

The two of them silently counted the time in their minds at the same time.

One second, two seconds... the Ranger's speed reached its limit.

4 seconds, 5 seconds... Lü Geng has already begun to adjust the position of his arms.

...6 seconds!

Lu Geng had already bent his knees and was about to leap up. He would push forward forcefully when he landed on his next leap.

However, the moment his feet left the ground, a spider silk unexpectedly darted along the ground and instantly wrapped around the Ranger Mech's left ankle.

The two of them froze heavily, and Lü Geng's eyes widened suddenly.

At this moment, he looked at the backs of his teammates who were about to be pulled away, and at the specks of blood seeping from under Ye Tianming's mecha mask.

He didn't have time to think any further; his mind was blank, or perhaps it could be said that he acted on his most direct instincts.

Lu Geng's thin body burst forth with astonishing power. He gripped the elemental mech with both hands and pushed it forward with great force!

"Han Zhen, catch the captain!"

The fighter mech running ahead suddenly turned around and saw the elemental mech flying in mid-air. It instinctively held it up with one arm. Then Han Zhen suddenly realized what was happening because he saw Lü Geng's left foot, which was entangled in spider silk.

"Lu Geng!" Han Zhen roared, as a large expanse of spider silk blocked their vision.

"--Walk!"

"I'll distract them!"

This was the last sound Lu Geng uttered. With a click, the Ranger mech drew the heavy shotgun from its waist in mid-air and fired a shot with a backhand.

boom!

A shockwave, no less powerful than that of an incendiary bomb, rose up.

The firelight and spider webs completely isolated Mu Jin and her group from Lü Geng.

Bang bang bang bang, the sound of dense rockets rang out.

Boom boom boom!

A terrifying aftershock rippled out behind them.

Out of the corner of Han Zhen's eye, he saw the Ranger mech [Scout], engulfed in flames, suddenly smash through the spiderweb...

It raced off in another direction!

Fierce and resolute.

Behind him were dozens of frenzied giant spiders.

The broad back of the Ranger mech was completely obscured.

With a sudden, chilling sensation, Ye Tianming screamed, "Put me down!"

"You bastard, who the hell told you to lure him?!" Han Zhen turned around, his face contorted with rage. He desperately wanted to rush forward, but looking at the blood-stained mask of the elemental mech, he could only look up, tears streaming down his face, and roar in anger, clinging tightly to Ye Tianming as they ran forward.

It's not too late... It's not too late...

Lu Geng, you bastard, just wait until I put the captain down.

I'll come save you as soon as I put you down—

You absolutely must stay alive!