Chapter 95: Bombard Me Directly
"Alright, I'll go over." Zhang Fan agreed immediately, without the slightest hesitation.
Tan Qiao was slightly stunned.
This kid... how is he so eager to hear about dealing with an Overlord-class beast? Could it be that he was wrong before, and he isn't obsessed with research?
"Good!" Tan Qiao felt reassured and began to deploy: "How many army groups do you need for support? I will allocate them immediately..."
"No need," Zhang Fan shook his head directly. "Army group movements are too slow, and when facing that level of beast, ordinary soldiers will suffer heavy casualties. I'll go alone; it's more mobile and flexible."
Tan Qiao frowned. "That is an Overlord Class peak entity. Even if you are strong enough, you still need coordination and support! How about this, at least take aerial firepower units to conduct long-range suppression and area clearing!"
After a moment of thought, he made a decision: "I will allocate a [Skyfire] high-speed missile support squadron to you, equipped with twenty-four Hummingbird high-speed attack aircraft and corresponding ground-attack missiles. They won't enter the core war zone, but only provide aerial firepower coverage on the periphery, assisting you in clearing the beast tide and reducing your pressure."
Zhang Fan thought about it. The scale of this beast tide was likely not small. With aerial firepower for efficient clearing, he could focus more on looting corpses and dealing with the Overlord, increasing his efficiency.
"Alright."
"Then I'll set off first in the thunder eagle fighter, and have the Skyfire squadron follow up and stand by in the Xijing City airspace."
"Understood. Stay safe and keep communication open at all times!" Tan Qiao said solemnly.
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Xijing City, Xijing Martial Arts University.
At this moment, the campus was shrouded in a huge, pale blue energy shield.
Outside the shield, smoke and dust billowed, and beast roars shook the sky. A terrifying figure like a mountain could be vaguely seen, continuously attacking the shield.
Inside the shield, Su Wan, Instructor Yang Qingshan, and many teachers and students gathered in the central square, with tension and fear on everyone's faces.
"The energy shield load has already reached 87%!"
"It can only hold on for ten minutes at most..."
Yang Qingshan's expression was incomparably grave. He looked up at the terrifying figure outside the shield that was continuously striking with its giant claws and emitting blinding light from the energy on its back, his heart sinking to the bottom.
This temporary energy shield simply couldn't hold on for long.
Just then, the communicator on Su Wan's wrist vibrated twice.
Su Wan looked down, and a gleam of pleasant surprise appeared in her eyes!
The first message was from Zhang Fan: [Already set off, expected to arrive in fifteen minutes. Hold on.]
Short, but carrying a power that put people at ease.
The second message came from someone she didn't expect, her cousin, Liu Qing.
[Xiao Wan, I happen to be passing by your Xijing City and planned to drop by to see you, but I detected Overlord Class energy fluctuations in Xijing City. I will help you take care of it, wait for me.]
Liu Qing! Deputy War Zone Commander of the Jiangnan Combined War Zone, a true pride of heaven!
Not only was she much prettier than Su Wan, but her talent was also superb!
At a young age, she had already stepped into the Sixth Heaven as a super powerhouse! She was a peerless genius being groomed as the next War Zone Commander of the Jiangnan Combined War Zone!
With her cousin taking action, let alone an Overlord Class peak entity, even higher-level beasts could be suppressed by her methods.
"Instructor! Good news!" Su Wan hurriedly showed the two messages to Yang Qingshan. "Zhang Fan is already on his way and will arrive in fifteen minutes! Also my cousin Liu Qing, Deputy War Zone Commander of the Jiangnan Combined War Zone, a Sixth Heaven powerhouse! She will also come to rescue, arriving within half an hour!"
"Zhang Fan? And Deputy War Zone Commander Liu Qing of the Jiangnan Combined War Zone?" Yang Qingshan was stunned at first, then a look of joy appeared on his face.
He had seen Zhang Fan's strength; it was overbearing and unparalleled. And Liu Qing's reputation was like thunder to his ears; she was a leader among the younger generation.
With these two reinforcements, there was hope!
However, the joy on his face had not yet fully unfolded.
Boom!!
Outside the shield, that Overlord-class beast seemed to have lost its patience. Energy light gathered on its back, and an energy beam fiercely struck the same point on the shield!
At the same time, its house-sized giant claws, carrying the force to collapse mountains, struck down again!
Crack!
The screech of energy overload sounded instantly!
The pale blue shield light flickered violently, and with the impact point as the center, dense cracks rapidly spread over a small half of the area!
"The energy shield load has broken through the critical point! 97%! 99%! It's no good, it's going to break!"
Yang Qingshan's expression changed drastically, and the hope that had just risen was instantly extinguished by more than half!
"This beast's attack is even fiercer than expected! The shield... can hold for at most three to five more minutes!"
"What? Three to five minutes?" The color drained from Su Wan's face.
Zhang Fan needed fifteen minutes, her cousin needed half an hour... This time, it was simply too late!
Could it be that they were really going to die just before the reinforcements arrived?
...
Meanwhile, the thunder eagle fighter was speeding towards Xijing City at its limit.
Inside the cockpit, Zhang Fan looked at the light screen projected from his wrist, which showed in real-time the rapid decline of the Xijing Martial Arts University energy shield, as well as the increasingly violent energy fluctuations of that Overlord-class beast.
"It's too late."
At this speed, by the time he arrived, Su Wan and the others would likely be in grave danger.
"Fatty." Zhang Fan turned his head to look at the slightly chubby youth in the pilot's seat, whose operation of the fighter was exceptionally skilled.
Pang Panshi, his old classmate from Qinggang City.
After Zhang Fan was transferred to the Southeast War Zone, he had also brought this quick-witted guy, who was particularly talented in mechanics and fighter piloting, to his side.
"Brother Fan, speak!" Pang Panshi responded immediately.
"At twelve o'clock ahead, that highland, land there."
"Yes!"
The thunder eagle fighter made a nimble dive and quickly landed on a desolate highland far from the main battlefield, but with an open view.
The hatch slid open, and Zhang Fan leaped down. At the same time, the "Miyu" space belt at his waist flashed with a faint light.
A giant cannon over a hundred meters long, accompanied by a massive alloy base, appeared out of thin air on the highland!
base meteor-piercing cannon! A major killing weapon Zhang Fan had exchanged with contribution points!
"Fatty, it's up to you." Zhang Fan patted Pang Panshi on the shoulder. "Calibrate, lock onto the largest beast outside Xijing Martial Arts University, and bombard it for me with the 'Meteor Death Ray'!"
"Understood! Just watch, Brother Fan!" Pang Panshi rubbed his hands excitedly, with no fear in his eyes.
He quickly dove into the temporarily deployed control console beside the base, and his hands operated rapidly on the complex buttons and light screens.
The giant cannon barrel began to slowly adjust its angle, a low hum of energy gathering came from inside the cannon body, and the dark light at the muzzle grew brighter and brighter!
Zhang Fan didn't linger, turned around, and re-boarded the hovering thunder eagle fighter.
"I'll head out first. Once you're done here, decide your next move based on the situation. Safety first."
"Don't worry, Brother Fan!"
The thunder eagle fighter's engine roared again, soared into the sky once more, and headed towards Xijing City.
...
Xijing Martial Arts University.
"Crack... Boom!!"
The pale blue energy shield finally shattered with a bang under the bombardment of the Overlord-class beast!
"The shield is broken!"
"Oh no!"
Desperate exclamations echoed throughout the square.