1051: war

Boom!

A wild Aura, like a monstrous tidal wave, slammed down, causing Chenxi City's entire defense barrier to tremble violently before this terrifying Aura.

At the same time, Wang Chen's figure, suspended in the sky, suddenly moved.

Whoosh!

He stepped through the Void Realm, approaching Chenxi City rapidly like a falling meteor. As the distance between them closed, the tumultuous and wild Aura pressured Chenxi City's entire defense barrier, making it seem on the verge of collapse.

"Attention, all units!!"

"City wall defense units, activate! Everyone, aim at the enemy and fire at will!!"

Tanaka Kōnan, who had already activated the military formation, roared.

The next second, intense magical fluctuations erupted continuously on the city walls. Beams of magical rays containing powerful destructive force, along with countless bullets engraved with 'penetration,' 'armor-piercing,' 'explosion,' and various other special effects, instantly blotted out the sky, sweeping forward like a storm.

Wang Chen, who was approaching Chenxi City, was almost instantly engulfed by this overwhelming torrent of magical rays and countless bullets, which seemed capable of destroying the world.

Such terrifying and dense attacks were enough to make any Nine Revolution Awakener tremble with fear.

"Hahahaha, facing a super fortress city with complete city defense firepower, any Nine Revolution Awakener has to walk around it!"

"Wang Chen, you are truly arrogant! It seems that after some fortuitous encounter, your confidence has swelled to the point of being overbearing!"

"Today, as your Senior, I will teach you a good lesson: the reason Blue Star can stand firm after the will of the heavens's revival is not solely due to the powerful individual martial prowess of Awakeners!"

"As for the tuition fee, you can pay with your life!!"

Tanaka Kōnan, seeing Wang Chen directly charging the firepower defense line constructed by the city's defenses, no longer bothered to pretend, speaking with a smug expression.

"Indeed!"

"Various magical weapons hold equal importance to powerful Awakeners on our Blue Star. Wang Chen is still too young and has never experienced anything on this scale."

Mill, who had recovered from his shock, couldn't help but chime in with an agreement.

Now that the battle had begun, the last shred of hope he had harbored was gone. Since he had made his move, his only choice was to follow Tanaka Kōnan to the bitter end.

Otherwise, even if he chose to stand by, if the news of Wang Chen's death here spread, the Dragon Country would not let him off.

Boom boom boom!!

Just as Tanaka Kōnan and Mill's voices faded, violent explosions erupted outside Chenxi City's defense barrier.

Terrifying airwaves, carrying an incredibly strong shockwave, struck the entire defense barrier, making it shimmer with various colors.

At the center of the explosion, space rippled like water, creating visible waves.

However…

From within this terrifying explosion, a figure emerged completely unscathed, slamming heavily into Chenxi City's defense barrier like a rapidly falling meteor.

Crack!

The incredibly sturdy defense barrier instantly showed a huge dent from this single blow, and from the center of the dent, long cracks spread in all directions.

And within Chenxi City, the moment the cracks appeared, dozens of areas within the city emitted smoke. That was the magic array nodes forming the defense barrier, which overloaded and burned out instantly under the powerful impact.

"This, this, this…"

"He's completely unharmed? And he nearly shattered the defense barrier with one hit?"

Seeing this scene, the soldiers operating the magical weapons on the city wall were dumbfounded, and Tanaka Kōnan and Mill's eyes widened even further.

"This guy still maintains such formidable power after traversing the Limitless Void and tearing open a cross-realm teleportation channel?"

"This is definitely Peak Nine Revolution, or even power infinitely close to 10th Rank!"

Mill let out a strange cry, feeling completely unwell.

To withstand a round of city defense firepower and almost shatter the defense barrier of a fortress city like Chenxi City with one blow—even if he went all out, he couldn't achieve this.

In fact, when facing the overwhelming torrent formed by the city defense firepower, he would have to choose to retreat.

The current city defense firepower of Chenxi City was not as crude as when it was a Blood Clan fortress; it was more than ten times stronger.

The bullets with special effects like 'penetration,' 'explosion,' and 'armor-piercing' could not be withstood by the solidified Domain defense shields on a Nine Revolution Awakener's body.

Boom!

While everyone was still in shock, Wang Chen unhesitatingly struck the defense barrier again with another punch. Under this punch, the already nearly shattered defense barrier exploded into fragments.

The shattered magical fragments swept in all directions. The ordinary soldiers on the city wall, who were stunned, didn't even have time to react before their bodies were directly torn apart, utterly dead.

At the same time, with no defense barrier to block it, Wang Chen's terrifying pressure, like that of a Heavenly God, instantly permeated the entire area. The soldiers who fortunately escaped were directly scared silly and stood rooted to the spot as if petrified under this pressure, some even so terrified that they soiled themselves.

In an instant, the ordinary soldiers on the city wall suffered heavy casualties.

"Damn it!"

"All Awakeners below Nine Revolution, leave the city wall immediately!"

Seeing this scene, Tanaka Kōnan's eyes were bloodshot, and his expression was as hideous as a demon.

Although the soldiers operating the magical weapons on the city wall were merely reserves of the Tanaka Corps, the vast majority were also 4th or 5th Rank Awakeners, making them a very valuable logistical force for the Tanaka Corps.

Losing so many at once caused him immense heartache.

"Your Excellency Mill, please lead the other Nine Revolution Awakeners to cover me. I'm going to tear Wang Chen apart!"

Tanaka Kōnan said to Mill, then his figure moved, rushing into the sky like a white rainbow piercing the sun. At the same time, the concentrated soldiers of the Tanaka Corps, under the power of the military formation, enveloped Tanaka Kōnan's body like points of light, as if dressing him in a layer of light armor.

This was precisely the close-combat stance, one of the two different forms possessed by large military formations!

Originally, Tanaka Kōnan, seeing Wang Chen take the initiative to attack, had wanted to use Chenxi City's defense barrier to obstruct Wang Chen, while simultaneously transforming into a cannon platform in the military formation's ranged stance, concentrating firepower to blast Wang Chen to death!

But the defense barrier was shattered in two hits by Wang Chen's attack, forcing Tanaka Kōnan to change his tactics.

Without the defense barrier to draw Wang Chen's attacks, he had no way to transform into a cannon platform and unleash his power freely upon Wang Chen.

"Damn it, is a battle between you two something that I, a lone wolf with a few ordinary Nine Revolution Awakeners, can interfere with?"

Mill saw Tanaka Kōnan shoot into the sky without even waiting for his response and couldn't help but curse inwardly.

Wang Chen had already displayed power far exceeding his own, and Tanaka Kōnan had the military formation's enhancement. The battle between these two guys was simply not something he could intervene in, unless he brought his direct military corps as well.

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