30: Sherlock, can't they really win?

Above the ice,

this meat-grinder-like slaughter was mercilessly captured by global live broadcast cameras.

In front of the screens in thousands of Divine Summer households,

there was dead silence,

suppressed sobbing,

and the sharp pain of fingernails digging into palms.

Catastrophic!

An unspeakable disaster!

The thousands of Dragon Blood Warriors on the battlefield, every one of them was an Elite Soldier handpicked from the military,

Yet,

these very Elite Soldiers,

were now falling like harvested wheat,

collapsing in swathes!

Especially Clovis,

The damage it inflicted was immense!

It was like a moving Arctic Fortress; every time its gigantic pincer swung, it stirred up a death storm wrapped in ice blades!

Crack! Boom—!

The mountain-like pincer smashed down!

The ice layer burst open!

Over a dozen charging warriors, along with the frozen ice blocks, instantly turned into a sky full of crimson ice mist!

Whoosh—!

The Ice Breath swept across!

An entire squad of warriors was instantly frozen, maintaining their charging posture!

Their final roars solidified on their faces, turning them into sorrowful statues of various poses on the ice plain!

As the camera swept past the terrified faces of young soldiers on the frozen warship;

close-ups showed the mutilated corpses of Dragon Blood Warriors and spreading blood on the ice surface;

close-ups showed the crimson blood and ice crystals clinging to Clovis's gigantic pincer.

Back in Divine Summer, the nation was instantly flooded with despair and indignation:

"Where is Lord Kraken?! Where is our National Guardian Beast?! Why are only our warriors sacrificing their lives?!"

"Please! Lord Kraken! Save them! Save Divine Summer!"

"Did he run away long ago?! Liar! Big liar!"

"Aaaah! Kraken! You are our last hope!!!"

At this moment,

on the battlefield,

"thunder blade" Chen Feng was the captain of the Dragon Blood Warriors and the recognized strongest expert in the Divine Summer military.

Like an Asura bathed in blood, his figure flashed rapidly!

"Swish!"

His long blade swept past,

and the head of a Son of Titan shot into the sky! Blood splattered on the ice surface, instantly freezing.

There was no time to breathe!

Bang—!

A giant ice spike unintentionally shot out by Clovis grazed his body and slammed violently into the ice layer!

Ice fragments scattered everywhere!

"Shit!"

Chen Feng spat out a mouthful of bloody foam, raised his head, and glared intensely at the moving iceberg fortress, his eyes bulging with fury,

"This beast killed half our brothers! Blade Squad! Follow me! Let's blow up this bastard's shell!!!"

Four blood-soaked figures instantly gathered behind him,

facing the sky full of ice spikes and the interception of the Sons of Titan,

they charged toward death!

"Captain!"

A team member with a youthful face but eyes like iron gasped and asked,

"Our National Guardian Beast... Where is Lord Kraken? Why are we the only ones unilaterally taking a beating from the giant beast?!"

"National Guardian Beast?!"

Chen Feng's facial muscles twisted, his eyes filled with towering rage and sorrow,

"Bullshit! That's just a giant octopus that cheats people out of food and drink! When it meets a tough opponent, it runs faster than a rabbit! Rely on the mountain, and the mountain collapses! Only the blades in our hands! Only the explosives on our bodies! Those are reliable!!"

"Roar—!"

Clovis noticed the few ants rushing toward it. Its massive body merely gave a casual shake!

Rumble—!

Countless sharp ice prisms poured down like a rainstorm!

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Three Blade Squad members were instantly pierced by ice spikes!

Hot blood erupted in the extreme cold, transforming into a tragically beautiful crimson mist!

"Captain! You must blow it up!!!"

The young team member—Xiao Wu—seeing a deadly ice spike flying toward Chen Feng's heart, his eyes burst forth with determined light!

He lunged out suddenly, using his body to deflect the ice spike's trajectory!

Puchi!

The ice spike pierced his chest, pinning him violently to the ice surface!

"Xiao Wu—!!!"

Chen Feng's roar was heart-rending!

That child was only 19 years old!

He was the most talented member of the special forces... his life... had just begun!

However,

there was no time for grief now!

The opportunity Xiao Wu bought with his life lasted only a moment!

Chen Feng's leg muscles exploded with power!

He launched himself like a cannonball, leaping onto Clovis’s terrifying carapace, which was covered in Deep Blue Profound Ice, facing the bone-chilling wind!

The cold instantly penetrated his bones, but he didn't notice it!

"Dead crab! Taste the wrath of Divine Summer!!!"

He roared, drawing the Ultra-Heavy Armor-Piercing Hammer from his back!

The hammerhead was forged from a special alloy,

specifically designed to break open giant beasts' shells!

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Sparks flew everywhere!

The heavy impacts sounded like a death knell!

Chen Feng's arm muscles bulged, the webbing between his thumb and forefinger tore, and blood stained the hammer handle!

Finally!

After dozens of continuous, furious strikes!

Crack!

A thick, dark blue carapace segment covered in star patterns was violently smashed, creating a fissure nearly half a meter deep!

"Now!"

A frantic flame burned in Chen Feng's eyes,

He pulled a cylindrical object flashing with dangerous red light from his tactical backpack—the "Blazing Sun Core" High-Explosive Earth-Penetrating Bomb!

Without hesitation, he took this devastating weapon, powerful enough to blast through an underground fortress,

and shoved it deep into the fissure in the carapace!

His finger was clamped tightly on the detonator!

On the bridge of the "Zhenhai,"

Qin Zhenshan slammed his fist onto the control panel, staining his palm with blood, and his hoarse roar cut through the communication line:

"Detonate! Chen Feng! Detonate it!! Blow open its shell!!!"

"As long as we blow open a hole, our missiles and artillery can continuously tear and widen that hole, and completely kill this big crab!!!"

Inside the Dragon Abyss Pavilion,

Qin Zheng, Lei Zhen, Intelligence Director... all the high-ranking officials held their breath!

Their eyes were glued to the screen!

Their hearts had almost stopped beating!

Success or failure... depended on this one action!

Boom Rumble Rumble—!!!!

An earth-shattering roar!

It was as if a small nuclear bomb had exploded on Clovis's back!

A massive fireball, mixed with thick smoke, shattered deep blue ice crystals, and carapace fragments, shot up into the sky!

The terrifying shockwave instantly shattered the ice layer for hundreds of meters around!

The seawater churned!

Lei Zhen violently punched the air, roaring with ecstasy: "It worked! It blew open! It definitely blew open!!!"

"Hahaha, it truly lives up to its name as a bomb specifically developed to deal with giant beasts like Clovis. This power is enough to blast a hole the size of a basketball court on that big crab's back!!!"

In front of the screens,

countless Divine Summer citizens clenched their fists, and hope ignited in their eyes!

However, the next moment,

the smiles on everyone's faces suddenly froze,

as the thick smoke... slowly dispersed.

The camera zoomed in tight.

A shocking, massive crater, with charred, curled edges and a depth approaching six meters, abruptly appeared on Clovis's enormous carapace!

However... at the bottom of the crater, there was still that thick carapace, shining with a cold, metallic luster and covered in intricate ancient star patterns!

Bottomless!

Indestructible!

Forget flesh and blood, not even a single crack had spread!

"Six... six meters... The carapace thickness... exceeds six meters?!"

An Army Lieutenant General staff member staggered backward, his face ashen, his eyes filled with despair.

It was bad enough that Clovis's shell was extremely hard,

but it was also so damn thick!

It was fundamentally impossible to break through its defense,

How could they fight this???

Despair!

Icy despair, like Clovis's chilling aura, instantly froze the hearts of all Divine Summer people!

In America, aboard the aircraft carrier "Nimitz,"

Saruman let out a harsh sneer upon seeing this scene:

"Heh heh, truly foolish lower life forms! How could Clovis's Star-Patterned Ice Armor be shaken by your pathetic little explosives? Trying to emulate your 'Octopus Guardian God' and pull off a sneak attack? Utterly ridiculous!"

On the bridge,

Wilson went from tense to ecstatic, slamming the table and laughing wildly:

"Hahaha! The Divine Summer people's circus act is over! Lord Clovis! Invincible! America! Invincible!!"

Nakamura Kenichi and Park Jeong-hwan gesticulated wildly on their split screens, their faces showing undisguised greed and smugness,

as if the cake of victory was already laid out before them.

On Clovis's carapace,

Chen Feng stood on the edge of the deep crater, looking down at the star-patterned carapace at the bottom, which was still intact and emitting a cold, faint glow,

his pupils dilated due to extreme shock.

The wound he had created by sacrificing his brothers' lives and exhausting all his strength... was actually so insignificant?!

Qin Zhenshan's hoarse, distorted roar came through his headset:

"Chen Feng! Retreat! Retreat now!!!"

Chen Feng paid no heed!

Only madness remained in his eyes!

He leaped into the deep crater, swung the heavy armor-piercing hammer, and recklessly smashed it against the indestructible star-patterned carapace at the bottom of the pit again!

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Sparks flew inside the dark crater!

Every impact reverberated, making his arms feel like they would split apart!

He needed to go deeper!

Just a little deeper!

To shove the next bomb inside!

Suddenly!

A terrifying chill that froze the soul, like physical ice needles, instantly pierced his bone marrow!

Clovis... was thoroughly enraged!

It was preparing to unleash Ten Thousand Miles of Ice Seal to completely eliminate the ant on its back!

The battle-hardened Chen Feng immediately sensed the danger,

his legs suddenly exerted force,

and he leaped high forward like a cannonball, attempting to dodge the attack.

But it was too late!

Voom—!

A visible wave of extreme cold shockwave violently spread out, centered on Clovis!

Chen Feng felt his legs go numb, and the bone-piercing cold instantly engulfed his lower body!

He became like an ice-sealed statue,

smashing heavily onto the slick ice surface!

Unable to move!

The next moment,

a massive shadow enveloped the sky above him.

Clovis's gigantic pincer, resembling an icy mountain range, slowly lifted!

The tip of the pincer gleamed with a fatal, deep blue cold light!

Carrying the terrifying might capable of crushing stars, it aimed at the tiny, ice-sealed figure at the bottom of the crater,

and violently descended!

The shadow of death completely consumed Chen Feng.

"Is it over..."

Chen Feng closed his eyes, awaiting the end.

For a moment, the world held its breath!

Countless Divine Summer citizens desperately covered their eyes, letting out silent cries of sorrow.

On the bridge of the "Zhenhai,"

Qin Zhenshan's eyes were bloodshot, and he slammed his fists onto the shattered control panel, his hands dripping with blood!

Inside the Dragon Abyss Pavilion,

Lei Zhen's fists cracked audibly, his fingernails digging deep into his palms!

Qin Zheng stared intently at the screen, clenching his jaw so hard that blood seeped from the corner of his mouth!

Divine Summer... can it really... not win?

Just as the mountain-like pincer was about to crush Chen Feng's figure in that critical moment,

"Crack—!"

The ice layer beneath Chen Feng's feet suddenly spawned countless cracks!