73: Chapter 73 Silver-Crowned Giant Ape

"We've been tricked! Their target is the Pojun Division!"

Zhao Yi stared at the disconnected communication interface, his face deathly pale.

Lei Hu gripped his battle-axe tightly, the veins on his neck bulging out. He turned around and roared: "Change the rear guard to the vanguard! Retreat! Return to defend immediately!"

Boom!

Just as Lei Hu's order was issued, the ground began to tremble violently without warning.

The groups of magical beasts that had been wandering slowly in the distance seemed to have received some kind of unified command.

They turned around in unison. From all directions, the magical beasts abandoned their original migration routes and charged toward the group like madmen.

In the blink of an eye, the retreat path was completely sealed off by a wall of flesh formed by the magical beasts.

"We can't break through!"

Zhou Han slashed away a Wind Wolf that lunged from the flank. Looking at the impenetrable tide of beasts surrounding them, his face turned livid.

"Since we can't retreat, then we'll flatten them."

A voice rang out from the very front of the squad.

Li Zhengyang did not turn around, his abyssal meteor dragon spear pointed diagonally at the ground.

The blood energy of a 5th Grade Martial Emperor boiled within his body.

"I'll open the path, you follow behind, don't fall behind."

Before his voice had even faded.

Li Zhengyang, like a cannonball fired from its chamber, crashed directly into the dense tide of beasts at the front.

Facing him were hundreds of 6th Grade Raging Demonic Apes.

Li Zhengyang had no intention of dodging at all.

He fully activated the Indestructible Golden Body, his skin shimmering with a crimson-gold light, and he forced his way into the heart of the formation, taking the impact of three Demonic Apes head-on.

"Thunder Fall!"

He raised his long spear high, pouring his blood energy into the spear shaft without reservation.

Boom!

A thunderbolt from a clear sky!

Thunder poured down along the spear tip, exploding into a sea of lightning right in the center of the ape pack.

Violent high-voltage arcs jumped wildly; the Demonic Apes didn't even have time to scream before their bodies turned to charcoal in the white light and collapsed with a crash.

Li Zhengyang did not stop his pace, sweeping his spear horizontally.

The 100% power boost from Ancient Dragon Power erupted!

Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft!

The dozens of magical beasts blocking his path, whether 6th Grade or 7th Grade, were like paper before the absolute armor-piercing effect of the abyssal meteor dragon spear.

They were severed at the waist!

Large sprays of bloody gore shot into the sky; their lower bodies remained in place while their upper bodies had already been swept dozens of meters away by the qi blast.

— —

Meanwhile.

Pojun Division branch.

In the command hall, red lights flashed frantically, and the alarm sounds were almost deafening.

Assistant Chen Feng pressed his hands on the console, staring intently at the surveillance screen.

On the screen.

Outside the base gates, dense swarms of Demonic Humans were carrying out a suicide attack.

There were blood energy fluctuations from at least a hundred Martial Emperor Rank Demonic Humans.

Behind them, a massive phantom of a black dragon flickered in and out of existence, with a blood-colored figure radiating terrifying pressure standing on its back.

"Vice Commander! The outer electromagnetic barrier is broken!"

"The third and fifth defense lines have all been breached!"

Assistant Chen Feng's eyes were bloodshot. He roared his orders: "Activate all heavy electromagnetic main cannons! Indiscriminate coverage with large-caliber defensive weapons! Fire all the laser cannons in stock!"

Boom!

Beams of light erupted from the defensive towers at the four corners of the base, blasting toward the Demonic Human formation.

Several 6th Grade Demonic Humans charging in the front evaporated instantly.

But this delay in firepower was just a drop in the bucket for the organized army of Demonic Humans.

A 7th Grade Demonic Human leaped into the air, its bone spur sweeping horizontally, tearing a main cannon in half.

"We can't hold them off..." an officer said with a trembling voice, his face full of despair.

Assistant Chen Feng watched the defense line map being continuously torn apart on the screen, pounding his thigh hard.

Venerable Lei was not here, and the main elite forces were all trapped in the beast tide.

With only the branch's current logistical forces, facing a Lord-level Blood Demon was a one-sided slaughter.

"Hold the position!"

Assistant Chen Feng slammed his fist onto the console.

"As long as we can stall until Venerable Lei and Li Zhengyang arrive, we have hope!"

— —

Northern Wilderness beast tide.

The ground was covered in severed limbs.

Li Zhengyang pierced the throat of a 7th Grade Shadow Lion with his spear.

He flicked the spear shaft, triggering the Twist Technique, and the massive lion head exploded into a mist of blood on the spot.

He reached out with his left hand, precisely extracted a magic core from the minced meat, and tossed it into his tactical watch storage with a backhand motion.

Li Zhengyang didn't even glance at the Shadow Lion's corpse, his figure once again leaving an afterimage as he charged into another group of beasts.

The eight hundred Pojun Division elites following behind him were completely stunned.

Zhao Yi's hand gripping his blade was trembling slightly.

Lei Hu and Zhou Han, these two battle-hardened captains, felt their brains couldn't keep up.

They had originally thought this would be a meat-grinder of a bitter battle where everyone would have to pay with their lives.

But the reality was that they had become mere spectators and logistical porters.

Li Zhengyang, one man, one spear.

He had forced his way, carving a bloody path through the beast tide!

What beast tide, what grade suppression—none of it could last even a single exchange before him.

Those magical beasts known for their thick skin and tough flesh would inexplicably explode the moment they grazed the spear tip.

"He... he doesn't need our cover at all..."

A rookie in the squad was pale, his eyes filled with nothing but pure shock.

Retreat?

Li Zhengyang had never thought about retreating.

The only way to break the situation was to first smash the core of this beast tide!

Those who block my path to fortune must pay with their lives!

Li Zhengyang shook the remains of meat off his spear tip, his gaze locked onto the most glaring red dot on the thermal radar.

Less than three kilometers from the core.

"Zhao Yi!" Li Zhengyang roared without looking back.

"Here!" Zhao Yi stood up straight instinctively.

"Take the men and form a defensive circular formation right here, guard the retreat path!"

"What are you going to do?"

Zhou Han was alarmed. The area ahead was the core zone with the highest density of the beast tide. What was the difference between going in alone and committing suicide?

"Catch the ringleader to catch the gang!"

Li Zhengyang bent his legs slightly.

Bang!

The ground sank three meters.

Li Zhengyang transformed into a black thunderbolt, alone, charging straight into the deepest part of the beast tide.

Two mountain-like Earth-Shaking Rhinos blocked his path; they were equivalent to mid-stage Martial Emperors.

Their thick scales were hard to penetrate even with ordinary weapons.

Li Zhengyang was in mid-air, reversing his abyssal meteor dragon spear.

"Silent Kill!"

Blood energy reversed within the spear shaft, and the violent killing intent was compressed to the extreme.

The spear tip tapped the forehead of the first Earth-Shaking Rhino.

[Trait Triggered: Fatal Dragon Jaw! 100% Critical Hit!]

[Trait Triggered: Dragon Tooth Armor Piercing! 80% Armor Penetration]

[Trait Triggered: Dragon Soul Bone Erosion! Severe Injury!]

There was no stalemate at all.

The rhino's skull, which was strong enough to withstand heavy weapons, shattered on the spot like a watermelon, and brains mixed with blood covered the ground.

The second rhino roared and opened its bloody maw to bite.

Li Zhengyang did not dodge or avoid, his left hand suddenly reached out and directly gripped one of the rhino's tusks.

"Break for me!"

The might of a Martial Emperor erupted.

With a loud crack, the tusk, which was harder than special alloy, was snapped off by him!

Li Zhengyang gripped it backhand and stabbed the tusk into the rhino's eye socket with a squelch.

The surrounding beast tide, which had been rushing in frantically, was intimidated by this fierce aura.

The few magical beasts in the front row actually let out a whimper and retreated half a step in fear.

Li Zhengyang stepped on the rhino's corpse and looked up.

The beast tide ahead seemed to feel a sense of oppression and automatically split to the sides, forming a wide path.

At the end.

A white-furred giant ape over twenty meters tall was slowly standing up.

Martial Emperor peak, Silver-Crowned Giant Ape!

The giant ape stared at the human who had killed his way into the core alone.

It pounded its chest with both fists and let out a roar.

A foul wind rushed toward him.

Li Zhengyang held the dragon spear in one hand and flicked his wrist gently; the spear shaft let out a clear chime.

He looked at the Silver-Crowned Giant Ape, a smile on his face.

"Screaming so loudly."

"Your magic core should be quite valuable, right?"