98: Chapter 98 Despair that even defenses can't be broken!

The gale howled, and the icy seawater pounded frantically against the foundation of the Steel Fortress.

Under the crisscrossing beams of countless pale searchlights, the red mist around the perimeter of the fortress was completely torn apart.

When they saw the monsters rushing out from the mist, all the players from the outer districts on the high walls of the fortress couldn't help but gasp.

These were by no means the Murlocs or ordinary mutated sea monsters they had encountered in this sea area before.

This was a type of terrifying deformity filled with absurdity and eeriness!

They had twisted, elongated limbs like humans, but their bodies were covered in thick black scales and rotting slime.

They had no eyes; where their facial features should have been, there was only a gaping maw filled with several rows of interlocking fangs.

What was most hair-raising was this:

These monsters completely ignored the laws of physics, with thousands of them stepping on the turbulent sea surface, sprinting frantically as if walking on flat ground!

"Creak—creak—"

The shrieks they emitted sounded like rusty iron sheets scraping frantically against glass; the piercing, eerie sound waves caused many players on the city wall to cover their ears in pain.

"What the hell are these things?!"

"They were just Murlocs before!"

The unaffiliated players from the outer districts inside the fortress huddled over the battlements, watching the surging black ocean, their faces turning deathly pale with fear, their hands gripping their guns trembling uncontrollably.

Facing this desperate tide of monsters,

Lu Yuan, standing at the highest point of the fortress, showed no panic on his face; his eyes were as calm as if he were looking at a group of walking ATMs.

"Death Gods Explosive Flame Annihilation Cannon, 5-second charge starting."

Lu Yuan did not rush to activate Tyrants Rage, but calmly pressed the standard fire button.

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1..."

"Fire!"

Boom—!!!

A dull, thunderous roar exploded at the highest point of the Steel Fortress.

A violent beam of intertwined black and white energy instantly tore through the night, precisely striking the center of the sea surface thousands of meters away.

There was no deafening explosion, nor was there a towering flash of fire.

At the point of impact, space seemed to collapse instantly!

A pitch-black, deep micro-black hole formed out of thin air on the sea surface!

A terrifying gravitational pull erupted instantly!

The surrounding seawater, air, and the dense mass of eerie monsters were frantically pulled into the center of the black hole by that irresistible suction force, without even having time to let out a scream.

The next second.

The extreme collapse met its ultimate release!

"Hum—boom!!!"

A visible, translucent ripple of destruction surged out, skimming across the sea surface!

The moment the black hole exploded, Otherworld flames completely engulfed that area.

Just this one shot!

The kill notifications on the system panel scrolled frantically like crazy.

"Ding! Soul Extraction successful!"

"Ding! This extraction gained 581 attack power!"

Over 3,000 eerie monsters were wiped out in an instant, leaving not even a trace behind under the resistance-ignoring strike of the annihilation effect!

A large, circular vacuum area was forcibly cleared on the sea surface.

"Gulp..."

The players from the outer districts on the city wall swallowed hard, their eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

But this was only the beginning.

As the monster army pushed through the artillery fire and entered range, the members of the Red Wolf Guild also began to show their prowess.

"Reconnaissance Group! Free fire!"

At the commanding height of the high wall.

Hundreds of elites from the Reconnaissance Group, wielding level 3 and 4 enhanced heavy sniper rifles, pulled the triggers with cold eyes.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The deafening roars of the heavy sniper rifles echoed through the night sky.

Every special armor-piercing bullet fired accurately flipped the skull of a monster.

One shot, one kill; never missing a target, the foul-smelling blood mist from headshots constantly exploded within the monster horde.

At the gaps in the city wall below, the heavy-armored warriors of the Blade Group held their positions firmly, wielding melee weapons emitting various lights and heavy machine guns.

They cooperated tacitly, and amidst the flashing blades and shadows, they minced the monsters attempting to rush up like chopping melons and vegetables.

However.

The number of monsters was simply too great.

After killing one wave, more would immediately surge out from the red mist, wave after wave, as if they could never be finished off.

Watching the Red Wolf members bearing immense defensive pressure,

the players from the outer districts who were originally arranged to rest in the rear could finally no longer sit still.

"We can't let just the Red Wolf Guild do all the work!"

"Brothers! The Red Wolf big shot is risking his life at the front, we can't be cowards either! I'm coming to help!"

The leading big brother roared, raised his assault rifle that had been enhanced once, and led thousands of hot-blooded unaffiliated players as they yelled and charged to the front line of the city wall.

They lay down beside the Red Wolf members, aimed at the dense crowd of monsters below, and pulled the triggers frantically.

"Da-da-da-da-da—!"

Dense tongues of fire spewed out, and thousands of bullets poured toward the monster horde like a rainstorm.

However, the next second.

The hot blood on the faces of all the outer district players instantly froze.

"Clang-clang-clang!"

Their pride-and-joy bullets, hitting the black scales of those monsters, only sparked a weak trail of sparks.

Aside from leaving a few shallow white marks on the scales, they were completely useless!

Let alone killing them, they couldn't even break the monsters' defense!

A monster charging at the very front withstood the strafing of hundreds of bullets, leapt into the air unscathed, and let out a shrill shriek at the leading big brother.

The leading big brother was so scared that he slumped to the ground, his mind going blank.

"This... how is this possible?!"

"My gun has armor-piercing attributes added to it!"

Just as the monster's sharp claws were about to rip his throat open,

"Bang!"

a member of the Red Wolf Reconnaissance Group beside him didn't even lift an eyelid, casually turned his gun barrel, and pulled the trigger.

The monster's head instantly exploded in mid-air like a rotten watermelon, and foul-smelling black blood splattered all over the leading big brother.

The Red Wolf member skillfully pulled the bolt and ejected the casing, glancing at the leading big brother slumped on the ground.

"Honestly go back to the rear and stay there; don't make trouble here."

The outer district players stared blankly at the rifles in their hands, then looked at the Red Wolf Guild members beside them who were calm and composed, getting one headshot per bullet and wiping out whole areas with one shot.

An unprecedented, deep sense of powerlessness and absurdity instantly shattered their psychological defenses.

Everyone was a player.

Everyone was a human struggling to survive in this doomsday.

Could the gap... really be this huge?!

It would be one thing if one person was strong, but is everyone in the guild this strong?!

Are we even playing the same game, for God's sake?!