144: Chapter 144 The City Falls! Titanium Crystal Crusher

"All units, change targets! Shoot the Siege Bug's legs!!"

Su Yang ordered. The Siege Bug's sudden acceleration had caused him to miss a window of time for shooting.

Fortunately, the Armored Crossbowmen responded quickly, immediately shifting their aim, and a dark rain of arrows fell in an instant.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—

The dense sound of arrows piercing the air rang out; it felt as if their eardrums were about to be shredded.

Over a hundred high-speed Armor-piercing Arrows were fired toward the Siege Bug's knee joints.

To ensure mobility, the armor on that part could not be too thick.

The arrows struck the crystal shell, emitting sharp clanging sounds.

Sensing the firepower of the Armored Crossbowmen, the army of Jumping Bugs constantly swarming up the walls changed their attack target.

They abandoned their confrontation with the Elite Soldiers and surged toward the Armored Crossbowmen.

Even at the cost of their lives, they had to stop the Armored Crossbowmen's firing, if only for a moment.

They were covering the Siege Bug; they wanted to let the Siege Bug smash through the gate!

"Defend with everything you've got!" Su Yang shouted with all his might.

Unfortunately, his shouting couldn't provide any buffs to the soldiers.

Given the current situation, Su Yang further realized the importance of a general!!

Thud—

A violent shockwave hit, and Su Yang nearly lost his footing.

At the very last moment, the Armored Crossbowmen failed to pierce the Siege Bug's armor, allowing it to slam headfirst into the iron gate.

Fortunately, the gate had been upgraded once, so the Siege Bug's headbutt only deformed the upper half of the gate without actually achieving a Breakthrough.

The Siege Bug, nearly as tall as the wall, stood in place and continued to batter the iron gate with its head, while simultaneously sweeping the top of the wall with its massive insect blades.

Many Elite Soldiers and Armored Crossbowmen had to jump off the wall to dodge; with an 18-meter height combined with the weight of their Imperial Armor, this jump nearly rendered their Imperial Armor useless.

Moreover, the offensive on the wall weakened further, making it take even longer to pierce the Siege Bug's armor.

Fortunately, without the added kinetic energy of a charge, the Siege Bug's headbutts caused very limited damage to the wall.

Su Yang was immensely grateful that he had chosen to upgrade the wall; this gave him time to turn the situation around!

Boom—

Boom—

The Siege Bug slammed its head into the gate, blow after blow.

The immense power made the iron gate wail; the deformation the metal could withstand had reached its limit.

Very soon, this massive gate would collapse, and the Insect Swarm would swarm in.

Under the protection of two Elite Soldiers, Su Yang quickly moved to the ground via the elevator.

Meanwhile, he pulled up his panel and quickly switched to the Imperial Armor Camp module.

Although he couldn't lead troops into the enemy formation like General Li Xin or General Meng Tian, he possessed the exclusive abilities of a Lord.

If you can't beat them, pay to win!

[command points - 52,000]

[40 Level 4 Great Qin Armored Elite Soldiers summoning...]

[20 Level 4 Great Qin Armored Crossbowmen summoning...]

With tears in his eyes, Su Yang invested his command points, and the Imperial Armor Camp rumbled into operation.

Because of fuel limitations, the number of troops the territory could support had reached its limit, so Su Yang had not chosen to summon troops initially.

But now that the gate was about to break, he couldn't worry about that anymore. He went all-in with his command points!!

The newly summoned troops rushed out of the Imperial Armor Camp and quickly took their positions according to Su Yang's orders.

"All troops, form ranks!!!!" Su Yang ordered while standing on the inner wall of the Lord's district.

Before him, the newly summoned 40 Great Qin Armored Elite Soldiers and 20 Great Qin Armored Crossbowmen were already in position.

The Armored Crossbowmen on the outer wall also followed Su Yang's order to evacuate the north side and regroup on the west and east sides.

The north side was left to the Elite Soldiers to confront the Jumping Bugs; their task was to join the newly summoned soldiers in resisting the Xenomorphs that were about to pour into the wall!

Hum—

The gate let out one final wail, and was immediately smashed open by the Siege Bug's headbutt.

The massive gears and mechanical parts behind the gate instantly collapsed and flew everywhere.

The two pure iron gate leaves, nearly 15 meters high and two meters thick, crashed inward with a boom.

Boom—

A powerful impact exploded, followed by massive clouds of dust and a shockwave.

This was the first time the gate had been breached since the territory's walls were built!!

Roar—

The Siege Beast let out a roar that shook the heavens and earth, signaling the final offensive of the Insect Swarm.

Having lost the obstruction of the Armored Crossbowmen, the Stinger Bugs swarmed in, pouring into the city like a tide.

Their bodies were bathed in flames, like demons from Hell.

"Kill!!!" Su Yang roared.

All Armored Crossbowmen fired at once, their primary target still being the Siege Bug.

If this giant beast didn't fall, they could not win this battle!

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—

Arrows were fired from all directions, pointed straight at the Siege Bug's thick legs.

The newly summoned 40 Great Qin Armored Elite Soldiers stepped forward with shields to hold back the tide of Stinger Bugs.

The battle between humans and Xenomorphs shifted from in front of the wall to inside the city, and the intensity did not diminish in the slightest.

The Insect Swarm became frenzied amidst the roars of the Siege Bug, surging wave after wave toward the line of Great Qin Armored Elite Soldiers.

And the Armored Soldiers also displayed absolute resilience at the final moment, fighting back with everything they had.

Amidst the arrows that blotted out the sky, a sudden "bang" rang out. It was like the crisp sound of lake ice that had been frozen for a thousand years cracking.

A gap appeared on the back of the Siege Bug's left knee.

Starting from that gap, countless spiderweb-like cracks rapidly emerged.

It finally broke!! Su Yang's eyes trembled.

The moment the Siege Bug's defense shattered, countless poisoned arrows pierced into the gap.

The poison rapidly surged along the cracks, acting upon the Siege Bug's massive body.

It seemed to sense the abnormality and let out a miserable wail.

But the cry quickly ceased; the neurotoxin had already invaded its body.

Its whole body shuddered, and its left leg knelt down instantly without any warning.

Following that was its left side, and then its entire body.

From the moment it shattered to its reaction, it took no more than five seconds for the fifteen-meter-tall giant beast to crash to the ground.

Without any hesitation, the Armored Crossbowmen's arrows shrouded the Siege Bug's body like a net.

Before the crystal shell had cracks, only concentrated attacks on one spot could cause effective armor-piercing damage.

But after the crystal shell had cracks, shooting anywhere on its body could accelerate the collapse of the cracks.

Countless arrows fell, and the cracks on the Siege Bug's body became more numerous and denser.

With one final explosion, the crystal shell shattered completely.

The Armored Crossbowmen quickly switched to explosive arrows.

In an instant, countless explosive arrows shot into the Siege Bug's body, detonating.

Bang, bang, bang—

The sound of explosions rang out, and black-blue blood mixed with gunpowder flowed from all parts of its body.

The massive Siege Bug that had led the fifth generation of the Bug Swarm Tide had finally met its end!

[Successfully killed Level 15 Tyranid Titanium Crystal Smasher (Variant), command points +1,800 (30% bonus)]