Chapter 776: Chapter 776

The situation has somewhat exceeded his estimation. He hadn’t expected that reinforcements wouldn’t have arrived by now. Du You felt that the Hellfire Thunders, created by the magic power he had previously deployed, were almost spent.

Without the support of Hellfire Thunders, Du You could only flee this place.

He calculated that there were more than two thousand third-tier ground mechas on the enemy’s side that were already incapacitated. But their backup was still coming, and at an increasing pace. Unlike demons that could be powered by his magic, these mechanical weapons did not have a strong defense. They were very much a restraint for him.

Even with the assistance of Dark Spirit Light to help him recover, his magic power was soon to be less than half of its original capacity.

The underground Death Scorpion was also seized an opportunity and was bombarded by the enemy. If it weren’t for its resurrection ability, it would have died by now.

Up in the sky, Xiaozi was still enduring. Now it barely evaded enemy attacks by means of its irregular flight. Its own offense relied entirely on the Paralysis Aura, slowly eroding the opponents.

Xiaozi no longer had the leisure to deploy the Thunder Doppelganger. The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹·𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾·𝗇𝖾𝗍

For a flying being, Xiaozi was extremely fragile. If hit once by the enemy, it was likely to face death.

From Lookout Hill where he was constantly in communication with Du You, he was aware of the sisters’ situation. Their surface-to-air missiles had long been spent, and more than half of their aircraft and warplanes were lost. It was getting extremely difficult to maintain their defense.

If the enemy’s second wave of mechas were to fly over, they likely wouldn’t be able to hold their line.

The consumption of Lin Yushi’s own magic power was severe. The fact that she could hold on till now without any recovery was already a feat. Lin Yucha was doing better, yet she, who was not good at large-scale battles, could offer only a little help.

The remaining warplanes and flying soldiers had about less than 20% of energy reserves, and could only continue to fight for at most another hour. After that, their own energy would be exhausted, and these weapons will become useless.

This is the downside of techno-weapons. While their self-defense and attack abilities were impressive, the constant need for ammunition posed a major drawback.

"Prepare for retreat. Hold off for another half an hour," Du You ordered from within the command panel, and then set a timer. If they couldn’t hold on for another half an hour, he would not hesitate to retreat.

Even if this battle were to be lost, it wouldn’t be his fault, and he still had other chances. It was pointless to put himself in danger just because of this single fight.

The enemy’s army commander was astonishingly surprised that the team showed a resistance far stronger than he had expected.

Despite their prolonged suffering, they still couldn’t be defeated. The loss of more than two thousand mechas wasn’t a small number; it was enough to cripple their local military base.

Even if they won this time, there wouldn’t be any merit to that victory. "Redouble your efforts; the superpower men are too strong. If we catch them, we can make up for the expenditure and earn considerable credit."

The people below were also furious. Being stalled by a single person was simply a disgrace to their whole troop.

If word of this came out, Du You would become a star in the Star Ring Alliance.

About five minutes later, numerous light spots suddenly appeared in the sky behind them. After a while, disc-like UFOs appeared in the sky overhead. As soon as they appeared, streams of light began pouring from them.

These lights were highly compressed energy beams, not any weaker than energy cannons. Almost instantly, beams bursting all over the sky swept the area, annihilating a large number of warplanes and drones on sight.

"Hahaha, I bet that guy’s run away by now. After all this time, they’re bound to have lost their nerves. All the credit will be ours now." At a base behind the line, a group of people gathered, laughing and jesting.

Screens around the room announced that this was a command center.

"Hey, what’s wrong with you? Why the long face? Aren’t you happy?"

"Look, there! They’re still holding the line. They’re actually still holding on," stammered someone, looking at the screen, pointing at it in disbelief. They had deliberately delayed for a long time.

Even if the coming battle would be hard, they weren’t worried because, so far, they were doing well. If Du You didn’t hold his ground, it would be a huge failure.

The man was rising too fast, drawing considerable discontent. Especially for those wishing to gain credit, the people behind them certainly didn’t want such a man stirring things up here.

The most crucial thing was to break Du You’s rising momentum.

"What? They’re still standing firm. What should we do? Should we keep delaying?"

"Idiot, our forces have already arrived. It’s too late to issue orders now. Do you want them to withdraw? Who will be held accountable if something goes wrong when executing such an order?"

If they were late, they still had an excuse. But after their arrival, ordering the reinforcement to withdraw would insult the intelligence of everyone. In this high-tech world, video records of every battle were always kept.

These data weren’t secrets for both parties and weren’t even hidden. Whatever decision they made would be clear for all to see. Issuing such a stupid order was basically a death wish now.

"But, but we’re late. We’re too late."

If they arrived late and the front-line defense had already been breached, they had a lot of excuses. But now the defenders were still holding on, the records would definitively show that the reinforcements were late. After such a long delay, they had to give an account. That meant someone among them had to be held accountable for this.

As things had come this far, everyone was thinking about their escape routes.

Just then, the communications officer ran in and announced, "Report! We’ve just received instructions from Colonel Hade. Colonel Hade said, ’I’m aware of everything you’re doing. Don’t think about pulling any more tricks.’"

With that one sentence, everyone in the room turned pale. Colonel Hade was no ordinary man; in these interstellar conditions, every colonel was an authoritative officer. The implication of his words was that that their scheme to delay reinforcements for their own benefit had been exposed. Even the people behind them could hardly say anything about this now.

"What are we going to do? What are we going to do? We’ll be court-martialed."

"Shut up. I’ve told you not to do anything , but you just wouldn’t listen. Serves you right."