Chapter 815: Chapter 815
The Daimyo’s warship, stretching five hundred meters long, slowly descended, casting a colossal shadow on the ground, reminiscent of a moving mountain, eclipsing the sun and sky. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ NoveIＦire.net
From a height of less than two hundred meters, Tang Zheng could already see the entirety of the warship, and even the Daimyo standing at the bow. Behind him, the deck was crowded with family vassals all bearing flags with the Oda family’s papaya crest.
The sails flapped loudly, the dominating family crests that covered them were enough to crush the enemy’s morale, sending them fleeing in terror.
"It’s Oda Nobunaga’s warship," Dantai said as he ran up next to Tang Zheng with Cheng Cheng in his arms, his expression grave. This Daimyo, known as the ’Demon King of the Sixth Heaven,’ almost united Japan during the Warring States period and was definitely more formidable than Takeda Shingen.
The crossbows continued to hammer away as Oda Nobunaga, with a mocking smile, watched like someone observing toys. When the warship flew directly above the Trojan Squad, he waved his hand. His page, Mori Ranmaru, immediately drew his tachi and swung it, signaling the warriors standing on the deck to surge towards the railings and leap off.
Thump, thump, like paratrooping soldiers, they deployed gliding wings on their backs and soared diagonally toward the Trojan Squad.
"Jing Xiang, fire," Tang Zheng commanded, raising the Mechanical Lion Roar Cannon and firing at the warship, intending to bring it down. They couldn’t fight this battle if they couldn’t get up there since he couldn’t fly.
Boom, a light beam struck the ship squarely, blowing a huge hole through the hull, sending wood chips flying. Fortunately, it wasn’t resisted, or he would have been out of options.
After firing three rounds from the Roaring Cannon, cataclysmic explosions tore through the warship, igniting it, apparently setting the gunpowder stores aflame.
Jing Xiang’s shots rang out, her speckled arrows wreaking havoc, taking down a dozen warriors.
"Kill them all!" It was Oda Nobunaga’s first command, voiced with absolute authority. His generals roared in agreement, summoning their warhorses and riding them through the air, directly toward the Trojan Squad.
"Don’t hesitate any longer, release everything, even the Monkey King," urged Tang Zheng, as he released the Great Saint Tattoo. Oda Nobunaga’s offensive posture was even more domineering than Takeda Shingen’s, and the Trojan Squad had already expended too much to withstand it.
"We can’t hold out for half an hour. If we don’t take down Oda now, we’ll all die," Dantai proclaimed, releasing his Monkey King without any hesitation. He correctly assessed the situation; with this crippled team, it was a certain path to death.
Lu Fan coughed up blood, her Emergency First Aid Kit kicking in, and with the healing from Gu Xueqi and Daylily, she finally started to recover from her critical wounds. Raising her right arm, she tried to unleash her Monkey King.
"Keep it," Tang Zheng grasped the little loli’s arm.
"No way," feeling the warmth from Tang Zheng’s palm through the protective clothing, Lu Fan understood his intention. Even if they lost this fight, with the Monkey King, she could hold on for a few more minutes until the game ended. But Lu Fan didn’t want to do that; "If we die, we die together."
The little loli was resolute, a golden light shot forth, transforming into a Monkey King and launching itself at the warship, attacking Oda Nobunaga.
At that moment, three Monkey Kings fiercely assaulted Oda.
Tang Zheng sighed, then jumped off the Velociraptor, summoned a warhorse, and mounted it. He quickly retrieved his Gauss sniper rifle and swiftly loaded a Cannon Beam Clip worth one point, firing at the approaching generals.
Boom, boom, one shot for each: any hit by his bullets dissipated into a mistress-like black mist in the air.
Faced with the attack of the three Monkey Kings, Oda Nobunaga remained unflustered. First, the handsome young Mori Ranmaru drew his sword and leapt forward to block one of the attackers. Then, a black light burst forth from Oda, as an eagle, large as a rhino and with spotted feathers, emerged and struck another Monkey King like a bolt of lightning. The last one was personally confronted by Oda, his sword drawn in blocking position.
The warriors landed, their gliders snapping off behind them, and they surged forward in a charge, plunging into the Trojan Squad.
Sha Ou, severely injured and already treated, lacked the strength to run and could only rely on telekinesis to fend off the warriors attacking her. Her situation was precarious and she was at risk of death at any moment.
Without their Monkey King tattoos, Xu Liangmao and his wife Chu Baichuan were embroiled in a tough battle, their bodies slashed and tattered. Chu Baichuan, in particular, was coughing up blood. Ai Yixin could offer no help but to use her Diamond Transformation to block the blades with her body.
Seeing his wife sliced by the blades, Chu Baichuan’s heart ached, his indignation boiling over. With a roar, he bit through his lip and fought back with all his might. Overwhelmed by extreme emotions, a thick red mist emerged from his body, entering a Third-order Explosive Seed State.
Dantai, with the least injuries among them, voluntarily took on much of the attack. His Mental Impact shot out continuously like a blade, hitting the warriors. When he saw Chu Baichuan enter the Third-order Explosive Seed State, the sense of honor of being the second man on the team ignited shame within him, burning with anger that he couldn’t even reach the second order. He was spurred on by the thought.
A samurai sword struck his chest. Angered by his own inaction and filled with fluctuating emotions, Dantai, the special agent, entered an explosive state.
"Not enough, I need second order; burst!" Dantai willed himself to break through to the second order by drawing on his strong mental fortitude, grateful for the training he had received since childhood as a special agent.
Dantai knew Tang Zheng had already expended too much and now it was his turn to step forward or else he would fail to live up to his title as the second man of the team.
After upgrading to the second-order Explosive Type, Dantai’s combat power surge, his ability evolved, and a procession of ghosts with piercing screams appeared on the battlefield, drifting wildly before shooting into the heads of the warriors. With a bang, they exploded, and the heads of those warriors were blown off. They fell straight to the ground and died.
This was a Mental Impact, and Dantai finally had a powerful skill to show off.
With Dantai’s strong restraint, the Trojan Squad finally had a bit of safety, but there were still casualties. The short-haired man from the Students’ Union had been incredibly lucky up until now, but at this point, his luck had run out, and he was targeted by a warrior.
He didn’t even have time to cry for help before the sharp samurai sword was thrust into his abdomen, and with a pull, his entrails were spilled.
Bang, the short-haired man knelt on the ground, hands holding his guts, with a wry smile; then, the samurai sword chopped off his head, and his corpse collapsed.
Song Huiqiao hid by Tang Zheng’s side, not wanting to leave him even if it meant death, witnessing all her classmates dying, leaving only herself, she nearly went mad.
Dongzi also gathered by Tang Zheng’s side, hoping to hitch a ride to safety.
Although Red Sister survived until now thanks to her abilities, she was wounded all over and could die at any moment. Ruan Feifei and Yu Manli also couldn’t preserve their strength anymore—in such times, a moment’s negligence could cost one’s life.
Oda Nobunaga’s infamous family vassals were many, and just one of the Four Heavenly Kings was enough to push people into danger. However, they were summoned at this moment, beginning to rush back to Oda Nobunaga to confront the three Great Saints.
Tang Zheng, carrying the heavily injured Lu Fan, also began to focus solely on self-preservation. Right now, he didn’t even have the strength to become a third-order Explosive Seed, otherwise, he would surely die of exhaustion.
"Everyone, come here and form up," Tang Zheng shouted, taking out a warhorse command baton, waving it, and Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain was activated. A troop of Kai Cavalry appeared in the open space ahead, a full ten thousand strong.
"Attack." Following Tang Zheng’s command, the vanguard of two thousand cavalry began to sprint, the Bronze Cannons firing volleys in unison, which immediately flipped a number of Ashigaru, while the cavalry passed by Tang Zheng and charged towards the opposing samurai group.
The Silver Trojan had a twisted sense of humor; under such a fierce attack, the Central Hammer Squad was so decimated that it surely wouldn’t last half an hour. It was clear that their intention was to toy with them.
It was like pushing the survivors into the ocean and then placing a wooden raft next to them, letting them see it clearly but never being able to grasp it, only to die with their eyes open.
Tang Zheng had summoned his Mirror Clone as well, going all-in. Now it was just a matter of waiting for the three Great Saints to be able to kill Oda Nobunaga.
"The cavalry disappeared," Pang Meiqin, hiding on the rooftop of a Daxia building and setting up a rope ladder to escape, heard Yao Feng say this, and hurriedly ran a few steps to peer down from the edge of the building.
"It’s true, they’re gone, probably because Tang Zheng has killed the Demonic Shadow Daimyo," Pang Meiqin cheered up, suddenly feeling relaxed, but she still looked around to make sure once more.
"Brother Tang is very powerful," Yao Feng nodded, looking at Pang Meiqin’s profile, somewhat distracted.
The middle-aged teacher’s eyes flickered, drifting to Pang Meiqin’s buttocks. For the convenience of escaping, the flight attendant was only wearing a tight Protective Clothing, her entire figure was tightly wrapped, revealing her contoured shape. Looking at her beautiful legs made the middle-aged teacher suddenly flood with vile thoughts.
"This woman doesn’t have superpowers; I can totally have my way with her before killing her." As the middle-aged teacher thought of how they used him as bait, allowing themselves to escape, he could no longer restrain the desire for revenge. He didn’t know if he still had a chance to make it back alive, so he thought to enjoy each day as it came. He had never dared to dream of such a beautiful woman before.
"I’ll break her legs first, I don’t plan on leaving any survivors anyway." The middle-aged teacher raised his gun muzzle, aiming at Pang Meiqin’s legs, and then he pulled the trigger.
"Be careful." Yao Feng turned his head and saw this scene, panicked, he pushed Pang Meiqin with one hand and with the other he held his gun, firing at the middle-aged teacher.
Ratatata, gunshots rang out, Yao Feng holding the AK74M equipped with a drum magazine given by Tang Zheng, naturally had more firepower than the middle-aged teacher, the muzzle danced as the bullets first hit the teacher’s abdominal area, then bounced upwards, along the chest, and finally with a bang, burst his head open.
Yao Feng pushed Pang Meiqin away, but he himself got shot. He was only wearing a set of Primary Protective Clothing which couldn’t stop the bullets; his lower abdomen was hit, but it was just a graze.
"Idiot, you shot through my Protective Clothing," exclaimed Pang Meiqin. She didn’t bother checking the middle-aged teacher’s corpse; looking at Yao Feng collapsed on the ground, she cursed angrily.
"I forgot," Yao Feng gave a pitiful smile, "Now I really can’t go. You hurry up and find Tang Zheng."
Yao Feng didn’t want the woman he admired to look down on him, he didn’t want to be her burden.
"What nonsense are you talking about, you’re not going to die," Pang Meiqin frowned, honestly speaking, Yao Feng’s selfless lifesaving effort just now did move her a bit, but she was far from touched, and she didn’t want to leave Yao Feng behind simply because the crisis was temporarily over—it wouldn’t be too troublesome to save him. (To Be Continued. If you work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation.)