Chapter 856: Chapter 856
The German area isn’t large, so the number of members in the Trojan Squad is naturally limited. High-end combatants like Fleischer and Landeck must know each other; they just couldn’t be bothered to greet each other due to being in a hostile state.
At this moment, facing the Chinese squad, the masturbator shouted out, not only to create psychological pressure for Huangfu Xiong but also out of concern that Landeck might launch a surprise attack. As for collaboration, that was more about baiting the other side with deceitful words.
According to the rules, the four squads could fight each other, but infighting within a squad was prohibited.
"You wait here and keep an eye on that Chinese kid," Landeck commanded the brown-haired man Yannick before he flew into the castle, which was already a third dismantled.
"How come there’s one missing?" Fleischer was dissatisfied and roared at Landeck. The radar had clearly shown two figures.
"I’m already giving you plenty of face by being here," Landeck glanced at the Insect-Human BOSS, similar to the one Tang Zheng saw in the experimental lobby, only larger with more layers of chitin, providing it with stronger defense.
Before entering the Trojan Horse Game, Landeck was a famous footballer for the Bayern Munich Team and had been part of the national team, enjoying boundless glory and never-ending scandals. Fleischer, on the other hand, was nothing more than a day-to-day vagrant who couldn’t even afford to marry, their statuses worlds apart. How could he possibly respect someone like that?
"Nothing but a bastard who got lucky," Landeck spat, observing Huangfu Xiong. In fact, he was also engaging in psychological warfare, hoping Fleischer would get so angry that he’d make a mistake; if Fleischer got taken out, he could easily recruit the woman in leather clothes to deal with the Chinese together.
"You’re courting death!" Because of his past experiences, Fleischer hated being ignored and mocked the most. He immediately entered the Second-Order Burst State, ready to launch a fierce attack on Landeck.
"Group Leader, he’s provoking you," shouted the woman in leather clothes, who was in combat with Huangfu Xiong, reminding Fleischer that both of them still had their Hellfire active, and every attack caused significant damage to their surroundings.
"Hello, miss, even the most brilliant roses would pale in comparison to you. Might I have the pleasure of inviting you to dinner after the game?" Landeck shrugged nonchalantly, his eyes, however, casting a flirtatious gaze at the woman in leather clothes, expressing his affection for her and once again trying to throw Fleischer off balance.
For someone like the masturbator who once had nothing, the thing he feared most now was losing what he had.
"Group Leader, I won’t leave you," the woman in leather clothes, who had been married and divorced twice and was not particularly good-looking, certainly didn’t believe that a top-quality man like Landeck would fall for her. She was grateful to Fleischer, that middle-aged man who hadn’t achieved anything, who occasionally acted neurotically, flew into rages, and did incomprehensible things but was undoubtedly a good person. He was the one who had helped her survive and climb her way to where she was now.
"It seems that the negotiations have failed," Landeck said with an elegant smile, moving a few steps but always standing outside the fighting circle, waiting for these people to tire themselves out.
"There’s another crawler down there, and it appears it doesn’t belong to any of our squads. Are you planning to let it run away with its spoils of war?" The woman in leather clothes clearly had more schemes than the masturbator, "We kill them and split the spoils, or we run and leave this mess for you."
The woman in leather clothes was resolute, willing to walk away with nothing rather than let them gain any advantage.
"Fine, I’ll help you," Landeck knew she wasn’t joking, and having a trump card up his sleeve, he wasn’t afraid they’d go back on their word. Besides, even if he did attack, there was always room to hold back.
"I’m done playing with you guys," Huangfu Xiong certainly didn’t want to fight against three opponents alone. With his thrusters at full power, he attempted to make an escape, but Landeck wasn’t about to let his prey slip away and collided with him.
The two Power Armors fell, smashing through the roof and crashing into the castle.
The woman in leather clothes immediately abandoned them to help Fleischer with the Insect-Human BOSS; there was no point in wasting her strength otherwise.
"You bitch," Landeck was played for a fool, his face flushed with anger. Now it was he who was in a difficult position, wanting to hold on to Huangfu Xiong but not willing to exert full effort.
"You can test his strength first; if he’s trash, then it’s three against one. What are you afraid of?" The woman in leather clothes saw that Landeck’s offensive was weakening and knew he was hesitating, so she quickly urged him on.
Huangfu Xiong retreated decisively this time, while Landeck hesitated, but then the castle suddenly shook with a series of intense explosions.
Boom, boom, boom, numerous thick Green Thorn Vines, like living creatures, shot out from the castle, whipping around and rapidly intertwining to close in on all the intruders, aiming to kill every crawler that entered their domain.
Huangfu Xiong released an Impact Beam, severing two thorns and causing their sap to splash down, but more quickly wrapped around him.
A Vine lashed against the body of the special forces instructor, the immense force immediately unbalancing him.
"Perfect opportunity," Landeck charged out, firing Rocket shells to obscure the opponent’s vision while his Light Beam continually bombarded the opponent’s head.
"Go to hell." Huangfu Xiong activated his Second-Order Burst State and unleashed his ability, causing the air around him to ripple like water. Instantly, ten golden shuttle-shaped metals shot out, cutting through the air at speeds close to Mach 1, and in the blink of an eye, they surrounded Landeck.
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Landeck sensed a threat to his life and deployed all his defensive equipment, a Light Defense Shield, an S-Class Thunder Shield, but they tore apart like paper, shattered in an instant. However, in a critical moment, he also released his ability.
A semi-transparent shield made up of light spots appeared around him, spinning rapidly, catching these attacks. Although it was wavering and about to tumble, there were no signs of it breaking.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, three metal shuttles flew back, furiously bombarding the thorny vines that now obscured the sky, blasting open a passage. Huangfu Xiong didn’t dare to delay and quickly retreated.
"Damn it." Watching the other party flee, Landeck was furious, but for the sake of the Insect-Human BOSS, he did not pursue.
"Let’s team up to kill the monster, split the spoils of war evenly, and I have a plan that could annihilate them all," the woman in leather clothes invited Landeck, as internal conflict at this time would be unwise.
Tang Zheng, not even sparing a glance at the core he took from the meat worm monster, fled the passage in a disheveled state, his whole person dirty with ashes, his Power Armor covered in stains. The chain of explosions just now was caused by the meat worm monster; had he been any slower, he would have certainly been buried alive.
Entering the Castle Lobby, Tang Zheng saw countless green vines twisting about, almost piercing the Vault of Heaven, filling his entire field of vision.
Opening the firepower of his chest Energy Cannon to full throttle, he blasted a passage through, but the vines were squirming, quickly about to close up the breach. Moreover, after being attacked, they immediately targeted Tang Zheng as an enemy; the vines, harder than steel whips, lashed towards him to strangle him.
Tang Zheng moved swiftly, escaping as fast as he could, having already spotted four red dots on the radar. One had fled, suggesting the remaining three were definitely together.
The dense thorny vines struck the Power Armor with a sour sound, wrapping around and immediately starting to contract. If not for the Hellfire, they would have certainly been severed in the middle.
Boom, boom, Tang Zheng kept shooting, making a difficult breakthrough. Facing these vines created by nature and human intelligence, even the SS-level Power Armor felt a sense of helplessness, because the opponent’s vitality was too strong, growing several times faster than it could be killed off.
"What’s this?" But the trouble didn’t end there. Tang Zheng noticed some vines had grown flower bones; under the sunlight, they rapidly bloomed and then sprayed out a green Neurotoxic Gas. The bugs nearby that came into contact with it immediately died poisoned, their bodies turning green and shriveling away, as if they were being drained of life essence.
Tang Zheng wasted a whole minute getting twenty meters to the Castle Main Entrance, but looking at the dense mass of vines in the courtyard, his head ached.
"Kill quickly, we’ve got trouble." Landeck had wanted to take it easy, but seeing the flowers spew poison gas, he immediately became cautious. Moreover, the tips of some vines suddenly split open, spewing out seeds, and from within streamed a flood of viscous fluid containing some half-insect, half-plant monsters.
Upon contact with the air, these creatures immediately woke up and crawled to their feet, then with a beat of wings resembling locusts, they took flight, staring with large compound eyes, surveying these invaders of their hunting zone.
The heights of these Insect-Humans varied from 1.5 to 3 meters, with various builds, thus possessing different abilities. Those without wings crawled towards them covered in mucus, while simultaneously opening their mouths and firing a light beam. The winged Insect-Humans used their mouths to emit sound waves.
"Tough monsters to deal with," said the woman in leather clothes as her Gatling Machine Gun fired. However, the chitin skirt armor on the hips of the insects unfolded, deflecting the stream of bullets, though the rocket shells still managed to cause them harm.
The Impact Beam fired, striking the Insect-Humans, blasting them apart into a shower of blood and flesh that fell to the ground with a splat.
Some Insect-Humans had their backs filled with pores, spewing gases of various colors. No one dared to underestimate these, as even the Insect-Human BOSS, engaged in combat with Fleischer, slowed down after inhaling some.
"You guys keep fighting, I’m out." Surrounded by formidable enemies, Landeck was unwilling to sacrifice himself for a trifling gain. To kill this vine monster, both sides were bound to suffer heavy losses, and he had no intention of being a martyr for others.
After glancing at the nearly lifeless Insect-Human BOSS, Fleischer wanted to fight on, but the woman in leather clothes stopped him.
"If we don’t leave now, it’ll be too late." By then, the vines had spat out a great number of Insect-Humans; at least two hundred swarmed the area, instantly turning the vicinity into a killing field.
Fields of wild grass died off in swathes, and even the surrounding rainforest vegetation wilted significantly.
The vines suffocated all nearby lifeforms, stealing their nutrients to grow. After the insects were killed, the vines touched them and grew fine tentacles, wrapping the dead insects and drawing them into the vines’ maws to digest them. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to vote for it and support it with monthly votes at Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)