From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 878 - 511: Showdown, Imminent Eruption

The last three days have arrived on the Abyss Battlefield.

The number of Xavier Matrix Nanomechanical Factories has been growing exponentially over the past month.

In the last three days, nuclear weapons began to be manufactured.

The holographic data that Lu Heng obtained shows that the current number of Nanomechanical Factories has reached 16,225 and is still increasing.

However, after entering the rapid production phase, the growth rate of the Nanomechanical Factories has slowed down.

Subsequently, the number of various weapons soared rapidly.

The number of micro nuclear bombs is growing at a rate of 1,000 per minute.

Medium and large nuclear bombs are also increasing in numbers.

In addition, strategic-level nuclear bombs are being manufactured, with progress already over one-third.

Aside from nuclear bombs, multiple types of laser weapons are being produced.

Once nuclear missiles are manufactured, they are immediately deployed nearby, waiting to be launched.

The missiles used by Xavier Matrix employ launcher-integrated technology, which doesn’t require launch platforms.

Moreover, in the environment of the Asteroid Belt, there is no atmospheric resistance in space, making the missile range virtually unlimited, capable of launching from tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, with differences only in the time it takes to hit the target.

Missiles flying in space consume fuel only related to their mass and the necessary terminal velocity.

This greatly reduces the amount of propellant needed for the missiles, inherently lightening the missiles and allowing for faster production.

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The manufacturing speed of nuclear weapons is quick, but by the twenty-eighth day, the Shadow Demons have reacted.

As the time reached the final hours of the Abyss Battlefield, the leaders among the Shadow Demons also sensed something was off.

After all, the asteroids spanning hundreds of thousands of kilometers within the Asteroid Belt have been hollowed out, and the whole world is undergoing changes.

Moreover, any patrols dispatched by the Shadow Demons will be immediately destroyed upon approaching certain star domains.

Such incidents occurred repeatedly, prompting the High Rank Shadow Demons to naturally sense a problem.

Under normal circumstances, Shadow Demons patrolling the outskirts of the satellite fortress would encounter attacks rarely.

After all, the Asteroid Belt is extremely sparse, and due to the Shadow Demons’ size and the nature of Shadow Energy, it’s intrinsically difficult to spot them in space.

The number of attacks on the Shadow Demon patrols increased, causing the deaths of Shadow Demons, which resonated Shadow Energy, with locations visible to High Rank Shadow Demons.

These Shadow echoes combined to gradually form a circle, an enclosing circle around Nebula City.

Upon realizing the situation, the rulers among the Shadow Demons naturally deduced what was happening.

The Shadow Demon patrols were deliberately intercepted within a ring-shaped star domain, as if they were being blocked by an invisible hand.

This suggested that beyond this ring lay enormous danger.

Therefore, the High Rank Shadow Demons began deploying to explore the star domain where the Nanomechanical Factories were located.

The Elf Clan and Sea Demon Clan engaged in unavoidable battles to stop these High Rank Shadow Demons.

This exposure led to the identities of both species being revealed.

Originally, among the known information of the Shadow Demons, only human recruiters were part of this Abyss Battlefield. Now, suddenly, Elves and Sea Demons appeared.

This further heightened the Shadow Demon rulers’ vigilance, expanding their search range.

The number of Nanomechanical Factories had already reached over 1,600, making it difficult to protect them all.

Thus, on the night of the twenty-eighth day, the Shadow Demons discovered the Nanomechanical Factories and the manufactured technology weapons.

The Shadow Demon ruler Demigod Erebos, under the sparkling starry night, opened his Eye of Demigod, gazing over the Asteroid Belt, and finally uncovered the secret of the Nanomechanical Factories.

In his Eye of Demigod, he saw countless tiny lights in the Asteroid Belt, gathering into a Death God Scythe, seemingly poised to destroy the entire world.

After realizing the crisis was approaching, Demigod Erebos dispatched tens of thousands of High Rank Shadow Demons into the star domain, beginning the destruction of the Nanomechanical Factories.

After this development, a holographic projection of Xavier Matrix appeared in the equipment carried by Lu Heng.

"The Shadow Demons have launched a surprise attack, and the Nanomechanical Factories are being destroyed rapidly. You must hold off the Shadow Demons, at least for one day."

The time had already reached the twenty-ninth day, leaving just one final day.

If the secret of the Nanomechanical Factories could be kept until the last day, this battle would be very successful.

Unfortunately, they were ultimately discovered.

Evidently, the Shadow Demon Clan is not so easily dealt with.

Lu Heng had already considered the countermeasure: "For all Nanomechanical Factories under Shadow Demons’ surprise attacks, launch all weapons, detonate nuclear materials, aim to hurt the Shadow Demons as much as possible."

Xavier Matrix: "We are already doing that, but without the assistance of Superpower Soldiers, technology weapons pose little threat to Shadow Demons."

Especially High Rank Shadow Demons, possessing various skills, have many ways to evade missile bombardments.

Therefore, simply relying on missiles and laser weapons to kill Shadow Demons is difficult to achieve.

"I’m leading the team over to support now, mark the combat locations."

Lu Heng then informed the Elf Clan, Sea Demon Clan, Black Iron Dwarves, and Bansel Clan to join the battlefield to stop the Shadow Demons’ assault.

The great battle was about to begin.

Lu Heng also sent out invitations for participation to other recruiters.

Recruiter teams gradually joined the battle, though some stayed on the sidelines outside the battlefield.

The battle circle spread in the star domain of the Nanomechanical Factories, with the holographic data showing the number of Nanomechanical Factories decreasing rapidly.

Every time the Shadow Demons destroyed a Nanomechanical Factory, the number on the data decreased by one.

Half a day into the fight, the number of Nanomechanical Factories had dropped from 16,285 to 13,720 and was still rapidly decreasing.

The number of High Rank Shadow Demons was overwhelming, surpassing the number of Lu Heng’s recruited forces, combined with the Elf Clan, Sea Demon Clan, Black Iron Dwarves, and Bansel Clan warriors.

This is the advantage of the Shadow Demons’ home world, absolute numerical supremacy.

If not for the threat posed by the Nanomechanical Factories, the Sword Holder Alliance led by Lu Heng would have long been submerged by the Shadow Demons.

Due to the existence of the Nanomechanical Factories, most of the Shadow Demons focused on searching for them in the star domain, bearing the brunt of most of the attacks.

The Sword Holder Alliance led by Lu Heng charged onward, but stopping tens of thousands of Shadow Demons was simply impossible.

The speed at which the High Rank Shadow Demons destroyed the Nanomechanical Factories was too fast; once they discovered a hollowed-out asteroid, they would turn into a Shadow Sword, penetrating the asteroid and detonating the Nanomechanical Factory inside.

Thus, for the High Rank Shadow Demon to destroy the Nanomechanical Factory only requires one strike, but the real delay for the Shadow Demon lies in the process of searching for the Nanomechanical Factory.

As the number of Nanomechanical Factories decreases to 12,501, the situation is gradually facing collapse.

Once the number of Nanomechanical Factories falls below 10,000, it will be difficult to pose a threat to Nebula City.

Therefore, the Shadow Demon must be stopped from continuing to destroy the Nanomechanical Factories.

Lu Heng looked at the holographic data and asked in a deep voice, "How long can we hold out."

The Xavier Matrix had been calculating the situation and could directly report the data: "At the current rate, it will only take half a day for the Nanomechanical Factories to be destroyed down to just 8,000 units.

"Below 10,000 units is already the critical point. If the Shadow Demon cannot be stopped, this doomsday plan will fail."

Queen Orelana interjected: "Our number of warriors is too small to stop that many Shadow Demons."

Lu Heng pondered for a moment, and together with Queen Orelana, turned to look in the direction of Nebula City.

"To break the deadlock, there’s only one choice."

The two thought of the same strategy, which was to assault the main city of the Shadow Demon, Nebula City, to force the Shadow Demon to retreat defensively.

Now, most of the High Rank Shadow Demons had been dispatched, and Nebula City’s defenses were indeed inadequate.

But so-called inadequate is relative.

Because the ruler of the Shadow Demon Clan, Demigod Erebos, remained in the city, it was the most powerful being in this world.

According to known intelligence, Erebos’s level had already surpassed that of a demigod and was close to the realm of a god.

With Demigod Erebos guarding it, attacking Nebula City could well be like hitting a stone with an egg.

Lu Heng took a deep breath and said, "I’ll take on this mission. I will break into Nebula City to force the Shadow Demon to retreat."

Queen Orelana reminded him, "That’s very dangerous."

"I know, but it’s the only way."

As Lu Heng spoke, he looked at the holographic image of the Xavier Matrix: "Give me fire support."

After calculating, the Xavier Matrix agreed to this plan: "Alright, launching the first wave of nuclear missile attacks on Nebula City in three seconds."

Three seconds later, the Nanomechanical Factories in the Asteroid Belt began to launch tens of thousands of missiles, swarming toward Nebula City from all directions.

Following the first wave of missiles, the second wave, third wave, and fourth wave of missiles were launched in succession.

Each missile carried a nuclear warhead, and employed Sikes Technology’s nuclear explosion technology, with immense power, pushing the conversion of mass into energy to the extreme.

While the first wave of nuclear missiles was still in flight, the tenth wave had already been launched.

The total number of missiles exceeded a million, making it impossible for the Shadow Demon to intercept.

Moreover, after passing the acceleration phase, the flight speed of the missiles broke through 30 times the speed of sound.

Such a speed was sufficient to fly out of the Constant Star System, and the Low Rank Shadow Demon could not intercept them at all.

Even if a High Rank Shadow Demon wanted to intercept, the missile would immediately detonate upon detecting the Shadow Demon target approaching, bombing the Shadow Demon.

Boom! Boom! Boom...

The entire Star Domain was filled with the firelight of explosions.

The nuclear explosions had no sound transmission, only the flickering firelight of the explosions.

One after another, the flames from the nuclear explosions bloomed in space.

Tens of thousands of nuclear explosions, but compared to the millions of missiles in flight, were merely a drop in the bucket.

Millions of nuclear missiles flew toward Nebula City, heading towards the Shadow Demon satellite fortress.

All the Shadow Demon fortresses activated their Shadow Energy Shields to withstand the nuclear explosions.

Boom! Boom! Boom...

The Shadow Demon fortress swayed amidst the dense mini-nuclear explosions.

The first wave of these nuclear missiles were all mini nuclear missiles, meant to distract the opponent with sheer quantity. Hence, they were numerous, but their individual power was not strong.

Thousands of mini nuclear bombs exploded on the fortress shield, smashing it to pieces, and the remaining nuclear bombs bombarded the fortress, blasting large pits into the walls and ground.

Shadow Demons flew out of the fortress, unaffected by the nuclear radiation of the bombs.

Nebula City also faced nuclear missile attacks, but with Demigod Erebos’s presence and Nebula City’s stronger Shadow Shield in place.

Nuclear missiles exploded on the shield, causing the entire Nebula City to shake, even displacing the asteroids below.

But supported by Erebos, the Shadow Energy Shield remained unbroken.

Meanwhile.

High Rank Shadow Demons were still scouring, continuing to destroy the Nanomechanical Factories.

Lu Heng, taking advantage of the fire cover from the ten waves of nuclear missiles, rushed over Nebula City, drew the Aurora Blade, and unleashed his full combat power, executing the Wind Dragon Breathless Slash with one strike.

Boom!

Roar!

The crackling Wind Dragon roared, instantly piercing a huge hole in the Shadow Shield.

As soon as the Shadow Shield appeared in the hole, a giant black arm swiftly extended from within Nebula City and grabbed his body.

"Pathetic worm!"

Erebos let out a scornful laugh, and with a powerful squeeze, "bang" crushed Lu Heng.

This was clearly a clone.

In the next moment, Lu Heng swooped down from the sky, Aurora Blade in hand, and shattered the Shadow Energy Shield with one slash.

Rumble!

With a loud bang, the entire Shadow Energy Shield shattered explosively.

The subsequent nuclear missiles descending like meteors crashed into Nebula City, resulting in continuous explosions of "boom, boom, boom".

"Damn!"

Erebos let out an angry roar, turning to crush Lu Heng’s true body.

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