High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 271 - 231: A Blade From the Heavens, Red Ape Cleaved
This shivering voice was not an isolated incident. Within the beast tide, many soldiers looked grim as fear rapidly spread across the battlefield.
"Damn it!"
As the commander, Zhen Yue’s heart sank. He immediately realized the severity of the problem. The troops he led were not elite forces, and he noticed the morale of the warriors on the field was rapidly declining.
If nothing was done soon, the low morale would greatly reduce the warriors’ combat effectiveness. Once a small gap appeared in the defense at this time, it could lead to a dam bursting, resulting in total collapse instantly.
"We must do something to regain morale now!"
However, there were simultaneously two Seventh Level Grandmaster Level Fierce Beasts on this battlefield. He could only cooperate with heavy weaponry and several field officers to first kill one Grandmaster Level Fierce Beast.
To kill such a Grandmaster Level Fierce Beast would inevitably come at a cost, and many warriors would be swept in and left here completely.
Zhen Yue panted heavily, gripping the horse-cutting long saber in his hand tightly. His right arm was trembling slightly. He had never felt that the weapon he had fought alongside for many years could be so heavy. The long duration of intense battle had almost depleted his strength.
At this moment, he could not help but doubt whether he could kill a Grandmaster Level Fierce Beast and retreat unscathed...
What’s more deadly was that there wasn’t just one, but two waiting for him to handle.
"Damn it to hell, whatever!"
Zhen Yue roared, his bloodshot eyes flashing with determination.
"No time left..."
"First and second battalions, cover with firepower, pave the way for me. Third battalion, bombard the middle zone, separate those two big guys. Zhao Hu, you will follow me later, let’s take down that red-furred monster first."
The world’s heavy weapons can kill Grandmaster Level Fierce Beasts, but ordinary artillery can’t. Fierce Beasts above Grandmaster Level are extremely fast, all of them are high-speed individuals exceeding the speed of sound.
Plus, above Grandmaster Level, their life force is tenacious, and they can master a certain amount of the Power of Heaven and Earth Laws, which can distort the trajectory of incoming heavy weapons. Therefore, killing such powerful beings requires even more terrifying strategic weapons.
However, these strategic weapons are greatly restricted by the Beast Cave. There exist some special rules around the Beast Cave, like a special force field.
Within this special force field, communication signals are greatly weakened, and many reconnaissance methods lose their effectiveness.
As soon as any heavy weapon enters a certain range around the Beast Cave, its power will be greatly reduced. Weapons like satellite-guided ones will be affected by the force field of the Beast Cave and deviate off course. Therefore, near the Beast Cave, these strategic weapons nearly become useless pieces of scrap metal.
Unless the Fierce Beasts are let out completely, but in doing so, the consequences of the beast tide will expand exponentially, a consequence no one can bear.
Therefore, in the era of the Martial Dao Civilization, the weapons developed by military forces around the world have moved in the direction of high precision and point killing, enabling teams composed of ordinary people to have the capability to kill Fierce Beasts.
But this also led to a problem: insufficient firepower, severely inadequate firepower, which, when encountering extensive and prolonged beast tides, would put them at a disadvantage.
Upon receiving Zhen Yue’s order, several heavy weapon battalions began quickly switching targets. Over a hundred Gatling heavy machine guns started firing, the bullets from the muzzles forming a continuous line, where the fire line reached, flesh and blood flew, and limbs exploded apart.
Subsequently, hot weapons like cannons and howitzers began alternating for firepower coverage.
One by one, small mushroom-shaped clouds rose above the battlefield, the temperature instantly increased, and as the heat rolled, one head of Fierce Beast let out a mournful cry and fell into pools of blood.
The concentrated firepower temporarily surpassed the speed at which the Fierce Beasts could fill in, temporarily clearing a path to the Red Ape.
"We did it, the path is cleared!"
Someone couldn’t help but clench their fists and wave them vigorously, and the low morale was somewhat recovered.
However, Zhen Yue, as the highest commander here, showed no signs of joy. After the path was cleared, that Red Ape, unrestrained by the surrounding middle and low tier Fierce Beasts, was completely free to act.
As the Red Ape began to charge.
Thump thump thump.
The earth trembled continually.
Zhen Yue realized he couldn’t afford to catch a breath, he must deal with this big guy quickly, otherwise, if the giant spider on the other side also gets free, everything would be over.
Watching the massive Red Ape charging towards the front line, a new recruit swallowed heavily, then hoisted a rocket launcher.
Boom.
A rocket propelled forward, trailing a long fiery tail.
A hint of disdain flashed in the gigantic eyes of the Red Ape. It exhaled two streams of breath like white chains from its nose, and suddenly a huge aura spread out from its body, instantly distorting the surrounding air.
Then it raised its right arm, swatting away the incoming rocket like it was a fly.
Boom!
The rocket crashed to the ground, turning into a sea of fire, charring several Fierce Beasts, yet the Red Ape’s charge didn’t slow even slightly, charging forth relentlessly.
"Damn!"
The captain beside the recruit suddenly raised his hand and slapped him, "Who is your instructor, damn it, was he training you like this? Didn’t he ever tell you not to waste rockets on Fierce Beasts above Grandmaster Level?"
Zhen Yue took a deep breath and let out an angry roar.
"Zhao Hu!"
"Commander, present!"
More than twenty powerful warriors roared furiously at the same time. At this moment, they formed up with Zhen Yue at the pinnacle, ready to follow him into the beast tide. Their squad was a steel blade company specifically aimed at handling tough challenges.
Thump thump thump!
And just then, the roar of fighter jets echoed across the sky, two heavy machine guns began to howl, and then all rockets from the aircraft poured down to the ground, blossoming into clusters of fire.
"Reinforcements, reinforcements have definitely arrived!"
At this moment, the warriors on the field looked up to the sky, their faces breaking into smiles of joy, and several company officers immediately began to command.
"Fire cover, the reinforcements are here!"
"Quick, cover them to land."
Zhen Yue’s face showed a slight trace of joy, but only a fleeting trace, as reason told him that the key to holding the line lay in resolving the two big targets.
Otherwise, everything will collapse, and not even an elite team of twenty can save it; at most, they can only slightly delay it.
But with the addition of this elite team of twenty, Zhen Yue felt more assured about the upcoming decapitation strike. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
Immediately, he infused his qi and blood and shouted, "This is the elite team from the South China General War Zone. Once this team joins us, Zhao Hu, you and your team will follow me to take down these two big guys!"
"Understood!"
Hearing this, the warriors on the field were greatly invigorated, which was precisely what Zhen Yue wanted; boosting morale was crucial right now.
"Is everyone ready?"
"We’re ready."
Just then, from the roaring warplane came a whizzing sound. Something slashed through the firmament, emitting a scorching glow due to its high-speed descent and friction with the air, much like a meteor streaking across the sky.
As the small black dot gradually enlarged, a sniper rotated the scope and finally saw the falling figure clearly, then exclaimed in surprise.
"Captain, it’s a human! What’s falling is a human figure and a golden sphere!"
"What, that’s a human?"
"At such high falling speed, why hasn’t he opened his parachute?!"
Upon hearing the exclamation, everyone involuntarily looked up. As the fireball approached the ground, they could faintly see a human figure within, and on his shoulder, a strange golden sphere.
"He’s so low and hasn’t opened his parachute? Could it be he didn’t bring one?" Someone remarked in surprise, but at this moment, no one could answer his question.
The appearance of the fireball drew all warriors on the field to look up, causing a momentary pause on the battlefield.
Thud, thud, thud!
The heavy and enormous footsteps suddenly echoed in everyone’s heart, pulling all the warriors back to the battlefield. Coming to their senses, Zhen Yue’s expression drastically changed as he noticed the Red Ape’s figure swaying, abruptly changing its trajectory.
"Not good, the Red Ape is targeting that guy!"
"Damn it, the elite team? This isn’t reinforcements, they’re just causing chaos!"
If not for the recent fire coverage, this brief moment could have been enough for the defenses to be breached, and now there’s no time to wait for this team to join.
Action must be taken preemptively. Just as Zhen Yue was about to give the order, his mouth barely opened when he witnessed a horrifying scene.
The rampaging Red Ape suddenly stomped the ground, creating a rolling shockwave that formed a gale.
Boom.
Amidst a sudden loud crash, the earth trembled, and this massive beast over ten meters leaped into the air, reaching out a giant hand to grab the falling human figure.
Zhen Yue’s pupils shrank; it was too late.
The Red Ape’s outstretched hand fiercely reached for the human figure in mid-air, and at this moment, everyone’s minds conjured the scene of the figure being crushed by the Red Ape’s giant hand.
"This is the elite team from the General War Zone? Damn it, are they idiots?"
"How can they parachute like this, was this how headquarters taught them?!"
For a moment, many warriors looked away, unwilling to witness the impending tragedy.
While everyone was silently mourning for the figure, Zhen Yue, being a Martial Arts Grandmaster, sensed something as his spiritual power touched upon the fireball.
He suddenly shuddered, sensing extreme danger—this figure within the fireball possessed extraordinary strength, perhaps even greater than his!
"General Level, this is definitely a General Level, but even for a General, this is overly reckless, free-falling from several thousand meters in the air..."
"And he’s still accelerating!"
In the next moment, a burst of golden light erupted from the fireball, and Zhen Yue saw a flaming long saber appear in the figure’s hand.
Clang!
The sound of the saber rang out, resonating from the nine heavens, a terrifying boundless sword momentum covering the entire area.
The figure, like a falling meteor, sharply increased in speed, and behind him, a golden body twice the size of Zhen Yue instantly unfolded.
A scorching and domineering sun appeared above the golden body, as if a Celestial God had descended.
Flaming Sun Slash!
A calm voice was uttered from the fireball.
At this moment, time seemed to freeze; the figure piercing through the firmament was blazing and radiant—a great sun descending upon the earth.
In an instant, ten thousand rays of light consumed everything, the world suddenly fell silent, and it seemed like only the brilliance of the great sun remained.
Once the domineering radiance faded.
Everyone stood dumbfounded, witnessing a scene they would remember forever.
Boom!
Like an earthquake, the ground suddenly trembled violently, and amidst the turbulent shockwaves, the ground was charred black, the surrounding fierce beasts instantly carbonized under the scorching waves, then shattered into dust.
A meteor crater emerged upon the earth.
And the Red Ape, which had leaped high, was rigidly frozen in mid-air. In the next moment, a burst of blood emerged, and shockingly, the Red Ape was split in two mid-fall, bisected from head to toe into two halves.
Splatter.
Blood rain fell upon the ground.
A powerful Seventh Level Grandmaster Fierce Beast had fallen.
Then...
From the meteor crater, a towering human figure slowly stood up, a long saber in hand, surrounded by red flame.
