Chapter 656: The Beast Tide Rises Again, the Martian Battlefield
Mars.
Countless Space Exotic Beasts swarmed in, covering the sky and land, but the Human Race’s base was already lying in wait.
On the surface of Mars, hidden entrances opened, revealing hundreds of faint blue light trails. In the Supercomputing Center’s quantum matrix, Jiang Cai’Er’s Digital Life Clone opened billions of electronic eyes.
Hundreds of thousands of Quantum Computers vibrated in unison, compressing the battlefield’s data stream into nanosecond-level decision commands.
“Activating the Hive Shield Matrix. Sector B7 will compensate for the energy gap.”
“Orbital electromagnetic cannon array charging countdown: 3, 2, 1—”
As the Supercomputing Center operated, commands were issued one after another. At times, hundreds of thousands of directives were sent out in a single second, controlling all the automated weaponry on the battlefield.
For instance, twelve Celestial Punishment Level High-Energy Particle Cannon platforms suspended in Mars’s synchronous orbit suddenly pivoted. Blazing, dazzling beams tore through the dark mist, pierced the atmosphere, and precisely penetrated the compound eye cores of three Star-Eating Scorpions. The corrosive fluid they sprayed exploded into a purple mist mid-air.
From underground bunkers, three thousand Profound Bird-9 unmanned fighters ascended from their vertical launch silos.
The surface trembled as the Mars base’s First, Second, and Third Heavy Armored Combined Brigades charged out from red rock tunnels.
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“Extraordinary Being squads, attack!”
“Squads Three, Four, and Five, circle around and flank them! Squads One and Two, follow us and strike at their heart!”
The Twin Gouyu, leading their elite teams, charged into the fray.
In an instant, the battlefield was a tapestry of blood and fire.
No one knew how long the fierce battle had raged, but in the end, the Mars base’s foundations proved insufficient. It was overwhelmed by the Beast Tide and suffered devastating losses.
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On a Martian plain swept by red storms, the Twin Gouyu stood back-to-back at the edge of a crater’s fissure. Not far away, the wreckage of several Profound Bird Fighters still smoldered, emitting wisps of smoke.
The starry halo unique to the Divine King Realm encircled them, but it was now dim and less brilliant than before. Crimson beads of blood hung suspended in the thin atmosphere, forming an eerie, bloody mist.
“Yukigiri, can you still hold on?” Asatsuyu asked, her voice hoarse as she wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth.
“I can, Sis. We have to hold on until Mother succeeds, or until Godfather arrives!” Yukigiri gritted her teeth, her gaze resolute. Her Battle Armor was damaged, and her body was covered in blood and grime.
“Right. When sisters work together, we can break through metal. Three more Divine King Realm Exotic Beasts are coming. Let’s give them the fight of their lives!”
‘Three of them…’ Fear gripped Yukigiri’s heart, but she clenched her jaw and followed her sister’s figure.
Among the swarming Exotic Beast Legion were three Divine King Realm Star-Eating Scorpions. The dark purple corrosive fluid they sprayed from their tails melted a huge gap in the Human Race base’s energy shield. Several underground ecological domes collapsed with a roar amidst the acid fog, and the fields of space wheat painstakingly cultivated by the agricultural team, along with Lin Wanwan’s Martian bee breeding pods, were all reduced to scorched earth.
The Twin Gouyu’s silver-white Battle Armor was already covered in cracks. After an hour of bitter fighting, Asatsuyu’s left shoulder was pierced by a Scorpion’s pincer, and what little Spiritual Power she had left fiercely battled the Exotic Beast’s venom at the wound. Yukigiri supported herself with a broken blade, her feet planted on the wreckage of a Profound Bird drone’s wing.
They had used the Space Folding Technique to create hundreds of mirrored clones on the battlefield, yet the Scorpions’ compound eyes still saw through to their true bodies. When two Scorpions simultaneously unleashed their “Meteor Shattered Armor” Talent Divine Technique, the sisters’ Protective Light Shields shattered like glass, and the blood mist condensed into tragic, beautiful Red Pearls in the low-gravity environment.
‘Is this how we die?’
‘Still, we’ve already killed a Nine-Headed Divine King Realm. It was worth it!’
In the nick of time, five streaks of light tore through the Martian atmosphere.
Li Xiang, wielding the Star Pillar-Breaking Stick, chopped down from the sky. The image of his stick transformed into a thousand-mile-long “Nine Prisons Collapsing Peak” Inscription, smashing the two Scorpions into a deep crater.
Yao Yao’s Simurgh Illusion spread its sky-blotting wings, its holy light washing over and repairing the damaged shields. Zhao Xueqing waved her hand, scattering space wheat Spirit Seeds. A verdant Energy Field instantly purified the corrosive acid fog, and the destroyed ecological farm actually began to sprout tender shoots from the scorched earth.
Lei Xiaohui and Erin transformed into twin flashes of gold and silver lightning. A fire dragon roared, and in an instant, they cleared a hundred-meter-wide vacuum in the Beast Tide.
Li Xiang let out a long roar. The pressure of his Planet Dominator Realm aura caused the Exotic Beast Legion to slow down. He joined hands with Yao Yao, Lei Xiaohui, and Erin to cast “Star Dome Forbidden Area.” The remaining Exotic Beasts were annihilated, turning to dust in the spatial collapse.
Meanwhile, Zhao Xueqing gathered the Twin Gouyu into her arms. A Tail Vine Bud emerged and dripped Spirit Dew Rain into the two women’s mouths.
The Spirit Dew Rain secreted by a Divine King Realm being was a supreme healing elixir. Soon, the two women’s injuries stabilized, and they began to recover. However, the Spiritual Power they had completely exhausted would take time to replenish.
Li Xiang had the others help guard the base and rescue the injured. He transformed into a streak of light and swept back and forth across the surface of Mars. At the Planet Dominator Realm, it was as if he had entered a Land of No One. In just a day’s time, he cleared Mars of all Space Exotic Beasts.
After the battle, the statistics from Jiang Cai’Er’s Supercomputing Center came in: 73% of the facilities at the three Martian bases were destroyed, but the core Quantum Computer array was preserved, as it was buried deep underground.
However, there were also gains. The most valuable of these were the thirty-six Divine King Realm corpses that had fallen on the Martian battlefield.
This would allow the Mars base to create thirty-six Divine King Level Stellar Mother Ships. However, the modifications would require at least a year.
During this period, Li Xiang would need to stand guard over Mars to buy time for the modification of the Divine King Level Stellar Mother Ships.