CHAPTER 530: CHAPTER 285: CRISIS AND FLAWS (10,000-WORD BURST!)

"This damn bug is definitely about to die. Damn it, it just keeps burrowing and running away like a damn mud eel!!"

High above, Qin Xueming cursed, while the rest of the team looked equally disheveled.

"We need to find a way to directly attack that sea urchin in the sky, or else we’re just chasing our own tails," KIKI said, breathing heavily, her eyes fixed on the cloud layer. "Every time we’re about to take down that worm, this sea urchin appears. It’s infuriating."

They had just lured in multiple rounds of firepower. At Northern City Airport, they were close to taking down the Abyss Worm, only to be thwarted again when multiple long spines from the sea urchin descended from the clouds, creating an invisible barrier that blocked missile and bomber assaults from the aerial combat squadron.

Lu Xingchen remained silent, staring at his hands. For the first time, his "Divine Fire" was failing, causing him to question his purpose.

Han Jun added, "I think the purpose of that sea urchin is to trigger even more Monster Tides, but it continues to shadow us without showing itself. What is its ultimate goal?"

The team leader, Wen Zhuo, looked solemn.

"When we can’t hold on any longer or when internal fear causes change, that thing might come down."

"What can we do to resist at that point?"

"The problem is, we’re unable to resist. That thing can definitely sense fear and use it as an anchor, marking the whole city with a Level 5 mark. Hiding is pointless!"

"Damn it!"

"Once that sea urchin appears again, I’ll bring the Hell Black Chrysanthemum up into the sky, see if it follows!" Wen Zhuo bit his teeth as he opened the metal case surrounding the Hell Black Chrysanthemum, saying, "If we wait any longer, the city’s going to be emptied!"

"The Dreadnought Level is already on standby. This time, the priority target is that sea urchin!"

Buzzing sounds filled the air.

High above, Zhang Chengzhi stood in the command room of the Dreadnought Level aerospace battleship, watching the aviation combat squadron’s operational information.

"No matter what happens, the primary target is the S-Class Cloud Black Thorn!" Over at the East City Wall, Zhao Yu issued a strict order while observing the holographic scenario.

"Got it!"

"All units, pay attention to the regional radar information." At the North City Wall, He Zhen looked out over the massive Monster Tide, with the deafening noise of a hundred thousand monsters. Dozens of the 1130 guns and 300 Great Wall-50 Base Rail Cannons continued firing without pause, with electromagnetic railguns illuminating the sky, highlighting the Winged Demons.

A rumbling wave of seismic activity announced that the Abyss Worm was breaking through the ground once more.

"It’s here!"

Up in the air, Wen Zhuo watched the fleet of warships above, saying to KIKI and the others, "Stay here and hold the line, I’ll go find that thing!"

With that, he carried the Hell Black Chrysanthemum and charged straight into the sky, while two space fighter jets from the aerial combat squadron followed suit.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

Blizzard winds whipped around Wen Zhuo’s face, crystallizing into Bai Shuang as he exhaled mist, watching the data on his combat goggles while plunging into the clouds, feeling a heavy presence spreading around him.

Wen Zhuo glanced at the Hell Black Chrysanthemum in his hand; with the metal protective case gone, it lay exposed in a transparent growth chamber, inhaling masses of black smoke, the crimson glow from the Black Chrysanthemum’s light making it look particularly striking within the dark cloud layers.

Boom!

Below, in the city area, the tremors intensified, signaling the imminent emergence of the Abyss Worm.

Clutching the Disaster Plant tightly, Wen Zhuo’s expression was fierce, his eyes continuously scanning the surroundings and overhead, feeling a peculiar sensation wash over him.

Something up there had its sights locked on him!

Buzz!

Two fighter jets roared past overhead, and almost immediately, Wen Zhuo heard an escort team’s message in his earpiece: "Captain Wen, radar has detected something right above you!"

"Launch the missiles!"

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!

In an instant, the two jets deployed tactical missiles, targeting the unknown entity above.

Wen Zhuo looked up, his expression tightened, and there it was—a massive, black creature emerging from the clouds, covered in terrifyingly long black spines, resembling a cloud sea urchin!

But this monster was not just massive; the black spines alone were longer than a skyscraper, swaying and wriggling, with the exposed cloud-covered part stretching over several hundred meters, looking immensely terrifying!

Boom boom boom!

The missiles exploded unexpectedly in mid-air, causing ripples in space, as if they had struck some transparent barrier.

"Not hiding anymore?!"

Wen Zhuo’s gaze grew colder; he summoned steel beams to shoot upward. The Cloud Black Insect’s spines swayed, and Wen Zhuo sensed an invisible energy wave spread out. The rapidly launched steel beams suddenly emitted a loud clang, with their tips deforming slightly as if they had struck an impenetrable force field.

Wen Zhuo’s eyes shone, his superpower flowed, allowing him to sense more clearly that the barrier felt solid and impassable.

Buzz!

The sound of a breaking wind approached, and Wen Zhuo reacted quickly, dodging to one side!

In a split second, a giant black thorn swept past where he had just been, creating massive air pressure that spun him tens of meters through the air.

"Ah!"

Wen Zhuo bit down hard as he flew back, always maintaining control over the steel beams.

Yet at this moment, the once-stalled steel beams suddenly shot upward again. Wen Zhuo hurriedly steadied himself, using magnetic control power to grasp the beams and launch them at the Cloud Black Thorn.