CHAPTER 594: CHAPTER 593: WITHDRAW

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Atop the city walls, people from Earth tensely adjusted their firepower, while Lin Hao stood on the parapet, his eyes sparkling with sharp light.

"Should I go up and kill him?"

The Flame Winged Dragon was becoming impatient.

"Right, I’ll go too!" Zhou Pudgy was also a bit restless.

Beside them, Liu Chuixue said nothing, simply gently holding Lin Hao’s arm, seemingly nestling next to him, but in actuality, she was supporting him.

And Avril, with her cheeks blushing shyly, looked somewhat uncomfortable.

The huge army of her Elf race had not yet appeared, and if the people from Earth were defeated, the Elves would be doomed!

"No one moves."

Lin Hao shook his head, his gaze still fixed on the distance.

At that moment, the Seven Countries Alliance Army surged forward like a flood overwhelming the land, filling the hills and fields with their cries of battle; the very earth trembled.

"Is this a charge formation that ignores defense?" After watching for a while, Lin Hao turned to ask Lin Guodong.

He was not well-versed in military formations—in his last life, even when he had been in the Upper Realm, he had been a lone wolf, never engaging in siege warfare.

Lin Guodong nodded, "Correct, military formations are divided into offensive and defensive. The offensive formations discard defense, adhering to the principle that the best defense is a good offense. Defensive formations, on the other hand, utilize Turtle Shields or Heavy Shields, advancing systematically and steadily."

"Heh, heaven helps us."

Lin Hao suddenly laughed; this army’s sudden strike, not using a defensive formation, equated to exposing so many men within the range of heavy artillery.

If these people used a Heavy Shield Formation, or any kind of Turtle Shield Formation, steadily advancing, the shield formation composed of several hundred thousand soldiers would likely withstand even a barrage from heavy firepower.

It can be said that if the enemy chose a Shield Formation for their advance, today’s 160,000-strong Earth army might very well have faltered here.

But choosing an offensive formation...

"Ready the firepower!!"

Lin Hao sneered, picking up the walkie-talkie.

In the distance, the Seven Countries Alliance Army approached quickly, like a mountain flood; in the blink of an eye, they had advanced a kilometer.

Their seven Great Emperors had informed them that the people of Earth were ferocious in attack, but individually weak—once they rushed onto the walls, the people of Earth would surely die.

Moreover, given Lin Hao’s previous use of the Tao Rune to breach the defenses of Gu Country Imperial City, at this moment, the seven Great Emperors feared that another attack from Lin Hao, even using a Shield Formation, would be futile.

Little did they know, Lin Hao’s use of the Tao Rune required several days of rest before it could be used a second time.

Now, as the Seven Countries Alliance Army charged collectively without regard to defense, though they were five hundred thousand strong, the lack of defense... Lin Hao almost wanted to laugh.

They were closer, almost there!

Lin Hao watched the rapidly approaching army with cold eyes, his fists involuntarily clenching.

"Fire!"

Suddenly, Lin Hao’s eyes gleamed, he grabbed the walkie-talkie and roared.

"Boom!"

Simultaneously, the armored clusters, with tens of thousands of cannons firing, began to thunder from atop the city walls.

"Whoosh, whoosh!!"

The whistling of the shells filled the sky, a dense carpet bombing began!

"Charge!"

Within the ranks of the Seven Countries Alliance Army, the leaders, seeing the densely packed rockets and missiles flying swiftly through the sky with trailing flames, had their expressions change and urgently urged their troops.

They had to charge, to climb over the walls of Gu Country Imperial City as fast as they could, for victory was within their grasp!

Meanwhile, of course, the charging soldiers of Gu Country understood this principle as well, now exerting their full strength, relentlessly advancing.

However, at that moment, the first round of shells finally fell.

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"Boom boom boom!!!"

The explosion sounded, and the ground bloomed like flowers.

These modified bombs, made from materials and Primordial Stones from the Eternal Life Realm, were extraordinarily powerful.

In an instant, countless people were blown into the sky.

Limbs and broken arms flew all over, and the army was immediately enveloped in thick smoke.

Following that, the first round of missiles and rockets fell, and the ground seemed to burst into fireworks.

From afar, the emperors of the Seven Countries remained motionless, watching the charging army engulfed by artillery fire, their faces grim and silent.

Each explosion, each vibration, shook them deeply.

They even realized that if they were standing in the blast zone, even with their Emperor Cultivation and bodies tougher than steel, they couldn’t withstand such explosions!

"What are these weapons exactly!"

It took a full three minutes before an emperor finally exclaimed in shock.

But who could answer him?

They had never seen such weapons, nor fought such a war.

Only Gu Emperor was sneering, pulling out a shrapnel from his waist.

"This, I risked my life to obtain while retreating. Take a look," Gu Emperor sneered and handed the palm-sized shrapnel to an emperor next to him.

The emperor took the shrapnel, and before he even looked at it, he felt overwhelmed just by holding it.

"This..."

The shrapnel emitted a strange power, and upon carefully examining it, he realized that he had never seen such material before in his understanding!

"What kind of material is this, I’ve never seen it before!" He exclaimed in horror and passed the shrapnel to another emperor beside him.

That emperor, after taking it, had the same shocked expression as the other.

"This is... this thing doesn’t belong to our world, nor the Lower Realm."

"This comes from a higher plane, Divine World? Or... the Eternal Life Realm?!"

This conclusion was too shocking, too startling.

The six emperors looked at each other and then turned their eyes to Gu Emperor.

"That’s what I suspected too. The Earth people are universally hunted by the Divine World, obviously there’s a reason. And the reason is that someone from Earth stole from the Eternal Life Realm, offended the Eternal Life Realm, thus leading to today’s events," Gu Emperor sneered continuously, assuming Earth’s technological weapons were stolen from the Eternal Life Realm.

But indeed, this was the most convincing reason.

The other six emperors didn’t ponder any further and immediately agreed with this view.

"Damn it, Earth people stole treasures from the Immortals of the Eternal Life Realm and came here to bully us?" an emperor cursed angrily.

Obviously, they considered themselves the bullied.

They suddenly realized why they couldn’t defeat the Earth people—because the Earth people were wielding weapons from the Eternal Life Realm!

Weapons of the Eternal Life Realm, no doubt they could strut around the Divine World, let alone their Upper Realm Plane?

"Retreat!"

One emperor’s face looked terribly ugly, as if he had eaten something disgusting, and he bellowed the order loudly.

How could they still fight?

Was there still a chance to fight?

Unless the Eternal Life Realm gave them a set of such powerful weapons, it was impossible!

Today, the hundreds of thousands of troops who charged out were wasted!

"Retreat! Retreat as much as possible!"

The other emperors also issued orders one after another, while glaring angrily at Gu Emperor as if they wanted to devour him: "Why the hell didn’t you disclose such significant findings earlier!"