CHAPTER 1863: CHAPTER 1856: BATTLE OF THE TWIN GODS

The patriarch’s attack signified that the conflict was inevitably breaking out. Even if Anxiang Yu wanted to retreat now, there was no chance for withdrawal.

At the instant when the light orb struck the goddess, Liseya, who was coiling around Luo’er, immediately stepped forward. The goddess, transformed from Fulajie’er, instantly turned into a light orb, creating an invisible shield in front of Luo’er.

Others might not understand very well, but no one knew better than Fulajie’er.

Luo’er’s body had been eroded by magic power. Though he was rescued by Xia Yue, the fundamental problem hadn’t been solved. So, although he was a half-blood of the Elf Race, he couldn’t withstand such a massive magical impact.

It was precisely because of this that when facing the Nascent Soul impact from the Anxiang family, Fulajie’er didn’t choose to meet it head-on, but instead let Liseya attack while she focused on protecting Luo’er and the other members of the advance team.

The light orb formed by the Anxiang family’s Nascent Soul was over five meters in diameter, while Liseya, rushing forward, was only the size of a head. Though they seemed vastly different in size, during the charge, Liseya kept gathering magic around her, and her head grew brighter and brighter, eventually turning into a white light orb.

The two light orbs, one big and one small, collided in an instant, releasing a massive amount of magical power. The energy generated by the collision of magical forces heated the surrounding air, creating a huge explosion at that moment, even producing a shock wave visible to the naked eye that spread in all directions.

With a thunderous roar, the airburst created a gigantic fireball, and the shock wave instantly tore everything around, even pressing the ground dirt into depressions, and the stone slabs on the road were compressed and even thrown in all directions.

Facing the close-range airburst, Luo’er instinctively raised his hand to block, simultaneously taking a few steps back. Fulajie’er not only blocked the magical impact on Luo’er but also intercepted part of the shock wave, and only a few shockwaves brushed over Luo’er, making him feel a tingle on his scalp.

Compared to Luo’er and the advance team, others weren’t as lucky. The magical surge produced by the magic power scattering in an instant swept over the surrounding people, and soldiers who couldn’t withstand such a massive influx of magic fell to the ground one after another. Those closer to the explosion were even thrown by the shock wave it generated, like paper scattered around.

For a moment, chaos ensued at the scene, and the warhorses of Anxiang Yu were directly startled and reared, throwing him to the ground and fleeing in panic without hesitation.

However, these people were cultivators, not mages from the Western Continent, so they didn’t have much problem enduring magical impacts. They only needed slight adjustments, and they wouldn’t face the magic power erosion situation of the Western Continent.

After the explosion, the originally massive Nascent Soul of the Anxiang family had shrunk significantly due to magic power dispersal, now roughly the size of a fitness ball, but it still emitted a dazzling white light.

He and Liseya did not stop at all. After the first clash, they quickly began gathering magic. Like two planets mutually attracting one another, they tangled and collided repeatedly in the sky, creating explosion after explosion.

Luo’er had never seen Demigods battle so fiercely before. Although Fulajie’er and Liseya had fought earlier, it was mostly offense and defense, ultimately relying on Cheng Ziang’s ties to turn foes into friends.

This time was completely different. Both the Nascent Soul of the Anxiang family and Liseya were focused solely on full-on assault. They engaged in intense entanglement, freely absorbing magic from the atmosphere, causing their images to continuously emit strong light due to the dense magical power.

Their engagements erupted into intense explosions, and in less than a minute, they had exchanged blows over a dozen times, battling from near the ground to high in the sky.

Each explosion sent strong shockwaves that everyone could feel, causing their scalps to tingle. The battles near the ground made the dirt surface sink, and surrounding plants were torn by air waves and thrown.

"Attack, if we can’t bring the national advisor back, just bring his head back as a trophy!" Anxiang Yu raised his waist knife and shouted loudly.

"Let’s see who dares!"

Facing the tidal advance of the Nine Thousand Battalion soldiers, Luo’er no longer hid his true identity. He raised his hand and abruptly swept away the sanctified robe of intertwined platinum, pulling out an Origin Submachine Gun from beneath the robe and opened fire on the enemy.

The Yuanzi Group was split within the gun chamber, causing small-scale explosions as flame spewed from the muzzle. Since the Yuanzi Group would be captured by the cultivators’ Qitian, it would recombine inside them and release energy again, a force sufficient to explode the cultivators’ Qitian.

Under Luo’er’s burst of gunfire, the soldiers charging at the front fell like cut-down wheat. Some soldiers, who were not cultivators, experienced the Yuanzi Group reorganizing and exploding directly on their bodies, its power enough to tear through their outer armor.

As Luo’er opened fire, members of the advance team behind him also began to fire at surrounding enemies. Hu Daoke popped his head through the carriage rooftop, setting up the Origin Machine Gun on a bipod, continuously rotating and fiercely spraying bullets around.

The sounds of explosions and intense, dense gunfire were constant in the air. This was probably the first major battle the advance team had fought since entering Kyushu, with their performance tremendously shocking the enemy, who hadn’t expected the advance team to have such formidable combat power.

As the sharp edge stationed by headquarters in the Otherworld, the advance team had been operating there for more than a decade, naturally making their combat prowess formidable.

Moreover, during their adventurous journey, besides upgrading their equipment, the advance team continuously recruited powerful combat forces, further enhanced with the blessings of two Demigods, making their combat power steadily rise.

They hadn’t demonstrated this in Kyushu, firstly, to avoid unnecessary conflict, making it easier for the advance team to inspect Kyushu. Secondly, they were concerned about being remembered poorly as a treasured gem by malevolent individuals.

Now that the conflict between the two sides was irreconcilable, Luo’er had no need to hide anymore. Hence, before exiting the vehicle, Luo’er deliberately concealed the Origin Submachine Gun under his robe, ready to launch an attack immediately if any changes occurred on the other side.

His apprehensions were indeed not excessive; these people came specifically for him, regardless of life or death. For this, they even summoned their ancestor, intending to completely swallow up the advance team.

Frankly speaking, if the advance team hadn’t had the addition of Demigods Fulajie’er and Liseya, they wouldn’t have dared to travel in the East Continent, and their operations would have been even more low-key.

But with the added advantage of Demigods, there was no need to be so cautious. Therefore, for Luo’er, the only constraint on him using force was his own conscience.

The people of Kyushu should be grateful that Luo’er did not take pleasure in killing, otherwise, the advance team’s journey would have been strewn with blood debts.

However, Luo’er clearly couldn’t tolerate decent people being held at gunpoint. Though he wasn’t purely kind-hearted, when pushed to the limit, his first reaction was to raise his hand in retaliation.

Hu Daoke maximized the advantage of the machine gun, turning his light machine gun into a vehicle-mounted weapon, continuously sweeping the surroundings with fire.

The intense explosions rapidly drove up the barrel temperature, and although there was an accessory for cooling, it merely managed to maintain the temperature slightly below the threshold.

While Origin Machine Guns didn’t need bullet replacement, they did require cooling component changes, or else the barrel’s internal temperature could rise to the extent of causing the metal to glow red, a limitation of Yuanzi weaponry.

Soon, Hu Daoke’s machine gun fell silent because it had become too hot to grip, forcing him to pause and change the cooling component.

Facing such a perilous situation with his weapon going silent, Hu Daoke couldn’t help but curse aloud: "Damn, what a lousy gun! Just a few shots and it’s too hot to handle!"

"Stop whining and hurry with cooling support!" Cheng Ziang reached through the car window, retrieving cooling components and tossing them to him.

"How to fix it? This ancestor can’t be doused with water or blown on, just stuck waiting for the cooling component," Hu Daoke said helplessly.

Though suppressed by the advance team’s powerful firepower, with the firepower waning, the soldiers launched a fearless charge again, desperately trying to capture the advance team for rewards.

The situation was urgent, and they didn’t know what had happened to their fallen comrades, mistakenly thinking it was some kind of sorcery. Only when hit by a Yuanzi Group themselves did they realize what was going on.

Unable to directly attack, Fulajie’er could only serve as an auxiliary, blocking incoming enemy surveillance and setting traps on the enemy’s charging path to hinder their rush.

It was precisely due to her hindrance that the Anxiang family’s forces charged so slowly, incurring heavy casualties under the advance team’s superior firepower.