novelraw Chapter 61 : Fierce Battle
Chapter 61 : Fierce Battle
Chapter 61: Fierce Battle
Night fell like a curtain, heavily pressing down over the western outskirts of Hai City.
The abandoned steel factory lay prostrate upon the earth, while the cold autumn rain tirelessly hammered against the rust-eaten sheet-metal roofs, producing a monotonous “drip-tock” sound.
“Target has entered the designated area.”
On a high ground five kilometers away from the battlefield, inside a black command vehicle, Chen Mo watched the real-time surveillance feed on the screen with an indifferent gaze.
Meanwhile, Li Wei lay prone atop the ice-cold steel plates of the factory, calmly observing the enemy through his tactical visor.
Within his field of vision, hundreds of infrared heat signatures advanced toward the central zone in standard tactical formations, alternating cover and movement.
They were a mercenary group hired at great expense by the ‘Ascension Alliance’, superbly equipped and possessing extremely high tactical discipline—clearly seasoned veterans of the battlefield.
“Bai Yu, left flank, three o’clock direction. On top of Warehouse A3—three snipers,” Li Wei’s voice came through the encrypted channel. “They’re yours.”
“Received.”
On the other side, Bai Yu was concealed within a patch of wildly overgrown weeds.
He gently pressed his palm against the damp ground and closed his eyes.
The next second, every plant throughout the entire industrial park seemed to come alive!
On the rooftop of Warehouse A3, the three snipers hidden in the shadows almost simultaneously sensed an abnormal vibration coming from beneath their feet.
“What the hell is that?!”
Before they could react, thick vines wrapped around their ankles, dragging the three hidden snipers—guns and all—instantly into a dark corner, leaving behind only a brief, stifled scream.
The battle had officially begun!
“Open fire! Free fire!”
The mercenary field commander immediately realized they had been exposed and decisively issued the attack order.
With the commander’s shout, dense tongues of flame instantly tore apart the silence of the rainy night.
Bullets poured down like a torrential storm, erupting into dazzling sparks as they struck the steel structures.
Through his tactical visor, Li Wei locked onto a mercenary who was wildly sweeping the area with a heavy machine gun and activated his ability.
That mercenary’s body jerked violently. A tiny bloody hole appeared between his brows, his expression frozen at the very instant of firing.
“Bang!”
Another shot.
A mercenary commander hiding behind cover and directing the overall situation via a tactical tablet had his head explode like a watermelon.
Each of Li Wei’s shots precisely eliminated a key target.
After all, once he locked onto a target, the bullet would ignore distance, wind speed, and even obstacles, directly “arriving” at the place it was meant to reach.
At the same time, the plants under Bai Yu’s control turned the entire battlefield into a death jungle.
The hard concrete ground was torn apart by countless roots bursting through the surface, while sharp thorns drilled out from cracks in the walls.
The mercenaries only needed to slip up slightly—either they were ensnared by vines suddenly shooting up from beneath their feet, or sliced open by blade-sharp thorns—completely unable to mount any resistance.
Under the seamless cooperation of the two, the official special operations squad advanced like a raging torrent, beating the ‘Ascension Alliance’ mercenary group into continuous retreat.
They did not even need to fire their guns; they merely had to follow behind those two and clean up the battlefield.
“Truly… two troublesome fellows.”
Inside the presidential suite of the cruise ship, Zhao Yuan watched the real-time battlefield feed transmitted back by drones, his expression darkening.
These ace mercenaries he had paid an enormous price to hire now looked, before Transcendents, like nothing more than lambs awaiting slaughter.
“Looks like it’s our turn to take the stage. After all, only Transcendents can fight Transcendents.”
Gao Yuan snapped his fingers, still wearing that irreverent smile.
……
On the battlefield, Li Wei locked onto a new target once more.
But just as he was about to pull the trigger, that target’s figure suddenly blurred—and then, right beside it, two identical figures appeared!
A Transcendent!
Li Wei’s brows knitted tightly together.
Without hesitation, he fired a shot, the bullet precisely striking one target in the center of the brow.
However, that figure turned into a wisp of smoke and dissipated into the air.
An illusion!
“Bang! Bang!”
Li Wei fired consecutively, shattering the other two figures one by one—but the result was the same.
All three were illusions!
“Looking for me? Officer?”
Gao Yuan’s slightly teasing voice suddenly echoed from all directions.
Within Li Wei’s field of vision, dozens of Gao Yuan figures suddenly appeared.
Some stood on high ground, some hid behind cover, and some even waved at him in greeting.
Each one was so lifelike that even infrared thermal imaging could not distinguish the real from the fake.
Fine beads of sweat seeped from Li Wei’s forehead.
Although his concept bullets could absolutely hit their target, each shot consumed his mental energy.
Now, every shot he fired was merely wasting precious mental energy to shatter a meaningless illusion.
“Damn it!”
Li Wei could not help but curse under his breath—this 【Shadow】 player was practically his nemesis!
……
On the other side, Bai Yu’s situation was no better.
Chu Hanyue stepped gracefully onto the battlefield like an elegant ice-and-snow queen.
Wherever she passed, the air temperature plummeted, and even the raindrops froze into ice crystals midair.
“Frost Whisper·Eternal Frozen Domain.”
She murmured softly, and a visibly white chill spread rapidly outward from her as the center.
The wildly growing vines under Bai Yu’s control were instantly coated in thick frost the moment they touched the cold air, becoming fragile and brittle.
“Crack… crack…”
Clear, crisp sounds of shattering rang out one after another.
Those “jungle giant pythons” that had been baring their fangs moments ago now shattered into countless ice fragments in the breeze and under the patter of rain.
Chu Hanyue looked toward the pale-faced young man not far away. Within her ice-blue eyes, there was not the slightest trace of emotion, even though they had still been ‘teammates’ not long ago.
……
After the two Transcendents of the Ascension Alliance entered the field, the battlefield situation began to reverse.
Li Wei’s mental energy was rapidly drained through repeated futile shots, waves of stabbing pain beginning to surge through his mind.
And whenever he tried to bypass Gao Yuan to attack Chu Hanyue, Gao Yuan would swiftly move in front of him, leaving Li Wei no choice but to attack Gao Yuan first.
Li Wei knew that Gao Yuan’s phantoms must also consume mental energy. Under such circumstances, it was a contest of mental reserves.
But under this rate of attrition, Li Wei felt his mental energy approaching its limit.
Without hesitation, he took out from his tactical vest the blue vial Wang Jingyi had given him.
He twisted open the cap and downed the tube of faintly glowing liquid in one gulp.
A warm current instantly flowed into his limbs and bones, and he felt his depleted mental energy rapidly recovering.
“It works!”
Li Wei rejoiced inwardly, just about to re-aim and fire at Gao Yuan again.
But in the very next second, an indescribable agony suddenly stabbed violently into his brain!