Night’s Nomenclature

Chapter 894: Demi-God's Autumn Leaf Blade

The Silver City Army Corps was still entering the forest in batches, but the soldiers following from behind suddenly noticed that the troops ahead seemed to be falling into chaos.

Chaos in the army formation is contagious. In just a dozen minutes, the fear, uncertainty, and anxiety spread like a virus, one after another, to the very back of the formation.

This was not what the soldiers had expected.

They thought they had the upper hand, hunting down a desperate Metahuman.

But reality seemed different; they were the ones who were desperate!

At this moment, Old Five sat in the command vehicle, staring blankly at the screen where giants suddenly appeared. How could giants appear here?!

In fact, giants had already appeared once near Silver City—700 kilometers from the Empire's top military base.

The Roosevelt Kingdom had not yet launched any expeditions, yet the Giant Dynasty had crossed the entire human kingdom, completing its first expedition!

But the problem was that Fate Weaver had deliberately hidden the cause and effect of the previous giant appearance, not informing Silver City of what had happened. So Old Five and the others had no idea!

If he had known that giants could appear out of nowhere at any time, he would have been more cautious, at least keeping a division to deal with this situation. But now, it was too late. In the forest, Zard charged ahead.

This unserious psychopath was always giggling and laughing, even if the sky were falling, he would continue to wear his little sapling and look for the next limited-edition skin.

But this time was different.

He saw Boss He die and Qing Chen get injured.

In fact, he hadn't dared to look at He Jinqiu from beginning to end.

He wasn't particularly close to He Jinqiu; they didn't have much interaction, yet a familiar face was gone.

He couldn't accept it.

Zard was like a child in kindergarten. If a classmate were to leave the city with their parents, he would also be sad. His mind was simple, so simple gatherings and separations would make him feel sad or happy.

And Qing Chen.

When Zard crouched beside Qing Chen counting the shrapnel, he was truly sad.

He imagined Qing Chen throwing himself in front of Boss He again and again to block the shrapnel, imagining Qing Chen standing against the world in the midst of the war, and felt that the Silver City soldiers were hateful.

Qing Chen must have been in so much pain!

Zard looked at the soldiers in front, and saw him raise his hands, opening them to face the soldiers.

The next moment, under the feet of the troops at the forefront of the Silver City First Division, endless land began to turn into sand.

Plants turned to ash, rocks to sand, trees sank, and there seemed to be a giant abyssal mouth beneath the earth, instantly swallowing over 1,200 soldiers of the First Division's vanguard! All the soldiers sank into the sand pit along with the trees.

After all these soldiers had sunk in, Zard suddenly clasped his hands together: "Sky Burial!"

The sound of whooshing came, and the huge sand pit suddenly closed, burying everyone underground.

The giants behind him: "Wow!"

Dayu had barely managed to correct this "Wow," otherwise, the giants would have said, "Wow, awesome!"

At this time, Dayu looked at Zard: "Can you stop being so emo and shouting the name of your ability? Don't you think it's awkward?"

Zard scratched his head: "Do you play Dou Dizhu?"

Dayu was silent for a moment: "Yes."

Zard: "If you're a peasant, and the landlord proudly plays four twos, when you play a bomb, don't you shout "Bomb!" and watch the landlord's expression? Isn't that satisfying?"

Dayu was stunned: "?"

Zard: "Why isn't it awkward when you shout "Bomb," but it's awkward when I shout "Sky Burial'? Do you have a problem with me?!"

Dayu's face darkened: "Get lost, what kind of nonsense is this?"

Zard: "Try shouting it yourself; it's very satisfying." "I won't shout."

"Then hurry up and kill the enemy!"

Dayu remained silent for a second: "Returning a favor."

Dayu took out three urea sacks from his Space Ring and threw them into the air. In an instant, the three sacks tore apart, and countless white swallows flew out.

Formless!

Dayu ultimately didn't make a sound because of shame.

The wings of those swallows became exceptionally sharp, each one like a bullet, rushing toward the First Division's formation.

Their wings tore through the air with a sharp whistling sound. The soldiers fired at the swallows, but the swallows were extremely sharp in their second form, Formless. A bullet barely grazed a wing, but the paper-like wing actually split the bullet in two.

Amidst the whistling sound, the swallows fiercely passed through the soldiers' bodies, white turning red, living people turning into dead people! The Silver City soldiers were scared.

When Dayu fought Chen Yu's soldiers outside Forbidden Zone 002, he alone killed more than 2,000 people with just swallows.

Moreover, he didn't have this many swallows back then.

Once upon a time, Dayu was exhausted from stacking swallows; this is the drawback of fighting alone.

But now, times have changed. He has many teammates: Guardians' Union, Knight Reserves, Masonic Lodge—everyone stacks a swallow for him when they're free, and in a short while, they can stack a pile, then Zard specifically finds cheap and affordable urea sacks to fill a large bag.

Dayu had never fought such a rich war.

You know, he can now control only 660 swallows at a time, and can only use them once a day; he simply can't use so many swallows. At this time, Dayu still felt unsatisfied controlling the swallows; he even laid out the Restorative Shroud and then took out 25 paintings from his Space Ring, crushing them one by one on the Restorative Shroud.

Demonslaying Vajrayana, Flying God Woman, Li Shutong, and Qing Chen appeared simultaneously. Twenty-five A-Class figures, like bulldozers, pushed outward simply and mindlessly.

The giants: "Wow."

Although the giants were powerful, their innate abilities were not as dazzling. For example, the ability to absorb flames and throw spears like a whirlwind was extremely rare among the giants.

Therefore, after seeing Zard and Dayu show off their skills, the giants became somewhat envious.

However, giants also had their advantages—their strong bodies and large numbers.

The giants charged, each finding a favorite tree, then hugging the tree and roaring, uprooting it. Then, the giants stroked the trunk, and the extra branches and leaves were removed, leaving only a bare trunk.

It was obvious that they had done this many times; their technique was extremely skillful.

The giants would even compare, seeing who found a straighter tree, more like a giant sword. Then, they would charge forward with their giant swords, and the forest where they had just uprooted trees turned into a plain. However, these giants did not use the trees as swords.

The giants, possessing telepathic abilities, commanded among the troops: Spread out, Matrix-style throwing!

When they approached the Silver City troops, each one ran ten steps, stretched their bodies, and threw the trees like javelins.

Today's giants were different; after being bestowed power, they had all been promoted by two levels, and everyone's strength increased by 80%.

These tree javelins were thrown nearly a thousand meters. The rear soldiers didn't even see the giants' shadows, only trees falling from the sky like rain. The soldiers had seen arrows like rain in movies, but they had never seen tree javelins like rain.

The rumbling sound echoed through the forest; the trees landed, one by one, sticking obliquely into the ground. Some soldiers were half outside, half smashed into the mud by the trees.

Everywhere was corpses and blood.

The giants had actually smashed the forest into a savage atmosphere.

This was the most extreme and brutal battle.

The key was that the army corps in front had already entered the battlefield, but the mechanized troops were still waiting to cut down trees and clear roads! At this time, Old Five ordered the mechanized troops: Don't worry about casualties in front; use artillery fire to cover the battlefield at all costs!

Outside the forest, all self-propelled artillery and armored vehicles began to adjust their range and elevation angles, preparing to cover half the number of shells in the forest where the giants were located. These self-propelled artillery pieces had a maximum range of 120 kilometers. With the support of electronic guidance, they could achieve precise strikes as long as the coordinates were determined.

They could even set up an artillery Matrix for saturation attacks.

This was the true modernized warfare of the Inner World; everything could be left to artificial intelligence and electronic devices.

"Open fire," Old Five said coldly.

The giants' barbaric fighting style could not withstand modern weapons.

However, just as they were about to open fire, someone suddenly noticed an Asian middle-aged man in a Zhongshan suit appearing in front of them. The man held a black stone and walked coldly to the front of the artillery positions.

You know, the frontline soldiers were still fighting the giants; Zheng Boss didn't care about anyone else, didn't kill the enemy, didn't participate in the battle, and just like a ghost, silently moved from the battlefield to the rear.

No one knew how he did it.

The principle of "catch the thief first, catch the king" is understood by everyone, but when it comes to actual combat, not everyone has a global perspective.

At this time, only Zheng Boss clearly knew that if the artillery troops were not eliminated, the giants would be in danger. This was the clearest overall view on the battlefield. He knew what he should do and how to do it. Now, Zheng Boss recalled the time when he first led new recruits in the recruit training camp.

That young recruit, He Jinqiu, looked happily at the dormitory, and then Zheng Boss confiscated all the snacks he brought from home—sausages, instant noodles, and Wanglei Biscuits.

Zheng Yuandong asked him with a dark face: "Do you think you're here on vacation?"

For this, He Jinqiu had resented him for a while.

In the noon sun that welcomed the new recruits, Zheng Yuandong would never have imagined that it was that recruit, He Jinqiu, who was now lying quietly in the forest behind.

On the riverbank of Hannan Shamao Town, the new recruit He Jinqiu was so tired he was questioning his life, so he suddenly asked behind Zheng Yuandong: "Squad Leader, what is the purpose of joining the army?"

The anti-emotional Zheng Yuandong replied: "If you're not tired, go and carry two more sandbags; if you're still not tired, go for a five-kilometer run." Actually, Zheng Yuandong didn't have an answer at that time; if you really asked him to say something, he couldn't say anything.

Actually, Zheng Yuandong didn't have an answer at that time; if you really asked him to say something, he couldn't say anything. But now, He Jinqiu had given the best answer.

Thinking of this, Zheng Boss's serious expression suddenly had a hint of a smile.

In an instant, Zheng Yuandong's feet rose a glacier, and huge ice spikes emerged from the ground.

Those ice spikes formed a frozen dragon, winding its way to the feet of the artillery troops, overturning self-propelled artillery and armored vehicles.

In just a dozen seconds, the area was frozen for thousands of miles!

If viewed from the ground, three-meter-high ice spikes stretched across the earth, like the veins of a leaf, constantly growing and spreading! Extending for three kilometers!

In an instant, summer turned to winter, and the temperature of the whole world seemed to drop below freezing!

Old Five was shocked when he saw this: "Demi-God! Why is another Demi-God jumping out!"

Old Five had seen reports about the East Continent and knew that Zheng Yuandong was one of the representative figures of the East Continent Outer World.

But Zheng Boss was too good at hiding his abilities; when everyone evaluated his strength, they couldn't give a clear judgment.

Some said he might be a Demi-God, others said he was just A-Class.

But when it came to a definite answer, no one could answer.

Usually, Zheng Boss's black knife was enough to kill people; his superb knife skills were enough to amaze people, and few people had seen him use his magic to its full extent.

And those who had really seen Zheng Boss's full power were dead.

This is probably the true meaning of hiding one's abilities; after all, dead people won't leak secrets.

In just those dozen seconds, the Silver City Army Corps collapsed.

The frontline army soldiers couldn't beat the giants, and the artillery in the rear was ambushed and routed!

Old Five also collapsed; he couldn't understand why he was only hunting down one person, and so many people appeared! Where did they all come from?!

Old Five stopped commanding the battle and shouted in the command vehicle: "Retreat, retreat back to Silver City, quickly! Call the Royal Fleet and have them come to support!"

At this moment, the Second Prince sat in the Airship's command seat and saw the fierce battlefield from afar.

In fact, the Royal Fleet arrived a few minutes ago, but he didn't take action and chose to observe.

Now, the time had come.

The Second Prince clasped his hands, rubbing a ruby ring on his index finger: "Issue the combat order, conduct indiscriminate attacks on the Silver City Army Corps and the Giant Clan. Silver City has been fearlessly confronting the royal family for many years; it's time to clean it up."

The fleet's order was issued; the Second Prince didn't think there was any difficulty in this battle, after all, Sword Immortal He Jinqiu was already dead.

Just dropping the terrifying incendiary bombs would turn the entire forest into a sea of fire.

However, as the fleet slowly moved, a combat staff member responsible for observing the Holographic Sand Table suddenly said: "Wait, something is rapidly approaching in the distance... It's too fast; we can't see what it is!"

"Hmm?" The Second Prince looked at the holographic projection; he did see a shadow advancing like thunder.

"Capture the image just now; use slow motion!" The combat staff member instructed.

The image was quickly captured and played in slow motion. However, at this time, everyone was astonished to find that the shadow, which was almost invisible, was a middle-aged man.

He was carrying a bundle of steel bars over a meter long on his back?

What kind of style is this? Why carry steel bars?

However, at this moment, the middle-aged man was already within a kilometer of the Airship.

He pulled out a steel bar from behind and threw it with all his might. The steel bar bent slightly due to the tremendous force, but its trajectory was still straight, shooting towards the sky.

In an instant, the simple steel bar, under the blessing of Knight's Qi, crossed a thousand meters with unparalleled momentum, then pierced through the engine room of an Airship from below.

The steel bar continued its momentum, piercing through the engine room and still flying straight into the sky.

With a loud boom, the Airship was blown up.

This should be the highest-specification version of the Autumn Leaf Blade.