novelraw Chapter 215: Shiva, the Terrifying Battlefield Deterrent, The Long-Awaited Yu Yuan
Chapter 215: Shiva, the Terrifying Battlefield Deterrent, The Long-Awaited Yu Yuan
Shiva sprang up, reaching a position twenty meters above the ground, then exhausted his momentum and momentarily hung in the air.
But just as he was about to fall, Shiva’s mechanical arm suddenly swung out.
Five fingers plunged deep into the wall, his toes kicked the wall to create a notch, then he drove his whole body and shot upward again, repeating the motion.
Below, the leader of the Raiders from Thug Prison looked on, stunned, as Shiva climbed to the rooftop in several leaps.
“Everyone, get in the vehicles, follow Lord Shiva and attack!”
On the rooftop, Shiva already saw the two factions battling in the street ahead.
Boom boom boom—
The autocannon on the armed armored vehicle thundered continuously, catching the Flame Knights of the Burning Fortress off guard.
Thugs from the Black Shield Police Department poured fire from behind.
Carmen stood at the window of a fourth-floor room, watching the fight below.“Thug Prison should have moved out by now!”
At that moment, a message from Alpha arrived.
[Alpha: Thug Prison deployed, two o’clock direction, but there’s a figure rapidly running from the rooftop toward you — should be that mechanical modifier.]
[Alpha: Watch out, he’s about to attack!]
Carmen immediately looked toward the direction Alpha indicated,
then saw a horrifying sight.
A man, mostly covered in machinery, leapt from the rooftop, and while still midair he twisted his waist.
His right fist cocked back in a punching stance, all his energy converging into that right fist, forming a blinding glow.
Under everyone’s unbelieving gaze, the man descended from the sky and appeared above a firing armed armored vehicle, then violently threw that right punch.
Boom—
A deafening explosion rose from the armored vehicle.
Flames and smoke completely enveloped the vehicle.
The entire battlefield trembled with that blast.
Not only were the Black Shield Police Department forces stunned, Hans from the Burning Fortress and the Raiders’ leader from Thug Prison who had followed also stood dumbfounded.
But Carmen’s eyes gleamed with cold light, and he ordered in a harsh voice.
“Everyone, unleash everything on that man!”
Carmen’s shout snapped the Black Shield thugs out of their shock; they all shifted their fire and began to focus on besieging that armored vehicle.
Hans of the Burning Fortress and the Raiders’ leader from Thug Prison reacted as well.
“Hurry, full assault, today we’ll wipe out those Black Shield police dogs, how dare they steal our supplies, kill them!”
“Hurry, full assault, protect Lord Shiva! Move!”
Boom—
Rat-a-tat—
Three forces, two camps,
all converged on the exploding armored vehicle for fierce combat.
At that moment, the armored vehicle’s heavy door was kicked off by Shiva, the several-hundred-pound metal door slamming into a Black Shield combat vehicle.
Seizing the chance, Shiva surged again, lunging at the next combat vehicle, slipping between the vehicle and the street-side buildings to avoid attacks from other directions.
He battered the wasteland combat vehicle like a bipedal t-rex, hammering at its hard steel plates with his mechanical arms; the bodywork quickly deformed and twisted, then he flipped it onto its side.
Bullets from Black Shield thugs pinged against his body, producing clanging noises. He raised his arm to shield the few remaining organic parts of his body, then darted into a nearby building.
Shiva moved like a ghostly assassin, each strike lethal.
His appearance instantly created a massive gap in Black Shield’s offensive, while the distant forces from the Burning Fortress and Thug Prison grew ecstatic and opened fire with everything they had.
Through his binoculars, Carmen watched the overturned vehicle, and Alpha’s next message arrived.
[Alpha: Target locked! Prepare to counterattack.]
Seeing this, Carmen licked his lips, tossed the binoculars behind him, which a thug caught.
Another thug hoisted an RPG rocket launcher and carried it over.
With the window glass cracked, Carmen crouched half down, his eye pressed tight against the rocket’s sight.
He locked onto the Black Shield convoy’s position and waited silently.
The thugs behind him quickly cleared space and formed a protective perimeter on both his sides.
Just seconds after Carmen settled, Shiva reappeared.
He leaped from the second floor, charging a right-fist strike at another armored vehicle, ready to repeat his trick.
He saw the terror and despair in the eyes of the thug manning the vehicle’s autocannon.
A cruel, bloodthirsty smile crept across Shiva’s lips.
He enjoyed the hunt.
He loved the brutal impact of fist-on-metal combat.
Today he would annihilate this entire Black Shield convoy.
As the armored vehicle closed in, his right fist finished charging.
“Now!” Shiva’s eyes flashed, and his right fist swung.
But at that same instant...
A cannon-like crack echoed across the battlefield.
Bang—
A brilliant spark flashed above Shiva’s head.
Halfway through his swing midair and unable to brace himself, he was hit as if by a huge hammer to the skull, his body spinning as he was hurled away.
Two hundred meters away, Eagle Eye quickly cycled the bolt; the .338 Lapua Magnum AP shell case flew free and he caught it with one hand.
Without hesitation, he grabbed his TRG M10 bolt-action sniper rifle and ran forward.
—[Eagle Eye: Target hit, withdrawing.]
Carmen, who had been poised to fire, had already calculated Shiva’s fall trajectory the moment Shiva’s head was struck. He adjusted the RPG sight slightly and pulled the trigger.
Pshhh...
A scorching rocket exhaust spouted from the rear of the launch tube, the rocket slid out with a heart-stopping whistle as it sped toward the airborne Shiva.
“No! Damn Black Shield Police Department!” The Raiders’ leader from Thug Prison watched in furious disbelief.
If anything happened to Lord Shiva, he too would face death.
Boom—
Under his unbelieving gaze, the rocket detonated beside Shiva.
Flames, black smoke, and debris filled the area.
“Everyone, do not cease fire, keep attacking!” Carmen’s cold voice crackled over the radio in every combat vehicle.
Rat-a-tat—
Bullets stitched a curtain over the blast zone.
But while everyone held their breath, wondering whether that monster had been killed,
the smoke cleared and no human figure remained—only an explosion crater, half a mechanical arm, and some blood mixed with blue coolant.
“This... how is this possible!”
As the thugs gaped in astonishment,
Shiva suddenly burst from a nearby building, his mechanical legs pumping as he charged toward where Carmen stood.
His appearance had drastically changed from his initial entrance.
Half his face was torn away, revealing metal endoskeleton beneath; one eye had been blown out; his prosthetic limbs were pitted and scorched, with some artificial blood vessels visible inside; his left arm was completely severed.
It was gruesome.
Yet the single remaining blue eye burned with fierce brightness.
It fixed unblinkingly on Carmen’s location.
[Target confirmed, Black Shield Police Department commander — Carmen, matches Organization Warrant No. 56. Kill reward — L-series mechanical oscillation blade...]
Shiva crouched and exploded upward, leaping more than twenty meters, his right fist charging, light and shadow rippling.
Looking down at Carmen within reach, he regarded him like an ant.
A savage grin cracked on his mangled face.
“Carmen... give me your life!”
As Shiva advanced and closed the distance,
the room Carmen occupied gradually came fully into Shiva’s sight.
Just as Shiva’s right fist was about to smash through, a figure in a half-crouched charging stance appeared in a dead corner of the room.
The dark-gold heavy hammer in that figure’s hands shimmered with red and blue light.
Yu Yuan slowly lifted his head; the red blip on his Combat Detector aligned with the airborne figure.
Seeing the hunting certainty in the other’s eyes, Yu Yuan offered a victor’s smile.
“I’ve been... waiting for you a long time!”
（Extra update: Bonus chapter for the patron “All-Knowing Little Fish” — God-tier verification added, thanks brothers for the support!）