8mi Chapter 329 Reinforcements Arrive
Chapter 329 Reinforcements Arrive
Chapter 329 Reinforcements Arrive
Just as Li Ang felt his will being dragged into darkness by this endless drain, a warm and resilient force quietly shared some of the burden through the [Life Connection Ring] on his thumb.
The red dragon girl quietly stayed by his side, never leaving his side, and time slowly passed in the stalemate and attrition.
The swarm of insects outside the city seemed to have also noticed the shield's unusual toughness. They no longer attacked in hundreds or thousands without any strategy, as they had done at the beginning.
Gradually, their attack frequency decreased, but the number of insects impacting the shield each time was even larger. After the insects realized that this was more effective, more insects began to break away from the attack sequence, retreating to a slightly more distant area like a black tide. They hovered and gathered quietly in the air, their compound eyes flashing with a cold light, as if observing and waiting.
Li Ang sensed all of this through his mental power, and alarm bells rang in his mind. These insects were not mindless beasts; they knew tactics and how to conserve their strength!
The swarms of flying insects in the sky grew larger and larger. At first, there were only a few scattered ones hovering high above, then dozens, then hundreds—like iron filings attracted by an invisible magnet, they converged from all directions, forming an increasingly thick and oppressive black cloud above the shield. The buzzing of their wings created a sea of noise that made one's scalp crawl, blocking out the sunlight and turning daytime into dusk.
As the day passed, the number of flying insects in the sky was conservatively estimated to have exceeded 500,000. They were densely packed and layered, turning the sky above Obsidian City into a writhing, malevolent black dome. The sight was enough to plunge anyone with a weak mind into despair.
While maintaining the shield, Li Ang also spared a sliver of his mind to extend his senses as much as possible, trying to find the source of these insect swarms.
His mental energy swept across the vast area outside the city like invisible tentacles. Finally, in a hilly area about tens of kilometers south of Obsidian City, he saw a heart-stopping scene. The ground there seemed to come alive, with new giant insects constantly emerging from the loose soil and rock crevices, merging into the boundless black torrent.
There seems to be a huge exit there, or—the entrance to the lair?
"Underground—" Li Ang's heart sank. If the lair was underground, it would undoubtedly cause them considerable trouble in their operations.
Meanwhile, the insect swarms on the ground were not idle either. Like tireless miners, they used their sharp mouthparts and corrosive acid to continuously gnaw and corrode the majestic city walls built of obsidian.
Even though obsidian is incredibly hard, the wall surface has developed large patches of mottled skin and shallow pits due to the relentless attacks of hundreds of thousands of insects day and night, and some weaker sections have even begun to show fine cracks.
Although the magic cannons on the city walls never stopped, roaring as they poured scorching energy beams into the swarm of insects, blasting up clumps of green sap and mangled limbs, and the wizards were also casting spells with all their might, the light of various spells flashing on the city walls as they cleared away the giant insects that tried to climb up, it was like trying to scoop up water from the ocean with a spoon; the speed at which they eliminated the insects was far from keeping up with the speed at which the swarm replenished and advanced.
Li Ang silently calculated as the swarm of insects in the sky continued to gather, 550,000, 600,000—when that number broke through 650,000, even he felt a suffocating pressure.
If 650,000 flying giant insects with considerable magic resistance and physical defense were to charge simultaneously, their impact would instantly reach a terrifying level.
Even with his support, the shield would likely be under unimaginable pressure in a very short time and might eventually collapse.
"I must do something before they launch their final assault—" Li Ang gritted his teeth, increasing his mental output even further, trying to keep the shield core's energy at a high level as much as possible.
As he assessed whether he could maintain his shield under such a massive impact, he silently prayed: Workshop—Maya—Professor Dina—Everyone—faster—faster—
He wasn't without a way out. With his current strength, combined with the Stigmata and the workshop, it wouldn't be difficult for him to lead Olivia and a few core members out of the encirclement and escape safely.
But Obsidian City has hundreds of thousands of civilians, countless soldiers and wizards who stand guard. They are the people of this land, living beings under the protection of the Wizard Alliance.
Accepting offerings and receiving protection is an unwritten contract between wizards and mortal society, and it is also a responsibility that Li Ang acknowledges in his heart.
He was not a compassionate saint, but he could not stand by and watch hundreds of thousands of people perish in the belly of the insectoids because of the infighting among the Alliance's higher-ups and the brutality of the insectoids.
Just as the density of the insect swarm in the sky reached a desperate critical point, the sound of flapping wings almost ripped eardrums, and the entire Obsidian City was shrouded in apocalyptic darkness and noise, "Li Angqing, we've arrived!"
Mayana's vibrant, even slightly excited, clear voice, through the mental link of the [Cooperation Ring], suddenly rang in Li Ang's mind like a ray of dawn breaking through the gloom!
finally come!
"Olivia!" Leon's voice transmitted rapidly through the link, "Tell Lord Rex that reinforcements have arrived, prepare to launch a counterattack!"
Olivia, who had been by his side, perked up and immediately turned to repeat Li Ang's words to Rex, whose face was solemn and whose eyes were bloodshot.
Upon hearing this, Rex Ashford practically jumped up from his chair, his weary face instantly lighting up with ecstasy: "Reinforcements? Have the Alliance's allied forces arrived? How many are there? Where are they?" He seemed to have grasped at the last straw.
Olivia glanced at him and curled her lip in annoyance: "The old men of the Alliance are still arguing about whether to send reinforcements and how many people to send. What's coming are our teammates from the First Special Operations Group, and Professor Dinah."
Rex's joy froze instantly, replaced by an undisguised disappointment. "Only—only a few?" His heart sank again. Even if a few more blue-robed or even black-robed wizards came, what good would it do against the terrifying swarm of millions of insects outside the city? It would only mean a few more people dying when the city fell.
However, before his doubts and despair could fully spread, the dark sky beyond the city, obscured by thick clouds of insects, was suddenly torn apart by two incredibly thick beams of light, condensed to a blazing white and almost blue color!
[203mm Main Gun - Charge Mode - Full Power Barrage]!
Two beams of light, each over a meter in diameter and containing destructive energy, descended like divine judgment, hurtling down from the distant horizon at a speed beyond visual perception, and piercing fiercely into the dense, suffocating swarm of flying insects above Obsidian City!