Chapter 239: Battle Amidst the Unyielding Assault

Damn it! Why are there so many troops!

Surrounded by four A-Class mechs, Kim Woo moved like a nimble mouse, weaving through gaps as his combat knife carved deep cracks into the hard alloy. He withstood relentless, precise high-energy laser strikes with his Spirit Shield holding firm, even as large, scorched patches on his back seeped blood.

Although the firepower of merely four Third-Stage Beginners wasn’t enough to pose a real threat to him,

these colossal alloy monstrosities still had him scrambling.

He had to destroy their cores to disable these war machines.

Laser and sonic assaults were impossible to dodge; even if he could cut through one momentarily, an endless wave of mechs surged forward.

“Damn it!”

“How do those bastards do it!? What gives them the right to wield this world’s power!?”

Furious attacks ignited his rage, and Kim Woo couldn’t help but unleash a string of curses.

Artillery bombarded the non-mech zones around them, and shockwaves converged into a tempest.

The artillery units summoned from afar were clearly determined to trap them here!

As an Awakener who had been here before, he knew well just how difficult it was to mobilize this world’s power!

It wasn’t as simple as rounding up a few high-ranking officers; to mobilize troops, you had to go through the artificial intelligence.

As long as order still reigned in this world, even rallying a few ordinary people was considered a feat!

They never imagined that stepping in would mean facing the bombardment of an entire army group. This is utter bullshit!

“I have no idea!”

“Lord Kim Woo! Should we force a breakout?”

“If we stall any longer, our Spirit Energy reserves will be drained!”

Spitting flames that reached 7000 degrees Celsius, a Third-Stage Awakened melted the mech before him into molten iron, then, with a hint of panic in his voice, shouted his reply.

Ants can bite an elephant to death.

Unable to perfectly dodge the laser and electromagnetic strikes, they attacked with reckless abandon—even managing to blow up their own comrades in the process.

This makes no sense! This is far beyond what a few Military senior officers could orchestrate!

“No way!”

He almost reflexively objected.

Kim Woo flashed across the battlefield, his fist unleashing Spirit Energy that shattered a mech’s capsule. Under the force of his Third-Stage Mid-level power, the pilot inside was reduced to a pulpy mess in an instant.

“We can escape! But the weaker Beginners won’t make it!”

“I don’t believe it! These troops are capable of killing us!”

The slaughter was swift.

With steely determination blazing in his eyes, Kim Woo joined several Beginners. Like a killing machine, he exploded yet another mech.

The real threat came from the silver A-Class mechs.

No matter how many B-Class mechs they had, none could match their lethality.

They looked haggard now, but that was merely a tactic to conserve strength and tend to their injuries.

Every Awakener in Third-Stage possesses an innate Spirit Shield that mitigates damage from tech weapons. Artillery might drain Spirit Energy, but its effect was limited.

There weren’t many mechs that could challenge Third-Stage power; in a little while, they’d be cleared out!

Once these war machines were neutralized, he was confident he could obliterate the distant artillery battery in no time. Then Ming Luo and the others would truly feel terror!

The might of Third-Stage was inhuman! A single sonic boom from flight could shatter ordinary people taking cover!

“I don’t believe it!”

“Those pigs from the Huaxia Battle Zone—what other tricks can they pull?!”

“Hang in there! If they dare launch a surprise attack, we’ll kill them on the spot!”

Motivated by Kim Woo’s enraged shout, the remaining Third-Stage fighters rallied with renewed vigor.

Aside from the earlier chaos, their subsequent casualties were minimal. Soldiers forced to engage at point-blank range were little more than a nuisance.

The real danger came from ambushes by the Huaxia squad.

A single moment of inattention could indeed cost them dearly.

Fed up with the relentless cannon fire, a Third-Stage Awakened glared at the sky before zeroing in on several newly deployed fighter jets.

“Damn it! They still dare to fly low?!”

“Whoosh!”

He surged upward like a human missile, slicing into the sky. As an orange blade cut through the air, a burst of tangerine flames exploded mid-flight.

He sneered.

Just as he prepared to chase down another fighter jet, a sharp, acrid odor exploded from the fiery blast, invading his nostrils.

In that split second, his muscles locked up and a sharp numbness shot straight to his brain.

“Bad!”

His face turned ashen.

Before he could warn anyone, a swarm of kamikaze drones descended, unleashing torrents of liquefied neurotoxin like spilled water.

“Don’t breathe!”

“No…”

High above, even the Third-Stage warriors embroiled in aerial combat gasped for breath. Under a neurotoxin concentration a hundred times stronger than normal, even their Spirit Energy circuits faltered.

“Whoosh whoosh! Whoosh whoosh!”

Meanwhile, coordinated laser strikes from the main control computer blazed forth like the light of death.

Scorching beams pierced unprotected skulls; several Third-Stage Awakened were impaled through the brain before they could even scream.

“How dare they!? How dare they!?”

They roared in fury.

Dahe Yicheng, in disbelief, shielded his head. His bulky frame smashed through a cluster of black mechs, and his face twisted in horror.

In his eyes, not only were their own Third-Stage fighters affected, but even the surrounding soldiers fell instantly to the neurotoxin.

Compared to the robust constitution of the Awakeners, these ordinary humans would have their hearts paralyzed the moment they inhaled it! And since these soldiers took no protective measures, he’d never imagined such an attack existed!

Without gas masks, this was nothing short of a suicidal assault!

………

Inside the temporary command room.

Much like the Awakeners in the Japanese and Korean Battle Zones, the Military high command now wore grim expressions.

“Monsters! These are monsters!”

“Why are the artillery strikes ineffective? And why do bullets do nothing?!”

After being summoned by Yenir’s gubernatorial order and mainframe command, they had initially taken it lightly, simply following orders.

Especially since Yenir’s information sounded like pure fantasy to them.

A group of terrorists with superhuman combat power? Requiring an entire province’s forces to stop them?

Without a dual-command system, mobilizing such numbers was unthinkable.

But who would have thought that, upon witnessing these humans suddenly appear and display actual flight, every high-ranking officer present was left speechless?

What the Youth had said… was true!

These were creatures beyond comprehension! Their losses had already exceeded half their numbers!

After witnessing the terrifying destructive power of these Awakeners firsthand, they realized the disaster that would be unleashed if these monsters ever stormed a city. No matter how ruthless Yenir’s orders were, none of them could dare object.

Behind the panicked high command, Yenir watched the live feed with a blank expression.

Holding a tablet, his gaze was as cold as steel.

The battle damage ratio… was just too high…

Exhausting every conventional tactic, these Awakeners from the Japanese and Korean Battle Zones still maintained over 70% of their combat power.

Although he was confident he could finish these foes himself, Yenir knew full well that strategically dismissing them while tactically treating them with caution was necessary.

“Let’s finish off the trash first, then I’ll personally deal with the remaining Third-Stage Mid-level fighters!”

Relying solely on troop mobilization to defeat them was clearly unrealistic.

Seeing Dahe Yicheng and the others gearing up for a breakout, Yenir let out a light laugh and input the coordinates without hesitation.

Since conventional methods were useless, why not try a nuclear strike?

In an instant, at ten thousand meters high, four silver missiles streaked through the sky, accelerating sharply the moment they received the command.