Above The Sky
Chapter 297 - 297 282 The Relic Giant Soldier 23

297: Chapter 282: The Relic Giant Soldier (2/3) 297: Chapter 282: The Relic Giant Soldier (2/3) The Swarm was attracted by the highly toxic Origin Quality and Spirit Energy, their flapping wings producing an unbearably piercing noise that went straight to the heart, making it impossible for anyone to focus.

The clouds of black vapor they brought with them were even more toxic, capable of easily causing one’s skin to rot away.

If it weren’t for the special forces and the Spiritual Tool Church who were already equipped with gas masks and skin coatings, such an assault would have claimed the lives of ninety percent of the group.

“What kind of insects are these?”

The squad leader grabbed an insect.

It was a strange bug that resembled a hybrid between a moth and a dragonfly, covered in uneven grey-black metallic scales, which created a sharp flapping sound that resonated with Spirit Energy when the wings rubbed against the scales.

Aside from the scales, its head was a shiny bluish-red, oily in appearance, and its tail, like that of a hornet, bore a toxic stinger that could be reused.

The squad leader crushed the strange insect in his hand, only to be astonished that it wasn’t dead yet—inside the insect was a strange, corrosive gelatinous body, with the insect’s internal organs floating inside.

Crushing the carapace wasn’t enough to kill the insect instantly, it required burning, or treatment with alkaline substances or salt.

“Boom buzz buzz…”

The Swarm continued to rush forward, shaking the tunnel, with an unstoppable momentum.

Their scales shimmered, their stingers were sharply intimidating, and their sounds piercingly oppressive, almost like a perfect war machine.

Wherever they passed, it was as if a flood swept through, making everyone only want to avoid and retreat.

The Fiery Flame Land soldiers who made the first contact had already opened fire, with flashes of gunfire lighting up.

“Aahhh!!”

“Help!”

But to little effect, the sounds and flashes of gunfire only attracted more of the Swarm.

The first two soldiers who opened fire were engulfed by the gathering Swarm, and when the insects dispersed, they were riddled with holes, their flesh infested with dense clusters of insect eggs.

—The Swarm would nest inside the bodies of the creatures they killed, using them as nourishment for their young!

The squad leader had no choice but to engage in melee combat, drawing his side sword and generating a gust of wind with a clang, slashing at the Swarm.

A series of rotating, blade-like wind slashes swept forward, crushing a large number of the strange insects—the Scalewing Moths’ armor was not tough, and with Terra People’s strength, a single sword strike could destroy many of them.

This guided the other soldiers, and soon, amidst the black fog, the sound of swords cleaving was incessant, a variety of martial techniques being employed against the Swarm.

Amidst the surging waves of force, carcasses fell in droves.

Meanwhile, traps were also detonated.

Boom!

An intense explosion sounded, echoing like thunder through the tunnel.

Debris and shockwaves churned back and forth in the relatively narrow space.

The directional explosives generated a wave of intense heat, which cut through the advancing toxic black fog and even rolled back upon itself.

The Spirit Energy blast also took effect.

Even the Fiery Flame Land soldiers, who were not the main targets of the attack, felt their brains pounded by a heavy fist after a burst of blue light, losing their senses momentarily, with nothing but a ringing in their ears.

If this had been an open space above ground, the Swarm might have been able to spread out and avoid the shockwave and Spirit Energy blast, but in the Underground Ruins, there was no escape, and they could only be burned to ashes or fall like raindrops—in just an instant, the formerly dense Swarm was decimated, and the pitch-black darkness became much thinner.

“Buzz buzz buzz…”

But before the people of Fiery Flame Land could breathe a sigh of relief, another ear-piercing flapping sound came from the tunnel ahead, and the black mist became dense again, turning every face pale.

“What on earth is ahead, can’t we kill them all?”

The Spiritual Tool Church had no choice but to reveal their trump card—the Nun took out a box from her chest, opened it, and a beam of red light shot onto the ground.

It quickly solidified into a giant machine gun large enough for a person.

She easily lifted the giant machine gun with one hand; her body weight was surprisingly heavier than the gun itself.

—All of the Iron Nuns of the Spiritual Tool Church had undergone body modifications exceeding eighty percent…

Rather than Humans, they were more like Armor Suits equipped with a human brain!

Hum…

The giant machine gun began to rotate and preheat, while the Nun started to demonstrate her inheritance ability—high-heat red dust flowed into the machine gun, condensing into semi-solid bullets.

The Spiritual Tool Church’s special True Form Heritage ‘Heavy Assault Vanguard’ could condense high-explosive bullets anytime, anywhere.

Even without logistics, an individual could take down an enemy position.

The small box she took out before was an ‘Aether Matter Converter,’ a technology recently unearthed from pre-era life ruins by the Spiritual Tool Church in the last decade—using specific Inscriptions, to Aetherize and Origin Quality transform certain items, and store them in corresponding storage boxes.

This technology is said to have been the core of the pre-era civilization’s ‘Ascension Plan’…

In other words, it could transform human Flesh and Blood into Aether, thereby reducing the pressure of Ascension, and allow more people to Ascend at once.

The giant machine gun finished preheating and then instantly unleashed a flame storm that swept the entire tunnel—a breath of flame that, in an instant, incinerated almost all Scalewing Moths.

While part of the Swarm turned to attack the Nun, they only realized after their stings and bites that beneath the Nun’s loose clerical robe was not a soft Body, but sturdy Iron… The Nuns of the Sleepless Eye, or rather, the core members of the Aether Arms Order, all required special techniques for body modification.

Aside from the Flesh and Blood tissues left for embedding Origin Structure, nearly all of their Carapace would be replaced with Iron.