Above The Sky
Chapter 298 - 298 282 Relic Giant Soldier 23_2

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[Forward]

At this moment, entering battle mode, the true voice of the nun rang out— an emotionless, flat electronic tone: [Ahead should be the nest of this swarm of strange insects, to continue the exploration, we must exterminate the nest!]

The giant machine gun continued to rotate and shoot until the scarlet flames engulfed everything and then slowly stopped.

“Move out!”

Nearly all the insects had been eliminated, and after a brief reorganization, everyone immediately advanced on the commander’s order.

Further down the tunnel, signs of human presence gradually disappeared…

Ahead was a gorge, with water from above forming a small waterfall that created a clamor, it was unclear if it had always been this way, or if geological changes over thousands of years had altered it, but there were indeed a large number of black metallic nests resembling beehives, many scalewing moths with lower bodies not yet fully hardened crawling out of the nests, and mist from the waterfall was being fertilized by the poisonous water flowing from the nests into a black fog.

The monks began sampling, and after their work, these nests were swiftly destroyed, the black fog burned away by the flames.

“Is this really the heart of the ruins?”

The commander grew increasingly uneasy, for with the swarm eliminated, the cave was unnaturally quiet aside from their team’s noise.

He heard the sound of water in the distance, which should be a stream formed by water seeping from above the gorge.

This environment should be damp and cold, yet thermal vision told him that the temperature ahead would become hotter, and that stream seemed to boil over, emitting a red-hot spectrum.

“Indeed it is, look, there are many remains of combat weapons from the previous civilization’s era.”

The nun stood up; she had been investigating the soil soaked by the secretions of the insects and various poisonous waters.

Now, without hesitation, she reached out to pull a silver-gray armor plate from the toxic mud, speaking with an almost obsessive tone, “Look at this alloy material…

even in a highly corrosive environment, it maintains perfect stability, and it’s not fine gold— while slightly less hard, it’s an alloy comparable to fine gold in terms of stability!”

“The material is probably Heavy Abyss Iron, Constant Steel, and Bright Iridium…

Unfortunately, the equipment isn’t sufficient to detect more precise data.”

——Technology fanatic.

The commander displayed a moment of disgust, fully aware that the Spiritual Tool Church was a group of madmen who cared more for technology than life itself; they had been somewhat rational before, but upon seeing their objective, their actions would definitely turn exceedingly aggressive.

However, just then, suddenly.

The earth began to shake.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

It was as if some massive creature was clumsily approaching.

Thanks to their prior encounter with the Giant Golden Mushroom Fortress Turtle, the group didn’t panic, but the leading commander and nun’s expressions darkened, even showing a hint of fear.

“That presence, it’s the Second Energy Level——”

The scout at the front exclaimed in alarm, but before he could finish, he saw a dark shadow flash by, and the scout’s body vanished, leaving only his legs with bone shards sticking out gruesomely, as gushes of fresh blood dripped from high above the gorge.

“Retreat, retreat back into the tunnel!”

The squad leader drew his sword to face the threat, yelling, “Set up the Alchemical Cannon!”

Amidst the shadows of the rift valley, a sharp, piercing screech erupted, and a mass darker than the shadows itself was rapidly moving through the air.

The squad leader’s Adam’s apple bobbed; he, who had intended to draw his sword and charge forward, found himself speechless and unable to move his feet.

In the chaotic voices of the special forces team and the flashes of gunfire, the enormous figure suspended at the upper end of the rift valley revealed its form.

What monstrous and majestic behemoth was this?

With a body length over a hundred meters and a sharp carapace seemingly made of steel blades, its thousands of wriggling blade feet firmly embedded into the rugged cliffs of the rift valley, the creature hung its vast body in midair.

This was a giant metallic centipede, its entire body pitch-black and non-reflective, but it wasn’t a true living being—its front featured two massive drill-like forelimbs, while on its back, there were three turbine engines emitting a high-pitched whine as they spewed out scalding steam.

One could even faintly see a pale particle release from the turbines, providing this metal beast with terrifying destructive power.

The ‘head’ of the giant golden centipede had a single crimson eye, which was locked onto the soldiers of Fiery Flame Land before it, and its drills bore traces of blood and chunks of flesh from the soldiers it had previously obliterated.

It was clearly highly hostile and had no intentions of negotiating.

“Gurgle…

gurgle…”

The nauseating sound of slime moving arose, prompting the Spiritual Machine Nun to turn toward the source.

It came from a semi-spherical protrusion at the center of the Giant Golden Centipede’s waist, where there was an abundant growth of bizarre flesh.

If Ian had been there, he would have instantly recognized that the flesh growths were exceedingly similar to what occurred when the Crocodragon’s head merged with the Great Shaman, and also bore a striking resemblance to the flesh proliferation witnessed when parasites took over the brain!

“Is this a Magical Beast or an Artifact Giant Soldier?!”

Before the last sound had died away, the Giant Golden Centipede had already launched its attack.

Charging directly, its thousands of blade feet rhythmically moved back and forth, propelling its massive body forward at high speed.

Anything that contacted its sharp legs was mercilessly ground into nothingness.

“It’s an Artifact Giant Soldier!”

The nun, tense and gazing at the Artifact Giant Soldier before her with an intensely fanatical and intoxicated look, replied loudly.

Her voice trembled, indistinguishable between fear and excitement, “A complete Artifact Giant Soldier, and moreover, there’s a ‘driver’ controlling it!”

Boom!

As the nun shouted, a two-meter-long tongue of electrical flames spewed forth; the Alchemical Cannon fired.

The thunderous roar echoed throughout the spacious cavern, layer upon layer, mingling with the howling of the wind.

The explosion sent shockwaves, shards of rock, and a mist of hot water billowing in all directions, powerful enough to make even the largest of behemoths temporarily recoil.

However, the joint strike from Fiery Flame Land’s latest anti-Armor Suit artillery and incendiary warheads barely affected its target, producing only an insignificant dent in its outer armor and covering it with a layer of harmless flames.

The pitch-black shadow continued to advance step by step.

Meanwhile, Ian and his party had already reached the vicinity of the River of Parasites.