Above The Sky
Chapter 576 - 576 545 Someone Attempts to Assassinate the Prophet 13

576: Chapter 545: Someone Attempts to Assassinate the Prophet (1/3) 576: Chapter 545: Someone Attempts to Assassinate the Prophet (1/3) “Enemies ahead!”

As Tres spotted the enemies, the drone also observed that on a part of the distant plain, dots of light were gathering.

In just a few breaths’ time, they had condensed into more than seventy fully armed knights in armor.

As soon as they appeared, they galloped at top speed toward the direction of the transport vehicles, their movement stirring the air and raising a sharp screech as if they were arrows released from their bowstrings.

If these were real heavy cavalry, their momentum and sense of weight would definitely be more substantial than the current Phantasms knight order, but their speed would not have been so fast.

“It’s Viscount Awak’s Mingye Knight Order!”

Tres’s deputy distinguished the identity of the attackers at first glance through the style of their armored clothing and mounts.

The armed transport vehicles in front rotated their turrets and fired towards the direction of the Phantasms Knight Order.

Accompanied by dazzling thunderous sparks, two supersonic cannonballs roared away.

On the side of the vehicles, five rows of machine gun firing stations appeared immediately.

The Patrol Knights skillfully operated these heavy machine guns, creating a dense barrage of firepower.

On Earth, the demise of cavalry did not happen right after the emergence of gunpowder weapons but rather after the advent of more powerful modern heavy machine guns—and even so, in some modern combat scenarios, cavalry charges could still occasionally be seen.

In Terra, all kinds of machine guns and artillery had long been in existence, and even ludicrous things like armor suits and mobile fortresses existed, but cavalry had never been phased out.

The reason was simple.

——Huh.

The leader of the Knight Order lifted the long spear in his hand.

Its silver-white translucent phantom blade flickered in the air, almost instantaneously disintegrating the incoming supersonic cannonballs—then he reached out with his other hand, directly grabbing and crushing another cannonball.

Alchemy gunpowder exploded, creating shockwaves.

This might not harm a Second Level Sublimator who was well-prepared, but it should have sent all the surrounding horses flying.

But the leading knight was surrounded by a surging blue wind armor.

He protected the entire cavalry troop, and the shockwaves of the alchemic cannonballs were instead absorbed by him, becoming his strength.

White shockwaves began to emerge around the Galestorm Armor.

Clang clang clang—the bullets from the heavy machine guns, after passing through the protective Wind Armor, had their power greatly diminished.

They struck the other knights but were all deflected, and even the horses’ charging speed was not reduced.

At this moment, the figures of those giant horses could be seen, draped in blue-black dragon scales, robust in stature with even a horn on their foreheads, clearly Dragonsteeds with a blend of unicorn Bloodline.

Once tamed, such steeds that could smash through giant rocks could easily traverse a sea of lava without harm!

“Galestorm Armor, Peak of Second Energy Level, Azure Wind Gryphon Bloodline?

Is this Viscount Awak himself?!”

Seeing this scene, Tres couldn’t help being shocked—he wasn’t taken aback by the cannonballs and heavy machine guns, as without formal organization, they were only meant for restraint against a Sublimator-led force.

What truly surprised him was the identity of the opponent: “I thought we would have to go deeper to encounter them—could our luck be any worse?”

It sounded like he was talking about himself, but in fact, he was referring to Viscount Awak.

Despite the opponent being at the Peak of the Second Energy Level, Tres was confident in intercepting him, and his squad of Sublimators, even more so with the assistance of Hua’an and Mo Feng, two Second Energy Level Fae, made the incoming Knight Order seem commanding over the plains.

Yet, if they organized a countercharge, they would face a complete rout.

It indeed was so.

With an initial long-range attack draining some of Viscount Awak’s Origin Quality, Tres, holding a broad-bladed longsword, leaped into action.

Along with five other teammates armed with large shields and lances, they bravely met the enemy knights and their warhorses head-on.

The rest simply formed up defensively, protecting the fire support behind them.

And the knight with light brown hair was now enveloped in layers of swirling winds, but these were sharper vortex blades.

He charged towards the enemy.

As Tres started running on the ground, every step’s impact was converted into his acceleration.

In just a couple of strides, he had already accelerated to the speed of sound, along with his sword, amplifying his velocity.

This was the advantage of the Wind Attribute inheritance’s self-amplification and speed aspect.

Tres’s longsword even started vibrating with a ring of white Gale Blades, the result of the synergy between the enhancement of Demonic Weapons and his Sublimation Skills.

True Form ‘Turbulent Swordsman’, was precisely the expert at turning wind against wind.

The power protecting Viscount Awak’s Knight Order would become nourishment for his sweeping strike.

The ‘Ultimate Magic Weapon Potion’ given by Ian further emboldened Tres.

He never expected his move to unleash such formidable power.

The brown-haired knight even let out a boisterous laugh.

As he aimed the wind blade that was already dozens of meters long at the Knight Order, every member of the Mingye Knight Order felt an immense threat.

—If they didn’t stop him here, by the time the Inspector Knight in front of them made his full-strength slash, their entire Knight Order would likely be cut in half!

Even though there were several tens of meters between them, for a Sublimator, this was a matter of the next instant.

[Stop!]

Viscount Awak, who was leading, raised his hand and aimed at Tres.

The Azure Wind Gryphon had the power to manipulate wind and water, primarily wind, while the Water Element Origin was mainly used to hinder enemies.

Just like now, a burst of bitterly cold white azure wind blew towards Tres.

Although the vast majority of it was shattered by the layer of encircling wind blades surrounding Tres, a portion nevertheless slowed his steps, causing the knight’s speed to decrease.

This interruption broke Tres’s build-up of power, and instead, it was Viscount Awak who accelerated at this moment, seeking to crush him with the combined force of the Knight Order.

But just then, a piercing buzzing sound arose.

Szzz—crash—!!

A jet of ice-blue high-pressure water spurted out, its spreading ultra-low temperature causing the surrounding air currents to slow, yet its own speed was extremely fast, shooting towards the Viscount’s head.

Thus, he could not press forward, and the Water Attribute Essence he had just employed was disrupted by this hit of ultra-low temperature potion, making it difficult to operate continuously.

[What a potent potion?!]

Viscount Awak exclaimed in surprise.

He had wanted to forcibly release the Origin Essence to disperse the frost potion but found that the natural origin around him had been solidified, losing its activity.

It took him an extra two seconds to disperse it.

The Knight Order’s assault had already been slowed down.

Without the interference of Viscount Awak, Tres continued his charging steps.

He was like a great eagle swooping low over the ground, covering dozens of meters in one leap, slashing his sword towards the legs of Viscount Awak’s mount.

Even though the warhorse was also unyieldingly miraculous, managing to leap several meters high despite the disruption of Ian’s potion, how could Tres’s swordsmanship be evaded by such a small thing?

The Sword of Galestorm swept past the horse’s legs, and Viscount Awak’s mount immediately lost its limbs, forcing the Viscount himself to leap into the air and take a longbow from behind, attempting a top-down shot.

But to be honest, the process of drawing a bow and shooting an arrow…

How could it possibly be as quick as pulling a trigger?

Therefore, in the next instant, another szzz-crash resounded, and the Spirit Substance toxin-laden Esssence Eroding Poison splashed onto the Phantasm Viscount’s body, causing him to let out a miserable scream as the Phantasm Longbow in his hands turned into Spirit Substance fragments and scattered.

It was at this moment that the fire from the Patrol Knight Squad erupted again—alchemic cannonballs and a torrential downpour of bullets sloped down towards the Mingye Knight Order.

Without the protection of Viscount Awak, only two Second Level Sublimator Knights could hold out, the other ordinary knights could barely withstand the machine gun fire but faced with the blasting shockwave of the alchemic cannonballs, they were helplessly blown away and scattered.

A Knight Order was thus defeated.

Even Hua’an and Mo Feng had yet to make a move.

They merely floated in mid-air, vigilant of other Phantasms that might still appear in the vicinity.

“Leave one alive, for experimental materials.”

Ian signaled to Tres, who had already burst into the group of knights, waving the hurricane greatsword and wreaking havoc, telling him not to kill everyone so that they didn’t forget the main purpose of today’s operation.

—Speaking of which, our forces sure seem like the villains…

With that thought, it was at this time.

From directly behind the Patrol Knight Squad, a bullet suddenly appeared, silent as a whisper.

No, it wasn’t silent—rather, the bullet had drawn in all soundwaves, concentrating all its force into acceleration, thus reaching speeds multiple times that of sound!

And the target of this bullet…

Was none other than Ian, who was holding a charged rifle and still commanding the team, looking every bit like the leader!