Above The Sky
Chapter 775 - 775 25 The Thunder's Strike

775: Chapter 25: The Thunder’s Strike 775: Chapter 25: The Thunder’s Strike Lightning struck from the sky, striking the center of the Mountain Troops.

It must be said that including Sheyan, the Chieftain of the Second Energy Level, all the Rebel Highlanders were stunned by the lightning strikes.

One bolt of lightning was enough, but when Sheyan first saw a lightning bolt strike near his troops, he actually thought, ‘Wow, what a coincidence?’.

You should know that even in South Ridge, it is rather difficult to witness lightning striking before your eyes, and to witness a lightning strike without being affected is a sign of good fortune, symbolizing the cleansing of impurities from oneself.

But, it seemed too much good luck had come.

Far too much.

The second, the third, and then the dozen or so following bolts of lightning that fell brought the whole Mountain Troops from surprise to confusion, from confusion to shock, from shock to numbness, and from numbness to scurrying for shelter—

The originally orderly troops inevitably became disorganized, and in the face of natural disasters brought by mother nature, neither Sublimators nor Humans could truly resist.

The clouds in the sky churned endlessly, clearly not normal rain clouds, and bolts of intense heat lightning derived from within, striking the trees, instantly vaporizing the moisture, then igniting them to form billowing smoke, creating huge chaos among the troops.

And the lightning continued to spread unabated, several bolts even directly striking the center of groups of bunched-up Mountain soldiers, followed by a thunderous boom, and immediately the smell of roasted meat wafted through the crowd.

—What’s going on?!

Why does it feel like all the lightning in the clouds is striking at us?!

The answer is technology!

All martial arts aside, this is man-made lightning attraction!

By dispersing Thunderstone dust with electromagnetic properties into the rain clouds, they increased the quantity and intensity of the lightning, using the Lightning Attractors on the ground as guidance!

As long as they knew the marching route of the Mountain People, their chance of being struck by lightning was 1000%!

“There are Lightning Attractors in the woods around us!”

Sheyan heard the exclamation of his own soldier: “There are brown metal rods!

Sir, there’s also metal in the ground!”

“We’ve been ambushed!”

—So we’ve been ambushed, so what?

It would be surprising if we weren’t ambushed, why are you yelling so loudly?!

Sheyan now wanted to kill this soldier, for a quasi-professional army like theirs, the only reason to maintain discipline was morale, and as the soldier’s cry rang out, the morale of the entire Mountain Troops visibly dropped a notch.

“All unit leaders!

Lead your troops to stay organized and avoid the lightning!”

He roared issuing the order, his voice as a Sublimator even overpowered the thunder, allowing his command to be heard: “Zhenzhou, Tiechen, don’t just stand there, this is an enemy ambush!”

“Man the Armor Suits, we must be on guard for the enemy’s attack!”

Very timely orders.

Because just minutes later, when the lightning in the sky briefly ceased, Ian had already led an elite squad of Magnet Storm Power Armor to the scene.

“Enemy attack, enemy attack!”

On the flanks of the panicked Mountain troops, a row of Dark Green Exoskeleton Power Armors emerged from the forest, bathed in lightning, yet unharmed by it, while the black Cyclops Giant Armor stood tall upon the earth, covered in a layer of ice-forged armor.

“The heavens shelter us!”

Ian declared, and the warriors cheered — after witnessing the miracle of Ian using the power of lightning to punish the enemy, no one believed it was ‘impossible to win’ even though the enemy’s numbers far exceeded their own.

Look, the enemy’s formation has already broken, the enemy’s corpses scattered across the fields before they could even attack, lightning was their ally!

So they launched their assault.

“They’ve come too quickly!”

Sheyan witnessed this scene, he saw the Magnetic Storm Armor’s Magnetic Storm Generators light up with a blue glow, somehow identical to the lightning from above, and his expression involuntarily changed — the timing was too perfect, he had no way to regroup his troops and utilize their numerical advantage to suppress Ian’s sudden attack.

Streams of snaking electricity spread through the woods, following the water flows on the ground, causing many Mountain soldiers to tremble violently, their legs paralyzed, unable to resist.

The pilots of the Magnetic Storm Armor couldn’t even believe the effectiveness of their own attacks under the rain, as they watched visible currents of electricity evaporate the moisture, forming an electrified mist that enveloped everyone on the ground.

The Mountain soldiers, mostly clad in Armored Clothing, a symbol of strength, could resist most attacks including arrows and firearms, and could even avoid some of the damage from electric shocks through the Faraday cage effect — but this heavy equipment, amidst rain and the sparking Magnetic Storm Armor, served as nothing but targets.

The black Cyclops Giant led the Sons of Thunder into the enemy’s ranks, emanating astonishing electric currents all over, and wherever they passed, the Mountain Troops recoiled and even shrieked in retreat.

Instantly, the portion of the Mountain Troops under attack completely collapsed, many soldiers turning and running, at speeds ten times faster than their previous march.

They certainly had training, but who could maintain any will to fight after being bombarded by lightning for minutes and being charged by a group of Power Armor controlling electricity?

Even the Elite Mountain Hunters among them still wanted to counterattack, but the collapse of their comrades meant their well-trained skills only made them precise targets for the Magnetic Storm Armor.

They were forced to collapse.