Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 449 - 401 Silla’s Moonlight_2

Chapter 449: Chapter 401 Silla’s Moonlight_2

Du Qianqian quickly climbed to the top of a withered dead tree. The gunfire had already half-deafened her, but she didn’t notice, instead losing herself in the midst of war. She fired at the encroaching enemies at the foot of the mountain with the King of Illusions, bullet after bullet reaping lives. Seeing soldiers clad in company uniforms and masks dying under her gun barrel, Du Qianqian felt half-surprised, half-thrilled.

Three, four, five, six, seven... Du Qianqian silently counted the enemies she had killed tonight, becoming the unseen threat in the entire battle.

However, as the bullets grew fewer, the mercenaries also realized that this was a dead end. If they ran out of ammunition, they would all end up dying on this high ground. In fact, the trend was already apparent. After they had used up all their projectiles, they couldn’t delay the company army’s encircling maneuver with electromagnetic grenades and explosives any longer. The company’s electromagnetic drones had arrived and quickly unleashed powerful electromagnetic pulse waves towards the ground. Several mercenaries screamed as they fell, their implants igniting from the inside and burning their internal organs to a crisp.

Du Qianqian turned her head and saw that people were approaching from the sides, including the cliff behind the hillock. In the air, the sound of gunfire filled the sky, and the terrifying armed helicopters were closing in. Using their belly-mounted rotary cannons, they bombarded the mercenaries on the hill, and their ground attack efficiency was so high that over a dozen mercenaries were killed in the first round of strafing, creating a fatal breach in the defense line.

"Take it down!"

"My leg——"

"Save me!"

"Gunship!"

The assault team members helplessly returned fire at the armed helicopter in the sky, their bullets ricocheting off its alloy shell. They had little heavy firepower left. If they managed to take down that gunship, they wouldn’t be able to deal with the several tanks rumbling towards them from afar.

Du Qianqian heard the familiar sound of Iron Wings ascending. The Battle Witch, clad in armor and armed with weapons, was also ready for battle and was speeding in their direction, wielding magic skills such as swordsmanship, precise targeting, and emanating an aura of deadly silence.

She was sweating profusely, shivering with fear, suddenly forgetting where she was as if she had returned to those most terrifying memories. Du Qianqian couldn’t hear any sounds around her anymore; she just took out her phone and sent the farewell letter she had written earlier.

She didn’t see the "Insufficient network signal, sending failed" prompt, feeling her body burning up. In the chaos, her mind was particularly agile and focused. Her magic circuit was more robust and complete than ever before, forming a breakthrough opportunity. She knew she was about to transform into a High-Ranking Witch, but she just numbly fired her weapon until the King of Illusions had only one bullet left. Du Qianqian leaned against the dry branches, filled with regret and hate, terrified and despondent. Seeing more and more company soldiers surrounding her, she slowly aimed the King of Illusions at her own heart.

The ground shook violently.

"Roar——" A dragon’s roar rose from the woods, Du Qianqian trembled and quickly looked up, only to see dazzling moonlight surging out from amidst the encirclement of gunfire, massive in form appearing abruptly in the thick of the forest. The roaring sound thundered in all directions, forcing Du Qianqian to cling to the branches to prevent herself from falling.

Wei Shiyue transformed into a dragon!

It soared into the sky, flapping its massive claws and long tail, its pair of spiraled long horns glistening dazzlingly. It spewed forth vast and fierce Moonlight flames from above, encircling the hill in a continuous flame attack, a wildfire ignited by Moonfire!

The surging Moonlight flames spread everywhere, forming an endless sea of fire. Wei Shiyue repeatedly flew across the battlefield, diving down! Countless company assets turned into molten war debris under her fatal aerial attack, shaken by the dragon’s might. The company troops desperately concentrated their fire on Wei Shiyue, but to no avail! Ordinary bullets sprang off her transformed dragon body, leaving no trace on her scales.

The assault team members hid in the center of the fiery ring created by Wei Shiyue, the majority escaping death. They could only watch in astonishment as Wei Shiyue ravaged the battlefield, realizing why the company army hadn’t advanced a step over Yaoyin Mountain in five years, surprised that Wei Shiyue had been right beside them all along.

Du Qianqian also suddenly understood why Wei Shiyue had adamantly refused to retreat and instead had the assault team risk their lives to stay here... It was to attract the attention of an entire brigade nearby, to destroy them all in one fell swoop!

Wei Shiyue flew swiftly in the sky with her claws, tail, and terrifying Moonlight blades, destroying helicopters and the Battle Witch, leaving illusions of moon shadows in the air. Destruction, pursuit, fire-breathing, Wei Shiyue reveled in the burning, not only killing nearly three thousand soldiers around her but also destroying over a hundred armored vehicles. She wreaked havoc everywhere, reducing every company camp, stationed area, and war materials within her aerial view to ashes. Only a very small number of units could withstand the Moonlight Flame’s assault based on the company’s specially designed materials. Wei Shiyue would then swoop down, tearing and trampling them into destruction, utterly unrivaled.

"Roar!" Wei Shiyue issued a long howl, which, when heard back in Shunzhou City, made the grieving people instantly startle and then feel a surge of ecstatic joy from the depths of their hearts.

Wei Shiyue had returned!

The corporate army was also forced to retreat, completely lifting the siege on Shunzhou City, and only by deploying dragon hunting weapons did they stand a slim chance of victory.

It wasn’t until an enemy was no longer in sight that Wei Shiyue slowly flew back to Shunzhou City.

The members of the assault team held their breath, for a time forgetting how to speak, overwhelmed by emotion. After a long while, they reluctantly began to speak, eagerly discussing the magnificence of the white dragon. As soon as the flames died down, they hurriedly left the scorched earth, and only when they stepped out of the lingering ashes of the fire ring could they see that Wei Shiyue had changed the landscape drastically, turning the whole range of hills to dust.

Upon hearing the news, Kong Tai quickly sent people to clean up the battlefield, reclaiming precious armored vehicles, warplane wreckage, and firearms from the field—these were genuine military products chosen by a giant enterprise! Before departing, Miyazato Kazama had made requests to Kong Tai regarding these spoils of war. If they were taken back to Nestor Corporation and their technical secrets were carefully deciphered, it could greatly enhance their reserve of military technology and aid the development of military science.

After a night soaked in blood, Du Qianqian had never felt so exhausted. Upon returning to the barracks, she immediately fell asleep on the ground, until Mizuiro Yoshioka found her and carried her to the bed. It was Du Qianqian who had found Wei Shiyue. Mizuiro Yoshioka stroked the sleeping Du Qianqian’s hair. Could this be considered fortunate?

First, Wei Shiyue went to speak to the members of the Righteous Army about her own affairs, asking them to hold their positions, strengthen their defenses, and also to convey the news of her survival to other units, urging them not to harbor doubts. The morale of the Righteous Army was so poor that Wei Shiyue had to use this method to achieve a major victory and restore their spirits, lest they be completely destroyed by the corporate army.

After that, Wei Shiyue ran to visit Du Qianqian.

"Was she frightened?" Wei Shiyue asked, seeing that even in her dreams Du Qianqian’s face was deathly pale, "She really is quite timid."

"Don’t speak like that, you don’t know us," Mizuiro Yoshioka shook her head, "Both she and I belong to a much stronger power. You should show us some respect."

"I’m sorry," Wei Shiyue quickly apologized.

"She admires you like a role model," Mizuiro Yoshioka observed Wei Shiyue.

Now without her disguise, Wei Shiyue’s beautiful face and robust physique caused Mizuiro Yoshioka to feel a strange emotion. The Moonlight Princess had an extraordinary aura and her strength was exceptional.

"Many people consider me a role model. I do reign over the idol industry, after all," Wei Shiyue said with a smile, "War is just one of my many talents. You mentioned belonging to a stronger force, what is that?"

"Let’s talk about it after the war in Silla is over," Mizuiro Yoshioka sighed, "I’m afraid it might be indefinitely prolonged."

"It will be over soon," Wei Shiyue said with a melancholic look, "I’ve realized that the state of Silla can’t sustain this bloody seesaw battle. Even if we win now, all that will be left of Silla are wastelands, disabled people, and orphans."

"How will it end?" Mizuiro Yoshioka frowned, "It’s not as simple as just saying it."

Wei Shiyue didn’t speak, just walked outside and looked up at Silla’s moon hanging high in the bright sky.