Lan Jue wasn't the least bit surprised. Her eyes were as cold as ever. She stopped in front of them, and didn't continue forward.
At this moment, on the purplish-red ground, accompanied by a series of disgusting "puchi, puchi" sounds, huge purplish-red creatures slowly drilled their way out.
Their bodies were covered in a disgusting slime.
In the blink of an eye, over a hundred of them had appeared in front of them.
Lan Jue spoke to the others through the communicator. "Keep to yourselves, but don't spread out. Do your best to stay in the same area.
Gourmet, Pharmacist, we'll deal with the progenitor.
Only by killing it will we be able to prevent it from spawning. "
As he spoke, he sent Thor soaring into the sky.
The Gourmet and Pharmacist followed close behind.
They each had their own mechas. They hadn't wanted to use them at first, but Lan Jue had convinced them otherwise. Mechas were a part of their strength, and could provide them with protection and rest. Nothing else could replace that.
Star Division was also made up of mecha pilots. It wouldn't be appropriate if the Ace Squads didn't use their mechas.
In the end, the Gourmet and the Pharmacist decided to make their own suits for themselves. They all had one thing in common – they didn't have much fighting power. They focused all of their resources on speed and Discipline.
After all, their greatest strength was their Discipline. At the very least, their mechas didn't restrict their ability to fight.
The Gourmet's mecha was grey. It was a third of the size of Thor, but it was nimble.
Three pairs of wings sprouted from its back.
Once they were fully unfurled.
Each had a nozzle, and they were fast. In a flash they were at Thor's side.
The Pharmacist's mecha was white, painted with a large flower pattern. She was tall and slender, and similarly unarmed. Three pairs of wings sprouted from her back. She raced to Thor's other side.
The three mechas took to the air and sped toward the progenitor.
They'd only just begun to pick up speed when a dozen purple beams of light shot up from the ground to block their path.
These purple figures were all filled with a ferocious aura. After they soared into the air, they spread their purplish-red wings and spat out purplish-red gas as they charged towards them.
A beam of sword light shot out from the Pharmacist's mecha's mouth. The light spread through the air, and in the next moment.
It transformed into a giant sword that glowed with the light of seven stars.
The Pharmacist's mecha was slashing through the air in a thousand different directions. The dozen or so purple creatures, each at least twenty meters long, were reduced to a million pieces.
On Lan Jue's other side, the Gourmet's mecha lifted its right hand. A wave of crimson light enveloped the area in front of them, and all the purple energy was gone.
The Pharmacist and the Gourmet were strong, and these creatures were no match for them.
The colossal Void Mother also sensed the strength of its enemies. The huge flower bud surged, and huge purplish-red branches surged out from its bottom, instantly turning into huge purplish-red tentacles that were thousands of meters long, sweeping towards the three people in the air.
The purplish-red flower bud itself was more than 300 meters tall, and contained an extremely large amount of energy fluctuations. When these huge tentacles waved about, it gave off a feeling that they could blot out the sky and cover the earth.
The Pharmacist's Seven Star Greatsword led the way, cutting the tentacles in half.
There was a flash of light, and one of the tentacles was sliced in half.
So strong!
Lan Jue was shocked. She knew how sharp the Pharmacist's Seven Star Greatsword was, and the fact that the tentacles hadn't been sliced in half was surprising.
However, the Pharmacist's strength wasn't so simple. Her Seven Star Greatsword split into hundreds of swords that swept across the sky. Even if they couldn't cut through the tentacles in one fell swoop, they were still able to deflect them.
Thor lifted the greatsword high in the air. The tip of the blade glowed with a blinding golden light, and then it shot to the heavens.
After Lan Jue and Jueti's combined efforts, Thor had undergone a complete transformation. Even Jueti was pleased with the amount of energy it contained.
Lan Jue was a God-ranked pilot, and the mecha he operated was different from the Gourmet and the Pharmacist.
Thor's ability to increase his fighting prowess was incredible.
A thick golden pillar of light soared into the sky, instantly illuminating the entire sky with a resplendent golden light.
Lan Jue and Zhou Qianlin were both at the peak of ninth rank, and with Thor's Conqueror's help, the lightning he unleashed was imbued with the power of protogenic lightning.
In the blink of an eye, golden bolts of lightning began to descend from the heavens.
Strangely, the lightning bolts that were supposed to be twisted and contorted were perfectly straight when Lan Jue used them. In other words, these bolts of golden light were falling from the heavens.
Even stranger, the number of bolts of golden lightning was exactly the same as the Pharmacist's Seven Star Greatswords. Each bolt of lightning found a Seven Star Greatsword, but didn't strike it. Instead, it enveloped it, giving it a golden sheen.
When the Seven Star Sword slashed those tentacles again, the golden lightning suddenly spread from the wounds of the tentacles, turning into golden light that poured into the tentacles.
The tentacles began to spasm and spasm, and their strength was greatly reduced. This allowed the Pharmacist to deal with them more quickly.
The progenitor shuddered violently again, and more tentacles shot to meet them.
Lan Jue and the others were in no hurry to unleash their most powerful attacks. Humanity knew too little about the aliens, and now that they had a chance to fight them head-on, they wanted to learn more.
This progenitor was different from the one they'd seen on Taihua.
On the other side of the battlefield, the two Ace Squads were already engaged in combat with the creatures.
The strength of the Ace Group was displayed at the first moment. They formed a circle with a diameter of about 200 metres, united against the enemy. The members of the First and Second Main Forces were grouped together, as they specialized in long-range and close-range combat respectively. The nine groups mainly focused on long-range attacks, while the close-range mecha were responsible for guarding. They worked very well together.
Very few of the creatures were able to break through the long-range firepower, and those that did were immediately killed by the close-combat mechas.
Several months of training had given them a certain level of tacit understanding. They were all Level Nine Metahumans, and with their Disciplines and mechas, they were able to deal a great deal of damage to the magenta creatures. In no time at all, the first few hundred magenta creatures were wiped out like a meat grinder.
But no one was relaxed. They could see in the distance that more and more of the creatures were coming their way. Black dots began to appear in the sky, the aliens.
Zeus -1 met up with Majesty and hovered in the air above Tempest. Mechas began to pour out of Majesty's cockpit and spread out.
Looking down from the sky, one could see that the previously calm ground was now filled with bubbles. Each bubble was a purplish-red creature.
They looked ferocious, and were of different sizes. But they were all moving in the direction of the progenitor.
"First and Second Brigade, reinforce Ace Squad's perimeter. Third and Fourth Brigade, provide support.
Zeus -1 and Majesty, patrol the skies. Be ready to attack at a moment's notice. "
A host of mechas joined the fray. This was the first time they'd faced an alien.
However, none of Star Division's soldiers were afraid. To them, the creatures were disgusting, but they had faith in their own abilities. Everyone knew that the vital crystals they found were the key to the exuvium process. The more crystals Star Division had, the sooner they could begin the exuvium process.
Thus, there was no need for too much encouragement. Everyone's fighting spirit had already been raised to its peak.
Tang Xiao led his team to the front. He was the captain of the Eleventh Squad of the First Brigade. He hadn't gotten his position because of nepotism, but because he'd performed exceedingly well in the previous trials.
At Tang Xiao's request, Tang Mi was placed in the same team as him. Their team was made up of members of the A.R.C. class.
Tang Xiao's mecha was about the same size as his own. It was large and round. It was a little funny.
Among all the mechas, in terms of size, his was probably the largest.
"Squad Eleven, come with me!" Tang Xiao's voice boomed with excitement.
They dropped to the ground.
Lan Jue had ordered that no one be allowed to come in contact with the purple hue. However, not all areas were covered in it. Some of the barren hillsides didn't have it.
The aliens preyed on life energy, they weren't interested in the soil.
The others followed behind him. Before long they'd landed on the hillside.
Tang Xiao chuckled. "Watch me. Fat God Morph!" He'd named his mecha 'Fat God'. That was the name he'd given his mecha.
A strange scene unfolded. Tang Xiao's mecha began to expand outward, and the metal around it began to liquify. It began to swell and swell as it did.
"Tell them to come in!" Tang Xiao chuckled.
The members of the Eleventh Squad had long since gotten used to Tang Xiao's way of doing things. They quickly squeezed into the giant sphere, which had a diameter of more than thirty meters.
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(To be continued …)