LRAB Chapter 243 : The Power of the Giant Mountain
Chapter 243 : The Power of the Giant Mountain
Chapter 243: The Power of the Giant Mountain!
What made the Special Forces break out in cold sweat even more was that flash floods suddenly erupted among the surrounding mountains!
Massive torrents of water swept in from every direction.
The Special Forces soldiers had no choice but to control the Jumpfrog Mechs and quickly withdraw from the mountain range.
Watching this scene from high altitude, Li Ye shook his head slightly.
The Mountain Range Demon’s land-based attack methods were even more varied than he had imagined.
Clearly, all the plants, rocks, and water within the mountains could be manipulated by it.
“Alright, next let’s see whether it has anti-air capabilities,” he said slowly.
With his order given, a reconnaissance aircraft immediately dived from high altitude and swept across the mountains at low altitude.
Li Ye stared intently at the mountain peaks the aircraft passed.
In an instant, a mountain peak ahead of the aircraft suddenly split apart. Dozens of tons of sharp rocks were hurled into the sky by an invisible force.
Their speed was comparable to artillery shells, forming a deadly storm of debris around the aircraft.
Not only that.
The mist and clouds swirling above the peak suddenly condensed into a gigantic black vortex charged with electricity, surging toward the reconnaissance aircraft.
“This demon can even launch weather attacks?” Li Ye exclaimed in shock.
The pilot had already been prepared.
The moment the Mountain Range Demon launched its attack, he sharply pulled the reconnaissance aircraft upward, successfully evading the strike.
Seeing that the attack had failed, the Mountain Range Demon returned to silence.
The shattered mountain peak gradually restored itself to its original shape.
The massive black vortex above the mountain also disappeared.
Everything became calm again, as if nothing had happened.
Half an hour later, the reconnaissance operation ended.
The reconnaissance aircraft returned and landed one after another on the A1 Deck of the Tomorrow.
After stepping onto the deck, Li Ye frowned deeply.
This round of reconnaissance had yielded useful results.
He had learned the Mountain Range Demon’s attack methods.
But unfortunately, he had not discovered the locations of its vital organs such as a head or heart.
Since the Mountain Range Demon could control all vegetation as weapons, Li Ye began reconsidering Zhou Xing’s earlier forest-fire strategy.
After hearing this, Zhou Xing proposed a new idea.
“Come to think of it... do you think the Mountain Range Demon might have emotions like humans?”
“Emotions?” Li Ye was momentarily stunned.
After thinking about it carefully, Zhou Xing’s speculation did make some sense.
Monsters in the wasteland could not be judged by normal logic.
Yang Zheng looked hesitant.
“Since we can’t find its head or heart, how exactly do we attack and kill the Mountain Range Demon?” he asked.
“Maybe the Mountain Range Demon’s heart beats like a human’s,” Fang Yong speculated. “For a demon of this scale, the heartbeat would definitely be incredibly loud. We just need to send more reconnaissance aircraft and search for areas with unusual sounds.”
“That idea... actually makes some sense.”
Just as they were discussing this, a figure suddenly ran toward them in a hurry.
They looked over in surprise.
It was Carson.
The leader of the Survivor Caravan rushed straight to Li Ye.
“The Titan Throne sent me some intelligence!” he said seriously. “Not only the Mountain Range Demon. They’ve discovered other super-gigantic demons in different regions.”
Lake Demon.
Swamp Demon.
Desert Demon.
Like the Mountain Range Demon, these super-gigantic demons guarded various outer regions of Guixu Continent, blocking all routes to the inland.
Yang Zheng and the others were stunned.
“So Alliance Leader’s speculation was actually correct?” Fang Yong said in disbelief.
“That means no matter which route we take, we’ll encounter super-gigantic demons blocking the way,” Yang Zheng said solemnly. “And the Mountain Range Demon might not even be the most troublesome one.”
Li Ye turned his head and looked toward the distant mountains.
To construct a defensive structure protecting the entire inland of Guixu Continent, at least a dozen super-gigantic demons would be required.
Each one was a BOSS-level entity.
Even for a Super Monstrous Civilization, mobilizing such forces would be extremely demanding.
“The Demon Civilization must be preparing for something huge in the inland if they’re deploying such a massive defense line,” he thought.
His curiosity grew stronger.
Zhou Xing thought for a moment and looked up at the sky.
“Alliance Leader, why don’t we send reconnaissance aircraft directly over the Mountain Range Demon to scout the inland?” he suggested.
Li Ye’s eyes lit up at first, but he quickly shook his head.
It wasn’t that simple.
Demons came in countless forms.
Some could certainly fight in the air.
For example, Wind Demons or Fighter Jet Demons.
The Tomorrow Alliance likely could not bypass the defense simply by flying.
Fang Yong also looked up at the sky thoughtfully.
“Maybe there are even super-gigantic demons guarding the sky.”
Hearing this, Li Ye, Zhou Xing, and Yang Zheng froze.
Then all three of them looked up at the sky simultaneously.
A super-gigantic demon guarding the sky?
But there was almost nothing in the sky—only wind and clouds.
“Old Fang, you might actually be right,” Zhou Xing said slowly. “We’ve already seen unbelievable things while attacking cities. Maybe there really is a super-gigantic demon in the sky.”
Fang Yong awkwardly scratched his bald head.
“Is that so? Then maybe I just jinxed us.”
Carson shrugged nearby.
Compared to the Tomorrow Alliance, his Survivor Caravan did not have to worry about such complicated matters.
They only needed to wander the wilderness and gather resources while surviving.
Even so, when he looked at the distant Mountain Range Demon, he sighed softly.
“Sigh... what kind of world is this? Why are there such ridiculous monsters in the wasteland?”
After thinking for a moment, Li Ye quickly came up with a plan.
They would concentrate their firepower and blast open a hollow corridor through the mountains.
The main forces would be the Peacemaker, Black Rain Bombers, Peregrine Falcon Fighters, and Gunboat Craft.
As the order was issued, the muzzle of the Electromagnetic Railgun on the Peacemaker began glowing with a faint blue light.
The entire rail erupted with dazzling arcs of electricity.
The projectile accelerated in less than a thousandth of a second and shot out violently.
The moment the projectile struck the mountain, time seemed to freeze.
The rock layers melted silently like butter cut by a hot knife, and an orange-red plasma fireball erupted from the impact point.
A perfect tunnel dozens of meters wide was blasted through the mountain’s interior, its edges gleaming with glass-like crystallization.
Only afterward did the shockwave sweep across the entire mountain.
Cracks spread wildly across the rock face like spider webs.
Countless stones fell like a storm.
Through the hole blasted into the mountain, the observers saw blood vessels and sinews mixed within the rock layers.
And faint roars echoed from deep within the mountains.
“Did we anger the Mountain Range Demon?” Zhou Xing asked hesitantly.
Li Ye stared at the opening.
Although the Peacemaker’s strike looked impressive, compared to the Mountain Range Demon’s enormous body it was like a tiny cut on a human body.
Small—but extremely painful.
Li Ye waved his hand.
“Continue.”
Soon black dots appeared beneath the distant clouds.
The roar of engines echoed through the silent mountains.
The bomber formation had arrived.
Bombers, fighters, and gunboat craft began the bombardment.
The leading bomber released its payload first.
Hundreds of bombs fell simultaneously, tearing through the air with piercing screams.
When the first bomb hit the ground, the mountain seemed to be struck by an invisible giant fist.
Orange fireballs erupted.
Shockwaves spread outward in rings.
Stone fragments and dust shot into the sky like fountains.
Then—
Boom!
Explosions blossomed across the mountain ridge.
Flames and black smoke formed waves of destruction.
High-explosive warheads burrowed into the rock layers and tore the mountain apart from within.
Incendiary bombs poured liquid fire down the slopes.
Bunker-buster bombs penetrated deep inside before detonating, causing structural collapse.
Fighters and gunboat craft followed, unleashing relentless bombardment.
At the same time, the Peacemaker opened full fire from the ground.
A volley of Frost Shells struck several mountain peaks.
Extreme cold erupted instantly, covering them in thick layers of ice crystals.
The rocks became brittle under the freezing temperature, cracking like glass.
Water streams froze into icy rivers.
Trees became crystalline ice pillars.
Several peaks were sealed in thick ice.
Then Molten Shells struck those frozen peaks.
Thousands-degree flames devoured the ice instantly.
The explosions blasted entire peaks apart.
Molten lava-like fluids flowed down the mountains, melting rock and vaporizing ice.
White steam and black smoke rose together.
The mountain ridges softened in the heat, twisting like melting wax.
In addition—
Black Iron Cannons, hundreds of regular cannons firing Level 3 shells, and missile launch silos joined the bombardment.
Under the combined attack of the Peacemaker and the aircraft, several mountain peaks completely collapsed.
They became boiling masses of rubble and molten slag.
“So powerful!” Fang Yong exclaimed.
Li Ye nodded slightly.
Even he was surprised.
He hadn’t expected them to actually blast open the mountains.
But as he looked at the trembling Mountain Range Demon, he knew the battle wasn’t over.
Its immense size gave it the arrogance to dominate the entire Peninsula Zone.
But that size also made it slow and cumbersome.
“Still... it’s a Level 3 BOSS. It won’t just sit there and die,” he thought.
Sure enough, the Mountain Range Demon launched its counterattack.
The rock layers on countless peaks peeled away like shedding skin.
Endless rocks rolled down its surface.
A roar that shook heaven and earth echoed from deep within the mountains.
The peaks of countless mountains collapsed simultaneously.
Rocks, soil, and mountain rivers merged into a catastrophic torrent of destruction, pouring toward the peninsula like a collapsing world.
The torrent stretched hundreds of miles wide.
Wherever it passed, the earth split apart and the air burned.
It looked like a divine whip sweeping across the land.
At the front was a storm of rocks traveling over 100 kilometers per hour.
Millstone-sized boulders rained down across the plains.
Behind them came a raging tide of mud and stone swallowing everything in its path.
At that moment, the sky itself seemed to lose its color.
Fortunately, the Tomorrow Alliance had launched the attack from long distance.
Their Mobile Cities and ground forces were far away.
Even so, everyone was deeply shocked.
Li Ye waved his hand.
“Keep bombing it!”
A few minutes later, another change occurred.
The Mountain Range Demon’s enormous body suddenly convulsed violently.
Crimson veins appeared across its surface.
With a roar that shattered the heavens, it began breaking apart.
Countless mountain peaks tore away from its body.
At the fractures, rock mixed with flesh and sinews.
The separated mountains twisted and transformed rapidly.
Grotesque faces appeared on the rock surfaces.
Jagged cliffs turned into claws and fangs.
In the blink of an eye—
Hundreds of Mountain Peak Demons emerged.
Their rough stone bodies formed terrifying facial features.
Cliffs reorganized into claws and jaws.
Four gigantic limbs grew from their bodies, allowing them to stand between heaven and earth.
Hundreds of different Mountain Peak Demons roared among the mountains before charging toward the Tomorrow Alliance.
“It can split apart too?” Zhou Xing said in shock.
“This is unbelievable... absolutely unbelievable!” Fang Yong exclaimed.
Li Ye immediately ordered all forces to engage.
Their priority was to bomb the demons’ legs, disabling their movement.
The Peacemaker continued firing.
The aircraft formation bombed relentlessly.
The Land Combat Forces launched guerrilla warfare using the terrain of the city ruins.
The entire Peninsula Zone thundered with explosions.
Mobile Cities and land-air combat forces unleashed full firepower.
One Mountain Peak Demon after another was shattered.
Despite their imposing appearance, the Mountain Peak Demons could not withstand the Tomorrow Alliance’s firepower.
The Peacemaker and aircraft formations were simply too powerful.
The front rows of Mountain Peak Demons were quickly annihilated.
Their collapsed bodies blocked the advance of those behind them.
As time passed, the remaining Mountain Peak Demons began gathering together again.
They merged back into the Mountain Range Demon.
Seeing this, Li Ye shook his head.
“You’ve got quite a lot of tricks... Keep bombing it!”
After an unknown amount of time, the battle finally ended.
Amid the smoke filling the sky, the Mountain Range Demon released a deafening wail.
After enduring countless bombardments, its body was covered with spider-web-like cracks.
Finally—
It collapsed like a sand tower.
“Did we take it down?” someone asked in surprise.
From the beginning of the battle until now, the Tomorrow Alliance had unleashed its full firepower.
Countless combat resources had been consumed.
But that was precisely why they had been able to suppress the Mountain Range Demon from start to finish.
While feeling relieved, everyone looked at the demon’s massive remains.
Their expressions became complicated.
The monsters of the wasteland were simply too numerous and too complex.
And generation after generation of humanity had fought against them.