Chapter 1697
Chapter 1697 - 1693: Ominous Arms
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The melee continued day and night, with advanced combat powers falling one after another. In the fight to the death between worlds and races, there was no luck, nor could anyone truly remain uninvolved.
"...Another has fallen, eh?"
Black meteorites fell from the sky, and Lu Ping’an felt the end of a Deity.
The tiers of war were no longer limited to the Mortals on the ground.
Quasi-Gods have their own fights to the death, and Deities have their own desperate battlegrounds in the sky and Exotic Realms.
The earth Gods were also interfering in the battlefield. If one were to only watch the news reports, it seemed as though They had done nothing... But beings like Lu Ping’an could tell that this kind of "interference" was actually the more important battleground.
Without Them, we would likely have already been crushed.
The enemy Deities were exceptionally active.
From time to time, "Divine Creatures" would come through the Plane Gates from their realm.
They could be Avatars or Saints descending, Clones or the Original Owners.... They usually didn’t survive long before once again falling.
But the very existence of these beings is a form of "World’s Reason"; their disintegration is also the beginning of the Erosion of this world, which isn’t friendly towards them.
They are rewriting the "rules" of this battlefield. Those floating areas, those highly humid zones resembling seas on land, those continuously drifting water Pillars have all become the home ground and Fortresses of the Sea Tribe.
Meanwhile, the combat of the high-tier professionals from the Exotic Realms has noticeably become much stronger.
Those foreign Gods likely did not bestow Divine Grace as the earth Gods did – that would be too extravagant for them. This is merely suppression against the human side after the local area becomes wholly exotic, an enhancement for their own fighting power.
And the human Gods, with the help of the World’s Will, are suppressing and controlling them in turn.
On one hand, they suppress the exoticized areas to avoid the infinite expansion of unfavorable battlefields; on the other, they grant various targeted Divine Graces, allowing their own warriors to adapt to exoticized areas.
Once the Race Gods of both sides enter the fray, the display of victory and defeat is seen as the constantly changing environment of the local battlefield.
Divine Positions and Divine Power Fragments, which were rare in the past, are now up for grabs if you’re bold enough... The continuous ascensions to godhood over this week are clear evidence.
"Postponed payment..."
Lu Ping’an once again repaired Dragon Moon Island, and the super rift that could tear apart the island vanished mostly in an instant, while the Quasi-God who made a sacrificial strike also completely dissolved into a bubble shadow amidst the gang-up.
The consumption continues, and gradually, the human side is gaining the upper hand.
The supplementation of high-tier combat powers and reinforcements is one aspect; the "secret weapons" presented by the nations are fundamental.
The unmanned combat skills and ground machinery showcased by the Eastern Country are increasingly displaying the confidence of the number one industrial power.
However, these machines are becoming more and more bizarre.
The high mobility, strategic capability, and a certain degree of magic resistance granted to mere Artificial Souls by Mechanical Spirit Awakening were not the limit of Eastern Country’s technology.
Those "Metal Creations" were highly lethal to ordinary Fishmen, but limited in effect against high-tier professionals. Thus, the infamous "Corpse Bone Drones" made their appearance.
These unmanned drones, crafted from "professional" materials, are essentially "Life" on their own. They often carry a portion of Career Ability, and even some abilities from their "Original Materials."
Lu Ping’an went to investigate and confirmed that they were made by integrating Artificial Spirits that drive the corpses, using techniques similar to "Mechanical Spirit Awakening."
Before the soul dissipates and the skeleton crumbles, it often can exhibit part of the "original material’s" abilities... and if it is outfitted with other soul accessories and mechanical armed attachments, surpassing the combat power of the Original Owner is possible.
Although most of them are handcrafted and highly inefficient to produce... the biggest "production base" of our country is now on Dragon Moon Island.
Materials... Those once hard-to-obtain extraordinary materials are now ubiquitous.
According to the data Lu Ping’an has reviewed, the number of "Extraordinary Drones" is actually increasing, and once they successfully hunt, they can use the flesh and blood of their prey to create new drones.
Releasing "Mechanic Spiritualists" and "Necromancers", these forbidden paths, without considering some social impacts, indeed, the unleashed productivity has exploded at this moment.
At this time, no one talks about "morality"... Actually, there are people who do, but they are ignored by those around them.
Now, as both sides exhaust each other, one side has only one life, while the other can retrieve their skeleton and fight again... although the behavior is despicable, no one can refuse it as long as it effectively increases the ways of the race war.
"...It’s been a week."
The war is shaped by skeletons.
Since neither side can eliminate the other in the short term, it naturally becomes a war of attrition; whoever runs out of resources first, loses everything.
One side is the reinforcement of the entire world and the last chance of resistance for the people in crisis; the other side keeps getting more reinforcements from the torn spatial rifts.
Low-tier combat power is being exhausted against each other, high-tier combat power like Quasi-Gods is being drained, and even Deities have become expendables.
Those forcibly brought over Exotic Realm Gods, instantly became the enemies of the world, forced under the coercion of their "masters" to sacrifice their "flesh" to intervene in the battlefield.
Perhaps they would not fall on the spot, but the loss of their "presence" in this world is certain, severe injuries are not sufficient to describe their loss, and permanent decline is just the minimal level of consumption.
"Just like the previous strategic deductions, it indeed has become a war of attrition...."
The more the war progresses, the more apparent the situation of all parties becomes; the information continuously relayed back from the frontline indicates that our side has vaguely gained an advantage, but not by much... The Plane Gates that are torn open on-site are spitting out troops all the time, making it rather strenuous to fight against.
The Legions at the frontline have also found some "resistance forces"... those guys have actually survived till today, they truly are capable.
The Guerrilla Corps wandering in Australia incessantly attack Australia’s Exotic Realm battlefields, mainly to destroy various "altars" and prevent the two worlds from being continuously dragged into each other.
Dragon Moon Island doesn’t expect their battle results, instead hoping that they can preserve themselves a bit longer... The frontline intelligence they provide is the most crucial.
And what’s frustrating is that our side’s drones, in the Exotic Realm Evil God’s areas of foreign transformation, frequently encounter various malfunctions.
Clearly, this is the result of becoming familiar with the home field, making the physical operations of many drones become variables... Worth mentioning is that the "Corpse Bone Drones" easily overcame the environment and became even more ferocious.
A large number of drones are flying over the Australian islands, swarms persistently attacking various facilities and Fishmen, especially various Plane coordinates and altars... this actually signifies that humanity is vaguely gaining the upper hand, starting to attack the homelands of visitors from the Foreign Domain.
This might not close those Plane entrances, but it can prevent more visitors from the Exotic Realm from being dragged into this world.
Both the Eastern Country and the West, after confirming the theme of a "consumption war", have adopted methods including Corpse Bone Drones, Self-Destruction Aircraft, Prisoner Pilots, and others, to reduce the consumption of their Elite combat power.
All parties are bearing losses, constantly probing and suppressing, then "exchanging".
The front lines sometimes advance, sometimes retreat, Gods too have become "bombs"... Even Quasi-Gods may die by accident, no one can be totally safe, and Lu Ping’an’s application to go to the frontline has become even more difficult.
All parties are enduring, continuously suffering battle damage... Whoever loses patience first naturally falls behind.
And this time, becoming the catalyst for change first are the invaders from the Exotic Realm; they won’t watch all this happen without taking action.
— End of Chapter 1697 —