Chapter 165 Mountain Spirit

The mountain spirit wildly crashed through five or six Pioneers, its target clear: Li Tianran, who was currently in the command position on the steel wall.

*Poof!*

Its sharp claws pierced the chest of a Pioneer, who it casually tossed dozens of meters away.

Before the Pioneer could activate the jet gas valve on the back of his waist, his body fell heavily against the steel wall.

Countless sea beasts swarmed over him, the Pioneer's figure disappearing into the tide of monsters without even a scream.

*Bang!*

An RPG rocket flew over, passing through the gaps in the crowd and heading straight for the mountain spirit.

In a flash, the mountain spirit looked up, its claws actually grabbing at the incoming shell.

*Boom!*

A violent explosion erupted, flames soaring, shrapnel flying!

Many people looked to the center of the explosion.

They didn't think a single-soldier rocket could kill a second-stage evolved creature, but at least it could cause minor injuries and slow it down.

The next moment, a figure engulfed in flames leaped out from the center of the explosion.

The mountain spirit's fur was burning, some parts of its body were charred black, but its eyes remained incredibly fierce, and observing its movements, there was no sign of hesitation!

The RPG rocket, powerful enough to destroy a light armored vehicle, had only burned off the fur of this second-stage evolved creature!

Other than that, it was unaffected.

"Die!"

Suddenly, the mountain spirit hissed in a low voice, uttering human language, and pounced on Li Tianran. Its sharp claws descended with an unstoppable force.

*Clang!*

Several steel blades blocked Li Tianran, standing against the mountain spirit's claws.

But the next moment, the claws struck the steel blades. Immediately, the blades emitted sounds of unbearable strain, bending dramatically, about to snap!

"Gravity... two hundred times!" Finally, Li Tianran's voice rang out.

The mountain spirit's expression suddenly changed. It felt its body become incredibly heavy, not only its bones and flesh, but even its internal organs and brain felt as if heavy iron blocks had been pressed upon them.

Its movements immediately stiffened, feeling like its body was sinking into a swamp, unable to escape!

This feeling came violently, but did not last long, disappearing in an instant.

But that moment gave the surrounding Pioneers a chance to counterattack.

Lu Chi was expressionless, but his steel blade was extremely sharp, coming from the left with a piercing whistle.

He knew how strong the body of this second-stage evolved creature was, so he wasn't slashing, but stabbing!

The mountain spirit had just broken free from Li Tianran's gravity field, and in its vision, it saw a blade tip constantly enlarging, eventually making direct contact with its eyeball!

*Poof!*

A muffled sound of a blade entering flesh rang out, like a wineskin bursting. The steel blade pierced straight through the mountain spirit's eyeball and into its brain.

Lu Chi gripped the hilt, twisted his wrist and turned with force!

The two-inch wide blade rolled wildly in the mountain spirit's eyeball and brain, the sharp blade cutting off many nerves and blood vessels in its brain!

"Awwwooooo!"

This powerful second-stage evolved creature roared in pain. The powerful genes of second-stage evolution had created a body like steel, but even so, some of its weaknesses as a living being had not been eliminated.

The eyes were still its most vulnerable spot.

*Crack!*

The mountain spirit was driven mad by the pain. It forced Lu Chi back with a claw, and at the same time, forcibly pulled the steel blade out of its eye socket. But by this time, more Pioneers had surrounded it.

"Skull..." Li Tianran said in a deep voice, "Pierce its skull!"

Second-stage evolvers have much greater vitality and self-healing abilities than first-stage evolved creatures, but... life flaws still exist!

This kind of life flaw seems to be a rule in the dark that restricts the evolvers. No matter how powerful the evolver becomes, they cannot achieve true immortality. Even the ancient Kings would die on the spot if their life flaws were shattered!

The mountain spirit was crazed. Although it was a second-stage evolver, it was suppressed by Li Tianran's gravity field, and the Pioneers swarmed it. Finally, the steel blade pierced through its skull from inside its brain, and it fell to the ground with a wail.

In order to kill it, the Pioneers also paid a great price. More than twenty Pioneers suffered injuries of varying degrees, three Pioneers died, and one Tank Warrior was destroyed!

"This is just an atavistic second-stage evolved creature..." Li Tianran looked down at the mountain spirit's corpse at his feet. This creature had not demonstrated any special abilities in the previous attack. It was the most ordinary and lowest-level type of atavistic evolutionary path.

But even so, it still caused considerable damage to the Pioneer Legion.

One could imagine how terrifying the consequences would be if a large number of God-Descended and Intelligence-Type second-stage evolved creatures broke into the Burning Steel Wall!

"..." Li Tianran frowned, a hint of hesitation appearing in his eyes. He seemed to be considering, weighing something. He looked at the three apostles in the distance and muttered to himself: "Aren't you going to enter the arena yet?"

"Will things get out of hand if this continues?"

……

At this time, at the North Heaven Gate R&D Center, the emotions of a large number of staff members were in a state of extreme excitement.

"First area is in position!"

"Third area is fully in position!"

"Self-check complete!"

"Base station response is good!"

"Thirteenth area completion rate is 99%, and the final compilation is in progress, estimated time is thirty minutes!"

At the R&D center, Chen Tiannan's eyes were bloodshot, his breathing was rapid, and as he listened to the reports from the heads of each area, he felt his heart rate was constantly accelerating.

"Conduct a safety review to ensure a successful initial run!"

"In addition, arrange for the staff in the completed areas to evacuate immediately and enter the bomb shelter for refuge!" Chen Tiannan ordered in a deep voice: "We just received an attack report, Kyosho Island is being invaded, and monsters may invade here. To avoid unnecessary casualties, we need to evacuate in an orderly manner!"

The war had gradually intensified. The location of the North Heaven Gate Research Building was very close to the invaded Steel Wall area. If Li Tianran failed to defend or missed a few stragglers, this place might be subjected to a bloody slaughter.

Although there were Pioneers and mechanical warriors guarding this place, most of the troops had been transferred to the border of Kyosho Island, and the protection here was not strong.

In the face of those terrifying monsters, these technical personnel who only knew scientific research programming had almost no ability to protect themselves!

"Old Ma, take people to prepare to evacuate immediately!" Chen Tiannan looked at a person in charge in front of him and said, "Start from the first area!"

Chen Tiannan spoke, but the person in charge named Old Ma didn't move at all. He shook his head, took off his glasses, and said: "Engineer Chen, I just asked those technicians... They said, they will never evacuate!"

"North Heaven Gate was built by all of us with our own hands. No one wants to miss the moment of its birth."

"And if danger invades here, the base stations here will definitely be destroyed."

"We will defend it!" Old Ma said in a deep voice: "We will never evacuate!"

Chen Tiannan looked at his old friend in astonishment. In his mind, Old Ma had always been a gentle and weak person. He really didn't expect the other party to say such a thing.

"It's not time for you to die for your country yet." At this moment, a female Pioneer led a team over. She looked at Chen Tiannan coldly and said in a deep voice:

"Receiving the Governor's order, issuing an emergency order to Chen Tiannan..."