Chapter 498

Chapter 498: Target: "Poseidon"

The enormous knight shield rose and then came crashing down with a thunderous noise.

Amid the piercing sound of twisted metal and clanging metal collisions, the nearest "Swords" track-mounted combat mechanical soldier to Lin Mo was flattened as if it had been hit by a cannonball, crushed by the immense physical force.

The Six-Barreled Gatling Machine Gun nearly pressed against the knight shield fired a series of sparks before going silent on the shield’s surface.

Lin Mo pivoted and charged again, his right hand gripping the giant sword, which weighed over a hundred kilograms. With ease, he cleaved through an attacker in camouflage tactical armor, splitting both the man and his gun in two. The sheer power and Battle Energy behind the sharp blade, made from high-speed steel, showed no mercy.

These attackers in camouflage tactical armor were not the main force; they were merely there to assist in command and create distractions. When they encountered the Dragon Knight, they were utterly helpless, unable to even flee, with a third of them cut down on the spot.

In the sky, small flying machines launched small rockets, but one after another, they were suddenly blown apart into fragments.

“Hmm! Is there a sniper helping me?” Lin Mo exclaimed, as it was clear the destruction of the small flying machines wasn’t his doing—it was obviously no accident.

The image in his visor using Light Mirror Technique switched, scanning the surroundings once more. He noticed several bodies lying in the alley near the restaurant—those were the gunners from the first wave. He had wondered why they hadn’t shown up yet, only to discover they had been taken out.

Almost every body had a massive hole, as if they had been torn in two, and some had entire legs missing, with shoulders and heads vanishing without a trace.

The lethality of the 12.7 millimeter caliber anti-material weapon was comparable to being bitten by a giant beast. If such a shot struck the spine, the bones would absorb all the kinetic energy, potentially blasting a person apart entirely.

As the scene shifted, a black-haired man appeared atop a nearby rooftop by a chimney, aiming a “Jepard” sniper rifle in their direction. He was the one who had shot down those small flying machines.

He must be one of us.

Thank goodness he’s on our side.

Otherwise, getting hit by a 12.7 millimeter sniper round would have been quite troublesome.

Lin Mo swung his giant sword, executing a dazzling flourish, while blocking incoming bullets from other directions, acknowledging the sniper.

He believed it was a protective team sent from above. Lin Mo trusted the military would not remain indifferent when he faced an attack, but the attackers were too strong, and it was difficult to gather enough force. Achieving this level was already impressive.

In the feedback image from the Light Mirror Technique, the sniper was startled by Lin Mo’s gesture, clearly taken aback. However, the next reaction puzzled Lin Mo; the sniper hesitated for a moment before swiftly shifting his position with the rifle.

“The hummingbirds have all been shot down, we’ve spotted the sniper! The target isn’t just one person; what do we do? Boss!”

“Stop him! Damn it, hit him with missiles! ‘Poseidon’ team, are you all dead? Open fire now!”

“Boss, we can’t stop him. Oh no, another ‘Swords’ has been taken down! Is that a human? The sword is real, not a prop; shoot, shoot, ah…”

In the blink of an eye, all the "Swords" track-mounted combat mechanical soldiers were either smashed to pieces by the knight shield, cut apart by the giant sword, or simply demolished by sheer body force, resulting in their total annihilation.

“Retreat, retreat now! Use cloud explosive bombs to stop him! God, can we kill this monster?”

“Is the submersible bus ready? We need to get out; this is too terrifying! Is he even human?”

“Help! Help…”

“Retreat! Mission failed! Retreat!”

The attackers could not withstand Lin Mo’s assault; their reflexes couldn’t keep up with his speed.

The hundreds of kilograms of knight armor he wore felt almost weightless on Lin Mo. With the Void Magnetism talent of the gold giant dragon, his armor was nearly negative in weight, making his killing force in this world even more terrifying than in another world.

In another world, there were cases of successful contracts with gold element dragons, yet few became true partners with Dragon Knights, as most stubborn Dragon Knights faced backlash from their contracted gold element dragons.

As the "Dragon of Slaughter," a tool in the hands of the gods, even humans in the other world could hardly comprehend the terror of a gold element Dragon Knight at full power.

Even without magical attacks, pure physical strength alone was enough to challenge the mightiest of opponents, especially since this world lacked magic.

At least, Lin Mo had not seen any.

Two “Poseidon” combat-powered armors revealed their missile bays once again, connecting two grayish clouds of high-energy explosive agents that enveloped Lin Mo in a powerful explosion.

“Oh no!”

Lin Mo, who often used high-energy cloud explosive bombs, understood the devastating power of such weapons all too well. He immediately shielded himself with Battle Energy, surging outward as silvery liquid metal flowed from the joints and exposed parts of his armor, covering the knight armor entirely.

“What a loss! What a loss! Lord Dragon still has to help you! Do you want Lord Dragon to show his true form and swallow them one by one?” It seemed the gold giant dragon was quite dissatisfied about Lin Mo being gifted two high-energy cloud explosive bombs, even though it knew Lin Mo was overly cautious. But unrestrained slaughter was exactly what the gold giant dragon should do.

Frustration filled the dragon.

Boom! A deafening roar erupted, like a small nuclear bomb exploding. The powerful shockwave shattered nearby glass, and within the already shattered buildings, the gusts of air from the explosion created chaos, causing people inside to scream.

The surfaces of surrounding buildings and the ground where the explosion occurred were stripped away, leaving fragments of tiles, marble, and various signs scattered everywhere. In the blink of an eye, the clean, tidy street turned into a slum.

“We… we did it! Oh my God, he is a monster! Is he really an alien?”

“If he doesn’t die from this, I’m retiring! This world is just too terrifying.”

“Don’t speak too soon, guys.”

“He’s finished; even an elephant would be turned to ash, and that’s double cloud explosion—so spectacular!”

The surviving six tactical armor soldiers marveled in awe.

“Stop talking nonsense! Oh no, he’s not an alien; he’s a monster! He’s still alive; life scanners detected him! Watch out, he’s coming out!”

From the inferno that burned like a lava hell, a figure in armor emerged, dragging the giant sword with one hand.

The attackers collectively gasped; what kind of terrifying creature was this, that modern weapons seemed ineffective against?

Dealing with cloud explosions was thanks to Lin Mo’s training at the aerospace training center. The temperature of the ionosphere experienced when the space shuttle traveled to outer space and returned to Earth was far more formidable than that of a cloud explosive bomb. Although the ionosphere’s temperature was less than half of that of a cloud bomb, the spacecraft, with its added speed and time, had energy that was not inferior to the cloud bomb.

Naturally, astronauts had plenty of countermeasures to withstand strong shockwaves and high-temperature burns. It was indeed terrifying when a ruthless gold giant dragon encountered technology, especially the advanced tech present in this world. Thanks to the heat-resistant and shock-resistant structure that enveloped Lin Mo, there was no need for special materials to ensure his survival under the cloud explosion.

If these attackers were smart enough to analyze that Lin Mo was immune to metal attacks, they could easily eliminate him with tungsten-core warheads mounted on an electromagnetic railgun, using ultra-hard nano-ceramics for the armor.

Even with the gold giant dragon protecting him, there would be no chance to guard Lin Mo in such a rush.

“These despicable guys!”

Lin Mo’s armor radiated an astonishing heat. Partly from the cloud explosion’s intense fire, the other part came from his Battle Energy reaching a transformation point, heating everything within a foot around him. If not for the full-body armor, the attackers would have seen pure white flames rising from Lin Mo’s body, a manifestation of his Battle Energy at its peak.

Like a meteor, propelled by the residual power of the cloud explosion, Lin Mo charged from the inferno, crashing into a tactical armor soldier as fiercely as a tank. The massive impact shattered both the soldier and his armor into fragments, which were ignited by the radiant flames leaking from Lin Mo, turning into scorching coals that flew in all directions.

Lin Mo moved with astonishing speed and agility, dodging a powerful giant pulse laser. With a shield in one hand and the sword in the other, he remained unaffected by the passage of time, heading straight for the two “Poseidon” armors.

At each twist and turn of the winding path, the surviving tactical armor warriors needed hardly to strike directly—just laying the giant sword flat sufficed to cleave through their opponents, solely relying on speed. Only the most experienced soldiers knew the tactics that could maximize damage in a charge.

The people of this world had probably forgotten such tactics for over a hundred years. This was still a standard knight battlefield technique, leveraging a war horse’s speed to enhance weapon strikes; heavy cavalry could always tear through the enemy’s strongest formations.

The horrifying cleavages returned to the battlefield after a long absence.

“Die!”

Lin Mo effortlessly hung the knight shield onto a special holder on his back, dragging the giant sword with both hands. The furious Battle Energy surged toward the sword’s edge, almost ready to shine.

Target: “Poseidon” combat-powered armor!

Tactics: Charge!