Chapter 1781: A’Ruheng Enters the Fray
“Boom, boom, boom, boom…”
A string of loud booms rang out clearly in the control center through the soulmunicator. The thunderous explosions were met by stunned silence from all those in the control center.
The First Air Regiment had beenpletely wiped out…
In such a short span of time, the First Air Regiment, which had earned countless des and firmly cemented itself as the premier air squadron of the Central Legion, had beenpletely decimated.
Not even a single aircraft was able to emerge.
Yu Guanzhi’s hands instantly balled up into tight fists, and thick veins began to bulge on his forehead.
Never did he think that such a tragedy would take ce, and he was struck by a bout of tightness in the chest.
This was the best air squadron under hismand! Had it really been decimated just like that?
Only now did the thousands ofser beams reach the battlefield, where they sped toward the “dark cloud”, but the swarm of hos instantly spread themselves out through the air.
As a result, theser beams were only able to strike a very small proportion of the hos, reducing an entirely insignificant number of them to grey mist. The 50 fighter aircrafts of the First Air Regiment didn’t even get a chance to self-detonate before they were erased off the face of this world.
This was far too heavy a price to pay this early in the battle, and Yu Guanzhi was struggling toe to terms with what had just happened.
Deep within the abyssal passageway, Ghost Emperor burst into raucousughter. “Splendid! As expected of the Abyssal Bomber Hos; your brethren are unmatched in mass destructive power, Ho Sovereign!”
At this moment, there were over 10 people standing deep within the cave. Ghost Emperor and Infernal Emperor were among them, and the rest possessed auras that were no less powerful than theirs.
One of the people in the cave replied, “This is nothing; you haven’t even gotten to witness the true power of the abyss yet.”
This was the ruler of the eighth level of the abyss, Ho Sovereign!
Just like all of the nine sovereigns of the abyss, the Ho Sovereign possessed a human form, and the fact that she was ranked above the ck Sovereign was already sufficient testament to her power.
In contrast with a normal human, the Ho Sovereign’s eyes were very attention-grabbing as they were at least twice asrge as those of a normal person. Furthermore, they were circr in shape and glowing with green light, and if one were to look closely, they would discover that the eyes wereprised of countlesspound eyes, presenting a harrowing sight to behold.
The name “Abyssal Bomber Hos” had been coined by Ghost Emperor, and the most fearsome thing about these hos wasn’t their sheer numbers; it was the fact that they had a singlemander whose orders they followed without question.
The Ho Sovereign was their solemander, and to put it simply, each and every Abyssal Bomber Ho could be said to be a part of the Ho Sovereign’s body.
The Ho Sovereign was like the queen bee of the hive,municating with her brethren through some special means, and all of the Abyssal Bomber Hos carried out her orders with immediate effect as soon as they were transmitted by her will.
The Abyssal Bomber Hos had an enormous poption, and they weren’t all that fearsome individually, but they possessed two abilities, one of which was to ignite their own wings to produce a burst of instantaneous propulsion force that would push them over the sound barrier, while the other one was to self-detonate to unleash fearsome destructive power.
In a one-on-one battle, the Ho Sovereign would be inferior to the ck Sovereign, but in a battle between races, even if there were two ck Sovereigns leading all of the ck Empresses, they would still be no match for the Ho Sovereign.
Even the sovereigns ranked above the Ho Sovereign were very reluctant to engage her in battle as her style of battle was far too dangerous and insane.
At this moment, there were some dark golden Abyssal Bomber Hos flying around above the Ho Sovereign. Each of them was around the size of a human head, and they were giving off cold and forbidding auras.
Despite their limited numbers, Ghost Emperor was aware that all of them were extremely fearsome.
Normal Abyssal Bomber Hos could virtually be instantly resurrected as soon as their energy returned to the abyss, but it took far longer for these golden Abyssal Bomber Hos to be resurrected, and there weren’t that many of them in total.
At the moment, all of the Abyssal Bomber Hos had dispersed themselves through the air so that the human army’s long-range attacks wouldn’t be able to fall upon concentrated clusters of hos. They had a very simple goal, which was to keep all scouts from the human army at bay.
At the control center, Yu Guanzhi took a deep breath to keep himself calm as he instructed, “Cote and analyze the data that we’ve received.”
Soon, a series of statistics were reported to him, quantifying the level of destructive power that each Abyssal Bomber Ho released upon self-detonation.
A single self-detonating Abyssal Bomber Ho naturally wouldn’t be able to overwhelm a fighter aircraft’s protective barrier, but each aircraft had been bombarded by hundreds of explosions at once, so it was no wonder that the protective barriers were destroyed.
In the face of such a fearsome explosion that covered such a huge area, no amount of technical proficiency would’ve been enough to ensure one’s survival.
“ording to our analysis, we discovered that the maximum duration of these hos’ eleration is most likely very limited. Even some of the hos that didn’t manage to reach the First Air Regiment self-detonated after flying for a certain distance, so the best way to deal with them would be to wait for them to elerate, then evade them and wait for them to self-detonate.”
That was the analysis from the advisor, but even the advisor himself was rather unconvinced by his proposed course of action.
In order to evade the Abyssal Bomber Hos after theymenced their eleration, one would have to virtually instantly reach a speed that was superior to that of the hos, and that was clearly an imusible feat.
The demise of the First Air Regiment was truly a heavy loss. The loss of the fighter aircrafts was obviously very sobering, but what was even more worthy of anguish was the loss of those exceptional pilots. Who knew how long it would take to develop 50 more pilots of such an exceptional caliber?
“Commander.” A voice suddenly rang out from the soulmunicator, and Yu Guanzhi faltered slightly upon hearing this.
As themander of the human army, the only ones who could directly contact him through this channel were themanders of the major legions, as well as the leaders of the major Soul Master organizations.
This was a very familiar voice; it belonged to none other than Tang Wulin.
Yu Guanzhi was just preparing to issue the next set of orders, and he was rather displeased to be interrupted at a time like this. “Is there a problem, Sect Master Tang?”
“Leave the scouting mission to us, Commander; we have someone perfect for the job,” Tang Wulin replied.
“You do? I’m sure you saw what happened just now; are you sure you have someone suitable?” Yu Guanzhi was clearly urging Tang Wulin not to make unnecessary sacrifices.
If Tang Wulin hadn’t suddenly interrupted him, he would’ve already issued an order for the long-range weaponry units to bombard the location that Gu Yuena had scouted earlier.
Tang Wulin replied, “Rest assured, Commander; I’m absolutely sure about this. If we can get your approval, we’ll act right away.”
“Alright, then I’ll be expecting good news from you,” Yu Guanzhi replied without any hesitation.
In contrast with blindly bombing an approximate area, it was naturally far better to establish the exact enemy location first.
Inside a cabin near the secondary tree of life, someone beside Tang Wulin turned to him with a smile, and said, “I’m going now. It’s about time I put this body of mine to good use, haha!”
Tang Wulin replied with a serious expression, “Don’t get careless, Senior Disciple Brother; make sure to remain vignt at all times.”
A’Ruheng patted his shoulder with a reassuring smile. “Don’t worry, there’s no one in this world capable of killing me. I’m off!”
He stepped out of the cabin as he spoke, and in the next instant, golden light shed from his body as he shot up into the air like a cannonball, heading directly toward the core circle of the continent’s northernmost region.
No one was more suited for this scouting mission than he was. Abyssal Bomber Hos? More like Abysmal Fodder Hos!
Flying at full speed, A’Ruheng was fast enough to keep pace with even the fastest of fighter aircrafts, and shortly after rising up into the air, he had already broken the sound barrier as he sped into the distance.