Skilled Coordination

As Bentley marveled at the density of the artillery barrage sweeping the ground, Qu Jianlei quietly extended his senses toward the military's defensive base.

This time, the perception he released was extremely faint. He was merely curious about the army's coordination.

Just as he had expected, faint energy fluctuations could still be sensed within the military's defensive base.

Clearly, the military had prepared more than just ground-sweeping artillery fire and various squads. They had other follow-up measures as well.

Qu Jianlei figured they were probably things like Attack Ships—flying mechs were somewhat insufficient for dealing with high-level Awakened Ones.

Amid the frenzied artillery barrage, eight convoys completed their encirclement of the target area.

From within the area being bombarded, a powerful aura rose up, unmistakably at the Supreme level.

Ziheng in the distance sensed it instantly and let out a soft breath. "As expected, a Supreme!"

He had been wondering whether the infiltrating Wind Attribute Awakened One was A-rank or Supreme. Rhine had not given him a definite answer, only saying that it might be A-rank, or it might be Supreme.

That was not strange. The Wind Attribute was exceptionally good at concealing one's aura.

However, this mattered greatly to the defenders. If the intruder were truly only A-rank, there would have been no need for such great fanfare.

Sending out at most two Supremes would ensure the other party could not escape. In fact, one Supreme would have been enough, perhaps with a few combat squads added in.

Ziheng did not even need Rhine's assistance. He could simply release his senses and carefully search for the other party himself.

But things clearly could not be handled that way. If the enemy really was a Wind Attribute Supreme, that would be outright alerting the snake in the grass.

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