"Retreat! Fall back to Shensha City immediately, all along the line!"
Flames danced in Ji Mingfeng's eyes as he stared fixedly at the battlefield projection ahead. In the image, heavy combat armor after heavy combat armor was swallowed by ghastly white beams, twisting, melting, and exploding beneath the terrifying spiritual-energy impact.
His heart bled.
Heavy combat armor was a new type of war machine forged by the Nine Alliance through a combination of Mechanical Empire technology and their own foundations. Larger than ordinary armor, it could wield weapons in close combat and transform into particle heavy cannons, becoming mobile killing machines.
Their combat power rivaled Nascent Soul Tribulation Realm cultivators. Their only flaw was their lack of speed, so they were mostly used as heavy positional firepower.
There were only ten in all of Chenhai City, and five had been lost just like that.
But Ji Mingfeng had no time to grieve. His gaze had already locked firmly onto the colossal beast emerging from the Shensha River.
It resembled a dragon rhinoceros. Its stubby limbs were as thick as mountain pillars, and every step it took made the earth thunder. Black-blue scales covered its entire body, gleaming with a cold, hard metallic sheen beneath the moonlight.
Particle Cannon blasts struck its body, scattering showers of sparks, yet they could not even make it pause.
"Report! Data analysis complete!"
A soldier hurried over and handed him an information tablet. Ji Mingfeng snatched it up and quickly scanned it.
"Black Armor Dragon Rhinoceros, peak transformation-realm exotic beast."
"Ability One: Black Armor Shield—its scales possess extremely powerful defense. Drawing upon the power of the earth and sea, it is nearly impossible to break its defenses below the Nascent Soul Tribulation Realm."
"Ability Two: Origin Power Breath—its destructive force is immense. The combined power