Many things seemed to take a long time to describe, but in reality, they all happened in an instant—after Hao Ren and the others charged to the front of the Grand Elevator Platform, the Twilight Guard's defensive line erupted into turmoil almost immediately. Then, within mere seconds, the first gunshot rang out.
The heavily armored Twilight Guards stood shoulder to shoulder in a human wall. White steam hissed from the pressure gauges on each of their chests as their armor was pressurized and locked into stable firing platforms. Heavy Firearms and steam hand cannons roared simultaneously, their shells streaking through the air in blazing arcs and pelting Hao Ren's group like a torrential downpour!
Behind them, cannon after cannon and self-propelled artillery also raised their barrels. The Mechanical Eyeballs mounted on the gun tubes squeaked as they rotated, lighting up with red glows one after another. Accompanied by a series of deep, muffled booms, these bizarre artillery emplacements began a fierce bombardment as well.
Just to stop the small group before them, the Twilight Guard had unleashed firepower so overwhelming that even they themselves found it almost unbelievable.
The instant the first gunshot rang out, Izax abruptly raised a gigantic fel shield and planted himself in front. Behind the shield, he slowly straightened, his skin suffused with scorching red light from head to toe. Astonishing heat radiated from the demon lord. He sensed a certain threat from the human army before him, and in the face of bombardment on this scale, he felt it necessary to take things seriously.
The fel shield gradually expanded along with Izax's transformation, slowly forming a green curtain of light that could split the Grand Elevator Platform in half. Smoke from the shells exploding before the curtain obscured everyone's vision. When the Twilight Guard commander