"Clang! Clang!"
As the Terminators answered with their metallic voices, the gunfire of the integrated twin-barreled bolters began to ring out across the area.
"Boom~—! Boom~—!"
Ruoning, who had spread her black wings and was clashing with Leng in midair, was instantly locked onto by a dense barrage of bolter rounds. Each round carried an explosive yield equivalent to one ton of TNT.
The thick smoke produced by the explosions swiftly swallowed Ruoning, who had been fighting in the sky.
"Whoosh~—! Whoosh~—!"
Wave after wave of shockwaves swept across the surroundings. Some newly planted artificial saplings were even ripped straight out of the ground.
In short, the scene was brutally violent.
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Leng, flying through the air with her wings flapping, saw Ruoning endure the ferocious bombardment. Although she had no idea what was going on, she immediately withdrew beyond the affected area.
Fanxing, Yitian, Luoluan, and Lingxi, who had been on the ground, also promptly flapped their wings and flew into the air, gathering beside Leng.
Mylon and his twelve Terminator Offspring, on the other hand, stood near the center of the explosion with their shields activated, completely unaffected by the aftershocks.
"Fanxing..." Looking at Mylon and the Terminators' savage firepower, Leng asked in astonishment, "Where did you find these reinforcements?"
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After Leng spoke, Yitian, Luoluan, and Lingxi also looked at Fanxing in confusion.
Fanxing had known for a long time how powerful the Terminators were, so she calmly explained to her sisters, "They're a group of Super Soldiers who call themselves Astartes. Based on my judgment, their bodies should fall somewhere between the first and second generations.
"That three-meter-tall giant is called Mylon. He's known as a Primarch of the Astartes. To convert an ordinary human into an Astartes, the genes of these Primarchs are