On Dongfeng Island, several mecha from the Heavenly Fire Squad had been deployed in the defense zone specially built to fight giant beasts coming ashore.
Inside the cockpit of "Xi Niang," Bai? watched the Nightmare Giant Beast in the distance as it strode straight toward Dongfeng Island.
Nightmare Giant Beasts were rare. Even in the Strategic Affairs Department's records, the registered ones could be counted on both hands.
In past battles, subduing a Nightmare Giant Beast usually required the deployment of a Heavenly Dragon Rider team equipped with a Divine Machine.
During battles against Nightmare Giant Beasts, the Divine Machine would engage them head-on while the other mecha provided support from the sides.
Under normal circumstances, a Divine Machine did not need to activate its "Holy Descent" state. With teamwork, it could drive back or kill a Nightmare Giant Beast.
Someone like Luo Yan, who had solo-killed a Nightmare Giant Beast right after obtaining a Divine Machine, was an exception.
It could not be used as teaching material or widely promoted.
Now, Luo Yan and his Divine Machine were absent, while the Tianji Squad had acted on its own and ended up with one dead and one injured.
The task of holding back the Nightmare Giant Beast had now fallen to the Heavenly Fire Squad. Bai? felt the pressure, and so did everyone else.
At this moment, Bai? spoke up. "Li Yuqing, can your 'Bronze Wall Iron Wall' withstand an artillery strike like the one just now?"
Li Yuqing's bitter voice sounded over the communications channel. "I'm afraid not. The power of that shot was astonishing—far more exaggerated than the Blazing Rock Dragon's 'Iron Fire Cannon.'"
"I doubt my Mystic Art can block it."
Bai? said softly, "I think so too."
"If my 'A Fang' could achieve Full Liberation, perhaps