The Power of Fuel-Air Bombs

"What are you talking about?"

Meng Nanxi, clad in silver-white armor, walked over as well.

"Nothing much. Kang Bo was just telling me that he thinks your position as campus belle isn't very secure, Campus Belle Meng." Jiang Chuan felt it was inappropriate to discuss someone behind her back, so he casually made up an excuse.

Kang Bo: ???

When had I ever said that?

Slander! This was naked slander!

"In my heart, Campus Belle Meng, you're the most beautiful girl at Immortal Gate High School."

Well, who wouldn't be dazzled by the sight of Top Supporter Sister shining with Golden Light?

"The campus belle thing is just my classmates teasing me. I don't care about it at all."

Although Meng Nanxi said that, a blush appeared on her pretty face, and the corners of her lips lifted.

Kang Bo turned to look at Jiang Chuan. If looks could kill, Jiang Chuan would have been cut into a thousand pieces.

Fine! Fine! Fine!

Using me to pick up girls, huh!

You bastard, Teacher Qu Shi must have been blind to make you Class Monitor!

After eating the soy milk and buns delivered by the Cookhouse Squad, Jiang Chuan and the others boarded the trucks again and arrived at a newly built position twenty li away.

The greatest difference between the new position and the old one was that this one truly had over a dozen trenches.

Each trench was nearly ten meters deep and five meters wide.

Rather than stretching together in one continuous expanse, the trenches were scattered at intervals, separated by dozens or even hundreds of meters. Between them were passageways wide enough for trucks to pass through.

Bunkers and retractable steel gates had already been erected around the passageways.

The moment Jiang Chuan got out of the truck, he smelled the scorched stench in the air.

He and Kang Bo, Meng Nanxi, and the others immediately began setting up the Type 18 155mm Howitzers.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

The drone swarm set out once more, penetrating deep into the dense forest to conduct reconnaissance.

The area Jiang Chuan and the others had bombarded yesterday had been almost entirely flatland.

As they went deeper, the terrain became rugged, with not only hills and mountain peaks, but also countless rivers and lakes.

This greatly increased the difficulty of drone reconnaissance.

As a result, it was only two hours after Jiang Chuan and the others had finished setting up the Type 18 155mm Howitzers that they received an order.

"503 Combat Team, cover the area at horizontal coordinate 19 meters, vertical coordinate 37 meters with artillery fire. Ten rounds, rapid fire."

Teacher Qu Shi's voice came through the Military Radio once more.

Jiang Chuan and the others hurriedly checked the Military Map, adjusted the barrels, and loaded the shells.

BOOM!

Kang Bo pulled the lanyard switch, and it was like thunder exploding beside Jiang Chuan's ear.

At that moment, only one thought remained in Jiang Chuan's mind.

Where did my electronic earplugs go?!

The smoke kicked up by the artillery fire instantly blanketed the mountains and hills covered in grass and trees.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The shells continued to bombard the area, and Jiang Chuan soon felt the earth beneath his feet tremble.

Before his eyes, demon beasts flooded out like a surging tide, charging straight toward the position where Jiang Chuan and the others stood.

"All combat teams, take note. Don't get blown away by the qi waves."

Teacher Qu Shi's voice had barely come through the Military Radio when Jiang Chuan saw more than a dozen unmanned bombers streak overhead, flying toward the demon beast horde.

When the unmanned bombers reached the sky above the demon beasts, they dropped their bombs directly.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A bizarre scene unfolded. After the bombs exploded, they produced no flames. Instead, they released white fuel.

"They're Fuel-Air Bombs!"

Seeing this, Jiang Chuan finally understood why Teacher Qu Shi had warned them not to be blown away by the qi waves.

BOOM!!! BOOM!!!

Upon the second detonation, with the fuel in the air acting as an accelerant, the Fuel-Air Bombs unleashed power far beyond that of ordinary shells.

It was as though meteors had fallen from the heavens. The dazzling blaze was so bright that no one could keep their eyes open.

The searing heat, approaching 3,000°C, seemed capable of burning the earth to ashes.

The qi waves, carrying scorching heat with them, turned into howling gales that swept toward Jiang Chuan and the others.

Jiang Chuan hurriedly drove the heavy lance in his hand into the ground, lest he be turned into a kite.

When the gale finally subsided, all Jiang Chuan could see was a charred battlefield.

Of the demon beasts that had covered the land and sky, most had been reduced to dust beneath the Fuel-Air Bombs dropped by the dozen or so drones.

Only a small number of demon beasts had survived, including more than twenty enormous creatures as large as small mountains.

The most eye-catching among them was a Purple-Glow Leopard Demon.

The leopard demon looked as though it had been carved from a purple gemstone. Under the sunlight, it shimmered in a riot of colors, resembling a divine beast from myth and legend.

ROAR!

The leopard demon spat out purple demonic light, destroying several unmanned bombers. Then, leading the remaining demon beasts, it continued charging into the position where Jiang Chuan and the others were stationed.

It was like a bolt of purple lightning, so fast that its figure could not be seen clearly.

In just a few breaths, it had crossed more than ten li.

"Encountering a sixth-realm demon beast on the second day... it seems the situation in the east is worse than we imagined. Teacher Wei will take command from here."

Teacher Qu Shi's voice had barely faded from the Military Radio when Jiang Chuan saw Qu Shi, clad in Scarlet Armor, charge toward the leopard demon.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

One treasured sword after another appeared out of thin air around Teacher Qu Shi.

The swords were crimson from hilt to tip, wreathed in flames, and poured down upon the leopard demon like a dense rainstorm.

"The military, the Public Security Bureau, and the school's teachers will stop the fourth-realm demon beasts and above."

Wei Beishan immediately issued orders through the Military Radio.

"A small number of third-realm demon beasts will assault the position. Students with armor, cooperate with the bunkers' and hidden fortifications' firepower network. Use the trenches to kill the demon beasts."

"Remember, do not fire the artillery casually! In close-quarters combat, you may very well hit our own people!"

"Also, pay close attention to the bullets in the bunkers and hidden fortifications!"

Jiang Chuan pulled the heavy lance from the ground and strode toward the nearest bunker.

Rat-a-tat-tat! Rat-a-tat-tat! Rat-a-tat-tat!

Thanks to the Fuel-Air Bombs and the efforts of the military, the Public Security Bureau, and the teachers of Immortal Gate High School, most of the demon beasts had been killed or held back.

Though only a small portion remained, that small portion still numbered in the hundreds or thousands.

When the demon beast horde was still more than a kilometer from the position, the Heavy Machine Guns in the bunkers opened fire.

The large-caliber machine-gun bullets ripped through the air and punched through the heads of one demon beast after another.

Massive demon beasts fell one after another.

Yet even more demon beasts continued charging forward.

BOOM!

Before Jiang Chuan's eyes, a Giant Bear nearly five meters long crashed straight through the Steel Gate like a cannonball.

The Giant Bear was grayish-white all over, its huge body seemingly forged from steel. Under the sunlight, it gleamed with a cold sheen.

"Everyone, be careful!"

Meng Nanxi's expression changed drastically as she warned everyone. Then she discovered that Jiang Chuan had already lifted his heavy lance and charged at the Giant Bear.

"This bear is considered fairly strong even among third-realm demon beasts. I'll use you to test the power of Wrath of the Firmament combined with the Kui Niu Divine Spear!"

Jiang Chuan's eyes brimmed with anticipation as silver-white Falling Cloud Thunder surged from his dantian.

The Kui Niu Divine Spear was supposed to be used with the Thunder Sound Profound Art, but he did not have the Thunder Sound Profound Art, so he used Wrath of the Firmament instead.

After devouring the Golden Crystal and cultivating Falling Cloud Thunder to completion, Jiang Chuan could no longer wait to test the power of Wrath of the Firmament combined with the Kui Niu Divine Spear!