"!!"
"That is..."
"Lord of Light and Shadow above, what... what is that thing?"
Following Charles's gaze, the Lighthouse's senior officials soon saw it too:
In front of the lift platform, dozens of meters away in the empty sky, the air and light rippled and warped. Then eight terrifying aircraft slowly revealed their true forms. They were equipped with twin turbofan engines and missile pods.
Those aircraft could turn invisible?
And judging by their formation, it seemed they'd been here for some time already?
Honestly, if they hadn't made a noise and revealed themselves just now, would anyone have noticed them before they opened fire—or even wiped out all the Lighthouse's senior officials? They might not have detected them at all.
So...
"Damn it!"
"City Defense Force!"
"Stay alert!"
"Move!"
The Lighthouse officials realized what could happen and panicked at once. Chaos quickly followed.
"Move!"
"This way!"
"You, over there!"
"Everyone else, clear the area!"
"Hurry! Hurry!"
As the upper citizens and Dust People cried out and scattered, the Hunters and City Defense Force soldiers, shouted into action by an officer and the Hunters' leader, raised their weapons, found cover, and trained their guns on the aircraft outside.
"Don't fire yet!"
"Heavy armor, get over here!"
"Protect the City Lord!"
Then the Lightbearer, Fan Lü, summoned the twelve heavy armor units. They came pounding over, heavy steps shaking the ground, and lined up in front of Charles and the other officials, shielding them behind their large-caliber machine guns.
"!!"
Fortunately, Jing Nan had sharp eyes. She spotted the familiar white-haired figure of Bai Yue Kui in one of the aircraft and realized the planes were carrying the Dragonbone Village delegation. She hurried forward to stop the heavy armor units, which were about to open fire, and shouted:
"Stop!"
"They're from