Ordinary Energy Guns could fire dozens of shots, yet these Lava Hounds could still fight for a short time afterward.
By contrast,
the relatively frail lower-ranking scholars had almost no chance of survival when facing these Lava Hounds alone at close quarters. They needed complete squads of dozens just to ensure a dependable fighting force.
The various structures inside the defensive installations instead became battlefields for the Lava Hounds, giving them opportunities to launch close-range ambushes.
Meanwhile, the large-scale battlefield traps the Academic World had set up outside the city walls had become practically useless.
Not a single enemy had attacked as the Academic World had anticipated, in a so-called standoff or charge.
At the breach in the restrictions high above, torn open by the Space-Time Lightning, Lava Hounds were still pouring through without end, destroying every enemy in their path.
They charged into buildings, into basements, and into crowds.
They seemed to possess an unparalleled sense of smell. No matter what dark hiding place the human scholars concealed themselves in, they could not escape the beasts' keen senses. Nikola had seen one Lava Hound find a hidden person beneath a heap of corpses, then bite the person to death and swallow them whole.
Bang!
A Lava Hound suddenly appeared at the window where Nikola was observing the battlefield.
It slammed into the Energy Restriction. Its enormous head, as big as its body, gaped open to reveal rows of fangs as it tried to tear through the barrier. Black smoke poured from its throat, and its tremendous strength was already making the restriction warp.
The restriction here had, after all, been personally inspected by Nikola and had the highest level of security.
His eyelid twitched slightly!
Nikola reached out with his right hand toward the Lava Hound's enormous head.
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