On the charred earth plowed open by sword qi, writhing blood gathered into streams, and the streams merged into rivers.
The next moment, countless blood streams surged up from the ground, twisting and stretching in midair into blood shadows with no facial features, only vague humanoid outlines. Roaring, they pounced toward the China Team in the sky.
"Fire!"
At the sight of such a bizarre scene, Overlord roared. The modified six-barreled Vulcan cannon resting on his shoulder, altered by Zhang Qi, instantly began to thunder.
Driven by electromagnetic coils, the barrels spun to their limit, and rings of dark blue arcs sprayed from the muzzle.
Every bullet fired was inscribed with dense golden runes. They were Zhang Qi's handiwork—[Rune-Etched Bullets] designed specifically to deal with spirit-type entities.
Almost at the same instant, Zero dropped to one knee at the rear of the Green Goblin board. The muzzle of his similarly modified Gauss sniper rifle locked onto one of the foremost blood shadows.
He pulled the trigger, and a Rune-Etched Bullet streaked out with a spiraling golden trail, striking the target with precision.
However, a teeth-grinding scene unfolded.
Whether it was the metal storm unleashed by Overlord or Zero's precise, lethal shot, both attacks passed straight through the blood shadow's body.
The bullets left fleeting golden channels within the blood shadows, only for those channels to be immediately refilled by the surrounding blood.
The two men's attacks merely stalled the blood shadows in midair for an instant before they continued charging forward without slowing down.
"Damn it!!"
Seeing this, Overlord spat, but the blue glow from his muzzle never ceased. He tried to delay their advance through sheer density of firepower.
"Let me handle it!"
Then Zheng Zha's voice rang out.
He stepped forward, and Tiger Soul in his hand gave