The Light Screen footage showed the operation beginning.
Lucius set off first, directly activating the power of the Silver Arm and attacking the fortress head-on. He instantly killed the two Purging Knights at the gate.
Such a bold move naturally triggered the fortress alarm, alerting the many Purging Knights guarding it.
In an instant, more than a dozen Purging Knights wielding swords and shields or spears charged out and launched a joint assault on Lucius.
These Purging Knights could not understand why the enemy was so bold as to directly attack a fortress guarded by Purging Knights, but their underlying logic was simply to eliminate any invading enemy. Therefore, they only needed to destroy the enemy.
Moreover, Purging Knights carrying bows stood atop the fortress walls, raising their longbows and preparing to strike Lucius from afar.
At that moment, gunshots rang out in rapid succession, and the Purging Knights stationed high above were struck one after another.
The bullets were tremendously powerful. When they hit the Purging Knights' magic-powered plate armor, they blasted fist-sized holes straight through the impacted areas.
Though the shots did not penetrate through, they severely wounded the Purging Knights.
Yes, severely wounded—not dead.
After all, Purging Knights were alchemical lifeforms with extraordinarily tenacious vitality. Unlike ordinary humans, they did not have so many vulnerabilities. Basically, only severing their heads or turning them into "split bodies" could kill them in a single blow.
That was precisely what Lucius did. As for gunfire, unless it struck those fellows directly in the head and blew it apart with precision, it could not kill them instantly.
Even so, it was still terrifying.
Void Archives, who had achieved this result, stood far away, holding a gun in his right hand and firing sideways in an extremely showy pose.
Though that shooting