Anticipating Your Anticipation

The explosions in the sky continued. Though they had yet to see the true enemy, the Shrek group had already suffered devastating losses from this series of attacks. The Inner Court disciples in the team were dying and falling in great numbers.

Fixed Soul-Guided Artillery Shells howled up continuously from below like a meteor shower, trailing long tails of flame as they precisely streaked toward the Inner Court disciples.

This barrage of dense attacks kept everyone from Shrek tightly blanketed.

The Inner Court disciples bore the brunt of it. Though all of them were rare geniuses of the continent, no matter how great their potential was, they were currently only seven- and eight-ring Soul Masters, still in their growth phase.

The reason Fixed Soul-Guided Artillery Shells were known as ultimate weapons and strictly controlled by the Federation was their terrifying lethality and destructive power. Although they were categorized into different grades according to Soul Master ranks, those grades were merely based on a Soul Master's mobility, evasive capability, and offensive strength. It did not mean a Soul Master could withstand repeated bombardment from Fixed Soul-Guided Artillery Shells of the same grade with their physical body. Not to mention, they also had to deal with the attacks of ultra-high-speed intercepting Soul Guidance Rays at the same time. Against such a ferocious assault, even if they summoned their Battle Armor in time, it was difficult to hold on.

For a time, screams and cries of alarm rang without end. Disciples were constantly hurled away by the shockwaves, tracing miserable arcs through the air. Some were struck directly by shells and turned into clouds of blood. The scene was too horrible to behold, and in an instant, more than half of the Inner Court disciples were dead or wounded.

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