With a piercing screech of twisting metal, the five crewmen inside the tank were struck in vital areas by the incoming explosive rounds before they could even react, dying on the spot.
Even the advanced AI-assisted system was completely useless at that moment. It had no time to safely teleport the crew away and could only watch helplessly as they were destroyed along with the Apocalypse Tank.
Just as the burly man was slaughtering his way through the crowd, dazzling streaks of light suddenly flashed behind the Defense Force lines. Five Star Space Marines who had come to support the Defense Force arrived in time.
The Defense Force soldiers, who had been desperately holding on, were greatly heartened by the arrival of these powerful reinforcements. Without hesitation, they immediately coordinated with the Space Marines and launched an even fiercer assault on the burly man.
A burst of dense, muffled gunfire rang out. "Bang! Bang! Bang!" Powerful heavy Ripper rounds howled toward the burly man in an endless rain.
Under the Space Marines' masterful marksmanship, the rounds fired from their Ripper Rifles seemed to have eyes, reaching the burly man in an instant.
Yet in the face of such ferocious firepower, the burly man showed no fear. An invisible Void Shield suddenly emerged before him, an impregnable fortress that intercepted every incoming round.
"Boom! Boom!"
Each high-speed round erupted with a deafening blast upon colliding with the Void Shield, and the tremendous impact made the surrounding void tremble violently.
Even so, the Void Shield held its line firmly, without showing the slightest sign of damage.
The burly man's reaction speed was unimaginably fast. As soon as the Void Shield had blocked several rounds, he sidestepped with lightning speed.
He effortlessly evaded the follow-up attacks, giving the Space Marines no chance to