Inside the combat command vehicle.
The Alpha Wolf frowned slightly as he watched the sudden change on the screen.
The vitality of silver-tier players really was terrifying.
Even after taking direct hits from two nuclear bombs, Black Ice was still this full of life.
It was almost unimaginable.
Naturally, he had also seen Black Ice drink some kind of liquid.
He immediately warned Hogg.
But Hogg had already seized the opportunity to accelerate behind Black Ice, his Mechanical Armor gleaming with cold metallic light.
A red halo coated his metal claws as he plunged them toward Black Ice's skull.
But the instant they touched Black Ice's body—
A shock wave of blood energy expanded out from within Black Ice.
Hogg was blasted away.
That immense blood energy then enveloped Black Ice, forming a three-meter-tall Red Blood Cocoon.
Black-and-red blood vessels spread across the cocoon, which began pulsing between light and darkness.
Thump-thump—thump-thump—thump-thump...
Listening to the heartbeat-like sound relayed by the drone, the Alpha Wolf braced both hands against the screen, trying to get a clearer look.
Hogg steadied himself in midair, landed, and slid along the ground before finally coming to a stop.
His gaze grew uncertain as he looked at the blood cocoon.
"Alpha Wolf, this blood cocoon has tremendous energy. I attacked with everything I had just now, but it still knocked me away effortlessly. Whatever comes out when it breaks open will probably be hard to deal with. We need to prepare now."
Hogg's advice was sound, and the Alpha Wolf understood that perfectly well.
"Understood. We'll support you right away."
Hogg and Black Ice were not far from the Pioneer Corps.
During their earlier chase, the two had also moved away from the heart of the nuclear blast, ending up three kilometers out.
The radioactive contamination