At that supreme moment, hundreds of thousands at the scene—and countless people watching on screens around the world—held their breath in anticipation.
From the far end of the parade avenue came the sudden sound of firm, ringing footsteps!
"Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!"
The footsteps were steady and perfectly synchronized. Each one seemed to strike the earth's pulse, sending out a resonance that made hearts tremble!
There were no additional formations, no vast columns of armored vehicles.
Only twelve people emerged!
Yet the fierce aura of battle around those twelve overwhelmed every Steel Torrent that had rolled past before them!
At the front walked a tall, straight-backed young man in a major general's uniform.
He wore a peaked cap. Beneath its brim, his eyes were as bright and fathomless as stars. His features were handsome and sharply defined, his stride as steady as a mountain!
Behind him, eleven fully armed Reverse Scale warriors in special-forces camouflage flanked him like stars around the moon!
When all twelve figures stepped into the sunlight on the broad avenue, the entire Reviewing Stand fell into an uncanny silence!
Su Wanning stared at the figure in front, her eyes wide.
As he drew closer, her pupils contracted sharply. Her smile froze, and it felt as though all the blood had drained from her body!
"That... that's..."
Su Wanning's mind went blank with a buzz!
Sunlight spilled across the asphalt.
The twelve-person unit approached in perfect step.
Every footfall had an almost punishing rhythm. Through the ground microphones beside the road, the sound of boots striking pavement echoed clearly across the square.
"Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!"
The sound was not deafening, yet it seemed to hold a strange power. The once-roaring Reviewing Stand fell silent in an instant.
Twelve people.
Eleven fully armed Special Forces Soldiers spread out