Zhang Wei, wearing the Warrior Armor, stood in front of the assault boat as a shield, while Lambert provided Sniping fire. The assault boat carried not only Zhang Wei's squad of four (Lin Yao was not participating in the battle), but also more than a dozen elite soldiers.
The assault boats cut through the waves, piercing through a hail of bullets, and crashed into the barge with a bang. The assault troops jumped onto the deck and engaged in fierce combat with the Germinal soldiers.
The assault force had two tactical objectives: to inflict heavy casualties on the personnel on the barges and destroy the parked ground vehicles, and to carry out a decapitation strike on the command ship. However, due to the failure of Hesla's cooperation to materialize as expected, the assault force was in a precarious situation and was caught in a fierce battle.
The connection of the Germinal was affected, and the progress slowed down. The Germinal executives were all mobilized to resist the Stardragon's assault force.
Zhang Wei's team was fighting a difficult battle on the barge when suddenly a ghostly gust of wind swept in. Alarmed, the team members hurriedly dodged, but were still hit by the aftershocks. A sharp pain and dizziness shot through their heads. Gritting their teeth, they looked in the direction of the enemy and were shocked to see Hila, whom they had fought once before.
Hila's expression was cold. She still remembered the Stardragon she had fought with this beast. She had suffered a small loss last time, so her killing intent was even stronger now. Her hands glowed with a hazy gray light, like a strange mist that could firmly attract attention. It was growing stronger and stronger, so one could imagine how terrifying the next attack would be.
Hou Yue's face contorted in pain as he raised his two guns, still trying to aim. Hila merely hummed softly, her voice carrying the spiritual shock of the Power of the Dead. Hou Yue felt as if he had been Heavy Strike; blood gushed from his nostrils, and he could barely stand.
Hila didn't even glance at him, turning her gaze to Li Yalin with a chilling intent. This female agent had used the Light Power Arm, so she must know Zero's whereabouts!
With a resolute expression, Li Yalin drew her Folding War Blade and charged towards Hila, disregarding the fact that she would be the first to be attacked. As the martial artist in the team, she was the assault soldier.
"Hopefully I can withstand the first attack." Li Yalin gritted her teeth. As long as she could withstand Hila's next attack, she was confident that she could get close enough to entangle Hila and prevent her from unleashing that kind of mental attack again. Although Hila's power was strong, she was only using it superficially at this point, and each release required time to channel.
'Naive.' Hila said expressionlessly, flipping her hands to use her highly concentrated Power of the Dead to turn Li Yalin into an idiot. The next second, a strong force suddenly came from her side, and she was pushed sideways and crashed into an SUV next to her with a bang. A piercing pain came from her ribs.
Hila, pale with pain, breathed her last. The Power of the Dead in her hand dissipated naturally. She turned to look at the source of the attack, filled with shock and anger.
A truck was seen driving along the shore, moving parallel to the fleet of ships. From the driver's side window, the barrel of a Sniping rifle was protruding, and a black-gloved hand was gripping the weapon, wisps of smoke rising from the muzzle.
Han Xiao pulled the bolt, and the breech ejected a smoking shell casing. He sat in the driver's seat, and the smart chip in the truck automatically drove the car, maintaining a constant speed, following the Germinal fleet along the shore. When they were in the valley, he had noticed that Stardragon was suspected of letting the water flow out, and guessed that they wanted Germinal to pick up and detain their troops. So Han Xiao arrived early and drove to the riverbank. His target was the Germinal executive officer.
He spotted Hila immediately, then noticed Zhang Wei and the others, which surprised him slightly. He hadn't expected such a coincidence. Seeing his former teammates in danger, Han Xiao didn't hesitate and took out the Red Falcon, firing a shot. Hila's protective aura was weakened considerably, and the penetrating power was dispersed, turning into an impact that pushed her away.
The panel displayed Hila's attributes. A year had passed, Hila had leveled up from level 30 to level 40. Han Xiao was now at the same level as her. Her abilities could be seen, with her two highest attributes being "Mysticism" and "Intelligence," and the description of her special ability was also displayed.
[Power of the Dead]: Dominion death and controls souls.
[Potential Rating: S]
Outsiders can only see the description of the superpower; only the person possessing it can see the specific effects and the degree of its development.
By enhancing their abilities through the "Basic Knowledge" of the Esper Class, namely the development of the gene chain, they can gain more ways to use their abilities.
Although Hila's potential is high, she is only at level 40 now, and her strength has not been fully unleashed. However, Han Xiao has no interest in fighting Hila. Hila's ability seems to be offensive, but it is actually a versatile ability. He saw several template specializations among Hila's specializations.
[[Rapid Healing]: Under normal conditions, health regeneration rate +500%; when using energy, regeneration rate +1000%~2000% -- the power of the dead can heal your body.]
[Vital Point Immunity]: You are immune to critical hits—the breath of death sustains your life.
[[Mental Indifference]: Negative Resistance +20%, Mental Resistance +30% -- Dominion death, fearless]
[[Instant Death Immunity]: Will not suffer fatal damage. When health drops below 1%, will receive a special status bonus -- Death is like the wind, always accompanying me and _picture_book_body]
Han Xiao was exasperated. This whole bunch of specializations made Hila incredibly durable, even if she wasn't tanky. No, "durable" wasn't the right word; she was practically indestructible, like a cockroach. Unless you used an overwhelming burst of power to instantly kill Hila... Oh, I forgot, she's Instant Death Immunity. What a joke! He might as well just go to sleep...
"As expected of the future big boss, he has almost more special skills than Bennett. He's only one Lucky Halo away from being the protagonist."
Han Xiao shook his head. The first person they encountered was Hila, who was the most difficult to deal with. But since Zhang Wei's team was in danger, and he had the ability to help, he naturally wouldn't stand idly by, after all, they had fought side by side before.
Taking advantage of Hila's obstruction, Li Yalin closed in and slashed down with her knife. Hila retreated in pain, and her wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. She was furious at Han Xiao for his sneak attack, but since she was on a boat, she couldn't deal with the Sniping on the shore. She wasn't known for her speed, so she could only use the vehicle as a shield.
However, Li Yalin, Zhang Wei, and others saw an opportunity and relentlessly fought with her, forcing Hila to move and exposing her to Han Xiao's shooting line of sight.
Although they didn't know who the Sniping on the shore was, he was clearly there to help, so Zhang Wei's team took the initiative to seek cooperation.
This tactic proved highly effective, leaving Hila completely helpless. The Sniping was extremely adept at finding opportunities, always managing to stop her just as she was about to counterattack. Hila achieved a perfect tacit understanding with Li Yalin, Zhang Wei, and others. Hela found herself utterly powerless to fight back, forced to dodge helplessly.
However, Zhang Wei and the others saw a different picture. The four-man team was originally able to form a tactical system, but Hou Yue's serious injury and loss of combat effectiveness created a gap in their coordination. However, the Sniping filled the gap, appearing whenever needed, and a Sniping bullet always arrived on time.
It's like they know their fighting style very well.
Who is that person?
This question arose in the minds of Li Yalin and Zhang Wei.
Hou Yue, feeling dizzy and disoriented, could only shoot at ordinary soldiers. Watching Zhang Wei and the others coordinate with the Sniping, he suddenly had a strange feeling, as if the Sniping was the real team member and he was just an outsider.
"Hila is tied up?" Lin Yu frowned, glancing at the truck on the shore, his eyes narrowing. "Black Phantom? What's he doing here?"
The docking was nearing its end, and the estuary was not far ahead. Lin Yu desperately needed Hila's ability to unleash area-of-effect damage, so he had to free her. He ordered, "Ugar, take care of Black Phantom."
Ugar had already boarded the barge and no longer needed to give orders. Upon hearing this, his body blazed with a purplish-black aura, and he was about to jump onto the truck to cause trouble for Han Xiao when he suddenly sensed a martial arts energy fluctuation as powerful as his own. Turning his head, he saw a middle-aged man wearing Stardragon agent uniform step onto another barge, and his fist, carrying a red flame-like energy, slammed into the side of an off-road vehicle parked on the deck like a steam hammer.
The vehicle immediately deflated and flew out like a cannonball, smashing into more than a dozen Germinal soldiers and two other vehicles along the way, all of them flying off the barge.
The power of that punch was like a rocket!