Chapter 546 - 447: 3 Celestial Thunders: A Deathblow Bathed in Celestial Thunder

Failure to protect them...

This was, without a doubt, the greatest of crimes.

"What do we do?"

"Let’s retreat!"

"If the Princes die, none of us will escape the blame!"

Some of the High-tier Leaders began to fall back.

Of course, this wasn’t just because they feared being punished for dereliction of duty. It was also because all the High-tier Leaders had realized just how formidable the gene weapons before them were.

’We can’t beat them!’

’What else can we do?’

Protecting the Prince was, in fact, the best excuse they could find to retreat at this stage.

So, when one High-tier Leader fell back, others immediately followed, and this sentiment of retreat continued to spread.

After all, this Alien Race Alliance Army was a coalition of thirty-seven different races.

If one race was on the verge of retreating, the others would naturally scramble to follow suit.

This scene, witnessed by the Blood Grand Marshal as he flew through the air, truly made him fume with rage.

"Those who retreat in the face of the enemy will be executed!" the Blood Grand Marshal roared from the sky, his fury palpable.

"We are all the Prince’s personal guards! The Clan King specifically instructed us to ensure the Prince’s safety. Under the current circumstances, a temporary retreat is our only choice!" a High-tier Leader immediately retorted.

"Useless fools! Do you think retreating will let you escape punishment? If this battle is lost, not a single one of us will escape responsibility, myself included!" the Blood Grand Marshal boomed again.

"..." The High-tier Leaders fell silent.

"If the Princes are sacrificed, you will face death. If this battle is lost, you will also face death. If retreating and losing both lead to death, then the only hope for survival is to win!" The Blood Grand Marshal’s gaze turned icy. "Conquer the North District and take the City of Hope! The deaths of the Princes will be a glory!"

"The Blood Grand Marshal is right! Retreating now is a dead end!"

"But what about the Princes?"

"We can only leave it to fate!"

"Let’s fight! There’s no other path to take!"

"..."

After being berated by the Blood Grand Marshal, the High-tier Leaders finally clenched their teeth and charged toward the gene weapons once more.

As Gao Neng took all of this in, a glint flashed in his eyes.

Discord among the alien races.

He had known about this for a long time.

That was why he had Fang Tangtang relentlessly bombard and kill the alien Princes.

His goal was to provoke these High-tier Leaders. As long as one was provoked into action, the others would scatter like loose sand.

’It seems the key lies with him!’ Gao Neng thought, looking up at the Blood Grand Marshal.

In truth, from the very beginning of this great battle, the difficulty had been far greater than Gao Neng originally anticipated.

He had initially thought that by revealing the one hundred and eight gene weapons, he could easily repel an alien charge, and then mobilize the populace to rebuild the city walls.

That way, the Alliance would immediately send troops as reinforcements.

And Gao Neng would only need to hold out in the North District for a while, find an opportunity to enter the fray and practice on some aliens, and he could break through to the High-tier.

A beautiful plan.

However, a problem arose after he killed thirty High-tiers.

The two hundred thousand strong Alien Race Alliance Army was surprisingly "united."

They had come in ready to fight to the death.

Moreover, they had deployed their entire force at once—nearly a hundred High-tiers and six Ninth-tiers—all charging toward the hundred thousand human garrison troops.

To be honest...

If not for people like Shaximo, Wei Ya, and Yi Qinglian leading their powerful experts to join the battle at the critical moment, the final outcome of this war would have truly been up in the air.

’The alien races have suppressed the Human Alliance for over a hundred years... It’s definitely not a coincidence. Their intelligence is already on par with humans, and they also have brilliant marshals who are masters of military strategy and battle formations.’ Gao Neng understood now. To win this great battle, he had to kill this Grand Marshal who was holding the alien races together.

But the problem now was...

This Blood Grand Marshal had been consistently attacking from a range of fifty meters.

’How can I possibly kill him?’

"If only Gao Xiaomeng were here!" Gao Neng sighed.

The maximum effective range of his Illusion Technique was currently twenty meters. This was already a very long range, and he had planned to use this to launch a surprise attack on the Blood Grand Marshal.

But while the Blood Grand Marshal was yelling, "You only have a ten-meter range..."

...his body was very honestly staying well beyond fifty meters away. The closest he had ever come was thirty meters, giving Gao Neng no opportunity at all.

"Die!"

Just then, the Blood Grand Marshal finally found an opportunity. He evaded King Beiliang’s pursuit, and a condensed Blood Palm pressed down from the sky.

Gao Neng intended to block it with King Beiliang’s body again.

But the Blood Grand Marshal seemed to have anticipated this. As the palm descended, a fierce gust of wind blew King Beiliang’s body in another direction.

"Leave it to me!" Uncle Bai charged forward.

He could see that at Gao Neng’s speed, he could no longer use King Beiliang to block the attack, so what was there to hesitate about?

"PUH!"

He spat out another mouthful of blood.

And this time, Uncle Bai fell directly to the ground.

Gao Neng couldn’t even use the Flying Earth Dragon to catch him, which meant that with this blow, Uncle Bai had truly reached his limit.

’Uncle Bai said he could block two more attacks, but in reality, the second one would have definitely killed him!’ Gao Neng understood Uncle Bai’s willpower to some extent.

"Lao Bai, leave the rest to me, Luna!" Luna glanced at the fallen Uncle Bai, then slowly turned her gaze toward the sky above.

"GACK! GACK..." Uncle Bai was half-kneeling on the ground, blood gushing from his mouth like an unstoppable fountain.

Most importantly, the faint glint of white bone was visible on his chest. It was clear his injuries were extremely severe.

"Madam Lu, do you trust me?" Gao Neng glanced at Uncle Bai, then his gaze snapped to Luna, who was preparing to face the enemy.

"Tell me first!" Luna bit her lip.

"It’s simple. Since you’re an assassin, Madam Lu, you should do what an assassin does. Uncle Bai is gravely injured, so I’ll block the next attack. Meanwhile, you take the opportunity to..."

"No!" Luna didn’t give Gao Neng a chance to finish. "I can listen to you on anything, but the one thing I can’t do is let you go to your death!"

"This isn’t a suicide mission. I’ve already broken through to the High-tier. I can fight him!" As Gao Neng spoke, the constant absorption of energy from his surroundings finally ceased.

And then, immense rumbles echoed from the sky.

"RUMBLE!"

"RUMBLE!"

"RUMBLE!"

A full three bolts of Celestial Thunder descended from the heavens.

Gao Neng had used the Thunder element for his breakthrough, so after reaching the High-tier, his body naturally attracted Celestial Thunder.

"BOOM!"

"BOOM!"

"BOOM!"

Three bolts of Celestial Thunder slammed into Gao Neng’s body.

Fang Tangtang and Luna retreated to the side almost simultaneously.

"He broke through!"

"He really broke through to the High-tier!"

"..."

It wasn’t just them. Shaximo, Wei Ya, Zhou Jin, Yi Qinglian, and the others fighting nearby all noticed this scene as well.

The Celestial Thunder descended!

Gao Neng’s Thunder element had officially reached the High-tier.

"Can just a single Thunder element attract three bolts of Celestial Thunder?" Shen Ning’Er stood before an armored vehicle, her gaze also fixed on Gao Neng, who was bathed in lightning.

Then, bathed in Celestial Thunder, Gao Neng shot into the sky.

He charged toward the Blood Grand Marshal.

Fifty meters!

Forty meters!

...

The Blood Grand Marshal’s eyes narrowed.

Seeing Gao Neng charge at him, a flicker of delight crossed his face. He hadn’t expected Gao Neng to come straight for him the moment he broke through. It was simply an overestimation of his own abilities.

Instinctively, he prepared to swat Gao Neng down with a single palm strike.

But very quickly, his expression changed.

’After breaking through to the High-tier, his attack range would naturally increase. He’s trying to ambush me!’ The Blood Grand Marshal shot backward, and a bloody glint flashed in his eyes.

"A distance of sixty meters! Let’s see if you die, or I do!"