Wasteland's Only King - Chapter 188 - 4: Tier Nine: Earth-Bursting Celestial Star! Meteor Shower Above Mars!
Chapter 187: Chapter 4: Tier Nine: Earth-Bursting Celestial Star! Meteor Shower Above Mars!
Mars.
Energy Hub No. 07.
Inside the human camp, the atmosphere was eerily silent.
The five squads, hundreds of team members in total, all stared at Don Flack lying prone just outside the camp, facing off with the Fallen Ones, exchanging awkward looks.
“Captain Tang is actually a pretty decent guy.”
“Says he’s gonna die, then actually goes and dies. Leads the way in dying.”
“This bro is worth befriending!”
Yu Jin, the mastermind behind it all, was leisurely giving his review right now.
His comment spread throughout the camp.
Everyone wanted to laugh but didn’t dare, choking back the urge and feeling awful.
Meanwhile—
Several gazes landed on Yu Jin.
Especially the members of Blue Silver Squad, whose eyes now flashed with a hint of killing intent.
“Ah—!”
A scream suddenly rang out.
It came from outside the camp. Blue Silver Squad’s captain, Don Flack.
The Fallen Ones hesitated only for a moment, then all struck at once, a barrage of attacks instantly burying Don Flack beneath them.
In that instant—
The people inside the camp finally snapped out of it.
Sure, the guy’s words were annoying, but after all, he’s still the strongest Unlimiter here. No way they could just watch him get killed like that.
The two hundred members of Blue Silver Squad were even fuming with rage now.
“Move!”
They shouted commands to Ah Long and the other five squads.
“Heh—”
Yu Jin chuckled.
This Blue Silver Squad is honestly just like their Captain Tang, huh?
If they’d taken the initiative now and rushed over to save Don Flack, Yu Jin would actually respect them a bit.
But now?
I go or not, you go—I watch?
“Is that how it works?”
Yu Jin muttered, a finger twitching.
Buzz—!
Spatial ripples spread out once more.
This time, it enveloped all two hundred members of Blue Silver Squad.
“Go on.”
Yu Jin whispered inwardly.
Buzz—!
The entire Blue Silver Squad was teleported, perfectly intact, to face the Fallen Ones outside the camp.
“?”
Blue Silver Squad was stunned.
Hundreds of black-misted Fallen Ones, also in a daze again.
“These humans…”
“Are they really this brave?”
These Fallen Ones were all seasoned veterans, each having fought in dozens of interplanetary wars.
Generally speaking—
Human Unlimiters of the same tier are no match for the Fallen Ones.
So, in planetary wars, human Unlimiters usually adopt a turtling defensive strategy and stance.
Some human squads even go for ’self-destruct’, the kind of shady move that hurts enemies eight hundred but themselves a thousand.
A scene like this, where humans take the offensive, was extremely rare.
“Damn it!”
The arrival of Blue Silver Squad gave Don Flack a chance to breathe.
He scrambled up, covered in dirt, his once neat blue hair now a wild mess streaked with dust.
“Boss Tang!”
“We’re here to save you!”
The Blue Silver Squad members were all street-smart.
Even though they’d just been forcibly teleported out of the camp, they all claimed to have come out to rescue their captain of their own accord.
Don Flack didn’t get it, but for a moment actually felt kind of moved.
But…
The next second—
Swish—
Swish swish—!
Hundreds of Fallen One attacks drowned Blue Silver Squad instantly.
Inside the camp,
Ah Long and the other squads saw this and dropped any thoughts of watching the drama.
“Attack!”
Captain Ah Long led over a hundred squad members, charging out of the camp.
The Unlimiters from the other squads also roared out, heading toward the Fallen Ones.
Boom—
Rumble—!
The great battle was about to erupt.
Over a thousand people from both sides clashed ferociously!
Yu Jin watched and didn’t make a move yet.
He was observing, watching the Fallen Ones.
Since his True Tier was only Tier Sixteen, and all the Fallen Ones were Tier Twenty Max Level, the Eye of Insight couldn’t pierce their details.
But—
Yu Jin noticed these Fallen Ones were actually very similar to human Evolvers.
They had all kinds of attribute energies: wind, thunder, earth, fire…
Yu Jin even saw one Fallen One use an attack like a Light Saber.
The difference was, their attacks all seemed to carry a hint of ’dark’ attribute.
For example, when that Fallen One slashed with a Light Saber, it was shining bright, yet there were wisps of black mist mixed in.
And that black mist didn’t dilute the Light Attribute energy; instead, it made the attack stronger.
“Dark Light Saber?”
“Polluted Light Saber?”
“Black Mist Light Saber?”
Those kinds of thoughts popped up in Yu Jin’s mind.
Besides that—
Yu Jin also noticed…
The humans and Fallen Ones looked like they were fighting fiercely, but actually both sides seemed to be ’pulling their punches’.
Inflicting wounds, but not aiming to kill.
“Maybe because the war phase lasts a full 30 days?”
“This is just the beginning, so they’re just probing each other?”
Yu Jin raised an eyebrow at his own guess.
Soon enough, his hunch was proved true.
“Retreat!”
Outside the camp, the green-glowing, wood-powered Don Flack shouted out.
Swish—
Swish swish—
The squad members who’d been fighting instantly flashed back into the camp in the blink of an eye.
The speed made even Yu Jin’s jaw drop.
Good grief!
Is this really fighting all-out?
Clearly it’s…
Half their mind on fighting, the other half ready to bail any second!
Mars Delta OL?
Worth noting—
As the strongest squad in Energy Hub 07 camp, Blue Silver Squad’s retreat speed was even faster and slicker than the other five squads.
Almost…
Before Don Flack’s words even finished, Blue Silver Squad’s two hundred members had already fallen back behind everyone else.
“Ah—!”
From the battlefield came a few scattered screams.
A few human Unlimiters who failed to retreat in time were killed by the Fallen Ones.
