Starting From A Fisherman To Cultivate Immortality And Live Forever

179. Chapter 179 Devil

Chapter 179: Devil

The capital of the Stick Nation.

Their supreme leader sat in his office with a gloomy expression, watching the live broadcast of the Sakura Mountain.

In their view, those mysterious forces had given the Sakura Nation too much time to breathe.

This made them feel as if the Stick Nation was being underestimated.

And the cost of this underestimation was a significant loss of manpower and resources.

Although people on the internet couldn't see the live broadcast, they speculated about it in various ways.

Soon, some people felt that their current supreme leader was too useless, which led to the mysterious forces attaching more importance to the Sakura Nation and giving them an early warning.

There were also opposition voices claiming that their plummeting support rate meant that the current supreme leader was no longer qualified to continue in his position and must apologize and step down.

"Has the leader of the Morning Star Church been notified?"

The supreme leader picked up his phone and scanned the comments, then grunted and looked at his secretary beside him.

The secretary immediately leaned down and whispered, "He has been notified, and he will be here soon. However, he said he doesn't know about the situation in the Sakura Nation this time."

"Hmph, he doesn't know? Who knows if any of these guys are telling the truth!"

The supreme leader grumbled, "In the intelligence we received last time, they kept saying that the bishop of the Saint Lord Church was an ordinary person, but now he has become a Transcendent in the Shepherd Organization!"

"By the way, haven't we also discovered traces of the Transcendent organization Dawnlight?"

Upon hearing the supreme leader's question, the secretary tensed up and took out a report from the desk, placing it on the table.

"This is the investigation report just compiled by our intelligence department."

"Our Stick Nation's Dawnlight organization is believed to have emerged from a few scammers who followed the trend of old Europa fifty years ago!"

"After friendly conversations with our intelligence personnel, they even recalled the psychological activities they had when they first started scamming..."

"These scammers have wasted so much of our manpower and resources! They must be severely punished!"

After listening to the report, the supreme leader thought about the current difficulties and couldn't help but feel extremely annoyed.

The secretary nodded repeatedly, knowing that the supreme leader was actually venting about recent frustrations.

"Oh, look!"

"The video has changed, and a temporal rift has appeared!"

Suddenly, someone in the office exclaimed.

It was the live broadcast on the large screen hanging on the wall.

On the top of Sakura Mountain.

A thin red line suddenly appeared!

At the scene on Sakura Mountain.

Tens of thousands of fully armed soldiers widened their eyes as they saw the red line on the snow-covered mountaintop.

Some soldiers from the Sakura Nation couldn't help but hesitate.

Sakura Mountain, in a sense, was their sacred mountain in their hearts!

Even in certain sects, it was considered a dwelling place of the gods!

If a battle were to break out on its mountaintop... wouldn't this sacred mountain be destroyed?

However, looking at it positively.

Since temporal rifts appear on the mountaintop and no mysterious strong individuals are there to stop it.

Doesn't that mean that Sakura Mountain is not our sacred mountain at all?

Its name as a sacred mountain was obviously added by later generations!

So it wouldn't be a problem if they fired and destroyed this sacred mountain, right?

Swish!

As the temporal rift opened, the white snow covering the top of Sakura Mountain began to spread apart, reflecting a dark red color.

Looking at the rift slowly expanding like the eye of a devil.

Even the generals in the safe rear couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

After a while, they began to issue orders one after another.

Artillery and tanks turned their barrels, missile units began to set parameters.

The frontline soldiers put on hastily made combat helmets.

They were injected with different types of spirit drugs, classified and categorized.

Unmanned drones occupied the airspace, waiting for the command to launch an attack.

After a few minutes, the space-time rift fully opened.

As a dark red single-eyed creature appeared in the rift, it glanced around.

Causing a sense of unease to spread among the living beings within a radius of over a hundred kilometers.

The creature seemed to realize that it couldn't pass through the rift, so it closed its eyes and retreated.

With a flash of red light.

Over a hundred purple-black minotaur-like monsters, about five to six meters tall, appeared on the mountaintop and let out a roar in unison.

These minotaurs were clad in chainmail and wielded giant axes or hammers.

Although they were only armed with melee weapons.

It still invigorated the experts who were watching the live broadcast!

Unlike the previous large-eyed creatures, these minotaurs were equipped with weapons, a sign of civilization!

"The world behind the space-time rift may indeed have a fantasy civilization or even countries, just like those described in novels and movies."

"In that case, perhaps diplomats can once again have a role to play?"

The generals heard the experts whispering, but they were not interested in that.

They were more curious about whether their military could handle the creatures that had appeared this time.

"Fire!"

As the American general gave the order first.

The Japanese general quickly followed suit.

So, the minotaur monsters that had just appeared on the mountaintop, fueled by their hatred for Su Ping, had several leaders step forward to lead the charge towards Su Ping's position.

In an instant, the mountaintop was covered in artillery fire.

Cannons, rocket launchers, drones, and armed helicopters unleashed their firepower.

Even missiles occasionally streaked across the sky and descended.

The thunderous explosions were accompanied by bursts of fire from the mushroom clouds!

These minotaur monsters were both offensive and defensive, possessing the ability to organize and coordinate their attacks.

Their overall strength was not inferior to that of the large-eyed creatures.

However, under modern firepower, especially when money was not an issue, their performance was not as good as their large-eyed counterparts.

Many minotaurs at the Qi Refining stage couldn't withstand the impact and penetration of large-caliber shells.

Their bodies were torn to shreds in the first second of the explosion!

After continuous bombardment for more than ten seconds.

From within the mushroom clouds and the fire, a minotaur with barely any intact flesh suddenly rushed out.

This Foundation Establishment stage minotaur swung its giant axe forward, slashing through dozens of whistling shells or rockets in the air.

It landed and rolled on the ground amidst the explosion and fire.

This Foundation Establishment stage minotaur immediately realized that these attacks seemed to lack the ability to track and kill enemies.

It let out a low roar, its eyes turning bloodshot, and charged towards the mortal positions at the foot of the mountain.

The soldiers saw that in the blink of an eye, the oppressive minotaur had arrived from the mountainside to the foot of the mountain. Then, it stepped on a landmine and, in the instant of the explosion, suddenly flashed and couldn't avoid the range of the landmine's damage.

Then came the continuous detonation of bombs.

Causing this Foundation Establishment stage minotaur to constantly dodge, but for a short time, it couldn't break through.

However, this attracted more firepower to be directed at it.

Under the coverage of firepower, no matter how well this Foundation Establishment stage minotaur could dodge, it couldn't avoid being hit by several shells.

It endured the impact and burning of the explosions.

"These creatures are too agile!"

"Even landmines can't do anything to them. With their astonishing reaction speed, the effect of triggering the explosion of landmines is not as good as directly detonating them remotely!"

"Also, there should have been poison gas bombs launched before, right?"

"Although we were prepared, it seems our poison gas is not toxic enough... But that's normal, we are fundamentally different from them."

"Unfortunately, these creatures don't leave behind any corpses. Otherwise, with a complete examination, we could figure out what poison is effective against them."

"Attention, the first line of defense in the seventh defense zone has been breached!"

The generals who were whispering suddenly noticed another line of defense.

Another minotaur monster rushed out.

And this monster's speed was even faster than the previous one!

And the double hammers in its hands could always smash the rockets and shells flying towards it from a distance.

And it could cover hundreds of meters in a single step, even the firepower couldn't stop it.

Several drones slightly lowered their altitude, but they were destroyed by a single hammer strike from the other side.

Leaving the drone operators bewildered.

At least the previous cyclops had a beam of light.

But this minotaur monster was swinging its hammers from a distance, without releasing any air fluctuations, and the instruments didn't detect any changes in heat.

The machines were smashed.

Making them suspect that the opponent's hammers also possessed some kind of spatial ability.

Boom!

This Foundation Establishment minotaur rushed to the front of the main battle tank.

These steel monsters, under the frontal impact, were thrown into the air like toys and then smashed back to the ground headfirst.

Roar!

After the Foundation Establishment minotaur flew what it thought was a strong enemy but was actually a weakling main battle tank, it roared, and the oppressive fear of the abyss erupted, expanding its range once again.

This time, although the soldiers operating the cannons and rocket launchers also felt their hands and feet turn cold, and their brains became sluggish as if they had taken suppressants.

But at least they still had their sanity and knew what to do.

Kamo Junichiro also appeared on the battlefield, relying on modern equipment to observe in all directions.

There was no way around it, after all, this was related to his assessment.

It was impossible to take no risks!

Fortunately, he hadn't gained nothing during this time.

Accompanied by the call of the Crow God in his heart.

The frontline officers who were with Kamo Junichiro all felt a chill down their spines.

They saw a large mass of black shadows emerge from Kamo Junichiro's back.

And then the shadow slowly turned into a crow-headed humanoid monster.

Wow!

This monster let out a scream, and then turned into three huge black crows and flew out of the tent.

At the same time, they grabbed the rectangular metal boxes that had been placed outside the tent long ago.

Then they turned into black light and flew towards the Foundation Establishment minotaur that was wreaking havoc on the front line, already stomping out a large pit and causing several rocket artillery vehicles to overturn.

The minotaur also noticed the appearance of the crows but didn't care about their attacks.

These incense gods, even if their bodies were made from the remains of evil spirits.

For the current ability, they were still too weak for the abyss monsters in the Foundation Establishment Realm!

However!

As the crow avatars dodged the minotaur's hammer strike from a distance, they fiercely collided with it.

The metal boxes they were holding also exploded at close range at that moment.

Enveloping the minotaur in high-temperature flames in the blink of an eye.

These metal boxes contained specially made incendiaries.

The high-temperature flames produced made the Foundation Establishment minotaur feel pain.

Ao!

It suddenly lay down on the ground, covered in layers of dirt.

However, even if it was dirt, it couldn't stop the burning flames.

As long as there was a slight gap, flames would gush out from the cracks.

Normally, this wouldn't be a problem for the minotaur, as it had many ways to remove these flames.

But in this split-second battle.

The explosions and flames brought by the crow avatars were meant to hinder.

And this hindrance was enough.

But in the next second, a missile fell from the sky and hit the minotaur.

Let it step deeper into the mushroom cloud pit.

And this is just the beginning. In the next few seconds, various rockets and artillery fired as if they were free.

It wasn't until Shunjuro Koma shouted "Enough!" that it finally stopped.

In the large pit.

Shunjuro Koma saw in the footage taken by the drone that the bull-headed monster still retained most of its intact form.

However, from the perspective of the shikigami.

This monster... should be dead.

Reality also confirms this.

Because the Black Crow was attacked by flames, lost its ability to dodge, and was continuously bombarded for dozens of seconds, this bull-headed monster.

It has reached its limit and, after struggling instinctively a few times, turned into countless dots of light.

Shunjuro Koma's Black Crow divine incarnation spun in the sky.

It also caused the artillery fire on the mountaintop to pause slightly.

The snow-capped peak of Mount Sakura disappeared noticeably.

There were flames and billowing black smoke everywhere.

But the good news is that neither the Black Crow divine incarnation nor the drone saw any more obtainable bull-headed monsters.

This first wave of spatial rifts... it seems they managed to hold on?

"Don't be careless. According to the experience of the Korean Peninsula, there will be a second wave of monsters appearing!"

"That's right, the spatial rift hasn't disappeared. Quickly replenish ammunition!"

"What about the experts? Is the duration of the mental elixir enough?"

"Logistics, move quickly. If anyone has a problem at this time, I'll hold them responsible!"

Everyone was just slightly happy, proud that humanity had won against the monsters from another world for the first time.

Then they continued to be busy.

Su Ping looked at all this and didn't intervene this time.

He gave a good evaluation of Shunjuro Koma's performance.

Being able to combine the split ability of the incense god with technological weapons.

He could be considered a qualified modern Yin & Yang master.

In addition, modern firepower is indeed astonishingly destructive.

It broke through the shields and tough bodies of those bull-headed monsters with brute force.

It's like a body cultivator in the Immortal World breaking the shield of golden light with continuous punches.

The only difference is that the body cultivator needs to consume their own physical strength and spiritual energy with each strike.

Under modern firepower, only ammunition needs to be consumed.

As long as they are given time to adapt and transform.

These weapons and ammunition can even increase in number the more they are used!

Su Ping was looking forward to the day when he could buy ordinary Abyss Challenge Scrolls and enjoy the rewards as a shopkeeper.

But for now, he still needed to take action himself.

Shunjuro Koma's shikigami was not enough to handle everything on its own.

And modern firepower is still not enough, not enough to be targeted!

Facing Boss-level abyssal monsters.

There are still too many variables.

There is no longer the cherry blossom mountain on the snow-capped peak.

With the last bull-headed monster turning into dots of light.

The spatial rift once again emitted red light.

Accompanied by laughter that seemed to shake the entire sky.

In the spatial rift, a devil with a sheep's head, double horns, red skin, dark red bat wings, a height of over eight meters, and a scorpion tail suddenly appeared!

As soon as this devil appeared, its laughter radiated in all directions.

The soldiers who thought they could continue fighting with their helmets and elixirs suddenly felt dizzy under this laughter.

One by one, they fell to the ground in pain, wailing.

A bit late, I'll make up for it tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)