Chapter 120: The Dragon Roars
Lin Fan nodded. "Indiscriminate fire! Full firepower!"
"Fire!" Situ Hong was the first to stand up, gripping a massive Gatling gun and sweeping it across the horizon!
Simultaneously, rows of light and heavy machine guns roared.
Muzzles spat flames as countless palm-length machine gun rounds tore through the air, diving into the vast ocean. The waves crashing against the Great Wall of Steel were ruthlessly shredded by the rain of bullets!
Across the four-thousand-mile Great Wall of Steel, the roar of guns and artillery was deafening!
It was like the howl of dragons!
This was the roar of Great Xia.
The blinding lines of fire were like the breath of dragons!
At this moment, even the vast ocean trembled.
But that was not all!
"The machine guns have suppressed most of the sea beast cultists beyond a hundred meters, but some powerful ones are ignoring the bullets and charging forward!" Lin Fan picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted, "RPGs and grenades, cover me! Suppress those powerful sea beasts that ignore the bullets and keep them at least fifty meters away from the wall!"
As soon as he finished speaking—
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Soldiers either brandished grenade launchers or shouldered RPGs, standing up abruptly to fire into the range of fifty to one hundred meters from the Great Wall of Steel!
Grenades plummeted into the ocean, detonating with thunderous roars.
RPGs, like miniature fire dragons, trailed blinding light as they struck, erupting into terrifying explosions.
Lin Fan watched the scene below expressionlessly. The real combat scenes and the drill before him merged in his mind; he felt as if he could truly see sea beasts wailing in the water, shattered by the explosions.
But then.
"Demigod-level cultists that ignore RPGs and grenades have appeared! They withstood the machine gun fire, crossed the blast zone, and are rushing toward the wall!"
"All members of the God-Slaying Army, prepare to charge off the wall! Lead your teams into battle; do not let these creatures reach the top!"
"Disciples of the various sects, hold the wall and prepare to provide support! Once a sea beast cultist breaks through the God-Slaying Army's line, encircle and kill them immediately!"
"Machine gunners, RPG and grenade teams, keep your muzzles high—avoid friendly fire! Machine gunners, your goal is to keep the majority of the cultists beyond one hundred meters. Grenade teams, your goal is to eliminate those capable of resisting bullets at the fifty-meter mark."
"Even if some individuals are powerful enough to ignore the bullets and explosions and break through your blockade, do not panic! Trust your teammates!"
"If you move your muzzles at will, it will not only be useless against those powerful cultists, but you will also likely hit your own men!"
Lin Fan shouted!
"Understood!" the soldiers roared back. Ignoring the cultists charging toward them, they maintained their torrent of fire.
Lin Fan shouted, "God-Slaying Army, charge!"
With that, the members of the God-Slaying Army let out a collective roar and dove straight off the hundred-meter-high wall!
Power-type ability users, carrying massive bronze tripods, sprinted down the nearly vertical wall, their heavy tripods crashing down toward the sea surface!
"Boom!"
The ocean exploded!
Chi Que led the fire-type ability users, cloaked in flames like phoenixes, gliding down and hovering in mid-air.
"Boom!"
With a wave of their hands, rolling flames swept across the sea. The sea became a sea of fire, the terrifying heat causing the water to boil incessantly.
Water-type ability users moved with fluid grace, summoning surging columns of water like dragons, crashing down to bite and sweep through the enemy.
Wood-type ability users released massive logs, and vines erupted from the Great Wall of Steel, sweeping out to entangle the sea beast cultists attempting to climb up.
The earth-type ability users took a deep breath.
"Earth Rift!"
The seabed trembled.
"Boom!"
The earth cracked, and a bottomless fissure appeared on the seafloor. At that moment, it was as if a giant mouth had opened to swallow everything, and the massive volume of seawater began to swirl and drain into the depths.
"Not bad," Lin Fan nodded slightly, but then added, "God-Slaying Army squads, pay attention to the synergy between abilities. Ice-type users, don't just think about freezing the surface or throwing ice spears; coordinate with the water-type users to forge ice dragons!"
"And wind-type users, don't just think about releasing gusts and wind blades; combine with the fire-type users to summon fire dragons!"
As soon as Lin Fan spoke, the eyes of the ability users lit up. An ice-type user and a water-type user joined hands, combining frost and current.
A terrifying ice dragon rose from the sea!
Columns of ice erupted from beneath the surface, strong enough to launch several sea beasts into the air. Wherever the ice dragon passed, the sea froze, and accompanied by the dragon's roar, countless ice spears shot out!
When the wind-type and fire-type users combined, the power of the flames reached a new level. The wind carried the scorching heat of fire, and wherever they moved, the seawater boiled.
Other ability users began to pair up as well, the collision of various elements producing unique and effective results.
Meanwhile, the sect disciples stood aligned atop the wall.
"Daoist Sect, form the array!"
The young Daoists either held ritual swords and paper talismans to release Daoist arts, or brandished fly-whisks, sweeping the air with Daoist energy.
Confucian scholars chanted in unison:
"Alas! How steep and high! The road to Shu is harder than reaching the blue sky!"
Their voices ascended to the heavens, filled with righteous spirit.
The road to Shu is hard!
The righteous energy resonated with heaven and earth, manifesting a phantom of Mount Shu above them to suppress all enemies!
At the same time.
"Mo Yin Starfall Gate," a middle-aged man shouted, "Let them know that on the battlefield, the most terrifying thing is the assassin hiding in the shadows!"
Those lean figures standing on the wall, dressed in uniform night-raid gear, seemed to vanish into ink, dissolving into the air.
But every so often, sword light would appear silently, like falling stars.
Assassins always hide in the dark; once they strike, it is a fatal blow!
On the other side.
Thirty thousand dazzling bald heads, dressed in kasaya robes, stood in rows, calmly stationed along the thousand-mile wall.
"Amitabha."
The lead elder monk closed his eyes slightly and whispered the Buddha's name.
A sense of profound gravity radiated from him, and rolling Buddha-light poured forth!
"Let the demons dance; I remain unmoved."
Simultaneously, a group of elderly monks entered a state of meditation.
Ten thousand fathoms of Buddha-light!
Golden bells appeared around them, their massive phantoms interconnecting; no matter how the enemy charged, they would not retreat a single step.
Golden Bell Shield!
Immovable King's Body!
They were a wall even harder than the Great Wall of Steel; no matter how many sea beast cultists there were, they could not break through to reach the top of the wall!
Meanwhile, the young martial monks behind these elders held staffs in one hand, their other palms pressed against their chests.
"Swish!"
They opened their eyes, their gazes as fierce as Vajrapani!
"Arhat Demon-Subduing Array!"
Five thousand burly men let out sounds like dragons roaring and tigers leaping, their hands forming fists or claws, their blood energy fierce and unyielding!
Xingyi Sect!
In their daily lives, these were ordinary people of Great Xia—security guards, drivers, workers.
But now, they were warriors fighting for Great Xia!
Beyond that.
Young people dressed as craftsmen stood expressionlessly on the wall.
Behind them were seven-to-eight-meter-tall combat puppets, steel rhinoceroses, and nimble wooden horses.
Wooden birds circled them, even lifting them into the air.
At this moment, even though they knew it was just a drill, these disciples, led by their patriarchs or sect masters, stood their ground to defend the Great Wall!!