The towering peaks naturally accumulated vast amounts of snow.
At this moment, within the world's highest mountain range, enveloped by wind and snow, on a peak, accompanied by a rumbling sound, the accumulated snow began to slide down.
As the snow receded, the exposed, smooth mountain wall suddenly opened, revealing a massive pit tens of meters wide.
The interior of the pit was deep and dark, like the entrance to hell.
However, under the sun's radiance, at the pit's entrance on the mountain wall's edge, there were clearly artificial metal traces!
Hum!
Six dark figures, trailing colorful exhaust flames, instantly shot out from within the deep pit.
Under the sunlight, these dark figures were clearly six colossal battle armors. The smallest was over five meters tall, while the largest, a cyan battle armor, was nearly twenty meters.
But before they could be observed closely!
The powerful acceleration exhaust flames erupted once more.
Boom!
Without any hesitation, the six battle armors instantly accelerated towards the distant sky!
The powerful gust of wind generated by this instantaneous acceleration caused the snow on the surrounding peaks to collapse.
Moments later, the all-encompassing snow once again restored the area to a pristine white, with no trace of artificial intervention.
...
The sea of clouds rapidly receded beneath him.
Wei Ping, piloting a True Guard-class battle armor, saw mission information flashing by on his microcomputer.
[Dragonheart City blockade complete, rebel target identified.]
A live feed of the Lin family's courtyard was transmitted to Wei Ping's mind. It showed an heroic young man with three young women.
[??, Male, identity cannot be queried, suspected Dragon Rider General strength, battle armor unknown.]
[Judged that this individual may have connections to old government forces. Priority to capture alive, kill if necessary.]
[Lin Qing, Female, Lin family head of Dragonheart City, A-class Battle Armor Master, battle armor "Snow Tiger," suspected to possess a nascent titled battle armor.]
[Lin Yue, Female, second daughter of the Lin family in Dragonheart City, suspected awakened, no battle armor.]
[Lin Xin'er, Female, third daughter of the Lin family in Dragonheart City, unawakened, no battle armor.]
[The three Lin sisters are related to the nascent titled battle armor. Priority to capture alive, kill if necessary.]
[Remaining citizens of Dragonheart City are to be executed according to mission requirements!]
Within minutes of receiving Wei Wu's final message, the key individuals responsible for this rebellion had been apprehended by the Nine Dragons.
After leaving the intelligence hall, Wei Ping, as if fleeing, hastily assembled his squad and, without looking back, rushed towards the Eastern Hua Nation.
Looking at the calm sea of clouds beneath him now, Wei Ping finally felt he had completely escaped Ivanoff's shadow.
Damn it... these higher-ups are probably the real monsters. Above True Guard, is there truly even stronger power?
As Wei Ping's thoughts wandered for a moment, the five individuals behind him were also communicating through the comms channel.
After the doomsday game began, to confront the continuously invading powerful monsters, Dragon Rider Generals and above no longer fought alone.
Typically, several Dragon Rider Generals and one True Guard would form a squad relationship to handle more troublesome missions.
Wei Ping, being from the Eastern Hua Nation, did not hold a high position within the Internal Guard, so he only had five Dragon Rider Generals under his command.
As for Dragon Riders? Wei Ping didn't even want to spare a glance at those who couldn't wield the power of the Sun's Fire.
These five Dragon Rider Generals were all male. Two of them had Eastern Hua features, while the other three had blonde hair and blue eyes, with Western Eagle Nation appearances.
"You guys, what's up with the boss this time? Suddenly called us, and we set off as soon as we arrived, without any preparation."
"Yeah, you guys who came later haven't seen it yet. When I arrived first, the boss wasn't armored yet. At that time, the boss's expression was terrifyingly grim!"
"Wait! Look at the mission description just sent by the intelligence department! We're going to slaughter a city this time?!"
The burly man with Western Eagle Nation features couldn't help but shout loudly in the comms channel. Upon seeing the mission description, the faces of the other two men with Eastern Hua Nation features turned grim.
One of them, a middle-aged man with a more resolute face, couldn't help but open the communication channel with Wei Ping:
"Boss! This mission, are we really going to?!"
Hum!
The cyan battle armor flying at the forefront suddenly halted, hovering above the clouds.
The five battle armors behind them also stopped in unison.
An invisible pressure erupted from the cyan battle armor, acting upon all the battle armors behind it.
The terrifying pressure made the Dragon Rider Generals feel as if they were submerged in the deep sea.
In their rapid march formation, they could even barely resist the urge to ignite their solar furnaces to counter this pressure.
But, the next moment, the pressure suddenly vanished.
The cyan battle armor was already thousands of miles away. The voice in the comms channel arrived belatedly:
"Defy the Nine Dragons, and there is only death."
"Forget your Eastern Hua identity, Jiang Hu!"
"From the moment we joined the Nine Dragons, we recognize only the Nine Dragons!"
"Now! All of you continue your rapid march! When we reach the destination, according to my orders, ignite your solar furnaces and destroy Dragonheart City!"
Wei Ping's unyielding words caused the middle-aged man Jiang Hu's face to turn pale.
The other three Dragon Rider Generals said nothing more and immediately sprayed their exhaust flames again, pursuing Wei Ping.
Only another man with Eastern Hua Nation features patted Jiang Hu on the shoulder understandingly:
"Let's go! The world belongs to the Nine Dragons! We just need to obey!"
"A blade needs no thoughts."
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After a simple handling of the losses at the Lin family's main residence,
and having the steward help draft the compensation for the deceased, Lin Qing led Chen Luo towards another corner of the estate.
For safety reasons, the other two younger sisters also followed closely.
Upon reaching a vacant grassland, Lin Qing announced loudly:
"Open the battle armor vault!"
From a hidden corner of the grassland, an identification camera rotated slightly upon hearing this.
[First Authority Holder - Family Head Lin Qing identified successfully! Armory opening.]
Hum!
With the humming sound of gears turning, the flat grassland before them slowly rose, revealing a long set of metal steps leading downwards.
With a gentle nod to Chen Luo, Lin Qing led the way down.
Beyond the steps was a long metal corridor. As everyone entered, pure white lights lit up sequentially within the corridor.
As the lights illuminated, rows of metal exoskeletons placed on both sides of the corridor were revealed.
These exoskeletons were mostly over two meters tall and had a rather simple appearance. However, as the corridor deepened, they gradually became heavier, and the weapons they were equipped with became more terrifying.
As if sensing Chen Luo's curiosity, Lin Yue explained from the side:
"Brother Chen, battle armors are the most important military strength of every family, but only Soul Hearts can use them, which inherently limits the versatility of battle armors."
"So, most of the time, the family's standing military force consists of these metal exoskeletons produced by the Nine Dragons."
"The weakest metal exoskeletons can allow us to fight those invading demonic creatures. And the strongest exoskeleton armor can even reach B-class combat power."
Chen Luo nodded gently. Exoskeletons of this kind already existed in Great Yan, but they were mostly for show and not practical, or they couldn't be mass-produced.
However, from Chen Luo's perspective, the so-called B-class combat power could probably contend with a First Order Lord-level entity.