Chapter 128 War

At this time, in addition to the war between Li Tianran and the Sky Apostle, battles were also raging above the Burning Steel Wall and at the North Heaven's Gate engineering R&D center.

The two waves of beast tides that had previously invaded the interior of Kuangxi Island were not large in number, only about three thousand, but they included nearly two hundred Tier-2 Followers. These powerful, secondarily evolved creatures charged through Kuangxi Island like locomotives. The monsters at the very front had already reached the front gate of the North Heaven's Gate R&D Center!

Boom!

The gate, forged from refined steel, shuddered with a booming tremor, and even the ground beneath their feet began to shake slightly. The expressions on the faces of the people inside the R&D center were extremely serious.

Some of the researchers had cold sweat on their foreheads, and their expressions became anxious.

"Continue working." Chen Tiannan glanced expressionlessly at the monitor showing the gate, then raised his head and said, "The monsters can't get in!"

Outside this nineteen-story R&D center, the war had already begun.

The female pioneer who had previously conveyed Li Tianran's instructions to Chen Tiannan was now leading eight hundred warriors, along with a large number of Tank Gladiators and Adult Gladiators, in battle against the beast tide. Some of the giant beasts were constantly crashing into the building's structure and the steel gate.

The pioneers were not afraid of these beast kings; even if their numbers were doubled, they would not be able to break through their defenses.

But these secondarily evolved creatures hidden within the beast horde were too strong. Even though they were also subjected to Kuangxi Island's "suppression," they still possessed lethal combat power.

Thud!

A pioneer was sent flying, his body slamming heavily against the wall of the research center. Immediately afterward, a cyan giant claw swiped over.

The pioneer's pupils constricted. He felt an intense aura of death emanating from the claw, and his body felt as if it were frozen in place, unable to move!

He closed his eyes in resignation.

The next moment, the heart-wrenching pain didn't come. He felt as if his body had been yanked by something and was moving rapidly.

The whistling wind rushed past his ears. He tentatively opened his eyes and saw a ball of fluffy, snow-white fur.

A cat!

Da Bai!

As a God-Descended Beast King, Da Bai had never displayed exceptional combat power. It had always existed as a pet on the farm, but no one could ignore its speed. Li Tianran had only captured it when it was seriously injured!

In its normal state, the white cat was the fastest creature on the farm. No one could keep up with it, and it could even rival non-speed-type secondarily evolved creatures.

At this moment, the white cat, biting the pioneer's shoulder armor, fled the range of the terrifying cyan giant claw like a gust of wind.

It didn't have the courage or ability to participate in the war; it could only rely on its speed to carry out rescue work on the battlefield.

"Woof!"

A dog bark rang out, and Xiao Hei, whose size was like a small mountain, jumped out and instantly tore apart the bodies of two beast kings. It was a God-Descended evolver, and it had devoured many Lv4 fruits, so its stats had long reached their peak. Among the primarily evolved beast kings, it could be considered at the pinnacle of combat power.

Ordinary sea beast kings were simply no match for it.

Almost everyone on Kuangxi Island, except for some logistical workers, participated in this war.

Even so, the hundred-plus secondarily evolved creatures in the beast tide continued to advance with overwhelming force. This wasn't a fair war, because in a direct melee, the gap between primarily and secondarily evolved creatures was simply too great.

This showed that Li Tianran's plan to kill the Sky Apostle was very risky. To let the Sky Apostle lower its guard, he had to allow these beast tides to enter Kuangxi Island. But once these beast tides entered, completely eliminating them would come at a terrible price.

No plan in the world only has gains without costs.

Boom!

A large number of dense black dots appeared in the sky, and as they fell, sharp sonic booms echoed in the air.

"Mecha Gladiators!"

The black dots grew larger and larger, and when their shapes became clear, someone shouted with surprise.

Yes, thirty Mecha Gladiators and a large number of Tank-class Gladiators descended from the sky, and blue electromagnetic energy cannons fired straight down, forcefully cutting the battlefield apart!

An iron and steel force instantly appeared on the battlefield!

At this time, the Mecha Gladiators were the strongest mobile combat force on Kuangxi Island, second only to the Kunlun Dreadnought. They might not be a match for the Ancient Kings, but relying on their powerful firepower to fight against Tier-2 Followers was definitely not a problem.

These Mecha Gladiators were very expensive, but Kuangxi Island had once stored massive amounts of mineral resources. And since he had become the supreme ruler of the human world, he had the power to mobilize huge amounts of resources. Although minerals had disappeared worldwide since the Third Apocalypse, the accumulated reserves in the national treasuries of various countries over the years added up to an extremely terrifying astronomical figure.

Li Tianran didn't lack anything now except resources and points!

If he didn't plan to develop other things, the points he currently possessed were enough to build a reinforced battalion composed of Mecha Gladiators!

Even a thousand, Li Tianran could afford.

The Mecha Gladiators formed a new steel wall. Their electronic eyes scanned the beast tide in front of them, and they raised the giant spears in their hands. The energy display crystals on their chests instantly reached their peak.

…

"Breath of the Future…" Li Tianran stood on the shoulder of a Mecha Gladiator, surrounded by a large number of other Mecha Gladiators. The Kunlun Dreadnought also pressed down heavily, and its laser orbital cannons began to lock onto the Sky Apostle's position.

Li Tianran could see the Sky Apostle's next move, but his body couldn't keep up. However, he chose the faster Mecha Gladiator as an extension of his body. He only needed to issue commands to the system through his brain before the other party's next action to control the Mecha Gladiator to react.

The speed of thought is always faster than the body.

In this situation, Li Tianran dodged the Sky Apostle's attacks several times. His Gravity Domain expanded, constantly putting pressure on the Sky Apostle.

"Too weak! Too weak!" the Sky Apostle roared madly. "This level of evolution ability can't stop me at all!"

Ancient God-level Gravity Control could affect a Tier-2 Follower for nearly a second, but against an Ancient King, the effect lasted only an instant.

The Sky Apostle was so strong that even when Li Tianran used Gravity Control to attack its heart, he couldn't tear apart its heart muscles!

Boom!

A Mecha Gladiator was covered by a brainwave impact, and its energy crystal exploded directly. Immediately afterward, it was thrown high into the air and torn apart!

The fifty-meter-tall Mecha Gladiator looked like a toy in front of the Sky Apostle, whose length exceeded one thousand meters.

And Li Tianran's attacks simply couldn't hurt the Sky Apostle.

This made the Sky Apostle very excited.

But gradually, the Sky Apostle noticed something was wrong.

It felt that its speed was becoming slower and slower, its strength was becoming weaker and weaker, and even the range of its brainwave influence began to shrink.

In the process of fighting Li Tianran, all of its attributes were constantly decreasing!

"Gluttonous Devour…" Li Tianran raised his hand, looked at his clean, white palm, and expanded his Gravity Domain again.

He had never intended to defeat the Sky Apostle using Gravity Domain. Instead, he was using the attacks to apply the effect of Gluttonous Devour to the Sky Apostle.

Each time stealing three percent of its attack power, speed, self-healing ability, and special abilities, coupled with the previous fifty percent suppression effect of Kuangxi Island, the Sky Apostle's strength had now fallen to less than ten percent of its peak!

In other words, it was completely covered in weakening auras!

The Sky Apostle realized this, and its dragon eyes were filled with anger and horror. According to what they knew, Li Tianran's evolution ability was Ancient God-level Gravity Control. They had never heard of Gravity Control being able to steal the enemy's overall attributes.

"You are… an anomaly!" the Sky Apostle roared. It was now facing a difficult choice.

If it stayed away from Li Tianran, it wouldn't be able to kill him.

But if it got close to him, its combat power would continue to decline!

Just as it was thinking, a steel blade shot over like a cannonball, piercing its throat!

Aow!

The Sky Apostle howled in pain.

This steel blade wouldn't kill it.

But it represented an extremely important signal.

That was, it had become extremely weak and could now be wounded by a pioneer's steel blade!