The entire blade of the alloy steel knife turned red, radiating intense heat.

This was Damian's improved technology on the steel knife since the last time it failed to cut through the diamond python's hide. The material used to create the alloy steel knife, when heated, would not soften or deform like ordinary metals; instead, it would become more robust and sharper, albeit at the cost of significant damage to the blade.

It was akin to the mech warrior's burst mode.

The lead frontiersman gripped his steel knife tightly. His combat boots emitted a large amount of compressed gas, and a massive reaction force propelled his body into the air.

His legs were bent like a drawn bow, brimming with power. With a sudden burst, his body shot towards the follower in the air like a meteor.

As he moved, the other eleven frontiersmen also activated their limit states. They held their red-hot steel knives, leaping high into the air to form a circle, restricting the follower's movements and forcing it towards their captain!

"Trying to surround and kill me?" The follower saw this and a mocking smile appeared on its lips. It swung the thunder-light spear in its hand, not retreating but instead attacking proactively.

"Courting death!" the follower shouted, raising the thunder-light spear in its hand and thrusting it straight at the chest of a frontiersman who was slashing towards it.

The scorching steel knife collided with the thunder-light spear, but the anticipated violent collision and explosion did not occur. The blade easily passed through the spear, without cutting anything.

The frontiersman's pupils constricted.

Only now did he realize that the thunder-light spear in the follower's hand was not a solid object. Or rather, to be precise, not all of the spear was solid. Only the handle held by the follower was solid, while the rest, such as the spearhead and shaft, were illusory bodies composed of pure energy.

It was like a lightsaber from Star Wars.

It possessed immense destructive power but could not be blocked by any solid object!

This… the information in Sky Citadel didn't mention this!

Could it be that in just three short hours, they had used new resources to modify their previous weapons or create new equipment?

But it was too late to know this now.

The steel knife brushed past the spearhead and landed on the follower.

To be precise, it landed on its armor.

In an instant, the sound of metal colliding and tearing rang out simultaneously. The follower's dazzling armor instantly sparked, cut open by the red-hot steel knife, revealing the electronic circuits and steel alloy inside.

At the same time, the thunder-light spear pierced through the frontiersman's chest.

The violent thunder-light instantly spread to every inch of the frontiersman's blood vessels. The terrifying energy exploded in his chest cavity, and he only felt a scalding pain envelop his entire body. Then, the upper half of his body exploded!

A rain of blood splattered from the sky as the frontiersman's upper body was completely shattered, leaving only the remains of his torso from the waist down to fall from the sky, crashing heavily to the ground.

Inside the command center, the officers watched this scene and swallowed hard.

The frontiersmen, once humanity's strongest vanguard, were unable to defeat the enemy and were directly and decisively shattered…

Could it be that the fully revived ancient civilization was truly so overwhelmingly powerful?