Chapter 1240 Not All Advanced Equipment Is the Best

While the equipment inside Sky Castle did surpass what the Pioneers currently used to some extent, the key issue was that the Pioneers weren't familiar with how to use it.

Not all advanced equipment is necessarily the best.

Often, familiar tools can be more effective.

Imagine a chef who's used to his own ordinary, whetstoned knife. If you suddenly give him a high-tech, laser-honed alloy knife that's been forged hundreds of times and is supposedly so sharp it can slice hair and cut through iron like mud, it might be sharper, but the chef might not find it as easy to use.

He can make delicious food with his dull knife, but using the so-called high-tech alloy knife, he might not only make the food taste worse but also cut himself.

A sniper who can hit nine out of ten shots with his own customized old-fashioned rifle might be able to hit ten out of ten with a newly developed high-precision rifle after some training, but when he first starts using it, his accuracy will definitely be worse than with his old rifle.

The analogy might be crude, but the principle is the same.

Since they started fighting, the Pioneers had been using alloy steel knives and equipment produced by Crazy Breath Island. Although they seemed somewhat outdated in the current world situation, they had been using them for a long time and were comfortable with them.

If they were forced to switch to the high-tech equipment from Sky Castle, they might experience serious unfamiliarity in battle, which wouldn't strengthen them but weaken their combat power.

Even if they were to update their equipment, they would need time to adapt.

But with the ancient civilization just recently revived, there wasn't enough time for the Pioneers to adapt to new equipment.

"Here it comes!" The leading Pioneer made a graceful sword flourish, his eyes fixed on the Follower charging toward the city wall like a hawk.

Covering a distance of nearly a hundred kilometers in three minutes, the Follower's arrival demonstrated just how fast the flying wheel beneath it was.

"Let me show you what our true power is!" The Follower looked at the twelve Pioneers waiting in formation on the city wall and grinned. It raised the lightning spear in its hand again and thrust it down with a roar.

A beam of light like lightning bloomed on the city wall.

The leading Pioneer's pupils contracted. In a fraction of a second, he felt an extremely intense threat of death envelop his body. If the powerful energy contained in the lightning spear struck him, it would likely lead to... death!

A powerful force capable of killing a secondary evolver was being wielded and unleashed so easily.

Without time to think, his body leaped away quickly before the lightning struck, and the team members beside him also clearly felt the force of destruction. Instead of choosing to confront it head-on, they all dodged.

Boom!

A booming explosion echoed on the city wall.

The hundred-meter-high city wall was blasted open by the lightning spear, creating a hideous crack from top to bottom that stretched deep into the ground!

The scene was visually striking.

In front of the towering city wall, the Follower's body looked like an ant, but the collision between the ant and the city wall resulted in the collapse of the city wall!

The leading Pioneer turned his head and saw that the part of the city wall that had been struck was melting. The stone and steel inside the wall were turning into a high-temperature liquid and slowly flowing down.

The Pioneer's brow furrowed, his eyes filled with apprehension.

The materials used to build the defense line walls were all very high-strength alloys. Although they couldn't withstand the impact of Miracle Buildings or the power of Apostles, they were definitely top-notch defenses. In the past, the Followers could never have broken through the city walls with their own power.

But with the full revival of the ancient civilization, and with the addition of their equipment and weapons, the Followers now had the combat power to break through the city walls.

"This guy's power is at least three times stronger than before... Be careful!" The leading Pioneer transmitted a signal of caution to his team members through the intercom system.

With the enhancement of their equipment, the Followers were no longer the pushovers that secondary Pioneers could easily handle.

Their power had increased exponentially, and this increase wasn't simply reflected in the data.

For example, if a mecha warrior could previously deal with three Followers, he could now only deal with one. However, the actual situation wasn't quite like that!

For example, an adult who is three times the height, weight, and muscle mass of an elementary school student is, in theory, three times stronger than the student. But in a real fight, he could easily take on ten or more elementary school students alone!

Although the Followers were now three times stronger in terms of data, their actual combat power and difficulty had increased at least tenfold. Secondary Pioneers who could previously suppress their opponents in one-on-one combat might now need twelve people to barely hold their own.

Of course, this wasn't because the secondary-stage Pioneer's combat prowess was too weak, but because their equipment wasn't as advanced or as bizarre as their opponents'.

As long as both sides' equipment was on the same level, the Pioneers wouldn't be afraid at all!

"Dodge? Can you dodge it?" The Follower laughed, the lightning spear swirling back into its hand. This time, instead of thrusting the spear down, it pointed it in the air at the Pioneers below.

Instantly, the light around the lightning spear began to change shape, transforming into countless dazzling raindrops that fell toward the Pioneers.

Whoosh...

It was a rain of lightning bullets!

The bullets were impenetrable, falling beside the Pioneers in the blink of an eye and exploding.

In an instant, the temperature in the air soared.

The Pioneers didn't dare to face them head-on and could only dodge quickly. By the time the rain of bullets stopped, the ground they had been standing on was scarred and riddled with melted pits.

The leading Pioneer landed on a boulder, feeling a burning pain in his elbow.

Looking down, he saw that his elbow pad was cracked, and a large chunk of flesh on his elbow had been burned off...

The Tyrant Dragon-class armor was as fragile as paper in the face of the ancient civilization's terrifying technology.

"Luckily... the Booster Boots weren't damaged." The Pioneer looked down at his combat boots and said into the intercom system, "Brothers, this guy is staying in the air, putting us at a disadvantage. Let's think of a way to bring him down!"

"We'll cover you! You go!" The other team members quickly replied in the intercom system.

The leading Pioneer nodded. He wasn't surprised or angry that his teammates had pushed him forward without hesitation. In the Pioneer Legion, status was determined by strength.

As the strongest in the team, he enjoyed better treatment than the others, so he naturally had to be more proactive when taking risks. Most importantly, he was the strongest, and the success rate of carrying out this mission was the highest!

This Pioneer squad had been fighting side by side for a long time, and there was no doubt about their camaraderie. After a brief exchange, they quickly decided on a plan.

The leading Pioneer gently touched his combat boots with his right hand, and a burst of air erupted.

"Clang..." He tapped the hilt of his steel knife against his armor, and the blade hummed. The next moment, he felt the steel knife heating up, turning red hot!