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Among the attackers, the strongest appeared to be a gaunt man wearing a black trench coat.
He stood leisurely outside the crowd, observing the four people being besieged with great interest.
"Make your move." Han Ning's voice was not loud, but it clearly pierced through the rain.
Almost the instant Han Ning finished speaking, Vice President Zhao moved.
He let out a low roar, and his body expanded rapidly as if inflated, with hot white steam rising from his skin, transforming him into a three-meter-tall steam giant.
The heavy iron axe tore through the rain curtain with a piercing whistle, slashing straight at the man in the black trench coat.
"?!"
The man in the black trench coat had been calmly waiting for the battle to end.
Suddenly, his expression changed, and he looked to his left.
A giant, emanating scorching steam, rushed towards us from afar like a large truck.
In his haste, he quickly drew a pair of short blades from his waist and unleashed an X-shaped, murky white blade of light.
clang!
"you!"
A deafening clang of metal clashing rang out. The man in the black trench coat, wielding two giant axes crossed, was forced to retreat several steps by the shockwave, his face showing deep astonishment. The rocks beneath his feet cracked inch by inch.
Vice President Zhao pressed his advantage relentlessly. Amidst billowing steam, his giant axe transformed into a series of afterimages, relentlessly suppressing his opponent.
At the same time, Lin Qianqian's figure appeared like a ghost on the flank high ground.
With her delicate hand, she drew the bow, and an arrow engraved with intricate dark red runes was nocked onto the bowstring.
The bow is full as a full moon, the arrow is like a shooting star.
hum!
The moment the arrow left the bowstring, it transformed into a blinding red light, accurately striking the back of the man in the black trench coat who had been knocked back by Vice President Zhao.
The man in the black trench coat was fighting against Vice President Zhao with all his might when he felt a fierce wind coming from behind. He hurriedly tried to dodge, but the red light had already reached his body.
Boom!
A violent explosion was accompanied by a burst of blinding red light.
The violent shockwave sent him flying.
"It seems the Bloodlust rune is working well." Lin Qianqian smiled faintly and said to Xiaoyu, who was not far away, "Take care of him."
Immediately, her gaze shifted to another rock-hard expert.
Xiaoyu appeared out of nowhere, standing beside the man in the black trench coat who had been blown away.
A flash of cold light appeared in his hand as the short blade precisely sliced across the opponent's throat, but it was blocked in time.
clang! !
The two blades clashed, sparks flying everywhere.
The short blade in Xiaoyu's hand shattered into pieces.
Broken metal particles strangely burrowed into the short blade of the black trench coat.
The short blade in the black trench coat's hand gleamed with an increasingly bright, murky white light.
But before the man in the black trench coat could react...
boom!
A fist the size of a sandbag, carrying heavy wind pressure, struck his back hard.
"Humph……"
The force was so great that he had never seen anything like it before. He couldn't help but groan and fell heavily into the mud.
The man in the black trench coat was defeated in a few moves, causing some panic among the opposing attacking team.
"Hold on, people of Rock, surround and kill that steam monster!" an enemy Awakener roared, calling on his companions to surround and attack Vice President Zhao.
Three Rock Awakeners pounced at the same time. One punch was as fierce as a hammer, another's claws were filled with dark green poisonous mist, and the third threw out several chains wrapped with electric current, trying to restrict Vice President Zhao's movements.
"Hmph!" Vice President Zhao neither dodged nor avoided, his body surging with steam, forming a thick airflow shield.
The powerful punches slammed into the shield, only creating ripples. The poisonous claws couldn't penetrate an inch, and the electric chains were directly dispersed by the violent steam.
He swung his giant axe with tremendous force, forcing the three to retreat in a sorry state.
On the other side, Yu Na's figure darted into the battlefield like a ghost.
A faint, eerie light emanated from her eyes, and an invisible mental fluctuation instantly enveloped the three Rock Awakeners who were attempting to flank her.
The three men froze, their eyes becoming blank and empty, as if their brains were entangled by invisible threads, and they even forgot to swing their weapons.
Taking advantage of this brief moment, Yu Na's eyes blazed with a rich, dark blue light.
"boom!"
Flames appeared out of thin air on the three mentally bound enemies and quickly spread outwards.
The three men didn't even have time to let out a proper scream before collapsing to the ground without a sound, incapacitated.
...
A lean, rock-hard awakened individual spotted a young member of the Azure Cloud team who was wearing an ordinary down jacket and looked bewildered, as if he had only recently entered the Black Stone level.
The man was facing away from him, locked in combat with another Rock member.
A cold glint flashed in the eyes of the lean, rock-solid Awakener. He exerted force with his feet, and the long sword in his hand was enveloped by the violent hurricane, becoming blurry and abnormal, yet silent and stealthy, silently slashing towards the back of the young team member's neck.
This strike combined all his strength and speed, with a tricky angle and ruthless timing, aiming at the space between his spines, intending to kill him instantly.
He could even foresee the scene of a long sword piercing flesh, the enemy screaming and collapsing.
"puff!"
The longsword struck with pinpoint accuracy!
However, the expected sensation of the blade piercing through the leather armor and tearing through flesh did not come.
Just as the longsword cleaved through the down jacket, revealing a black leather armor underneath, a faint, almost imperceptible white halo appeared on the seemingly ordinary black leather armor.
"Huh?!" The wiry, rock-solid Awakener's pupils constricted.
He felt as if his longsword had pierced a layer of incredibly tough, elastic rubber.
A powerful recoil force traveled along the hilt of the knife, making his wrist go numb.
The longsword only pierced the outermost layer of leather in the armor, penetrating less than half an inch, before being firmly blocked by the invisible energy membrane, making it impossible to advance any further.
"What the hell?!" he exclaimed in disbelief.
His full-force strike, powerful enough to pierce ordinary iron armor, was actually blocked by this thin layer of leather armor, barely even breaking through the skin!
While he was momentarily distracted, the young team member had already come to his senses.
The young team members ignored the sneak attack from behind and instead took advantage of the moment when their opponents were momentarily surprised by their teammate's failed sneak attack.
He exerted force in his hand, raised a sharpened iron-inlaid wooden stick, and thrust it toward the throat of the Rock member who was fighting him head-on.
puff!
This bizarre scene shocked the remaining members of the Rock team.
Xu Ming, Xiao Yu, and the others seized the opportunity during the enemy's brief moment of confusion and pounced into the enemy ranks like tigers descending a mountain.
Xu Ming wielded his iron axe with wide, sweeping strokes, each strike powerful and heavy.
Xiaoyu transformed into a blurry gray shadow, weaving through the gaps in the crowd, each flash of her short blade leaving a trail of blood.
Protected by rune-inlaid leather armor, the other members of the Biyun team bravely stood at the forefront, working together seamlessly to divide and eliminate the remaining members.
The battle was almost a one-sided massacre.
Although the Pan Shi reconnaissance team was elite, it was no match for Bi Yun's team, which was equipped with new rune equipment, had excellent teamwork, and had a master like Yu Na who combined control and burst damage.
The screams, roars, and sounds of clashing weapons quickly faded into the rain.
The offensive and defensive dynamics on the field reversed.
"Surround them, don't let any of them escape."
Han Ning and the others stood on the treetops, speaking expressionlessly.
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Seeing that their leader had been captured, some of the Rock Awakeners immediately abandoned the idea of fighting and wanted to retreat.
But the next second, a sharp shout resounded throughout the entire venue:
"Don't even think about running away!"
Vice President Zhao was surrounded by billowing steam, his figure appearing and disappearing in the scorching white vapor, like a giant god emerging from a steam hell.
His massive body blocked their path, and his giant axe swept across, creating a violent gust of wind that forced the Rock members who were trying to escape back.
Ah Long leaped up and waved his hands forward.
A dense network of dark blue water lines intertwined in mid-air, forming a rapidly flowing, deadly watercourse.
The two Rock members who were at the forefront were unable to stop in time and were sliced by the water flow, leaving deep wounds on their limbs and torsos.
Using various methods, the 12 Rock Awakeners on the scene were quickly brought under control, crouching in the circle of Awakeners in the Azure Cloud Gathering Area, their hands covering their heads.
"Don't move! Put down your weapons, crouch down, and put your hands behind your heads!"
Ah Long gave a cold shout, and a stream of water swirled around the encirclement.
"Clean up the battlefield and collect the spoils," Han Ning's voice came from the treetops.
The members of Biyun immediately sprang into action, quickly collecting the scattered weapons and fragments of makeshift metal armor.
Even disregarding the runes, the equipment of these Rockmen was clearly far superior in craftsmanship to that made by Biyun.
The armor in particular, incorporating metal plates, and the sharp standard-issue knives drew quiet admiration from many team members.
"Captain, look at this knife!" A team member excitedly brandished a gleaming curved knife. "It's way better than our steel bars!"