Chapter 792: Chapter 565: Counterassault
Of course it’s true.
Just as Lord Black boasts that he never tells lies, Mu Fan also doesn’t have the habit of boasting.
If faced with a large-scale attack on flat terrain, without mecha or more powerful weapons, he could say he was helpless, like the swarm attack encountered on Planet 131.
But in this small-scale complex terrain encounter, under the cover of night, it’s a battlefield tailored for Mu Fan.
His abilities could be maximized here.
When he says he can do it, he definitely can!
From the moment he takes action to landing, Mu Fan himself doesn’t make a sound.
Under the night sky, only a nearly silent silhouette moves rapidly. If it weren’t for the explosion-proof shield occasionally reflecting, Mu Fan’s figure would almost seem concealed in the air.
“Bench, there are five Mechanical Spiders at your four o’clock.”
“Tiger cat, two Mechanical Spiders, climbing along the cliff.”
…
In the communication channel, Mu Fan’s voice quickly issues in rhythmic bursts but with one thing in common: a cold, emotionless tone.
With Mu Fan’s reminders, the remaining members of the Night Patrol Team surprisingly found their pressure suddenly reduced.
The accuracy and clever angles of positions reported by this new recruit left them in awe.
The five remaining members were sweat-drenched with shock after a moment.
The stealthy Mechanical Spiders Mu Fan reported were ones they hadn’t discovered.
How did he find them?
With this overwhelming question, some started searching for Mu Fan.
However, aside from the fierce gunfire and flying barrage, they couldn’t see a single figure.
Instead, the infiltrating Frontier Army squad’s frenzied shooting forced them back.
They naturally couldn’t see Mu Fan moving like a phantom. In such a large hilly area, Mu Fan, fighting entirely with cold weapons, wouldn’t expose his position through gunfire.
Even…
When Mu Fan flipped through the air several times, he received reminders from Black.
“Mechanical Spider conversion count 1…”
“Mechanical Spider conversion count 4…”
The Mechanical Spiders moving within five meters, brushing along the ground, couldn’t even lock onto a target before being overrun by Black’s powerful force field intrusions.
Then, these spiders paused momentarily and then returned the way they came with swift rustling sounds!
“What’s going on?” Mu Fan asked indifferently, knife clenched in teeth.
“These spiders, of course, have been controlled by me, then I issued a simple command—to return. So, you’ll soon see the release points of those spiders unless their Mechanical Expert is moving.”
Jumping down from the air, Mu Fan gently rested his hands on the ground, quietly pivoting his body without a sound, watching those spiders swiftly retreat, he mused, “Meaning, if I get closer to the Mechanical Spiders, you can control more?”
“Exactly.”
“Good.”
Mu Fan’s ears slightly twitched, then his figure leapt among the rock layers.
Half a minute later, at the hill’s height where Daniel, Bench, and others were firing, they suddenly noticed that the enemy’s attack intensity seemed to diminish significantly. At first, the reduced number of Mechanical Spiders wasn’t noticeable, but as their numbers continued to decrease, there was definitely something wrong.
“What’s going on? New recruit, is it something on your side?” Daniel thought for a moment, then suddenly shouted in the voice channel.
“Captain, Mu Fan has gone radio silent,” Bench reminded, seeing the tactical helmet’s mini light screen state.
Mu Fan, now close to the enemy’s position along with those returning Mechanical Spiders, naturally shut down anything that might reveal his location.
Meanwhile, some soldiers wearing specially amplified equipment in earth-yellow combat uniforms were surprised to find that the Mechanical Spiders they sent out were quickly losing connection.
It wasn’t an explosion but a rapid signal loss.
This was highly abnormal!
This situation hadn’t occurred since their arrival on Planet E75.
An ominous feeling of unease started spreading from their hearts.
“Has the Federation introduced a new weapon? Or used a new type of electromagnetic interference bomb?”
It shouldn’t be…
The Mechanical Experts pondered without results, eventually left with no choice but to release the last of the Mechanical Spiders more densely.
Mu Fan was unaware of the events occurring in these hidden spots; he continued to rapidly approach.
However, an incident coincidentally occurred when Mu Fan rolled in mid-air.
A soldier from the Gardot Empire, just as he fired from behind a new cover, accidentally hit the explosion-proof shield in mid-turning Mu Fan instead of his body.
A cacophony of clattering sounds broke out nearby, instantly putting the soldier on alert.
A flare shot up, its light illuminating half the hillside when the descending figure was captured in the Empire soldiers’ eyes.
“Enemy approaching!”
“Someone’s broken through the firepower blockade, close-range defense!”
The harsh shouts echoed from the Empire soldiers’ positions.
“Flamethrower ready…”
“Fire!”
A long fire dragon instantly swept out.
At the moment the fire dragon burst forth, Mu Fan, rolling on the ground with bullet impacts, noticed with a calm gaze the dark nozzle and the sudden firelight.
His left hand flashed as he removed the knife from his mouth and threw it sharply.
The fire dragon rushed forward, as Mu Fan, kneeling halfway on the ground, curled his body into a ball, leaving only an arm raised with the shield.
Extreme Nine Forms—Sphere Compression.
The terrifying fire dragon engulfed a wide area where Mu Fan stood.
Mu Fan’s palm began to feel the high temperature the explosion-proof shield couldn’t filter.
However, the fire dragon abruptly stopped at this moment.
The knife Mu Fan had thrown pierced through the fire dragon in an instant. The heated sharp blade sliced through like a hot knife through butter, stabbing straight into the white helmet of the Empire soldier.
The ponderings about the enemy’s identity ceased, his eyes blank, the Empire soldier holding the flamethrower fell backward.
The terrifying fire dragon soared straight into the sky, like a giant torch lighting the direction.
“What is happening?” The remaining Empire soldiers were shocked and furious.
However, amid a rustling sound, their comrades spoke in terror, “Look quickly, what is that? Why are the Mechanical Spiders returning?”
The Mechanical Experts rapidly operating the tactical light computer’s robots heard this and looked up in surprise, only to see the dense swarm of returning Mechanical Spiders converging on them.
And the electronic eyes of these Mechanical Spiders began flashing red, with increasing intensity.
They knew all too well what this meant.
These soldiers, dressed in earth-yellow combat uniforms, screamed, “Get down—”
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
The members of the Night Patrol Team, momentarily drawn by the skyward fire dragon, were now all transfixed by the gigantic explosive field.
Fire waves surged over ten meters high, with bodies continually flung out from it, the intense tremors cascading along the mountainside.
Sergeant Daniel halted his firing, muttering, “What’s going on here?”
What’s happening here?
Only the Empire soldiers, engulfed in deep dread, might know.
This night raid was steeped in all sorts of eeriness.
However, when the surviving Empire soldiers at the remaining firepower points regrouped, they found that outside the blazing flames, a silhouette suddenly appeared before them.
An explosion-proof shield was held upright in front, and as their gazes met.
The figure’s feet pounded the ground heavily, charging fiercely!