Chapter 519: Chapter 383 Powder and Flame
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Xzavier began to create air walls, or rather, air stairs.
The speed at which Xzavier created the air stairs was not fast. As the number of Soldier Bugs surrounding them increased, the encirclement around them was gradually getting smaller.
Just as Xzavier finished creating the third air stair, some of the Soldier Bugs that were close by suddenly launched an attack.
Members of the Hunting Team formed a circle around Xzavier to intercept the attacking Bug Race.
When Dong Tianyu saw Xzavier standing on the third air stair, which was only about two meters above the ground, he couldn’t help but remind him, "Increase the height between the steps. We’re all Martial Artists; we have a strong jumping ability."
Hearing Dong Tianyu’s reminder, Xzavier then remembered that they were not in a laboratory, but in a danger zone, so he immediately disbanded the air stair that was forming diagonally above and chose a higher position to begin condensing anew.
Apart from the other two Awakeners, including Yara, the other members of the Hunting Team all had a Martial Cultivation above the Energy Refining Realm. Although they seemed to be in great danger amidst the Bug Swarm, as long as the Energy within them was not exhausted in the short term, they would not be hurt too much even if they were deeply surrounded.
Dong Tianyu’s weapon was the Flying Swords that he originally controlled with Sword Control Technique. At this moment, even though he wasn’t using Sword Control, each swing of his sword still emitted Sword Qi that could easily slice the approaching Soldier Bugs in two.
Dong Tianyu multitasked, casually dealing with the Soldier Bugs that were close and preparing to attack him while using his Divine Sense to observe the battle situation of the others.
Besides the two Awakeners who were guarded in the central area, the other Martial Artists were dealing with the continuously attacking Soldier Bugs in a standard manner without standing out too much.
As the number of Soldier Bugs killed by the Hunting Team members increased, the number of bug corpses stacking around them also continued to grow. Dong Tianyu suddenly recalled the scene from the movie "World War Z" where zombies built a mound with their bodies to directly attack helicopters in the air.
Having Xzavier build a platform in the air was theoretically feasible, but the reality was that the Bug Race not only had flying units, but under the command of the Brain Bug, these Soldier Bugs could also build a Bug Mountain to directly attack them.
With this in mind, he immediately shouted to Yara not far away, "Is there a way to clear the bug corpses around us? Otherwise, even if we build the air platform, if we give these Bugs enough time, they can climb up to the air platform by stacking on top of one another."
Hearing Dong Tianyu’s reminder, Yara looked at the corpses of the Soldier Bugs on the ground, internally calculating and assessing the situation.
In the end, Yara had to admit that, just as Dong Tianyu had reminded, even if the floating platform that Xzavier created were high, as long as those Bugs were given enough time, they would eventually be attacked by the Bug Race.
Upon realizing this, Yara asked the Simon Family patriarch, "Big brother, did you bring the clearance artifacts?"
Upon hearing Yara’s inquiry, the Simon Family patriarch casually split an attacking Soldier Bug in two with his knife before replying loudly, "Young master, I brought three."
After hearing the patriarch’s reply, Yara breathed a sigh of relief, then said to Dong Tianyu, "I’ve got a way to deal with the bug corpses here. Now we just need to defend well to give Xzavier enough time, and we will have a safe resting place soon."
Following Dong Tianyu’s suggestion, Xzavier increased the height difference between the air stairs, which allowed for the construction of a higher and safer rest area with less energy consumption.
Although Dong Tianyu and the others could easily kill the Soldier Bugs attempting to ambush them, even if they killed all the Soldier Bugs in front of them, there would still be an endless stream of Soldier Bugs coming from behind to reinforce.
When the fifth brother was accidentally bitten on the leg during combat, the other Soldier Bugs, like sharks smelling blood, started to change direction, heading straight for him.
With this development, the attack intensity of the Soldier Bugs on the others diminished considerably, but the fifth brother began to face pressure he hadn’t had before.
They say that pressure creates motivation, but facing the endless number of Soldier Bugs, the fifth brother finally understood that although pressure indeed increases motivation, sometimes too much pressure can become a death knell rather than a source of strength.
In light of this situation, he immediately called out to his other brothers for help.
Upon hearing the call for help, the third brother, who was closest to him, went over to assist. With the addition of the third brother, the situation on the fifth brother’s side stabilized again.
Watching as six layers of stairs had been created and the height of the air platform was now about thirty meters above the ground, Yara immediately said to Liu Zi, who didn’t have much of a presence, "Liu Zi, take those two Awakeners up to the platform first."
Hearing Yara’s command, Liu Zi knew there was no time for dawdling and quickly moved to the air stairs, pulling along the two decision-makers, and swiftly arrived next to Xzavier.
"The young master said this height is about right, you expand the platform area first. I’ll go down and help relieve their defensive pressure," Liu Zi told Xzavier.
