Chapter 126: Chapter 95: Hidden Technology: Blood Fury War Axe — A Formidable Foe Arrives
"Aaaargh—!"
BANG—.
The Knight’s Broadsword snapped as the War Axe shattered his Anti-Magic Steel Armor. In that moment, he could feel with excruciating clarity the sharp axe blade’s High-Frequency Oscillation against his chest.
His life flashed before his eyes.
His hometown.
His child...
He didn’t even have time to feel the pain before his consciousness plunged into darkness and silence, never to rise again.
"Captain!"
"You bastard!"
The Three-star Military Rank Knight’s subordinates cried out in grief. Three Two-star Military Rank raider knights shoved aside the Mortal Soldiers in their path, roaring as they charged recklessly toward Reinhardt.
But they were far too weak to get their revenge.
Reinhardt didn’t dodge or evade. His Morphic Armor covered his palm, and he caught the incoming broadsword with one hand, ignoring the other two weapons trying to run him through from the sides.
The War Axe was massive, making it difficult to wield in close-quarters combat. Of course, that was assuming Reinhardt didn’t use his second attribute, the Destruction Force Field.
Three Two-star Military Rank Knights were not worthy of his full strength.
In the next moment, to the raider knight’s horror, Reinhardt crushed his broadsword with his bare hand. High-pressure air bladders roared as his iron-clad right knee struck like lightning, viciously slamming into the man’s chest.
He tried to defend himself, but the gap in their Knight Power was a vast chasm. His Anti-Magic Steel Armor caved in, and his broken ribs pierced his heart and lungs.
Before the other two raider knights could even react, their Battle Brother was already on the ground, on the verge of death.
But the fight wasn’t over.
The instant Reinhardt landed, he supported himself with one hand, twisted his body, and let the high-pressure bladders propel him forward once more. Skimming just above the ground, he shot like a cannonball toward another raider knight.
At the same time, he clenched his right hand into a fist and smashed it into his chest.
Speed is power.
A terrifying shockwave erupted behind the raider knight, a turbulent blast of air mixed with a bloody mist!
He violently spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying backward uncontrollably. His body tumbled and crashed wildly across the ground, leaving a long, bloody smear before falling still.
As the raider knight’s corpse skidded across the ground, it flew into the ranks of the Raider Auxiliary Army, finally stopping in front of a squad of Mortal Soldiers.
A great panic began to spread among these Mortal Soldiers.
Even ten-year veterans who had witnessed countless powerful Knights wielding Mighty Power found themselves breathless. The strength Reinhardt displayed, his unparalleled dominance, was like a heavy boulder crushing their chests.
And when the last raider knight died screaming beneath the blade of the Black War Axe, the battle for the Verne Steel Bridge Corridor had, at that moment, sounded the horn for a full-scale counterattack!
The slaughter continued, but Reinhardt’s every move was watched by the Mortal Soldiers of the Defense Army continuously pouring onto the Steel Bridge Corridor.
That towering figure, so powerful he made the enemy’s Auxiliary Army suffocate with fear and their eyelids twitch, cruelly tore the raider knight’s corpse from his War Axe.
Those raider knights who were once as invincible as Divine Spirits, who had cost the Defense Army such immense sacrifices, were now dying one after another under his War Axe.
More and more Defense Army soldiers let out hysterical roars, fearlessly launching a counter-charge against the invaders on the other end of the Verne Bridge.
Reinhardt led the charge, leaping high into the air and crashing down with immense weight into the heart of the Raider Auxiliary Army’s formation!
He moved as if through an empty battlefield, his War Axe reaping a devastating harvest!
Swarms of soldiers fell with every swing.
A raider knight died a gruesome death with every chop of the blade.
At this moment, everyone—the Raider Auxiliary Army, the Military Harbor World Defense Army, and even the raider knights themselves—finally understood. The ancient legends passed down in the Human World about incredibly powerful Knights were not fabrications or exaggerations.
The power of one man could equal that of a Legion!
Severed limbs danced in Reinhardt’s vision, and scattered corpses piled up at his feet.
Even the strongest raider knights on the front line were just throwing their lives away by facing Reinhardt.
The battle line, which had been on the verge of crossing the Verne Bridge, was brutally forced back by the tide of blood and death after Reinhardt’s arrival.
Every meter the line was pushed back cost the blood of a thousand Mortal Soldiers. The resulting river of blood cascaded thunderously from the Verne Bridge like a waterfall!
Reinhardt’s figure was like a flame of vengeance in the darkness.
His presence inspired every member of the blood-soaked Defense Army, driving them to cast aside their fear of death and fight with utter madness for their homes, for the Divine Emperor, for victory!
Ten minutes.
Half an hour.
An hour.
When Reinhardt had carved out a no-man’s-land in the enemy’s rear, and when the counter-offensive had pushed the front line back to the middle of the Steel Bridge, the leaderless Raider Auxiliary Army finally lost control of their terror.
In the span of a single breath, their morale utterly collapsed!
When the first auxiliary soldier turned to flee, more and more followed, ignoring the curses and punishments of the raider knights as they swarmed off the bridge, trying to escape the terrifying meat grinder of war!
Tens of thousands of Mortal Soldiers skirted the no-man’s-land built from corpses around Reinhardt, surging past him and off the bridge.
It was at this moment.
The system text for Slaughter Points, which had been constantly ticking up in Reinhardt’s vision, came to an abrupt halt.
[Slaughter Points have reached the maximum storage limit. Consuming all Slaughter Points to unlock a hidden Imperial Technology.]
[Blood Fury War Axe: This is an ancient Blood Sacrifice technique. By infusing it with Knight Power, the War Axe will enter a state of Mighty Power Coexistence with the user. After activating this Imperial Technology, the user will also enter a Blood Fury state.]
[You have completed the basic Blood Sacrifice ritual. The blood of a powerful expert is still required to complete the final sacrificial rite. This expert must be an Epic Level unit of Six-star Military Rank or higher.]
[Blood Fury: Stamina consumption is doubled, and Physique strength enhancement is doubled. The War Axe’s blade gains a Bleeding effect. Requires activation of Destructive Field·Bloodthirsty Madness.]
[TOTAL MADNESS—!]
The system’s faint blue text flashed rapidly across Reinhardt’s vision.
However, victory on the Verne Bridge still couldn’t change the fact that the Desolate Wasteland Ruins had fallen.
As the Defense Army, which had launched a counter-charge under Reinhardt’s lead, watched the retreating enemy with excitement, ready to celebrate their hard-won and great victory, one of the other three bridges connecting to the core district had already been lost.
The brief, faint cheers were drowned out by the screams of civilians in the city district.
The Defense Army soldiers on the Verne Steel Bridge turned to look behind them. Their numb gazes watched helplessly as, at the far end of a distant street, large numbers of raider knights and their Auxiliary Army stormed into the district, indiscriminately slaughtering civilians and attacking the Caster Monastery.
The Caster Battle Group’s only two New Recruit Knights tried to organize the remaining wounded soldiers into a defensive line, but their tiny figures were instantly swallowed by the tide of enemies.
The breakthrough on the other bridge, combined with the raider knights’ ruthless slaughter of their own deserters, had halted the rout on the Verne Bridge. At this moment, these Mortal Soldiers of the auxiliary army also spotted the breached Upper City District. Even with Reinhardt still standing firm in the middle of the Steel Bridge, a spark of hope for victory and survival ignited in their eyes.
These Mortal Soldiers were merely the Auxiliary Army under a Great Lord—cannon fodder to fill the lines. They had no lofty ideals, no pressing reason to fight. For them, fighting spirit was meaningless.
Their only reason to keep fighting was to survive.
It was also at this moment.
A Radiant Waymark came screaming down from the sky, slamming onto the Verne Bridge right in front of Reinhardt.
The river of blood rippled in the fierce wind.
A squad of well-equipped Wolf Pack Knights emerged from the Dao Mark Teleportation Gate. Their armor decorations and gear were even more ornate and superior than those Reinhardt had encountered in the Central City District.
Aside from their signature metal wolf-head insignias, they resembled Centurions from an Ancient Roman Legion. The horsehair plumes on their helms were as red as blood, and golden olive leaves extended back along their helmets.
Furthermore, every member of this newly arrived squad was Six-star Military Rank!
But that was not the end of it.
Not until a pair of dark-yellow, gold-trimmed Steel Boots stepped into a puddle of blood on the Verne Steel Bridge did it end. The aura of Seven-star Military Rank Mighty Power descended like a storm!
