CH 130

"Who do you think you are? Speaking conceited nonsense all the time. I hate you the most!" said Zhang Bao'er, unleashing countless tracking bullets to go along with his scolding.

The black Gando heaved his giant sword up. His sword blocked a majority of the bullets, while his shield blocked the rest.

"This is troublesome. He's protected by a shield. He wasn't able to turn it on in time when he had ambushed us earlier. We had missed the best opportunity to finish him off," I said to Bao'er, annoyed.

The black Gando swept his sword at us murderously. We were prepared and greeted his eyes with countless bullets. To protect his eyes, the Gando was forced to stop swinging and cover his eyes.

"Perhaps only stronger weapons will work against him," said Zhang Bao'er.

"But the only stronger weapon we have is the nuclear warhead," I said.

"Can we use it?" asked Zhang Bao'er.

"Absolutely not. It is too destructive. The entire palace will be flattened," I refused.

Suddenly, the black Gando stopped his furious assault and slowly approached the white Gando. After all, it looked like he was rather fearful of Bulu's mind control and our tracking bullets.

"Old Du, come gather up with us. Looks like the two Gandos intend to join up to attack us," I called out to Old Du.

Old Du retreated while he fought, slowly approaching us.

"We can't let them join up. Their offensive will only become stronger than we can deal with if they work together," said Zhang Bao'er.

I suddenly had an idea.

I reached out and stopped Zhang Bao'er, who was about to shoot his gun, and said, "You and Old Du try to hold them up. Let them join up. Give me a couple of minutes."

"What are you doing?" Zhang Bao'er asked.

"I have a plan. We have to take a gamble. There is no time to explain. I need to leave for a few minutes. You guys take care and keep them busy," I said urgently.

"Damn you, Canyue! You're leaving us at a time like this? Are you trying to get us killed?" said Zhang Bao'er.

I ignored him, lifted Bulu, and rushed out of the fiery field with my thrusters.

"Dondon, Dondon, can you hear me?" I called out the moment I exited the fiery field and hovered higher in the air.

"Yes, I hear you, Canyue," Dondon replied promptly.

"Scan the palace and its vicinity. See if there are any juxi beasts here. The imperial soldiers will usually bring them whenever there is a battle," I said.

"Roger. On it," Dondon replied.

I hovered in the air and observed Akko's surface. After the ceasefire had ended, the flames of war had started raging again. The crackling of fire and the sound of firearms could be heard all over the planet.

"Canyue, 10 o'clock ahead of you, there is a juxi beast. It is busy scanning the rooms in the palace. Be careful. There are roughly 30 imperial soldiers around it," reported Dondon.

I flew toward the indicated location. Before long, I was hovering above my target. In a massive building to the side of the palace, the juxi beast was busily scanning the building. The imperial soldiers around it were constantly attacking in accordance with the scan results. I did not have much time to think as I immediately rushed toward the juxi beast.

"Bulu, control that big guy. I'm relying on you," I said to Bulu.

In less than a minute, I landed on the massive weapon platform on the back of the juxi beast. I used my gun and knocked down the imperial soldier in charge of the weaponry on the platform.

The juxi beast stopped moving. Bulu's mind control had succeeded. The soldiers around the juxi beast finally noticed me, and countless laser beams were instantly sent my way.

I was long prepared; I pushed my morph-capable shield to maximum capacity and extended its radius. Naturally, being such a big target resulted in my energy draining away at five times the regular speed.

"Dondon, can you give me the accurate coordinates of the black and white Gandos? I can't defend like this for long," I said to Dondon.

"Ok. I'll perform a scan. I'll give you some cover fire as well," said Dondon.

I looked up at the sky. Fearless, which was being chased by several spaceships, appeared above me and opened fire at the surrounding soldiers, relieving me of some pressure.

"Don't harm the juxi beast," I reminded.

"Roger. I did not use any large-radius attacks. The coordinates of the Gandos have been sent to your communicator. However, they are not staying at the same place," said Dondon.

I quickly navigated the juxi beast's weaponry system to look for the activation button of the contained explosion warhead.

"Dondon, can you see this interface through my lens? Help me verify the activation button of the contained explosion warhead and set the Gandos' coordinates as the target," I said.

"Ok. But the warhead might not necessarily be able to destroy the Gandos," said Dondon.

"I'll fly over and install a nuclear warhead on the guided missile," I said as I looked at the guided missile turret on the back of the juxi beast.

I then activated my thrusters and flew toward the turret before attaching a zero-radiation nuclear warhead to the missile. The air defense drones that were busy attacking Fearless noticed what I was doing and immediately flew toward me because they designated me as an even more dangerous target. I was clear on the might of their red laser beams. I had no intention of taking on their attacks.

"Faster, Dondon. Bulu and I won't be able to last long," I said.

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"Coordinates inserted. Permission to fire," said Dondon.

"Fire!" I ordered.

A contained explosion warhead shot into the sky before flying toward the underground entrance. At the same time, five red beams descended from the sky and accurately hit the control panel on the juxi beast's back.

The powerful beams shot right through the juxi beast itself. Just like that, a precious creature that required 1,000 years to mature was slaughtered by air defense drones. The moment the beams penetrated the juxi beast's body, a powerful self-detonation was generated within the beast's body. Standing directly on its back, I was blasted high into the sky, and I crashed heavily onto the ground.

From my new position, I saw a transparent light tube soar into the sky far away from me. Within the transparent tube, the power of a nuclear explosion churned, destroying everything contained within the tube.

"Bao'er, are the black and white Gandos dead?" I asked through the communicator.

Only static sounds came for some reason. Perhaps the nuclear explosion was powerful enough to jam our signals despite having its explosion contained. I was still lying on the ground. Bulu hopped toward me before urging me to stand back up. I struggled to my feet. My entire body ached after the fall, but I forced myself to rush toward the underground entrance.

"Canyue, Carter's reinforcements will arrive in 30 minutes," Dondon reported.

There was no time to waste, so I endured all the pain in my body and ran through the wall of fire to reach the underground gate. The scene of the contained explosion appeared before me. Both Old Du and Zhang Bao'er were staring blankly at the destruction in front of them. I was relieved to see them safe. The warhead had landed accurately following Dondon's coordinates. Everything enveloped in the explosion radius had been destroyed by an overwhelming force.

"Bao'er, are the Gandos dead?" I asked loudly.

When Bao'er heard my voice, he ran over.

"The black Gando is in there. He was swallowed by the explosion," said Zhang Bao'er.

"It's a success! After all, Dondon's calculations are very accurate," I said in excitement.

"But at the final moment, the black Gando managed to push the white Gando out of the containment," said Zhang Bao'er.

"What? The white Gando is still alive?" I asked in surprise.

"Yes, he is on the other side of the containment circle. Old Du and I are watching him to prevent him from attacking us suddenly," said Zhang Bao'er.

I slowly walked around the containment circle. Finally, I saw the white Gando staring blankly at the circle of destruction. The black Gando had already been thoroughly pulverized inside it.

"We finally got rid of one of them," said Zhang Bao'er behind me.

"Get ready. This fellow will probably go crazy," Old Du's voice came behind us.

I looked back and saw that Old Du had also arrived behind me.

"Captain Carter will launch his surprise attack in 30 minutes. We need to enter the underground palace as quickly as possible," I said urgently.

"But the white Gando is still standing guard over the entrance. We need to take him down if we want to go underground," said Old Du.

The white Gando suddenly shifted his gaze. His white eyes slowly swept toward us. We could clearly feel the immense hatred in his eyes. He then lifted his massive hammer and walked toward us.

"Prepare for combat," I said in a low voice.

The white Gando walked slowly and stopped roughly 10 meters away. I noticed with surprise that the Gando's pale face had flushed red.

"What is this fellow doing this time?" asked Zhang Bao'er nervously.

"Push your shield to the maximum power. I have a bad feeling," I said.

The face and arms of the Gando turned more and more red, eventually turning bright scarlet while his body slowly enlarged. After a minute, the Gando started growing even faster. Like a balloon, he swelled as his skin further reddened. Soon, he had grown to the size of an elephant. His entire body had turned red, leaving his eyeballs the only white part of his body. He looked exceptionally odd.

"Is he growing bigger to increase his strength? Should we shoot?" asked Zhang Bao'er.

In truth, I had no idea what the Gando was doing either. The Gando continued growing, and I could even see his blood coursing rapidly through his taut skin. An ominous feeling rose within me.

"Shit! Retreat! This fellow is probably self-detonating!" I yelled anxiously.

I had barely finished my words when a loud explosion erupted right in front of us. A world of red fog swallowed us.