Chapter 171: Planet behemoth! (8000)

Name:Planet Builder Author:Fire Hole
Chapter 171 Planetary Behemoth! (8000)

Siberian security zone, the defense line is full of self-propelled artillery, UAV armor and other unmanned defense systems.

The people in the safe zone have already begun to evacuate.

"Quickly, everyone, immediately evacuate to the underground air-raid shelter! Take the subway to leave!" The commander in charge of the evacuation urged everyone.

The people walked down the sinking elevator all the way down. Their underground air-raid shelter is built two hundred meters below the ground!

Underground air-raid shelter has multiple functions such as anti-nuclear explosion and radiation protection, and there are two electromagnetic subways underground, which lead to another small safety zone.

Once this safe area cannot be guarded, everyone must leave and flee to other safe areas.

"The Zerg hasn't breached the defense line yet, why are we hiding so deep this time?"

"Where did all those soldiers go?"

"Are they going to abandon this safe zone?" People are full of doubts, and this evacuation is different from the past.

The materials in the safe zone have long been transferred to the underground and other places, and now the safe zone is an empty shell!

The more sensitive people immediately thought, should the Blue Star Alliance abandon this safe zone?

"Other safe zones cannot guarantee our safety at all!"

"Blue Star Alliance, are you really going to abandon us?" People were extremely frightened and surrounded the Blue Star Alliance soldiers who were responsible for maintaining order.

"Don't worry, everyone, the Blue Star Alliance will not abandon you!" The soldier shouted, "The Blue Star Alliance is not another organization. In the age of catastrophe, we have never given up everyone!"

"Please cooperate with the evacuation, the insect king who is coming this time is too dangerous."

When he spoke, on the ground, the Zerg had already begun to attack.

Two elementary insect kings with an army of hundreds of millions, attacked the safe area, relying on the plasma cannon and air defense system, the defense line could barely be held.

The Baikal insect king has been paying attention to the war, and it has noticed that the resistance in the safe zone is not strong. And the Sky Mothership of the Blue Star Alliance has flown to the desert area to fight the Zerg there.

In a short time, unable to come to the battlefield of Siberia.

"They must all be in that military base!" The Baikal insect king has already determined, "It's time for me to dispatch!"

In the sapphire-like Lake Baikal, a behemoth emerged from the water and quickly marched towards the military base.

Before it, two medium-sized insect kings emerged from the ground to take the lead.

"It's dispatched!" He Xingzhou and others immediately noticed its actions at the Blue Star Alliance Command, "Finally led this guy out!"

"Igor York, get ready, ambush it!" Qin Peng ordered.

"Received!" In the military base, Igor York is already ready. In order to deal with the Baikal King, they have been preparing for several years!

"Let's wait for today!" Igor York looked at the satellite surveillance picture intently. If they succeed today, they will kill the Baikal King.

If it fails, this place will completely become the domain of the Baikal King! Everyone is going to die!

This is a big bet. They have no choice but to believe that the Blue Star Alliance has the strength to deal with the Baikal Insect King.

The Baikal Insect King travels very fast. In just half an hour, it has approached the military base from Lake Baikal. A hundred miles away, the soldiers in the military base could already hear the sound of the earth shaking. It was countless zerg running wildly.

At this time, He Xingzhou was also commanding secret troops.

After training, the reformers Qiao Feiyu and Sun Yi became the pilots of the giant mecha "Erlang Shen".

In the design and manufacture of "Erlangshen", He Xingzhou also used modular technology. Now it has been divided into huge modules and is being sent secretly to Siberia!

This is to prevent the insect king from perceiving the danger and adopting a posture of avoiding war.

The Baikal Insect King is like the three-headed dragon of the original Sakura Trench, he is also a cautious guy. Once it encounters an unknown weapon, it will never directly collide with it.

Unlike the Mana insect king in the Mariana Trench, the character of that planetary behemoth is a bit more "rough", so he can do it when he sees people.

"Blue Star Alliance latest notice!" People in Shenzhou and all safe areas have seen the latest news.

"The Baikal insect king is attacking the Siberian safety zone, and we are actively responding!"

On the battlefield news, the Zerg army rushed to the safe area, and there were several insect kings among them!

The most eye-catching thing is naturally the king of Baikal!

Its huge size, thorny back covered with thorns, and two big horns that seem to be full of destructive power, it is daunting!

"I heard that the Baikal Insect King is a planetary behemoth! It looks scarier than the average Insect King!"

"This body is twice as big as the normal insect king!"

"There must be various special abilities!"

"Didn’t our Sky Mother ship just fly into the desert? It's too late to return now!"

"What about the safe zone?"

People have begun to worry about the impact of the planetary beasts, and no line of defense is useful. In their impression, only the Sky Mothership can withstand one or two.

At this time, the Sky Mothership was already at war with the Desert Zerg, and there was no way to get out of it immediately.

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"Zerg is about to enter the cordon!"

"They have entered the cordon." Before the military base started, Igor York noticed that the Baikal King himself did not directly rush over, but let the two "brothers" lead his troops first.

"This worm is too cautious!" Seeing that there was no way to ambush it directly, Igor York ordered: "Activate the plasma cannon and kill the two insect kings first!"

"Yes!" The soldiers immediately began to operate.

The two insect kings are less than 30 miles away from the military base. One is a mammoth giant elephant and the other is a giant beetle. The two guys are running wildly. Several nuclear electromagnetic pulse missiles fell in the sky and hit them accurately.

The two insect kings did not suffer any injuries. Electromagnetic pulses are affecting their electromagnetic perception.

At this time, they are very close to the military base, and they can find the target even without electromagnetic sensing.

As soon as they stepped into the attack range, thousands of arc generators rose around them, generating a terrifying high-voltage power grid in an instant, and the current hit the two insect kings and paralyzed their bodies.

The mammoth giant seems to be more resistant to electric current. It roars and tramples on the ground, destroying a large number of arc generators!

The Beetle King is also using acid to corrode human weapons and turrets. When it was swallowing an arc generator, a sense of danger came.

The Beetle King quickly spread its wings and flew, and the hairy giant elephant was unable to fly. Around them, ten plasma cannons rose from the ground at some point, all aimed at the two insect kings and fired ten plasma cannons simultaneously.

The hairy colossus was too large and failed to avoid it in time. It was shot three shots directly, and half of its body was evaporated.

The beetle king only got one shot, its stomach was pierced and it fell to the ground.

"Keep on attacking!" Igor York commanded, more weapons protruding from the ground, focusing on them.

"I knew there was an ambush, not just this method, but it can't deal with me!" The Baikal Insect King rushed into the battlefield.

It's big horns, thunder and lightning appeared on the back of the spines, and wherever it went, all the turrets and arc generators were destroyed.

The hairy giant elephant and the beetle king got a chance to breathe. They swallowed a large amount of the surrounding Zerg to replenish their energy and recover their injuries.

"It's coming!" Everyone became nervous, and Igor York looked at the warning distance.

"Two kilometers, one thousand meters, five hundred meters! Start!"

In the area where the Baikal Insect King is located, the soil suddenly collapsed, forming a huge pit!

Because it was too big, it was planted in a huge pit. Even if it was filled with magma, it wouldn't hurt it.

But here, there is no magma, only plasma. This is a super electric field, composed of thousands of arc generators. When high-voltage current is generated, it can turn the insect king into coke!

Nuclear fusion energy is converted into electric energy, and the Baikal insect king is struck by a thunderous electric arc.

"Can you kill it?" Everyone was watching this scene. To their disappointment, the electric field hit the Baikal insect king but failed to kill it.

It's still a fish in the water in the electric field!

It can absorb electricity and store it on its back!

"Stupid human beings, how do you use electricity to kill me?" The Baikal insect king reflected the electric current, and all the weapons in the pit exploded.

"Can't kill it! Is this a planetary behemoth? It's too terrifying!" The soldiers could not imagine that living organisms could absorb so much electrical energy!

"It's not over yet!" Igor York stared, and he saw that the Baikal King was about to jump out of the pit.

"Plasma rays, salvo!" This command came from the Blue Star Alliance Command.

In order to kill King Baikal, they prepared a variety of methods.

Plasma ray generator, does not have to be installed on the aerospace carrier!

A few months ago, related equipment has been shipped to the local area.

The main reason for the construction of large-scale nuclear fusion power stations is to power these super weapons!

There are several huge platforms rising from the bottom of the ground, above which are the plasma ray emitters.

Not only military bases, but also outside the security zone!

Several plasma rays were fired at the same time, the hairy giant elephant, the beetle king, and the two insect kings outside of safety. Under the attack of this super weapon, they could not last for a minute, and they were all killed!

The plasma ray against the Baikal insect king is the most powerful one!

The moment it jumped out of the pothole, it was hit by plasma rays! Its shell, which can withstand missiles and even nuclear bomb explosions, is quickly pierced under the continuous burning of ultra-high temperature plasma at 100 million degrees Celsius!

The fiery light cut the Baikal insect king in half!

Not only that, but also a hydrogen bomb exploded and a mushroom cloud rose, blowing the Baikal King into a pile of minced meat!

"Done!" The entire air-raid shelter was shaking under the shock wave of the nuclear explosion. At this time, the soldiers not only did not feel panicked, but felt extremely excited.

As long as you can kill King Baikal, everything is worth it!

Skynet satellites showed that the Baikal King was really beaten!

Several huge carapace torn apart, accompanied by a pile of charred worms hit the ground.

"The Baikal Insect King is dead!" People could not help cheering.

"The planetary behemoth was killed by plasma rays and hydrogen bombs!"

"Siberia will return to the embrace of mankind!"

"We are finally going to be safe!"

Even the commanders of the Blue Star Alliance found it incredible, Lu Mei said strangely: "We killed the planetary behemoth?"

"None of the Sky Mothership was dispatched."

"It shouldn't be so easy!" Song Jinghong frowned, "This is not a real planetary behemoth!"

"The Amazon insect king was hit by hundreds of hydrogen bombs at the same time, and was besieged by a hundred insect kings before he was killed!"

"Even if it is attacked by plasma rays and hydrogen bombs, it should not be so easy to kill! Baikal insect king's defense and vitality should not be weaker than Amazon insect king!"

Just as he finished speaking, Xuanwu sent an urgent message: "A new Berga insect king has been found!"

The picture turns to Lake Baikal, and a larger spiny hornworm appears!

The body length is more than 800 meters, the height is more than 200 meters, and a pair of big horns is enough to destroy all the buildings and creations of mankind!

It is surrounded by lightning, like a demon!

"Why is there another one?" Qin Peng asked strangely, "Are there two Baikal insect kings?"

"Probably!"

Igor York's heart jumped, "There are two Baikal insect kings? And this one is stronger. Now that we have all used up, how can we deal with it?"

The larger Baikal King rushed to the safe area. When it came to the safe area, the weapons hadn't hit it. A terrifying thunder was formed in a pair of big horns, and it shot towards the safe area.

This kind of attack is a bit like a ray, wherever the lightning goes, everything is turned into scorched earth!

The plasma cannons and plasma rays fixed on the ground can't concentrate it at all, so they are destroyed by lightning!

The building dumped, the ground cracked, the entire safety zone was collapsing, and the ground sank!

The Siberian safety zone was completely destroyed in less than thirty seconds!

This devastating scene has made people all over the world scared!

"A city will be completely destroyed in tens of seconds!"

"Is this the real planetary behemoth? Its power is comparable to a hundred nuclear bombs!"

"Even if the Sky Mothership comes to fight it, it will be pierced by its thunder!"

"This is the Demon God of Destroying the World!"

"The Siberian security zone has been destroyed! We humans will lose that piece of land!"

"It's still moving, it's heading to a military base! It's over!"

This is the first time that mankind has truly seen the terrifying power of planetary beasts, and countless people are frightened!

Those people who have been evacuated to other areas after hiding for hundreds of meters are all sweating coldly. If they were still in the safe area before, they would have been electrocuted to dust at this moment!

"Why is there another one? Why?" Igor York has already felt despair, he really doesn't know, what can he use to fight against the planetary behemoths!

"Command, request support! Request support!"

"Humans, want to ambush me? Wishes! You don't know anything about the power of the Zerg!" The Belgar worm marched towards the military area.

Used some of the lives of his men to explode all the cards of mankind, and now it is fearless!

Even if humans come to two more air-sky motherships, the Baikal insect king is completely worthwhile!

"Swallow the energy of this large nuclear fusion power station, I will evolve to a medium planetary behemoth!" The Baikal insect king can already feel that the energy of the nuclear power station is waiting for it!

Xuanwu is already analyzing the Baikal Insect King, it said: "After comparing the image data, it is found that the'Baikal Insect King' just killed is exactly the same as it was a few years ago."

He Xingzhou saw the simulated comparison screen and said: "I understand! They are simply a bug king!"

Everyone looked at him with a look of confusion, He Xingzhou said: "The one we killed before was just a shell of the Baikal Insect King!"

"The carapace of the insects is too hard, which is not only a protective barrier for them, but also restricts their continued growth. A few years ago, the Baikal insect king was a higher insect king."

"When it broke through to the planetary behemoth, it shed this worm shell and grew a new carapace!"

Song Jinghong took his words and said, "In other words, the'Baikal Insect King' we killed just now was just another Insect King wearing its shell!"

"It turned out to be like this!" Everyone suddenly realized.

"This bug is too cunning!" He Hongwei said, "If we hadn't got the cards, we would really be defeated by it this time!"

"It's time!" He Xingzhou contacted Qiao Feiyu and Sun Yi, and ordered: "Erlangshen's giant mecha, assemble it immediately. Be sure to kill King Berga on land!"

"We cannot let it destroy our nuclear power plant, nor can we let it escape back to Lake Baikal!"

"Received!" In the secret base, both reformers are ready.

On the plains of Siberia, a secret underground warehouse is opened, and huge mecha units are floating in the sky, and they are beginning to be modularized in the air!

There is a cockpit in the head and the torso. Qiao Feiyu and Sun Yi respectively control the movement of the body’s torso and the shooting of long-range weapons.

is like in a chicken game, one person is responsible for driving and the other person is responsible for shooting.

It’s that this car is a bit big, and it can fight like Transformers...

Qin Peng commanded: "Dapeng, retreat immediately and head to the Arctic Circle!"

"The Xuan Bird is dispatched, ready to cooperate with the battle!"

Dapeng, the sky mothership far away in the desert, successfully killed a desert insect king in the battle just now.

Hearing the instruction, Xue Yang replied: "Dapeng received!"

"Go to the Arctic Circle now and support the battle!"

In   Xuanwu base, another sky carrier was launched into the sky. This was the second sky carrier that mankind built during this period, the Xuanniao.

Captain    is the original commander of the ocean force of the basalt force, Luo An.

"Xuanniao received, we are heading to the battle circle!"

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"Two Sky Motherships, we also have one Sky Mothership!" On the news, seeing the second Sky Mothership dispatched, people's fear of planetary behemoths finally eased slightly.

But their anxiety still exists.

"With the ability of the Baikal Insect King, even two Sky Motherships are dangerous, right?"

"Yes, its lightning attack is not weaker than atomic rays!"

"It can absorb lightning, lightning attacks and electromagnetic attacks, and it is ineffective!"

"So, the sky mothership can only be killed in the past?"

Netizens are discussing on the Internet. As soon as the news screen changes, a brand new weapon appears.

From the satellite perspective, a group of mecha modules are being assembled.

"what is that?"

"New mecha?" At first, the satellite perspective was zoomed far away. Everyone only saw a group of mechas being assembled, but when the perspective was pulled in.

In front of the screen, tens of millions of spectators launch conditionally and stand up directly!

Floating in the picture is a giant mecha with a height of three hundred meters, which is equivalent to the height of a hundred-story building!

Although the   Sky Mothership is also large, it does not have the visual impact of humanoid mecha!

Steel cast body, a robotic arm can be as long as 100 meters! Even if you don't do anything, just waving in the air can give people a huge sense of oppression!

Two mechanical legs are like Optimus Prime, and you can level a hill with one foot!

The painting is also designed in the national style, wearing a gold armor, a sky eye in the center of the forehead, and a mechanical arm holding a waiting sword.

When it is fully assembled and standing on the ground, it will be like a **** descending to the earth, shocking the world!

"This is our new weapon!!!"

"Good fellow, I was a good fellow on the spot! What mech is this?"

"I thought it was only a few meters high. Is it three hundred meters high?"

"Bull beer!"

"What kind of mech is this! I really want to know!"

"I just want to know, who can control this kind of mecha? Is it drone armor?"

"Too domineering, this mecha can hit a mountain with just one shot?"

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"Huge mecha, did we really make it?" The mecha unit, Qiu Hong and others were on standby. Seeing the frontline screen, these mecha soldiers couldn't help but yell.

"Compared with this, our Chilong is just a little ant!" Deng Jian exclaimed.

"This is too cool, I prefer giant mechas to the sky mothership!" Huang Sheng said excitedly, "Do we have a chance to drive in the future?"

"Why is it equipped with a knife?" Xiong Manni wondered, "Should it not be equipped with plasma weapons?"

"There should be plasma weapons!"

Everyone was discussing with excitement, the giant mech has been activated, turned on the anti-gravity mode, and flew to the target area.

Its flight speed is naturally inferior to the aerospace carrier designed to adapt to the planetary atmosphere. Fortunately, its area is not far from the Baikal insect king. According to the current speed, it can be reached within 20 minutes.

At this time, He Xingzhou appeared on the news screen.

He explained: "What everyone saw just now is our latest giant mech-Erlang Shen!"

"Erlang God! This is a heavenly soldier!"

"What power does Erlang God have? That sky eye must be a plasma beam, right?"

"Academician He Niubi!"

"Why do you need to equip a knife? Can the equipment of the knife be useful to planetary behemoths?"

"Can Erlang God Mecha be able to deal with planetary behemoths?"

The audience has countless questions. He Xingzhou said: “The specific functions of the Erlangshen giant mecha cannot be disclosed for the time being.”

"Please wait patiently, we will try our best to kill the Baikal Insect King and retake Lake Baikal and the entire land of Siberia!"

"Look and see, it's a super blockbuster in reality!" The audience was so excited.

"A giant mecha has been made again!" Dabai commented while chatting with the dried squid in the Underground Biochemical Research Institute of the sentry tower, "Maybe you will get the Baikal insect king this time!"

Blue Star Zerg Information Exchange Online, the insect kings have already learned the news.

"The Blue Star Alliance really has a secret weapon. They dispatched a giant mecha to deal with the Baikal Insect King!"

"What's the use of that? The Baikal insect king is already a planetary behemoth, and the Blue Star Alliance may not have fought it."

"Humans may have hidden means!"

"The natives dare to attack the planet behemoths? This is an insult to the Zerg!" Java insect king appeared, "These natives are too arrogant, I am going to destroy them!"

He Xingzhou noticed that the situation had changed again. The Java Insect King had already occupied the Tianzhu Ocean. If it landed at this time, it would be a disaster for mankind!

There is a lot of news in the worm net, but none of the planetary beasts speaks.

"Xuanwu, what is the trend of the global Worm Nest?" He Xingzhou asked.

Xuanwu quickly collected data and said: “It was detected that there was an abnormal movement in the Java Trench, and it is suspected that the insect king is active.”

"There is an abnormal movement under the Arctic Ocean, and a high-energy response has been detected. No abnormality has been found in other places."

"Two planetary behemoths!" When everyone heard the news, their hearts were tense.

These two planetary behemoths are actually moving, either to attack the Blue Star Alliance or to support the Baikal Insect King.

"The highest level of alert in the entire line!" Qin Peng immediately ordered.

"I really made Da Bai's point." He Xingzhou said in a deep voice, "Although the Zerg is hostile, it has already regarded us as the target to be wiped. We attacked the Baikal Insect King, and other planetary beasts have indeed come to support!"

"If the three planetary behemoths come together, even ten more sky motherships will not be able to stop them!"

"The most urgent task is to make a quick battle and a quick decision." He Hongwei said, "We immediately sent an interception force to intercept, and within the interception time, we must destroy the Baikal King!"

"The plan has changed!" He Xingzhou immediately contacted the Sky Mothership and the Erlangshen giant mecha, "There are two planetary behemoths ready to support the Baikal King!"

"Give you half an hour, you must kill it!"

"Once the three planetary behemoths reach an agreement, it is not only the failure of this mission, but our entire human civilization is in danger of annihilation!"

Once humans are at a disadvantage, the Zerg will definitely attack China in one fell swoop!

In the Java Trench, a giant beast is moving under the surface of the Tianzhu Ocean, and the aircraft carrier fleet is continuously attacking it with underwater missiles and hydrogen bombs.

There is also a giant beast moving under the Arctic Ocean. Its dorsal fin is like a huge blade, which easily breaks open the ice layer of the Arctic Circle for tens of thousands of years. From the perspective of speed and geographical location, it will arrive earlier than the Java insect king. Siberian battlefield!

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The Baikal Insect King originally wanted to withdraw, but it changed its mind after discovering that there were two planetary behemoths to support it.

"Just take advantage of this opportunity to wipe out mankind at one time!" The Baikal insect king continues to run towards the military base. It can absorb the energy of nuclear fusion power stations and will be more confident against human weapons.

"Everyone, withdraw!" Igor York urgently ordered, "Here is handed over to the Sky Mothership and the giant mecha."

He knew that it would be useless for them to stay here at this time, and the nuclear power plant would just have to be guarded by robots.

Faced with planetary behemoths, they, ordinary human soldiers, are no different from going up to death.

The soldiers evacuated urgently, the Baikal King was still running wildly, and the earth was constantly shaking.

"Missile interception!" In the military base, thousands of missiles were aimed at the Baikal insect king, but when they were still falling, they were detonated in advance by a series of lightning.

Baikal’s speed has only been slightly reduced!

"This is the Xuanniao. We have caught up with the Baikal insect king, and we are about to attack!" On the Xuanniao, Luo An saw that the body of the Baikal insect king had entered their attack range.

The   Sky Mothership arrived faster than the giant mecha.

Plasma rays shoot out directly and shoot towards the king of Baikal.

"Come so fast?" The Baikal insect king did not dare to resist the plasma rays. He turned his head hurriedly, all the thorns and thorns on his body gushed out electric energy, forming a thick power grid.

Plasma rays shoot on it, and the particles collide with each other, bursting out huge energy, producing an effect similar to the shock wave of a hydrogen bomb, and the airflow is rolling.

The Baikal insect king was not affected much, but the Xuanniao was affected.

"An air-sky mothership wants to trouble me? Looking for death!" The Baikal insect king has adjusted its position. The pair of big horns above its head generates a thunder between the two, and through some kind of lightning diversion, it directly smashes into the air. Mother ship.

The speed of thunder and lightning is extremely fast, and the huge torso of the Sky Mothership has no time to dodge, and it is directly hit by the electric current.

"Warning, energy overload, part of the hull is damaged." Gas and black smoke were emitted from the Xuanniao, and part of the hull was damaged by electricity.

Even with the protection of an isolation layer, everyone felt their bodies numb.

"Keep the distance! Keep attacking!" Luo An commanded.

The Xuanniao tried to raise the altitude to find a safe location, but they were horrified to find that the Xuanniao was "sucked".

"Warning, there is a strong magnetic field, the gravity balance system is affected, and the power system is affected, and it cannot continue to lift off!" Xuanniao reminded.

"It is the Baikal insect king, it is controlling the magnetic field!" Luo An reacted, "Defensively, waiting for support!"

If you continue to attack at this time, you won’t be able to kill the giant planetary beast, you can only wait for your teammates.

The time-varying electric field produces a magnetic field, and the time-varying magnetic field produces an electric field. The two are mutual cause and effect. The changing electric field and the changing magnetic field form an inseparable and unified field. This is the electromagnetic field, and the changing electromagnetic field is in space. Propagation forms electromagnetic waves.

Baikal’s ability as a planetary monster is to control the electric field, magnetic field and electromagnetic waves by adjusting its own energy output!

"Want to leave?" Baikal smirked inwardly. The Sky Mothership can kill the three-headed lizards, but to this planetary behemoth, the Sky Mothership is nothing at all!

Its feet are bent and knees are bent, ready to jump, with its mass and carapace, as long as it hits the Sky Mothership, the Sky Mothership will definitely explode!

"It's not good, it's going to hit the Xuanniao!" The people were nervous, and they wanted to come forward and rescue.

At this time, the magnetic field is adsorbing the Sky Mothership, and there is the Baikal King who is thundering all over his body. Who can stop it?

The Baikal insect king has leaped. When it leaped, the ground under its feet was sinking, and a pair of big horns were aimed at the hull of the Sky Mothership!

At this moment, a huge black shadow broke through the air from a distance.

It was a flying steel fist. A fist larger than a heavy card slammed into King Baikal, changing its trajectory.

Just by the impact, it made a sound like a landslide, the Baikal King’s attack was interrupted, and the magnetic field control was also interrupted.

"The strong magnetic field is gone, and it is taking off!" The Xuan Bird was able to pull away.

(End of this chapter)