Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 260: Decapitation (2)

After the Ice Demon King made his move, the forest howled repeatedly. One Ice Demon after another emerged from the forest and attacked Allen's assault squad under the leadership of a few saboteurs and throwers. Lucy made up her mind and ordered the squad to form a defensive formation and fire under Lin Shi's cover. The muzzle of the Blazing Steps/Spear spewed out dazzling tongues of flame. The thick and blazing metal jets formed flame whips that swept the surrounding trees to the ground.

Ordinary Ice Demons were simply unable to withstand the fire of the Fiery Steps/Spear. All they could do was act as cannon fodder. Lucy's Golden Rose specifically called out to the mutants of the Ice Demons. She had already loaded the Blazing Flame Bombs in advance. Flames were the natural nemesis of Ice Demons. The explosive and burning effects of the Blazing Flame Bullets made Ice Demons with powerful bodies like the Saboteur feel discouraged. As for the throwers, they were also on the verge of collapsing.

Under the suppression of the commandos and Lucy's firepower, the Ice Demons were temporarily unable to attack the battlefield, but their numbers were endless. Commando ammunition is limited and unsustainable.

Alan saw all of this in his eyes and made up his mind to fight quickly.

The Ice Demon King and Alan collided, and they didn't get any benefits. Knowing that this seemingly weak youth in front of him possessed a formidable strength that was incompatible with his body, he immediately stopped fighting head-on. Its arms spread out, and Genesis Energy patterns flashed on its body. The patterns flickered, as if they resonated with the surroundings, and the wind and snow intensified. A large amount of frost energy formed around the Ice Demon King. Within the frost energy, icicles continuously formed and floated around the Ice Demon King like a guide/bullet.

The Ice Demon King suddenly pushed his arms forward and fired a series of icicles at Alan and the members of the assault squad.

"Get down!"

Alan shouted, but he didn't dodge. He spat out a fire dragon from his heavy saber and slashed it head-on.

Everyone else, including Lucy, heard Ellen's warning and stuck it to the ground. Many icicles instantly flew over their heads and landed heavily on Lin Shi. Some unlucky Ice Demons were affected by this attack, causing the icicles to pierce through their bodies and fall far away.

Between Alan and the Ice Demon King, there was a blazing moon. The moon formed from blazing flames melted the ice cone and formed a large amount of water vapor. In the water vapor, a black shadow suddenly appeared. The Ice Demon King jumped to Allen's head and smashed down with his fists clasped together. The Allen people leaned forward and flashed forward like they were gliding on ice, brushing past the monster. When the Ice Demon King struck empty air, it smashed into the ground in vain, causing a cluster of ice spikes to appear.

With a sweep of its hand, the ice spikes exploded, turning into thousands of sharp pieces of ice of varying sizes that rained down like rain. Allen pulled his heavy saber horizontally, and the fire dragon swept across the saber. He rolled up a lot of borneol into the blazing flames and burned it clean. The Ice Demon King spat out two strands of frost Qi from his nostrils. He stretched out his arms and hammered at his chest. After a burst of shouting, he charged at Alan.

"Let's decide the outcome of this attack!" Allen crossed his left hand with his heavy saber. His right hand gripped the hilt of the saber tightly and Qianjun stretched out

As the Origin Energy rose, strands of red light swam like snakes within the bright orange flames. Alan's ruby-like eyes were illuminated by the flames. He shouted softly and slashed out with his heavy saber. Qian Jun slashed seven times at different angles in his hand. Every time he slashed out, an orange light would erupt from the tip of the blade. After the seven slashes were completed, the Ice Demon King's charging body was still flickering with rays of light.

Seven orange rays of light scattered around the Ice Demon King's body. However, the Ice Demon King was still unaffected and still rushed over. Alan put away his saber and straightened his body, watching as the Ice Demon King approached.

The Ice Demon King raised his fist and was about to strike, when he suddenly discovered that his body was constantly slipping down. Even in his field of vision, Allen was split into two, staggered up and down, and in the middle was an enormous darkness. It didn't understand what was going on, but it didn't know that it had already shredded eight pieces. When its head split open in the middle and fell to the ground, a sharp cry sounded in the air. Seven shockwaves from different angles spread out, shattering all the trees and rocks within thirty meters in diameter!

This was the Flame Flash Seven Kills, releasing seven flame breaths in one breath, causing it to form a multi-angle, large-scale slash. Even a powerful high-tier dangerous species like the Ice Demon King could be easily killed.

Once the Ice Demon King died, the Ice Demon would be reluctant to fight, especially Ellen, who had killed the Ice Demon King. In the eyes of these dangerous species, he was undoubtedly a natural enemy. They quickly retreated, leaving their corpses on the ground. In just a few breaths, they had already disappeared into the forest.

The dagger picked up an irregular oval-shaped Origin Jade from the Ice Demon King's chest and sprayed fire on the snow to form a small puddle. Alan washed the Origin Jade in the snow and threw it to Lucy. "Can it be made into a Frost Bomb?"

Lucy used her Origin Energy to provoke the Origin Jade, causing a chill to rise up. A phantom image of an Ice Demon Hammer's chest roaring appeared within the jade. She nodded happily, "The quality of this Origin Jade is much higher than that of the Six Yang Snow Crystal. The power of the Frost Flame Bullet will be comparable to that of a Grade 3 bullet."

"Then I'll leave it to you." Alan smiled.

He used the devil's praise to pierce into the Ice Demon King's chest, and the Origin Tool immediately sucked in the blood essence of this high-grade dangerous species that had yet to solidify, obtaining a portion of its blood essence. After doing all of this, Alan picked a piece of dead wood and sat down. The soldiers at the side were disintegrating the corpses of the Ice Demon. After they finished collecting them, they could leave the Ice Demon Valley.

The valley was quiet in the afternoon. Occasionally, the cries of some exotic beast echoed through the forest. The valley didn't seem to have changed, but Alan knew that the death of the Ice Demon King was like a stone thrown into a lake. Sooner or later, the chaotic ripples would spread to every corner of the valley. It could be predicted that before the new Ice Demon King appeared, the dangerous species in the valley would have no time to care about their neighbors.

When the new leader appeared, the base would be built and the Rose Empress would fight. If the Ice Demon dared to think of it, he would discover that the Rose Empress was not as easy to talk to as he was. That was one of the elite legions of the Federation, the elite generals. Perhaps they would be able to raze this valley. However, at that time, Allen had probably returned to Earth, so he naturally wouldn't have anything to do with him.

It was already evening when they returned to the camp.

"In other words, we don't need to be harassed by the Ice Demon anymore. This is really good news."

Beside one of the campfires in the camp, Peter built a stone stove with a marching pot on it. Broth was boiling in the pot, and the fragrance of the meat was overflowing. He stirred the broth with a spoon and tasted it. He nodded and said, "It tastes just right. Please use it. This is a top-grade stew made from Ice Demon meat."

Alan took a spoonful from the bowl and tasted it. It was indeed delicious. "So the lieutenant still knows how to do this," he said in surprise.

"The resources we have allocated are limited. Most of the time, we have to rely on our own hunting to fill our stomachs. As time goes by, we naturally have some skills." Peter held a bowl of cigarettes and handed it to Lucy. "You too, beautiful lady."

Lucy took it generously and drank a mouthful of praise, "Not bad."

Some of the soldiers at the side couldn't wait any longer and salivated, "Boss, it's our turn."

"These gluttonous fellows." Peter scolded, "Do it yourself. Do you want me to serve you?"

Peter shook his head as he watched the soldiers carry bowls of soup in all directions. He stood up and left the campfire. Alan glanced at him and put down the bowl. Peter jumped onto a boulder and sat down, bouncing off some ashes. "We have to thank you, Ellen. Without you, the brothers wouldn't know where else to stay. They used to laugh and shit like this, but I know they're just trying to keep themselves alive. Because in their eyes "

Peter tapped his eyes with two fingers. "There is no light. Every year there is a soft egg who can't stand the feeling of being banished and commits suicide. The feeling of being ignored as air will kill people "

Alan looked at the soldiers in the camp and coughed dryly, "Perhaps after this time, I can ask General Melinda to let you stay in the forward base."

"You're really a good person." Peter shook his head and said, "No need. Even General Melinda would find it difficult to interfere with the formation of the Border Rong Army. And it will bring trouble for you and General Melinda. Being able to do this, even if only once, will be enough for these guys to recall in the future."

"Speaking of which, I would like to take the liberty of asking you to do me a favor."

Alan looked at him and Peter took a necklace from his neck with a nameplate engraved with his name. "I heard you're going back to Earth soon, right? When that time comes, could you please give this token to my family? We probably won't have a chance to go back."

"Lieutenant" Alan suddenly didn't know what to say.

Peter laughed and patted Ellen, "Don't be so sad. Although we're in the Border Rong Army, we're still in the army. The Federation pays the family salary on time every month, and I can't go back. But the family can live on. That's enough. I just want to send it back so I can be with them, right?"

Alan stopped talking and reached for Peter's necklace. "I'll send it back."

Peter suddenly threw away his cigarette, straightened his body, and saluted Allen solemnly, "Thank you!"

Alan then told him his home address, and he silently remembered it in his heart. He put the necklace into his pocket. The nameplate with the body temperature was filled with Peter's helplessness and longing.

A week later, the trestle finally opened. Alan saw that the convoy had safely passed through the trestle, and his heart finally relaxed. Successfully arriving at the other side of the Abyss of the Meteors, they had already completed the first step of building a base for advancement. Alan didn't have to worry about the rest of the work. The engineers began to inspect the terrain around the old Saber Demon Sentinel, so that they could design the layout of the base according to the terrain.

Very quickly, the basic layout was decided. According to General Melinda's previous request, the forward base would cover a large area near the trestle and even the old site of the sentry post. The base will consist of a series of facilities including defensive walls, plazas, sentry towers, material warehouses, barracks, etc. facing the Barren Lands. Although the construction standards of the facilities have been significantly reduced to achieve rapid commissioning, they can be calculated by the Engineer. It would take at least three to five months to build this relatively crude advance base.

That meant that Alan would spend the second half of the year here.