Chapter 1306: Chapter 889, War Mammoth

The Bone Dragon flew among the clouds, accompanied by a howling wind in its ears.

Opening the Book of Lords, they checked their current location.

Lightly patting the back of the Bone Dragon’s neck twice.

Understanding the cue, the Bone Dragon folded its wings and began to dive.

Whoosh!

After a bout of diving, the Bone Dragon landed on the ground with a thud.

Fang Hao, Beata, Alurag, and Amarag jumped down from the Bone Dragon’s back.

Today, they did not bring Anjia but took Beata instead.

By now, Beata was still struggling with the idea of living with her mother for a long time in the future.

She looked unhappy all day, as if she were about to go to prison.

Before the group and dragon lay a city with collapsed walls, resembling ruins.

The place was still technically within the area of the Federation of Hundred Cities, but it was rather desolate.

On the flight over, they didn’t encounter any human cities or villages.

“Is that the city?” Beata shaded her eyes with one hand and looked into the distance.

“Yes, it should be over there,” confirmed Fang Hao after checking the map again.

According to the direction and target location, it must be there.

“It doesn’t seem like there are any enemies.”

“Let’s go over and see.”

The group walked towards the city.

As they approached, the entire cityscape became clearer–large portions of the city walls had collapsed, bricks and stones lay scattered, and the remnants of hoists and equipment could still be seen.

The reason for such extensive collapse of the city walls was simple.

The city had suffered subsidence of its foundations.

It was clear that the entire city was situated lower than the surrounding ground.

“Let’s go, let’s enter!”

The four entered the city.

The city, abandoned for who knows how many years, had its buildings covered with plants, and a towering tree cut through the middle of the roads.

Still no enemies, just some wild animals that fled.

Reacting to these unexpected visitors with aggressive facial expressions before swiftly escaping.

After wandering around the city, they didn’t find anything significant.

Not to mention the Mammoth Blueprint, they didn’t even encounter a single decent enemy.

It can’t be like Rebecca said, that some cities were checked by people and nothing valuable was left.

Fang Hao took out the leather that had the map drawn on it again for comparison.

Identifying some features from the fixed position,

which was much better than randomly searching.

Eventually, they found a tall tower.

The tower was inclined due to foundational issues but seemed like it wouldn’t collapse.

They entered the tower and roamed around inside.

Then they referred to the leather map again.

Said, “Move this stone pier and see.”

Amarag stepped forward and pushed, toppling the waist-high stone pier.

Revealing a dark hole underneath.

Seeing the hole leading downwards, everyone’s eyes lit up.

At least the trip wasn’t wasted.

Beata was about to jump down, but Fang Hao pulled her back.

“We’re not sure what’s down there yet, why the rush!”

Then, he released a Thunder Spirit, which flew down through the hole.

The vertical shaft was deep, with the distance downward being about three to four meters.

Finally, it passed through the corridor and entered a huge space.

The size of a football field.

Some areas had collapsed, while the remaining space was filled with terracotta warrior-like Mud Mercenary Guards.

[Mud Mercenary Guard (Tier 10)]

Again, Mud Mercenaries.

And why is there an Underground Dungeon under this city?

Ignoring the Mud Mercenary Guards on that level, there was another staircase going downward not far away.

The Thunder Spirit continued downward.

It was another large open area.

Full of dense figures.

[Rakshasa Stone Statue (Tier 10)]

A new type of enemy, resembling a Buddha statue, stand-alone with one hand raising a steel fork, the other tightly holding a steel knife.

Their faces resembled the Orcs of the Demon Bloodline, with large mouths and fierce teeth.

No staircase leading further down was visible on this level.

It’s highly likely located much deeper.

The Thunder Spirit cautiously moved forward.

The first two Rakshasa iron statues suddenly turned their eyes toward the Thunder Spirit.

The next second, with a whoosh, a steel fork flew from afar.

Directly piercing through the Thunder Spirit, dissipating it into a Thunder Snake.

…

Outside the hole.

Fang Hao, resuming normal vision, spoke to the three beside him, “Two types of enemies, one is the Mud Mercenary Guard we’ve encountered before, the other called Rakshasa Stone Statue, both are Tier 10 troops, quite numerous.”

Alurag and Amarag, having seen Mud Mercenary Guard before, showed no curiosity.

Only Beata stared with wide eyes, full of anticipation.

Seeing no one spoke, Fang Hao continued: “The entrance is too small; it would be difficult to deploy troops to attack downward. We need to hold them off first.”

Beata slapped her chest, “Leave it to me!”

Fang Hao looked at her and then said, “Then Beata and Amarag go down, hold off the Mud Mercenary Guard, and don’t let them block the entrance.”

The two nodded and jumped down through the entrance.

Fang Hao also released a Demon Doll, which reached the bottom with them.

Crash!

As the two and the doll entered, the empty hall echoed with the sound of grinding stones.

The waiting Mud Mercenary Guards body started shaking.

Their stiff skulls rotated in unison.

Once they identified the intruders, accompanied by the sound of grinding stones and cracking earth, they all started moving.

Slowly gathering, forming rows with halberds pointing forward.

Beata took a step forward, her eyes fixed on the approaching formation of mud soldier statues.

Raised her hand forward.

Click-click-click!

Dense thunderbolts fell from above, the underground space shook, Thunder Snakes spread, turning a large swath of Mud Mercenary Guards into mud.

At the same time, Amarag also took big steps and charged forward.

The war hammer in hand swung out forcefully.

Bang!

A muffled sound as the struck Mud Mercenary Guard instantly disintegrated, the shockwave flipping the nearby ones to the ground.

Seeing that ‘Amarag’ had already charged forward, the area-affecting thunder magic could not be used.

Beata roared loudly and simply joined the fray.

The two women, like wolves among sheep, held back all incoming mud statues within, leaving ample space at the entrance.

Meanwhile, at the entrance.

Bang-bang-bang-bang-bang!

One figure after another jumped down from above.

“Form up!” Fang Hao commanded the dolls.

Four-armed skeletons, shields raised in front, lined up in a column.

They began to press forward.

Behind them, more four-armed skeletons continuously landed and formed the second and third rows.

Layer upon layer, they began to press forward.

Amarag and Beata no longer entangled themselves.

They quickly retreated via a channel made by the four-armed skeletons, retreating to the rear.

“Prepare for thunder strike!” Fang Hao called out softly.

Swoosh-swoosh-swoosh!!

The advancing four-armed skeletons suddenly halted.

The single-handed battle-axe on the right upper arm was hung back on the waist, the palm held open, forming a flashing thunder spear.

“Fire!”

Swoosh!

Crackle and pop!

The thunder spear was launched into the ranks of the Mud Mercenary Guard, a large number of enemies falling hit.

This terrain really wasn’t suitable for such throwing actions.

The front rows’ thunder spears were launched out, but those from the rear all struck the ceiling above.

Causing the entire underground to start shaking intensely, with dust and sand raining down.

After the launch, the four-armed skeletons picked up their battle axes again and continued to press forward.

The Mud Mercenary Guard also raised long spears, forming lines to meet them head-on.

Ding-ding-ding!

The spears stabbed into the hard shields, resounding with crisp clashing noises.

The shield formation of the four-armed skeletons, like a bulldozer moving forward.

They began to push the Mud Mercenary Guard backward.

Until the very end, the enemies were pressed against the rear wall, and face-to-face slaughtering began.

Both sides were tenth level, but the four-armed skeletons still displayed superior combat abilities.

The heavy shields, like door panels, confined the movements of the opposing mud soldiers, and spears and axes continuously stabbed and slashed from above the shields.

The Mud Mercenary Guard kept falling, turning into heaps of mush.

…

The battle ended, and the entire underground gradually quieted down.

The four-armed skeletons reorganized and stood by.

Fang Hao moved forward to pick up a piece of equipment dropped by the ‘Mud Mercenary Guard’.

Still blue-quality, no different from the last time in the cave.

The troops in both locations had the same equipment, confirming they came from the same place.

Not in a hurry to clean up the battlefield.

The passage to the next level was a stone staircase.

Fang Hao directly ordered, “Follow me downstairs.”

He led the four-armed skeletons down the stone steps to the second floor.

A large number of Rakshasa stone statues, still standing uniquely, holding steel knives and forks.

“Advance, kill all visible enemies,” Fang Hao continued ordering.

Rattle-rattle!!

The four-armed skeletons pouring down from the stairs once again formed layers of shield formations, advancing side by side.

As they approached, the still-standing Rakshasa stone statues also began to move.

Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh!!

A dense volley of steel forks was thrown.

Falling like hail on the shields.

Although not causing much damage, the continuous shaking of the shields showed the Rakshasas’ formidable strength.

After a round of steel fork throws.

The Rakshasa stone statues began their assault.

Running quickly, they leapt high just before the shield formation, the curved knives slashing down from above.

Bang-bang-bang!

The jumping slash seemed to be a typical move of the Rakshasa.

They jumped up layer by layer, then slashed on the shields.

The sound was quite frightening.

But after one round, it seemed to have caused no significant damage.

The military formation of the four-armed skeletons continued to press forward, a large number of Rakshasa were knocked down to the ground, then chopped into pieces by the skeletons following behind.

Rakshasa stone statues and Mud Mercenary Guards belonged to different troop types.

Mud soldiers turned into puddles of yellow mud upon death.

While Rakshasa stone statues, being constructed entities, had mechanical components inside their bodies which could still be dismantled for Energy Cores after death.

It was still a crushing fight.

The orange-equipped four-armed skeletons, like bulldozers, crushed all enemies.

Soon, the fight ended.

On the other side of the hall, Fang Hao found the staircase leading downward.

…

Looking down the pitch-black stairway.

The outside Fang Hao released another Thunder Spirit.

It flew down one layer, then two, and then towards the third layer.

Unlike the first two layers, the third underground layer looked relatively bright due to the walls adorned with Nightstones.

The hall was completely empty.

Traces left behind indicated shelves, desks, chairs, and items like steel hanging frames, and research stations.

However, except for the stone items, the steel was covered in rust, and the wooden items were even more rotten.

It looked like it was a development lab.

The Thunder Spirit, continuing forward, reached the end of the third layer.

It saw a looming construct in heavy armor, with strange cannons hanging on both sides–a War Mammoth construct.

[War Mammoth Construct (Mythical Troops)].

The moment the Thunder Spirit approached, the metal eyelids suddenly opened, and a flash of red light passed by.

Whoo-bang!

The mounted cannons emitted a blinding bright light.

Two beams were successively fired out.