Most of the city defense soldiers below were also Scavengers, but their levels were relatively low, so they relied heavily on weapons and equipment.
Among them, a few relatively higher-ranked Scavengers barely managed to withstand Wan Qianhong's Word Soul (since she was holding back) and roared with great difficulty, “Are you really going to do this?!”
As they spoke, their eyes bloodied.
A Rank 4 Scavenger craned his neck, veins bulging on his forehead as he roared at Wan Qianhong, “Assaulting the North District border defenses is a capital offense! We are fully authorized to take extreme measures on our own!”
“Even the five major families have no immunity against treason of this level!”
Wan Qianhong stood at the very front. She didn't even lift her eyes, only casually raising her hand.
The shouting soldier froze instantly.
In the next second, blood began to seep from his face. Blood poured continuously from his eyes, nose, ears, and mouth—his seven facial orifices.
It choked back any other words he wanted to say.
Wan Qianhong's gaze was ice-cold. In truth, she was already showing mercy.
Extreme measures?
With her current strength as an Edgerunner, if she really took extreme measures, more than half of the people here would die in an instant!
In Wan Qianhong's eyes, Bai Feifei scaling the ramparts to find their leaders was already an act of mercy toward these ordinary soldiers.
After all, if she were the one to act, these people wouldn't stand a chance at survival.
The roars below the wall grew even more explosive. Though no one dared to provoke Wan Qianhong, many frantically began activating the defense mechanisms.
“The North District's wall is an unbreakable barrier!”
“Kill them directly! Activate the highest city defense protocol!”
Then, the wall began to rapidly deform.
One hidden door after another flipped open on the steel wall, revealing pitch-black cannon barrels inside.
Beside the barrels, mechanical electromagnetic ballistas rotated out from the wall, the arrows slotted in their grooves crackling with eerie blue electricity.
The ballistas cocked automatically, emitting sharp mechanical clicks that made one's scalp tingle.
Within a few breaths, the entire wall had transformed into a fortress armed to the teeth.
These were heavy weapons specifically designed to handle aberration hordes!
Wan Qianhong frowned.
Dawn City's trump card defensive firepower was meant to deal with a potential future siege by aberrations.
If they truly fired, anyone below the Edgerunner rank would likely not survive!
Even an Edgerunner would have to use an Escape Art to flee immediately rather than take it head-on.
Xie Xuan stood in the back, silent until now. Looking at the emerging cannon barrels, he suddenly sneered.
“Heh.” He pushed up his glasses. “Using our technology from back then to do this?”
“How utterly despicable. Most people in Dawn City do not deserve our friendship!”
“Xie Jin.”
Beside him, Xie Jin violently swung his mechanical arm.
“Understood!”
The silver-grey mechanical arm let out a metallic clang. The gears at the joints ground together as a layer of crackling electric arcs surfaced across the entire arm.
Xie Jin looked up at the steel wall that was still deploying cannon barrels, and grinned.
“It's just outdated technology from decades ago,” he said.
“An unbreakable barrier? Their technological upgrades are far too slow. Actually, no, they don't even have technology!”
Having finished his mockery, his entire body transformed into a bolt of lightning.
Lightning Escape!
In the next second, the bolt of lightning vanished from its spot, drawing a straight line through the air before slamming violently into the ground directly in front of the wall with a resounding boom.
Xie Jin's figure coalesced from the lightning. With electric arcs dancing across his body, he pressed his hand firmly against the steel wall before him.
【Electricity generates magnetism, magnetism generates electricity!】
In the next second, a blinding sphere of silver-white light exploded from Xie Jin's mechanical arm.
It was a pure electromagnetic pulse. Like an invisible tidal wave, it instantly swept across the tens-of-meters-high steel wall.
The rotating turrets jammed simultaneously, their barrels pointing askew in all directions.
Electric arcs ran wild in the grooves of the mechanical electromagnetic ballistas, crackling and spitting out showers of sparks, with some even backfiring and exploding.
The hidden doors that had flipped out from the wall began to slowly retract, their movements jerky as they opened and closed erratically, completely out of control.
Pressing against the wall, Xie Jin burst into laughter.
“Apologies, but you're using it wrong. Turing is temporarily revoking your user license!”
His laughter echoed. The surrounding soldiers widened their eyes, staring in utter shock.
An entire steel wall—a fortress that had looked incredibly imposing and radiated the breath of death—had been instantly paralyzed by him alone!
...
Up on the ramparts, several officers of the city defense force had come out and were currently gathered together.
Feeling the tremors beneath their feet, seeing the defense system malfunction, and witnessing the flying heads, they were all completely dumbfounded.
“What is going on? Just who went to this Graduation Show?!”
“How is this possible?! They actually dared to attack! Do they have absolutely no regard for the consequences?!”
“Is there an Edgerunner among them? Have the academy instructors gone mad?!”
Just then, they caught a gaze coming from the edge of the ramparts.
A girl clad in blood-stained clothes stood right on the battlements, her eyes locking directly with one of the looking officers.
Their gazes clashed in midair, and Xu Mo grinned.
By now, the surrounding soldiers had naturally noticed this outrageous wall-climber as well. They swarmed forward with weapons raised, a dense, dark crowd that was indeed somewhat intimidating in sheer numbers.
Xu Mo casually reached out and snatched the spear from the foremost soldier.
The soldier only felt his hands go empty. Before he could react, the spearhead slammed into his face in the next second.
Holding the spear, Xu Mo didn't even look at the massive crowd swarming him. His heartbeat told him that not a single one of these people could be considered strong.
At a time like this, no one below the Edgerunner rank was qualified to be his opponent!
Holding the spear with one hand, explosive, dragon-like power erupted from Xu Mo's slender body. He casually swept the weapon at the rushing soldiers, setting off a barrage of crackling and popping sounds.
It was hard to tell if it was the sound of armor shattering, bones snapping, or heads exploding, but it had a distinct, rhythmic beat.
Those with bad luck exploded on the spot. Those with slightly better luck were swept off the wall, landing a somewhat more decent way to die.
Coincidentally, when he was below, he had thrown people up; now that he was up, he was sweeping them down.
Blood and flesh splattered. Xu Mo advanced effortlessly, as if mowing down grass. With his free hand, he even had time to wave at the officers ahead.
“Hey there, fellas,” he waved. “Thinking about how to welcome me?”
Staring at the slender girl's god-of-war-like figure, the officers were completely struck dumb with shock. Just then, one of them seemed to recognize Bai Feifei's face.
Pointing a trembling finger at her, he stammered, “Y-You... You're th-that woman?!”
“Straighten your tongue when you speak!”
Xu Mo barked, raising his hand and hurling the spear straight at him!
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