The overwhelming ice cones cut through the air, whistling and flying rapidly towards everyone.
Chen Bugu immediately entered Bullet Time. In this instant, the overwhelming ice cones had already reached five or six meters above their heads.
The number of these ice cones was double the previous wave he had faced. He already realized that many people would be injured under this attack.
Wrapped in the power of time, Chen Bugu turned to look and found that almost everyone was within the attack range.
Including Bai Ting, Yan Kuan, Lin Xiaoxiao, Old Liu, and others were all standing in the flight path of the ice cones.
Bai Ting's right hand, transformed into an 'Electric Blade,' had already assumed a forward slashing posture.
Yan Kuan squatted on the ground, the Earth Mother Boots on his feet shimmering with green light, indicating that Earth Mother had been activated. He pressed his hands to the ground, his face pale and covered in sweat, as stone walls slowly rose in front of everyone.
It was a pity that at this speed, the stone walls could not cover everyone.
At least, the arm-thick ice cone heading straight for Lin Xiaoxiao's chest would inevitably not be blocked.
Without time to hesitate, Chen Bugu quickly pounced on Lin Xiaoxiao, who was closest to him.
Sure enough, when the ice cone was less than 50 centimeters from Lin Xiaoxiao's chest, Yan Kuan's stone wall had only just risen above Lin Xiaoxiao's thighs.
Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes were filled with blue light; she had pushed Mind to its limit, but the ice cones were too powerful and too fast. The transparent net she wove with Mind was instantly pierced.
Lin Xiaoxiao looked at the ice cone piercing towards her chest, her face filled with despair.
The next second, she felt herself being knocked down by a huge force, and the scenery in front of her instantly changed.
Huge ice cones pierced through the ground and human bodies, with scattered debris accompanied by screams rising and falling.
Lin Xiaoxiao was pressed down by Chen Bugu. Normally, with her personality, she would have reprimanded Chen Bugu.
But now, she just stared blankly at a young warrior not far from her side.
One second ago, he was fighting alongside Lin Xiaoxiao, but now he was kneeling on the ground screaming, both his arms completely severed below the elbow, and the blood at the wounds was quickly frozen by the adhering ice shards.
The two severed forearms of that warrior were now rolling beside Lin Xiaoxiao's hand.
Chen Bugu looked up and saw that many people had fallen, but fortunately, Bai Ting, Yan Kuan, and Old Liu were fine.
Old Liu was fine thanks to Lin Lin, who timely activated the energy shield attached to the Goblin's Bone Staff.
Yan Kuan's stone walls were almost all shattered by the ice cones, but they also slowed the impact of the ice cones, allowing many to avoid fatal injuries.
But even so, at least five or six soldiers had their chests pierced by ice cones and were pinned to the ground, likely not alive.
Chen Bugu looked at the two Ice Armor Crocodile Turtles again and found that the ice cones on their backs had regrown. He wanted to stand up and lure one away before they could launch their next attack.
He could dodge that large-scale ice cone rain using Bullet Time, but others could not.
When two Ice Armor Crocodile Turtles release that skill together, the lethality is too great. If it happened again, his team would likely suffer casualties.
Just as Chen Bugu was about to stand up, he suddenly felt a resistance at his wrist.
He looked down and saw Lin Xiaoxiao's constantly trembling hand tightly gripping his wrist. Her face was somewhat pale, her pupils unfocused, and her breathing was a little rapid.
Chen Bugu frowned slightly, looked at the two severed arms on the ground, and suddenly understood.
But he had no time, nor the inclination, to comfort Lin Xiaoxiao, so he simply pried open her hand with force.
Lin Xiaoxiao's hand was forcibly opened. She watched Chen Bugu stand up again. He was against the light, his back to her, and his right hand re-gripped the dagger.
Before rushing out, his tone was cold, and with his back to Lin Xiaoxiao, he only said three words.
"Stand up!"
Watching Chen Bugu's back, and then looking at the soldiers who were re-raising their guns and shooting, Lin Xiaoxiao's breathing gradually calmed. She gritted her teeth and stood up, the Cold Iron Darts once again rapidly rotating around her.
...
Cai Tianze was drenched in sweat, kneeling on the ground. The intense pain had almost made him faint. Both his arms below the elbows were completely gone; he could no longer raise a gun.
A soldier who cannot raise a gun.
Heh, he's useless!
"Stand up."
A man's cold voice came from his ear. He looked up and saw the man who had made Professor Xu frustrated now picking up a short blade again and rushing out.
He also saw the girl controlling the flying darts, standing not far away, her hands trembling uncontrollably, yet still slowly moving forward.
In addition, he saw his comrades, who, without time to wipe the blood from their bodies, quickly re-entered the battle, attacking the two giant turtle-like demonic beasts.
"Tianze, you will always be Mom and Dad's pride."
Cai Tianze didn't know why, but he suddenly remembered what his mother had said tearfully on the day he enlisted.
He gave a bitter smile, bit the military dagger that had fallen to the ground with his teeth, and, just as that man had said, stood up.
Chen Bugu naturally didn't know that his single sentence had simultaneously changed the mindset of two people. He was currently continuously harassing one of the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtles with fireballs, attracting it to constantly run towards the frozen creek surface.
He suddenly had an idea about how to shatter the exposed shell in the center of the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle's belly.
When the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle also came onto the frozen water surface, Chen Bugu turned and stopped.
He had little mental energy left and had to find a way to end this battle as quickly as possible. So he repeated his trick: after activating Mental Shock, he rushed towards the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle again, and after closing the distance, quickly activated Bullet Time, sliding under the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle with a low sweep.
The smooth ice surface greatly reduced body friction. Chen Bugu transformed into an afterimage, flashing past under the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle.
The purple and silver lights in his eyes overlapped. Under Bullet Time, he fully activated Inference to adjust the position of the Wind Gale Dagger in his hand.
To others, he transformed into a cold light, rapidly sliding under the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle with a dagger, then rushing out from its tail.
After sliding out, Chen Bugu quickly plunged the Wind Gale Dagger into the ice to slow down. When he stopped, the bloodstains on the blade dripped onto the ice surface.
That Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle suddenly let out a miserable howl, and the ice crystals on its body suddenly became covered in cracks.
Successful breach!
Chen Bugu quickly got up from the ground, performed Gale Thrust, and rapidly closed the distance.
This time, the blade in his hand directly pierced through the ice crystals on the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle's body.
Chen Bugu activated Bullet Time, and countless blade shadows overlapped, enveloping the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle.
The last strike, Chen Bugu aimed at the top of the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle's head. The originally hard ice armor on its head was now easily split open like paper, and the tiny wound Old Liu had previously opened with 'Heart Link' was exposed before Chen Bugu's eyes.
The blade slid down the wound smoothly and unimpeded. The huge crocodile turtle could no longer stand and crashed down.
Chen Bugu's hands were pressed on the Wind Gale Dagger, which was stuck in the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle's skull. He gasped for breath, feeling a warm energy entering his body.
On the other side, Lin Xiaoxiao did not immediately return to the battle. After calming down, she went to find Professor Xu.
"You want grenades?"
Professor Xu was stunned, then her face lit up with joy. She instantly understood Lin Xiaoxiao's idea.
"Platoon Leader Li! Grenades! Do we still have grenades?"
Professor Xu ran towards Li You, shouting loudly as she ran.
"Professor Xu, most of our grenades were lost during the Great Disaster. Currently, I'm the only one in the team who has two left."
Li You stopped shooting. He looked at Lin Xiaoxiao, who followed closely behind Professor Xu, and suddenly understood something, as he had been present when Chen Bugu mentioned the weaknesses of those demonic beasts.
Without hesitation, Li You took out his last two grenades.
"Hold the handle, pull out the pin, and then you can wait for the grenade to explode."
Li You handed the grenades to Lin Xiaoxiao.
"Got it!"
Lin Xiaoxiao nodded. The two grenades flew from Li You's hand, directly towards the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle not far away.
Lin Xiaoxiao fully activated Mind, controlling the two grenades to fly along the bottom of the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle, passing through a pile of ice shards.
Seeing this, the others retreated, widening the distance from the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle.
After the grenades reached the center of the abdomen, Lin Xiaoxiao used Mind even more strenuously, making the grenades move along the shell until at some point, they recessed upwards.
The safety pin was pulled, the handle detached, and the firing pin dropped.
The Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle seemed to sense something and quickly moved its body, but the two small devices stuck to its vital point followed like shadows.
Until a wave of heat came from its abdomen, the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle let out a miserable howl, and its massive body crashed to the ground, its ice armor cracking like glass.
Looking at the fallen comrades, Li You, who had been mostly silent throughout, roared.
"Fire!"
