allonlinenovel Chapter 219 The Second Mission
Chapter 219 The Second Mission
Two hours later, Song Chen stood on an ice rock deep inside the camp, waiting for the battle to begin.
Zhou Wangyue walked over quickly, his steps hurried and his face not looking too good.
"Teacher, what happened?" Song Chen asked hurriedly.
Zhou Wangyue handed over the terminal, on which was a summary of intelligence relayed by Xinghe.
Song Chen took it and glanced at it, then frowned.
The text above states that the Sea Dragon Clan and the Giant Whale Clan have sent delegations again. This time, it's not two sixth-tier warriors and dozens of fifth-tier guards, but three deep-sea behemoths pulled by sea beasts, carrying an unknown number of sixth-tier powerhouses and a large number of high-tier guards.
They have already crossed the outer defense line of the Arctic Ocean and are advancing at full speed towards the battlefield between Sirius and Ice Demon.
Their speed was almost twice as fast as the previous delegation. The delegation was led by the Sea Dragon King's younger sister, the current deputy patriarch of the Sea Dragon Clan, with peak sixth-order strength, on par with the Sky Wolf King.
The intelligence report concluded with a line of red text: "Identified as the highest-level joint mission between the two races, its objective is most likely to be forced mediation, with military intervention if necessary."
Song Chen handed the terminal back to Zhou Wangyue: "Have the giant whale and the sea dragon gone mad? We wiped out the first wave of delegations, and instead of retreating, they sent even stronger ones? A peak sixth-tier expert personally leading the team—is this an attempt to persuade them to make peace or a declaration of war?"
"They should try to reconcile, but if they can't persuade them this time, they don't mind using force to force both sides to sit down," Zhou Wangyue slowly stated his judgment.
"The first mission sent by the Ocean Royal Family was to mediate peace talks, but we intercepted it."
"They sent their strongest delegation this time because they are determined to keep Sirius and Ice Demon under control."
"Once the delegation arrives at the battlefield, the Sirius and Ice Demon races may be forcibly mediated, all our strategic objectives will be lost, and this Arctic expedition will be a waste of time."
"How much longer until the mission arrives?"
"Fastest: three days. Latest: five days."
Song Chen quickly calculated the time window in his mind.
Judging from the situation, Sirius will soon launch a full-scale attack, and the main battlefield will only last two or three days before reaching a fever pitch.
If the battle on the main battlefield cannot be ended before the delegation arrives, and once the sixth-tier peak of the Ocean Royal Family arrives, the Sirius and Ice Demon will be forcibly reconciled, and humanity will no longer have the opportunity to weaken the Sirius Clan through this civil war.
Once the Ocean Royal Family successfully mediates the conflict between the Ice Demon and Sirius, the feud between the Ice Demon and Sirius will be forcibly suppressed, and all the bets humanity has placed on the Ice Demon will be wiped clean.
"Therefore, the logistics base not only needs to be destroyed, but it needs to be destroyed quickly."
"Yes." Zhou Wangyue looked at him, a hint of anxiety in his eyes.
"I originally wanted to buy you more time, but now it seems that time is not something I can control."
"Speed is more important than anything else for you this time. Leave the main battle to me and the other Tier 6 units. We will wear down the Sirius King's main force on the ice wall defense line."
"But only you can go behind enemy lines. Don't get entangled with the high-ranking defenders; just run after the bombs are blown up."
Song Chen nodded solemnly: "Please rest assured, teacher."
Just then, the bugle sounded.
All the battle horns of the Ice Demon Camp sounded simultaneously, their deep, resonant sounds rolling across the icy plains, drowning out the wind and the distant howls of the Sky Wolf.
The Ice Demon King's aura suddenly rose from the depths of the camp, and an extremely cold and heavy spiritual energy fluctuation spread out in all directions from the central command tent.
That aura was too cold, extremely cold, extremely heavy.
The ice demon warriors on the ice wall simultaneously raised their spears and stomped on the ground, the dull impact accompanied by the rhythm of horns.
The Ice Demon Clan's ice-based abilities began to unleash their power. Every enhancement array on the ice wall lit up simultaneously, and a ghostly blue aura spread along the veins of the ice wall, looking from the air like a giant spider web being set ablaze.
The tip of the ice crystal arrow was filled with extremely compressed, frigid spiritual energy, and the arrowhead gleamed with a dazzling blue light under the gray sunlight.
The polar snow bears surged out from both sides of the camp, their backs strapped with ice armor shields from the Ice Demon Clan. With each step they took, the humming of the psionic circuits inside the ice armor recharging could be heard.
Ice-spine dragon lizards were incorporated into the assault team. Ice demon warriors wielding spears stood on their backs, and the dragon lizards spewed out two streams of white, icy air from their nostrils, while their limbs dug deep pits into the ice.
At the same time, the enemy's Sirius army formation was also activated.
Hundreds of thousands of wolves howled simultaneously, and the force of the sound waves caused several fine cracks to appear on the surface of the outermost ice wall of the Ice Demon Camp.
The low-ranking Sirius burst out from the gaps in the array, unleashing a massive, gray-white wave that spread across the ice plains.
Following closely behind was a strike force of millions of various polar beasts.
In the sky, flocks of frost-winged eagles and snow vultures loomed overhead like dark clouds, their icicles at the tips of their wings reflecting the sunlight, stretching as far as the eye could see.
The two torrents collided in the center of the ice field, unleashing a burst of intense light.
The Ice Demon Clan's extreme cold spiritual energy and the Sky Wolf Clan's frost claw energy collided head-on. The energy field that tore the ice surface distorted it into an irregular arc, and a mushroom cloud of ice crystals with a diameter of several hundred meters exploded at the point of impact.
The shockwave sent all the beasts below the third rank flying, their corpses tumbling dozens of meters through the air before crashing back onto the ice. Then even more beasts surged forward, trampling over the corpses as they continued to ram into the ice.
Song Chen stood on the ice rock, looking at the battlefield before him.
He had seen the beast tides of Qinghu Lake, the massive army of Beiyuan, and the herds of sea monsters in the Bering Strait.
But this was the first time he had ever seen millions of alien beasts clashing in a full-scale battle on the ice plains.
The ice surface was cracking, ice pillars were piercing from the ground, and the extreme cold air condensed into ice walls in the air, only to be torn apart by the claws. Psionic shockwaves exploded one after another, and the entire ice field was like a drum skin being repeatedly pounded, trembling every second.
In the sky, the Frostwing Eagles and the Ice Demon Clan's Icewing Riders were locked in a fierce battle, their corpses falling from hundreds of meters in the air, splashing blue blood onto the ice.
There were even more corpses on the ground. The bodies of the Ice Demon and the Sky Wolf were mixed together and trampled into mincemeat by the horde of beasts that surged up afterward. The blood mixed with the broken ice froze into new ice layers, which were then shattered by the next shockwave.
It's time to leave.
Song Chen looked back at the front lines one last time.
The great war has begun in full swing.
Then he saw the Sirius King, whose 500-meter-long silver-white body rampaged across the battlefield. With a single swipe of its claw, the sixth-level Ice Demon Elder was sent flying before he could even fully activate his psionic shield.
An extremely cold breath erupted from deep within its throat, and an icy blue beam swept across the ground, instantly vaporizing the ice.
But the four people surrounding it weren't idle either.
Zhou Wangyue moved swiftly along its left flank, his palms striking out pure golden energy in turn, moving to a different spot after each strike, never lingering.
The Ice Demon King faced off head-on. This was a giant ape whose size was no less than that of the Sirius King, with ice-blue fur all over its body. Its fists slammed into its claw blades, and the shockwave from the collision could directly turn the surrounding beasts into blood mist.
Gulbak, on the right flank, seized the opportunity during the clash between the Ice Demon King and the Sky Wolf King to thrust his spear into their joint, then retreated.
There was also a sixth-tier ice demon that Song Chen didn't recognize, holding an ice crystal dagger in each hand, specifically targeting the Sky Wolf King's eyes and nose.
Four Tier 6 units fought against one Sirius King, and the battle was evenly matched.
Song Chen withdrew his gaze and shook his head: "Four against one and they barely managed a draw. That old guy is really strong."
"And then there's the Ice Demon Clan, their strength is terrifying. If left unchecked, they might truly become the second royal family on the continent..."