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Chapter 218 Dongfeng Express's First Order!
"roar!!!"
Murphy roared, signaling to his army that they were to retreat.
Then he turned around and flew back the way he came, disappearing into the horizon.
On the ground, the black tide that had been relentlessly and frantically surging against the front line came to an abrupt halt.
The massive demon army turned around en masse.
They abandoned the wounded, trampled over the corpses of their own kind, and retreated in the direction they had come from.
Within minutes, the deafening shouts and roars were replaced by complete silence.
On the battlefield, only countless demon corpses and burning tank wreckage remained.
And those Great Xia warriors who, though exhausted, still stood firm.
The war is temporarily over.
In the sky, Warwick and Warkong confirmed that the demons had retreated and could no longer maintain their flight.
The extreme weakness that followed the end of their berserk state instantly drained all their strength.
Their bodies fell from the sky, lying on the ground gasping for breath and spitting blood.
Inside the temporary command trench of the expeditionary force, the air was frozen, leaving only the heavy smell of gunpowder and blood.
Long Zhan remained motionless, his eyes fixed on the screen of the tactical tablet.
On the screen, the real-time satellite imagery was crystal clear.
A striking point of light, codenamed "Murphy," is moving steadily across the desolate landscape.
Below it, countless retreating red dots converge into a writhing black river—that is the retreating demon army.
All around, staff officers and soldiers hurried about, shouting reports of battle losses and coordinating with medical teams to rescue the wounded.
"Report! Lords Warwick and Lord Warkun have been found. Their vital signs are stable, but they are extremely weak!"
"Report! Our forces have lost 43 tanks, 51 infantry fighting vehicles, and drones..."
"The number of casualties is still being tallied..."
Urgent human voices and radio static mingled in the trench.
Tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and drones, among others, were all damaged or destroyed by the cubic nitrogen missile attack.
But there was no other way, that was the only thing to do!
As the commander, Long Zhan turned a deaf ear to all of this.
His entire attention was focused on the moving dot of light on the screen.
A seventh-tier demon lord.
An entity capable of threatening the entire expeditionary force single-handedly.
Letting him go back is like releasing a tiger back into the mountains.
Next time, the other side will never give Da Xia the opportunity to use hypersonic missiles again.
The Great Xia will never give up the fiefdom behind the Misty Forest, which was hard-won with blood and resources.
That means new hope for the entire Great Xia!
Long Zhan's gaze fell on the screen. At this moment, Murphy was retreating with his army, completely exposed to the sky, far away from the expeditionary force's position.
This is a perfect window.
There is no need to worry about the threat of shock waves and nuclear radiation from a nuclear explosion!
A flash of madness crossed Long Zhan's eyes, but he acted decisively and opened the black briefcase again.
Press the communication button with your finger.
"I am Long Zhan, the deputy commander of the expeditionary force."
After a hiss of electricity, a calm voice came from the other end:
"This is the Firefly Valley Command Center, sir!"
"I order: Prepare for a nuclear strike." Long Zhan's voice was calm.
"Target coordinates have been sent."
"...Received. Your authorization is required."
Upon hearing this, Long Zhan quickly typed a string of numbers on the keypad.
"Authorization confirmed. Target locked."
"Dongfeng Express, ready to go!"
Long Zhan hung up the communication, looked at the figure in the satellite image one last time, and resolutely pressed the red launch button.
"Demon Lord, hear the roar of the Great Xia dragon!!"
……
Hundreds of kilometers away, in the Firefly Valley.
The massive alloy door, disguised as part of the mountain, slid open silently, revealing a deep vertical launch silo.
Inside the underground launch control center, technicians worked at their respective control consoles.
Their faces were illuminated by the green light of the screen; their movements were precise and swift, and they confirmed the information aloud.
"Nuclear strike ready!"
"Target information confirmed!"
"Authorization password verified!"
"Launch countdown begins!"
A synthesized electronic sound began to count down.
"ten."
"Nine."
"eight……"
As the countdown ended, a dull tremor emanated from the entire base.
A massive missile, entirely black with a bright red five-pointed star and the "DF" markings printed on its body, slowly ascended into the air, supported by flames and thick smoke.
The main engine roared to life!
The terrifying thrust compressed the air into visible ripples, and blinding white flames tore through the sky!
The missile transformed into a white trail that pierced the sky and disappeared into the clouds, vanishing from everyone's sight.
……
High in the sky, Malphite was riding slowly on the back of a flying demon, retreating with the demon army.
His gaze lowered slightly as he plotted to return and gather the large armies deployed elsewhere to launch another attack.
Once the two orcs were out of their berserk state and weakened, they would be unable to stop him. He was confident that he could completely crush that technological legion next time!
"A complete, untouched world..." he murmured greedily.
That would be the best sacrifice for him to advance to the eighth rank, or even to covet the position of Demon God!
Just then, a sudden, inexplicable pang of fear gripped him.
That was his sixth sense, a powerful being, issuing a warning of danger.
An absolute fear from the depths of his soul instantly enveloped him!
Murphy froze, hovering abruptly in mid-air as if facing a formidable enemy.
An invisible aura of pressure instantly unfolded, forming a slightly transparent protective shield around his body.
He looked around in surprise and uncertainty.
There was nothing there.
illusion?
No, at his level, intuition is more reliable than eyesight!
The sense of deadly crisis grew stronger and stronger, as if an invisible sword was hanging over my head and would fall at any moment!
He suddenly looked up.
A tiny black dot appeared in the cloudless blue sky.
The next instant, the black dot rapidly magnified in his pupils!
"!!!"
Hellfire erupted from the gaps in Murphy's armor as he unleashed his full speed in an attempt to dodge and escape.
However, it was too slow.
Faced with the spear of death that had already entered the atmosphere and was falling at a terminal speed of over Mach 27!
His pace was like a snail taking a walk.
He didn't even have time to let out a roar, nor did he have time to think about what this thing was!
"boom--!!!""
Flames suddenly erupted around them.
He only felt his body and strength being destroyed in an instant by a brutal and unreasonable force!
Utter nothingness!
Immediately afterwards, an intense white light engulfed everything.
That white light swallowed his vision, his senses, and his life!
Along with the massive demon army below him, they too were reduced to ashes in terror and by the absolute light and heat.
The ground was shaking violently, roaring, and the earth was trembling!
A violent shockwave swept across, destroying everything in its path!
The East Wind of Great Xia, with unparalleled might, descended upon this continent called Terra for the first time!
Completely crushing everything in its path!
P.S.: Thank you again and again to the amazing Han Laomo who loves cute things and has certified me. This is an extra chapter for me!