Death is the Beginning

Chapter 174: Finish

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Yun Zai Gong Yeyu was fighting with Mao Wenxi and Deng An. Pei Jiao led Bing Erba to fight against the soul army.

Although Gong Yeyu cut through the central floor of the base and various equipment switches with a single blow before. But the Chinese government obviously really put a lot of effort into this base city. After the center of the base was destroyed, many underground passages were opened from the edge of the city, and spaceships rose up from below one after another. The number of Chinese soul armies is also much larger than that of Western European soul armies. There are as many as three main battleships alone, and the rest of the small spaceships are not exaggerated, but there are more than 30 ships. Although Pei Jiao destroyed a few of them during the ascension, but till the end. There are still: 1 main battleship and nearly 20 spaceships safely lifted off, and finally released nearly a thousand soul soldiers and hundreds of soul officers!

This is a very, very terrifying force. You must know the purpose of manufacturing the soul army. It is for the sake of a large number of low-level power users. To fight against the less powerful high-level power. Its goal is the rank of Demon Lord. The peak level of the devil king, even stronger than the level of the devil king.

Of course, that is the soul army of the previous civilization, not only the strength of soul soldiers and soul officers is stronger, but also the combination of battle formations. The soul army itself is also controlled by the three-eyed race and other factors, and its strength is many times stronger than the half-toned soul army of humans today.

But no matter what, the essence of the battle goal of the soul army has not changed, which is to defeat a small number of high-level powerhouses with a large number of low-level people!

In the beginning, there were dozens of ordinary soul soldiers. When these dozens of soul soldiers appeared, Pei Jiao condensed Thor's Hammer, which was the largest two-dimensional attack method he could think of so far. Although the attack power is lower than Zhantiejian and Netnier, the lightning explosion in the flat area is much wider. When a Thunder God's Hammer was thrown, it killed more than 70% of these dozens of soul soldiers.

But he is not Gong Yeyu after all. After all, it has not reached the real strength of the devil king. Although it can also use the cohesion characteristic, it must rely on that wonderful method to cohere. In other words, in addition to Thor's Hammer, Slashing Iron Sword, Net Nir, Lingfan, Victory Sword, and the magical iron chain Gleipnir forged by Meru in Norse mythology to bind the world-destroying demon wolf, that is, It is the kind of net that can be large or small, once it is caught, even the rank of king cannot be easily broken away.

Apart from these few things, Pei Jiao couldn't condense his own aura to form, and couldn't condense the silver lightning. It is impossible to condense other weapons at will, in other words. His agglomeration characteristics are just a few special weapon agglomeration methods that he barely mastered by relying on the memories left over from his previous life. They are not real agglomeration characteristics. Therefore, each of his attacks takes a few seconds,

If he was facing a weaker or smaller number of enemies, he naturally didn't have to worry about anything, but just two or three seconds after he threw Thor's Hammer, two small spaceships released the soul soldiers inside, and then is another ship. There is also a main battleship that also released soul officers and soul soldiers,

Pei Jiao immediately smiled wryly, the situation in front of him did not allow him to destroy these soul soldiers and soul officers wantonly and calmly, if he was the only one. It's easier for people to use a few powerful weapon moves, at least destroy more than a quarter of the soul army in front of him, and then he just needs to run away immediately, the condensed eight-legged giant horse moves fast enough, It is definitely not something that these soul armies or spaceships in front of him can match, but it is a pity that now he has a partner behind him.

"Everyone stand up and disperse, the main target of the soul army must be me, you go to destroy the fortifications on the ground, or drag a few soul soldiers around, hurry up!" Pei Jiao roared, his hands appeared at the same time The silver thunderbolt was touched, and at the same time the fingers of the two hands flicked in different ways, and two different weapons appeared on his two hands.

But before Pei Jiao could attack these two weapons, suddenly there was a huge and violent scream from the top of the jade roof, and a huge and incomparably dark projection fell straight to the ground. It was a line more than three thousand meters long A giant dragon snake with a pure black body. It is so black that it shines, as if its whole body is made of black crystal, the so-called wind follows the tiger, and the cloud follows the dragon. When this huge and unparalleled dark dragon snake appeared, several dark clouds with the size of several acres appeared in the sky out of thin air, surrounding it. It really looks like an ancient dragon.

It's not just a posture, this huge dragon snake exudes a strange pure black aura as soon as it appears, yes, it's not an emotion, it's not a thought, it's not an ideology, it's just a pure black aura, representing The mystery of the darkness, when the pure black aura field appeared, several dark light balls fell from the sky, and fell into the group of soul soldiers who had already formed the formation first.

There were about 150 soldiers in this formation. They formed a hexagonal symbol, but before they could attack Pei Jiao and the others, they were smashed down by several dark light balls. However, this group of soul troops is programmed to control the group after all. As long as the program is sufficient, they can react quickly in most cases, such as the dark light ball hitting the air. The soul soldiers of more than 150 people immediately raised their hands together, and with the formation of this hexagonal symbol graphic, a circle of translucent light curtain appeared above their heads, blocking these few people abruptly. A dark ball of light.

But these dark balls of light were attacks from the sky dragon after all, and although they were projections, they were of the same demon king rank as Gong Yeyu. It was even stronger than the one that appeared on Easter Island. Only after these dark light spheres were blocked, the translucent light curtain shattered like glass, and these dark light spheres fell violently. After falling into the formation, it exploded, and an unimaginably huge force acted on the formation, and a dark circle of light spread around in ripples. When the black circle of light dissipated, one hundred and fifty More than a dozen soul soldiers all turned into twisted pieces of paper, about an inch thick, and then exploded in mid-air.

(Let's go, I almost forgot about this thing, the sky dragon projection, it really is a big help!)

Pei Jiao immediately looked up to the sky in surprise. The huge and incomparable body of the sky dragon is soaring above the nine heavens, and the dark aura field is also spreading downwards a projection of the rank of the demon king. It is still completely controlled by Yu Xiaochen. This help is even more important than Gong Yeyu's. Much stronger, at least. Yuchaichen will never control Sky Dragon to go deep behind enemy lines. But she was not so reckless to leave this large group of partners at risk. .

"Okay! Yu Xiaochen, get rid of these spaceships first. If all the spaceships are blown up, the soul army will be out of control. We will each choose a main battleship to attack.

When Pei Jiao was shouting in surprise, suddenly from that far away, above the base in the center of the city, a thunder cloud composed purely of purple lightning suddenly spread out, and a series of violent explosions appeared in the sky. There, in the middle of the sky! The middle explosion has just started, and the most strange thing is that this explosion is not composed of Ran Huoguang, but is composed of pure purple lightning. In this purple lightning, there is a dark yellow light cluster and an eight-color light. The group kept struggling, but this purple thunder and lightning cloud group was very tenacious, no matter how hard the two light groups struggled, they couldn't break through, but within a few seconds, there were two mournful and violent howls amidst the explosion.

"Gong Yeyu! I will fight with you! Let's die together!"

Only, how is it possible, what is this! "

At the same time as the two voices came, the black and yellow light group suddenly burst open and turned into a huge black and yellow metal pillar. 100 meters. Five hundred meters, one thousand meters, in the last two or three seconds, this giant metal pillar has grown to a length of seven or eight kilometers, and a thickness of hundreds of meters. From a distance, it really looks like an Optimus Prime.

The eight-color light group shrank inward suddenly, as if it disappeared in an instant, and then when the giant metal pillar rose sharply. The position of the eight-color light group exploded violently, and eight runes of different colors flashed from it, spinning and turning into a huge phantom of a copper furnace, which was torn apart by the metal pillar while the purple thunder cloud hour. It rushed out suddenly, and it was thousands of meters away when it first jumped, and it reached the edge of everyone's sight when it jumped again. After the third jump, everyone could no longer see the trace of the eight-color copper furnace. Its speed was so fast. It's unbelievable, it looks like it's teleporting.

Seeing the eight-color copper stove fleeing almost teleported. The black-yellow metal pillar also trembled violently, as if desperately trying to break free from the cloud of lightning that was entangled with him at the bottom, but as the copper furnace escaped, the pressure of the cloud of thunder and lightning seemed to be greatly reduced, and it actually entangled upwards along the metal pillar. Go, and after the metal pillar struggled violently to no avail, it began to shrink slowly at a speed visible to the naked eye. Until it was completely retracted into the thunder and lightning clouds, there was no more sound.

"Okay!" Pei Jiao and the others could see clearly from a distance, they all applauded in unison, and Yu Chachen even smiled brightly at Li Xuan.

Among the crowd, only Xue Na's eyes flickered a few times, but immediately she also giggled, as if the flickering eyes just now were just hallucinations.

(The Demon King is at an intermediate level. Just now it was the light of the mind. In addition to the aura field, there is also the domineering will spreading outside. It is obviously a power that is activated by the pure mind." The advancement speed is really too fast, so fast Astonishing, fast and terrifying, but it also corresponds to that sentence, its prosperity is fast, and its decline is fast, just like dry wood and fire, the faster it burns, the faster it will die,,)

When Xue Na was grinning, she looked at Pei Jiao again, her gaze became extremely soft.

(Brother Odin, the real protagonist can only be concluded at the final ending. No one knows who is the real protagonist until the end. Maybe someone is stronger and more lucky than the protagonist. But who knows it is Isn't it the supporting role that opens the way for Allah? Besides, the fate of the protagonist is endless, as wide and deep as the sea. Only the final supporting role that opens the way for Allah will explode violently in full swing when encountering a decisive battle. Just like flying Hong Waterfall, so he, is by no means the real protagonist!)

(So, don’t worry, brother Odin, I will definitely make you the real protagonist of this era of civilization, just like the last era of civilization. I swear in the name of the third wise man among the descendants of my three-eyed tribe. I will definitely let you You become the real protagonist!)

Naturally, Pei Jiao and the others didn't know about these psychological words, although the commotion Gong Yeyu made just now was loud. But the walking process was extremely fast. When the purple thunder cloud melted the giant metal pillar, everyone's attention was focused on the large group of soul soldiers in front of them. In this short period of time, there were already more or less soldiers The soul soldiers and officers formed and split into twelve formations, large and small, surrounding everyone. These formations are different, there are hexagonal rune formations, and there are two formations. The formation of intersecting spiral circles has the formation of strange characters. The most peculiar thing is that a formation composed of purely soul officers actually presents the shape of a lotus flower, which looks so lifelike from a distance.

At this time, Xue Na also focused on the soul army in front of her. Seeing the twelve formations besieging everyone in the center, she was shocked and said: "No! How is it possible! How could your government's technology be so powerful? This combination formation. Retreat quickly. Brother Odin, get everyone to retreat quickly. Don’t be surrounded!" Before she finished speaking, Xue Na crushed a bright bead in her hand, and immediately there was a thin The light curtain wrapped her in it, and at the same time Xue Na threw it casually, and seven or eight flashing Ion Stones were suspended around her at the same time, circling her non-stop, but even so Xue Na Still looking cautious, she saw that she took out two metal wrenches from her bosom, one in a square shape. It is full of various rune patterns, and the other piece looks like a tortoise shell. Even the lines on it are the lines on the tortoise shell, but it looks more strange.

As soon as Xue Na took out the two metal plates, the twelve soul armies launched an attack. Strange to say, the twelve soul armies did not form an formation as before and rushed They stepped forward for a while, but they stood in the distance and burned their respective standard energies. The dark sinful aura floated between the twelve army formations, but they were connected as one in an instant. The twelve army formations, large and small, seemed to have turned into a black circle, enveloping everyone in it.

Seeing that everyone was just staring blankly at the twelve soul armies in front of her, Xue Na cried out bitterly: "Brother Odin, why don't you run away? Turning sin into magic fire to fight against the enemy, sin can also be called evil spirit, even if it is contaminated by a real demon rank, it will be very troublesome, and the power of the flame transformed by sin is even more powerful, it is specially targeted at the soul body as the target of attack, It is the natural nemesis of the soul body. It is called the Red Lotus Karma Fire, and this magic fire is the Red Lotus Karma Fire!".

As soon as the words fell, the sins in the formation formed by the twelve soul armies were fierce, and the dark aura rushed towards the people in the center like a cloud. , a hammer of Thor. A Victory Sword, Lavivat, attacked at the same time. The Thor's Hammer was thrown directly, turning into a large silver lightning explosion, while the Victory Sword, Lavivat, was slashed in the air, and a circle of pure white spirals appeared. Qi Jin followed closely behind the silver thunderbolt. Also broke into this piece of black sin together.

These two attacks were launched with the power of the Demon King, and the power was astonishingly huge. As soon as the dark sin net touched the silver-white electric current and the pure white spiral energy, it immediately disintegrated and melted like butter meeting fire, and a large circle of dark sin immediately vacated a large area, but the soul army that can provide sin in front of it is really There are too many, although they alone can not provide many sins, and Jun Bu is more cohesive than Pei Jiao! It can't be condensed, but there are thousands of soul soldiers in Bifengdong, hundreds of soul officers, this power plus the increase of the formation, there will be an endless stream. He actually blocked Pei Jiao's attack this time. A large number of dark sins surged up again.

Pei Jiao frowned, and the silver lightning appeared in his hand again, and began to condense again. Gradually, a long spear and a simple two-handed sword appeared in his hand. These are the condensed weapons he knows, and they are powerful. The two strongest weapons are the Spear of Destiny of Odin, the legendary Norse god of war, and the top sword-shaped artifact in Norse mythology, the Iron Sword.

But before he was allowed to attack again, traces of blood-red flames flashed from the dark sins around him. These flames seemed to be fueled by dark sins, but they only appeared one by one. But once it appeared, it immediately burned violently, as if the flame met gasoline. In an instant, the dark sins around everyone immediately turned into a sea of blood-red flames, surging towards everyone.

Pei Jiao frowned, and immediately planned to attack the weapon in her hand, but Xue Na screamed: "No! Brother Odin, you are not a holy soul, nor a demon soul. Your soul and body are not pure. Like one, there must be many impurities. These impurities are the fuel of the red lotus karma! Don’t attack, don’t, the moment you attack, the red lotus karma will burn directly to your soul body along the trajectory of your attack! Return back I will stop these red lotus karmic fires, just wait for Gong Yeyu to rescue us, he is a holy soul. He can clear up cause and effect, clear away sins, only he can restrain these red lotus karmas!"

Xue Na screamed anxiously, and threw out two metal plates, one side and one circle, and at the same time, her hands kept forming seals, and she kept spitting out various characters from her mouth.

"The sky is round and the place is round, and the stars are in the sky! The prehistoric world is boundless, nine heavens and nine earths! Stand up! Hetu Luoshu array!"

The two metal plates, one square and one circle, were thrown out. Lixuan released a fierce light, and the metal plate on that side instantly fell to the feet of everyone, turning into a piece with edges and corners, and even miniature veins. Rivers, plains, deserts" and other ultra-small landforms, and the round metal plate turned into a clear and clear blue miniature sky above everyone's heads. In an instant, everyone seemed to have come to a place. In a world that has shrunk billions of times.

The blood-red flames around everyone also spread over at this time, but this world seemed to have infinite power, no matter how the red flames burned, they still couldn't burn into this world, and Xue Na couldn't get into this world until now. Only after she breathed a sigh of relief, she sneered and said, "Fortunately, although the formation is the Red Lotus Formation of the Twelve Capitals, the people who use it are a large number of incomplete soul troops. The Hetu Luoshu was hastily produced using your technological materials, and it is nothing compared to the formally produced Hetu Luoshu."

This piece of red flame burned everyone for more than ten seconds, but it was still useless. Even though the turbulent flames broke through the barrier of the miniature land a few times, countless clear lights hung down from the clear and clear sky. Just a rush, the blood-red flames were scattered away, but they still couldn't hurt the inside. in the crowd.

After more than ten seconds, those soul soldiers and soul officers seemed to have received some new instructions. Just above this battlefield, he moved quickly. It turned out to be a temporary formation change on the battlefield, and it was thanks to the remaining red lotus karma that blocked the crowd. Otherwise, when the formation changed, Pei Jiao would attack with two weapons. , At least two or three hundred soul soldiers can be killed.

But even so, everyone didn't dare to move at all in this miniature world. When the red lotus fire burned over, although they didn't feel any temperature. He was not burned by the red lotus karma, but the palpitations that burst out from instinct. But let everyone deeply know that this red lotus fire is their nemesis, and it is not contaminated at all. It was a disaster beyond redemption.

"Hmph, the formation of the gods and gods of the Twelve Capitals? Can you make it out of your delusional thinking? This is the formation of the three ancestor formations together with the Liangyi Mochen formation and the Zhuxian Four Swords formation." Humph, I can't help it within our means. "Xue Na stared closely at the formation of this group of soul troops on the battlefield. After a while, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time said these words in a disdainful tone.

The map of the three great ancestors, this is after Odin rose up among the descendants of the three-eyed tribe, according to the many ancient materials of the three-eyed tribe preserved by the descendants of the three-eyed tribe, and based on the Luna script invented by himself, and through a kind of The calculation method called Fuxi Bagua restores the three strongest final formations, but the legendary ancestor formation is too strong, and the Liangyi mote formation can evolve into a thousand worlds within a square inch, in other words. It is to open up the foundation of a world, and become the god of creation.

Zhuxian Four Swords Array is a metaphor for the four elements of earth, wind, water, and fire when the universe was opened. It is the ultimate killing array that gathers the four elements of matter, time, space, and energy. It is also the foundation of Yulei's world development. formation.

As for the Great Formation of the Twelve Capitals, although it is based on sins, that is, evil spirits, as the means of attack. But it can condense sins into demon souls, condense the energy of twelve teams into one point, and continuously sublimate and upgrade the demon souls, until finally creating the formation of the legendary god of creation, or condensing the power of Yulei At the time of opening up, the process of the particles with infinite mass and energy is also one of the formations of the ancestors who created the world and returned to the source. .

These three ancestor formations are all formations developed for the purpose of fighting against "Original Sin". Once they are truly deployed and can completely control their formations, it is equivalent to having the ability to open up the world. The ability to open up a world, so even if the civilization of the descendants of the three-eyed tribe was completely annihilated, the three ancestors had not really been completed, and it could even be said to be just a concept.

Seeing that this group of incomplete soul troops in front of him actually wanted to put on such a formation, and after they used the red lotus formation of the Twelve Capitals beyond their control, Xue Na immediately laughed. It may be possible for the human government to arrive. Second, even if the ancestor formation is really completed by unknown powers, it is impossible for the group of soul troops in front of us to deploy it. It's all over, and this group of soul troops has really been deployed. Based on their energy and bodies that have been consumed so far, the only result can only be self-explosion. There is absolutely no doubt about that...

"Wait, wait, self-explosion? Or self-explosion when using the Twelve Capitals of Gods? Not good! Brother Odin. We are in danger!"

Xue Na suddenly seemed to think of something, she screamed, took out a series of golden energy beads in her hand and crushed them fiercely, at the same time pointing to the sky with one hand and pointing to the ground with the other, she kept chanting countless small runes that were visible to the flesh, Immediately, the azure blue miniature sky became clearer, clearer and clearer, and purer and purer, while the miniature land trembled slightly, unexpectedly began to slowly become larger and thicker, and the colors continued to increase, Fang Fo Gradually change from rocks and mud to black and boiled gold*

Sure enough, at this moment, the group of soul soldiers and soul officers surrounding everyone exploded violently one by one. This is not an explosion when killed, but a pure self-destruction from the inside out, standard energy, self-obsession, and infinite sins explode at the same time, the power is unimaginable, and this is not the key. The most important thing is that these soul armies are laying down the Twelve Capitals Gods and Gods Array before they blew themselves up. Although the array didn't show any power, the array bound the power of the soul army's self-explosion together, that is to say, it was achieved in a disguised form. The special attribute of "cohesion" of the rank of the devil king.

From the outside, although the explosion in this mid-air was violent, it didn't spread very far. The power is far inferior to those high-explosive assembly bombs, or cloud bombs, nuclear weapons and so on. But only those who really understand know that the power of this explosion is so great that it far surpasses all nuclear weapons, and it is an attack and explosion aimed at souls. Peel off!

When the explosion and turbulence struck, the miniature world suddenly trembled violently. The sky was moving and the ground was trembling. The sky was cracked like glass, and the ground was filled with lava gushes like the end of the world. It's just a second or two of exposure to explosive waves. The Hetu Luoshu Formation set up by Xue Na is about to collapse, and she herself is even paler, already supporting it with all her strength.

Pei Jiao looked at Xue Na's little white face, and he was really ashamed in his heart, he was supposed to protect this little girl, but who knew that it was Xue Na who helped him the most along the way, especially at this moment. Desperate to protect him" In fact, although Xue Na kept calling his brother, the word Odin really upset him. He is not some kind of Odin, he is just Pei Jiao! Even if Odin had How amazing, he is the main god of war in the Norse mythology, or the most powerful genius of the generation of the three-eyed tribe, but he is Pei Jiao himself! He is not a substitute for anyone.

So although she really cares for Xue Na. But I always feel that there is a little bit of alienation, or an instinctive resistance to the previous life, and all kinds of psychology are really hard to describe in words, until this moment, watching Xue Na launch the Hetu Luoshu Formation. He felt an unspeakable palpitation and emotion in his heart, as well as so much warmth,

"Damn it, the Chinese government is really more ruthless than the French government. So many soul troops have been thrown to us. Well, since you have thrown them out, then I will go with them!"

Pei Jiao looked up at the sky, and the three main battleships opened their guns wide open on the bridge, and the three extremely intense rays of light were accumulating energy. Once the world is broken, the three energy cannons will shoot over. , everyone gathered in a pile, these three artillery strikes, it is impossible to say that there will be casualties, and Xue Na really can't support it anymore,

"Xue Na, leave the rest to me. Damn it. If the tiger doesn't show his power, you think I'm Pei Jiao, so you're easy to provoke?"

Pei Jiao roared wildly, and silver lightning surged out of his body, and when they concentrated on him, his whole body swelled up at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into a body more than ten meters tall, covered in silver and white lightning. The bearded middle-aged man, with tangled muscles, really seemed to be a god or hero who came out of the legend and myth.

"Let you see what it means to take your life for three thousand!"

Pei Jiao also went crazy, the people here are either his friends, or his comrades-in-arms, and even Xue Na, whom he has already regarded as a relative, everyone is so important to him. It really can't be tolerated, since the other party has already given up the soul army, so why not give it a try

At this time of throwing one's life away and putting one's eggs in one basket. Pei Jiao's whole body, mind, and soul were concentrated, and in a daze, he seemed to have touched the deepest part of the soul consciousness. As if," seemed to have touched the passionate but extremely lonely consciousness of the previous life. The vast and boundless sea of consciousness,

Only, the blood of steel, the scorching heart, "Create a thousand blades with your hands, go through hundreds of battles, without a single defeat. Without a single confidant, so this life has no meaning

Pei Jiao read out the words that were cut from the memory of his previous life, as if he was dreaming or waking up. He read these words naturally. Then, with him as the center, more than a dozen various weapons and utensils loomed in the surroundings. After finishing his words, these weapons disappeared. The utensils seem more and more materialized. Pei Jiao, who had turned into a huge bearded man, stretched out his hand, and out of the dozen or so weapons, a spear full of silver lightning flew out. Xue Na spat out a big mouthful of blood from her mouth. The whole person immediately fell backwards, thanks to Yu Zhuangchen behind her who hugged her in time, and at the same time, the terrifying explosion waves from all around came directly, the power was greater than that of nuclear bombs, and they hadn't hit yet. It made everyone feel a sense of suffocation and oppression. Not only that, but the three main battleships in the sky also fired their main guns at the same time, aiming at everyone. .

"Then, Infinite Warfare!"

Pei Jiao was neither sad nor happy. With a low growl, the long spear in his hand had been thrown out. The target was one of the main battleships. This long spear was like a bolt of lightning piercing the night. Once the net was thrown, it appeared above his head. In front of the three main cannon pillars, it shot through, and the power of this long spear directly offset the three main cannons.

Then, Pei Jiao was all over. People seemed to disappear." No, it's not that he disappeared, but his speed was so fast that everyone saw more than a dozen of him in an instant, and each of them held a weapon or utensil A dozen of them actually violated the rules of physics and rushed out in all directions of the crowd.

"No! It's not speed, it's not speed. Although Xue Na has already collapsed with all her strength, the person who played this Xuan is the person closest to her heart, so she tries to open her eyes wide to see Pei Jiao's movements. When she sees Pei Jiao When she transformed into more than ten people, her eyes showed a burst of ecstasy, and she just muttered.

(This, this is something higher than speed and combat skills, this is the essence of the soul,)

When Xue Na saw this, she finally couldn't hold on any longer. Her eyes slowly closed and she fell into a coma.

Just when Xue Na was completely unconscious, a group of purple thunderclouds enveloped the three main battleships from top to bottom. Controlled, rushed into the violent explosion fluctuations around,

The battle is coming to an end...

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