Chapter 77

"Intelligence on the Silver Leaf Corps is needed." Zhang Lao stared at the recording, watching the figures who had not managed to board the medium mechs and were fighting purely on instinct fall one by one, his tone icy cold. More than a minute later, some mana warriors barely managed to put on human-shaped mechs, gaining a bit of protection.

However, in front of the Reaper forces that had been prepared early, they wouldn't last long.

Countless flying insects disrupted the anti-aircraft guns, and countless insectoid soldiers charged at the city walls. These mana warriors were all surrounded by the Reapers. Even with the勉强穿起人型机甲，对敌人了解不足的情况下，他们也节节败退，直至被暗潜的收割者袭杀。

"Find all the information immediately, hurry up." Zhang Lao grew angrier the more he watched, his heart bleeding: these talents were the seeds of the future for the Azure Star Alliance.

If it's the Silver Leaf Corps...

Zhang Lao roared, and a staff officer stood up, his face rather peculiar, saying, "There's no need to search, Elder Zhang. I believe any staff officer here knows about the Silver Leaf Corps. We've been hearing about them since ten days ago."

"What!" The generals were puzzled.

"The group of 'rebels' who bloodbathed the Blue Sea is the Silver Leaf Corps." The staff officer smiled bitterly, as if this title pushed the Silver Leaf Corps closer to being 'traitors.'

Upon hearing this, Zhang Lao calmed down: "You, explain in detail."

The staff officer saluted: "Yes, Elder Zhang. The Silver Leaf Corps has six members. The first is Captain Silver Bell, the sister of General Blue Sea Golden Bell, one of the five 'Fires' of Azure. The second member is Ye Binghua, the famous Ice Cannon on the mana network, one of the top ten snipers, Snowy Night Man. Then there's Li Wenfu, one of the eighty-eight noble families of the Blue Sea, and the initiator of the later massacre of the entire first-class merit citizen class. I believe he will be the new leader of the Blue Sea in the future. Lu Sheng, a lucky civilian, a top student with considerable strategy. Li Yinzhu, Li Wenfu's sister, an earth-type mutant, with very little information. The last one is Du Nan, who was exiled to Iron Shavings Star and just escaped back. He is also the main character of the Blue Sea Blood Feast and is still a civilian."

Upon hearing this, everyone had a sense of clarity.

This group of people were extremely 'unruly' characters. Except for Lu Sheng, they were all monsters in terms of strength or personality. When they heard about Iron Shavings Star, everyone thought: if the Silver Leaf Corps has a problem, Du Nan will be the primary suspect.

"What exactly happened in the Blue Sea bloodbath?" Zhang Lao asked.

"Still not confirmed, but it's believed to be related to the Red Dragon invasion. According to unverified information, Li Wenfu killed most of the noble families because they betrayed the Blue Sea and even killed important generals like Qin Zhong a hundred years ago. He gained the support of the local revolutionary army and the care of a guardian-level figure. Personally... just my personal opinion, I have no doubt about this, because the Blue Sea and the Red Dragon together are indeed enough to form a major federation." The staff officer had a favorable view of Li Wenfu's actions.

"Is there a problem with this Du Nan?" Someone else asked at this point.

"Unclear. During his time on Iron Shavings Star, we had no information about his activities." The staff officer said.

"This is definitely not normal." Someone spoke up.

"Yes, an inactive person, how could they get resources to escape from Iron Shavings Star? There must be a problem." Someone agreed.

"The mana warriors are counterattacking!" At this moment, a loud shout drew everyone's attention.

In dozens of video feeds,

Finally, they saw someone board a medium mech, wield a sword, and fly up to the wall to meet the enemy.

"Rash, courting death." Zhang Lao and the generals' eyes turned cold, and they hummed slightly. In the next second, dozens of energy beams shot out, piercing the medium mech's body. The mana warrior jumped out in time, but in mid-air, a scythe-claw Reaper cut him in half.

The recording continued.

The mana warriors, regaining their composure, displayed formidable combat power.

Compared to the mech soldiers who were slaughtered like lambs, they had already performed quite well in an emergency. Unfortunately, the Reapers were much stronger. Before they could familiarize themselves with their opponents, they lost the chance to fight again. This was a battlefield, not the mana network; there was no infinite resurrection here.

In less than five minutes, the visible mana warriors were down to fewer than twenty.

Out of more than three hundred, less than ten percent remained.

After another four minutes, the last mana warrior finally fell.

"Twenty-six." A staff officer, with eyes that could see everything, calculated the result: "Two hundred and ninety-four people, hastily engaging in battle, killed a total of twenty-six Reapers. Three of them killed two each, and one killed three. If they had time to adapt, they might have taken out about two hundred. If they were familiar with the Reapers' tactics, they might have achieved a one-to-one ratio, with a few taking out three or four."

"Hmm, that's about it." Zhang Lao nodded.

Compared to hundreds of mech soldiers taking out one, the mana warriors were already 'overpowered.'

But...

"This is not enough. The Reapers' production speed is much faster than that of mana warriors. Our method of having mech forces cooperate with mana warriors still needs improvement, otherwise, it will be another Iron Wall disaster. In a crisis, they did their best. Compared to those 'battle soldiers,' they are already 'battle generals.' This level of combat power is still not enough." An old general sighed.

Battle soldiers, battle generals.

Everyone watched the mech corps being slaughtered one-sidedly, their eyes slightly red.

In their hearts, they all thought:

Even battle generals are not enough against these Reapers.

What else...

What else could be done to improve...

"The Silver Leaf Corps has returned. They, they, are they crazy? They jumped directly from the starship into the Reaper's encirclement." A female staff officer screamed, watching this suicidal behavior. One-on-one, they couldn't even win. Didn't they receive any warnings on their way back? Didn't they see the actual battlefield?

The generals' eyes turned cold: Silver Leaf Corps, are you defecting?

No!

Absolutely not!

In the next second, the camera showed the six members of the Silver Leaf Corps. Before they landed, six Reapers had already rushed to meet them, delivering precise and fatal blows.

The generals' eyes twitched.

Another second.

The six Reapers suddenly exploded, and the six people landed safely.

"Replay, replay, what's going on?" Zhang Lao shouted, and the staff quickly replayed the footage. Now that the battle at Iron Wall Fortress was over, there was no need for these tactical experts to urgently deploy. Carefully analyzing every detail was what they needed to do.

Dozens of cameras replayed the footage.

Finally.

The Silver Leaf Corps descended, and the six Reapers rushed to meet them... The six people took no action, rushing straight into the explosion of flesh, landing on the ground.

"Replay again."

The camera replayed, and the situation was the same.

The six people took no counteraction. The Reapers seemed to have timed bombs, exploding into pieces the moment they attacked.

The camera stopped.

The middle frame was of a long-legged woman landing, the moment her body started to disappear.

This was not a Reaper's kill; she was truly disappearing. It was as if a colored portrait of a beautiful woman was slowly losing its lower half. As she landed, her body began to 'fade' from the world.

"They are not using invisible mechs; they have no mechs on them." A staff officer determined this after just a few seconds of footage.

"Replay, focus the large camera on the tallest young man, slow it down ten times." Zhang Lao said sternly.

The camera replayed in slow motion.

Finally.

During the six people's landing, the tall young man was seen making a waving gesture.

The six faces of the Silver Leaf Corps were expressionless, as if they hadn't seen the six Reapers. It seemed, and was definitely the case, that they didn't need to act themselves.

"Who is he?" Zhang Lao asked sharply.

"Although he is wearing a mask, it must be Du Nan. The fat one is Li Wenfu, the one with glasses is Lu Sheng. The long-legged one is Li Yinzhu, the one in red is Silver Bell, and the half-transparent-skinned masked girl holding a long spear-type sniper rifle must be Ye Binghua." The staff officers were familiar with the six people.

"Du Nan killed the six Reapers, the method is unclear, continue." Zhang Lao ignored the others' confusion and ordered the staff to continue playing.

Next.

The moment Li Yinzhu landed, another "Stop!"

"Replay, focus on Li Yinzhu, slow it down fifty times." Zhang Lao ordered again.

The camera replayed.

Li Yinzhu landed slowly... the moment her feet touched the ground, she began to fade into a colorless state from her feet. It was as if a 'transparent' film was spreading from her feet, eventually enveloping her entire body in a transparent world.

"Residual image effect." A general's eyes lit up, praising: "This ghostly step, without a mech, even I can't do it."

Everyone was speechless.

In the footage, Li Wenfu landed like a cannonball, shaking the dust and smoke.

Just as everyone was wondering about this 'useless' brute, the explosion under Li Wenfu's feet did not spread but concentrated into a long trench, extending to the feet of a four-legged spider-like Reaper. The powerful shockwave left the spider Reaper without a foothold, and Li Wenfu shot out like a cannonball, swinging a large shield and smashing the spider Reaper's body in one hit.

Such a powerful 'shield strike' sent chills down everyone's spines. For the Silver Leaf Corps, was a shield also a weapon?

"Replay, focus on the dust under the fat man's feet." Zhang Lao ordered again.

The staff quickly complied.

In the footage, the smoke cleared, and Lu Sheng landed as light as a feather, disappearing into the dust. In less than a second, six small flying swords shot out, piercing the gaps in a heavily armored Reaper's armor. Two crescent blades flew in and decapitated the Reaper in the moment of its shock.

The camera continued.

The red-clothed girl, Silver Bell, who had not yet landed, suddenly swung a whip, entangling a Reaper's head. Her figure darted forward, and before the Reaper could counterattack, her giant sword was faster. With just enough force to kill the Reaper in one hit, she then used the recoil to spin and land next to another scythe-claw Reaper. The scythe-claw Reaper, miscalculating Silver Bell's strength, swung a claw to counterattack.

At that moment, Silver Bell used brute force to cut the scythe-claw Reaper in half.

"Good calculation." The generals, seeing Silver Bell's feint and the scythe-claw Reaper's overconfidence, couldn't help but admire her.

Knowing how to use strategy on first contact with the enemy.

Such a person... in terms of courage and mindset, was already at the level of a 'battlefield veteran.'

Boom! Boom!

Two shots rang out in the air, and two slow-moving heavily armored Reapers were killed.

At this moment, three long-legged Reapers pounced on Ye Binghua, trying to kill this 'super sniper' before she landed. As everyone outside the camera was worried, Ye Binghua's long spear moved in a strange dance, and as she landed, the heads and claws of the three long-legged Reapers were already flying.

One against three.

The enemy had no chance to react, let alone counterattack.

"Fast, precise. One hit, one kill, and not a bit of wasted effort. This girl..." Zhang Lao sighed, feeling a bit uneasy himself.

In mid-air, Du Nan had already been 'knocked away.'

A four-winged Reaper swung a claw, hitting Du Nan away. Another long-legged Reaper took over, knocking him away again. Finally, a hammer-limbed heavy Reaper delivered the final blow, smashing Du Nan's 'corpse' onto the head of a multi-legged spider Reaper.

Then...

When everyone thought Du Nan was either dead or half-dead, the four-winged, long-legged, and hammer-legged Reapers suddenly exploded. The spider Reaper, about to slice Du Nan, was also shattered by a wave of Du Nan's hand. Du Nan then landed slowly, without a drop of blood or even a speck of dust on him.

"He was carrying one hand, fighting with just one hand." Zhang Lao was slightly sweating.

The Silver Leaf Corps returned.

More than ten Reapers were killed instantly, and both sides of the Iron Wall Fortress fell into silence.

The generals' backs were drenched in cold sweat. At this moment, they vaguely felt: if the mech soldiers on the battlefield were battle soldiers, and the mana warriors who died in fierce combat were battle generals, then these six people of the Silver Leaf Corps... were simply a group of battle gods.