Being an otaku in the world of American comics

#566 - Chopping melons and vegetables

"How are we going to do this? Just use the electromagnetic cannon to sweep them away?"

"That would be efficient, but it wouldn't be very meaningful."

"Isn't the point to eliminate the enemy? You don't want to take a knife and chop them all up one by one, do you? ...You're not actually thinking that, are you?"

"...Didn't we get a soul cultivation technique from Nesta before? Combined with the Isshin-ryu techniques, that's a pretty good combination. It can effectively kill enemies and be used to train and strengthen our own souls. It's been a long time since we got that technique. We can't just keep it on the shelf, can we?"

"We've practiced in the instance dungeons."

"But there's still a difference between the instance dungeons and the real world."

"Hmm... I guess you're right. It just feels a bit cruel."

"You don't think it's cruel to sweep them away with an electromagnetic cannon?"

"Alright then."

"If you want my opinion, when I was with Liang Yue in the Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre world, we killed a lot of Mongol cavalry on the battlefield."

"If you ask me, just treat them like monsters in the instance dungeons."

...

Several hundred meters above the ground, protected by an electromagnetic shield and invisibility, the group was arguing about how to deal with the 20,000-plus ragtag army below.

Clearly, this army sent over by the United Coalition of Russia was not an elite force.

But they were still capable fighters. After all, even though the guns they carried were of various makes, they weren't fake, and they had plenty of ammunition.

In addition to the ordinary bears who were obviously conscripted, there was also a group that looked like soldiers, with disciplined behavior and style.

Therefore, Liang Yue had a good idea of what the United Coalition was planning and thinking.

They just wanted to use the opportunity to retake the Far East territories to train their newly mobilized troops.

They were using the traditional strategy of training the new with the old and supporting the war with war.

In Liang Yue's eyes, this situation only indicated one thing: the United Coalition of Russia didn't really care that China had crossed the border.

In their minds, they still saw China as the weak, incompetent, and decrepit Eastern nation.

Of course, that was true...

Comparing the China of the Republican era with the world powers was pointless.

However, being ignorant of Liang Yue and the others exposed the fact that their intelligence agencies and information sources were still lagging behind.

This also showed that at least the Russian embassy in China hadn't sided with that regime.

And the Tsar was probably using this advantage, however long it might last, to contain some of the rebellious forces within the country.

It was foreseeable that this ragtag army wouldn't be the only force the United Coalition sent.

As long as Liang Yue and the others could successfully eliminate these bears, whether for domestic interests or to maintain their international image, they would definitely send more troops.

And each time, they would be more elite.

...

"Heh~ Have you decided? How are you going to deal with them?"

...

Soon after the brief exchange, Saeko and Yuriko and others eagerly descended towards the ground, removed their flight boots, and exchanged their firearms for long swords and twin blades.

Then, with an imposing aura and hidden by invisibility, they charged towards the oblivious and chaotic bear army.

However, they were not the first to rush into the enemy ranks. Xiao Jingang was!

"Roar~!!!"

Accompanied by a hearty roar, a palm-sized monkey suddenly descended from the sky and rapidly expanded at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Eventually, it transformed into a twenty-meter-tall ape, its body bulging with muscles, its mouth bared with fangs, and its two ferocious claws extended.

With the force of a thousand tons, like a falling meteor, it crashed heavily into the crowded area below!

"Boom~!!!"

Accompanied by a sudden surge of dust and stone waves, within a hundred meters radius of Xiao Jingang, the earth and stones disintegrated, and the shockwave rolled away.

Even the Siberian permafrost, which had become incredibly hard due to years of cold erosion, was directly cracked with deep fissures that continued to spread around.

And Xiao Jingang, as the instigator, directly transformed into an eerie and elusive gray shadow, wrapped in a fierce body, constantly wandering in the rising mist.

Under the cover of the dust, outsiders only saw streaks of bright cold light flashing, and in just a few breaths, the mottled light, as fast as lightning, densely covered the entire haze.

Along with the scattered wind, the air faintly carried a strong bloody smell.

"Roar~ Roar~ Roar..."

Short and wild growls mixed within, instantly chilling the hearts of the ignorant and bewildered Russians, and a creepy feeling arose in everyone.

Then, on the outer edge of the crowd, five more streaks of bright white light suddenly appeared.

Some were like flashing arcs, blooming and sweeping through the chaotic army, wide open and closed, while others were like colorful flower buds, fleeting and beautiful, but exceptionally deadly!

Each dazzling flash took away at least five or six strong Russians from the crowd along the way.

Imperceptibly, an atmosphere of misery and terror began to spread around!

This was the power of the Isshin-ryu techniques, which not only targeted the target's physical body and vital points, but also directly caused damage to the enemy's soul while wielding the sword.

And it subtly created mental suppression on some of those affected!

In this situation, as long as they were not unusually strong or had exceptionally tenacious vitality, they could almost always gain an advantage and most likely kill with one strike!

For example, these bears in front of them~

Each of them looked tall and sturdy, grew up in the bitterly cold northern land, and their personalities were also exceptionally fierce, often engaging in fights at the slightest disagreement.

But when they faced this deadly offensive, they still had no resistance. Anyone covered by the bright arc of light could not escape the fate of being beheaded and having their souls destroyed on the spot!

In this way, in just over an hour, the entire army of more than 20,000 ragtag bears below was slaughtered like cutting melons and vegetables, eventually leaving only a pile of broken limbs.

Fresh blood stained the earth, and the stinking bloody smell and a large amount of scattered soul power mixed together, permeating the entire air.

During this time, Liang Yue did not participate in the slaughter below, but hovered in the sky, responsible for helping them fill in the gaps.

In order to cooperate with the Tsar's battle plan and prevent their intelligence from being leaked, he ordered the AI Xiao Wu to block the signals below from the beginning.

Liang Yue himself directly knocked out the radio and communication lines below with his gun in the air.

After the battle below ended, he used an earth wave technique to cover the devastated battlefield below, along with the entire town, under dozens of meters of permafrost.

In place, except for the different color of the soil, as if it had just been cultivated, no traces of the battle were left.