God-Tier Extraction Talent: Reincarnated in a Game-like World! Chapter 623: One Woman Holding Back an Army [1]

"In that case then there’s nothing left to talk about."

After Scarlet’s calm voice fell, the entire battlefield seemed to fall completely silent for a single instant. Only the deafening rumble of steel from the enormous mechanical legion continuing its advance still echoed between heaven and earth.

Countless heavy tracks crushed the already fractured ground beneath them as dense ranks of war machines gradually emerged from the endless smoke, while every cannon barrel that had already completed its charging sequence rose above the foremost defensive formation, locking firmly onto the slender figure standing alone at the centre of the battlefield.

"Fire!!"

Along with the near-hysterical roar of an Edgeburn officer, hundreds of heavy magic cannons erupted with dazzling dark crimson light almost simultaneously. Beams of energy powerful enough to pierce city walls tore through the air from every direction, carrying a scalp-numbing aura of destruction as they crashed toward Scarlet’s position like a world-engulfing storm.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM—!!

The endless bombardment instantly swallowed the entire battlefield.

The earth shook violently.

Scorching flames and thick smoke from the explosions billowed rapidly into the sky, completely engulfing Scarlet’s figure. Even the walls of New Dawn Camp, far away from the battlefield, trembled beneath the tremendous shockwave. Countless players instinctively raised their arms to shield themselves, and the hope that had just appeared on their faces was once again replaced by anxiety.

"Vice President Scarlet..."

"She’ll be alright... won’t she?"

"That’s an attack from the entire legion!"

"How could anything happen to her?! She split an entire mountain apart with a casual swing just now!"

Although someone immediately spoke up in rebuttal, faced with the overwhelming bombardment that seemed to devour the entire world, very few people could truly remain calm.

After all, what they were facing was not a handful of ordinary war machines. It was an entire legion that had not even hesitated to deploy a nuclear weapon simply to destroy New Dawn Camp.

However, just as everyone stared fixedly at the endlessly churning smoke...

A faint sword hum suddenly rang out from the very centre of the explosions.

Zheng—

The instant that crisp sword cry echoed across the battlefield, the flames that had been spreading wildly seemed to encounter an irresistible force. They were forcibly torn apart from the very centre, leaving behind a perfectly straight fissure.

Immediately afterward, a seemingly slender silver-white sword light flashed through it.

FWOOOSH!

That silver sword light resembled nothing more than an ordinary thread, silently weaving its way through the foremost ranks of war machines before continuing deeper into the mechanical legion. It stretched onward until it had crossed nearly the entire battlefield before finally disappearing beyond the distant horizon.

The entire mechanical legion continued advancing.

The Edgeburn soldiers hiding behind their armour had not even had time to realise what had happened before they suddenly heard an extremely faint metallic cracking sound beside them.

Crack.

The next instant, that single sound became a signal.

Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack—!!

Beginning from the very front of the mechanical legion, smooth silver cracks simultaneously appeared across the surfaces of one enormous war machine after another. Then, the thick armour forged from special alloys—armour capable of withstanding direct attacks from high-ranking awakened ones—slowly shifted apart along those flawless fractures before splitting neatly into two perfect halves.

BOOM—!!

The first war machine exploded, followed by the second, the third, the tenth.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM—!!

The endless explosions spread like a blazing dragon of fire, racing from the front of the mechanical legion all the way into the deepest parts of its formation. Towering pillars of flame erupted one after another as countless metal fragments and shattered components were hurled high into the sky by the explosions.

Meanwhile, the war machines that had been advancing with overwhelming momentum only moments earlier were reduced to burning ruins in the span of a few seconds.

Within the endless smoke, Scarlet slowly walked out.

The black form-fitting combat armour covering her body was as immaculate as before. Not even a speck of dust stained its surface. Her smooth raven hair fluttered gently in the raging wind, while the silver longsword hanging quietly at her side remained spotless.

There was neither blood nor dust upon its razor-sharp blade. As though the strike that had destroyed over a hundred war machines had not even counted as a real attack in her eyes.

Seeing this overwhelming sight, cheers even louder than before exploded from atop the city walls.

"Too powerful!!"

"One sword!"

"She only used one sword!!"

"So this is the Adventurers’ Guild Vice President?!"

"The Edgeburn Legion can’t stop her at all!"

Countless players flushed red with excitement.

Even the ordinary civilians who had only just regrouped after fleeing deeper into the camp could not stop themselves from erupting into cheers.

Because at this moment, the mechanical legion that had pressed down upon everyone like an unstoppable tide of steel only moments ago now appeared as fragile as a pile of scrap metal before Scarlet.

However, in complete contrast to New Dawn Camp, the Edgeburn army had fallen into suffocating silence.

Every surviving soldier stared blankly at the sea of burning mechanical wreckage ahead. The hands gripping their weapons trembled uncontrollably, while many of the pilots who had still been operating their war machines moments earlier had unconsciously stopped moving altogether.

They simply could not understand.

Why were the war machines they had always been so proud of so utterly powerless before that woman?

This was no battle. It was an outright massacre.

"Continue the attack!!"

Just as the morale of the entire legion was on the verge of collapsing completely, Everest’s cold yet frenzied voice echoed across the battlefield once more.

"Spread out all long-range units! Heavy assault units, encircle her from both flanks!"

"Don’t give her another chance to swing that sword! Anyone who retreats will be executed under military law!!"

The moment that order was issued, the faces of numerous officers instantly turned pale.

They all knew perfectly well.

The so-called order not to give Scarlet another chance to swing her sword was merely an excuse to force every soldier to continue marching toward certain death.

But even knowing that, none of them dared openly defy Everest.

They could only grit their teeth and command the remaining forces to reform their battle formation.

Rumble—

Large numbers of war machines rapidly dispersed toward both flanks.

Thousands of Edgeburn soldiers surged out from behind the mechanical battle line. Some carried chain launchers capable of restricting a target’s movement, while others raised massive rune-covered shields, attempting to use overwhelming numbers and coordinated troop formations to trap Scarlet completely in the centre of the battlefield.

Far above them, dozens of floating aerial war machines rapidly climbed higher into the sky.

Rows of densely packed cannon ports simultaneously opened beneath their hulls as black artillery shells radiating dangerous auras slowly began loading into place.