I clutched the box in my arms, afraid to let go, my eyes squinting, too scared to wipe them, not even sure which of them was carrying me.
Above us, explosions continued, and the ground felt like it was about to give way, concrete dust raining down. I wondered if the drones were equipped with earth-penetrating bombs.
They probably weren't.
About a minute later, the bombing stopped. The surroundings went black, and I had no idea what was happening.
I didn't have the demon cores of those two great demons, so I lacked night vision. I could only feel around, and my hand touched someone's face. They flinched, but they were alive.
"Is everyone here?" I asked.
Five people responded one by one, all unharmed. This meant our space hadn't collapsed.
"How did you know there would be bombing?" Bai Qingcheng asked, confused.
Though I couldn't see, I could still think clearly. "Not only did I know there would be bombing, but I also guessed they would come to finish us off afterward. Yao Yao, notify everyone to crawl out of the rubble immediately and prepare for battle!"
First aerial bombardment, then ground mop-up. That was a perfectly normal tactic.
"What about you?" it seemed like Da Ji asked me, her voice right by my ear. So, she was the one carrying me earlier.
"I can't fight anyway, you guys just go out. I don't know how many snipers are left, so take as many as you can. Don't worry about the distance, if you can take them down, try your best to eliminate them!" I said fiercely. This was a life-or-death battle. If we could annihilate the elite forces of the Mohe Group, perhaps we wouldn't need to engage in any more chess battles.
The women started to disperse, looking for places to climb up. I didn't dare to move around carelessly. I just unbuttoned my shirt, secured the box on my body, and tried to use the Qi Sensing Technique again, but it was no use. The surroundings were completely encased in concrete, limiting my vision.
With a clang, someone pushed aside a heavy object. A gust of fresh, cool air, tinged with the scent of explosions, rushed into my nostrils.
"We dug through," Diana's voice said.
I crawled towards the sound and gradually began to see light. By the time I emerged from the rubble, the dust hadn't fully settled. But I could vaguely see that the entire station had been destroyed, reduced to something like the Palace of Versailles's Water Features, with only a few pillars standing in the darkness.
A rustling sound came from all around, the footsteps of many people moving in the same direction. Yao Yao must have spotted the enemy's tracks and was directing everyone to an ambush.
This time, it was a real ambush!
I rubbed my eyes and followed a sniper, walking about a hundred meters away. I activated the Qi Sensing Technique and found everyone nearby. Perhaps afraid of further bombings, they were scattered but stayed within the station's ruins.
Extending my Qi Sensing Technique, I detected a large group of experts at the Purple Qi level or above rapidly approaching from five kilometers away. Their auras overlapped, making them countless, around fifty individuals, a mix of humans and demons. They weren't coming from the ground but from low altitude, moving very fast. They were likely also on drones.
Indeed, soon after, I heard the buzzing sound of a swarm of flies from that direction.
"Should we attack?" Yao Yao asked me.
They were still a thousand meters from our ruined position. At this distance, we could hit them, but with the snipers' accuracy, it would be tough.
"Tell all the snipers to aim one meter below the red dot," I whispered. "Wait for my command before firing."
"Okay."
Yao Yao relayed the command to the guardians of each team, who then passed it on to the snipers in their groups via voice.
When the drone swarm was about three hundred meters away from us, and the large dark shapes in the sky were visible, I finally gave the order: "Fire!"
Bullets don't care how high your martial arts are or how strong your demonic energy is. Both humans and demons fear bullets.
The effect of so many sniper rifles firing simultaneously was like that of a Gatling gun, hitting many enemies instantly.
However, because the enemy's formation was tight and "narrow," the bullets could only hit the unlucky ones in the front row. And since they were shooting at people, not drones, their bodies became shields for those behind them.
But it didn't matter. Our formation was scattered. Once the enemy got a bit closer, they would fall into our crossfire.
"Keep firing! Don't stop!" I shouted. Before they could land, we had to take down at least half of them!
The effect was acceptable. The concentrated attack forced the enemy to land and seek cover at a distance of one hundred meters from us.