Chapter 117 - Diversion Attack

'The support team that Wolf King sent should have arrived by now.' Uriel thought to himself as he fired his energy sniper rifle. 

"Men, hold your ground! Reinforcements are coming to help us!" He shouted fiercely.

Under the intense training led by Atlas and Brogen, Uriel and the tower's soldiers were strengthened significantly. Their growth rate increased exponentially after they had used the Virtual Training World. Uriel was already at the initial stage of Emperor-Class level while most of his soldiers were above the C-Class level in strength.

In the virtual world, they had faced countless life and death situations. And the battle in front of them was more or less the same in terms of difficulty. With their experience, they appeared calmer than the Chinese soldiers, and their actions were more skillful. 

"Brothers, move towards the direction of our friends from overseas!" Commander Sun Jimeng was a Major in the Chinese Army, so he had a bit of reputation. After hearing his words, the Chinese soldiers unhesitatingly scrambled towards Uriel and his men while carrying their injured comrades.

The local soldiers were able to retreat successfully. They then regrouped and sent their injured comrades towards a much safer location.

"This is Eagle One. Major Sun, do you copy?"

Commander Sun Jimeng took his radio and answered. "Sir, yes sir!" 

The radio produced a brief static sound before someone replied.

"Evacuate the area, we will drop the bombs in less than a minute."

Sun Jimeng's face fell and answered hastily.

"Roger tango, over and out." 

He then turned towards his men and shouted in a loud voice.

"The aerial force will release the bombs in less than a minute. Retreat!"

Nangong Lei hurriedly told Uriel about the message. The latter cursed under his breath and glanced at some of the local soldiers who were still within the bombing spot with pity. He gritted his teeth before he ordered his men to retreat.

After a minute, China's bomber planes dropped incendiary bombs towards the hiding spots of the demi-humans. The materials used to make incendiary bombs were very destructive. The buildings were engulfed by a sea of fire in less than a few seconds and the hiding demi-humans were incinerated by the flames, leaving an intact bionic armor and charred bodies.

The fighter drones aimed their energy guns on the bomber planes who were causing more casualties. 

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Meanwhile, a few other countries were also attacked by the demi-humans. And with everyone's focus being in China, they failed to see that some other countries were also being attacked by the demi-humans. There were even low-grade fighter robots appearing and huge crescent-shaped jets were also seen bombarding laser shots unscrupulously.

The attack on China was merely a diversion and the demi-humans' goal was to attack the countries with the weakest military forces. 

Their plan was successful and they were indeed able to take three countries under them. It was already too late for humanity to realize their plans. They had thought that it was already the true strength of the demi-humans. They never would have believed that the army sent on China was the weakest.

And even with that being the case, they were already having a very hard time fighting back against them. 

The Tyrannical Tower's support troops arrived in China. Leading them was Vishnu, behind him were about a thousand elite soldiers that were at least C-Class level in strength. They were the impoverished people who suffered the cruelty of life a year ago. But now, they were strong and muscular soldiers emitting a strong aura of danger.

The local Chinese soldiers gasped in surprise. They did not formally train their origin essence, so the thick aura produced by foreign soldiers almost suffocated them. 

"We are soldiers from the Philippines here to aid our ally in battle. Please allow us to go inside the city." One of Vishnu's men spoke in a deep voice.

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Uriel and his men retreated with great speed, but the resulting explosion from the napalm bombs released by the fighter jets still made their eardrums hurt. 

The scene in front of them was like hell with all the burning buildings and metal debris from destroyed jets and drones. The injured soldiers were crying for help and the ground where they previously stood was charred black.

A demi-human suddenly appeared in front of them. His red pupils were glaring menacingly at them as he walked closer towards Uriel and his men. They fired wildly at the demi-human, but he seemed to be capable of evading their shots. 

"A Divine-Class level fighter! Fuck!" Uriel cursed nervously while signaling his men to retreat. 

Some of the Divine-Class level fighters were capable of evading bullets at the expense of their origin essence and the demi-human in front of them seemed to be capable of doing just that. 

The demi-human took out his weapon and fired it towards Uriel and his men. Some were hit by the energy bullets while some of them were grazed. 

"Shit!" Uriel aimed his sniper at the demi-human and fired.

"Doov!" The demi-human's eyes flashed a trace of surprise before he barely evaded Uriel's shot. He then aimed his weapon at Uriel and pressed the trigger of his energy gun.

"Doov! Doov!"

'I'm fucked!' Uriel closed his eyes in resignation, but he suddenly felt a strong presence shielding him from the attack. He opened his eyes and saw a familiar broad back and bald head. He sighed in relief and almost dropped himself on the ground in nervousness.

"General Vishnu, thanks." He spoke with a faint smile. 

"Uriel, get out of here now. This guy is dangerous. Lead my men and escape from here together with the injured local soldiers and civilians. The fighter drones sent by Wolf King are currently headed north to aid Warwolf and his men, so we cannot provide aerial support here on the south side." Vishnu responded without turning his head back. His focus was completely on the body of the demi-human in front of them.

Uriel clenched his fist and felt powerless. He thought that after reaching the initial stage of Emperor-Class level he will already be strong enough to protect his people. But the reality was cruel, he wasn't even able to protect himself. And without Vishnu saving him at the right time, he would have died already.