Chapter 150
Chapter 150: The Game Is Over? I disagree!
The off-road vehicle clung to the faint blue-green silhouette ahead, biting down hard.
But gradually, that silhouette leveraged its unreasonable speed.
And dissolved into the darkness ahead, vanishing from everyone's sight.
Then, in that very moment, the wheat stalks ahead crashed and flattened!
Over a hundred scarecrows came surging toward the off-road vehicle!
Yet inside the car, there was no fear—only excitement!
"Fuck! They're finally here!"
Alexander's eyes blazed. He let out an excited roar.
"Faster! Andre! Go faster!"
"I can't wait to crush these spooky little bastards!"
"How dare they hurt my beloved car—they'll pay for that with their lives!"
Beside him, Angel covered her mouth with a delicate laugh.
"Darling, go easy on them~"
"I want to strip that dry straw off their bodies and stuff it into a mattress!"
"When the trial is over, we can experience that rustic outdoor feel right at home~"
In the passenger seat, God clenched his fists. Right now, all he wanted was to wipe away his humiliation!
He refused to believe it—a pile of worthless straw could really be immune to his Imperial Edict!
In the rear corner, Dorothy remained silent as ever.
She only clutched a worn notebook to her chest, trying to minimize her presence as much as possible.
"Everyone shut up! Listen to my command!"
Andre's brow furrowed deeply. He barked at the two of them.
"Priority target is rescuing the surviving member of Blade Squad! Now, immediately begin suppressive fire!"
He had never forgotten the promise he made to Xin An.
And it was also for their own good.
In this eerie domain, the fewer scarecrows, the better.
"Yeah yeah, saving someone—easy, just a side errand."
Alexander cracked his neck.
"Angel, we'll use our old formation in a bit, work with me!"
"Of course, darling." Angel shot him a flirtatious glance. "I'll set the stage for you."
"Good! Then let the slaughter begin!"
Alexander's eyes widened. His S-Grade Manifestation kicked in!
Hmmm!
A pulse of blue light.
4 machine guns instantly manifested atop the SUV's sunroof!
Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!!
The next moment!
A blue barrage forged from Manifestation energy cascaded down onto the incoming swarm of scarecrows!
Clearly, those scarecrows didn't know what fear was.
They charged headlong through the hail of gunfire!
And got blown apart one after another!
"Fack you! Bastards! Come at me! Hahaha!"
Alexander, drunk on the kill, arrogantly thrust his upper body out through the sunroof and flipped the finger at the monsters outside.
But his raucous laughter hadn't even faded—
A flash of cold light caught the corner of his eye.
A fine straw needle.
It materialized near the off-road vehicle and shot straight for his head!
"What?!"
Alexander's pupils contracted sharply—he had no time to react!
In that split second of crisis!
Boom!
A surge of energy erupted outward, with Andre at the center!
That fine straw needle was shattered to dust on the spot!
At the same time.
Hundreds of meters away, the Phantom Scarecrow lying in the mud worked the bolt again and fired!
Bang!
Thud!
Another spatially-leaping bullet—destroyed by that invisible energy shield!
This was Andre's S-Grade ability:【Energy Release】!
It converted the blue bar within his body into energy expelled outward.
It could serve as a devastating attack, or transform into an absolute defense, and could even provide power to machinery.
"Idiot! Get back in the car!"
Andre yanked Alexander back into the vehicle and turned to scold him.
"At a time like this, you dare stick your head out and lose focus?!"
"Do you think Black Shark Squad's wipeout was a joke?!"
"Their squad's sniper—Phantom—his ability is Spatial Leap!"
"He could blow that fragile little skull of yours off at any moment!"
Alexander, thoroughly berated, quietly retreated back into the car.
But his eyes weren't right—they'd turned hard and vicious.
Seeing this, Angel cooed soothingly, "Don't be angry, darling~"
"It's not yet time for us to show our true strength."
Alexander drew a deep breath and pulled Angel into his arms.
"Relax, darling. I'm not the type to crack under pressure that easily."
The two exchanged tender words.
Andre could only turn his gaze, full of hope, toward the passenger seat.
Truly ironic—among these 4 problem children, the most reliable one at this moment…
Was that kid who had just wet himself.
"God! This is your moment to shine!"
Andre swallowed his fury and spoke in the coaxing tone one uses with a child.
"Make all those scarecrows fall! I'll use the energy shield to block the bullets for you!"
God nodded.
He bent down and pulled a large megaphone from under the seat, twisting the volume knob all the way up.
Then he thrust half his body out the window.
"All units, attention!"
"Self-destruct! Return to heaven!"
Amplified through the megaphone, the voice swept across hundreds of meters of wheat field.
Hmmm!
As the sound passed, a rule descended!
Those ordinary scarecrows charging toward the off-road vehicle—
Their forms instantly froze, halting in place!
Then they raised the scythes in their hands and drew them across their own necks!
Crack! Crack!
Countless heads rolled to the ground. Mass upon mass of straw collapsed!
......
Three hundred meters away…
"Hm?"
The Watchful Scarecrow, about to move in, stopped in its tracks.
Unlike those ordinary cannon fodder—
Converted scarecrows all had the ability to see.
'What kind of rule-speech technique is this?'
'It can forcibly override my domain control and make my entire army commit mass suicide?'
The Watchful Scarecrow casually withdrew the crimson-black Tribulation Flame that had been burning at its fingertips.
It waved a hand, signaling the 3 male scarecrows to go and meet these new prey.
Liu Feng's scarecrow, at the head of the three, bowed to receive the order and then headed toward the off-road vehicle!
Inside the off-road vehicle.
"Nicely done! God! You're our savior!"
Andre cheered excitedly.
"Now they can't use numbers to mob us!"
But at this moment, God's condition was absolutely terrible.
He slumped in the passenger seat, two streams of nosebleed dripping down from his chin as he gasped for air.
Even so, this unfortunate kid still stubbornly scrawled on a sticky note…
【Am I awesome or what?】
Clearly, that wide-range group rule-erasure had drained him enormously.
Backlash had already set in!
Seeing this, Andre immediately spun around and yelled at the back seat.
"Angel! Quickly use your ability to restore God's blue bar! He can't hold on much longer!"
"Not happening!"
Angel flipped her eyes dismissively, refusing without a trace of guilt.
"That's being saved for the stage I'm building for darling later!"
"I'm not wasting it on a brat who wet himself!"
"You…!"
Andre was livid.
"Andre, save your breath."
"From here on, leave it to us."
Alexander cut in.
He pushed open the car door. "Your energy shield saved my life just now—I'm not one to owe debts, Alexander doesn't take favors for free."
"As payment, let me open your eyes today. Let you witness what our duo can truly do—"
"Our real power!"
"Mm."
Angel met his gaze.
She bit her thumb open.
Then picked up the compound bow and smeared her blood onto an arrow.
Andre watched the bizarre act, completely unable to fathom what these two lunatics were up to.
He could only clench his jaw and keep his foot on the gas, charging forward!
And at that very moment, a deadly crisis descended!
In the distant dark, Andre suddenly spotted a towering silhouette!
That silhouette was closing in on the off-road vehicle at extreme speed!
It was Rex—transformed into a scarecrow!
And what was even more terrifying—on Rex's back rode the similarly scarecrow-transformed Yan Mo!
Around them, the ultra-speed Liu Feng Scarecrow, who moved so fast he left afterimages—
Due to his unrecognizable appearance, the White Eagle Squad members hadn't identified him as a Blade Squad comrade.
Was circling Rex in a frenzy, striking non-stop!
"What are they doing?! Is it an internal fight?!"
Alexander stared ahead, utterly baffled.
He watched as that extreme-speed scarecrow was raining blows on Rex's body in a wild barrage.
Every single hit exploded with a sonic boom!
"Internal fight your a**!!!"
Andre's eyes nearly split.
"That's not an internal fight at all! That's using the high-frequency attacks to absorb kinetic energy and stack the values!!!"
Andre let out a cry of despair.
"Rex is using that extreme-speed scarecrow's ultra-high-frequency attacks!"
"Frantically stacking up his own Kinetic Absorption power!!!"
And in that very instant—
The power, fully stacked.
With Liu Feng Scarecrow's final flying kick—
Rex, carrying Yan Mo on his back, launched into the air like a ballistic missile!
Airborne!
Boom!
Yan Mo Scarecrow pressed both palms together and activated the Explosive Brand beneath Rex's feet!
The violent explosion generated a recoil thrust.
Sending the pair's descent speed and destructive force skyrocketing once more!
They became a burning dark-red meteor, plummeting toward the off-road vehicle!
"Fack!!! Everyone get the hell out of the off-road vehicle!!!"
Andre bellowed!
Before his voice even faded, he grabbed God from the passenger seat and rolled into the wheat field!
In the back row, Dorothy reacted just as fast—her hand had already been on the door handle.
The instant Andre shouted, she was already gone!
And Alexander was even more decisive.
He instantly dismissed the Manifestation on the off-road vehicle.
And, dragging Angel who had just gotten the bow drawn, fled madly the moment the car vanished!
The next moment!
Boom!
The kinetic meteor formed by Rex and Yan Mo slammed into the original position of the off-road vehicle!
The earth cried out!
The wheat field within a 20-meter radius was razed flat.
A crater several meters deep was punched into the ground—an impact crater!
Dust rolled in billowing clouds, blotting out the sky.
At the center of the pit, the scarecrow bodies of Rex and Yan Mo had already been reduced to a revolting, fused pulp.
But immediately after, their mangled husks began to writhe and rapidly pushed themselves upright.
Dry straw reassembled; their bodies recovered in the blink of an eye.
As long as the wheat field endured, they were indestructible!
After the 2 scarecrows had restored roughly humanoid form—
They began sweeping their gaze through the dust, searching for Andre and the others.
And at that very moment.
The Yan Mo Scarecrow suddenly raised its hand and pointed at the Rex Scarecrow's shoulder.
There, at some unknown point in time, an arrow had been lodged!
The arrow's fletching was still trembling faintly.
The Rex Scarecrow tilted its straw-stuffed head sideways, looking somewhat dazed.
It reached out its large hand and yanked that insignificant arrow free.
But the instant it pulled the arrow out—
A red mark remained on its shoulder!
‘What is this?’
The Rex Scarecrow had no time to process it.
Its knees suddenly buckled—and it crashed to the ground!
Its energy had been drained dry!
At the same time.
The Watchful Scarecrow, which had been leisurely watching the show, went rigid.
Because it sensed—
The power within its own body was draining away!
Someone was forcibly extracting its blue bar!
Or rather, someone was consuming energy—and forcing it to foot the bill!
Gazing up at the blood moon flickering overhead.
"Hmph!"
The Watchful Scarecrow reacted swiftly.
It snatched up the collapsed Ling Yu Scarecrow from the ground!
Pulled down its pants and connected once more, extracting her blue bar as an offset!
And at this moment.
Inside the crater, the dust and smoke were slowly dissipating…
The Rex Scarecrow, now sharing the blue bar, was pulled upright by the Yan Mo Scarecrow.
But right at that moment—
From deep within the thick smoke ahead, 2 amber, egg-shaped lights suddenly blazed to life!
Those were…
2 enormous eyes!
Then—
Boom!
A thunderous crash rang out!
A massive silver-red foot stomped the earth, and the sky full of dust and smoke was instantly blown clear!
A red giant rose up from the ground!
Andre, standing in the distance, shielded God in his arms—Dorothy beside him, expression blank.
All 3 craned their necks back, staring in disbelief at that silhouette.
Even the Watchful Scarecrow, busy replenishing its own power, came to a complete halt.
Because that face—
That costume—
…was far too familiar!
Almost everyone knew this silhouette—a childhood memory made manifest!
It was the slayer of madmen, the father of guillotines, the beloved—
Ace!
Ace had descended upon this death wheat field!
"Fack… this is absolutely impossible!"
Andre's eyes were wide with disbelief.
"Alexander's Manifestation, though the pinnacle of S-Grade creative abilities—"
"Could never, ever be this powerful!"
Even with Angel drawing the monsters' blue bars from behind to fuel him—
He could not possibly conjure out of thin air a towering giant standing dozens of meters tall!
Something that only existed inside a cartoon—Ultraman!
Just as Andre stood questioning reality—
God made a sharp observation, catching the blind spot.
【Look carefully at its joints! That's the mechanical version of Ace!】
Nearby, Dorothy, clutching her notebook close, added softly—
"God is right… look at the gaps in its armor plating."
Andre fixed his gaze and looked carefully—sure enough!
This so-called Ace was no giant of light.
It was a mechanical mecha assembled from mechanical components!
That structure perfectly aligned with the logical requirements that Alexander's Manifestation ability demanded!
"Hahahaha! Tremble before me! You worthless weeds!"
At that moment, Alexander's wild laughter boomed out from the mechanical Ace's chest-mounted timer!
Angel's voice followed close behind, echoing across the entire wheat field.
"This is Eagle Nation's top design team's ultimate combination technique—custom-built just for us!"
"As long as there are enemies' blue bars for us to drain, we can become true gods!"
"Darling, crush them!"
Boom!
Mechanical Ace moved!
A single stomp flattened dozens of scarecrows that tried to close in—reduced to chaff!
Then its electronic eyes locked onto the Rex Scarecrow and Yan Mo Scarecrow just crawling out of the crater.
"Die! Slash Ray!!!"
Alexander roared like a madman!
Mechanical Ace crossed both hands over its head fin!
Hmmm!
A beam of dim blue laser fired straight down at the 2 scarecrows on the ground!
The Rex Scarecrow crossed both arms in an X-guard and held firm, attempting to eat the hit raw with Kinetic Absorption!
But the terrifying heat and shockwave still burned scorching black patches across its body!
It was on the verge of collapsing!
"Beautifully done!"
Andre let out a sigh of relief at the sight.
It seemed this trial was going to be far easier than imagined.
He never could have guessed that these 2 usually unreliable thorns in his side—
Had been hiding a trump card like this all along—one capable of turning the tide of the entire battle!
God craned his head back and watched the mechanical Ace wreaking devastation, eyes full of tiny stars.
Wondering when he, too, could pilot a mecha this cool.
In the corner, Dorothy let out a quiet sigh and silently slipped the worn notebook back inside her clothes.
Good thing…
It seemed today, she wouldn't need to take the risk of making a move herself.
But then!
Just as the White Eagle Squad thought victory was assured—
The unexpected struck!
"Ahhhhh! What the hell is that?!"
"Darling! Fire! It's burning! Why won't this fire go out!!!"
Alexander and Angel's screams of agony suddenly rang out!
Andre looked up!
Only to see Mechanical Ace—at this very moment—jumping around in agony all over the wheat field!
And on its right foot, at some unknown point in time, a crimson-black flame had quietly ignited!
That black fire was spreading upward!
"That's… Tribulation Flame?!"
Andre was horrified. "How is this possible? Where did the Tribulation Flame come from?!"
"No wait! This is definitely not genuine Tribulation Flame!"
"It was written in the classified base archives—that man's Tribulation Flame is a time law!"
"It can only affect beings with souls and lifespans!"
"Who is playing these tricks?!"
Andre snapped his head around, scanning in every direction.
In the instant his attention fractured—
Whoosh!
A fine straw needle—shot straight for the center of his brow!
"You think the same trick works twice?!"
Andre let out a cold snort and instantly condensed a shield before him!
Clang!
The straw needle hit the shield and shattered instantly.
But in the very next second—
Bang!
An invisible bullet punched clean through the right side of Andre's chest!
It had pierced straight through his shield!
"Urgh!"
Andre let out a cry of pain.
But he still gritted his teeth, dropped to one knee, and shielded God behind him.
When he looked up and saw the figure that walked out from the distant dark—his face went white as a sheet!
To that figure's left stood the Phantom Scarecrow, sniper rifle in hand.
To the right, legs pressed together as it walked, was the Ling Yu Scarecrow.
And standing at the very center—
Was a scarecrow in a black button-up shirt, fingertips burning with the same black flame found on Ace.
"How… how is it him…?"
Andre's voice trembled.
Beside him, Dorothy went even paler—she kept backing away, eyes going in and out of focus.
Bang.
As she backed away, her spine suddenly hit a wall of straw.
Dorothy turned her head in confusion.
What met her eyes was a featureless mask!
It was the Liu Feng Scarecrow!
"Ah!"
Dorothy didn't even manage a scream.
She was pinned to the muddy ground by the Liu Feng Scarecrow in an instant—unable to move!
But she still tilted her head up, eyes fixed on that black-clad figure.
'No Words Needed… how could this be…?'
'How could he have been possessed?'
Watching the hopeless dead end unfolding before him, Andre—down on one knee—suddenly burst into laughter.
"Hahahahaha! I finally understand!"
Andre coughed up blood between laughs, eyes locked on the Watchful Scarecrow.
"No wonder both Huaxia's Blade Squad and our Black Shark Squad were wiped out so completely!"
"It was this damned Sky Screen pulling strings from the shadows!"
"It gave you his abilities!"
"But no matter—"
Andre wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
"Since you—the true body lurking behind the curtain—have finally deigned to crawl out…"
"This is perfect. We'll take you all down in one sweep!"
Andre hauled God out from behind him.
"God! It's your turn! Erase it!!!"
"Mm!"
God nodded.
He had been upstaged just now!
Now, finally, it was time again for this divinely chosen one to save the world!
"This time! I will end everything!!!"
"Command me to…."
However.
He had barely gotten 2 words out.
When he found he couldn't speak at all!
God's eyes went wide with terror!
He desperately opened his mouth—but…
Not a single sound came out!
How was this possible?!
‘God! Why did you stop?!’
‘Issue the Imperial Edict!’
Andre saw the boy's horrified, frantic gestures and pressed him urgently!
But then—
When Andre opened his own mouth and used every last ounce of strength to shout—
He was horrified to discover that his own world, too, had become absolute silence!
He couldn't hear his own heartbeat!
Couldn't hear the wind!
Couldn't hear any sound he was producing!
Silence!
All at once, a passage from the intelligence archives flashed through Andre's mind.
He finally understood what was happening!
This was…
The Watchful Scarecrow's domain ability!
Silence!
"Shh!"
Ahead—
The Watchful Scarecrow raised a single index finger and made a silencing gesture.
Boom!
Simultaneously, far behind it, Mechanical Ace—now engulfed entirely in black fire—
Crumbled without a sound, dissolving into scattered points of light.
The Watchful Scarecrow gazed with pleasure at the 2 before it, lost in despair.
Game over.
White Eagle Squad—annihilated.
This was what it wanted to savor…
Despair.
But then—
Just as the Watchful Scarecrow raised its hand to harvest the final fruits of victory—
"No! I haven't agreed to let you all get wiped out yet!"
Inside this Silent Domain!
A battle cry rang out in everyone's ears!
Shock flashed through the Watchful Scarecrow's eyes—for the very first time!
It whipped its head around!
What met its gaze was—
Not despair. Not terror.
Only a gleaming long blade!
And a Huaxia veteran soldier—leaping high from mid-air!
S-Grade ability: 【Unyielding】!
Absolute immunity to all control!
"Die!!!"
Zhao Yan descended like a god of war, swinging his blade toward the Watchful Scarecrow's neck—
One slash down!!!