"The strength of these Tauren should not be considered strong," Coleman splashed a pot of cold water.
Not long after, on the street, the dead bodies of the Tauren were piled high, with an unknown number of casualties.
"Damn it!" The creator of the Tauren hammered the air hard, then pressed the "quit" button.
There was no way. If the fight continued like this, he estimated that his Tauren would not even touch the opponent's shadow; they would all die. After pressing exit, the remaining Tauren still alive on the street teleported out of there.
Back on the planet, after the Tauren left, a bright Star Fragment appeared on the ground. A Giant Kong's eyes lit up, and it immediately crawled over to pick it up. A Star Fragment represented a point.
Sebastian looked at his points panel, and there had been a change.
[ Participant: Sebastian ]
[ Planet: Planet Area 81 ]
[ Points: 2 ]
[ Ranking: 977,652 ]
There was no need to think; Sebastian knew. In this short period of ten minutes, many participants had been eliminated from the competition.
After finishing with the Tauren, Lando, Coleman, and others discussed the next step.
"Although we now have all-around upgraded weapons, our mobility is still a weak point compared to those powerful Supernatural species," Lando said while looking at the images taken by the drone.
"We are surrounded by cities with tall buildings, at least a hundred kilometers in size." Coleman was also staring at the image and said, "I'm afraid we'll have to fight in the city for quite a while."
For the Astra Militarum, because there were vast buildings along the way, city combat was less convenient. The plains were the most advantageous. But if they had to fight, they wouldn't be afraid.
"Then prepare to fight in the city." Lando pondered for a moment and said, "Our advantage is our aerial vision and our ability to detect the movements of other Supernatural teams in advance, so..." Lando paused, a smile forming at the corners of his mouth, and continued, "We can wait for the enemy and do an ambush, or... conduct fishing!"
Compared to the calm and steady Coleman, Lando's way of thinking was very detached. He often thought of some incredible strategies.
"Ambush is better," Coleman rejected Lando's idea of fishing.
"All right then." Lando knew he could not be careless, so he said, "Then we will find a good terrain for ambush warfare, and we will lurk on the sidelines, like hunters, waiting for the prey to take the bait."
With the help of drones, they soon found an ambush spot with very favorable terrain. It was a square in the city. The area was neither too big nor too small. They were surrounded by tall buildings and large trees. There were a few roads in and out. No rivers, holes in the ground, or other terrain features.
The army enclosed three sides of the square; they left only one side open. Originally, according to Lando's plan, they intended to put the dead Tauren in the square as a decoy, since such a strong smell would certainly attract other Supernatural species nearby. But because of Coleman's opposition, they had to abandon this "fishing tactic" and follow a safer ambush approach. Doing so, however, wasted some time.
After about half an hour, a Supernatural team passed by. It was a mid-level civilization race numbering over 30,000, the Blood Skeletons. They were smaller than Tauren, only about three meters tall. But the Blood Skeletons had a peculiar ability: they could resurrect once.
Skeletons did not feel pain, and they had no internal organs. Even with broken limbs, they couldn't die. They still retained fighting power.
After careful observation, a scientist shouted, "Look, is there a light blue flame in their skulls?"
The crowd looked, and sure enough, they saw that in the heads of these Blood Skeletons, a blue flame burned. The larger the skeleton, the darker the flame.
The closest Guardsmen were the first to attack. Now, their rifles were several times more accurate than before, so an armor-piercing bullet instantly broke through the bones of a Blood Skeleton and pierced the pale blue flame. The next moment, everyone saw that the blue flame gradually faded.
"It's effective," Lando clenched his fist slightly and said, "Everyone, focus your attention on attacking their flames."
One of the Typhoons quickly took off and flew over the square. Once again, the machine guns were unleashed, and the rest of the Guardsmen on the ground followed suit. Even the Giant Kong stared wide-eyed, eager to try. If Coleman hadn't stopped them, they might have rushed in to fight these Blood Skeletons.
Although the Blood Skeletons were very difficult to extinguish, under the terrifying firepower of the Astra Militarum, all of them had broken bones and nearly fallen apart. After three minutes of intense attack, nearly 5,000 of them fell. At this point, the Blood Skeletons didn't even know what they were up against. Helpless, the contestants who created the Blood Skeletons could only choose to withdraw. Another Star Fragment fell from the ground. The Giant Kong from earlier rushed out immediately, faster than anything else, and picked up the Star Fragment, raising a circle toward the surrounding crowd as if taking credit. With this, the third point was secured.
Sebastian looked at his panel again, and his ranking rose once more. But because he only gained one additional point, the increase was small. The Astra Militarum continued to set ambushes around the square; it was a bit like waiting for a rabbit.
Taking advantage of the free time, Sebastian also opened his communicator and accessed the official tournament page. He checked the rankings of other participants on Planet 81, where his group was located. The point total for the first-place participant was 256. The points for the top ten were all over a hundred.
"The competition is fierce," Sebastian noted, then paid no further attention. Although he was ranked in the hundreds of thousands, there was no rush, later, it would be the outbreak period.