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"Fuck you!!"
Looking at the Thunder Warriors, who were still maintaining a stable output and showed no signs of fatigue, and Frank and Daimon Hellstorm, who were fighting with increasing vigor, Logan Howlett, already panting with exhaustion, couldn't help but let out an unwilling roar.
Damn it, it seems not wanting to admit old age really doesn't work.
It's only been a few minutes since the battle started, and my stamina is already depleted.
Logan Howlett decided that after this battle, he would definitely ask Frank for the secret to maintaining his vigorous fighting state.
Life was just showing signs of settling down, and he didn't want to be eliminated because of his decadent state.
Meanwhile, at the very rear of the entire defense line, Karl personally held the "SS" flag, symbolizing the Hyperspace Group, and stood on a pre-built high platform, solemnly observing the battle ahead.
Wanda stood by his side, never leaving, using her Chaos Magic to create a large magic net in mid-air, completely blocking the flying demons, which Karl then eliminated one by one with his Cyclops.
What?
Why were Karl and the others here?
That's because the Hyperspace Group has many important industries in New York.
Even the Empire State Building behind them, with the giant "SS" logo of the Hyperspace Group hanging on it, was enough to show whose property it was.
So, for something like protecting one's own property, you couldn't possibly rely on the useless agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., could you?
Moreover, how could Karl possibly miss such a good opportunity to harvest a large number of demon souls, as well as good reputation and a lot of prestige points?
However, the reason Karl dared to set up a defensive line here with so few people to intercept the Flame Legion was not because he was arrogant... on the contrary, he was very clear in his heart that this war would definitely not last too long, and the Flame Legion would be forced to retreat.
Because Marduk Kurios, after discovering his plan had failed, would absolutely not dare to continue fighting to the end!
Otherwise, if his elite forces suffered widespread casualties, Karl wouldn't even need to bother him afterwards; other Hell Lords would send troops to destroy him first.
Oh, I almost forgot, as a crucial part of this battle, The Daily Bugle's war reporters and photographers had already set up several cameras not far from Karl and the others, broadcasting the entire battle up close and in all directions.
There were camera angles specifically for the Thunder Warriors, and also camera angles specifically for King Kong Liangzai...
In short, it was one sentence: whatever the audience wanted to see, The Daily Bugle would film.
John Jameson had truly mastered the art of traffic under Karl's careful guidance.
Previously, in order to create an exclusive news opportunity for The Daily Bugle, Karl had even sent people ahead of time to set up black technology in several surrounding blocks that could block all electronic device signals.
And the interview equipment used by The Daily Bugle all came from the Hyperspace Group, so it would not be affected.
However, the only thing that made Karl feel a bit "over the top" was that one of the cameras was almost directly aimed at his face for full-angle capturing.
Aren't you guys a bit too aggressive?
The photographer said he was also helpless, because these were all death orders given to him by Editor-in-Chief John Jameson... to capture their Boss's most heroic and brilliant side.
Old Jameson, returning a favor, had never forgotten his original intention.
He had always fantasized that one day he could turn Karl into a "superhero" that everyone looked up to.
What?
You said Boss doesn't want this?
No, listen to me... he does!!!
Old Jameson: Boss, I really want to improve.
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[prestige points +99, +77, +86...]
[Detectable collectible demon soul fragments, Warp Soul Count +1, +1, +1...]
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Although at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, due to Symbiote Kong, a tank of a bug-level, constantly holding the line at the Hell Portal, unleashing his ultimate ability up close, the situation on the battlefield did not become one-sided.
Instead, it had been developing in a direction increasingly favorable to Karl and the others since the beginning of the battle.
However, this was also thanks to the accurate location information obtained from Satana Hellstrom earlier.
Through the "Warp Orb" in her hand, Karl learned all of Marduk Kurios's strategic deployments at the first opportunity.
Then, after informing Ancient One of the specific landing point of the Flame Legion, he and Frank briefly discussed the countermeasures for New York.
They finally decided to adopt this seemingly most dangerous, but actually safest, trench warfare tactic, relying on the formidable characteristics of Symbiote Kong.
This way, the demon army, whose advance was blocked, would not be able to successfully deploy their offensive formation in the early stages of the battle, and naturally would not be able to exert their maximum advantage.
On Karl's side, under the numerous buffs of strength enhancement, internal enhancement, and so on from the A02 Symbiote, King Kong Liangzai was like a perpetual motion machine that never knew fatigue, swinging his giant fists, which constantly transformed into various weapons, to crush wave after wave of the demon army.
A true ape holding the pass, ten thousand demons cannot pass!
The brutal and bloody scene was so intense that even The Daily Bugle had to add a thin mosaic when broadcasting it.
And the Thunder Warriors, under the strong buff of the "Courage Aura" emanating from their on-site Commander Frank, showed no trace of fear on their faces; instead, they fought with increasing vigor.
Furthermore, Frank and Daimon Hellstorm both possessed special abilities that could cause large-scale damage to demons, so the entire defense line had been exceptionally stable since its establishment!
Especially Frank, under the power of the Emperor, his two Beretta M92F pistols were endowed with powerful buffs of "purification + bolter + never-ending ammunition."
He transformed into a mobile artillery platform with infinite ammunition, his powerful firepower almost rivaling a "ammunition-version" of King Kong.
"Hmph, a bunch of useless trash."
Behind the demon army, a Demon Lord with a pair of black wings on his back, a feminine face, a masculine physique, and a silver crown inlaid with colorful gems on his head, flew out of the Hell Portal.
From his appearance, it wasn't hard to tell that he was also one of the Fallen Angels who had defected from [Heaven] with Marduk Kurios... his name was Baimon!
Upon seeing that the position that had been under attack for a long time was being defended by only one gorilla and a human warrior squad of forty, Baimon's face immediately showed an indescribable look of anger.
My demon army, actually stopped by such a small force?
If other Demon Lords found out about this, where would I put my face? Wouldn't I be laughed to death?
So Baimon immediately flapped his wings, bypassed King Kong's attack, and charged at extremely high speed straight towards Karl, who was holding the "SS" flag high in the rear.
To catch the bandit, first catch the king!
"Demon scum, where do you think you're going?"
On the ground, Daimon Hellstorm suddenly shot a ball of Hellfire from his palm, narrowly missing the Demon Lord.
"Oh, it's you, traitor..."
Baimon flapped his wings to steady himself, then raised his hand to release a purple magic lightning bolt, directly blasting the Son of Satan, who was in his half-demon state below, far away.
"Hehehe, Daimon, I advise you, kid, to surrender obediently. My Lord Satan specially instructed that if you dare to resist, you will be executed on the spot!"
Bang bang—
At this moment, two bolter rounds accurately hit the black wings on Baimon's back in mid-air.
The strong Impact generated by the explosion, as well as the purification contained within, made this Demon Lord's head spin, and his body uncontrollably fell downwards.
Swish—
A short blade burning with red flames streaked like a meteor.
As he approached Baimon, Frank's figure strangely flickered out, and then, under the opponent's horrified gaze, he raised his blade and brought it down.
Puff—
The short blade, wrapped in crimson flames, slashed down fiercely. The Demon Lord, falling from mid-air, didn't even have time to let out a scream before he was directly split in half.
Then his corpse turned to ashes in the burning crimson flames.
Who could have imagined that a dignified high-level Fallen Angel of Demon Lord rank would die on the battlefield in such a humiliating manner.
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[prestige points +81, +97, +36...]
[Detectable collectible high-level demon soul, Warp Soul Count +1]
[Detectable collectible demon soul fragments, Warp Soul Count +1, +1, +1...]
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After completing a kill with an understatement, Frank once again pulled out his dual pistols and launched an attack on the rest of the demon army.
It's just killing a Demon Lord, what's there to be surprised about?
At this moment on the battlefield, the demon army, which had originally been howling and charging towards the Thunder Warriors, instantly lost all their fighting spirit upon seeing their Commander killed.
Then, under everyone's astonished gaze, they directly abandoned the battle and turned around in a panic, rushing back into the portal.
This was normal, because demons had always revered violence, meaning whoever had the bigger fist called the shots.
And now, their strongest Commander had been instantly killed.
So what were these little small fry fighting for?
However, the retreat of these terrified demons was not smooth.
Because on the other side of the Hell Portal, a large number of demon warriors waiting to land were already jammed.
So they were quickly pushed back into the battlefield by the newly surging demon army.
"Damn it, My Lord Baimon is dead, hurry up and retreat, I want to return to Hell!"
"These humans are too terrifying, I want to go home..."
A routed army is like a collapsing mountain!
Panic then spread throughout the demon army.
Karl's eyes lit up at the sight; how could he let go of such a good opportunity to harvest?
He then fiercely waved the battle flag in his hand forward, letting out a resounding battle cry: "Thunder Warriors, for the glory of humanity... charge!!!"
A few minutes later, as the Hell Portal slowly disappeared, this "demon invasion war," which was destined to end in failure from the very beginning, officially drew to a close in a dramatically absurd manner.
Karl looked at the total number of harvested demon souls automatically tallied by the system on the light screen: 6701.
Hiss...
Can you believe this?
In just over ten minutes, this mixed tactical unit, including Karl and Frank, with a total of less than fifty people, actually effectively killed nearly 130 times more demons than their own numbers?
Even slaughtering pigs probably wouldn't be this fast, right?
However, nearly 70% of the kills were taken by King Kong Liangzai alone.
And among the remaining 30%, Frank accounted for nearly 40% of the kills.
So, calculated this way, it meant that each Thunder Warrior killed approximately 30 demons.
If converted to a more precise time, it would be roughly one demon successfully eliminated by each Thunder Warrior every 30 seconds.
Given such a huge disparity in numbers between the two sides, the Thunder Warriors could still achieve such a record, and this alone was enough to make them stand out from the crowd.
The most remarkable thing was that in this operation, not a single Thunder Warrior was killed or injured; only 11 warriors sustained injuries of varying degrees during close-quarters combat.
This was simply a war miracle that could never be replicated by anyone else!
"Is it finally over?"
Logan Howlett slumped to the ground, exhausted. These ten-odd minutes of super-high intensity combat felt more tiring than all the battles he had experienced in his life combined.
After all, he was nearly two hundred years old now.
If Karl hadn't temporarily helped him restore his self-healing ability with a recovery potion earlier, he probably would have been exhausted to death by now, even if he hadn't been beaten down by the demons.
"Are you alright?"
Frank walked over and reached out to pull Logan Howlett up from the ground. The latter said with emotion:
"It seems I can't refuse to admit old age, but I'm very curious, how do you and those Thunder Warriors manage to fight continuously without feeling tired?"
"This?"
A look of fanaticism appeared in Frank's eyes, then he pointed his chin in Karl's direction and said without hesitation:
"Of course, it's by pledging absolute loyalty to the Boss!"
"That simple?" Logan Howlett was a bit incredulous.
But how did that explanation sound a bit like a cult?
"That's right, it's that simple." Frank smiled mysteriously, "If I told you that I died and was resurrected because of this, would you believe me?"
"Huh?"
Logan Howlett subconsciously found the other party's words a bit absurd.
But then he remembered Karl's identity as a Dimensional God, and the scene where Frank had resurrected Professor X and others using that miraculous potion, so he nodded noncommittally.
However, due to his past experiences, the aging old wolf still had some resistance to the word "faith," and it would probably take some time for him to slowly adapt.