Universe Infinite Canteen

Chapter 256 Clearing the Field

On the Chessboard Map, the number of red dots had become overwhelmingly superior, leaving the blue dot increasingly precarious.

At first, Ma Lu thought Li Wei was so calm without retreating because he had some tricks up his sleeve. However, after scanning the nearby squares, Ma Lu saw no reinforcements from the Sacred Order of Knights.

Even Li Wei himself had now become surrounded, and it seemed only a matter of time before the Sacred Order of Knights was utterly defeated.

Reluctantly leaving the enraged Sweet Potato Knight behind, Ma Lu decided to continue his escape.

Otherwise, once the remaining knights perished, those Fallen Witches would definitely scour the forest for him, the last survivor.

Just as Ma Lu was about to continue his retreat, he suddenly noticed the little red dots surrounding Li Wei had disappeared.

Then the blue dot representing Li Wei also began to move.

His speed was incredibly fast, and he headed straight for the Shrike, three hundred squares away.

Some red dots along the path tried to intercept him, but before they could get close, they vanished, just like the initial thirteen red dots that had surrounded Li Wei.

So fierce?!

Ma Lu couldn't help but take a sharp breath. In just a minute and a half, Li Wei had already crossed 200 squares, around 800 meters, and now only 400 meters stood between him and the Shrike.

But at this time, the Shrike seemed to realize the danger, accelerating its pace, and even changing its direction. Nevertheless, Li Wei promptly adjusted his trajectory as well, still heading straight for the Shrike.

Tracking skill, huh? Ma Lu was surprised.

Soon, the distance between the two shortened to less than a hundred squares. But then Li Wei encountered trouble.

The Fallen Witches nearby must have received the signal from the Shrike and were rushing over. The number of red dots around Li Wei was increasing.

On the other side, the battle had also reached its end. When the enraged Sweet Potato Knight was lured over, before the creatures with over 50 points of Attack Power, the knights' defense line that was hard-earned collapsed instantly, and then they could only flee in all directions.

However, in this forest, they couldn't outrun the Fallen Witches' pursuit.

The remaining ones either died at the hands of the enraged Sweet Potato Knight or fell at the feet of other Energized Plants.

Thus, out of the 24 knights that Li Wei had brought, apart from Ma Lu, who had snuck away halfway, all were dead.

The other Witches didn't know the answer either, even the most learned Bliss Bird was at a loss this time.

After a moment, she said uncertainly, "That seems to be... some kind of large-scale spell."

"A spell this powerful, did Shrike release it?" the purple-haired girl marveled.

However, before she could finish, she was interrupted.

"That's not a spell, it's a missile."

The person who spoke was Ma Lu. Although he had never seen a missile in real life, he had seen enough similar videos online to recognize the unique spectacle of a missile explosion.

But who would be so ruthless as to fire missiles into a crowd?!

Ma Lu glanced back at the Chessboard Map; the dense array of points that had been there before had now disappeared by more than half, and what remained were mostly Energized Plants.

After the disaster, these Energized Plants had mutated and could only be killed by the Witches' weapons, even missiles, once a symbol of the pinnacle of human combat power, were rendered ineffective against them.

However, just because these Energized Plants could withstand missile attacks didn't mean that others present could as well.

Even Witches were still made of flesh and blood, and if struck in a vital area, they would die just the same.

But indeed, there were survivors within the blast radius of the missile.

Ma Lu, looking at the lone blue light on the Chessboard Map, unconsciously mimicked Yun Que's expression.

Li Wei's condition did not look good; his defensive power had plummeted from 44 points to 11, and his armor's durability had also nosedived from 500 down to single digits.

Yet, he had definitely endured that explosion.

And soon enough, a Witch came over to deal with the Energized Plants around him, and brought him a set of brand-new armor.

Li Wei accepted the armor and said to the Witch, "Go check if Shrike is truly dead."

The Witch saluted Li Wei and then began to patrol the area with her sniper rifle in hand.

Although she had only fired a small missile, its power was still considerable, especially for those at the center of the explosion. It was nearly impossible for them to be left with an intact corpse, thus making identification of the casualties extremely difficult.