Chapter 180 First battle with Antuni!
After arriving at the Eaton Industrial Zone, soldiers wearing Imperial Capital Army uniforms could be seen everywhere.
They passed by Xu Mu in a hurry.
The equipment they wear is also better than that of the Ghent Guards.
However, everyone had a worried look on their face.
Although, hundreds of years ago, his ancestors had joined forces to fight against Apostle Bakar.
But that is past history after all. Now a new apostle has landed here, and they are a group of people facing history head-on.
What's more, for creatures like the Apostles who possess terrifying power.
Even if it just landed in the energy industrial zone of the heaven, it would almost suppress the heaven to paralysis.
Not to mention that once he gets angry, the title of Fire Apostle might burn down the entire heaven.
It is normal that morale is low.
Holding the highest pass to heaven, Xu Mu soon arrived at the operations command center of the Imperial Capital Army with the help of soldiers.
An old man with a white beard, a straight square face, and a military uniform covered with medals of honor came out to greet Xu Mu in person.
"Hello, I'm Jacket, currently appointed the commander-in-chief of the Antuon annihilation campaign. I have heard of the warrior's name, and I'm very grateful that you can come here to help us!" After the two shook hands, Jacket introduced himself in a very serious manner.
He had heard some news about Xu Mu from the Imperial Capital via the radio earlier.
He had respect for the young man who was able to single-handedly resist Kallet's attack and who had contributed to the successful night raid.
After Xu Mu briefly boasted about himself, he went straight to the point.
"Colonel Jacket, what is the current deployment of the assault on Antun?"
At this point, the faint smile on Jacket's face disappeared, his brows knitted tightly, and his eyes were stern: "According to the speed at which Antun consumes electricity, the attack is imminent, but..."
He hesitated for a moment, and made sure that the soldiers guarding the door could not hear the conversation.
Then he lowered his voice and said to Xu Mu: "The chances of winning are slim."
As he spoke, he casually unfolded a deep blue technological light screen.
Soon, a simulation diagram of Antun's structure appeared in front of Xu Mu.
"This is the mechanical simulation diagram that Melvin drew for us before. By sending drones for reconnaissance, we have completed the composition of this battle plan. We have always believed that if we want to break through this behemoth, we can only attack from its inside."
"But unfortunately, given our current energy shortage, we can only transport a maximum of 20 combat teams at a time to Antun to carry out demolition of various areas."
This is one of the reasons why Jackett believes the chances of winning are slim.
Faced with such a huge creature, even its head and back alone are enough to fill an entire island.
With only 20 people, even if they put their arms together, they might not be able to surround one of Antun's teeth. No one is bigger than one of Antun's teeth.
It would be a pipe dream to try to capture Antun with just this few people.
"But warrior, I can explain to you in detail the attack plan of Antun, and see if you have a better countermeasure." Jacket paused, then stretched out his finger and tapped the light screen several times in mid-air.
Soon, Antun's simulated composition began to become blurred, and a dotted line composition like a 3D model appeared on the screen, simulating Antun into a virtual model.
"The assault on Antun is divided into six steps. First, our combat aircraft will send you here..." Jack pointed to the screen and said, "After entering through Antun's nostrils, you will arrive at the [Source of the Black Mist] area. Of course, this is just a name for our combat plan, because a large amount of poisonous black mist is discharged through Antun's respiratory tract."
"You must act quickly. Once you are swallowed by the black fog, your nerves will be paralyzed and your consciousness will be cut off in a very short time."
"Once you enter the source of the black fog, you will encounter a tough elite operator, the Devourer."
"Unfortunately, in the current simulated combat, we have not found a way to break it. And it is only the weakest link in the six steps of attacking Antun. After this, you still need..."
Jack explained to Xu Mu in detail, "Once the attack begins, the route to take is required."
In Jacket's eyes, these things are top military secrets.
But in Xu Mu's eyes, it was a customs clearance process that couldn't be more familiar.
Simply put, there are six steps.
Break through the source of the black fog: Defeat the Devourer → Defeat Nebel.
Entering the [Trembling Earth] area again, it is actually Antun's legs.
After defeating the two green-named elite monsters guarding here, you can deploy extra-large celestial-quality explosives on Antun's leg joints.
After four clearance tremors, Antun's legs were blown off, rendering him unable to move.
Then take this opportunity to enter the [Pillars of Heaven] area, which is the nerve center of Antun.
After defeating the lord guarding here, cut off the pillar of heaven.
This means that Antun will lose his ability to move completely, and will be completely paralyzed! And his defense will also be reduced to the lowest level!
After so many series of preparations, humans finally have a chance to shake the apostles.
At this point, the first phase of the attack has come to an end.
Then Jacket will send a fleet to take out the adventurers inside, and then head to the final passage leading to the heart of Antun - the [Black Volcano] area!
That is to say, they would charge directly into the crater on Antun's back that was constantly bubbling with magma!
Start the second phase of the offensive strategy.
Compared with the first stage, the second stage is simpler in terms of process.
Two teams are needed to work together.
A team stayed inside Antoine's body to remove the heart's energy supply device.
Only after this layer of device is cracked, will the volcano behind Antun stop spewing magma, become calm, and allow passage.
Otherwise, there would be no way for the adventurers to directly enter the crater where magma is constantly flowing.
After the energy blocking battle was completed, the next things were much easier.
The crater is wide open.
Go up the mountain and suppress the bandits!
After clearing the [Black Volcano] area, you will arrive at the final destination, the [Heart of Antun] area. After destroying the huge bright red beating heart in one fell swoop, you will be able to completely put an end to this apostle who, from a normal point of view, cannot be defeated.
"In general, the second stage of the attack is to suppress the energy, climb the volcano, and break the heart." Xu Mu summarized simply.
Although Xu Mu already knew this, Jacket had explained so much to him, so he had to give some response to make him feel that he understood it.
As expected, after Xu Mu finished speaking, Jacket's eyes were filled with respect.
"As expected of a warrior who can unilaterally annihilate Kalet, his comprehension ability is indeed extraordinary! I spent a lot of effort to make my subordinates understand the battle plan."
After a pause, Jacket continued, "However, although the second stage of the assault process looks relatively simple, it is the most difficult."
"Our special operations team has infiltrated once before and brought out valuable information."
"Antun's body also has another kind of life, the Tartan!"
Then, Jacket gave Xu Mu a detailed introduction to the companion race, the Tartan.
However, the information Xu Mu learned himself was much more comprehensive and detailed than what Jacket said.
Simply put, the Tartan race and the Odin race, to which Antun belonged, once lived on the same planet.
The lower-level Tartan tribe regards the giants of the Odin tribe as god-like beings.
Some high-level Taltans discovered Antun's secret. On the surface, they pretended to worship Antun like other low-level Taltans. In fact, after a long period of parasitism and being assimilated by Antun's energy, they became symbiotic organisms connected with Antun's life, and thereby manipulated Antun's thoughts in reverse. After inheriting Antun's power and will, the leader of the high-level Taltans, "Almighty Matga", became like Antun's brain.
In other words, the relationship between Tartan and Antun is no longer just a simple companion relationship.
It can even be considered a community with a shared future.
Antun absorbs huge amounts of energy and provides them with some of its power.
They are small and sophisticated, and they plan their future development in an orderly manner inside Antun's body (where to swallow energy)
This group of guys who got some of the apostles' power are so powerful that they are beyond imagination.
There was a group of level 85 combat elites in the heavenly realm. Not to mention entering the black volcano area, they couldn't even defeat the low-level Tartans in the first stage entrance area [Source of Black Mist], and even lost a lot of elites in the process.
It was for this reason that Jacket commissioned Melvin to develop a simulation device for the Antun attack.
He planned to know both himself and the enemy, and only after he had thoroughly understood the method of attacking the enemy would he dare to give the order to officially start the attack.
"So, what is the highest record of the current Antunyi... no, the current simulated siege device?" Xu Mu asked.
He had little interest in the single Antuny.
But I am very interested in the rewards given for this simulated attack.
"To be honest..." Jacket said somewhat embarrassedly, "Currently, my subordinates have not even cleared the [Source of the Black Mist] area at the simulation difficulty level."
"Is that so..." Xu Mu pondered for a moment, then slowly proposed an idea he had been thinking about for a long time: "Can I also try the Antun simulated attack?"
"Of course!" Jacket was immediately shocked when he heard that!
To be honest, we have a route for the attack, but we don't have any relevant information about the strategy. If we can't figure out the offensive of these super-powerful Tartans who have absorbed part of the power of the apostles, we will have no chance of winning.
Therefore, Jacket was actually worried that Xu Mu would not come, and was not afraid at all that he would do something wrong.
After some skilled operations to simulate the tough battle, Jacket set the difficulty to the lowest level 01.
"Warrior, you can try to overcome the difficulty from level 01 first."
"Of course, your progress in conquering the enemy will be recorded, which is equivalent to providing us with a large amount of valuable combat experience. Therefore, every time you make a certain progress, I will grant you a generous reward on behalf of the heavens!"
"These materials are precious materials that our Imperial Capital Army obtained from Antun during the frequent battles with it during this period. They contain a huge amount of energy. If they are forged into equipment, they may be able to give warriors like you even more power."
As he was speaking, a reward panel pop-up window popped up in front of Xu Mu.
Take a quick look at the rewards.
All equipment in the Gluttony series can be exchanged, and the starting point is epic equipment of level 85.
In addition to this, there are a range of enchantment cards.
Upgrade blueprints for the Glutton.
Of course, the most precious is Antun’s weapon series—the Ancient Dust series!
As the top-level equipment in the current dungeon, the weapons in the Ancient Relics series feature a simple and unpretentious power.
The most noble skill attack multiplication area can increase it by 35%!
The attached special entry, when filled with magic energy, can release the weapon skill of [The Seventh Apostle: Antun the Flame Devourer].
Lasts for 20 seconds, and increases the skill attack by an additional 20% during this period.
You know, the combined effect of all the holy items on Xu Mu's body does not exceed 20%.
And this weapon alone can increase the peak technical attack by 55%.
This shows how powerful it is.
"Okay, take me in." Xu Mu said lightly.
"Okay warrior, be careful. If you feel any discomfort, immediately terminate the simulation process and return to the real world." Jacket reminded him for the last time, and then grabbed a handful of dark red, strangely shaped stones covered with thorns and particles from the military bag beside him.
Xu Mu took a quick glance and immediately recognized the stone.
Isn’t this the Demonic Stone that was produced in large quantities in the Brick Moving Holy Land before?
In the original game, it also serves as a ticket to unlock the Antun siege.
Unexpectedly, in today's copy world, it is still used as a charging prop to activate the Antun simulation.
Jacket threw a handful of magic stones into the energy transmission port of a precision instrument next to him, and then guided Xu Mu to stand in a circle of light.
Immediately, he pulled the lever down with great force.
"Warrior, I wish you good luck. I will always be watching your heroic fighting posture from the outside world!"
“Swish!!”
As soon as Jacket finished speaking, Xu Mu felt that all his thoughts were pulled away and entered another dimension.
There was white light flashing all over my eyes.
Until a few seconds later, a prompt sound rang.
[You are currently in: Source of Black Mist]
[You are trying to attack Antun——Simulation form]
[Please note that the monsters in this area are as high as level 100, and have a very strong apostle aura bonus, greatly improving all attributes! ]
[Please note that any damage you receive in the current environment is equivalent to the mechanism of other areas of the dungeon, and you will not be resurrected after death, so please fight carefully! ]
"It seems that although Jacket has seen me enter another virtual world, as a player, this is still a copy. It's just a different map, and all the necessary punishment mechanisms will be retained."
"We have to attack more carefully."
Xu Mu stood there for a moment, carefully recalling Antun's strategy.
Then he raised the level 75 holy sword in his hand and locked his eyes on a group of monsters in front of him that seemed to be formed by black fog.
The assault officially begins!
