Chapter 124 124 Chapter - Is This The Strength Of An Epic Employee...
124 Chapter - Is This The Strength Of An Epic Employee...
This crimson-black plateau seemed boundless.
If one were to look down from the sky, they would find that it occupied most of the Lava Volcano's territory and was ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ located right in its center.
With the start of the Pioneer Trial, all the Pioneers' trains had appeared on this plateau.
However, the number of Infinite Marauders residing here far exceeded everyone's imagination; they seemed to have known the news in advance, having already begun to encircle and suppress the Pioneers.
So, on the surface, this trial was a cleanup of Infinite Marauders by the Pioneers, but the actual situation was precisely the opposite.
At this moment, on one side of this vast region.
Leng Ningxue was driving her train at full speed across the plateau, with several other trains following closely behind her.
Her brows were tightly furrowed, and her face was filled with worry.
"Why are there so many Infinite Marauders?"
There were at least five enemies on each train, and there were more than a dozen trains following behind her!
At this point, even Leng Ningxue couldn't help but wonder if this intensity was something a single Pioneer could handle.
Moreover, these Infinite Marauders had immediately formed a siege around her; if her train hadn't been fast enough, she even doubted she could have broken out of the encirclement.
But even so, Leng Ningxue's own train had sustained 30% damage.
Although these people couldn't catch her, they clearly intended to find a way to completely destroy her train.
"Is the solution to merge trains to the maximum capacity before the trial begins?"
Leng Ningxue looked back, her gaze catching a giant grappling hook dragging a chain, attacking her train.
The next second, boom!
The train suddenly shook, and she stumbled, followed by a prompt on the screen indicating another drop in durability.
But this was not what concerned Leng Ningxue the most, because her gaze had already spotted the employees on the opposing train attacking her train along that chain!
If they boarded, her situation would become even more passive!
And the other trains pursuing her were also planning to launch grappling hooks, with the situation rapidly deteriorating.
Leng Ningxue's eyes narrowed, and she immediately activated her train's Armored Core skill.
An extreme chill instantly surged forth, then covered the entire train, constructing an ice-bound battle armor; while increasing speed, the biting cold also slowly froze everything nearby.
This naturally included the grappling hook attached to the rear of Leng Ningxue's train, and her employees immediately acted, severing the frozen chain with a single slash.
The two enemy employees standing on the chain, positioned at the rear, jumped back onto their own train, while the employee at the front directly leaped onto Leng Ningxue's train.
A battle immediately broke out at the rear of the carriage, but fortunately, it was two against one, and the enemy was quickly slain.
At this point, Leng Ningxue's forehead had begun to break out in fine cold sweat; her skill was about to give out.
The frost around the train had gradually turned into water droplets, and its impact on the terrain was almost negligible.
The Infinite Marauders following behind naturally noticed this, and they were all waiting for an opportunity.
This Armored Core skill, which originally could last twenty minutes, couldn't even hold out for ten minutes in the Lava Volcano, a terrain that severely countered her.
This was also why Leng Ningxue did not immediately fight the Infinite Marauders.
Her own abilities were countered by the environment, and there were simply too many enemies.
"If it were an Epic employee... could they crush them?" Leng Ningxue frowned, immediately pulling out an employee card emitting a purple glow.
Regardless of whether it could create a crushing advantage, it would certainly change the current situation.
This employee card was given to her by Bai Cheng, but she hadn't used it yet.
Leng Ningxue originally thought that completing this trial with her own strength shouldn't be a problem, but she never imagined she would be surrounded by Infinite Marauders from the very beginning.
As the card dissipated in her hand, the energy emitting a purple glow slowly began to coalesce into a well-proportioned human figure within the carriage.
It was a male in human form, but given the urgent situation, Leng Ningxue didn't pay attention to his appearance or race, but immediately checked his information.
However, upon seeing his skills, Leng Ningxue nearly despaired.
"Two support skills." She looked again carefully, and indeed, she saw no descriptions about damage.
The situation was urgent, but her Epic card had only produced a support, what should she do?
However, she did not blame him for this, only inwardly complained about her terrible luck.
"Greetings, Lieche Zhang (Train Conductor) - Title, your subordinate is willing to go through fire and water for you." He bowed with his hand over his chest, his voice magnetic, and his demeanor elegant and polite.
"No need to be so polite, go help your other two colleagues deal with the enemies behind us."
Leng Ningxue didn't even have time to look at him; all her attention was currently focused on the Infinite Marauders pursuing her from behind the train.
But to her surprise, this new employee merely glanced at her two older employees and shook his head slightly, saying, "Adult, their abilities are too weak; they are not enough for your subordinate to fully display his strength."
Leng Ningxue frowned at his words, but before she could speak, he continued to explain.
"Adult, your abilities are just right; it will be effortless to restrain them."
"But this Lava Volcano is full of high temperatures...." Leng Ningxue hadn't finished speaking when she saw him inject an orange-yellow energy into her body.
At this moment, the train's Armored Core skill had not yet ended, and an instant burst of extreme cold erupted outwards.
The ground re-froze into frost, and even the Ashen Rain falling from the sky was frozen, like scattered snowflakes.
The high temperature of over forty degrees Celsius in the air rapidly dropped to freezing point; the surrounding environment seemed to have returned to Frigid Snow Mountain.
"Adult, you should be able to control the ice elements within the range, right?" His voice came again.
At this point, Leng Ningxue finally recovered from her shock, nodding somewhat blankly.
Then, she raised her palm.
In an instant, the surging ice crystals around them began to rapidly condense and enlarge, transforming into numerous slender ice cones.
The Infinite Marauders behind them hadn't even figured out what was happening when they saw these countless ice cones attack them like a downpour.
"Do they really think they can stop us with these ice shards? How laughable!"
But soon they stopped laughing, because the ice crystals began to spread rapidly upon hitting the trains.
The wheels were jammed by hard ice, stopping their rotation and sparking against the tracks; the boiler was also frozen and extinguished, causing the entire train to lose power.
In just a blink of an eye, these pursuing trains were frozen, like exquisitely carved works of art.
Even the Infinite Marauders and their employees on board were not spared.
Although they were not dead, their movements were now firmly controlled, making them no different from lambs awaiting slaughter.
Leng Ningxue on the train was completely stunned at this moment; her pupils dilated, unable to believe everything that was happening before her eyes.
"Is this the power of an Epic employee...?"
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