Arknights' Lock of Heaven

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Karna's experience was truly... Even if he could suppress these impulses with his nature, you can't say they didn't exist at all.

Arjuna's fighting spirit stemmed purely from his shameful past; he wanted to prove something... but ultimately, it was just a spirit origin.

If they wanted to, they could easily suppress it.

But... when their eyes met, they understood each other perfectly.

Isn't this the perfect time?

Right beneath their feet, Ursus's vanguard fleet had arrived.

The black tide that sweeps across the mountains and plains is crossing the snowfields, and it will unstoppably destroy any enemy that stands in its way.

The towering warships, superior weaponry, well-trained soldiers, and the weak and feeble enemy gave them confidence.

With such a military force, let alone a small infected base, even a complete mobile city would fall.

This was, after all, an army of 170,000 fully armed men.

Above them, Karna and Arjuna exchanged a glance and simultaneously released the ferocious beasts from their spirit origins.

【Pashupata (The Hand of Destruction)】

【Sun, submit to death (Vasavi Shakti)】

"General! General! An emergency has occurred!"

The flagship of the vanguard fleet was the Prague, which was personally commanded by the eldest son of the Marquis of Prague.

To be honest, he doesn't have much leadership ability.

This trip is just to earn some merit.

But at this moment, the eldest son of the marquis, who was just coasting along, looked up from the bridge.

Flames and darkness occupied most of the sky.

"God, what is this...?"

Even thousands of meters above the ground, they could feel the surging energy gathering above them, driving the warlocks of the entire vanguard fleet mad.

They were the first to realize something was wrong, shouting danger and ordering the warship's operators to turn around and leave this hellish place as quickly as possible.

Unfortunately, how could one escape a trap that had been prepared in advance so easily?

The commander of the vanguard fleet was no fool either; at his command, all eight warships scattered and fled according to their positions.

Unfortunately, it was a bit too late.

A faint chanting came from high above.

"Realize the mercy of the King of Gods..."

"The sacred realm expands, space becomes fixed..."

The warship commanders roared orders for their ships to accelerate; that thing in the sky looked ominous.

"Indra, just watch carefully..."

"Divine punishment execution period set...all complete..."

From thousands of meters above, the black torrent below seemed to have encountered a boulder and began to scatter.

Above them, a sun-shaped cross of flames and a blue sphere containing boundless energy had already taken shape!

"Annihilation lies in this one thrust! Burn fiercely!"

"With the wrath of Shiva, I will make you perish here!"

Although they didn't know what was happening above their heads, staying would definitely not be a good thing. Everyone was fleeing. They didn't know why all this was happening. They knew the way well; it was Terran's instinct.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

"Sun, submit to death!" (Vasavi Shakti)

"Pashupata, the Hand of Destruction!"

The dark blue sphere and the beam of light emanating from the sun-shaped cross collided with two unintelligible roars.

In an instant, the whole world fell silent.

Then, endless light began to burst forth, and all kinds of tangible and intangible energy spread outwards at a speed that was beyond the reach of the naked eye, instantly engulfing the surrounding sky, and then spreading outwards from a height of three thousand meters.

Within seconds, they reached the ground, and the boundless light and heat instantly turned the frigid snowfield into scorched earth. The soldiers on the armored vehicles were turned to ashes before they even had time to feel fear, their ashes mixing with the molten iron from the armor.

They were lucky; at least they died without suffering.

The energy storm unleashed by the clash of the Noble Phantasms continued, engulfing warships, scorching snowfields, and even causing ripples to spread from the star pod three thousand meters above the epicenter.

From here, to the infected's base, and then to the fleet behind, everyone could see this devastating explosion with the naked eye.

Even the gloomy clouds above the snowfield were completely swept away by waves of energy storms, and precious golden sunlight began to shine down on the earth.

“I told you,” Xia Yu said, her back to the window in the infected’s base, where the sun was shining brightly outside, “today will definitely be a beautiful day.”

473 Escape!

"What exactly is going on with the Vanguard Fleet?! A natural disaster? Or some kind of weapon? A spell?"

On the flagship at the rear, feeling the biting storm, Grand Duke Vanya, his eyes red, shouted to the communications team, "Haven't they sent out their report yet?"

"Your Grace, there is no response..." The communications team trembled.

On one side was the catastrophic scene before them, and on the other was the Duke's raging fury right at their doorstep.

"Keep in touch! No, send someone to check it out!"

Grand Duke Vanya could only rage in vain.

But his officers looked at him, then at the location of the vanguard fleet.

Even now, the energy storm continues, and it can be clearly felt even from the flagship, which is more than ten kilometers away.

Sending people over there... isn't that just sending them to their deaths?

But Grand Duke Vanya was well aware of this matter.

But what could he do?

The operation was originally a sure thing, much like an armed parade. Dealing with the 200,000 almost unarmed infected and the fleet he brought was a piece of cake.

Who would have thought this would happen!

He had already been careful enough in preparing for the means to annihilate the Sixth Army Group, and the vanguard fleet was prepared for that.

If there were any ambushes, they would definitely be used on the vanguard fleet, since even just twelve warships would be enough to breach their base.

Therefore, the forwards are not part of the core team.

But who could have imagined that before they even reached their destination, and before the legendary technology appeared, the vanguard fleet was completely annihilated in an unknown attack.

Yes, almost everyone thought they were all wiped out, but in fact, apart from the two unfortunate warships directly below, the other warships were still alive.

Although the losses were significant, they were not completely wiped out.

The only problem is...

"General Prague, abandon ship," the adjutant pleaded earnestly. "The roads around us have all been torn apart. If we continue sailing, none of us will escape..."

"Communication with the main fleet in the rear is also impossible due to the rampant energy. At this point, we have no choice but to escape by car."

Upon hearing this, the eldest son of the Marquis of Prague, the so-called general who originally thought he was just there to gain prestige, opened his mouth and looked around.

This warship is the pride of our family... Abandon it...

He recalled scenes from war movies where warships were unable to sail for various reasons, and his men urged the captain to abandon ship.

The captain said, "I will live and die with this ship."

"..."

“Abandon ship…” He asked himself, he wasn’t a captain, he was the heir to the Prague family… how could he die here?

The surrounding roads were riddled with holes, making it impossible for the warships to navigate properly...

"let's go."

-

“We’ll turn around and head west to avoid that area,” Duke Belgaard said, looking at his agitated colleague. “We can’t stay here any longer. Order the fleet to turn around, and as for the mobile fortresses behind us… send them back the way they came.”

“You… never mind, do as he says,” Grand Duke Vanya instinctively wanted to object, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed there was no better way.

As for the vanguard fleet... good luck to them.

Once the order was given, the warships below carried it out swiftly.

No one can remain indifferent to the fate of the vanguard fleet, especially when they themselves are likely to be next.

Upon receiving the order, these warships were more anxious than anyone else, turning right and making a sharp turn for the entire fleet.

Just as the two dukes were gazing at the distant smoke and dust, mourning the vanguard fleet, a beam of red light suddenly appeared in the smoke and dust.

"That is……"

Before the word "what" could be uttered, in the blink of an eye, a surging flame, like a spear, blasted a black dot out of the smoke and dust created by the explosion, embedding it directly in the side of a warship that had just completed a turn and was preparing to accelerate away.