The Highest Bounty - Chapter 146

Chapter 146: Robert Turns The Tables On The Battle Outcome

Emily had no idea who was operating the little mech, but it was fighting the Army’s mechs, and that meant he was an enemy. She raised her arms to give him two shots, aiming to kill without a second thought.

A normal gun did not work well against a mech, but if it was used with a bullet of primary power, it would be enough to cause significant damage.

Gu Ding knew this quite well, which was why he made sure to first dodge the shot before he continued his attacks.

Emily was surprised upon seeing Gu Ding’s unusual movements when dodging her shot. Those two shots had been carefully calculated and calibrated by her in an attempt to incapacitate the opponent. He would have been shot at least once no matter which way he moved. The strange thing was that the enemy had managed to evade both shots effortlessly.

Gu Ding was starting to get a headache in the mech as he was aware that he was no match for Emily even with the mech suit on, which enhanced his basic combat effectiveness by a few hundred times. All Emily needed was to land a single shot and he would be out of the game.

He had planned to get Bart to take care of Emily, but he did not expect Emily to bring another seven companions with her. At Bart’s current capabilities, he can barely hold off Emily by herself. With an additional seven people, he would be taken out almost immediately.

Robert calmly retrieved several items from his inventory at the sight of Gu Ding’s sudden danger. They were seven silver-white robots that were about the height of a human being. They had the same joints as a human. The seven robots came alive the moment they were taken out. Each of them locked onto one of the seven people that came with Emily and rushed toward them.

Robert turned his head toward Bart. “They will finish off the seven that came with Emily. Your mission is to hold her off for as long as you can. I will need some time.”

Bart was taken aback by this. This robot seemed to be from Gu Ding’s spaceship, and he had probably never known of the robot’s existence because the robot was not a member of the crew who was in charge of combat. Bart had promised Gu Ding that he would hold back Emily in front of so many people, and he had no choice now but to follow through on his promise.

He mumbled internally that if those seven released robots were not powerful enough and ended up being destroyed by the Army’s colonel generals and lieutenant generals, he would be the one in danger.

Gu Ding was relegated to dodging the bullets in an embarrassing manner under Emily’s attack. It was lucky for him that he had managed to evade every shot Emily made even though there were quite a few close calls.

Gu Ding was slightly surprised when Bart appeared next to him. It was understandable for Bart to stay put where he was, with the overwhelming threat of the seven colonel generals and lieutenant generals. However, Gu Ding quickly realized that seven silver-white robots had taken them on. He immediately understood that this was Robert’s doing.

“Robert has made full preparation for this battle. He had built twenty-four of these robots. Each possesses the combat prowess equivalent to a Rank 8 Gene Body. They have also been programmed with the first eight levels of the Ultimate Arts. It should not be a challenge for them to take care of those colonel generals and lieutenant generals,” Neptune explained.

When Gu Ding found that tides of battle were turning in favor of his party, he gave chase toward the mechs located among the crowd. Emily had given the order for the mechs to spread out and kill the Interstellar Pirates when she first arrived. She could tell that when Gu Ding put on the mech, his combat effectiveness could not be matched by the mechs on the Army’s side.

Emily condescendingly laughed when she found Bart blocking her way. “This is courageous of you.”

She had watched the video of the fight between Bart and Sharp, and she was aware that this was not a powerful opponent. He had won that fight with a setup and a little luck.

“Are you aware of how a high-ranking female officer such as yourself is known within the pirate circles?” Bart sounded slightly flirty with his opening line.

“Sounds like nothing good comes out of you,” Emily had no intention of listening to his nonsense and she took a direct shot.

Bart’s hand held on to the chain on his waist. His fingers moved slightly, and the chain turned black as it morphed into a spiral-like form and extended forward, immediately blocking the bullet shot by Emily. He replied in a slow and casual manner, “They say that women in the Army are extremely passionate in bed. You may think those words sound a little uncouth, but it’s actually high praise.”

Emily glared at Bart. Under normal circumstances, she would have been quite willing to participate in the conversation. However, this was a situation where she did not have time to spare. Besides, the other party was an Interstellar Pirate. Emily frowned when she noticed her bullet had been entangled in the enemy’s chain. She fired off a few more shots, one after another, not allowing her opponent to take a breather.

Those twelve bullets were filled with highly destructible spiral energy and explosions could be heard in the air. The bullets were ablaze as they headed straight for Bart, much like a meteor.

The look on Bart’s face changed when he saw what was happening. He quickly whipped out the chain in his hand, demonstrating once again, the power of a weapon with demigod powers. The black chains entwined the twelve bullets within it.

However, these twelve bullets were unlike the first one Emily had shot. These violently flew toward him and almost instantly reached Bart. Bart frowned and quickly dodged, but all twelve bullets exploded at almost simultaneously, generating a deafening shockwave.

Bart attempted to dash away but he was not able to escape the shockwave, leading to him throwing up a mouthful of blood. He understood why Emily had immediately decided to shoot for the kill. After witnessing his fight with Sharp, this woman had become quite careful and conscious when dealing with him. Bart knew that his mission to withhold her could not be completed under this circumstance.

Emily reloaded her gun clip after firing twelve shots. The gun in her hand had a capacity for twenty bullets and she had fired seven shots prior to her battle with Bart.

She followed up closely with another attack of ten continuous shots after seeing Bart gravely hurt by the energy of the shockwave. This time, she aimed for his head, determined to take his life.

The demigod weapon in Bart’s hand might be powerful, but Bart had limited spirit, and the black chains had limited speed when it came to absorbing energy. Even though the chains were able to block his opponent’s attack to a certain extent, it was inadequate as it could not completely dissolve an attack.

He dodged the bullets erratically. Emily’s attacks were relentless, and she kept on going.

Bart closed his eyes and braced for his end when he realized he would never be able to evade all the bullets. It took a while before he became aware that he did not suffer any physical pain. His eyes popped open in surprise and he noticed Emily’s focus was no longer on him. She was looking in another direction.

He turned toward where she was looking and saw a metallic building close to two meters tall located where Robert was standing. There were a few cannon muzzles on the building that were pointing to where Bart was.

Before Bart could react, a few more cannon muzzles pointed toward him. Those muzzles moved slightly upwards and locked onto Emily’s location. The cannons fired unrelentingly, much like a thunderstorm hailing down toward her, and all sight of Emily, the gunner, was completely lost in the barrage of cannon shots.

Bart was completely shocked upon witnessing this scene.

However, his attention was quickly diverted when something happened at the other battlefield not far from where he was. The silver-colored robots had killed off all three colonel generals and four lieutenant generals in less than ten minutes of combat. Those seven robots immediately refocused on new targets as they ran toward the enemy mechs.

Gu Ding had taken care of five mechs by now. He raised his head and noticed the metallic building not far away. “What’s that thing? Did Robert build it?”

“That thing is called a battle fort, but it’s just an entry-level fort and not very powerful. It can only be used to suppress an opponent with the close-ranged successive firing of the cannons. It can only cause limited damage to Rank 10 Gene Body powerhouses such as Emily,” Gu Ding heard Neptune’s voice in his ear.

“The combat robots are coming over to help. Work with them quickly to finish off as many mechs as possible. Lili’s spirit is reaching its limit and we need to retreat quickly.”

Gu Ding crushed the circuit board on another mech’s chest with a punch and said to Neptune, “Order them to collect their battle spoils and prepare to retreat. If they are looking for a reason, just tell them that Biggie can’t hold out much longer and that Sharp will arrive in no time.”

The Interstellar Pirates began to retreat gradually after Neptune spread the news. No one was willing to stick around to test the Army’s limits. Emily alone was difficult enough to take down, with Sharp thrown into the mix, it would be a nightmare. However, the main reason they retreated was that the night raid had achieved its primary goal, which was to save everyone who was locked up. Adding on the fact that they managed to take out plenty of the Army’s troops, this was a big victory for them.

The crucial turning point in this battle was Gu Ding and his crew.

Neptune was the one who helped unlock everyone’s chains, but of course, everyone assumed it was Gu Ding who did it.

The one who helped hold off General Sharp from the Army was Biggie from Gu Ding’s crew.

The one who had battled the mechs was Gu Ding and the mech suit built by a member of Gu Ding’s crew.

Even some of the Army’s colonel generals and lieutenant generals had been finished off by the robots from Gu Ding’s crew.

Even though Bart was the one who held Emily off, he was not able to do it alone. It was Gu Ding’s crew who helped suppress Emily at the very end.

When Liliath got word of the retreat, she took control of Biggie and got him to leave the battlefield. Biggie carried Liliath on his back and made a hasty escape.

Sharp was befuddled by Biggie’s sudden retreat, but he gave chase immediately.

When Biggie arrived at the harbor, most of the Interstellar Pirates had evacuated.

Sharp hasted toward Gu Ding and the others when he saw them gathered, in an attempt to stop them. Unfortunately, he did not expect to come under heavy gunfire. His vision was blocked entirely by the dust and debris caused by the sheer amount of gunfire.

The firing stopped after a few minutes and by then, Sharp realized the Interstellar Pirates had vanished completely.

Emily, who had been continuously attacked by the battle fort, had her clothes tattered all over. She cried out in anger, “Damn those Interstellar Pirates!”

Sharp looked at all the dead bodies lying on the ground as he gave a silent pause. “Let’s request for backup from His Highness The Lord!”