Lord of the Sky City

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The situation in the battle was increasingly unfavorable for the Guard Corps, leaving no doubt that their time was running out.

The destruction of Raphael's Tank Armor by the demons marked the beginning of the end, signaling that the Guard Corps could no longer withstand the fierce assault of the demons.

Soon after, Caryus's Tank Armor was also destroyed by the demons, and even more thoroughly. Surrounded by five or six Bull-horned Demons, the entire Armor was completely smashed. If Sandro hadn't dragged Caryus out of the cockpit at the critical moment, he would have likely been crushed into a pulp along with the Tank Armor. As the two Tank Armors were destroyed one after another, the Guard Corps disintegrated.

The research institute was now completely surrounded, and the Guard Corps had been thoroughly encircled by the demons. In this situation, as the commander, Monte immediately issued an order for all the crews of the unloaded Skyships to gather on a single Skyship and take off, leaving the remaining Skyships on the ground to act as obstacles. Meanwhile, the Guard Corps began to withdraw to the research institute, basing their defense on the institute.

As a result, the few Skyships left outside suffered; when the Guard Corps gradually fell back to the perimeter of the research institute, these Skyships were directly exposed to the demons and were quickly smashed to pieces.

However, this also gave the Guard Corps some breathing room. After all, although the Skyships parked outside were not warships, each one was dozens of meters long and it would take time for the demons to destroy them. This bought the Guard Corps valuable time to regroup.

But everyone knew that even if the Guard Corps was given more time to regroup, they still had no chance of winning the fight. The demons outside were simply too numerous, so many that even if every single person fought to their last breath, they would not be able to triumph.Sadly, this obvious outcome greatly undermined the morale of the Guards, with many soldiers succumbing to despair at this moment.

But just then, Rocky returned!

As the Guard Corps, backed against the research institute, struggled to reorganize their formation to resist the demons' onslaught, Rocky's figure suddenly flew over the heads of the hordes of demons and landed at the very front of the Guard Corps.

"Monte! Lead everyone to retreat, retreat underground!"

With a sweep of his Scythe, Rocky killed all the demons in front of the Guard Corps and shouted to Monte through the communicator.

"Understood!"

Upon hearing this, Monte, who was also fighting in the front line, looked towards Lin Feng, "Lin Feng, get the ranged units out first!"

"Got it!"

Replying, Lin Feng immediately flew to the second floor and burst through a window, where he promptly began organizing the Archer Troops for evacuation.

Under his lead, the Archers who had been positioned on the second, third, and even the rooftop started to move. They quickly relocated to the first floor and then descended to the basement through the spiral staircase.

Once the Archer Troops had all been moved, the Guards who were responsible for the frontal combat also began to retreat in batches.

The first to be sent to the basement were the wounded who had been injured in the battle, followed by the soldiers at the back. Once most of the Guards had withdrawn, the remaining Guards retreated to the interior of the research institute's gates, led by Monte and protected by other Void Magic Warriors, fighting and retreating simultaneously.

However, let's not forget that there was only one staircase from the first-floor hall to the basement. It would take a considerable amount of time for the hundreds of Guards to descend, and the demons outside would certainly not give them the chance. Therefore, Rocky, Liliya, and other Void Magic Warriors subsequently used their bodies to block the entry to the research institute, desperately preventing the demons from breaching it.

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Thank goodness, every warrior of the Guard Corps was well-trained, which meant they didn't panic even in such a crisis. It's important to know that in times like these, panic only slows down a retreat, while order speeds it up. Of course, achieving this is far from easy. After all, at such a moment of life and death, everyone's psychological endurance varies. To say nothing of confusion, even a collapse is possible, but the warriors of the Guard Corps did it.

Under the command of various squad leaders, the last group of Guards to enter the hall retreated orderly down the stairs into the underground. The whole process was very brief, which undoubtedly greatly relieved the pressure on Rocky and others defending the entrance.

"Sir, everyone has come down!"

Fighting fiercely, Rocky soon heard Monte's voice through the communicator, and upon hearing this, he immediately said to Liliya and the others next to him, "Everyone retreat, to the sky!"

With his command, whether it was himself and Liliya beside him, or the other three squads still holding their ground outside, they all charged straight into the sky, completely abandoning the defense of the research facility.

Not only that, but as soon as Rocky led everyone back into the air, he immediately contacted Karina.

"Karina, bombard the research facility!"

"Understood."

Hearing Rocky's words, Karina, in charge of commanding the Fleet, did not hesitate to order the Fleet to start adjusting their formation and turn their cannons.

During this process, hundreds of Demons instantly poured into the interior of the research facility. The Demons at the main entrance charged straight through the doors, and the towering Bull-horned Demons didn't even need to exert themselves—merely ramming their bodies against the wall next to the door caused it to shatter into pieces.

At the same time, because the other three squads were no longer there to block them, the peripherals also began to attack the research facility from other directions. The Bull-horned Demons relentlessly rammed the walls of the facility, which were already decaying, and under the fierce impacts, the walls quickly split open. The smaller and more agile Black-eyed Demons, like geckos, quickly climbed onto the walls and, under the impact of the Bull-horned Demons' ramming, were buried in the collapsing walls and rubble along with them.

Destruction.

Complete and purposeless destruction. When the Guard Corps retreated underground and Rocky and the others took to the air, countless Demons began to utterly destroy the research facility.

However, as these Demons did their utmost to bring the research facility to ruin, the Fleet in midair had already adjusted their formation. Without even a minute's pause, they began to bombard the entire research facility!

The rumbling sound of cannon fire came once again, but this time the target was the research facility itself. In a series of bombardments, the facility, already nearly dismantled by the Demons, collapsed thunderously. Countless Demons that had rushed into it were instantly crushed under the ruins, swallowed up in the smoke of the magic cannons.

A moment later, the cannon fire ceased, and the smoke cleared. When Rocky and the others in the sky looked down at the ground again, the research facility was no longer in sight. The facility which had once stood on the earth had now become a pile of ruins, merging with the entire city.

"Rocky, the Guard Corps..."

Looking at the ruins of the research facility, Liliya couldn't help but turn to Rocky and asked worriedly. The others felt the same.

"Don't worry, the teacher has already activated the Moving Fortress!"