Chapter 101: Leave the Robotic Dog's Head Behind!

High above, dozens of meters in the air, Chu Xiao showed no fear whatsoever!

“Full force, attack the machine army! Don’t worry about my safety!” Chu Xiao pressed the earpiece to his ear, issuing orders with calm determination.

Everyone was startled but quickly regained their composure.

Captain Tai Jin of the third squad heard the command, a flicker of worry crossing his eyes. Yet, seeing the machine army behind Chu Xiao, he steeled himself and said, “Listen to my orders! Attack the machines! Target the large tower cannons first! Protect General Chu Zhong’s safety at all costs!”

The other squads, seeing this, hurriedly ordered their soldiers to launch attacks.

But they would not blindly risk Chu Xiao’s life.

Gradually, the number of machines behind Chu Xiao dwindled, while he himself neared the brink of exhaustion.

“Can I hold on any longer?” Chu Xiao felt his eyes tremble and his footing waver.

Suddenly, the path ahead vanished! Chu Xiao failed to notice and stepped into empty air.

The sensation of falling jolted him awake.

“Damn it!” Chu Xiao cursed loudly, plunging his knife viciously into the wall to stop his descent.

But the blade was too sharp; it slipped downwards, unable to halt his fall.

Just as Chu Xiao was about to plummet to his death, he spotted a hollow space ahead. Summoning every ounce of strength, he rolled into it.

Before he could catch his breath, a mechanical dog leapt in after him.

Damn!

Outside, the soldiers watching Chu Xiao fall from such a great height held their breath. Some disregarded their own safety and rushed forward, attempting to catch him barehanded.

Fortunately, Chu Xiao had entered the floor in time.

This put the soldiers’ minds at ease, allowing them to focus fully on fighting the machines.

In this battle, the machines had fallen to a disadvantage. It was only a matter of time before Jiuzhou annihilated them entirely.

Chu Xiao tightened his grip on his blade as he faced the mechanical dog before him.

“Mechanical dog! Fine! Come one, I’ll kill one!” Chu Xiao sneered, a slight curve lifting the corner of his mouth, though an icy chill radiated from him.

The mechanical dog bared its fangs and readied the guns mounted on its body.

From a distance, the Dark King observed everything, linking the mechanical dog to his computer to converse through it with Chu Xiao.

“Chu Xiao! I am the Dark King! We should no longer be strangers to each other!” the mechanical dog said slowly.

Chu Xiao was momentarily stunned, but his grip on the knife never faltered.

Because this was all he had left.

“Why? Not going to kill me?” Chu Xiao asked coldly, his eyes scanning for any weakness in the mechanical dog.

The mechanical dog paced back and forth. “Kill you? I dream of it! If it weren’t for you, these foolish humans would have been wiped out long ago! And now, my machine army is being utterly destroyed by you!”

Chu Xiao sneered. “What’s the matter? Got a problem? But I do wonder—do you machines dream too?”

“Shut up!” The mechanical dog’s tone suddenly sharpened. “Mind your own business! Let’s see if you still have the heart to ask such boring questions in a moment!”

The mechanical dog shifted and rubbed its paws, preparing to strike.

“Human! Pathetic and weak! Even if you’re strong, before machines you’re still unarmed! I’m going to tear you apart with my jaws right now!”

With that, the mechanical dog lunged at Chu Xiao.

Chu Xiao knelt, sliding onto the dog’s abdomen and drove his blade down hard.

The mechanical dog ran in circles, trying to shake Chu Xiao off.

But Chu Xiao refused to let go, clutching the knife tightly.

He felt his back scraping against the ground, the pain gradually giving way to numbness.

He felt nothing anymore.

Chu Xiao knew this wouldn’t work; he had to sever its head to truly stop this machine dog.

The central control system was located in the brain, so the head had to be cut off.

Chu Xiao planted his leg firmly on the dog’s body, using its own force to saw the blade upwards repeatedly.

Due to many severed wires, the mechanical dog’s limb coordination faltered, and it staggered as it walked.

“You human! You truly surprise me,” the mechanical dog relayed the Dark King’s final words before dying.

With a roar that shook the heavens and split the clouds, Chu Xiao exerted all his strength and sliced off the mechanical dog’s head.

At last, the machine dog collapsed.

Chu Xiao lay on the ground, gasping for breath.

It was finally over.

After resting a moment, Chu Xiao took the mechanical dog’s severed head and walked to the edge of the floor. By now, all the machines had been annihilated. Only humans remained.

All eyes fixed on Chu Xiao.

He raised the mechanical dog’s head high and suddenly released it.

The head fell from the great height, smashing into the rubble below.

Cheers erupted instantly.

“General Chu is truly heroic!”

“Wow! We’ve wiped out the machine army!”

“We won!”

“We annihilated every last one of those machines!”

…

Jiuzhou had won this battle. For the first time in the war between humans and machines, humanity had completely destroyed the machines, leaving none alive.

How could they not be elated? How could they not be exhilarated?

In Yanjing City,

Leader Number One and his troops had failed to find a suitable position to attack—in truth, no such position existed.

In that case, they had no choice but to take the fight outside; otherwise, the nanoshield would sooner or later be broken by the Dark King’s forces.

Leader Number One’s decision aligned with Chu Xiao’s: though the assault was arduous, they drove the machines away. The difference was that Number One chose to preserve his strength rather than pursue a full counterattack.

The United States, North Sha, and Euro-Strong nations had not been strongly attacked by the Dark King’s forces, only harassed, so they remained safe.

However, when they learned that Jiuzhou alone had annihilated the Dark King’s machine army, they couldn’t help but marvel. Even the coldest Mu Kosi was visibly moved upon hearing that Chu Xiao led troops against the Dark King and singlehandedly destroyed the machine army, beheading two flame-throwing birds and a mechanical dog with a specially crafted blade glowing faintly green.

“Chu Xiao! Braver than I imagined!” Mu Kosi uttered in halting Chinese.

This was his highest respect for a Jiuzhou man.

In North Sha,

Church was so shocked by the news that he stood up abruptly.

“My God! Chu Xiao is incredibly formidable! To annihilate the Dark King’s machine army and personally sever their heads—that is an act of unparalleled bravery!”

“Even Leader Number One is no less remarkable, leading troops to repel the Dark King’s machines!”

“Those Jiuzhou people are truly formidable!”

In Euro-Strong,

“No! I don’t understand! You’re saying Chu Xiao actually cut off the machines’ heads?” Oris stood up suddenly, staring incredulously at Melly.