“I’ll… do my best.” Jiang Xuan smiled awkwardly. His whole body turned silver as his Iron Essence and ability transformed him. With a wave of his hand, an iron wall rose from the ground, blocking the bullets howling toward his teammates from afar. With his other hand, he pulled a huge iron hammer, temporarily transformed from the ground, and stood at the very front.

He took a deep breath. Still, he couldn’t help but feel a chill down his spine. Facing attacks head-on wasn’t a problem, but protecting teammates with no combat ability in the middle of all this chaos? Was that really something he could manage just by doing his best?

Ji Jue poked his head out and looked toward the enemies rushing in. “It’s fine. The Heretic Cult is way too overpowered in this version, so that’s definitely a problem. I can help nerf them a little.”

Nerf them? How? This isn’t some shopping app where sharing a link gets you a discount.

Jiang Xuan shook his head. He was just about to thank him for the thought when he saw that strange armored off-road vehicle, which had somehow slipped outside the ruins of the base. The cargo bed slowly opened amid the vibrations. From beside the machine gun, another odd-looking thing slowly rose, covered...