"Launch a counterattack?" Captain Guan was stunned. At that moment, a loud "boom" came from the direction of the square, followed by flames shooting into the sky and thick smoke rolling up. It seemed that a violent explosion had occurred in the central square.

  Rulu's voice said: "Now! Everyone attack the Sanctuary army with full force and push toward the square!"

  The rebels were all stunned, not reacting immediately. Captain Guan was the first to respond, shouting: "Stop retreating! Start attacking! Attack with full force!"

  Immediately Kallen and the other gray armored troops stopped retreating and charged toward the Sanctuary's armored troops. At the same time, the other rebels picked up their weapons and opened fire on the Sanctuary soldiers. Seeing the rebels attacking, the Sanctuary army immediately engaged, and both sides began fighting again.

  "Lord Jason, we've got trouble! We're under enemy attack! Our forces in the square are under attack!" Just as the rebels launched their attack on the Sanctuary army, Jason received a distress signal from his Chief of Staff.

  "What did you say? You're under attack?!" Jason was extremely shocked. He shouted into the communicator, "How many attackers are there? What's their configuration?"

  "Two, there are only two people. One is a person in black wearing a cape and mask, and the other is a sphinx-like monster."

  "Only two? Don't you have a hundred men there? Can't you handle just two people?"

  "No, these two are very strong. We're no match for them. Please send reinforcements quickly, or else... or else... Ahhhh!!"

  The Chief of Staff screamed in agony, then terminated the wireless communication with Jason. No matter how Jason called, there was no further response.

  "Damn it, what's going on?!" Jason's mind was in chaos. At this moment, their army was fighting against the rebel army and couldn't return to the square in a short time, but Jason couldn't ignore the situation at the square either.

  Finally, Jason made a decision. He handed over the command to someone else, then left the battling armies and flew alone toward the square. His flight speed was extremely fast; in less than a minute, he arrived above the square.

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  "What... what's happening?!" Jason was dumbfounded. The previously intact square had turned into a sea of fire. Huge reddish-yellow flames swept toward the Sanctuary soldiers like a storm, instantly igniting large numbers of them.

  Many Sanctuary soldiers in the square were engulfed by the fierce flames, their bodies on fire as they rolled on the ground in agony, letting out painful wails.

  "Damn it, who is it? Who's causing this trouble?!" Jason's face was filled with anger as he carefully surveyed the square. He found a large oil tank truck parked in the center of the square. On the ground beside the oil truck stood a strange person in black, wearing a mask and cape, holding a silver metal staff. Beside the masked person stood a beast that looked like a lion with wings on its back.

  "It's these two?!" Jason stared with hateful eyes at the person dressed in black and wearing a black cape. He took out his dagger, dropped from the sky, and flew rapidly toward the masked person beside the oil tank truck.

  The sphinx-like monster seemed to notice Jason's approach and looked up in his direction. The wings on its back suddenly opened wide, and immediately a strong storm formed around Jason, blowing against him.

  Hindered by the fierce wind, Jason's flight speed greatly decreased, reduced to about the speed of a person jogging. The masked person also noticed Jason's appearance. He waved the silver metal staff in his hand, and immediately large amounts of gasoline sprayed from the outlet of the oil tank truck, transforming into a hundred-meter-long tongue of reddish-yellow flame that swept toward Jason in the sky. Jason couldn't dodge the flame tongue, and his body was engulfed by the fierce flames.

  "Ah, it's hot!" Jason cried out in panic, enduring the pain of being burned by the flames as he flew away from the masked person. He flew at high speed in the air, using the strong airflow against his body to extinguish the flames.

  Afterward, Jason continued to fly rapidly over the square, looking for opportunities to approach the masked person below. However, the sphinx-like monster kept its gaze locked on Jason, summoning powerful storms toward Jason whenever it saw him approaching, slowing his flight speed. Then the masked person would summon a fire storm to attack Jason in the air.

  The casting range of the masked person and the monster was very wide. Even if Jason was a hundred meters away, they could still summon strong winds and tongues of flame to attack him. Jason had failed in several attack attempts. Not only could he not approach the masked person, but he was also severely burned by the flames.

  "Damn it, that silver metal staff and those wings enhance magical Psionic power, greatly expanding the casting range of magical Psionic power. I have no chance to get close to them," Jason said with a gloomy face. Hovering in the high air, he felt it difficult to deal with this person and beast. He wanted to mobilize armored troops to deal with the masked person and the monster, but then remembered that the armored troops were still fighting with the rebels and couldn't return.

  The masked person continued to summon fire storms to burn the Sanctuary soldiers in the square. Under the attack of these fire storms, the Sanctuary soldiers either died or fled. After just five or six minutes, the hundred Sanctuary soldiers in the square were all burned clean, with almost the entire force wiped out.