Forty Millenniums of Cultivation, page 1630
Boss Bai shivered hard on the other side of the light beam. As if realizing that he had crossed the line just now, he hurried to apologize, "I was too presumptuous. Please forgive me, Commander Yun! My loyalty to Commander Yun can be proved by the sun and the moon! What I'm trying to say is that those people of the Song family cannot be depended on in any case. Only the Yun family's own troops, Marquess' fleet, and my 'National Protection Army' are the forces that Commander Yun can absolutely trust. Please take a look, Commander Yun. These are the forces that Marquess Yongchun and I gathered in the past day."
Boss Bai sent over the data of most starships that had been gathered under him. The numbers and names of the warships occupied the entire light beam, and they were still growing.
Of course, most warships of the "Coalition Fleet of Pyromaniacs" were hidden.
"That's a lot!"
Rather surprised, Yun Xuefeng was more delighted than he was angry.
"There weren't as many in the beginning, but after we knocked down 'Tiger Roar', the starships under Marquess Hushan naturally switched to our side."
Boss Bai said, "Please consider this, Commander Yun. If we hadn't done anything at that time, at least 90% of the starships here would've been brought away by Marquess Hushan to build up the strength of the Song family. How could we have been confident to meet Commander Yun with only 10% of the starships? As their strength grew and ours diminished, the Song family would be much stronger than the Yun family on the battlefield. By then, who would still acknowledge Commander Yun as the 'commander' except for the loyal men like us?"
"About that…"
The moment he thought of Song Yushi's cockiness a moment ago, Yun Xuefeng felt that fury was burning up all the way from his heels to his skull.
When a great enemy was looming ahead, the Song family was still starting a civil war. That was too outrageous!
"Commander Yun, there's still one more thing that I don't know if I should say. It is the truth that works both in the circle of the space pirates and the world of the Immortal Cultivators—'victory is justice'."
Observing his face, Boss Bai said what was on Yun Xuefeng's mind, "Right now, your friction with Song Yushi is already on the table. If the battle is lost, or if it is won slowly with heavy losses, the Song family will not be satisfied however you explain to Song Yushi, even if you chop off my head and give it to Song Yushi to kick as a ball. They will still blame Commander Yun.
"After all, how much is my dirty and stinky head worth? Is it really something that Song Yushi and the leadership of the Song family cares about? Their real target is not me, but Commander Yun and the Yun family!
"Then, how many steps will you have to back off in order to satisfy Song Yushi and the whole Song family? Can the aftermath of the incident be resolved only by letting the candidate that the Song family supports be the emperor? Will Commander Yun or the Yun family be able to afford such a price?
"On the other hand, if Commander Yun wins the battle cleanly and quickly, who can possibly attack Commander Yun with such trivial matter? Song Changlie wavered in the battle, only to be executed by Commander Yun decisively, which significantly boosted morale. That's why such a glorious triumph was secured. If that is the case, it will be the Song family that will be caught in an awkward situation. Song Yushi will have to explain why the Immortal Cultivators of the Song family were all uncommitted cowards in the battle!"
"Enough!"
Yun Xuefeng's eyes were more profound than ever, like swamps where venom was surging. He immediately made up his mind, but he waved his hands and interrupted Boss Bai. "I have my own plans about what to do. It's not your place to comment!"
"Of course, I was being too talkative."
Boss Bai lowered his head deeply. "Commander Yun is already confident of the victory after seeing through the chaotic battle with your unparalleled wisdom. All I need to do is to stay loyal and carry out Commander Yun's orders obediently. How will Commander Yun ever need my stupid brain to resolve any trouble?"
"I did not realize that you were such a talent, Bai Xingjian. It seems that you truly have some capabilities for you to rise among the bloody space pirates in only a couple of years. Being the commander of the 'National Protection Army' is a waste of your gifts!"
Yun Xuefeng looked at Boss Bai thoughtfully and said, "Where are you right now, and how long will it take for you to meet with 'Landslide'?"
While talking, Yun Xuefeng sent over his own coordinates.
His eyes glowing profoundly, Boss Bai said, "If everything goes well, we will reach Commander Yun in twelve hours at most. However, I was wondering about one thing. If we encounter other starships of the four families, particularly those which are escaping to the edge of the space zone because of the coercion of the Song family, what should I do?"
"Bring them over, of course. Have they jumped to the Seven Seas Space Zone from so far away just to enjoy a show?"
Yun Xuefeng said coldly, "If they resist, just do what you have to do. Like what you said just now, victory is justice!"
…
"Yun Xuefeng's coordinates have been found!"
Soon after Yun Xuefeng and Boss Bai's dialogue, the command center of the garrisons of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors in the internal district of the Seven Seas Grand Market was echoing with cheers.
In the hologram of the space zone that covered the whole command center, dense red and blue spots of light were all over it. They were the symbols that represented the hostile starships that had been detected as well as the starships on their own side.
Many red and blue spots were entangled and glowing quickly, which suggested that those starships were fighting heatedly.
As long as anybody touched the light spots with telepathic thoughts, they would also receive astronomical information that was the real-time dynamic data on the battlefield.
Before, Li Yao had always been charging at the frontline of battles as a special warrior. But now, he could only observe the battle from a very narrow perspective and could hardly watch the whole battlefield from the command center comfortably. For a moment, he did not even know what he should do in his idleness.
However, he also knew that the victory of the battle hundreds of thousands of kilometers away had already been decided. Boss Bai had torn an enormous gap in the four families' coalition fleet and teleported the accurate coordinates of the enemy's flagship. It meant that the battle did not have any suspense anymore!
Chapter 2570: Unexpected Accident! |
Through the 3D hologram of the space zone, even an amateur like Li Yao who was not good at commanding was able to see the basic situation of the battle.
It could be clearly seen that after a day and a half of hunting and sweeping, the invaders who had unfortunately jumped to the places near the defense circle of the Seven Seas Grand Market had been annihilated, captured, or had "battlefield uprisings". After the fierce battle, the defenders did not have heavy losses at all but were even greater than before.
In the meantime, the invaders also took the opportunity to gather dozens of fleets in different scales at the edge of the space zone. The problem was that the fleets showed no sign of getting close to each other but simply minded their own business. They were even jumping further and further away to the border of the space zone.
It appeared that they had all made up their minds to watch other people crash at the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors first so that they could claim the benefits later.
It gave the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors an opportunity to divide and conquer them.
Right now, Li Yao had gotten the accurate coordinates of the enemy's flagship-in-general. A few most elite hunting warships under the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors were rushing at "Landslide". Boss Bai was "reinforcing" Yun Xuefeng with the Coalition Fleet of Pyromaniacs too.
As long as the enemy was surrounded, even if Yun Xuefeng could gather three to four Adamantine Super Arsenal Warships, it would still be inevitable that his warships were knocked down and his blood was shed among the stars!
"The situation is in our favor. According to the spies on the enemy's side, it seems that the four families have deep contradictions. The Song family is blatantly encouraging the starships of the Li family and the Dongfang family to withdraw from the battlefield and watch the Yun family humiliate itself. The starships of the Yun family, on the other hand, are getting more and more brutal after receiving Yun Xuefeng's command, not reluctant to force the starships of other families to move forward with violence. A few minor battles have even broken out between the two parties! As a result, even if we do attack Yun Xuefeng's flagship-in-general, it is possible that the main warships of the other families will simply turn a blind eye to it!"
Jin Yuyan said with great delight, "As for the starships of the warlords and local magnates, they have been half-convinced by us in the first place and do not have any determination at all. Now, it is even less likely that they will fight for the four families!
"I dare say that as long as we capture or knock down Yun Xuefeng's 'Landslide', the so-called 'alliance of a million starships' will fall out completely, and their failure will be inevitable. Nothing can possibly stop us from the glorious victory!"
Rationally, Li Yao thought so too.
He had absolute confidence in his wisdom and Boss Bai's shamelessness.
But intuitionally, he was more or less disturbed, as if he were walking on the transparent tempered glass between two cliffs. Although he knew that the glass was extremely hard, he still did not feel confident as he looked at the bottomless abyss underneath.
The main reason was that he had never won a battle as easily and enjoyably before.
Every one of his victories before had been earned through tremendous efforts by risking his life. It was rather rare that he could enjoy the privileges of a commander and celebrate the victory by doing nothing other than drinking tea and taking the snacks in the command room. There certainly couldn't have been a more gratifying thing!
"There can't be any accident now, right?"
Li Yao went through every procedure from the beginning to the end, unable to find any flaw.
"Look, our hunting fleet has locked onto the coordinates of 'Landslide', and it is already engaged with the alarm fleet next to the enemy's flagship-in-general!"
Jin Yuyan said in excitement, "The Song family, the Li family, and the Dongfang family still aren't showing any responses. There's no sign that they're coming to rescue Yun Xuefeng. Three hours. As long as they keep idling by for another three hours, Landslide will truly have a landslide!
"Accident? What accident can there possibly be? I can't think of any accident unless all the Immortal Cultivators of the four families suddenly understand the importance of solidarity and devotion and congregate into a united whole, and the local warlords and magnates suddenly abandon their interests in the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors and their free coins in their accounts, attacking us vehemently without caring about themselves!
"Now, even if the capital learns the situation here, nothing can be done to change it. What can Blackstar the Great do? Even if his belief is incompatible with ours, he still needs the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors to win the battle. Otherwise, if the Seven Seas Space Zone falls and the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors collapses, his ambitions of eternal reign will be doomed too!"
Li Yao said, "It does make sense. So to speak, we are the sure winners now, but…"
Jin Yuyan asked, "But what?"
Li Yao replied, "But why are my eyelids twitching [span]nonstop?"[/span]
Hardly had he completed his sentence when a deafening explosion echoed somewhere near them.
It was followed by such an intense earthquake that the whole command center was shaking violently. All the lights were flashing crazily, and crystal wires and tubes were broken, with colorful sparks cracking everywhere.
Alarms and shrieks burst out at the same time.
Jin Yuyan's smile earlier was frozen on his face, and it was not entirely gone yet, like a dry mask.
Li Yao, on the other hand, looked as calm, if not desperate, as before, as if he had already been used to the treacherous fate.
The two of them ran to the spot of the explosion together. Very soon, they figured out that it was not the headquarters of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors that exploded a moment ago, but a building more than seventy floors high abutting it.
The explosion took place somewhere between the thirtieth and fortieth floors, cutting the magnificent skyscraper into halves from the middle. At this moment, the forty floors on the upper half of the building had already slanted and was leaning toward the headquarters of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors in earsplitting noises of fracture.
The estimated point of impact was so accurate that it couldn't have been an accident but definitely a man-made explosion.
Li Yao cursed aloud in his heart and turned to Jin Yuyan whose face had changed greatly. "What's inside the plaza? Why do you look so awful?"
"Qi Yuanbao and Wuying Qinxin."
His facial muscles cramping, Jin Yuyan gnashed his teeth and snapped, "The sister and the brother were locked inside!"
Then, the second and the third explosions took place consecutively.
Those two explosions broke out in the areas that were relatively far away from the headquarters of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, but they were also the most prosperous areas in the internal district. The crowded skyscrapers, the complicated tube systems, and a population of almost ten million were all gathered there.
After the three explosions, a furious fire was rising, and overwhelming smoke was surging out and spreading to all directions in outrage, soon covering dozens of blocks in the internal district as if it were alive.
"I'm going to find Qi Yuanbao and Wuying Qinxin. You stay here and supervise the situation, Director Jin!"
Li Yao gnashed his teeth hard and leaped off from the headquarters of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors directly. "Remember, stability is what matters most right now. Should the warlords and local magnates in the battlefield in space know the chaos here, everything will be screwed!"
Shua!
After modifications and upgrades, the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit of the latest generation covered Li Yao's body like wings made of the darkness of night. He dashed into the fire and smoke like a flash of black lightning.
Under his remote perception, none of the details of the twisted plaza ahead of him that was about to collapse escaped his attention.
He could see clearly that countless Immortal Cultivators were roaring and rushing out of the plaza, trying to escape in their crystal suits, but it was inevitable that some people were shocked by the blast and fell into a coma or forever kept in the collapsed debris after being smashed by the burning rocks.
Thankfully, the plaza was reserved by Jin Yuyan to cage Qi Yuanbao, Wuying Qinxin, and some of their subordinates who were involved in the assassination. It was naturally Jin Yuyan's trusted subordinates, who were all strong Immortal Cultivators, that were guarding the building. Not a single ordinary person was inside. So, Li Yao's dilemma was saved.
The artificial body that confined Qi Yuanbao's soul was made by Li Yao. Naturally, Li Yao had implanted a tiny "mark" on it before. With a telepathic thought, a glittering artificial body immediately appeared in his sight. It was moving quickly between the fortieth and fiftieth floors that were collapsing nonstop.
Hiu!
Li Yao slashed into the burning plaza like a black saber and appeared right before Qi Yuanbao.
As it turned out, behind Qi Yuanbao were two unconscious guards, and the man was trying to cross the window in his clumsy artificial body.
"Qi Yuanbao!"
More than infuriated, Li Yao kicked Qi Yuanbao in the chest, and his breastplate was deeply dented. "I was lenient enough to let you go, but you are still determined to get yourself killed!"
"B-Black Wind King!"
Qi Yuanbao rolled on the ground because of the kick and did not stop until he hit the corner. Faced with Li Yao's overwhelming killing intent, he quickly begged for mercy without the demeanor of a godly assassin at all. "I didn't! It wasn't me! I do not know what happened at all. The building simply exploded uncannily and is even slanting. It's about to fall! Those two guards were not knocked out by me either. I just wanted to survive!"
Li Yao was naturally unconvinced by his bulls*it. Making a gesture, he remotely activated the punishment mode in Qi Yuanbao's artificial body. Hundreds of electric arcs immediately surged out from the artificial body, electrocuting Qi Yuanbao's soul, making him cry nonstop.
The pain that was directly imposed on the soul was dozens of times more intense than the extreme pain that the biological nerves could feel. No wonder even the legendary "Hanged Man" was screaming as miserably as a pig being butchered.
Li Yao sniffed and went forward to check the status of the two guards, only to be slightly stunned by what he saw.
He discovered that the guards were knocked out by the blast but not by Qi Yuanbao.
As for why Qi Yuanbao did not pass out because of the blast, it was probably because he was a ghost hiding inside an artificial body, and the frequency of his soul was different from a person of flesh and blood.
"It really was not done by you?"
Li Yao said in surprise, "Excuse me for my misunderstanding. I'll help you exit the 'punishment mode' right now. But let me check with you first, you are not blaming me, are you?"
[ol][li data-annotation-id="2d5396c7-9bd7-4eb8-9f0a-1eca2ae68a15"]Note: It is believed that twitching eyelid (particularly the right eyelid) is a bad omen.[/ol]
Chapter 2571: Sudden Aggression! |
Qi Yuanbao was cramping so hard that he was almost vomiting fuel. He cried, "No, I do not blame the Black Wind King. It was all my own fault…"
"It's good that you have such an understanding personality. You're improving very fast!"
Boss Bai sent over the data of most starships that had been gathered under him. The numbers and names of the warships occupied the entire light beam, and they were still growing.
Of course, most warships of the "Coalition Fleet of Pyromaniacs" were hidden.
"That's a lot!"
Rather surprised, Yun Xuefeng was more delighted than he was angry.
"There weren't as many in the beginning, but after we knocked down 'Tiger Roar', the starships under Marquess Hushan naturally switched to our side."
Boss Bai said, "Please consider this, Commander Yun. If we hadn't done anything at that time, at least 90% of the starships here would've been brought away by Marquess Hushan to build up the strength of the Song family. How could we have been confident to meet Commander Yun with only 10% of the starships? As their strength grew and ours diminished, the Song family would be much stronger than the Yun family on the battlefield. By then, who would still acknowledge Commander Yun as the 'commander' except for the loyal men like us?"
"About that…"
The moment he thought of Song Yushi's cockiness a moment ago, Yun Xuefeng felt that fury was burning up all the way from his heels to his skull.
When a great enemy was looming ahead, the Song family was still starting a civil war. That was too outrageous!
"Commander Yun, there's still one more thing that I don't know if I should say. It is the truth that works both in the circle of the space pirates and the world of the Immortal Cultivators—'victory is justice'."
Observing his face, Boss Bai said what was on Yun Xuefeng's mind, "Right now, your friction with Song Yushi is already on the table. If the battle is lost, or if it is won slowly with heavy losses, the Song family will not be satisfied however you explain to Song Yushi, even if you chop off my head and give it to Song Yushi to kick as a ball. They will still blame Commander Yun.
"After all, how much is my dirty and stinky head worth? Is it really something that Song Yushi and the leadership of the Song family cares about? Their real target is not me, but Commander Yun and the Yun family!
"Then, how many steps will you have to back off in order to satisfy Song Yushi and the whole Song family? Can the aftermath of the incident be resolved only by letting the candidate that the Song family supports be the emperor? Will Commander Yun or the Yun family be able to afford such a price?
"On the other hand, if Commander Yun wins the battle cleanly and quickly, who can possibly attack Commander Yun with such trivial matter? Song Changlie wavered in the battle, only to be executed by Commander Yun decisively, which significantly boosted morale. That's why such a glorious triumph was secured. If that is the case, it will be the Song family that will be caught in an awkward situation. Song Yushi will have to explain why the Immortal Cultivators of the Song family were all uncommitted cowards in the battle!"
"Enough!"
Yun Xuefeng's eyes were more profound than ever, like swamps where venom was surging. He immediately made up his mind, but he waved his hands and interrupted Boss Bai. "I have my own plans about what to do. It's not your place to comment!"
"Of course, I was being too talkative."
Boss Bai lowered his head deeply. "Commander Yun is already confident of the victory after seeing through the chaotic battle with your unparalleled wisdom. All I need to do is to stay loyal and carry out Commander Yun's orders obediently. How will Commander Yun ever need my stupid brain to resolve any trouble?"
"I did not realize that you were such a talent, Bai Xingjian. It seems that you truly have some capabilities for you to rise among the bloody space pirates in only a couple of years. Being the commander of the 'National Protection Army' is a waste of your gifts!"
Yun Xuefeng looked at Boss Bai thoughtfully and said, "Where are you right now, and how long will it take for you to meet with 'Landslide'?"
While talking, Yun Xuefeng sent over his own coordinates.
His eyes glowing profoundly, Boss Bai said, "If everything goes well, we will reach Commander Yun in twelve hours at most. However, I was wondering about one thing. If we encounter other starships of the four families, particularly those which are escaping to the edge of the space zone because of the coercion of the Song family, what should I do?"
"Bring them over, of course. Have they jumped to the Seven Seas Space Zone from so far away just to enjoy a show?"
Yun Xuefeng said coldly, "If they resist, just do what you have to do. Like what you said just now, victory is justice!"
…
"Yun Xuefeng's coordinates have been found!"
Soon after Yun Xuefeng and Boss Bai's dialogue, the command center of the garrisons of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors in the internal district of the Seven Seas Grand Market was echoing with cheers.
In the hologram of the space zone that covered the whole command center, dense red and blue spots of light were all over it. They were the symbols that represented the hostile starships that had been detected as well as the starships on their own side.
Many red and blue spots were entangled and glowing quickly, which suggested that those starships were fighting heatedly.
As long as anybody touched the light spots with telepathic thoughts, they would also receive astronomical information that was the real-time dynamic data on the battlefield.
Before, Li Yao had always been charging at the frontline of battles as a special warrior. But now, he could only observe the battle from a very narrow perspective and could hardly watch the whole battlefield from the command center comfortably. For a moment, he did not even know what he should do in his idleness.
However, he also knew that the victory of the battle hundreds of thousands of kilometers away had already been decided. Boss Bai had torn an enormous gap in the four families' coalition fleet and teleported the accurate coordinates of the enemy's flagship. It meant that the battle did not have any suspense anymore!
Chapter 2570: Unexpected Accident! |
Through the 3D hologram of the space zone, even an amateur like Li Yao who was not good at commanding was able to see the basic situation of the battle.
It could be clearly seen that after a day and a half of hunting and sweeping, the invaders who had unfortunately jumped to the places near the defense circle of the Seven Seas Grand Market had been annihilated, captured, or had "battlefield uprisings". After the fierce battle, the defenders did not have heavy losses at all but were even greater than before.
In the meantime, the invaders also took the opportunity to gather dozens of fleets in different scales at the edge of the space zone. The problem was that the fleets showed no sign of getting close to each other but simply minded their own business. They were even jumping further and further away to the border of the space zone.
It appeared that they had all made up their minds to watch other people crash at the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors first so that they could claim the benefits later.
It gave the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors an opportunity to divide and conquer them.
Right now, Li Yao had gotten the accurate coordinates of the enemy's flagship-in-general. A few most elite hunting warships under the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors were rushing at "Landslide". Boss Bai was "reinforcing" Yun Xuefeng with the Coalition Fleet of Pyromaniacs too.
As long as the enemy was surrounded, even if Yun Xuefeng could gather three to four Adamantine Super Arsenal Warships, it would still be inevitable that his warships were knocked down and his blood was shed among the stars!
"The situation is in our favor. According to the spies on the enemy's side, it seems that the four families have deep contradictions. The Song family is blatantly encouraging the starships of the Li family and the Dongfang family to withdraw from the battlefield and watch the Yun family humiliate itself. The starships of the Yun family, on the other hand, are getting more and more brutal after receiving Yun Xuefeng's command, not reluctant to force the starships of other families to move forward with violence. A few minor battles have even broken out between the two parties! As a result, even if we do attack Yun Xuefeng's flagship-in-general, it is possible that the main warships of the other families will simply turn a blind eye to it!"
Jin Yuyan said with great delight, "As for the starships of the warlords and local magnates, they have been half-convinced by us in the first place and do not have any determination at all. Now, it is even less likely that they will fight for the four families!
"I dare say that as long as we capture or knock down Yun Xuefeng's 'Landslide', the so-called 'alliance of a million starships' will fall out completely, and their failure will be inevitable. Nothing can possibly stop us from the glorious victory!"
Rationally, Li Yao thought so too.
He had absolute confidence in his wisdom and Boss Bai's shamelessness.
But intuitionally, he was more or less disturbed, as if he were walking on the transparent tempered glass between two cliffs. Although he knew that the glass was extremely hard, he still did not feel confident as he looked at the bottomless abyss underneath.
The main reason was that he had never won a battle as easily and enjoyably before.
Every one of his victories before had been earned through tremendous efforts by risking his life. It was rather rare that he could enjoy the privileges of a commander and celebrate the victory by doing nothing other than drinking tea and taking the snacks in the command room. There certainly couldn't have been a more gratifying thing!
"There can't be any accident now, right?"
Li Yao went through every procedure from the beginning to the end, unable to find any flaw.
"Look, our hunting fleet has locked onto the coordinates of 'Landslide', and it is already engaged with the alarm fleet next to the enemy's flagship-in-general!"
Jin Yuyan said in excitement, "The Song family, the Li family, and the Dongfang family still aren't showing any responses. There's no sign that they're coming to rescue Yun Xuefeng. Three hours. As long as they keep idling by for another three hours, Landslide will truly have a landslide!
"Accident? What accident can there possibly be? I can't think of any accident unless all the Immortal Cultivators of the four families suddenly understand the importance of solidarity and devotion and congregate into a united whole, and the local warlords and magnates suddenly abandon their interests in the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors and their free coins in their accounts, attacking us vehemently without caring about themselves!
"Now, even if the capital learns the situation here, nothing can be done to change it. What can Blackstar the Great do? Even if his belief is incompatible with ours, he still needs the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors to win the battle. Otherwise, if the Seven Seas Space Zone falls and the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors collapses, his ambitions of eternal reign will be doomed too!"
Li Yao said, "It does make sense. So to speak, we are the sure winners now, but…"
Jin Yuyan asked, "But what?"
Li Yao replied, "But why are my eyelids twitching [span]nonstop?"[/span]
Hardly had he completed his sentence when a deafening explosion echoed somewhere near them.
It was followed by such an intense earthquake that the whole command center was shaking violently. All the lights were flashing crazily, and crystal wires and tubes were broken, with colorful sparks cracking everywhere.
Alarms and shrieks burst out at the same time.
Jin Yuyan's smile earlier was frozen on his face, and it was not entirely gone yet, like a dry mask.
Li Yao, on the other hand, looked as calm, if not desperate, as before, as if he had already been used to the treacherous fate.
The two of them ran to the spot of the explosion together. Very soon, they figured out that it was not the headquarters of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors that exploded a moment ago, but a building more than seventy floors high abutting it.
The explosion took place somewhere between the thirtieth and fortieth floors, cutting the magnificent skyscraper into halves from the middle. At this moment, the forty floors on the upper half of the building had already slanted and was leaning toward the headquarters of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors in earsplitting noises of fracture.
The estimated point of impact was so accurate that it couldn't have been an accident but definitely a man-made explosion.
Li Yao cursed aloud in his heart and turned to Jin Yuyan whose face had changed greatly. "What's inside the plaza? Why do you look so awful?"
"Qi Yuanbao and Wuying Qinxin."
His facial muscles cramping, Jin Yuyan gnashed his teeth and snapped, "The sister and the brother were locked inside!"
Then, the second and the third explosions took place consecutively.
Those two explosions broke out in the areas that were relatively far away from the headquarters of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, but they were also the most prosperous areas in the internal district. The crowded skyscrapers, the complicated tube systems, and a population of almost ten million were all gathered there.
After the three explosions, a furious fire was rising, and overwhelming smoke was surging out and spreading to all directions in outrage, soon covering dozens of blocks in the internal district as if it were alive.
"I'm going to find Qi Yuanbao and Wuying Qinxin. You stay here and supervise the situation, Director Jin!"
Li Yao gnashed his teeth hard and leaped off from the headquarters of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors directly. "Remember, stability is what matters most right now. Should the warlords and local magnates in the battlefield in space know the chaos here, everything will be screwed!"
Shua!
After modifications and upgrades, the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit of the latest generation covered Li Yao's body like wings made of the darkness of night. He dashed into the fire and smoke like a flash of black lightning.
Under his remote perception, none of the details of the twisted plaza ahead of him that was about to collapse escaped his attention.
He could see clearly that countless Immortal Cultivators were roaring and rushing out of the plaza, trying to escape in their crystal suits, but it was inevitable that some people were shocked by the blast and fell into a coma or forever kept in the collapsed debris after being smashed by the burning rocks.
Thankfully, the plaza was reserved by Jin Yuyan to cage Qi Yuanbao, Wuying Qinxin, and some of their subordinates who were involved in the assassination. It was naturally Jin Yuyan's trusted subordinates, who were all strong Immortal Cultivators, that were guarding the building. Not a single ordinary person was inside. So, Li Yao's dilemma was saved.
The artificial body that confined Qi Yuanbao's soul was made by Li Yao. Naturally, Li Yao had implanted a tiny "mark" on it before. With a telepathic thought, a glittering artificial body immediately appeared in his sight. It was moving quickly between the fortieth and fiftieth floors that were collapsing nonstop.
Hiu!
Li Yao slashed into the burning plaza like a black saber and appeared right before Qi Yuanbao.
As it turned out, behind Qi Yuanbao were two unconscious guards, and the man was trying to cross the window in his clumsy artificial body.
"Qi Yuanbao!"
More than infuriated, Li Yao kicked Qi Yuanbao in the chest, and his breastplate was deeply dented. "I was lenient enough to let you go, but you are still determined to get yourself killed!"
"B-Black Wind King!"
Qi Yuanbao rolled on the ground because of the kick and did not stop until he hit the corner. Faced with Li Yao's overwhelming killing intent, he quickly begged for mercy without the demeanor of a godly assassin at all. "I didn't! It wasn't me! I do not know what happened at all. The building simply exploded uncannily and is even slanting. It's about to fall! Those two guards were not knocked out by me either. I just wanted to survive!"
Li Yao was naturally unconvinced by his bulls*it. Making a gesture, he remotely activated the punishment mode in Qi Yuanbao's artificial body. Hundreds of electric arcs immediately surged out from the artificial body, electrocuting Qi Yuanbao's soul, making him cry nonstop.
The pain that was directly imposed on the soul was dozens of times more intense than the extreme pain that the biological nerves could feel. No wonder even the legendary "Hanged Man" was screaming as miserably as a pig being butchered.
Li Yao sniffed and went forward to check the status of the two guards, only to be slightly stunned by what he saw.
He discovered that the guards were knocked out by the blast but not by Qi Yuanbao.
As for why Qi Yuanbao did not pass out because of the blast, it was probably because he was a ghost hiding inside an artificial body, and the frequency of his soul was different from a person of flesh and blood.
"It really was not done by you?"
Li Yao said in surprise, "Excuse me for my misunderstanding. I'll help you exit the 'punishment mode' right now. But let me check with you first, you are not blaming me, are you?"
[ol][li data-annotation-id="2d5396c7-9bd7-4eb8-9f0a-1eca2ae68a15"]Note: It is believed that twitching eyelid (particularly the right eyelid) is a bad omen.[/ol]
Chapter 2571: Sudden Aggression! |
Qi Yuanbao was cramping so hard that he was almost vomiting fuel. He cried, "No, I do not blame the Black Wind King. It was all my own fault…"
"It's good that you have such an understanding personality. You're improving very fast!"
