Chapter 115 Moth (VI)
Although the advanced Black Tide creature before him had a human appearance, Ming Yu knew clearly that its fatal parts would never be the human heart or brain... In other words, advanced Black Tide creatures had no organ weaknesses. They were composed of energy, and only when that energy was gone would they die completely.
Then just be simple and brute force and wrap Albin from head to toe with your mental power!
The bright blue mental power burned fiercely, like a bug net woven of flames, stretching outwards the moment it pounced on Albin, trying to trap him directly.
"……you!"
Albin was caught off guard and subconsciously gave up his human form.
Its face burst open, and thousands of moths burst out from inside, as if a small tornado was forming from its head.
Mingyu knew he couldn't let these moths escape. So, the bright blue mental net tightened inward even faster, sucking in all the black energy the moment it touched the black moths.
His mental energy finally recovered fully after receiving sufficient replenishment. Mingyu increased his strength and absorbed the black tide energy more quickly.
What he wants is more than just escaping from Albin... Whether it's mental power explosion, burning, or absorption... Mingyu wants to kill Albin!
He would never allow this advanced black tide creature to survive in the human star field for even one more day!
Even though he was facing an enemy that was more difficult than the Black Tide Queen.
Even though he didn't have Mu Boxing's help, nor the starship's mechanical heart to amplify his mental power...
But you have to try it!
“Bang, bang, bang!”
“Swish—swish—”
A black tornado emanating from Albin's hollow face slammed into the blue mental network with great force. The fluttering of moth wings drowned out the hum of the aircraft's engines. Mingyu focused intensely, vigilantly monitoring the energy fluctuations in the surrounding space within his mental field of vision.
Sure enough, Mingyu felt tiny energy vibration ripples in the air behind him.
"flutter--"
The black moths tore through the air and rushed out like a gust of wind.
Mingyu reacted quickly, weaving a new mental net and rushing towards there.
Within the not-so-large space of the aircraft, black energy appeared one after another, followed closely by a blue mental network, like a game of whack-a-mole. The two energies pulled fiercely, twisting and entangled, one trying to break through the encirclement, the other seeking to annihilate.
The young man gritted his teeth, sweat beading on his forehead. The energy concentration within the aircraft was rapidly increasing, and Mingyu's mental energy threshold was climbing steadily.
"Ming...Yu..."
The officer completely shed his human skin, losing his mouth and vocal cords. The fluttering of thousands of moth wings created a distorted sound that was terrifying.
Its neck, shoulders, torso... all twisted and scattered. Under its control, the black flying insects merged into a mass of black energy, with sharp, slender protrusions sprouting from its outer ends, attempting to pierce the bright blue film of light.
Mingyu's mental power surged out layer by layer, and the black energy body wrapped inside was also rapidly expanding outwards. While being swallowed, it was also gnawing and corroding layer after layer of bright blue mental power.
This was a simple tug-of-war between energy and energy. Mingyu used all his energy to stimulate the growth of his mental power, hindering the black tide creature's escape. Veins emerged from beneath the white skin on the side of his neck.
"You belong to us..." The black energy ball trembled and suddenly grew larger, "Ming Yu——"
“Bang, bang, bang—!”
A series of small explosions exploded in the light film under Mingyu's operation.
Mingyu gritted his teeth, realizing that it would not be that easy to absorb and burn the opponent's black tide energy in a short period of time...
It’s okay to take it a little at a time!
Blue light grew within several mental power nets, forcibly tearing apart the clusters of black energy.
It was like a twisted storage cabinet for dangerous goods, rapidly expanding while dividing into smaller and smaller compartments. The black energy inside was rampaging, making a sharp and piercing whistling sound, as if calling Mingyu's name, or like a violent roar.
In the brief seconds of the stalemate, the energy clumps from the clash filled the cockpit. The metal plates above the aircraft cracked, opening up dense gaps. Black, enveloped in blue, expanded outward, like rapidly growing alien tissue.
"Alarm—alarm—the aircraft's roof is damaged—"
"Interrupt. Breaking news."
The aircraft continued to follow its original direction, passing another holographic billboard: "A vicious attack has occurred near the Galaxy Manor area of the Capital Star. Residents of the Capital Star are advised to avoid the Galaxy Manor area..."
"The aircraft involved in the accident escaped. The appearance of the aircraft is as follows..."
The closer you are to a public starport, the more aircraft there are on the route.
The unusual behavior of Mingyu's aircraft caught the attention of passengers in nearby traffic. A middle-aged man, clutching a briefcase, was lost in thought on his way home. He glanced at the news and, out of the corner of his eye, caught sight of a shadowy figure speeding across the flight path above.
He stopped yawning mid-sentence and froze in his place.
"Then... what's going on with that aircraft?!" the middle-aged man couldn't help but ask, "It looks like it's about to crash... Is its roof going to crack?!"
"This is too dangerous! After a traffic accident, they left it on the highway as an aerial killer without repairs?! If it crashes, the lane below and the pedestrian area below will be in trouble!"
He cursed loudly while dialing the police: "Comrade police! Someone is driving illegally—Yes, I'm flying on Route 3, towards the Capital Starport, and that aircraft is heading in the same direction as me—there seems to be something on its roof…"
A dark blue energy ball was squeezing out from the cracks in the aircraft. The bright blue light film burning on the outer edge seemed to become thinner, but it still tightly wrapped the black tide energy.
The cracks on the aircraft's outer shell are getting bigger and bigger, and it may burst and fall off at any time.
Mingyu glanced out the window and realized that the density of aircraft around him was very high, and there happened to be a pedestrian area below.
Office workers rushing off the job, students chatting and laughing in groups after school, elderly people out for a stroll...
Mingyu realized that this was the residential area of the Capital Star, not the deserted Maze Star.
Forget about detonating the Kuroshio energy! Even if a few pieces of the shell fell, they would hit the aircraft in the channel below, causing a series of traffic accidents.
Mingyu gritted his teeth, reached out to touch the aircraft's control panel, and used a little energy to change the aircraft's destination.
Not here, not at the starport. The detonation location must be above the sparsely populated forest garden on the edge of the starport...
Mingyu was distracted for a moment.
His fingers quickly tapped the name of the destination, and the black tide of energy seized the opportunity to surge outward. It briefly shifted form, transforming into a thin, sharp wisp that seized the opportunity to pierce the bright blue, burning outer membrane and pierce Mingyu's brow.
Mingyu: “!”
Elbin still wanted to control his spiritual realm. It gathered a large amount of black tide energy in this attack, and the invasion it brought surpassed all the moths that had previously crawled into Mingyu's spiritual realm...
Or exceed the sum of their energy values.
Mingyu felt a sharp pain in his head and fell to his knees in an instant, but he did not withdraw his mental energy as Albin expected.
On the contrary, Mingyu quickly filled the tiny gap in the light film. In severe pain, the young man pressed his forehead against the ground and took a deep breath.
"It seems you're not too clever..." The young man's voice was filled with suppressed pain. His stimulated mental domain rapidly expanded and contracted, more threads of mental energy gushing out. A dazzling blue light shot outward, like a blazing fire, instantly engulfing the black tide of energy.
Ming Yu supported himself on the ground and raised his head: "Do you think your energy level is so strong that I can't completely devour and control it?!"
"Hiss—" the black tide energy made a strange sound. Elbin was also not having a good time under Mingyu's suppression. The energy ball was filled with waves of teeth-grinding sounds.
The aircraft turned left at the fork in the highway route, deviated from the original public starport, and zigzagged towards the large forest park not far away.
At the same time, the top material of the aircraft finally could no longer withstand the pressure from the inside out.
"squeak--!"
The first piece of metal hull fell off, smashing into the grassy area outside the park. Then came the second, and the third. In just a few seconds, most of the aircraft's roof was blown off, and it lurched towards its target like a low-quality, open-top cruiser.
A ball of bright blue and black spiritual energy rapidly expanded outward from the gap, with small explosions continuously emanating from within. The black tide energy, separated by the bright blue spiritual energy, disappeared in the explosions, but the energy field at its core continued to increase and accumulate.
"Swish-swish-hiss-"
The blue spiritual energy surrounding it grew brighter, burning with incomparable intensity. Yet, Albin's energy level continued to climb, and more black appeared beneath the black light balls already ignited by the blue spiritual energy. As the black was absorbed and burned, it expanded irregularly outward, disappearing and growing at the same time.
Strange blue-black burning clouds rose in the sky, rapidly changing shape.
The sharp and painful howls of the Kuroshio creatures resounded through the night sky.
At this moment, everyone near the public starport stopped what they were doing, looking for the source of the sound with fear and surprise on their faces.
"You are one of—us—"
In the public starport berthing area of the Capital Star, a civilian exploration team was waiting for permission to leave the port by a large starship.
Their original plan was to leave the port at 10 o'clock in the evening, but half an hour ago they suddenly received a message from the airport dispatch team, informing them that the Capital Star Airport would be temporarily closed tonight. If there were no emergencies, they would need to wait for news on the spot. If there was an emergency that required immediate departure, they would have to report to their superiors for inspection and approval.
"I've been to the Capital Planet a few times, but this is the first time I've seen something like this," an observer said. "What happened on the Capital Planet? Is it related to the attack in the Galaxy Region?"
"It would take a very serious incident to mobilize such a large number of people. Oh, there's been so much going on lately, it's really lively. Did you see that melon at the Ming family?"
"I'm eating right now! Hey, I heard before that the Ming family manor is in the Galaxy Manor area..."
"Don't do that! If something happens to the Ming Family Manor, it will be a big deal. He is the leader of the Third Legion after all. We may not be able to leave tomorrow, let alone tonight!"
"We're not in a hurry. The friends the captain said were coming aboard the ship haven't arrived yet, have they?"
"That's true."
"Should we ask the captain?"
Several team members looked at each other and were silent for a moment.
"Actually, after returning from Labyrinth Planet, I've been a little hesitant to talk to the captain," said the observer who spoke first. "After the captain and Aqi went underground to find crystal ore... things became a little scary."
"It's probably because of Aqi's accidental death. They used to have a good relationship," another team member guessed. "But after the captain came back, he liked to stay alone in the room every day... It's not good to keep doing this. I should go ask him."
As he spoke, he turned and knocked on the door of the lounge at the back.
“Swish—”
The door to the lounge was not shut tight, but ajar. From inside came a sound like the fluttering of insect wings.
Team member: "? Captain?"
He knocked on the door of the lounge, but before he could push hard, the door suddenly opened from the inside out.
"Bang!——"
Swarms of moths rushed through the gaps, broke through his body, and quickly rose upwards. Amid screams, they rolled into a whirlwind, broke through the ceiling above the airport, and merged into the night.
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