Chapter 69: Fight (Part 2)
There were no adult animal carcasses where the Firebird had crashed.
Its feathers, flesh, and bones all turned into a fire when it died, and its heart formed a crystalline red base.
The bird eggs it holds up are the children it wants to protect in the last moments of its life.
When being dragged away, the overflowing energy originally belonging to the firebird was naturally affected, summoned by the bird egg, and quickly flowed into the eggshell.
When the flame went out, the light suddenly dimmed.
Mingyu, who had never expected this to happen, was like: "..."
Mu Baixing, who also knew nothing about this: "..."
Cui Xiaoduo, who was holding onto his fixator and cheering for Mulian and the two observers, said: "..."
Mulan and Feilun, who were fighting each other: "..."
"What?" Ming Yan's face was bewildered for a moment. He suddenly lowered his head and looked towards the cliff below the starship: "Why did it suddenly..."
The two starships fighting above moved in unison, avoiding each other's fire and separating to the sides, sliding left and right in a C-shape to change direction.
Everyone clearly saw a bright blue spiritual force moving at the fastest speed it could, dragging the white bird egg and trying to hide behind the black stone.
The two starships above almost froze at this moment.
Mingyu felt the silence around him. He looked at Mu Baixing, raised his palm to the level of his neck, and made a fake gesture of wiping his neck.
"It's over." He whispered, "Brother Mu."
The next second, the sound of the starship's engine roared.
"Who...!" Ming Yan's teeth were almost broken, his anger rising, his expression ferocious, "Feren!"
The rage in Feren's eyes was greater than his.
The 2S-class driver couldn't stand the sudden appearance of the "thief", and suddenly turned the gun barrel downward, pouring out a torrent of black light.
The air trembled, and the red rain was forcefully pushed aside by the spiritual power emanating from the barrel, breaking into a mist. A blast more terrifying than thunder erupted from the barrel, causing the mountain to rumble and tremble.
Everyone could see that it was an all-out attack.
"Brother Mu!" Mingyu shouted hurriedly, "Hurry, hurry!————"
The mental thread was sending the white bird egg into the palm of his hand, and a burst of hot warmth came from the palm of his hand.
The two men leaped forward, trying to get out of the range of Feren's artillery fire.
However, the gun barrels designed for starship combat have a firing diameter of nearly tens of meters. The three gun barrels under the Feren starship are arranged in parallel, and the attack range exceeds 100 meters.
The moment the powered exoskeleton was fully activated, Mingyu realized that the propulsion device was insufficiently powered and could not carry them across such a long distance in an instant!
They can't give in!
This attack by Feren was pure murder!
Mingyu wanted to curse.
His mental power suddenly surged outwards, like lush branches that suddenly grew out. Each strand of mental power burned with dazzling blue, weaving a tight dome of light around him and Mu Baixing.
He wanted to absorb all the terrifying energy the moment he came into contact with Feren's artillery fire!
However, golden mental power lit up from the bright blue, spreading outward rapidly, and covering the blue dome with a layer of hard armor light film.
"Get down!" Mu Baixing shouted, pushing Mingyu to the ground and pinning him down. The man's slender body covered Mingyu from above, like another shield covering him, drawing him into his protection.
“Bang!!!!”
Before Mingyu had time to speak, a black mental light cannon came crashing down.
The earth shook.
The mountain collapsed, black rocks fell, and large chunks of rock were cut off by the mental fire, only to melt away in the intense energy waves in an instant, turning into ashes.
The mountain was flattened, becoming a deep pit. At the bottom of the huge pit, golden and blue spiritual energy intertwined and flickered, emitting a captivating and brilliant light amidst the black energy flow that seemed to destroy everything.
Mingyu's fingers gripped the ground. His hearing and vision were clouded by the bombardment. He could only hear a continuous rumble, and before his eyes a chaotic patch of light. Despite this, in his spiritual world, he sensed the energy fluctuations belonging to Mu Baixing.
The golden mental energy continued to rise, far exceeding the energy level of A-, and rushed upwards.
The hard mental armor suppressed Mingyu's mental threads, preventing him from being exposed to the dangerous energy flow.
Mingyu's vision and mental power were blocked by Mu Baixing, so he couldn't see the situation outside. He could only shout, "Brother Mu! You let me..."
His voice was drowned out by the next burst of gunfire.
Feren's rage could not be extinguished by one attack. He pressed the fire button like a madman, firing continuous fire that exceeded the barrel's endurance without interruption, causing a cloud of gray smoke to emerge from the starship's barrel.
"Damn..." Cui Xiaoduo muttered, "Has Feren gone crazy? This isn't their large battleship. If he bombards it like this, his energy will be exhausted soon, and he won't be able to return home... And his mental power level... He has no control over his mental power output! With such violent output, the energy flow will not only impact the mental realm, but also other organs in the body..."
"The Third Legion has arrived. They can be taken away after the thunderstorm! As long as they survive, they can be cured with the best medical equipment and the best medicine!" Vincent continued. He narrowed his eyes, unsure, and said, "The person who secretly took the energy crystal shouldn't be dead yet. I can still vaguely sense their mental energy..."
"But we're still here," Cui Xiaoduo said, bewildered. "By then, he'll be unconscious, and the other side will be dead too. Then it'll be our turn to reap the benefits."
"We should actually discuss something else now," Yang Haoyuan said. "Should we go rescue them? But to be honest, Feren's appearance is a bit scary..."
"Fei Lun!" Ming Yan couldn't help but shout, "Hold on! There's no need to use so much strength! He should have been blown to ash long ago! And Mu Lian and the others are waiting to take advantage! We have to save enough energy to get rid of them!"
"Not yet." Phelan gripped the starship's control stick tightly, gritting his teeth and angrily said, "They haven't..."
Akihiko: "What?!"
The surging mental energy of Feren was too terrifying. Even Ming Yan had already used his own mental power to avoid it. And so, amidst the thick darkness, only Feren knew that the "rat" below was still alive.
Not only is he still alive, but his mental power is... very familiar.
It’s Mu Baixing.
The colorful driver!
Feren couldn't bear the fact that the other party snatched away what he was about to take!
The last time, they were both flying starships, and he was at a disadvantage.
The Third Legion's psychotherapist told him that his opponent's advantage lay in experience, not ability, and that he was still very young and had unlimited potential...
But this time! He had an absolute advantage, and Mu Boxing's mental power hadn't even been enhanced and amplified by the starship's heart!
"I've already marked it..." Feren muttered angrily, "The damage done by mental power should get stronger each time!"
…But how could he still be alive? !!! He had just launched an all-out attack…and the opponent’s mental power, without even the support of the starship’s heart, could actually contend with his? !!!
The scar that had just healed through psychological treatment was completely torn open at this moment, swallowing up Feren's sanity.
"Don't...if you're not dead, you're already half-crippled!" Ming Yan, unaware of the situation below, continued to shout, "Descend! Go get the energy crystals in their hands! Otherwise, Mu Lian will take advantage of us!"
"Xiaoduo." Meanwhile, inside Mulian's starship, Yang Haoyuan leaned forward slightly and spoke hesitantly. Although his connected mental energy with Vincent's had kept him at a distance, the extra sensitivity afforded by their "twin" nature allowed him to vaguely sense the energy fluctuations at the center of the Feren light cannon.
"The person inside..." he said uncertainly, "That golden spiritual power... is a bit like the 'colorful' one from the Star Navigation Competition..."
Cui Xiaoduo: “…”
Mu Lian: "..."
Vincent and Yang Haoyuan don’t know the identities of Mingyu and Mu Baixing yet, but they two know it very well.
The moment Cui Xiaoduo heard Yang Haoyuan's words, a cold sweat broke out on his body, and he cried out in a lost voice, "What?!!!——"
Mu Lian had already turned the joystick and suddenly rushed towards Ming Yan's starship in front.
"Help them." Mu Lian made the decision and said coldly, "I'm going to open fire!"
"Brother Lian?!" Vincent and Yang Haoyuan were startled by him and said in confusion, "Fei Lun is going crazy. Now is not a good time to get involved...Brother Lian!"
The hidden gun had already charged and was turning. The two observers had no choice but to accompany their driver's madness and shouted, "Adjust direction! Right front ten degrees!"
"Bang——"
Mingyu was oblivious to the chaos above.
He only felt the brutal black artillery fire that seemed to never stop.
He felt the cracks spreading across the golden mental shield, and the hot, fishy liquid dripping onto the side of his face.
Black energy seeped in, being absorbed by Mingyu's mental threads. His mental threads then extended outward from the gaps in the golden shield, helping to block the still-unceasing turbulent energy flow.
Finally, through Mu Baixing's pure gold, Mingyu's mental vision could see the black artillery fire above. He narrowed his eyes slightly.
Absorb, compress, and release all at once, creating an explosion.
This time he was facing a 2S-level violent mental power...
Mingyu was prepared to endure the pain, but at the moment when his mental power came into contact with Feren's, he still couldn't help but let out a cry of pain.
“Hmm!”
It was like a bolt of lightning struck his mind, causing Mingyu to shrink his body in pain.
The golden mental power, which had just gradually faded, suddenly surged again when it heard Mingyu's cry of pain, entangled the bright blue ones that had not yet completed preparations for the explosion.
"Buzz—"
A faint, resonant hum echoed in the air, but no one noticed.
The golden flames engulfed the blue spiritual energy within them, burning with unusual vigor and intensity, gushing upwards.
Feren: “!!”
Feren suddenly raised the starship. However, the golden flames that shot up from the ground were like a giant fire dragon, roaring loudly and soaring upwards, engulfing the black energy cannon and crashing into the black starship.
Feren cursed and the starship turned hurriedly.
A golden fire dragon, its scales outlined with a flowing bright blue, swam high in the sky. Its long tail dragged through the air, sending up a trail of sparks, and it bit down on the right secondary gun muzzle of the black starship.
"Go! Feren! Go!" Ming Yan's heart suddenly felt panicky. He didn't dare to use his mental power to get close to the golden and blue light that gradually disappeared after the attack. He couldn't help but say, "This is the real world... This is not the Star Navigation Competition where you can return to the star port after death!"
"I don't believe it!" Ferran turned the aircraft around again, gritting his teeth and angrily saying, "He's not even piloting a starship..."
"He's not even driving a starship..." Vincent murmured beside Mu Lian, "I, I don't dare to go over there with my mental strength! Otherwise, if I get close... I will be swallowed up by it..."
"Outrageous..." Yang Haoyuan muttered, "This is totally out of the ordinary..."
"They will never come again!" Feren roared in the black starship, and the secondary gun muzzle on the left and the main gun above charged again, aiming at the figure below.
Then the golden-blue luster shines again.
The golden spiritual power that could ignite everything did not consume all of Mingyu's spiritual power.
They were just intimately entwined with those clusters of vigorous bright blue energy. The excessive energy activity almost caused a shadow to appear on the outer edge of Mingyu's mental power.
A violent energy wave rose from the two of them, causing Mingyu's short hair to fly in disorder.
His body and his mental strength were tightly wrapped by Mu Baixing. For a moment, he felt as if he was about to be embedded into Mu Baixing's body and become one with him.
His mental power surged outwards rapidly in order to fight against Feren. But at this moment, Mingyu even had an illusion...
It was as if his spiritual power was being attracted by Mu Boxing's spiritual power, and he was irresistibly joining the other party's burning golden flame...
It seemed as if he too would burn, not because he was assimilated by Mu Boxing, but...
Dancing together in flames.
Mingyu felt that at this moment, he and Mu Baixing were closely connected, as if they could do anything.
However, he did not feel at ease.
Because the young man felt that a slightly sticky, bright red liquid was continuously sliding down his neck, seeping more and more into his collar...
Mingyu's expression suddenly changed and his body suddenly stiffened.
He was not injured. Mingyu knew it clearly.
Then the liquid that was seeping into his clothes... could only be the blood seeping out of Mu Boxing's body.
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