In the night before dawn, a group of Byakees with their decaying wings flew to the top of the skyscraper. Each Byakee carried a human on its back.
This was a team formed from the three Special Mobile Forces. There were 31 people in total.
There were only six of them in the Fairweather Squad. The Byakees they were riding on weren't even summoned by themselves. They were just trying to conserve their strength.
Lou Xiaoning, Xiao Xu, Chang Qianhang, Uncle Dan, Wang Ruoxiang and the newbie, Chen Jiahwa. Chen Jiahwa had performed well in the previous mission. After they met up at the frontline, Lou Xiaoning decided to bring the kid along for more training.
The Special Mobile Forces had 15 members. Other than the veterans, there was only one newbie, Lin Chengbo. He was an old friend of Chen Jiahwa.
The two had a different feeling when they reunited.
"How is it?" Chen Jiahwa asked Lin Chengbo, "Is it what you imagined it to be at the training camp?"
"It is different from what I imagined." Lin Chengbo replied, "If you thought I was the kind of person who was afraid of death, you should know that you were wrong."
How the higher-ups fought was another matter. Charging at the frontline, where they could die at any moment, those who were afraid of death would have long since had a mental breakdown.
Be it for the sake of the people or for the sake of promotion, these people had a strong will.
Therefore, even though there were many disagreements between the team and they might have gotten into a fight at another time, they tried their best to let go of their prejudices.
"Be careful, the space is distorted!"
The night was still there, and the dark clouds had not retreated. When the team flew close to the top of the skyscraper, the illusion happened again. The behemoth in front of them suddenly turned into a Kush Pyramid. The light brown walls of the pyramid were right in front of them, and the broken mottled spots that had been eroded by thousands of years were clearly visible.
The few Byakees at the front almost rammed into the pyramid wall.
Fortunately, Lou Xiaoning was very skilled in controlling the Byakee. She pulled on one of the protrusions on the Byakee's back and made it turn. However, Li Zhenjing was not so calm. The Byakee's wings slammed against the tower wall, making a cracking sound. The broken wing became even more tattered. The Byakee let out a shrill cry.
"Captain Li, are you alright?" Lou Xiaoning asked. The communicator could still be used within a short distance.
"I'm fine," Li Zhenjing replied. "I can still hold on."
Before the operation, the team had already discussed whether they should land on the roof of the Hongxing Building or the pyramid in front of them.
They were the highest points of the buildings in Qing 'an City, so it was very likely that they were where the ceremony would be held.
But where exactly did the ritual take place?
In the end, Lou Xiaoning and Xiao Xu both agreed that they had to land on the roof of the Hongxing Building. This was an unfinished ritual. They didn't really care where these pyramids were. Maybe it was in the underworld like Chang Qianhang said, in the land ruled by the sun god Kushi, but it was definitely not in the Sudan of this world.
If they rushed to the top of the pyramid, they might end up in another world, which would not be in line with their objective.
So now, the members of the joint team controlled Byakee and hovered in the sky next to the huge pyramid, not touching it.
"Be careful of the corruption of darkness …" Lou Xiaoning could feel a dark energy seeping through the air. The opality-assessment stone on her wrist glowed red. She instantly yelled, "This pyramid itself has something like radiation. Hang in there, don't go crazy, don't fall!"
She and Uncle Dan were the oldest and most experienced members in the team. They had faced many dark entities, so it was easier for them to resist the corruption.
If not for the exhaustion earlier, they might not have been affected by the corruption.
But most of the members were just average in terms of experience. Even Li Zhenjing was frowning. His voice was hoarse. "Captain Lou, I can feel the temperature of this pyramid rising like a furnace. My body temperature is rising …"
The weaker one was, the more likely they would feel this way.
The two new members, Chen Jiahwa and Lin Chengbo, were both sweating profusely. Their stamina and mental energy were draining rapidly.
Actually, Xiao Xu was also a new member but he was one of the talents personally handpicked by Tong Ye. His innocent face remained expressionless.
"Hang in there, hang in there …" Chen Jiahwa gritted his teeth. Whether one's mind would be corrupted or not depended on one's mental fortitude. One of his mental fortitude pillars was Gu Jun, his idol. Now that he was reminded of Gu Jun and the tombstone at the Phecda Cemetery …
Chen Jiahwa felt like he had been given a new source of energy. His brain was being stretched painfully …
In that moment, he saw the Byakee he was riding and the Byakee next to him had morphed into a different kind of bird.
Chen Jiahwa could not tell whether this feeling came from the mental fortitude pillar or the pyramid.
At the same time, Lin Chengbo had a harder time holding on. His whole body was shaking but he knew he could not collapse. If he did, he would plummet to his death.
Before they departed, Xiao Xu calculated the average time between Hong Xing Building and the pyramid was 1 minute and 12 seconds. Now half of the 36 seconds had passed and the pyramid was still as clear as ever. This change was too sudden, they could not rule out the possibility that the cultists were trying to exhaust them to death in the air.
"Split up, form the Ancient Seal Net!" Lou Xiaoning ordered.
With the order, the members split into 4 groups and flew off in 4 different directions. There were members with Ancient Seal Stones on their Byakee in each of the directions.
Chang Qianhang, Lin Chengbo and the rest who were on the verge of collapse followed behind the team, trying their best not to collapse.
The members of the 4 teams gritted their teeth against the high temperature as they pulled the Ancient Cleansing Stone to its designated location.
Normally, the Ancient Seal Division needed a long period of training to maximize its power. However, the Ancient Seal Division's Ancient Seal Division team was not fully formed because they did not even have enough capable members to form the Spell Department and the Special Ops.
Now, no one cared which department it was. Their minds were starting to blur from the high temperature. If they did not unite, they would die. If they did not work together, they would definitely fail …
Once the 4 teams were in position, with Lou Xiaoning's order, the group started to form the Ancient Seal Net and channeled their power through the Ancient Seal Stone.
Instantly, an invisible web of Ancient Seal lit up the sky, it came earlier than the light of the rising sun.
This huge net of light trapped the huge Kushi pyramid, constantly tightening it, like a big hand trying to crush it.
At the frontline camp, the medical staff from the field hospital, the injured with crutches, the resting members … everyone watched this scene nervously.
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