On the floating fortress, almost a thousand crystal cannons, thermal cannons, ray cannons, and railguns large and small unleashed the most aggressive ripples of spiritual energy at the same time, as if a thousand ferocious beasts were opening their bloody mouths at the same time. Although they were thousands of meters away, Thangka and Chu Zhiyun seemed to be able to hear the hissing noises in the air. There was no telling whether they were the noises of electric arcs shattering dust or the roars of the ferocious beasts in hunger.
A large team of supersonic armed shuttles and Exos congregated into two clusters of locusts that surrounded Thangka and Chu Zhiyun.
Before the supersonic armed shuttles and the Crystal Suit reached them, the second wave of flying swords had already arrived, forming an interconnected net of swords that smashed down overwhelmingly.
Thangka cursed. Her hand speed broke the limit again and soared to the point that it was impossible for the naked eye to capture. The scout car did not seem to be moving any faster, but while it maintained a high speed, it was changing directions rapidly within a tiny range, turning into overlapping phantoms.
Almost a hundred flying swords passed through their phantoms and exploded in front of them. The blast caused by the explosions, as well as the direction, angle, and strength of the blast, were all within Thangka's calculations. They were regarded by Thangka as' boosters' to help the scout car move forward, helping them accelerate time and time again and flee crazily.
"Ahhhhhhhh!"
Thangka's eyes were burning with fury. Blood stains were immediately left on the control panel, all of which were spurted out from her broken fingers.
"Thangka …"
Chu Zhiyun was dumbfounded.
BOOM!
Right when they tore apart the second net of swords, the main gun of the floating fortress finally finished charging and roared.
A cluster of flames that was as scorching as magma swept across half of the sky unhurriedly. It was not until it reached the head of Thangka and her companions that it exploded abruptly into a meteor shower that covered a range of almost five square kilometers. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"Boom boom boom boom boom!"
The area within a radius of three to five kilometers was instantly turned into a sea of fire. The earth was torn apart, and magma shot out. The shockwave was like an invisible army, trampling the entire sky.
This time, no matter how good Thangka's driving skills were, it was useless.
Resisting an entire army with a single shuttle, together with such an enormous floating fortress, was like hitting a rock with an egg. It was an impossible mission in the first place.
The shockwave released by the enemy could blow up all the skyscrapers within a radius of three to five square miles. How could their shuttle escape from such a destructive torrent?
Furthermore, this was because the other party was being lenient and did not directly attack them.
If Thangka's driving skills were ten times better, only death would await her if they were locked on to and thousands of cannons fired at them.
Beep! Beep! Beep!
The shell of the shuttle had been completely deformed. The strengthened plate armor in many places had been blown away by the blast, revealing the broken framework. Their balance rune arrays and anti-gravity rune arrays had all been destroyed, too. The shuttle was no longer under control. It spiraled and fell to the ground.
Even though Thangka bit her lips and teeth hard with all her strength, she was only able to make the rear of the shuttle hit the ground first, ensuring that the three people on the shuttle were safe and sound.
But the shuttle had turned into a pile of garbage and could not fly anymore. TA! TA!
TA! TA! TA! TA! TA!
When Chu Zhiyun struggled to crawl out of the debris with Tian Tian in her arms, and Thangka dragged Chu Zhiyun, they heard the dull sounds of hooves in the middle of the fire and smoke. Then, moving coffins appeared before their eyes one after another. Looking at the glittering emblems on their chests, they were exactly the Purgers that they had been dreaming to be!
"How did this happen?"
Chu Zhiyun felt like crying, but fury that was as intense as fire and venomous wine flowed out of the deepest part of her heart and gradually replaced her fear and desperation.
She stared at the emotionless' Purgers', her eyes so red that blood seemed to be dripping out.
"How did this happen?"
Thangka was even more dumbfounded. She found it hard to believe her eyes. After a long daze, she roared angrily in her head, "Grandpa Yao, what's going on exactly? Didn't you say that everything was under your control and that you were famous for taking every conceivable possibility into account and devising strategies in a tent? Didn't you exaggerate the whole plan to the highest degree? Didn't you say that it was a diversion? Why were we still caught up? Also, they sent such a luxurious team and even moved the floating fortress to this place. How did they know that we were here? Grandpa Yao! Grandpa Yao! "
Thangka shouted for a long time, but there was no response. Grandpa Yao, who had been attached to him a moment ago and significantly strengthened his vision, reflexes, and computational ability, was nowhere to be seen. She could not even feel the slightest ripple.
An ominous thought popped up in Thangka's head. Damn it. Did 'Grandpa Yao' simply run away because he could not clean up the mess?
"Grandpa Yao? Grandpa Yao! "
Thangka was sweating hard. "You can't just run away like that. What are we going to do if you are gone, Grandpa Yao?"
"What's the hurry? I'm here now, aren't I?"
Right when the young man was so anxious that he was about to cry, Li Yao's calm voice finally echoed from the depths of his head.
"Grandpa Yao, where have you been? I was almost scared to death just now!"
Thangka felt that her nose was sour. She was so wronged that she was about to cry.
"Excuse me. I went to have an arduous struggle with my mental devil just now. My mental devil was too shameless. Seeing that the situation was not good, it tried to urge me to cut off the connection and run away!"
Li Yao explained.
"Wh … at?"
Thangka was greatly confused. "Aren't you a mental devil yourself? What's your mental devil? A mental devil of a mental devil?"
"Well, it's rather complicated to explain. Later — well, perhaps there is no need for 'later'. You will know what my mental devil is exactly in a moment."
Li Yao said, "All in all, I berated it righteously and made it realize its mistake in shame. Then, I carefully analyzed to it why the current situation is going well and everything is under our control. The game is not over yet, and we can still play!"
"Everything is under our control?"
Thangka watched the Exos surround them from the ground in bewilderment. The fully-armed armed shuttles that had locked onto them covered the sky. The magnificent floating fortress was pressing on her heart like a ten-thousand-ton rock. She could not understand why Li Yao was shameless enough to say that 'everything is under our control'.
"Things are getting more and more interesting. To deal with two nobodies like you, the Holy Light Academy and the purge troop are making such a big fuss. Why?"
Li Yao said casually, "Has my identity been exposed? It doesn't make sense. If my identity has been exposed, as long as the Ultimate Benevolence Masters have the average intelligence of a preschool child, they should've sent a hundred times more soldiers to capture me, even though they would've been of little help. "
"Grandpa Yao!"
Thangka felt like crying. "Can you stop bragging at a time like this?"
"Those who are not familiar with me often think that I'm bragging, but those who are familiar with me know how modest and low-key I am."
Li Yao said, "I'm merely speaking the truth and analyzing the current situation and the cause of the whole thing.
"From the looks of it, the other party doesn't know of my existence, so their target is either you or the class leader. If there's no problem with your identities, then it's your parents. The so-called 'gene provider' is hiding something very fishy.
"You are both 'Children of Holy Light'. Hehe. What kind of secrets are hidden behind the seemingly sacred and glorious name? I believe that the answer will be revealed very soon. In the meantime, I will be able to find the big shots of a higher level by following the clue of 'Children of Holy Light'. Chances are that I will be able to 'swing' to the Ultimate Benevolence Masters.
"This is what they call traveling far and wide in search of something, only to find it by sheer luck, right?
"As for you, rest assured. This is just a 'minor accident'. Since I promised that I would keep the three of you safe, I will certainly make sure that you arrive at the shelter safely. Hehe. You are the people that I want to protect. Nobody can touch you in front of me. Even if all the stars in the universe turn into meteoroids and come at you, I will blow up the suicidal meteoroids one by one!"
"Then, what are we waiting for?"
Thangka said delightedly, "If you are so tough, Grandpa Yao, please use my body to destroy the world. Destroy the purge troop first, shoot down all the armed shuttles in the sky, and punch a hole in the floating fortress in the end!"
Li Yao: "…"
"Don't worry about my body. I can handle it!"
Thangka gnashed her teeth. "Come on, Grandpa Yao. Unleash your infinite power and broaden the horizons of the juniors like us. Come on!"
"Come on, my ass!"
Li Yao gnashed his teeth in anger. "That was a figure of speech. It was a metaphor. Do you understand? A metaphor! There were at least a thousand cannons installed on the shell of such an enormous floating fortress. One fortress was enough to suppress a city. Judging from the thickness of the spiritual shield, even the air nearby was twisted and turned into steam. It was possible that the spiritual shield could resist the bombardment of the main guns of the starship for more than a hundred times in a row! You want me to control your body and fight with this lump of metal with my bare hands? Are you kidding me? Isn't that a bit too unbelievable?
"Seriously, use your head. Have you never heard that 'the most solid fortresses are breached from the inside'? Do you see the armed shuttles and Exos far away? They seem to be grabbing someone and flying to the floating fortress. Aren't the people that they are grabbing your classmates, the 'Children of Holy Light' who are taking part in the 'ultimate test'?
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