In the dim interior of the spaceship, two people huddled in a corner, their hands covering their faces, not daring to look up.
In front of them, the young girl stood on her tiptoes, her cheeks flushed. Her crimson eyes held a clear mist like autumn ripples as her lips met the boy’s.
Her fair, tender hands gripped the boy’s short-collared jacket tightly, as if she were trying to hang her entire weight on him to support her trembling legs.
*Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!*
The sand tornadoes raging outside avoided the spaceship from start to finish.
A dreamlike ray of the Sunset, textured like golden sand, spilled across the profiles of the boy and girl, making the fine hair on their skin shimmer.
This stunning image of a kiss, paired with the two third wheels in the corner who looked as if they were thinking, ‘I shouldn’t be here; I should be under the car,’ completely ignited the entire barrage.
This scene would undoubtedly become an absolute classic of the First Season, appearing repeatedly in various fan edits.
Of course, this innocent, green-apple-like kiss would also certainly become one of the most beautiful memories in Lin Zhen’s heart.
But it was precisely because this memory was so beautiful that Lin Zhen’s heart felt increasingly bitter, pained, and guilty as he watched Yun Ruoxi, who had promised him she would return, fly into the battlefield.
He turned his head and continued repairing the spaceship.
Between every breath, a faint fragrance and sweetness unique to Yun Ruoxi seemed to linger in his mouth, making his mood even more difficult to bear.
“Lastly, your fantasies end here!”
Mo Yuan stood in the sky with an indifferent expression, as if he had only done something insignificant.
Below him, five tree god guards and four Combatants surrounded the wounded Zi Jiu and the others.
Just as Mo Yuan said, everything was over.
With a single command, these nine powerful combatants in peak condition could instantly end this battle—a battle of “a mantis trying to stop a carriage,” destined for defeat without any possibility of a surprise.
The reason he had not given the order immediately was that he wanted to use them to force A Zhen out of the spaceship.
Xinglan was so powerful, yet she had still been captured and taken onto the spaceship by A Zhen, the Wind King, and their group.
While part of the reason was undoubtedly Xinglan’s reluctance to strike hard due to her feelings, there was no question that these traitors had some special means to break through Xinglan’s protection and seal her supernatural power.
If he wasn’t mistaken, those methods were likely the handiwork of A Zhen, who was a Perfect Awakener like him and Xinglan.
Xinglan’s Perfect Awakening gave her terrifying power intensity.
His own Perfect Awakening gave him a powerful mechanism that allowed him to use two types of supernatural powers simultaneously.
Therefore, A Zhen’s Perfect Awakening was self-evident. It was likely a higher tier of Metal Manipulation, most likely the ability to create certain extremely special metals.
Just like the ones held by the people with the wood heart, the Wind King, and the shadow drive…
Mo Yuan cast a subtle glance at the weapons in their hands. These weapons could easily break through his supernatural power protection, which made him feel somewhat constrained.
Otherwise, this battle would have ended long ago.
Since these people gained such a massive boost just by holding weapons made of those special metals, A Zhen’s own boost would only be greater.
Entering the interior of the spaceship—the opponent’s home turf—rashly was definitely not a good idea. He might end up failing just like Xinglan did.
Although Mo Yuan only viewed Xinglan as a true rival, he never looked down on any trainee. He understood the principle of a lion using its full strength even when hunting a rabbit.
“A Zhen!” Mo Yuan shouted loudly. “If you don’t come out now, I’ll have no choice but to kill them all.”
“Keep dreaming! Kill me now if you have the guts!”
When Kaos heard that, he immediately realized what Mo Yuan was thinking and laughed loudly. “You coward! You don’t even dare to enter the spaceship?”
“Heh.”
Mo Yuan smiled faintly, completely unaffected by the taunt. He simply raised his hand toward the Eldest Brawler.
“Kill him.”
The Eldest Brawler nodded slightly and kicked off the ground. With a *bang*, he shot forward like a cannonball.
His speed was unimaginably fast.
Kaos struggled to dodge. Zi Jiu and the others wanted to help, but Mo Yuan simply pointed at them.
The surface instantly glowed with white light, transforming into a chessboard field with a Chuhe Hanjie boundary, forcibly separating them on two sides of the board.
This supernatural power was extremely unfamiliar; Zi Jiu and the others had never even seen it before.
For a moment, they had no idea how to break it. It was clearly something Mo Yuan had copied from another battle camp.
Soldiers holding spears flickered out from the grid squares of the chessboard.
Coordinating with the Eldest Brawler, they forced Kaos into several life-threatening situations within a few moves, repeatedly pushing him into a corner.
Everyone watched with burning anxiety.
Aili jumped up and shouted, “Mo Yuan, kill me if you have the balls! What kind of skill is it to bully Brother Kaos!”
Facing Aili’s provocation and taunts, Mo Yuan didn’t show the slightest irritation.
He ignored Aili entirely, keeping his head up to watch the silent spaceship.
He said coldly, “Since you aren’t willing to show your face, A Zhen, I’ll just have to help you from the outside — by tearing this ship apart!”
As his voice fell, he signaled the tree god guards to strike.
The five people nodded in unison, controlling the massive tree giants to lift their legs, slamming a foot down toward the spaceship.
The tree giants were over 100 meters tall, and their soles alone were 30 meters long and over 10 meters wide.
Even the massive shadow formed as the foot was raised was enough to cover the spaceship’s entire cockpit.
As the foot fell heavily, the terrifying wind pressure caused the damaged signal shielding alloy plating on the spaceship’s surface to rattle and peel off.
There was no doubt that if this stomp landed solidly, it might not threaten the spaceship’s skeleton made of hardened alloy, but it would likely completely destroy the results of Lin Zhen’s repairs!
Zi Jiu and the others had risked their lives to stall long enough for Lin Zhen to reach this stage of repairs. How could they bear to watch everything be destroyed?
Their eyes nearly split with rage as they watched the tree giant’s foot descend, wishing they could go over and block the strike themselves.
However, the chessboard field Mo Yuan had copied carried powerful rules. It made them like pawns; unless they died, they could not move a single step outside the chessboard.
They could only slump against the light barrier, clawing at it with their hands as they watched it happen.
“No!” they cried out instinctively.
The corners of Mo Yuan’s mouth curved up slightly in the sky… then suddenly stiffened as his expression became serious.
The spaceship’s rear hatch opened slowly, but a streak of white light couldn’t wait and burst through the hatch first, soaring into the sky toward the slowly descending foot of the tree giant.