Chapter 118: The People in a Desperate Situation

“Boss, the ship almost crashed!”

“I know, you don’t need to tell me!”

Heishui gripped the handrail, a trace of lingering fear flashing across his face.

That all-too-familiar sensation and scene just now almost made him think that woman had come again.

But fortunately, this was just the counterattack of the Class Three elites.

And from the look of him just now, he must be out of Star Energy.

Now is the perfect time to strike while he’s down.

“Move out!”

Heishui’s thoughts flickered, and he gave a loud command. The helmet of his colony armor, exchanged with points, snapped shut with a sharp click.

Then, one after another, he and those beside him shot out from the ejection pods.

The sight was unexpectedly reminiscent of whales spouting water.

“Not good, enemy reinforcements have arrived!”

Shun Ying’s face changed at once as he watched the enemy cadets fall from the sky like raindrops.

A flash of electricity arced across his body, and he rushed onto the battlefield in an instant, leaving behind a rapidly vanishing yellow streak.

Swoosh!

***

Two seconds later.

His figure reappeared beside the ship’s cabin, but eight Class Five cadets on the battlefield had already been taken down.

“Quick! Get on the ship!” Shun Ying called out to the Class Six cadets.

Lin Zhen forced himself to look at Zi Jiu beside him.

Kaos Yuncheng and Anvil were both elsewhere at this moment.

Of the Class Three elites here, there was only him, Zi Jiu, and a few others whose ranks hovered near one hundred.

“Jiu, I’ll leave it to you. I’m going to repair the ship.”

“No problem.” In a flash, Jiu drew her Double Blades from behind her back, blood-red flames spreading from her hands up along the blades.

The Double Blades instantly twisted and elongated into fierce, ghastly skull shapes.

Jiu had named her ability [Hellfire].

With it, she could imbue anything she touched with this seemingly infernal flame, granting it the power to burn everything.

Swish!

Jiu tapped the ground with both feet, transforming into a black shadow as she shot into the battlefield.

Wielding her Double Blades, she danced amid the blazing flames, and at the moment she entered the fray, a Class Five cadet was struck down.

By the second year, after awakening their abilities, the strength gap between the war camp cadets had only grown wider.

In the first year, those ranked near the bottom could still rely on numbers to overwhelm those ahead.

But now, no matter how many there were, in the face of overwhelming abilities, they were nothing but statistics.

Boom!

Jiu raised her Double Blades, fusing them together amid the blazing flames.

Then she swung with all her might, unleashing a terrifying slash of fiery blade aura two meters tall.

Wherever the blade aura passed, the ground split open and turned black. Not a single cadet dared to block it, fleeing in panic in all directions.

Taking this chance, the Class Three cadets quickly dragged or carried their fallen comrades toward the ship.

From above, Heishui watched this scene, his gaze hardening.

“Trying to escape? Not so easy!”

As his words fell.

He plummeted straight into the battlefield, smashing out a pit, and charged toward Jiu like a raging elephant.

Other Class Four cadets landed as well, blocking the retreat of the Class Three and Class Six cadets.

At the same time, Xing Ke’ai pulled the lightly wounded Xin Yan out from the wrecked ship.

“Sis Xin!”

“I’m fine, go to the battlefield!” Xin Yan replied weakly. Her greatest injury right now wasn’t physical but mental.

Having her ability forcibly broken by so many at once had left her psyche severely torn.

It wouldn’t heal in the short term.

So now she was almost useless, having to pin her hopes on Xing Ke’ai.

After all her efforts, she didn’t want it all to be for nothing.

“Alright, I’ll take care of them and come back!”

Gritting her teeth, Xing Ke’ai once again turned into a star, darting swiftly toward the battlefield not far away.

At the rear of the battlefield.

Lin Zhen had just repaired the damaged ship, seated in the cockpit, ready to start the engine.

***

The next second.

With a loud bang.

A flash of light appeared ahead.

Something had smashed through the observation window directly in front of him—a pink-haired loli, her whole body glowing with starlight, appeared in the cockpit.

She changed back from her star form, floating in the air with an angry look on her face as she stared at Lin Zhen, “I shouldn’t have held back earlier. I nearly let you kill my Sis Xin!”

“Go to hell–“

Before Xing Ke’ai could finish her sentence.

The nearby ship’s hull suddenly melted into liquid metal, wrapping around her wrists, then solidified again, shackling the pink-haired bundle hand and foot to the top of the control panel.

“You!” Xing Ke’ai struggled with all her might, but couldn’t budge. The ship’s alloy was far too strong for her to break with just her body.

“Whew!”

Lin Zhen let out a breath of relief, put down his trembling right hand, and staggered toward the aft cabin.

That move had nearly drained all of his Star Energy.

But once Xing Ke’ai’s cooldown for her star form ended, this alloy shackle wouldn’t be able to hold her.

Though it was a shame for the newly repaired ship, he needed to get away from this dangerous place first.

People in a rage are capable of anything, and that pink-haired girl looked like she was about to explode.

He definitely didn’t want to die at the hands of another cadet.

He walked out the aft hatch, not even having time to survey the battlefield, when a slender figure flew past him in retreat.

Right after that.

Heishui, his colony armor bound by black tendrils, his body now as burly as the Hulk, charged past the hatch from outside.

Those tentacles covering his body seemed to act as muscles, making Heishui’s speed unimaginably fast.

Even standing just off his charge path, Lin Zhen was sent flying five or six meters by the shockwave.

Even the ship was knocked a little out of place.

[“Heishui: Sorry, excuse me, coming through!”]

[“Old Lin got kicked aside like roadkill, LOL”]

[“Old Lin did great, taking down three ships all by himself”]

[“Sigh, with that kind of stamina, what’s little Xi going to do in the future? Want me to help?”]

[“Awesome!”]

[“Just this chaotic battle alone made this episode worth it!”]

[“But where’s that woman? Is she still riding here on horseback or something? How come she’s nowhere to be seen?”]

“Cough, cough!”

Lin Zhen spat out a mouthful of blood, forcing himself to his feet, taking in the whole battlefield from the very rear.

The leader of the Class Four group, Heishui, and Jiu were locked in fierce combat by their own ships, moving so fast Lin Zhen could barely follow.

He could just barely make out that Jiu was at a severe disadvantage.

Shun Ying’s side was faring a bit better.

With his speed ability, he weaved swiftly through the battlefield, constantly helping their side deal with enemy cadets.

But there were simply too many on the opposing side this time.

His Star Energy was limited—eventually, he’d be worn down.

So the only way out now was to fly away in the ship.

But…

Lin Zhen looked over at their own ships. First they’d been bombarded by Class Five, then caught up in the fight between Heishui and Jiu.

There wasn’t a single one left intact.

And…

He looked up at the sky.

Above, nearly twenty ships formed a blockade.

Even if he could repair a ship with his ability, there was no way to pilot it through such an insurmountable defensive line.

So is this where it all ends?