“Bai Lingluo!”
Seeing Bai Lingluo lying behind Tianlang, Ciyue shouted loudly, but Bai Lingluo seemed unconscious, unable to hear Ciyue’s calls.
She instinctively took a step forward.
“Don’t come closer, Ciyue. You don’t want her to never wake up again, do you?” Tianlang threatened.
“What’s your goal? Bringing me here.” Ciyue stopped in her tracks and said, “If you want to fight me here, you don’t stand a chance, and I’m no longer afraid of your mental attacks.”
“Oh.”
“Wait a moment.” Tianlang said.
“I want to ask you, why do you care so much about her? Not your sister? Your sister’s heart was broken because of you.”
“How do you know about us?”
“Fool, Bai Lingluo is in my hands. I know all her past memories, including your stupid mistakes.”
“That’s none of your business.”
“Do you know how much Bai Lingluo depends on you? This lie will break one day. She truly sees you as her elder sister.”
Tianlang sat down beside Bai Lingluo, making it difficult for Ciyue to act.
“This is between the two of us. No matter what, I’ll take responsibility.”
Ciyue manifested a silver-white longbow and aimed at Tianlang.
“Alright then, guess if she can wake up from this dream~”
“What do you mean!?”
Tianlang glanced at her watch.
“The time has come, Ciyue. It’s over.”
Tianlang fired a shot into the sky.
Bang! The bullet shot toward the darkened sky.
At the moment the gunshot faded, a dazzling light exploded above Ciyue’s head, illuminating the entire dock like a glowing dome stretching down from the sky.
“Battle Mode Release.” An inconspicuous voice said from the corner.
It was Li Jing’s summoned creature, a huge round body falling, about to crush everything.
Ciyue tried to dodge, but a crimson Magic Cannon from the sky hit her Magic Shield, the impact pinning her down.
Rumble…………
Tianlang flew up, grabbing Bai Lingluo’s body.
The tower crane before them was smashed in half by Li Jing’s summoned creature.
“Round and plump, self-destruct!” Li Jing shouted.
Golden light burst forth, a mushroom cloud rose, and the powerful shockwave flattened all buildings on the dock.
Countless containers were blasted into midair, and half of Jing’an City felt the tremors from the explosion.
Several steps away.
At the center of the explosion, thick smoke rolled, and fierce flames raged.
Ciyue struggled to stand. The palm of her hand was burned by the scorching ground, pain unbearable.
A figure rushed toward her through the black smoke.
Before Ciyue could react, Lin Shuqing’s knee struck heavily into her abdomen.
She was knocked down again, her back pressed against the hot ground, pain forcing her to roll painfully.
However, Lin Shuqing gave her no chance to regain balance. She grabbed the groaning Ciyue and slammed a punch to her face, forcing her backward.
Lin Shuqing continued the assault, leaving more wounds on Ciyue.
Ciyue groaned in pain, her judgment clouded by agony, but her body’s survival instinct prompted a counterattack—blocking Lin Shuqing’s kick, she manifested a giant white crystallized magic from the ground, piercing toward Lin Shuqing.
But Lin Shuqing reacted quickly, leaping into the air to evade the piercing Crystallized Magic attack.
More white crystals sprouted continuously from the scorched ground, encircling Ciyue to form a defense.
“Summoning again………”
Just when Ciyue thought she could catch her breath, a Magic Cannon with immense magic power fired from the river, easily dissolving the hastily formed crystal shield.
Ciyue hurriedly raised both hands to strengthen the Magic Shield’s defense.
It was another summoned creature called by Li Jing. The Magic Cannon it fired was as strong as a full-powered strike from a duchy-level beast.
Steam rose from the river surface, forming a thin mist. High-energy particle beams continuously bombarded the Reverse Gravity Shield…………
Although Ciyue’s shield was an order of magnitude stronger than the incoming attacks, she was too exhausted to withstand them for long, barely holding on.
“Damn, another direction!”
Xiao Si’s crimson Magic Cannon charged at Ciyue’s side.
Ciyue had to use her other hand to block.
“Same ending, Miss Ciyue.”
Suddenly, a pair of hands grabbed Ciyue from behind, pinning her to the ground. Seeing Ciyue restrained, Li Jing and Xiao Si stopped attacking.
Lin Shuqing pressed Ciyue’s face down against the ground with her knee. Ciyue could feel the scorching heat radiating from the earth beneath her.
“Do you think this is enough to defeat me?” Ciyue shouted angrily, preparing to break free.
“I can’t, but the anesthetic can.”
By the time Ciyue registered Lin Shuqing’s words, it was too late. A dose of acute anesthetic was injected into her neck, and she fainted…………
When Kong Ling woke up, she saw raging flames and collapsing surroundings, with all her companions unconscious.
“This is bad!”
She hurriedly shook nearby teammates, but no one woke.
Kong Ling had no choice but to carry each remaining companion out of the burning warehouse one by one.
When only Ziyuan and Tian Lan were left, Tian Lan also woke from the heat and tremors.
Seeing the fire spreading and threatening to collapse the building, she immediately formed numerous Crystallized Magic pillars to support the warehouse’s main structure.
“I’ll stabilize this support pillar. Kong Ling, take Ziyuan and evacuate!”
“But what about you!?”
“I’ll get out on my own. You save people first!”
Kong Ling held Ziyuan and flew toward the exit…………
As she stepped out the door, the warehouse collapsed with a thunderous roar behind her.
Tian Lan didn’t make it out.
“Take Ciyue away.” Tianlang ordered Lin Shuqing.
“What about Bai Lingluo?” Lin Shuqing saw Bai Lingluo placed in a clearing, covered in debris.
“Don’t bother with her. Leave her here. She’s of little use to us.”
Xiao Si and Li Jing arrived at Tianlang’s side.
“Well done. Prepare to evacuate with Ciyue.”
Sharp-eyed Xiao Si spotted an enemy figure in the air. “Wait, someone’s above!”
Lei Mang released her Combat Form, diving from the sky, wrapped in red lightning.
In the blink of an eye, the four were blasted into the air by the shockwave, while Lei Mang caught the unconscious Ciyue midair.
“Damn…….. Dogs of the Saint Li Group! Weren’t you supposed to be on another mission?” Tianlang quickly pulled out a pistol and aimed at Lei Mang.
“This is just a distraction. You all, prepare to die!”
Purple Magic Armor covered Lei Mang’s entire body—her special ability, “Magic Armor.” This armor could temporarily raise her combat power close to S-rank.
However, just as Lei Mang prepared to fire her Magic Cannon, a black Magic Shield suddenly appeared before Tianlang, forcing Lei Mang to halt her charge.
“Hmph, not attacking?”
Tianlang threw a small grenade-like device backward. The device twisted space, creating a miniature teleportation portal.
Lin Shuqing and the others quickly escaped through the portal.
Tianlang also retreated step by step. Lei Mang dared not act rashly, since the black shield could reflect magic, and the situation remained unclear.
Finally, Lei Mang watched as Tianlang disappeared.
“Tch, a bunch of traitors……”