chsdbacks 17 Before me, all humans are prey. [2-in-1]
17 Before me, all humans are prey. [2-in-1]
Chaos is a ladder.
The seven-colored corpse fluid spewed out by the Wide-Area Silence was also a colorful, smelly staircase stretching across the sky!
After the man in the eagle hat launched a fatal attack on Wendell, the two sides had completely broken off relations and there was no room for maneuver.
The Blue Dragonfly, piloted by Roya, was forced to stay away from the Sharkwing airship within a 300-meter radius.
At the same time, it is also necessary to avoid being attacked by another steam-powered flying mech.
In the dark sea of clouds, with the Blue Dragonfly's mobility and the Roya's mechanical connection to the air's predictive ability, let alone ten minutes, the Blue Dragonfly could outmaneuver the entire field until the phlogiston was exhausted.
The problem is that thousands upon thousands of luminescent mica, under the control of the Beastmaster, can locate the Blue Dragonfly at any time.
There's even a possibility that they might besiege Roya and Wendell again.
Fortunately, the advanced mica is highly intelligent and difficult to control.
The hunting grounds were large enough that the Beastmasters lacked the control to cover the entire area.
Even though the situation has already exceeded Roya's expectations, he still has enough contingency plans and room for maneuver.
He wanted to disrupt the situation beyond the enemy's expectations, so that he could use his rich experience in chaotic battles to find an opportunity to win.
Roya's original plan was to create chaos by attacking the luminous mica swarm with airships, while the Blue Dragonfly would pursue the mica dragon amidst the chaos.
The downside is that it will anger the beast tamers, turning it into a chaotic battle. Even if you manage to capture the Mica Dragon by chance, you will eventually be burdened with a high bounty.
Moreover, Roya hadn't anticipated that Wendell would be attacked and would be offline for ten minutes...
Fortunately, Roya had prepared a backup plan in advance, using the airship's exhaust vents to spray out colorful corpse fluid, creating even greater chaos.
For the luminous mica or mica dragon in the hunting grounds, the iridescent corpse sprayed by the Wide-Range Silent is not only the corpse of its companion, but also delicious food, and may also be the key factor that causes the advanced mica to lose control.
Not only luminescent mica, but also the out-of-control mica dragon.
Once the Mica Dragon breaks free from the Beastmaster's control, or acts on its own whims due to emotional turmoil, it presents Roya with a good opportunity to hunt it!
And the biggest advantage of this move is that the airship only sprays the mica corpses that were used for defense and counterattack, rather than actively attacking the mica swarm. This gives the Beastmaster room to maneuver, and it also makes it less likely that Roya will be burdened with a higher bounty.
As expected, the Beastmaster did not attack the Wide-Area Silence, which was spraying mica corpse fluid.
The nearby Mica quickly surrounded them, scrambling to eat the corpse paste at the stern of the Wide Silence!
Bro, this smells amazing...
Only a few enormous, rank-1 Mica creatures angrily charged towards the front of the Wide-Area Silence.
After searching for a while without finding any delicious human figures, they turned around and joined the army of food-eating brothers.
There was absolutely no sign that it had been controlled by a beast tamer!
As time went on, more and more luminescent mica swarmed around, following closely behind the Wide-Area Silence, feasting on its bounty...
"It seems that the Beastmaster and the Shark Wing Hunters behind the scenes each have their own agendas and are not determined to join forces to eliminate me."
Luo Ya breathed a sigh of relief.
The accumulation of mica means that large areas of dark airspace are cleared.
The Blue Dragonfly was able to appear and disappear mysteriously, circling around with the Sharkwing airship and the steam-powered flying armor, causing chaos and turmoil.
A week ago, his Blue Dragonfly was walking four military second-order ornithopters and steam-powered flying armors like dogs in broad daylight amidst a sea of clouds.
Now, with the aid of the iron wire, it's possible to outmaneuver an airship and a Tier 2 steam-powered flying machine at night, with plenty of room to spare.
Because he was worried about the other party's extraordinary abilities, Luo Ya maintained a safe distance of more than 300 meters and did not perform any extreme maneuvers that would amaze the audience. He could only quietly walk his dog.
Ten minutes passed quickly.
Wendell is still not awake.
Fortunately, her breathing became steady, and her deathly pale face gradually regained some color.
Roya didn't rush to wake her, but instead walked the dog in the dark while searching for the Mica Dragon.
But the Mica Dragon disappeared once again...
Luo Ya drove the Blue Dragonfly around the hunting grounds several times, but still couldn't see the speeding seven-colored firefly.
"I thought that the Mica Dragon, which had awakened its wisdom, would have the temperament of a child or a woman, but I didn't expect it to be so calm and collected."
Roya's little plan has failed once again.
He decided to continue his walk for another half hour.
If the Mica Dragon doesn't appear within half an hour, he will have no choice but to wake Wendell and execute other contingency plans.
……
Five minutes later.
On the blood-stained deck of the Sharkwing airship.
The man in the eagle hat, who had crushed the second-tier Eagle Heart and severely injured Wendell, was firmly strapped to a fixed deckchair. As the airship sped, braked, swayed, and flipped repeatedly, he fully experienced the fleeting feeling of being on the verge of death.
Finally, it merged with the spare Tier 3 Shark Heart and returned to the human world.
The underlings gathered around the recliner wept bitterly.
"Boss...you're finally awake!"
The man in the eagle hat snapped out of his daze, swallowed three slow-acting heart-protecting pills in a row, and listened to the battlefield report.
"I didn't expect that woman to still be alive... She's at least a third-tier transcendent being. No wonder she dared to spray mica corpse slurry in the hunting grounds to fish for dragons."
"Damn beast tamers, still hesitating at a time like this!"
"Boss, the first mate said that the woman has been unconscious for a while, but we still can't catch the Dragonfly flapping-wing aircraft."
"Nonsense, if it were easy to catch, why would it be worth four hundred gold coins!"
I underestimated the two newcomers...
The man in the eagle hat clutched his chest, frowned, and stood up.
At this moment, the rescued Black Hawk pilot knelt before the man in the eagle hat, his face crestfallen, no longer harboring any desire for revenge.
"Boss, maybe I shouldn't be so pessimistic, but that young man destroyed two of our Tier 2 Black Hawks in less than a minute with just a Tier 1 ornithopter, and even had the strength to avoid fatal blows and not kill me... He must be a mechanical control type superhuman!"
He was kicked to the ground as soon as he finished speaking!
The man in the hawk-hat was almost out of breath from exhaustion, and said with a dark face:
"You idiot, you're too late! I've already given up hope. Now, the advantage is on our side!"
He clutched his chest, looking around at the darkness and the churning sea of clouds.
What made his blood pressure spike even higher was that the mica swarm not only failed to help them pursue the enemy, but instead collectively went out of control, following behind the Wide-Range Silence and eating the mica corpse fluid.
"Tell the Beastmasters that the Mica swarm must participate in the attack, or we will immediately withdraw from the hunting grounds!"
About ten minutes later, the Sharkwing received a carrier pigeon.
"The Mica Dragon will reappear and personally hunt its targets."
……
Fifteen minutes ago.
Fifty kilometers northeast of the Mica Hunting Grounds.
Night falls, and the vast Merlin Waterway stretches out before you.
Taking advantage of the chaos created by the Wide Silence, the Mica Dragon quickly broke free from the Beastmaster's control and fled all the way to Merlin Passage.
Suddenly, the poisonous thorns inside her body silently pierced the burning crystal, causing her nerves to become paralyzed, her extraordinary abilities to be suppressed, and she floated helplessly in the drifting clouds.
In the blink of an eye, they were grabbed onto the deck by the Whale Song, a beast-like ship that was in hot pursuit.
This is a beast-shaped vessel without buoyancy aids or gondolas; it is built directly onto the back of a live, third-order black-whiskered whale, with a deck and steam engine attached.
On the deck, the mica dragon's form had collapsed, and its skin was gradually becoming transparent.
The burning crystal, about the size of a fist in its abdomen, was locked inside a cubic iron cage, the poisonous spikes on the cage already piercing the burning crystal...
An old beast tamer, dressed in a white robe, holding a black handkerchief, and coughing up blood, came to the deck, leaning on his cane.
"You still want to save the original body, don't you... Emil?"
"If I save my original body, won't I be devoured? Besides, I have countless original bodies, how could I possibly save them all? The hunting ground was too stuffy, so I came out to pee. What's the big deal!"
Mica Dragon lay limp on the deck, speaking in a soft, cute girlish voice, only her mouth was tough.
The beast tamer coughed twice, and blood seeped into the black handkerchief before disappearing.
"Your worth is worthy of this Beast Taming Lock, which combines long-range positioning, nerve stings, and detonating burning crystals, but this time, I will give you a chance to be free."
Mica Dragon snorted coldly, her face full of disdain:
"If you want me to catch that filthy couple who waste food and are deeply sinful, I advise you to give up now."
Just now I wanted to tear them to pieces, but the silver-haired woman's aura was very unusual.
I almost got locked on, and I ran out to hide from her, not to hide from you, you old bones!
"Unusual is good... I know my days are numbered, only unusual people and unusual things can help me find a glimmer of hope."
How about this: you pretend to be captured by them, then detonate the shackles. The exploding poisonous spikes will pierce through your skin, enough to paralyze the nerves of superhumans below the seventh level, rendering them incapacitated.
If successful, I will take the remnants of you to see the original body located in the Arden Extraordinary Factory. I never break my word.
The Mica Dragon clutched its stomach and rolled around laughing.
"Hahaha, that's hilarious! You could have easily detonated the shackles and subdued these two by following me.
You're a third-tier transcendent beast tamer, yet ever since they annihilated the Rotten Cloud Mother, you haven't set foot in the hunting grounds once... You old man, are you truly afraid of death?
"Even extraordinary beings are human. Even with long lifespans, there are limits. But you, infinitely splitting, are immortal and indestructible. Even with a body of burning spirit, you still have a joyful heart when imprisoned."
"It's just been millions of years, and we've become accustomed to the vicissitudes of life."
Emile looked wistful, then grinned in a flash:
"Very well, these two young men are arrogant and ignorant, they need to be taught a lesson... But the dignity of my clan will not allow me to fake an arrest and ambush the younger generation. I will punish them directly!"
……
After half an hour.
Roya still hasn't found any trace of the Mica Dragon.
He then began to touch and manipulate Wendell, attempting to awaken him.
Wendell's face was calm, his soft snoring was pleasant, and his full chest rose and fell gently with his even breathing...
I'm sleeping so soundly, I can't wake up at all!
Luo Ya frowned.
Very unusual...
He patted Wendell's gauntlet.
Mind connection.
It seeps in instantly.
Judging from his blood and qi, Wendell's heart recovered quickly and showed no signs of being infected by demonic energy.
This is weird...
Wendell used to sleep like the dead because his body hadn't recovered, but he's in better condition now than Wendell, so there's no reason he shouldn't wake up.
It felt as if Wendell was dead, and Ishtar was now inhabiting this body.
Ishtar deliberately stayed asleep, wanting to see him make a fool of himself!
That was it; Roya would no longer force Wendell to awaken.
He glanced at the distant Silence, dragging along an increasingly thin stream of multicolored corpse fluid, unharmed.
The good news is that the Beastmaster did not launch a full-scale attack on Wendell while he was unconscious.
The bad news is that the Mica Dragon may never reappear.
Only the Sharkwing airship and the steam-powered flying armor were still pursuing the Blue Dragonfly from behind and to the side.
They'd almost run out of all their shells, but hadn't even touched the barbed wire surrounding the blue dragonfly.
Luo Ya sighed helplessly, having made up his mind.
"We've paid ten gold coins; we can't go back empty-handed. Even if we can't catch the Mica Dragon, we should at least use you as a sacrifice, so that Ishtar won't laugh at us!"
He began to precisely control the phlogiston injection rate inside the furnace.
The blue dragonfly barely dodged the steam-powered flying armor that was chasing from the side, and as it accelerated and turned—
Suddenly, the phlogiston fuel is running low!
Engine power is being lost!
The ornithopter then stalled...
The sudden loss of speed, combined with the size of the flapping-wing aircraft's fuel tank and the long, continuous chase, created a scene so realistic that no mechanic could distinguish it.
After all, no one can refill the phlogiston tank with spare phlogiston while flying at high speed!
Upon seeing this, the steam-powered flying armor did not hesitate at all.
They immediately changed direction and sped towards the Blue Dragonfly!
The speed was so great that the driver failed to spot a thin wire in the darkness... which pierced his face.
His brow was instantly pierced by the sharp iron wire.
My head was poked right through.
The vice-captain of the Shark Wing Hunters suddenly felt dizzy.
Before losing consciousness, he tried his best to remain rational.
"So your superpower is controlling iron wires? I'll take you down with me even if I die!"
On his deathbed, a surge of blood energy swirled between his brows, covering his entire body, forcibly activating his extraordinary abilities—
A 300-volt high-voltage current traveled at the speed of light along the iron wire towards the Blue Dragonfly!
However, it was instantly absorbed by the poison sac inner armor worn close to Roya's body, converted into heat, and quickly dissipated by air cooling.
Even without the toxic sac inner armor, the Blue Dragonfly has a mine protection design that allows for both human and machine protection.
Luo Ya felt a tingling sensation in his palm, followed by a slight warmth, and then no further discomfort. He couldn't help but sigh.
"First-tier electric supernatural abilities are still too weak."
The iron wire twirled in the other person's mind...
The first mate fell asleep immediately and lost consciousness.
Luo Ya then used iron wire to control the mechanical difference engine of the steam-powered flying armor, making it a suicidal flight to crash into the shark-wing airship.
On the deck of the Sharkwing, the man in the eagle hat watched as the steam-powered flying armor hurtled towards them at breakneck speed, showing no sign of slowing down.
"Second brother, are you crazy?!"
Airships are far less maneuverable than steam-powered flying armor.
The Sharkwing had no choice but to abandon its pursuit of the Blue Dragonfly and take off prematurely, narrowly avoiding the steam-powered flying armor...
"Damn beast tamer, where's the Mica Dragon I was promised?!"
The Blue Dragonfly was able to flip in the darkness and quietly fly to a distance of 500 meters behind the Sharkwing airship.
The wire is remotely activated and drills into the exhaust port!
Directly inserted into the central steam boiler...
Close the valve.
The furnace is blocked.
Even resetting the differential machine program.
boom!
The central boiler suddenly exploded.
The other boilers subsequently exploded.
Rumble...
Spherical airbags were ejected from the flames of the explosion.
The Blue Dragonfly, 500 meters away, unleashed a barrage of fire around the flames, attempting to penetrate every airbag.
The man in the eagle hat had his eagle feather airbag punctured, and he barely managed to float amidst the gunfire, relying on the swaying feathers.
Blood was everywhere, and the black robe was charred...
A pair of eagle eyes were stained with blood. Through the blurred vision, he saw the Blue Dragonfly recovering the second-oldest steam-powered flying armor.
"Even the second son..."
What kind of monster was it that, with just a Tier 1 ornithopter, managed to wipe out his entire Sharkwing Hunter crew, leaving no one alive?
Only now did he suddenly realize—
He chose the wrong target when he activated his ability!
But now, he has a second chance.
This attack is not enough to kill him, a second-tier superhuman who has fused with a third-tier shark heart!
He held his breath, suppressed his heartbeat, and pretended to be dead, floating among the exploded wreckage.
The exploded wreckage contained a large amount of kinase, spare phlogiston, and mica fuel crystals...
Once the Blue Dragonfly gets close, he can activate his ability to instantly kill the mechanic who goes by the alias Solo, and then execute the unconscious female superhuman!
Come, my treasure is all here...
Come and claim your loot!
The spoils of war are the glory that belongs solely to the victor, the badge of honor of the hunter, and—
Roya glanced at the man in the eagle hat from afar.
He then clocked out, turned around and left, taking his intact steam-powered flying armor with him, and flew towards the Wide-Area Silence.
As for whether the middle-aged man lives or dies...
Unless Wendell wakes up, he will not rashly challenge a superhuman who can unleash third-tier superhuman abilities and trade one-for-one with Wendell for the sake of spoils.
All we need to do is ensure that the other side loses its vehicle and cannot pursue the Blue Dragonfly.
"?"
The man in the eagle hat was stunned for a moment, his heart clenched, and he spat out a mouthful of blood!
The blue dragonfly quickly moved away from the battlefield.
Luo Ya turned his head and glanced at the sky.
The Wide-Area Silencer chased after the mica swarm and flew far away, its tail spraying out almost all of its mica carcass fluid...
The blue dragonfly slowly flew back to the Wide Area Silent Ship.
About 500 meters away from the airship
Exhausted, Roya suddenly frowned.
In an instant, the wires dispersed, and the ornithopter quickly transformed into armor, with the wires forming an iron cage around its perimeter.
A young woman in a blue dress was standing on the deck of the Wide Silence, illuminated by fluorescent light, and did not launch an attack while the Blue Dragonfly was transforming.
On her smooth, mirror-like, and translucent face, blue eyes, like amber that had sealed away the light of bygone days, looked down at Roya.
The girl didn't speak, but she uttered a soft, cute girlish voice.
As if carrying the aura of a king who surpasses humanity, it instantly pierced through the five-hundred-meter-high dark sea of clouds.
"Escape the mica siege, spray mica corpse fluid, wipe out an entire hunting party, and turn the hunting grounds upside down..."
Do you think you're very good at flying?
Do you think that humans are hunters at the top of the food chain, and that you are a human at the top of the genius chain?
Do you think I'm not human, so I'm stupid and can be angered by just throwing chopped mica corpses at me?
Foolish humans!
I will catch you two, you despicable couple, in this dilapidated airship within a minute, and I will make you insignificant humans understand the truth of the world!
Before me—
All humans are prey.