Mr. Pyson felt extrely heavy-hearted, sensing the situation was getting worse.
The energy storm gathering around them grew more intense, spreading an ominous atmosphere.
The two passed through a narrow path, arriving at a wide expanse of ruins behind the mountain range.
Suddenly, a chill rose from behind Chen Sui. She detected an unusual sll and strange friction sounds.
Her sixth sense, honed by years of combat, made her imdiately run forward several quick steps, pushing Mr. Pyson to the side: "Be careful."
Then she rolled toward a mound on the other side of the path, concealing herself behind it.
At the sa ti, a crimson long tongue extended from behind them.
With a 'slap' it attached to the ground. Transparent saliva sared the rock, forming corrosive marks.
The red tongue struck the ground, then with a 'hiss' retracted imdiately. A monster crawled out from beside the rugged black hill.
It was tall, with black scales on its back emitting a dark glow. Its head resembled a lizard, mouth wide open, revealing fangs and a crimson tongue that licked around its lips. Stone-sized saliva dripped down, creating small depressions in the ground.
"Sizzle..."
Two deep black eyes on the lizard's head, with vertical pupils, stared fixedly at the two people before it.
It detected an especially tempting scent, more delicious than any previous food.
Saliva flowed from the corners of its mouth, its eyes filled with desire.
Its enormous body blocked the hill in front, its tail resting near collapsed rocks. Excited by the pleasure of imminent feeding, the energy body swung its tail, hitting the ground with a 'clang' sound, shattering rocks and sending fragnts flying in all directions.
"Hiss... hiss..."
The energy body moved toward the humans, its hard shell making a grating sound against the ground.
A foul stench and imnse energy pressure rushed toward them.
"Is it trying to feed?"
Chen Sui observed the scene, capturing this signal from the energy body's behavior.
Mr. Pyson drew his cha's energy light sword while activating the firepower device, gravely nodding to Chen Sui: "Yes, and it's treating us as food."
Chen Sui's eyes turned cold: "Is that so?"
That was truly irritating.
The basic cha was equipped with the simplest energy cannon. Mr. Pyson instructed Chen Sui: "I'll distract it, you support . If things look bad, leave imdiately, understand?"
After speaking, he stomped hard on the ground, using the force to run quickly forward.
The scent of energy attracted the energy body, its covetous gaze falling on Chen Sui's cha.
Mr. Pyson fired a shot at this mont.
The energy body turned toward him. It raised its foot, attempting to flatten this presumptuous iron lump.
Mr. Pyson thrust his light sword into the bottom of its foot, then lying back, slid across the ground on his knees, dragging the light sword to create a deep wound in the energy body's foot.
"Bang!"
The energy body stomped on the ground, blood flowing out, but only briefly seeping before the wound inflicted by the light sword healed at a visible rate within seconds.
This was one of the energy body's abilities: regeneration.
Chen Sui observed the energy body's state, counting seconds ntally. Seeing the wound completely heal, she warned Mr. Pyson: "Value 3."
Typically, an energy body's basic regeneration value is 5, with lower numbers indicating faster healing.
A regeneration value of 3 ant this energy body could completely heal non-energy wounds within 3 seconds.
Mr. Pyson's situation was extrely bad. Even with Chen Sui using the energy cannon to attract the energy body's attention, the power it exerted while distracted left him no ti to respond.
When its huge palm swept around, it created many wind blades.
The wind blades, hard and sharp, chopped at the seams connecting the cha.
The nerves connecting to the machinery experienced intense pain.
But he still gritted his teeth, swinging the energy light sword to cut through the approaching wind blades.
anwhile, the cha's fla gun activated, aiming at the energy body and unleashing a barrage.
"Bang! Bang! Bang..."
The sound of energy bullets exploding rang out, leaving so burning flas on the energy body.
The flas couldn't penetrate the hard shell, posing no threat to the energy body.
But the ensuing artillery ca like rain from the sky, falling with scorching heat and howling wind sounds, continuously thundering down.
"Roar------"
The energy body grew impatient, its lizard head opening wide, letting out a muffled hiss.
Turning to the cha in mid-air, Mr. Pyson piloted the cha to distance himself, trying to find a suitable opportunity to attack.
But the energy body no longer wished to tangle with small mosquitoes.
As its fangs opened, a trendous hissing sound erged, gathering circles of wind clusters around it, moving across the ground like tornadoes, converging toward the center.
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"You have received a ssage from the Interstellar Alliance Border Army."
In the traveling starship, a teacher wearing a black robe was explaining on the holographic projection in the cabin.
"The Ancient Hills energy field of Solina Star in the Ten Star Ring contains the most earth-attribute energy bodies recorded by the Star Alliance. How many types of energy bodies have you seen throughout this journey?" he asked.
Several students sat opposite him, with the one in the center slouching, half-asleep, until nudged awake by the boy next to him.
The teacher frowned in displeasure, but before he could reprimand, he heard the light brain ssage.
"Just a mont," he paused to check the light brain, where an urgent ssage appeared on the screen.
"Multiple energy bodies detected on Talo Star in the Ninth Star Ring, forming multiple energy fields, all unrecorded energy bodies. Training route of the United Academy detected passing nearby. Please cooperate with the Border Army and provide support as soon as possible."
The Golden Tower was the emblem embroidered in gold thread on the gilded long robe.
This building stood beside the Star Military Direct Fourth Academy, always serving as the nickna for the Fourth Academy.
The teacher inford the students of the ssage and intended to change course.
The previously drowsy boy stretched lazily in his seat, speaking casually: "Talo Star? That peripheral star that doesn't even have Star Ring Military Guards?"
"What's worth visiting about such an energy field? We at Golden Tower are very busy. No ti, we need to prepare for the league competition. Can't soone else go?"
The teacher opened and closed his lips, frowning: "This ti, the energy field has surrounded three major cities on Talo Star, all with S-class or above energy bodies. The Border Army is also on its way. Over ten thousand people are trapped."
The boy nodded impatiently, still wearing an indifferent expression: "I know, teacher, unrecorded S-class energy crystals. So what? Golden Tower doesn't lack energy crystals. We need to prepare for the Interstellar League competition. Can't soone else handle this?"
The young teacher was at a loss for words.
The boy's tone grew sowhat cold. Seeing his expression, he sighed slightly, then glanced at the team opposite: "Oh, you Third Ring Sixth Academy didn't have much participation in this training competition anyway. Why don't you go? Maybe you could even bring back so energy crystals."
The students from Third Ring Sixth Academy looked at their team leader, truly tempted by the so-called S-class energy crystals.
Their teacher looked at the team leader from Golden Tower who had remained silent, and seeing him nod, announced: "Then we'll go. I'll apply for course deviation now."
With that, he led the group of students from Third Ring Sixth Academy toward the cockpit.
The Golden Tower team leader glanced at the indifferent students and the young teacher who had blushed with embarrassnt, suddenly speaking without severity: "Xinyan, mind your words and actions."
Warned by the team leader, the boy's lazy deanor subsided slightly, but then he closed his eyes, turning his head sowhat irritably, "I didn't say anything wrong."
The team leader nodded to the young teacher, letting the matter pass without further comnt.
At that mont, on the starship, a team piloted a small travel cabin, jumping toward the Ninth Star Ring.
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anwhile, in the energy field.
Wind vortices pursued the cha.
Chen Sui watched Mr. Pyson's trajectory with a serious expression. The artillery couldn't probe the location of energy crystals; only energy detection could.
Currently, the most precise energy detection ca from Awakened who had developed their ntal thresholds.
She fired the energy cannon at the right mont, creating adequate combat space for Mr. Pyson, but soon it beca evident that Mr. Pyson was squeezed between two tornado pillars, then swept away by the gale, thrown hard against the ground.
"Bang------"
Mr. Pyson's cha detached due to severe damage. He himself was thrown from the cockpit, and falling parts were swept around by the wind.
Pyson hit the ground, even leaving a friction mark, finally stopping when he crashed into a rock.
His body was covered with various degrees of wind blade cuts. The impact made him spit out a mouthful of fresh blood, his beard stubble stained with blood, looking particularly disheveled.
The enormous energy body noticed the scent of human blood. The lizard head lowered, approaching Mr. Pyson's position, its crimson tongue extending to lick.
Mr. Pyson stared intensely at the energy body. He struggled to get up from the ground, his once-imposing figure appearing especially small before the energy body.
Seeing this, Chen Sui wasted no ti. She quickly withdrew the energy cannon, rapidly approached Mr. Pyson, extended her hand to pull him up, the cha arm easily lifting his large body, then pushed him away, sending him out of the energy body's sight.
"Mr. Pyson, may I borrow your weapon?"
Hearing this voice, Mr. Pyson was montarily stunned, his eyes contracting briefly, but quickly showing an astonished expression: "What are you going to do?"
Chen Sui didn't answer. She quickly dodged the energy body's wind blade attacks, picking up the scattered weapons.
Mr. Pyson's expression twisted for a mont.
Not because the repair technician was using his weapon.
But because------
"Technician Chen, this energy body is S-class, a cha simply can't handle it!"
Chen Sui didn't respond.
Mr. Pyson clutched his chest, bowing his head to cough up a large amount of fresh blood.
The powerful impact had severely damaged Mr. Pyson's internal organs, breathing causing intense pain. He crawled behind a hill and peered out to observe the repair technician's actions.
Mr. Pyson's impression of Chen Sui was just that of a repair technician with good skills, recomnded by friends. He had no idea of her combat capabilities.
But a newly-adult, non-Awakened repair technician from a remote star ring, an interstellar nomad—how could she possibly be a match for an energy body!
His heart beat frantically, tension, anticipation, panic, various emotions overwhelming him as Mr. Pyson fixated on the moving cha.
Energy propelled the cha with a whoosh as Chen Sui's figure appeared in mid-air. She shouldered the gun cannon, firing a shell at the lizard head.
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