I freaking eat eat eat eat——

"Watch out!!!"

In the rushing wind, the rider's eyes almost burst as he screamed at Maya, wanting to say something, but in the darkness where the storm originated, the indifferent figure overlooking everything simply raised a hand.

Targeting, locking, pulling the trigger.

A crystal bullet locking the Corrupted Metal had already shot from the fierce wind—meticulously endowed with a spiritual quality structure, inscribed with several Superior emblems to enhance destructive power, while also given armor-piercing effects, and containing the byproducts of Xiang Sword Theory study and Mutated Pollution, the instant it was fired, it was upon them.

Aiming at Maya!

In front of Little Ox, behind the opponent's mounts, from a distant point, the severely injured Tian Yuan was not enough to be of concern, as the real threat to Ji Jue all along was the navigator skilled in both Ascension and Heart Core!

Bang!

A muffled sound echoed, and amidst the hurricane, a trickle of blood once again seeped from Maya's twisted, pale face.

She didn't bother to activate the protective Disaster Beast on her body, and even if she did, it would have been useless—a strong intuition specific to the Ascension Series and the killer intent drawn from Ji Jue's Heart Core surpassed even the fear of that sword...

Therefore, she decisively resorted to the crucial High Rank skill of the Ascension Series—Reality Modification!

The heart prevails over matter, transcending and thus nullifying it!

Using her own perception, she forcibly erased the incoming attack from reality, denying the acceptance of this reality.

Clap!

The bullet vanished without a trace.

Immediately after, the soul-splitting pain and backlash made her cry out, but the injury quickly vanished, transferring to the strange doll-like amulet she held, which cracked, exuding a bloody hue, emitting an infant-like wail.

No time to pity the substitute doll, Maya scrambled and dashed through the storm, simultaneously throwing a spiritual impact combining soul chaos and the anguish of the five aggregates towards Ji Jue, Little Ox, and the Mechanical Descent-catalyzed creature.

Boom!

Little Ox's action halted for just a moment, but behind the Tian Yuan rider, the steel creature just catalyzed by Mechanical Descent exploded abruptly, spiraling out of control, and countless fragments flew apart.

And there, upwind in the storm, protected and supported by liquid mercury limbs, Ji Jue's vision again darkened, blood seeping from his mouth and nose, spiritual disorder.

He unexpectedly ceased his offensive, raising his hand to wipe the blood from his face.

The severely wounded rider was overjoyed, once again propping up a repulsion field, looking back at Maya.

Then, the smile froze on his face.

Stunned.

Maya was also dumbfounded, bewildered by why her teammate looked at her with such fear, until she felt the coolness on her chest...

Her chest suddenly sported a large gaping hole.

Blood gushed out, swept away by the gale, trailing an elongated, faintly swaying red line in the air.

It's over.

When she wanted to speak, no sound came out.

But when exactly... did it happen?!

The answer is, at the precise moment she fully amended reality and negated Ji Jue's bullet, a dim light re-emerged from the darkness, racing silently towards her.

Then, like an illusion, it effortlessly pierced through the Smoke Disaster Beast's defense and interception, becoming substantial as it crossed, and from behind, penetrated her heart!

Like dew or lightning, it flashed transiently, too fast for pain to spread, even too fast for her to sense the arrival of death.

It was merely a wound on the flesh, even without a heart, she should still persist, as both Ascension and Heart Core could momentarily transcend bodily constraints with their will and thoughts.

But at the moment that glimmer of light entered her soul and silently exploded, everything came to an end.

Life is finite, destiny has its end.

Now, the flying light has arrived!

Death!

With Maya's soul's annihilation, the smoke-like Disaster Beast around her instantly swelled as if awakening from Heart Core's control and brainwashing, regaining freedom, only to soar upward in overwhelming joy.

Then it hit an invisible barrier.

The storm-born mercury threads woven into a cage unknown when clearly woven so sparsely, but upon touching a single strand, it's like being glued with strong adhesive, inescapable.

The smoke screeched, struggled, leapt, and surged repeatedly, yet unable to escape the entanglement and constraints of solid alchemy, finally compressed into a ball and fell with Ji Jue's fingers closing.

Maya's body lay silent on the ice, finally revealing An Ning who at some unknown point stood there.

At this moment, through the drifting snowflakes, the young girl turned her gaze to the dumbfounded Sky City rider and silently smiled.

"Say hello to those who come afterward for me."

In that instant, the shattered radio at the rider's feet emitted a cold voice.

Soon after, the dim light reappeared, shooting forth.

Boom!!

The hardened telekinetic iron wall of void trembled violently, finally cracking amidst the chopping of knives, axes, and iron hammers, then Pan Ying's torrent of blood light charged ahead.

Withering!

In the final moment, the rider could only raise his hand in terror:

"Wait——"

Then the blood light flashed and faded.

After the momentary piercing, blood spread across the sky, flying, then gathered and condensed, swallowed by the eager blade, and vanished.

No remains!

Soon, without needing Ji Jue's command, Little Ox had already begun spontaneously destroying everything left around.

After obliterating all traces, it picked up Maya's body, threw it into the vehicle parked aside, transformed once more, reverting to its original vehicle form.

The engine roared, and it moved forward again.

The frantic wind raged on, carrying snow dust, remnants, and fragments farther away, disappearing from sight.

As a sudden storm howled past, the livestream Flying Airship descended again, searching the vast snowy plains when everyone finally witnessed—

The descended curtain stretched open again.

A miracle performed!

Amidst endless white waves, the black vehicle broke through the fierce wind and snow, emerging victorious amidst the cheers and shouts of countless spectators!

At most, only a few scratches adorned its armor, the part at the vehicle's front blazing more vibrant red.

Thus, it calmly crossed the final obstacle, heading toward the edge of the plains, towards the towering mountains.

The Kunwu Plateau was already within sight!

"The first one."

Inside the speeding car, Ji Jue looked down, drawing a cross over the word 'Sky City' in his notebook.

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