novelraw Chapter 278 271: Falling from the Sky
Chapter 278 271: Falling from the Sky
'Donghua's reinforcements are here already?!'
A grim look crossed Seven Desires' face.
Donghua's reaction speed was faster than he had imagined. It had been no more than twenty minutes since the incident began, yet reinforcements had already arrived?
'Who are they?'
'An ordinary Symbiont? A Saint Awakening from near Nanjiang? Or could it be that guy from the Southern Secret Inspection Bureau?'
'It seems Donghua has run drills for this countless times. A response speed like this is certainly surprising.'
'How troublesome.'
Seven Desires' expression quickly returned to one of calm.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!!
A series of sharp cracks echoed from his bones as his body rapidly transformed. His height shrank drastically, as if he were a normal man turning into a dwarf.
He quickly shed his now-oversized suit, revealing a tight-fitting combat uniform underneath.
Then, he took a white mask from the suit's pocket and donned it.
'Looks like I'll have to go myself, just in case.'
'Yes... I hope my identity isn't exposed.'
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「On the battlefield.」
The Nanjiang garrison, in coordination with agents from the Secret Inspection Bureau, had quickly evacuated most of the civilians to the edge of the battlefield. They were isolated and contained using special methods, as it was impossible to be certain that no Celestial Demon-possessed individuals were hiding among them.
The head of the Nanjiang Secret Inspection Bureau stared grimly at the seventy-meter-wide barrier of black light. He feared any sudden change within it; if the Saint Awakening inside could no longer hold on, the entire battle could collapse.
WHOOOSH!!
Just then, the Secret Inspection Bureau agents and soldiers on the battlefield heard the roar of a jet tearing through the sky and instinctively looked up.
A black speck detached from the fighter jet, plummeting toward the ground at a terrifying speed.
'What is that?'
Civilians and soldiers alike stared at the sky, wondering what on earth was falling.
WHOOSH!!
As the black speck grew larger, they finally realized that the falling object was a person.
Two thousand meters...
Fifteen hundred meters...
...
Five hundred meters!
The figure had already fallen past a safe altitude, yet they still hadn't opened their parachute.
Three hundred meters...
Two hundred meters...
...
One hundred meters!
Some people screamed, while others covered their eyes, unable to watch as the figure still hadn't deployed their chute.
A jump from this height without opening a parachute by the one-hundred-meter mark was a death sentence.
At that point, even if the parachute were to open, it wouldn't be able to counteract the immense inertia of the freefall. In fact, the sudden jolt of deceleration would likely tear a person to shreds.
Seventy meters!
Sixty meters!
Fifty meters!
The altitude dropped below fifty meters, and just then, the falling figure finally deployed the parachute on their back.
BOOM!!
The parachute snapped open, its violent collision with the air creating an explosive crack and a visible shockwave.
Jerked by the violent pull of the parachute, the figure decelerated abruptly but still hurtled toward the ground at incredible speed.
BOOM!!
Just then, the descending figure suddenly erupted in a blaze of crimson light.
The crimson light expanded, forming what looked like a giant furnace in the sky.
A terrifying heat radiated outward. Even from over a hundred meters away, the crowd could feel the searing temperature.
The parachute behind the tall figure disintegrated in the intense heat. The soaring temperature warped the air currents, creating an updraft that miraculously cushioned most of the fall's tremendous impact.
Trailing a streak of red light, the figure slammed into the ground like a meteorite striking Earth.
BOOM!!!
Even with multiple forces cushioning the descent, the impact of the fall was still horrifying. The ground erupted as if struck by a cannonball, sending rubble and dust flying and leaving a terrifying crater several meters wide.
CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH!
As the crowd watched in stunned silence, a figure slowly emerged from the crater.
His tall, powerful frame and resolute eyes seemed to inspire an immense sense of security.
Most importantly, the surface of his skin had a translucent, luminous quality. A flame-like crimson light coalesced around his body into a suit of streamlined armor, upon which one could see feather-like patterns.
Flame Armor, Sparrow Feather.
For a fleeting moment, the crowd felt as if what had descended from the sky was not a man, but a divine being.
A Celestial God had descended!
"D-Director!"
The head of the Nanjiang Secret Inspection Bureau immediately saluted Liehong Mountain, a flicker of shock in his eyes. He had worked at the Southern Secret Inspection Bureau for years, but this was the first time he had ever seen Liehong Mountain looking like this.
This was his true combat form.
Liehong Mountain didn't respond, his gaze already fixed on the massive black light barrier.
Others might not be able to perceive the situation within the barrier, but he was different. He keenly sensed that amidst the barrier's chaotic and violent magnetic field, one massive magnetic field was growing steadily weaker.
And at the same time, within that massive magnetic field, he could also sense countless, incredibly weak magnetic fields.
Those were ordinary people.
"Still trying to protect ordinary people, even in a situation like this? Feimura Masayuki..."
"A man like that shouldn't be allowed to die here," Liehong Mountain said in a low voice.
THUMP!!
His heart suddenly began to pound violently, like the core of a furnace, pumping immense power through his body.
VMMMM!!
The crimson light expanded as Liehong Mountain took a powerful step forward.
SWOOSH!!
His figure tore through the air, generating immense air currents and a powerful magnetic field.
He clasped his hands together before him. As he neared the black light barrier, he violently thrust them apart.
Heaven and Earth Furnace!!
A massive Domain, just as large, radiated from his body. Like a giant furnace, it collided with the black light barrier.
Under the power of the Heaven and Earth Furnace, the black light began to recede, replaced by crimson light, revealing the scene within.
Liehong Mountain could see clearly now. Amidst the blackness, a golden Domain flickered erratically, on the verge of collapse. Standing before it was a withered, scorched figure, panting and trembling violently, yet refusing to fall.
Behind him, dozens of people huddled together, doing everything they could to take up less space and help the withered figure conserve his strength.