novelraw Chapter 108 : Red Moon Snow Plain
Chapter 108 : Red Moon Snow Plain
After dealing with the ice lake energy body group, Chen Sui clearly felt the ice attribute energy fluctuations dissipating like a receding tide, not from the energy bodies themselves, but throughout the entire energy field.
After the energy body clearance was completed, the points ranking quickly showed new changes.
Chen Sui glanced at Zhu Jing Fu's changing rank; relying on just herself wasn't enough to suppress Ink Hills. From what she could see, her teammates were still earning points.
This information allowed Chen Sui to set aside some of her worries. If they were earning points, perhaps it meant Zhou Chen's situation wasn't as severe as she had imagined.
"The lightning storm is coming," Chen Sui looked toward Zhang Yingjie.
He nodded, gesturing to Zhao Jingzhi. The mecha pushed forward, crossing the ice lake to reach the other side of the snow mountain, already entering an area where transportation tools could be used.
Zhao Jingzhi sighed. His body temperature was much higher than normal, and the air he exhaled was scorching hot.
Chen Sui watched as he resignedly powered up: "Let's go, I'm ready."
Inside the black gold mecha, the analyst revealed a slight smile.
The Giant Prawn burned as it pulled the sled, driving toward the other side of the snow plain.
The mecha radar scanned the surroundings, capturing nearby mecha signals, constantly monitoring.
On the snow plain, Xue Yaoyao watched the Zhu Jing Fu agile attacker bound by energy restraints. The five Saint Laurent members were being pulled by the snow vehicle toward the base station, with He Shuangmu still talking to Zhou Chen.
"How can Zhu Jing Fu be so unlucky?" she asked.
Zhou Chen nodded in complete agreement: "Exactly, why are we the only ones who got separated?"
Noya, hearing his mournful tone, smiled and said: "Hey, Little Zhou, look at how Saint Laurent has been escorting you all the way. When we get to the base station, can you help us out a bit?"
"What are you thinking?" Zhou Chen snorted with laughter. "Once we reach the base station, it's every academy for itself. Stay away from me later, or I'll snatch your monitoring equipment and run."
Zhou Chen made this threat in jest.
Just as he finished speaking, he felt his body affected by inertia, violently crashing forward.
Xie Chunshi's snow vehicle had come to an abrupt stop.
Zhou Chen's mecha crashed into the front with a bang. He winced in pain, rubbing his head as he looked ahead. The black gold mecha's surface still had lightning crawling across it. If not for the energy encircling him, this lightning would have struck the Saint Laurent members directly in their faces.
"What happened?" he looked in Xie Chunshi's direction.
Noya was also jerked forward, falling directly onto the back of the snow vehicle. "Commander Xie, I'm not criticizing, but you're driving this vehicle a bit too wildly."
It was bad enough that Xie Chunshi was drifting the snow vehicle, but then he slammed on the brakes. Noya was lucky not to have been thrown off.
The black gold mecha's gaze was fixed straight ahead, watching the mecha radar's scan, capturing signals.
Saint Laurent's analyst Xue Yaoyao narrowed her eyes and said: "Someone's coming."
"Yes, and there's a rumbling sound," Xie Chunshi said.
Noya nodded, understanding: "Your Zhu Jing Fu teammates?"
"Not just that," Xue Yaoyao added, "there are other energy fluctuations."
"Na Luo River," a crimson figure appeared in view. Noya became alert, immediately looking toward Xie Chunshi. "You promised, right? We only fight when we reach the main base station. If Na Luo River attacks us later, you can't just ignore it, can you?"
"They won't attack," Xie Chunshi glanced at the approaching mechas. At the forefront were two snow vehicles roaring ahead, bringing five crimson mechas charging forward.
"Commander!!" Puluo's voice rang out from afar, and the Zhu Jing Fu black gold mecha waved to him.
As the Na Luo River mechas approached, upon seeing the Saint Laurent mechas, their leader Xie You's gaze landed directly on Xue Yaoyao. Noya moved to block in front of her: "Hey, hey, hey, what are you looking at?"
Xie You withdrew his gaze and reported the location of the monitoring equipment over the team frequency.
He Lanqi's voice came through: "I sensed the spirit body signal from far away, you all are—"
She looked at Zhou Chen bound by energy restraints. He struggled to wave his bound hands at her: "Hi."
He Lanqi: ......
"Are you alright?" He Lanqi understood Zhou Chen's condition somewhat. As she finished speaking, she felt a gust of wind behind her. Gu Qinxue approached, her gaze immediately falling on Zhou Chen.
Zhou Chen looked up at her, his ears turning slightly red. He reached up to scratch his head but realized his hands were bound. "I'm fine, no big problems."
"With energy dissipating like this, you think I can't sense it?" Gu Qinxue said coldly.
"Let's go to the base station first. If we delay any longer here, the lightning storm will start."
Xue Yaoyao frowned, looking toward Na Luo River. "We'll fight at the base station. If you want to fight here, Saint Laurent will oblige."
Noya had been pulling at her mecha from behind since she started speaking. Xue Yaoyao, annoyed, waved her hand to push him away and turned to snap: "What? Don't interrupt me when I'm making threats."
He Lanqi watched this interaction, her gaze toward the snow plain showing some apprehension. She looked toward her Commander and nodded: "Let's go to the main base station first."
"Let's go."
Na Luo River moved toward the back of the snow vehicle. Only then did the Saint Laurent members realize they were also using cannons as sleds, being pulled by Zhu Jing Fu's snow vehicle.
The three snow vehicles started, driving toward the main base station.
"Your Zhu Jing Fu has so many clever ideas. If we weren't about to reach the main base station, I'd want your analyst to make one for me too. It's pretty cool."
Simos looked at the snow vehicle with envious eyes.
Zhou Chen turned to engage with him: "You like it? Trade something with our analyst. Our analyst is very reasonable."
He said this with complete seriousness, but Xie You, remembering how Chen Sui negotiated prices in the White Sand Sky Pillar Sea Domain, couldn't help but give a cold laugh.
Reasonable?
Maybe to others.
Not necessarily to him.
"Tsk," Zhou Chen heard this sound and was about to retort when suddenly a bolt of lightning burst from his mecha.
"Xie Chunshi!" Xie You's expression immediately changed as he looked in the direction of the lightning, toward the front of Zhou Chen.
The black gold mecha showed no change. An ice spike shot out from behind his mecha, directly colliding with the lightning, instantly freezing it and dispersing the energy.
But this was just the beginning.
Zhou Chen's movements immediately froze, and the words he was about to say came out in broken fragments: "I feel... like... maybe—" ...not good...
His voice cut off abruptly. A violent tearing sensation rippled through his mind.
The scene before him wavered, massive afterimages covering his vision. His gaze grew unfocused, perceptions of his surroundings became blurry, and the rushing wind and blood flow filled his ears while the cold air of the snow plain filled his nostrils.
Heavy pressure made his head throb with soreness. Zhou Chen couldn't help but reach up to hold his head.
The energy restraints on his hands had been broken by the lightning at some point.
The spirit body silhouette of the Black Arrow Hawk appeared without even being summoned, circling in the air.
Its gaze toward Zhu Jing Fu held none of the usual friendliness and familiarity. Instead, it was mechanical, devoid of any emotion.
Lightning flashed on the Black Arrow Hawk's wings.
Zhou Chen's body erupted with layers of electricity, creating brilliant electric sparks.
"Hiss—"
The snow vehicle instantly braked hard on the snow once again.
No one from Na Luo River or Saint Laurent made any joking remarks. All had serious expressions as they looked around.
The moment Zhou Chen lost control, an invisible lightning storm rippled across the snow plain, accompanied by bone-chilling winds that lifted the fine snow and carried it aloft.
The snow particles floating in the air seemed to glow. Looking closely, one could see they were connected by zigzagging lines of lightning.
The aurora gradually shifted from fluorescent green to purple, the two colors merging together, creating massive swaths of color against the pitch-black sky.
This change happened in an instant.
The academies all looked into the distance. Two analysts approached Zhu Jing Fu's position, energy swirling toward the black gold mecha to check its damage.
But upon entering the lightning's range, the energy was immediately severed by the violent lightning.
He Lanqi's face paled, instantly becoming grave: "My energy perception can't get through. The lightning storm energy is rising too rapidly. The mental domain is probably filled with the energy field's lightning storm."
"The situation around us isn't good. Large numbers of energy bodies are approaching!"
Xue Yaoyao looked toward the other Saint Laurent members.
Noya immediately turned his head. Around the mecha, the snow surface rose like a tsunami, lifting waves of snow tens of meters high, completely blocking the view toward the distance.
A bird's cry rang out. The Black Arrow Hawk soared upward with raised head and spread wings. A lightning web exploded behind it, spreading across the black sky like a painting.
This scene seemed to be a signal. Bird cries from the distance quickly rose, the snow surface surged, and the sound of heavy objects running rapidly approached from afar.
Looking out, snow dust rose, and a layer of floating snowflakes danced before their eyes.
The lightning storm crackled in the air. After brewing for who knows how long, as the purple light climbed halfway across the sky, an extremely thick bolt of lightning slashed through from the black sky.
"Boom—"
The violent explosion was like the collapse of the heavens.
The sky above the Red Moon Snow Plain seemed to split open, and a blue-purple lightning bolt burst from the crack, cutting through the sky curtain. Accompanied by the rumbling sound of giant boulders rolling, it crashed down from midair.
The livestream signal began to produce black and white blocks, and the image before them flickered and blurred.
[Whoa, what's happening?]
[Don't scare me, is the aurora state this terrifying?]
[How's Zhou Chen? Why does he look motionless?]
[Energy overflow! This is bad! His mental domain has been broken open by the lightning attribute energy. Without shielding now, after the energy overflow ends, his core crystal will be ruined]
[There's no way! Even He Lanqi's energy can't get through!!]
[Damn, Zhou Chen, don't scare me, please tell me you're just joking, damn]
[Lucky guy!! Wake up!!]
[Energy riot! He's already in a riot state. Once the energy completely overflows, he'll be no different from an energy body]
[What do we do, what do we do??]
In the control room, the evaluators watching this scene also had cold, solemn expressions.
"Energy riot," Song Xingzhang's voice rang out in the control room as he observed Zhou Chen's behavior. The two people beside him were completely silent. The control room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Jian Run could even hear his own breathing, and after a long while, he finally spoke: "Is there any way—"
Lu Cuining pressed his lips together. The term "energy riot" was an extremely heavy one; once it appeared, it basically meant the disappearance of an awakened individual.
Song Xingzhang looked at the screen with a deep gaze. "The influence of the surrounding lightning storm energy on him is significant. Timely isolation from the energy field lightning storm will slow the speed of the riot."
Jian Run's fingers curled, realizing that Song Xingzhang was talking about delaying the riot, not resolving it.
He looked at the screen with concern.
As the lightning struck the snow surface, the ground exploded with a dull boom. The snow cracked open, and the energy body fluctuations surged toward the lightning storm location.
"Damn, so many energy bodies?" Noya frowned, looking toward the giant silhouettes appearing on the horizon. He swiftly drew his long blade, not looking back: "Commander Xie, take your agile attacker to the base station first. Brothers, let's clear a path for our Zhu Jing Fu friends."
Then he glanced at Xue Yaoyao: "Any chance?"
Xue Yaoyao and He Lanqi's energy broke through the lightning surrounding Zhou Chen, attempting to enter his mental domain, but at the moment the lightning storm fell, an extremely powerful energy shock wave emitted from Zhou Chen's body.
The flashing lightning directly repelled the two analysts and Xie Chunshi, who was controlling him.
"Zhou Chen!"
Gu Qinxue waved her hand. As soon as the Three-Eyed Lop-Eared Rabbit appeared, the third eye on its forehead opened, red markings covering its entire body. Fire like a dragon curled around Zhou Chen, but the moment it touched him, it was startled by the sharp cry of the Black Arrow Hawk, and lightning violently burst forth.
"Bang—"
The lightning collided with the fire dragon, exploding into countless sparks.
"Holy crap?!" Noya's eyes widened as he looked at the black gold mecha surrounded by lightning. The energy level was growing frantically, already far exceeding the Black Arrow Hawk's attributes. "Has he gone mad?!"
If Zhou Chen was even attacking Gu Qinxue, he must have truly lost his mind.
Even with the slightest consciousness, this guy would never strike.
"Noya, help!" Xie You, seeing Zhu Jing Fu's situation, immediately turned around. Na Luo River's outputs moved forward to intercept the approaching energy bodies.
Xie You and Noya turned back, summoning their spirit bodies to help Xie Chunshi control Zhou Chen.
But the lightning was too powerful, striking directly at the three of them.
"Mist."
A low murmur sounded.
The air around them was instantly drained of moisture. The dry, cold wind cut like a bone-scraping knife, whistling past the outside of the mecha.
Blue light flashed in midair, bright as moonlight.
The Sea Maiden appeared for the second time.
The spirit body charged directly into the lightning. Its long tail swept around, and as the lightning struck the Sea Maiden, its scales instantly burst with dazzling light.
"His energy fluctuations have already reached SSS-level," Noya's bioluminescent group was scattered by a lightning bolt. In his mental domain, his core crystal trembled, and he felt pain. "This guy, it's the first time I've felt attribute suppression from the same element."
Noya's tone wasn't as calm as usual.
This wasn't a good sign.
Zhou Chen's current outburst was more like his core crystal's loss of control over invading energy. Once this energy was used without restraint, it meant his core crystal would be completely ruined.
Xue Yaoyao and He Lanqi had just resolved the lightning when they urgently said: "It's no use, my energy can't explore his mental domain at all. The storm is too strong."
"Then what do we do?" Thunder exploded in Noya's ears, and a black air current blocked him from behind. When he turned around, he saw the giant Black Mamba coiled on the snow surface.
He Lanqi was slightly calmer, but not much better. "We can only see if he has a chance to regain control of the energy, to prevent overflow."
"Zhou Chen!" Gu Qinxue swung her Thorny Fire Whip, whipping away a thunder fox pouncing from a distance. The flames followed the whip's trajectory, forming a wall of fire that blew forward.
Her voice received no response from the young man.
Xie Chunshi's ice attribute energy spread across the Red Moon Snow Plain. "Seal," he said softly. The lightning bursting from Zhou Chen was covered in ice crystals, instantly raising a circular ice wall around him. The ice wall grew taller and taller.
"The stronger the lightning storm around him, the more energy he draws, and the more his consciousness blurs. This won't work. We need to get him to the base station quickly."
He Lanqi looked at Xie Chunshi.
The young man in the black gold mecha nodded. He clasped his hands together, his gaze sweeping the surroundings. More and more energy bodies surged toward the mechas. In this situation, breaking through was extremely difficult.
Xie Chunshi's gaze fixed steadily. The Black Mamba and bioluminescent forms had joined the battlefield when he was controlling Zhou Chen. The three academies faced these oncoming high-level energy bodies with some difficulty.
"Ice Seal," Xie Chunshi looked at the spirit body with a body flashing purple light. The Sea Maiden's double fins waved, looking very much like a human face. It smiled at him, then its giant fish tail swayed, seeming to turn the air into water waves, rippling out layers of blue ripples. Blue halos spread outward.
The howling cold wind stopped in an instant.
The falling snow stilled.
Starting from the Sea Maiden's position, an ice curtain spread outward.
—Red Moon Snow Plain, ice sealed for dozens of miles.
The energy bodies were covered in frost, completely locked in ice on the snow surface.
The Black Mamba's dark attribute energy had formed spikes just as it was about to stab a thunder snow monster, but it was also sealed by the spreading frost. The black spikes stopped in front of the energy body. The energy body, along with the snow beneath its feet, froze in place.
The sky and snow surface fell utterly silent.
Xie You turned to look at the four Zhu Jing Fu mechas gathered in the center, his expression astonished.
So this was Xie Chunshi's power at full strength?
Wariness flashed in his eyes.
Noya was even more obvious, immediately taking a sharp breath. Saint Laurent's team frequency rang with his exclamation: "No way, why are Zhu Jing Fu people all so two-faced? Always hiding things. Did Xie Chunshi always have this level of energy control?"
When Xue Yaoyao looked over, she saw the mecha's hands trembling. She said in a deep voice: "It won't last long. He can't hold out much longer."
In Xie Chunshi's mental domain, his energy was also surging. His ice attribute energy encircled Zhou Chen, directly cutting off the lightning. At a distance of one centimeter from the mecha, he froze all the escaping energy.
Then Gu Qinxue's whip circled around Zhou Chen's mecha.
The cannon fired toward one direction: "Shall we go to the base station?"
"Take him there quickly. Suisui will also head to the main base station," Xie Chunshi's voice sounded.
Gu Qinxue's cannon fired without hesitation toward the front.
The energy cannon swept across the snow surface, smashing into the ice wall, directly blasting open a large hole.
The energy bodies inside were about to move when they saw Xie Chunshi lift a finger, and the opening instantly closed.
With the ice wall as a barrier, Na Luo River and Saint Laurent reacted, immediately setting up cannons to help him deal with the controlled energy bodies.
Outside the ice wall, just as Gu Qinxue broke free, the Thorny Fire Whip carrying the black gold mecha was about to move toward the snow vehicle when she saw a bulge rising from beneath the snow layer. In an instant, purple electricity spread like a spider web across the snow plain.
This scene made her pause her landing motion.
He Lanqi, who was watching her from behind, immediately raised her cannon: "What is that!"
Energy perception instantly extended.
"I can't detect the corresponding energy fluctuation. It's an SSS-level high concealment attribute energy body."
He Lanqi's voice echoed, making the others' expressions even more solemn.
Just then, on Xie Chunshi's ice wall, lightning struck from within the solid ice.
From the black sky, many cracks opened, like pairs of peeping eyes, with lightning striking down from them.
"The lightning storm is getting stronger. Black Arrow Hawk's situation isn't good. What do we do?"
Xue Yaoyao looked at Zhou Chen, who was wrapped in Gu Qinxue's Thorny Fire Whip. The lightning attribute energy around him was growing stronger, and the collision with the thorny fire whip was causing extreme impacts. Gu Qinxue didn't dare wrap too tightly, fearing it would trigger an explosion.
But now, Zhou Chen's struggle was intense, and her path forward was blocked by the energy body that suddenly appeared beneath the snow.
A silvery-white body burst from beneath the snow, a serpent's body almost blending with the snow plain. Its long tail emerged first, piercing through the snow bulge and whipping toward Gu Qinxue.
Cracks appeared all over the ice wall. From the snow mountains in the distance, snow layers flew up, forming what looked like clouds. Heavy footsteps sounded, causing strong vibrations in the ground.
It was a sign that a large number of energy bodies were approaching.
The three Commanders all had solemn expressions. They could resist the energy body encirclement, but the most troublesome was Zhou Chen.
That lightning energy had been completely triggered by the lightning storm!
"There's a mecha signal!" During Xie Chunshi's deliberation, Puluo's radar detected a nearby signal.
[Number 4702 requests to connect with you]
"It's Little Sui!" his voice called out.
Xue Yaoyao looked toward the source of the spirit body fluctuation, and the others followed her gaze.
At that moment, the Sea Maiden's form flickered several times. Xie Chunshi's mind was suddenly pierced with pain.
The sound of lightning explosions rang out from all sides, with many bolts of lightning piercing through the ice wall.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Several consecutive explosions sent countless ice shards and snow flying.
"Roar—"
The Sea Maiden's body suddenly dispersed. The ice wall shattered, and the energy bodies that had been frozen within let out angry roars, rushing forward following the direction of the energy fluctuations.
The energy bodies, carrying massive lightning storm energy, charged toward the mecha positions.
The White Jade Thunder Serpent that had emerged from beneath the snow swept its long tail, batting the black gold mecha away. It crashed directly into the collapsing ice wall behind.
Gu Qinxue let out a muffled groan, turning her head to look first toward Zhou Chen's position.
The black gold mecha had been struck to the ground, the Thorny Fire Whip's restraint coming loose. Lightning exploded across the snow surface.
The lightning lifted him to float, but the electricity wasn't directed at the energy bodies, but toward the mecha fluctuations.
The White Jade Thunder Serpent's massive snake head leaped from the ground. From its silver-white triangular flattened head, a blood-red forked tongue flicked out. Its fangs like jade, it opened wide toward the gathered mechas and let out a roar.
The roar carried shocking sound waves, with wild winds howling in its wake.
Then from the ground it had emerged from, a continuous lightning bolt struck out, rolling toward Gu Qinxue's direction.
The Black Arrow Hawk circled Zhou Chen's mecha, swirling in midair, feeling the energy dispersal. Like a self-generating light, it illuminated the entire mecha brightly, with electricity bursting outward, and electric sparks falling from the air, scorching hot.
Zhao Jingzhi's fire attribute propulsion carried the Ink Hills members and Chen Sui toward the base station.
After the ice lake, the lightning storm grew increasingly intense.
On the plain at some distance from the main base station, Ink Hills' original route was to go around the black frost forest, but as the snow vehicle drove past, the aurora shifted.
Chen Sui suddenly looked up at the sky. An extremely thick lightning bolt suddenly split the sky curtain, with light bright enough to illuminate the earth. It tore through the black sky, striking directly toward the distant snow plain.
"It seems—"
Chen Sui frowned, looking toward where the lightning had struck.
"Such strong energy fluctuations, is it a spirit body?" Jiang Zhongyu's perception returned, and he instinctively looked at her.
Chen Sui's eyes flashed, and she immediately pulled the binding strap: "Zhao Jingzhi, change direction."
"Something's wrong. The energy body fluctuations around the snow plain have suddenly surged. Something's happened on the snow plain," Chen Sui's heart pounded heavily several times. This premonition made her instinctively look into the distance, where energy fluctuations were growing closer.
Jiang Zhongyu also became serious, looking around. The snow plain's ground began to move slightly, snow dust floating up, and the lightning in the air growing brighter.
Zhao Jingzhi turned as directed by Chen Sui, and seeing her sudden silence, he quickly asked: "Where to?"
"To the plain," Zhang Yingjie marked a point. He looked up to see the aurora change, with lightning spanning half the sky. Its menacing appearance and the booming explosions made people uneasy.
"Spirit body signals are gathering. This road leads directly to the main base station on the snow mountain. If the academies want to reach the main base station, they all pass through here. It might be other academies fighting with energy bodies."
He explained.
Zhang Yingjie looked at Chen Sui. The black gold mecha nodded, "Let's go. Something's not right with the energy field. The lightning storm is spreading, and energy bodies are starting to move."
"There's such a strong energy fluctuation over there. The lightning attribute signal is so intense it's enough to cover other energy bodies."
Chen Sui heard Jiang Zhongyu's words. When the three words "lightning attribute" came out, her right eyelid suddenly twitched violently several times, and her heartbeat became slightly irregular.
Xin Ming, seeing her silence for a few seconds, placed her hand on Chen Sui's back, her tone reassuring: "Don't worry, Little Sui. Let's go over and see now. If there's a problem, we can help solve it right away."
Jiang Zhongyu remembered that Zhu Jing Fu's agile attacker was lightning attribute, and he instinctively pressed his lips together, glancing at the black gold mecha: "With the lightning storm so strong, perhaps it's a high-level energy body."
Chen Sui nodded. Zhao Jingzhi, hearing their conversation, intensified his energy drive again. The Giant Prawn's bright red body burst with an intense food aroma. As he increased his energy, flames rose directly from the prawn's tail. The Giant Prawn's claws opened and closed, making a series of clicking sounds.
Zhao Jingzhi turned his head, his voice carried by the wild wind of the snow plain: "Don't rush, I'll get you there soon!"
Chen Sui, seeing him about to burn up but still providing energy, felt a warmth flickering in her eyes. She nodded: "Alright, thanks."
The initial lightning seemed to be just the beginning. Right after, lightning strikes fell all over the snow plain, creating huge craters in the snow layer. Energy bodies leaped from beneath the snow, and distant energy bodies approached the target direction.
"What's going on over there? Hiss, these energy bodies don't seem to be chasing us, but rather all heading in that direction."
Jipuna looked back, seeing a group of rapidly pursuing animals behind them. The thunder snow monsters formed and dispersed in the snow, moving along the snow surface tracks.
By the time the snow vehicle approached the front, the first thing they saw were thunder birds circling above. Amidst the flock of lightning, the thunder birds beat their wings, swooping down through the lightning and storm.
As one black shadow flashed by, Chen Sui's gaze instantly fixed.
"Black Arrow Hawk!!"
All five Ink Hills members looked up simultaneously.
Zhao Jingzhi hit the brakes hard. The snow in front was thrown up, forming an extremely tall snow wall. A huge silhouette twisted on the snow surface. A tail like white jade swept down.
Chen Sui immediately let go of the sled, the long spear instantly in her hand. She darted out, charging into midair. Green light exploded from the air, vines instantly extended, entangling the sweeping snake tail.
As she rose to a height, she finally saw the scene before her clearly.
Zhu Jing Fu, Saint Laurent, Na Luo River.
And—countless energy bodies!
The snow vehicle was quickly picked up by Zhao Jingzhi's swift reaction. The five Ink Hills mecha members pushed forward, immediately following as Chen Sui's Wood-Born Flower retracted its vines and darted off into the distance.
Her pupils captured the approaching lightning. The White Jade Thunder Serpent's body became blurry in focus. Her spirit body rose behind her, and just as fire was about to erupt, she suddenly heard a shouting voice in her ear.
"Xin Ming!"
Gu Qinxue quickly looked up, not even having time to worry about the lightning striking toward her. In her field of vision appeared a black gold mecha swiftly driving from the distance toward her position.
A gentle woman's voice immediately followed: "Understood!"
Ghost Flower's vines rapidly extended from the distance, following Chen Sui's footsteps, creeping under the snow surface to entangle the White Jade Thunder Serpent's body.
From the distance, Chen Sui saw Gu Qinxue being swept down by the snake tail. Her eyes instantly turned cold. Wood-Born Flower reached out, wrapping around the mecha on the ground. A tree network wove together, and as lightning struck the network, the vines burst open, revealing the pale green inner core.
A red fire long spear swept past Gu Qinxue's eyes. The black gold mecha landed in front of her, a hand steadying her: "Are you alright?"
"Little Sui!" Gu Qinxue's voice carried a hint of delight. She immediately shook her head, "Nothing serious. Finally you're here. Zhou Chen—"
Chen Sui looked back, nodding to indicate understanding: "Got it. Let's deal with this energy body first, then I'll go bind him."
Chen Sui's gaze lifted, landing on Zhou Chen, feeling the lightning energy dispersing from him. Her inner unease grew stronger, but the White Jade Thunder Serpent quickly broke free from Ghost Flower's restraint and attacked the mechas rapidly.
The snake tail moved swiftly from behind, whipping down toward the two of them. The tree network was sliced open by the sharp scales on the snake tail.
Chen Sui and Gu Qinxue's mechas pushed simultaneously, leaping away from the snake tail, jumping into midair from both sides. The long spear's edge flashed with light as green light brightened. The White Jade Thunder Serpent hissed its forked tongue, roaring toward Chen Sui's direction, its body lunging toward her.
"Wood-Born Flower."
Chen Sui murmured. Wood-Born Flower's giant form took root outside the ice wall, its root system extending deep into the snow layer, spreading continuously across the ground. Branches lengthened, whipping toward the White Jade Thunder Serpent.
Ink Hills quickly arrived. Xin Ming's Ghost Flower thorns pierced the White Jade Thunder Serpent's body, controlling its tail, leaving the White Jade Thunder Serpent with no chance to move.
Ghost Flower's vines were pulled by the navy blue mecha. Ink Hills' other output immediately leaped forward, looking at Chen Sui: "I'll take care of this. You go check on that one?"
He pointed at Zhou Chen. Chen Sui nodded, gesturing to Gu Qinxue, "Ground barrier is down. White Jade Thunder Serpent, SSS-level energy body, attack 93, concealment 80. If it enters the snow layer, it can escape immediately."
Jiang Zhongyu nodded: "Understood. I'll keep an eye out, don't worry."
Ink Hills' analyst set up his cannon. The foot soldier's flames gathered from the ground, the Giant Prawn bursting with powerful fierce fire toward the White Jade Thunder Serpent's head.
As Jiang Zhongyu aimed his cannon, his palm pressed against the foot soldier mecha, creating a frost handprint. Energy spread along the mecha, directly lowering the temperature for Zhao Jingzhi in the cockpit.
Seeing this, Chen Sui sprinted toward the remaining ice wall.
Her signal connected to Zhu Jing Fu's team signal.
"Little Sui!" Puluo's voice carried some delight. Chen Sui immediately responded: "I'm here! You've worked hard!"
"Leave it to me."
Chen Sui looked at Zhou Chen, who was erupting with layers of lightning in midair. The people below were tied up with energy bodies, while Zhou Chen relied on energy propulsion. His lightning was gradually merging with the surrounding lightning storm, clearly experiencing energy dispersion.
As Chen Sui approached him, a thick bolt of lightning shot directly from his mecha, striking straight at her.
In the distant snow plain, a black figure emerged. Seeing such a scene on the snow plain, it immediately reported to its team: "Commander, other academies are all here. Something seems to have happened."
Song Yuan leaped forward from behind, seeing this scene and immediately accelerating: "Something's wrong. The energy body convergence is too severe. Let's go help!"
The Xitisi members rushed toward her, hurrying to keep up with the agile attacker's pace.
Lu Hang Jiu, who was scouting ahead, was somewhat excited: "Wow, I've been traveling all this way without killing anything exciting. Turns out all the energy bodies were gathered here!"
"What are they doing? The energy bodies are all coming like they smell something," Chi Buyu said curiously.
Xitisi's reserved and shy analyst was being carried by the foot soldier as they moved. His energy perception spread out, and he suddenly looked toward the black gold mecha flashing with lightning in midair.
"Something's not right," he said softly. "The energy around this Zhu Jing Fu mecha is very intense and merging with the lightning storm."
Chi Buyu paused and looked up.
He saw the black gold mecha emit a bolt of lightning, but it was attacking toward a teammate with the same mecha.
"What's going on?" Chi Buyu asked in confusion.
He Chigui's heartbeat accelerated, anxiously saying: "No, no, he's having an energy riot!"
No awakened person was unfamiliar with energy riots.
Chi Buyu looked at the lightning and immediately recognized: "It's Zhou Chen!"
"Hurry and help! How did this guy suddenly riot? Does he have a death wish?"
No one from Xitisi joked anymore. Their expressions instantly became solemn as they charged into the energy body group.
Seeing reinforcements join, several academies immediately freed up their hands, gaining a moment to catch their breath.
"What's wrong with Zhou Chen?"
Chi Buyu approached Noya and asked loudly. His voice was so loud that it carried outward, causing the Ink Hills group on the perimeter to look over, nearly getting struck by the White Jade Thunder Serpent.
Noya's bioluminescence gathered and dispersed, pulling out sheets of lightning nets. His cannon fired into the lightning net, scattering a thunder snow monster. The scattered snow was completely annihilated by the lightning controlled by his bioluminescence.
Only then did he have time to answer Chi Buyu: "This guy's core crystal damage is too severe. He's been triggered into an energy riot."
"Damn, then what do we do?"
Noya: "What can we do? Their analyst will see if there's any way. Maybe taking him to the base station would be better."
Chi Buyu looked up.
The lightning on the mecha was dispersed by the green energy raised as the black gold mecha swung its long spear. Seeing Zhou Chen still emitting lightning, Chen Sui was circled by the Black Arrow Hawk. She extended her vines, whipping around the Black Arrow Hawk, directly smashing it toward the snow surface.
The out-of-control Black Arrow Hawk let out a shrill cry.
Facing the lightning net bursting from the mecha, Chen Sui charged directly into the lightning. The crackling electric sounds made Chi Buyu instinctively shudder.
But the black gold mecha seemed unaffected, charging straight in and delivering a fierce kick to Zhou Chen's mecha.
Zhou Chen flew toward the ground.
Immediately after, Chi Buyu heard a heavy thud.
"Wake up!"
The Zhu Jing Fu analyst's hoarse voice shouted angrily.
That voice contained tension, anxiety, and some hidden panic.
Chi Buyu watched as the mecha extended a hand from the snow layer. His spirit body, the Three-Tailed Cat, was released and called out toward the front, snapping him back to attention.
Damn, being hammered like that by an analyst, Zhou Chen would have a hard time not waking up.
As Chi Buyu charged toward the energy bodies, his mind quickly considered: if He Chigui hit him like that—
Hiss, too terrifying.
His analyst wasn't as combat-capable as Zhu Jing Fu's. If he had a riot, he could throw He Chigui far away.
Just as Chen Sui's shout fell, after slamming Zhou Chen into the snow layer, she immediately followed.
She activated the energy shielding device, directly covering the depression in the snow where Zhou Chen lay.
This light quickly drew the attention of surrounding analysts.
He Lanqi flashed with surprise: "Is she going to perform spiritual healing on Zhou Chen right here?"
Her tone was full of surprise, somewhat alarmed by Chen Sui's boldness.
"The energy around here is too chaotic. Even with shielding devices, it's not enough to block other energies. If something goes wrong, the analyst will also be severely injured," He Chigui said softly. His cannon was helping teammates control distant energy bodies, but his gaze involuntarily looked toward Zhu Jing Fu.
That black gold mecha didn't hesitate at all, activating energy shielding devices one after another.
Her voice spilled out from the shield: "I've made these with such effort, and they're all being used on you. If you don't treat me to large prawns when we get out, I won't let this go."
Chen Sui said softly.
Seeing this, Xie Chunshi spread his ice attribute energy, pushing the energy bodies back some distance, directing the lightning storm toward the energy shielding device, trying to let lightning attribute energy fill the surroundings.
The few lightning attribute awakened individuals from various academies withdrew from the battle, approaching the shielding circle and releasing powerful energy enrichment.
"Will this work?"
Jiang Zhongyu nervously tore at his lower lip skin, his lips showing traces of blood as he stared intently at the shielding circle.
"It's too late," He Lanqi seemed to be answering his question, or perhaps muttering to herself.
Zhou Chen's energy dispersion was too severe. Even if spiritual healing succeeded, it couldn't stop his core crystal damage.
Even if the mental domain energy shielding worked, he would still face a severe rank drop.