Chapter 1052: Luck from Above (1/2)

Three hours later, Jiang Fei and the others arrived in the center of the Sahara Desert. The sun was blazing and it was scalding hot. Worse of all, everything was sand. Nothing but sand all over the horizon. It was so hot and unbearable that there was no one in sight. Perhaps the only living creatures that could survive in this extreme heat were those that had adapted to this climate for centuries.

“0542, are you sure the signal came from this god-forsaken-place?” Jiang Fei grunted, wiping off the sweat from his forehead that almost dried out from the heat.

“Yes, captain. The signal had indeed originated from this location. The numbers don’t lie.”

“It better. Or else I’m dying here from the heat for no good reason!”

Jiang Fei descended and was preparing to land when Isabella suddenly flinched maddeningly.

“What’s wrong?” Jiang Fei asked. She was clearly trying to resist something.

“Urgh! ARGH!” Isabella roared out of the blue. Her eyes blared with the color of crimson. At that moment, Isabella unleashed a blast of energy that sent Jiang Fei and Ariel off their feet. Fortunately, Jiang Fei’s impeccable martial artist reaction allowed him to hold his stance even on the small surface of the hoverboard. If he had reacted one second slower, he would have made a drop of more than tens of meters. Even if he did, he would be fine since there was nothing but sand.

“Bella! What’s going on with you?! Snap out of it!” Jiang Fei cried and tried to shake her back to reality.

“Die… All who dares to harm my beloved shall die!” With unfocused eyes, Isabella muttered eerily before flashing away towards the west.

“Ariel, do you know what is going on?” Jiang Fei panicked.

“I-I don’t know…” Ariel choked, befuddled.

“Get me to her! Now!” Jiang Fei roared. Even though he was more than capable of using the hoverboard to chase after Isabella, having Ariel to use teleportation was clearly faster.

After a few flashes, Ariel stopped. Her hands that were holding Jiang Fei’s started to gripped harder. Something was wrong and her warped faced explained it all.

“What happened?” Jiang Fei asked.

“There’s a Level 5 Metahuman ahead of us…” said Ariel. Before she could finish her sentence, a huge explosion erupted not too far ahead of Jiang Fei. It was obvious that someone was discovered when Isabella was forced into a trance.

“A Level 5? Why would they trouble Isabella for?!” Jiang Fei roared. Isabella was not well and everytime she used a little bit of power, the Power of Berserk would be activated, sending her into a trance that would speedily corrupt her mind. From Jiang Fei’s vantage point, Isabella was not at fault. It was that Level 5 Metahuman who had provoked her.

“I know that presence! It belonged to the same person that had tried to snatch the Rebirth Egg! The man that had lost an arm!” said Ariel.

“Now… that explains why Isabella would do that…” said Jiang Fei. Even though she was reborn into the world, she once had the blood of the dragon flowing in her veins. To seek revenge was second nature for dragons. The man that had lost his arms had once crossed swords with Isabella. It was only natural for her to seek vengeance knowing that he was close by.

“Look out!” Ariel cried. A blast of shockwave was heading towards their direction. Jiang Fei, being only a Level 4 fighter, could not detect that incoming danger. Without warning, Ariel quickly flashed the two of them away. From a distance, Jiang Fei could see how the powerful shockwave had completely sent the bed of sand flying amok. If not for Ariel, Jiang Fei might have been seriously injured.

Another burst of wave was sent out but this time it was heading towards another direction. Along with a cloud of sand, Isabella was spotted zooming out from it. She landed not too far from the explosion, panting for breath and was still trying to resist the surge of power coming from her trance.

“Isabella!” Jiang Fei shouted when Ariel flashed to her side. He leaped forward, hugging Isabella tightly and tried to calm her down.

“Everything is alright now! There’s no one here to harm us! It’s alright now! Calm down! Control your power!” said Jiang Fei as he held her close in his embrace. It took a little over a minute before Isabella finally stopped struggling.

…

Concurrently, 300 kilometers from where Jiang Fei was, two unknowns, cloaked with thick cloths spoke to each other. Their voices were similar to the unknowns that were in the forest South of Africa, robotic and synthetic.

“We are too late. Target has been eliminated. Life signs ceased.”