200 An Upheaval! (1/2)
”Such matters have to be reported to the college immediately. We're not allowed to take action unilaterally. We have to do whatever the college commands!” Zhuo Yifan sucked in a deep breath. As a disciple of the Combat Pavilion who had carried out dozens of missions, he was more experienced in handling such unexpected happenings. As he spoke, he was already turning on his voice transmission ring and sending a message to the college.
Wang Baole's expression was grave, and Zhao Yameng looked equally serious. However, the instant Zhuo Yifan started his transmission, a thunderous sound rang out suddenly from the distant sky.
Boom, the sound transformed into aural waves that swept outward in all directions, stirring invisible waves that shook the cruiser. For a moment, Wang Baole's and the others' breathing stilled. A bolt of lightning dashed across the sky, lighting up the sky, and split the heavens into two. At the same instant, it seemed to disrupt the transmission signal. In the same breath, Zhuo Yifan's voice transmission ring exploded into pieces!
The voice transmission ring broke into pieces. It was as if the lightning bolt had not only disrupted the signal, but the force of its aural waves had traveled through the voice transmission ring as well. The voice transmission ring, unable to withstand the shockwaves, shattered instantly.
The sight sent their heads buzzing with white noise!
Everything happened too quickly. From Zhuo Yifan's voice transmission to the roaring thunder, then the sudden lightning, followed by the shattering of Zhuo Yifan's voice transmission ring—it all took place within the snap of the fingers!
The expression on Zhao Yameng's face shifted, and Zhuo Yifan was stunned beyond belief. Wang Baole's breath quickened, the look on his face severe. Waves of emotions rolled and boiled within him. However, he was the quickest to react. He immediately steered the cruiser and raced at full speed towards the distance where the loud thunderous explosion occurred.
Zhao Yameng and Zhuo Yifan weren't ordinary people. Despite their shock, they quickly sent their Spirit Qi into the cruiser. The cruiser's speed surged, and it bolted forward like the long arc of a rainbow.
Zhao Yameng turned her voice transmission ring on and tried to contact the college again, but her face soon turned pale. The voice transmission ring had malfunctioned!
As the cruiser charged forward, clouds began rolling and boiling over in the sky. It darkened all of a sudden, and a vast spread of thunder clouds appeared in the heavens. It spread rapidly outwards, the speed of which surpassed that of the cruiser, and it caught up in an instant and blanketed the cruiser!
From afar, the sight looked terrifying and awesome. The cruiser flew in mid-air, and above it, dark clouds rolled and rapidly took over the blue sky—even spreading past the cruiser and blanketing everything under the heavens!
The shadow it cast was so large it blanketed not only the whole of the Coulomb Basin but the vast surrounding lands as well. A dark mist started rising from the ground, and the clouds in the sky and the mist on land moved swiftly to meet in the middle!
It was like a seal closing off the land, transforming it into no man's land!
The no man's land was like hell, concealing the heavens and the Sword Sun, and bolts of lightning dashed from the skies and exploded thunderously!
Wang Baole and the rest had no time for fear, or to wonder the cause of such a horrifying event. They fused their entire cultivation into the cruiser and pushed its speed to the maximum, breaking the sound barrier and racing forward amid the clashing thunder and lightning on their heels!
Before them, the clouds descending from the sky and the mist rising from the land met rapidly. The space separating the two shrunk until only a narrow opening remained. That was the only way out!
”We need to go faster!” Wang Baole shouted, the veins in his forehead pulsing. Zhao Yameng's face was deathly pale, and Zhuo Yifan's forehead was beaded with perspiration. The three of them had released their full cultivation. The cruiser itself was of an extraordinary make, and with the full power of the three unleashed into it, it moved faster and faster.
From afar, one could see the dark clouds surrounding Wang Baole's cruiser, and before them, a singular narrow opening that was shrinking quickly.
From the opening, one could see the white clouds and blue skies beyond!
At that instant, when it seemed as if the clouds and mist were about to seal the opening shut completely, the cruiser finally neared with full speed. It approached the rapidly closing opening and was about to dash out.
It was then… something suddenly happened again!
Sounds of chattering exploded from the ground, and the Coulomb Basin surged dozens of meters into the air. It was as if there was a giant snake roaring as it traveling swiftly underground in a straight line, then struck suddenly from below!
The three were shaken to the core by the speed of the attack. As the cruiser was about to dash out through the opening and escape the jaws of death… a deafening sound, louder than the roaring thunderbolts, rose from the earth.