689 Trapped! (1/2)
The four Soul Conduit realm cultivations erupted. The sea of red surged outwards and flooded towards the shuttle like giant waves, blanketing it in an instant!
The vast red sea seemed to have transformed into a gigantic hand. The hand grabbed the shuttle from beneath as it unleashed a sudden burst of speed in its attempt to dash out of the blockade!
Then, the red sea started showing signs of solidifying. It was as if it was going to freeze itself and turn to ice. It was going to freeze the shuttle alongside it, as well as the entire region of space!
As this was happening, a terrifying force began to spread throughout the red sea and head towards the shuttle!
The shuttle shook violently, sending Feng Qiuran and Wang Baole shuddering as they stood inside. Alarm flashed across their faces. They could see the shuttle creaking under the pressure exerted on it, and it was showing signs of cracking. Sooner or later, it was going to be crushed into bits.
The shuttle might be an extremely high-grade artifact, but it could hardly withstand the joint force of ten thousand battleships. There was a great chance it was going to shatter and cave in anytime now.
\”Self-destruct the shuttle!\” Wang Baole said, the expression on his face solemn. There was no time to say anything more. He yelled, then leapt into the air. Countless red meridians emerged and grew outwards. The Thearch Armor wove itself around his humongous body once again, and the fat war god made another appearance. Wang Baole unleashed his full cultivation, readied his defenses, and prepared to charge.
Hesitation flashed across Feng Qiuran's eyes. Her indecisive nature didn't change the fact that she was still a powerful cultivator at the Soul Conduit realm, who had experienced war and battle. Her conversation with Li Xingwen might have helped as well. She only hesitated a moment before determination lit her eyes. Her hands came together in a flurry of hand seals, and she pressed her palms onto the shuttle.
The four Soul Conduit realm cultivations had been rapidly approaching the shuttle from four different directions. Before they could surround the shuttle that was struggling in the red sea, the shuttle suddenly released a glaring light. It was a light that outshone the other stars in space, threatening to blind everyone.
It seemed to have transformed itself into a small sun, burning itself up rapidly before it finally… exploded!
A violent shock wave exploded in space, like a sudden avalanche. It was like a sudden collapse of the sky, the caving in of the earth. Waves of spirit energy surged outwards like a tsunami, the fierce rippling of energy visible to the naked eye!
It brimmed with the threat of violence and death and tore the red sea apart in an instant. It was like the ignition of a bomb in a glacier!
The damage was compounded by the power and high-grade materials of the shuttle. The result was an explosive force that surpassed an ordinary explosion!
The sea of red, which had been in the midst of turning itself to ice, shuddered and shattered instantly, parting under the force of the shuttle's explosion. The force stopped the four Soul Conduit realm cultivators in their tracks as well. They were forced to change course in order to avoid the backlash. The battleships couldn't shift away as quickly and had to face the shock waves head-on.
The battlefield was plunged into chaos following the shuttle's self-destruction. It was then that Wang Baole and Feng Qiuran made a dash for it.
Feng Qiuran had guided the explosion such that a great portion of the shock waves had been directed outwards. As a result, both her and Wang Baole had been relatively unharmed by the explosion. She had the protection of her Soul Conduit realm cultivation, and Wang Baole had his Thearch Armor. Having braced themselves against the residual shock waves, they had recovered slightly and immediately unleashed their full speed—riding on the explosive force caused by the shuttle's self-destruction. Exploiting the collapse in the enemy battleship formation, they shot forward, like arrows released from a bow, and charged out!
Their speed, given a boost by the explosion, made them mere blurry images in one's eyes. They broke through the red sea, stirring ripples in space itself as they emerged on the other side of the ten thousand strong battleship army!
Witnessing their escape were the cultivators on the battleships, who were still in disarray as they tried to recover from the explosion, as well as the four Soul Conduit realm cultivators. They experienced varying degrees of shock as they watched the escape happen under their noses!
The chances… of slipping through the blockade were so slim, nobody had thought it could actually happen. Someone had to make the snap decision of blowing up the shuttle as soon as the blockade was formed. The decision might have seemed simple, but few could have done so within a moment.