Chapter 602: Chapter 63 Madness City (3)
8:30 PM, Cangshou District.
The once lush forest had turned into scorched earth, as streams of blue and red lights circled the mountaintops of Cangshou District, engaging in a perilous fight by the second. Budman’s Annihilation Cannon was dodged by Kardesia as she turned it into flames, and the Fireball she released was counteracted by the Plunderer through his power reversal. Anyone with clear sight could tell, it was not going to be easy to determine a victor between the two…
Caught in the middle of the battle, Kardesia was well aware of the disadvantage of a prolonged stalemate. Annoyed, she shouted, “What the hell are you doing with Aorus?! Are you too stupid to see we’re about to face a major crisis?!”
Budman retaliated, throwing a Green Flame with his backhand, “I’m well aware of the situation, dammit! I can’t control myself!!”
“You fucking idiot, Budman, got your brains scrambled after all those years in the underworld?!”
“There’s something living in my phone that messed with me; do you think I want this?!” Budman gritted his teeth after taking a hit from a fire fist and said in a low voice, “Please, give me a hand. Fight towards the center.”
Kardesia was already furious, how could she show him any goodwill, “Why the hell should I listen to you!”
“All the top dangers among the superpower users are at risk, I need to see how the boss is doing…”
Budman stood his ground, glared, and roared, “I’ll give you time to send a signal, just help me out!!”
“…I’ll trust this trash once.”
Kardesia launched two streaks of flowing fire into the air, then adjusted her flight direction, leading the uncontrollable Budman towards the center of the district.
Meanwhile, two other superpower users had arrived at the center. Skeletal Head dashed into the Third Assembly Plant, just in time to see the doll-like Martial Artist sprinting out with a long blade in hand. He quickly spotted Mo Yuankai in the crowd and yelled at his old adversary, “Give me the launch authorization—”
“John, head for shelter!” Mo Yuankai was yelling just as urgently, “A big trouble is brewing! The Mutual Assistance Association has sent me a message, Red Mage is in the Vaulted Sky City!”
“Give me the number three machine!”
“You’re going to get yourself killed without weapons if you take the number three machine?!” Mo Yuankai exclaimed in frustration, slamming his fist on the table, “I don’t know how much you understand, I don’t even know how much I understand myself, but one thing I know for certain. We’re all involved in this incident, the enemy is coming for us!”
Hearing this, Skeletal Head became quiet. He contemplated the current situation; in the Third Assembly Plant, there were him, Mo Yuankai, and Dust Explosion. Irrespective of their past identities and strengths, the three of them were now among the weakest Dragon Species in terms of combat power…
The three easiest components to obtain, potentially usable for summoning the Monarch Dragon.
Skeletal Head immediately grasped Mo Yuankai’s point. They were the most precious resources in the Vaulted Sky City, the most valuable treasures among these 5.7 million people. As a leader, his calmness gradually overcame his gangster habits, forcing Skeletal Head to think.
“Let’s exchange information,” Skeletal Head said in a hoarse voice.
Mo Yuankai was taken aback, then said seriously, “Okay.”
The two veteran superpower users pieced together the information in their possession: Red Mage was roaming the Thorn District, had paralyzed the communication system along with the February crisis, and specifically targeted the superpower users who could transmit messages. Demon must have rushed over there, as someone had seen Budman fighting the Red Lion. Something had gone wrong underground, and the layers of defense were breached by invaders as if they didn’t exist.
This was enough for Skeletal Head to deduce the identity of the mastermind; the disgusting face of Supreme Crown flashed through his mind.
“Numerical advantage is useless against him. I’ll take Shiyu Zhongyi and Dust Explosion to fight a defensive battle until the authorities react. You and all other personnel need to retreat, don’t become a burden,” Skeletal Head ordered grimly, “What else is usable apart from the God Machine?”
“This is an assembly plant, not a strategic fortress. The network functions are dead, we can’t bring in weapons quickly; the only thing we have are some live ammunition weapons, but those are basically just for show.”
My branches are more fortified than this place. Skeletal Head cursed in his mind, too impatient for further discussion, and gestured for his old foe to quickly evacuate.
Dust Explosion’s mouth hung open as she listened, not grasping the situation until the two finished their intelligence sharing and began to take action. She finally screamed out, “What are we doing?! That red monster—”
“Demon is intercepting it; we’re dealing with another enemy,” Skeletal Head said somberly, “There’s not much time left; shut up and prepare for battle.”
Not long ago, Thorn District, underground.
Passing through the internal passage of the Thorny White Tower, one could enter the depths beneath Vaulted Sky City, reaching the heart of the Dragon of the Vaulted Sky, that green space.
Among the city’s upper echelons, this was a secret that wasn’t much of a secret. Xu Junyi had come here to summon the Colored Glaze Dragon, and Gongsun Ce with Shiyu Ling had also descended during the pursuit in February. Now, like a submarine tunnel, the corridor welcomed two new visitors, long-plotters Aorus Otimis and his controlled Shiyu Linwu.
“Dark, bio, world… inside the belly of a giant dragon!” Shiyu Linwu looked around the underground environment and whistled, “So this is the real truth behind the bio experiments, you’ve been studying the flesh and blood of a giant dragon.”
“It’s one of the reasons why Vaulted Sky City was founded,” Aorus’s voice, along with Linwu’s, echoed intermittently in the long passage as they used spatial movement to quickly close the distance, “Once dragon flesh is distanced from the main body, it disintegrates rapidly; they had to study it on site.”
“My old man would be livid if he saw this place,” Linwu mimicked his father’s tone perfectly, “What a waste! The incompetents of Vaulted Sky City, even with a mountain of treasures, can only produce such pitiful results!”