Dark Light Chaser.

Chapter 654 Attrition
"Our primary goal now is to make a safe retreat. You should have noticed the commotion around us, right?"

The magician looked at the raging waves and said.

If the Countermeasures Bureau and the Special Affairs Bureau ignore the aftermath of the battle, subsequent natural disasters could easily reduce the population by several percent.

"Heat death, transmigration, impermanence, and..."

The tyrant didn't finish his sentence, because the surrounding seawater flowing back against the current and the biting cold had already said it all.

"You secretly invited that woman along?"

"I have no interest in asking for a beating."

The magician denied the tyrant's claim: "Rather than Fei Bing coming to help us, I'm more inclined to believe that the Countermeasures Bureau and the Special Affairs Bureau deliberately ignored the tsunami heading towards Iceland."

Because they all knew that Fei Bing would personally handle the aftermath, which would save them some effort.

As the magician said, that power came and went quickly.

After dealing with the tsunami, Scarlet Ice's power silently retreated back to the island and fell silent once more. As for the Tyrant and the Magician, who were locked in a fierce battle, she didn't even bother to spare a sliver of her consciousness to glance at them.

This indifferent attitude is exactly like the neighborly relations in modern metropolises.

“Gaia is not on Earth right now. If we fight the Hermit to the death, the Countermeasures Bureau and the Special Affairs Bureau will definitely not mind coming over and taking advantage of the situation to wipe us out.”

The magician contacted the cunning master hiding on the outskirts through the engraving, and said to the tyrant, "Let's put aside the matter of eliminating the DX Project test subjects for now."

The Hermit seems to have a peculiar obsession with DX test subjects. He'll inevitably have a falling out with the Countermeasures Bureau sooner or later, and then we'll be watching from the sidelines.

"So you're planning to retreat as soon as you arrive?" the tyrant asked.

The magician was also helpless: "There's nothing I can do about it. I originally planned to wait until I got there and choose the most suitable ability to solidify based on the situation on site."

But as you can see, the Hermit knew we were coming and caught us off guard.

As a main combatant, I have two abilities that are not very offensive, so they will not be of much use in the upcoming battles.

Let's see what the Hermit plans to do after we leave. I refuse to believe that we'll just stand by and watch the Hermit take the DX test subject away.

After realizing the Countermeasures Bureau's intentions, the magician immediately reacted and chose to fight fire with fire.

If the Countermeasures Bureau wants to be the one to reap the benefits, then why is the Apostles still fighting to the death with the Hermits?
The Hermits are at odds with the Apostles, so they're in cahoots with your Countermeasures Bureau?
In any case, the Apostles' goal is to take away or eliminate DX test subjects from the Countermeasures Bureau, and they don't care who takes them away.

The magician saw this out, which is why he repeatedly proposed a collaboration to Ai Liang.

Ai Liang has been avoiding the current situation all these years, and she has done it very well. Her identity as a hermit has left no ties that anyone can use against her.

But it seemed as if fate was gathering its strength, concentrating all the weight of those years to deliver a cruel blow to him.

This feeling made Ai Liang very unhappy, and one small psychic spear after another gathered in the sky.

If it were the large-scale psychic spear used when attacking the Tyrant, Ai Liang might have considered the consequences, but with the smaller version, there wouldn't be so many concerns.

The primary purpose of these telekinetic guns is to conduct widespread attacks to locate the tyrants and magicians hidden in the ocean depths.

Its power is all within a controllable range.

At most, it will just create a few more trenches on the seabed of the Arctic Ocean.

Just as Ai Liang was about to attack the magician and tyrant below, the scene in front of him suddenly distorted.

The next second, Ai Liang found herself in a vast grassland.

The sunlight, the gentle breeze, the grass rustling against my ankles—everything felt so real, without a trace of falsehood.

You can even see the veins and sap inside if you casually break off a blade of grass.

This is far more powerful than the mirror space he possesses.

"Mental space?"

Looking at her surroundings, Ai Liang's first thought was of mental attack.

He at least possessed Apostle-level mental abilities. Although he couldn't control his mental abilities in the past, he had at least seen them before.

When Anliang talks to his own body, he spends a lot of time building a mental space deep inside his heart.

However, the mental world before him did not seem to be composed of pure mental power. If it were merely mental ability, Ai Liang would have no reason not to see through it.

Especially those sensory hallucinations that don't seem to originate from mental power.

To control someone's senses, one must first break through their mental defenses. Apart from the Thousand-Faced Man, Ai Liang has never encountered an Apostle who can surpass her in mental strength.

Ai Liang recalled the information Yue Yangyan had given her and quickly locked onto her target.

"The ability to transform things into the real and the unreal... First, use mental power to construct a mental space, and then materialize this space."

Ai Liang raised her hand and conjured a longsword made of spiritual power.

When faced with a physical entity formed from mental energy, pure telekinesis is less effective than mental energy in causing destruction.

Ai Liang casually swung his longsword, leaving a scratch that stretched for thousands of meters on the ground.

Under his full perception, the surrounding space trembled as if it were alive the moment it was attacked.

"Unable to pull my consciousness into the virtual world, I joined hands with my disciples to turn the surrounding space from real to virtual... An interesting approach."

Having found a way to leave, Ai Liang stopped testing and holding back, releasing the mental power that had been suppressed by telekinesis, and letting the mental storm sweep everything in the space.

This is going to be tough on the cunning strategists on the periphery.

"What the hell! Isn't he an apostle who leans towards force field abilities?! How can he also have such strong mental power?!"

The cunning master struggled to maintain the virtual world, desperately trying to defend against every attack from Ai Liang.

"Geharu, Janus, how long are you two going to take to get ready? I can't take it anymore!"

"I'm the one who's taking the hits! You can cancel the transformation between reality and illusion the moment you're attacked, but space is an extension of my spirit! Every strike of his spiritual power into space feels like cutting flesh!"

Janus gritted his teeth, his face contorted with pain, as he helped the cunning master stabilize the space around Ai Liang.

He must not only assist the trickster, but also work with the magician to find a breakthrough in the spatial blockade.

While they were fighting Ai Liang, the Countermeasures Bureau was not idle either. They directly joined forces with the Special Affairs Bureau to set up a spatial blockade in an attempt to trap them like turtles in a jar.

This time it's different from the last minor skirmish.

Both major powers brought out their trump cards, making even the magician feel somewhat troubled.

"Almost there! I'm looking for a weak point in the blockade, Aurora, hang in there!"

"Persist? Easier said than done... Ugh!"

Before the cunning master could finish his complaint, cracks appeared on his exposed arm, like those on a failed pottery piece.

"I can't take it anymore, I'm about to..."

boom!
Before the words were finished, a loud bang came from above.

The treacher's body shattered with a loud crash, leaving behind only a thumb-sized, rhomboid crystal core.

"Aurora?!"

Janus, who was standing nearby, was terrified and shouted loudly.

"Gharu! Aurora, she!"

"Don't make a sound! She's alright. Focus on finding the loophole. Fei Tian, ​​go and stop the Hermit to buy some time!"

Janus wanted to say something more, but the tyrant beside him had already rushed towards Ai Liang's direction. He could only suppress his fear and cooperate with the magician to find a loophole in the blockade.

(End of this chapter)