The weapon refiner is not doing her job properly

Chapter 158 Aerial Combat, The Crash

She looked at Yun Fei and asked in a sweet but cold voice, "Teacher Yun, if I 'accidentally' kill someone... will I be taken to the Interstellar Court?"

"Kill them without hesitation. They openly create explosions, spread dangerous smoke, and attack law-abiding citizens in the main star's airspace. This is no longer a simple manhunt; it's an act of terrorism that disrupts public order and endangers public safety! Anyone who dares to do this on the main star is definitely a wanted criminal. Killing them will not only avenge you but also bring you merit. Cleaning up this scum is to maintain interstellar security."

Yun Fei is well-versed in the gray areas of interstellar law. For "hunters" or those with special privileges who hold legal licenses, when faced with vicious and ruthless targets who launch deadly attacks, they have the right to "strike first" to defend their own and public safety. This is considered part of procedural justice.

The wanted targets can be defined later; just kill them first, and there's no need to worry about going to jail.

He glanced at the grotesque hole in the roof of his beloved car out of the corner of his eye and felt a pang of heartache.

This private hovercar had only been with him for two years, and he usually maintained it meticulously, but now it looked like an opened can of food. He forcibly suppressed this pent-up anger, transforming it into an even colder rationality.

“The main planet has been strictly controlling energy weapons lately, so they probably don’t have any firearms. But these guys are likely cyborgs with enhanced bodies, their speed and strength far exceeding that of ordinary people, and their pure physical destructive power alone is enough to kill.” Yun Fei guessed this only after they had been attacked for a while and no energy weapons were pointed at them.

This word, like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, instantly created ripples in Su Ninglong's mind.

Her delicate eyebrows furrowed almost imperceptibly. Last time, the cyborg assassin escaped; this time, she couldn't be careless.

Su Ninglong's fingertips moved gracefully, with an indescribable rhythm, with only the slightest movement.

"Hey!"

A sharp, tearing sound, like tearing silk.

The Dingding Mouse backpack she was carrying seemed to have been ripped open from the inside by an invisible giant hand.

In an instant, countless thin, golden metal sheets, as thin as cicada wings and with edges gleaming with a deadly cold light, poured out of the torn backpack opening like a swarm of golden bees breaking free from their restraints, accompanied by a sharp, piercing buzzing sound.

They swirled and danced lightly amidst the acrid smoke and falling burning debris, reflecting the firelight and the cold gleam of metal, weaving a magnificent yet deadly web of death!

Although Dingding Mouse's backpack was torn, Ziyue's belongings had vanished without a trace, disappearing as if by magic.

Just as the golden flakes were flying and swirling, the four cyborgs made their killing move.

Like four streaks of black lightning, they leaped down from the top of the hover truck and hurtled straight at the vehicle where Su Ninglong was.

The ion blade in one of their hands sliced ​​through the smoke, and the blinding cold light suddenly dazzled Lei Qingya's eyes!
The next second, Lei Qingya's pupils suddenly contracted to their maximum size, and his mind went completely blank.

She witnessed an absolutely horrifying scene.

Shen Zhaoming's head was severed at the shoulder by an invisible blade, and blood gushed into the sky like a fountain.

"Do not……"

Watching the head roll into the back seat, its eyes still filled with confusion, extreme grief and anger instantly overwhelmed Lei Qingya's mind.

Her eyes instantly filled with terrifying blood vessels. She screamed, her body uncontrollably lunging at the assassin who had "killed" Shen Zhaoming.

A strong hand suddenly grabbed her collar from behind, and at the same time she received a solid kick to the buttocks.

"Stupid girl, wake up! The other side has an illusion master." Yun Fei's deep, angry voice, like an electric current, exploded in her ears, and a cold mental force was forcibly poured into her chaotic consciousness like ice water.

Lei Qingya shuddered, and the terrifying illusion before him shattered and vanished like a bubble.

She looked around in shock and realized that she hadn't just lunged at the assassin at all; instead, half of her body had been sticking out of the violently shaking car.

If Yun Fei hadn't grabbed her in time and kicked her awake, she would have jumped right off and fallen from that height...

Lei Qingya shuddered; he was sure to turn into a pile of cookies.

Su Ninglong's small figure swayed slightly.

She too suffered an invisible mental shock, but her clear eyes only showed a slight ripple before returning to their usual calm.

This level of illusionary impact was not as strong for her as the chaotic whispers emanating from the Starless Mystic Spirit.

The world that Shen Zhaoming sees after taking off his glasses and using his supernatural abilities is composed of a vast amount of data. As long as the other party cannot replicate this data, he will not be at a disadvantage.

Seeing that the illusion had failed, the four assassins no longer hesitated and unleashed their respective supernatural abilities.

The ion blade in one person's hand twisted and stretched like a living thing, transforming into a venomous snake flashing with deadly blue light, darting and twisting as it stabbed towards them.

Suddenly, countless silver light needles, almost tangible, shot out from the other person's body.

Another creature had strangely swollen arms and skin with a metallic sheen, clearly possessing terrifying physical strength.
The last one is the most elusive, his hands moving so fast that the air seems to twist and refract, clearly skilled at concealment and creating illusions.

Su Ninglong's gaze was like the most precise probe, instantly locking onto the assassin whose body was bursting with energy needles.

This person's fighting style is the most ruthless and precise, with every move aimed at Su Ninglong's vital points.

Unlike the other three who were trying to restrain Yun Fei and kill the other two, he only had eyes for Su Ninglong.

Su Ninglong was no longer the Qi Refining stage cultivator she once was. Besides the flying shards around her, there were also ice spikes that accurately struck the light needles, dissolving their heat.

With occasional help from Yun Fei and Su Ninglong, Lei Qingya barely managed to withstand one of their physical attacks.

However, she kept breaking free from the illusion and entering the illusion from reality, and this repeated itself, causing her mind to become confused.

Shen Zhaoming dodged awkwardly. His combat strength was limited, so he could only keep extracting data and predicting how to evade.

"Shen Zhaoming, descend! It's too dangerous in the air!" Yun Fei shouted as he swung his Wu Lie sword to deflect the twisted ion blades and some of the light needles.

Shen Zhaoming's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and the veins on his hands were bulging as he desperately tried to steer the hovercar downwards to escape the aerial battlefield.

In the air, they are sitting ducks, not only having to evade assassins but also having to watch out for the wreckage of out-of-control trucks that could fall from above at any moment.

He quickly searched for a safe place to land, trying to minimize casualties.

During the chaotic descent, Su Ninglong pointed at the assassin controlling the light needles: "He's the one who kidnapped me at the Starship Building last time, Yun Fei. I want him, capture him alive."

The words "capture alive" clearly reached the ears of the four assassins. In an instant, whether they were fiercely attacking or waiting for an opportunity, their offensive faltered.

The look in her eyes, hidden beneath the mask, first flashed with disbelief and astonishment. How could she have so accurately locked onto and recognized one of them?

Immediately, this astonishment was replaced by intense mockery and contempt.

Recognizing her identity might be attributed to some special supernatural ability, but to "capture her alive"? Based on the strength she has shown so far.

To these battle-hardened, physically enhanced cyborg assassins, this was an utter joke, an arrogant display of ignorance.

Su Ninglong didn't give them any more time to laugh.

Her slender fingers twitched slightly, as if plucking invisible strings.

The golden flakes that were flying haphazardly in the air suddenly accelerated. They vibrated at high speed and emitted a tooth-grinding, extremely sharp buzzing sound, like countless spouts boiling to the extreme shrieking wildly.

The seemingly light and fragile thin shards unleash terrifying cutting force the moment they come into contact with the assassins' bodies or weapons.

The air was easily torn apart, and the specially made alloy weapons in the assassins' hands, and even their arms covered with partially reinforced armor, were neatly sliced ​​open with smooth cuts, like a hot knife cutting through butter.

"Damn it, this is a tough one! Retreat, retreat quickly!" one of the assassins shouted in a panic.

They finally realized that this mission was far more complex than a mere trial.

They not only kicked a metal plate, but they may have even run into a steel plate.

The employer's target was not only the contents of the Dingding Mouse backpack, but also a test of Su Ninglong herself, to see if she possessed the true strength to kill that terrifying "parasite".

The golden net of death, flying everywhere and easily cutting through alloy, has already given the clearest answer.

She is dangerous, and far more so than the intelligence reports suggest.

"Trying to leave?" Su Ninglong's voice remained calm, yet carried a chilling edge, reaching the ears of every assassin who attempted to retreat. "None of you will escape."

The fact that these words came out of a child's mouth amplified the sense of horror.

Just as they retreated hastily, intending to escape the battlefield, the rapidly vibrating golden flakes suddenly changed their trajectory. They stopped attacking and instead darted through the air, arranging and combining rapidly.

A massive, intricate array of three-dimensional runes, shimmering with mesmerizing golden light, appeared out of thin air, completely enveloping the four assassins and the space around them.

"Come and see..." Su Ninglong's voice seemed to come from the depths of a dream, carrying a hint of ethereal eeriness, "Can your strength shatter this 'beautiful dream' that I have carefully woven for you?"

The four assassins, trapped in the golden illusion array, instantly lost their senses and their movements became completely frozen. Like puppets with broken strings, they plummeted straight down into the chaotic aerial path below.

Suddenly, an even greater crisis followed.

"Creak—Buzz..."

The hovercar jolted violently, and the hum of all the engines abruptly ceased.

The dashboard screen went black instantly, and a powerful feeling of weightlessness gripped everyone inside the car. The hovercar completely lost all power and began to fall uncontrollably into the densely trafficked streets below.

"What's going on?" Shen Zhaoming's face was pale, and his hands frantically pressed buttons on the completely malfunctioning control panel, trying to reactivate even the slightest bit of power. Cold sweat instantly soaked his temples.

"Never mind that." Yun Fei made a decisive move, grabbing Shen Zhaoming's shoulder as if pulling him away from his futile efforts. "Prepare for a hard landing, hold on tight."

In that split second when life and death hung in the balance, Yun Fei's mind raced like a cold machine.

Shen Zhaoming was the closest to him and the only one he could grab onto. His body's instincts acted before his thoughts could guide him to make a decision: he could only save one person!
"boom!"

A deafening roar was accompanied by the piercing wail of twisting metal.

The battered hovercar slammed heavily onto the wide, solid ground in front of the Starship Building.

The enormous impact seemed to shake the ground, and the vehicle deformed and collapsed upon impact, with debris flying everywhere!

Protecting Shen Zhaoming, Yun Fei used his strong body control and rolling techniques to tumble out of the pile of twisted metal debris and fall heavily onto the sidewalk.

They were just a step away from the Starship Building's alloy doors, a symbol of security.

Without the slightest hesitation, Yun Fei grabbed the still somewhat dazed Shen Zhaoming and dragged him into the open entrance of the Starship Building.

When the disaster struck, the Starship, a vital transportation hub and facility on the planet, was constructed using the most advanced shock-resistant materials and was one of the officially designated core shelters.

The two, still in shock, fell to the ground, panting heavily, not even having time to turn around and see the horrific scene outside.

"Boom, boom."

Two more earth-shattering explosions followed in quick succession.

The two hover trucks that had been relentlessly pursuing it lost control and crashed heavily onto the ground not far away, bursting into even larger fireballs and thick smoke!
This is not over yet.

One, two, three... In the sky, more hovercars affected by the impact spun and tumbled, falling one after another with desperate howls.

The people inside the terminal building, still in shock, and the lucky survivors on the street, were all stunned by this apocalyptic scene and terrified.

Fortunately, the ground floor was mainly a dedicated lane for bus connections and special official vehicles. At that moment, there were few vehicles, and most pedestrians were walking obediently on the elevated pedestrian walkway, which prevented the casualties from escalating into an unimaginable disaster.

Having narrowly escaped death, Shen Zhaoming collapsed onto the cold floor, his body trembling uncontrollably. He thought about the reason why the vehicle lost control and crashed, his voice hoarse with the shock of surviving a close call and a deep sense of lingering fear.

"It's...it's a detonator. That truck must have been carrying a powerful detonator. The hovercar is broken, and my powers...my powers aren't working. I can't control the hovercar at all..."

As he spoke, his eyes reddened, and he struggled to look out at the desolate hellscape beyond the glass curtain wall.

Everywhere were twisted and burning wreckage of hovercars, their bodies deeply embedded in the ground, testifying to the force of destruction. Scattered fragments gleamed with a cold and cruel light under the flames and police lights.

"Where's Ning Long? Where's Qing Ya?!" Overwhelmed with fear, Shen Zhaoming frantically searched for the two figures amidst the chaotic crowd and wreckage.

"Don't panic." Yun Fei's voice was firm and resolute, carrying an unquestionable calmness.