The pre-order prompts for the two distributors sounded.

Gagging from the smell, Hai LIKoni blinked her moist eyes and looked over. None of the few people in the entire cabin had suffered too badly from splattered vomit, which must have been thanks to the ability of this one man. She had already seen the people and goods that had been thrown into the cockpit pressed firmly against the tail by an invisible force.

Major General Ross heaved for breath, his chest rising and falling violently.

He suddenly unbuckled his seatbelt and stood up!

“Major General!” Hai LIKoni and a few others called out in alarm. “It’s dangerous.“

Ross raised his arm, palm out, signaling for the crowd to remain still.

“That impact just now—if I’m not mistaken—you didn’t subject us to a sudden violent acceleration, did you? “

The pilot, the mechanic, and the others all looked over grimly, full of anticipation… and apprehension.

Then, they saw this man from the mist world give a crisp nod.

“If I were to accelerate any further, this plane would break apart and scatter. Its construction methods are far too obsolete for this kind of speed. Had I not negated most of the inertial pressure, many of the internal components would have already snapped. “

His words drew everyone’s eyes to the view outside the cabin windows. On both wings, several rivets had either broken loose, partially popped out, or were completely gone, leaving behind snarling, whistling cavities in the metal.

Worse still, one of the propellers was already spinning unpredictably; its internal bearings had been badly damaged.

Yet it was exactly that damage that counted as its badge of honor. The section of the wing in that spot was now mottled with flattened, winding splashes of scarlet.

Ling Zicang said, “That dizzying dive closer to the speed of sound? That potential was there all along. This plane always owned the might; we merely set it free. In our world, that is called a ‘power dive’. “

“Wait—! Is… is any of this real?! “

The pilot glared in disbelief, gripping his steering yoke so hard his knuckles went white.

He flat-out refused to believe the rusty machine in his hands had been responsible for that feat. Sure, the Foggy had done his bit—unimpeachable, really—but it truly was comparable to just a skilled pilot fine-tuning the fighter’s attack angle.

That single blow, dodging straight into the sound barrier for a heart-stopping plunge, belonged best not to the guest, but to the ancient warplane itself!

It was as if he was realizing for the first time the deep-seated power of this ruthless war machine in his hands—a capability as thunderous as slumber, never before awakened by anyone.

“Sigh… ” The Major General pressed a hand onto the chair backrest, as if drained of immense energy in an instant. “We might have discovered this long ago under other circumstances. “

He sat back down again.

Yang Zicang, however, let out a faint exhale. He had used his ‘configuration’ ability to counter and neutralize many internal components, preventing them from shaking the craft apart at such high speeds. The possibility the Major General envisioned, given the current technological standards of this world, would still require extensive research in material science before it could be realized.

“If I may ask—what were those birds just now? ” Yang Zicang changed the subject.

The Major General rarely spoke so candidly: “They are a kind of artificially bred creature similar to the ‘Blood Beasts,’ but not among the top-tier variants. So I am not sure if it corresponds to the Twin Lion Corps we had guessed earlier. “

The group discreetly committed these scraps of information to memory.

Steffen, Twin Lion Corps, Blood Beasts…

“To think they can raise such massive beasts for combat. “

“That is not a big deal. Fortunately, Steffen’s main force is not near this area; otherwise, today would have been perilous. “

“After all, this place borders the territory of Horzburg. The Twin Lion Corps wouldn’t dare thrust their troops straight in here, would they? “

｛Silent Night.｝

Yang Zicang allowed his mind a brief respite, as the perception from Silent Night resumed its course. He made his way to the chaotic tail section of the plane, held his breath, and began fumbling through the luggage.

Suddenly, Yang Zicang looked up toward the outside world: “I believe it has already arrived. “

The major general furrowed his brows, glaring outward, but saw nothing.

Why was he worth deploying a genuine “Blood Beast ” to hunt down? Doubts swirled in the major general’s mind; all this for mere support from Cheqing Island?

Yang Zicang retrieved the acquired “Bloodline Resonance Statue, ” while Li Senrui had already given up struggling and turned around, beginning to expand his force field.

“What are you going to do? ” Xue Qi looked at the young man with concern.

The statue’s jaw kept opening, spitting out a small sphere every seven or eight seconds.

Yang Zicang’s eyes drifted, staring blankly into the distance.

“They’re too fast for me to believe these are just beasts. The plane can’t take much more, so I’m heading out of the cabin. “

“What! ” Hailikoni stared in disbelief at the towering youth; his gaze seemed capable of piercing steel plates, and she felt her own heart truly begin to race with panic.

Through the perception of Gravity Arc, several beasts resembling the giant bird earlier—or slightly smaller avian giants—were bearing down with ferocious momentum.

A blast of energy shot toward them!

The silver spear inside the black hole twisted as it emerged to intercept, but phased straight through.

The Gravity Arc flickered several times along its trajectory, using suction to weaken its attack repeatedly, until the blast lost stability and detonated about twenty meters from the plane.

Yang Zicang tossed several Ability Spheres from his hand, plotting intricate trajectories through the cabin before precisely landing in each of their grasps.

“Discuss how to use it among yourselves. Miss Haili, could you help me open the cabin door? “

“Sir, you… please don’t. “

“Open it for me. Otherwise, I’ll have to do it myself. “

Haili Koni looked towards the Major General, and Ross nodded. The woman bit her lip, unbuckled her seatbelt, and made her way to the cabin door, carefully adjusting her stance.

“Don’t worry about being sucked out. I’ve got you. “

Yang Zicang said somewhat flippantly to the woman standing next to him.

Since he was building this persona, he had to stick with it. Yang Zicang regretted that initial presumptuous move of offering a cigarette. This simply wasn’t his real style.

Unexpectedly, he saw the woman, with a touch of heroic charm on her fair-skinned face, nod at him with great solemnity.

Yang Zicang felt his heart skip a beat.

Bang!

The cabin door swung open heavily in the howling wind!

The strong wind tousled Haili Koni’s blonde hair, but the powerful suction didn’t pull her out. An opposing force pushed her back subtly. Without a doubt, Haili Koni thought, it was exactly as his words had promised.

“Sir… please be extremely careful. ” Haili Koni took a step back, standing at attention, looking at this young man.

People of the Fog could not be trusted.

She suddenly thought of this advice, unsure where she had heard it.

“We’ll be waiting for your return. ” She said gravely.

Yang Zicang bent down and poked his head out of the cabin. The fierce wind blew his hair to the side. He saluted Hailikoni and leaped out of the plane!

This jolted Hailikoni, who had already foreseen his actions; she gasped uncontrollably and rushed to the cabin door.

The young man plummeted toward the coastline.

“Hailikoni! “

A deafening roar came from behind, “Do you want to die? Get the door shut and get back here! “

Hailikoni turned around with deep anxiety in her eyes, “But Mr. Yang will come back… “

“Sit down and shut the door! “

“I… “

“That’s an order! “

“…Yes, ma’am. “

Hailikoni turned, and saw a flying carpet, as huge as two or three living rooms, had abruptly appeared beside the plane. Her stiff shoulders finally relaxed, and she let out a light, relieved laugh.

The flying carpet shot rapidly backward through the sky.

……

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Several figures rapidly approached from below; they had long necks and large wings, charging up into the sky in pursuit of Yang Zicang’s flying carpet.

“Hoooowl~” A surging roar rolled in like ocean waves, stinging the ears of everyone on the plane.

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“Looks like Sea Wing Beasts. ” Several people on the plane stared in shock through the portholes at the scene behind them.

Yang Zicang controlled the giant carpet, tracing an arc-like trajectory as it sped past the flying creatures ahead.

He had already gotten a clear look at the general appearance of the monster down below.

The Sea Wing Beast’s entire wingspan was as long as Aqiang’s wooden boat, with several other figures still behind it. Though those birds still en route weren’t as massive as the leading one, they still measured about seven or eight meters across.

With its crisp blue eyes wide open, the giant bird’s every wingbeat produced a surging, tide-like roar. Its gaze was locked onto the flying carpet, chasing after it like a predator that had stumbled upon a rare meal.

Such a casual, thrusting attack already contains elemental power.

｛Musing Night, mobilizing all mental strength.｝

The potent Musing Night only worked on those smaller Sea Screaming Vultures, drastically slowing their speed. However, against the largest one, it only enraged it.

{Mr. Buchen, the Major says these creatures possess no less power than the Mist People or Aberrants. You must be very careful. }

｛This is good news. Since they have bloodline power, using temporal attacks won’t trigger a warning either.｝

“Chirp!“

Opening its colossal beak, it fired another air cannonball that slammed into the curving tail of the spooled-up momentum carpet behind it, sending tremors through the fast-moving carpet as they soared through the skies.

｛Gravity Arc!｝

Yang Zicang slightly slowed the giant carpet’s speed, as a silver long spear swiftly extended from a rotating arc of light, emerging from a black hole-like vortex.

Whoosh!

The spear, trailing a golden-red phantom shadow, shot swiftly toward the rapidly approaching giant bird.

With a heavy, rasping scream, one wing of the giant bird suddenly lashed up, colliding with the streaking spear.

Boom! Blood splattered!

Struck by this blow, the Sea Wing Beast’s wing area instantly became a mess of torn flesh and blood, while the rest of its body remained tough and sturdy, as if this spear strike couldn’t bring it crashing down.

“Squawk~“

The mutated grotesque bird let out a mournful cry. Echoing calls came from afar.