Chapter 195 Withdraw!

"Withdraw!"

Gu Shen's white sleeves were pulled back onto the source energy craft by Silver Fox!

The airship's intelligent driving system activated instantly, the source energy core's power increasing to maximum, and scorching air waves boomed and exploded in the void!

But the next moment.

The view in front of the airship turned pitch black—

"Rumble rumble rumble."

A muffled tremor reverberated from overhead, as the Fire Spirit and Thunder Realm Walker converged above the airship. Gu Shen and Bai Xiu both looked pale as they watched the Black Snow Mountain Giant, who, after staggering back two steps, took a running start and slammed a palm down toward the airship!

Compared to this towering giant, the source energy craft was like an ant, a mosquito.

The scene was shocking.

Often, enormous things give one the illusion... the larger they are, the slower they move.

But at this moment, that illusion was completely shattered.

This mountain of a giant moved too fast!

Seeing this, Silver Fox knew he had no choice. Without the slightest hesitation, he shot out of the airship!

General Silver Fox raised his hands, using his origin power to forcibly receive this palm strike.

The giant palm, which seemed capable of obliterating an entire continent, slammed into Silver Fox's pitch-black hands, stopping abruptly—

Silver Fox groaned.

The Black Snow Mountain Giant, on the other hand, was shaking all over from the force of the recoil!

The palm strike was blocked, but the劲 (jìng, force) that rippled out from the impact spread.

"Buzz!"

The intense tremors and vibrations transmitted into the airship. Even though the surface of the source energy craft was coated with a layer of black silver, the outer shell was still dented inward by the shock!

The source energy craft activated at the critical moment, but because of the impact, its originally straight trajectory changed, and it crashed headfirst toward the ground like a falling meteor!

Gu Shen forcibly took over the driving system with his mental power, while Fire Spirit stepped on the top cover of the source energy craft and exerted force to pull it upward!

With the addition of the Thunder Realm Walker, who瞬身 (shùn shēn, instantly moved) to the bottom of the cabin to prop it up, they managed to stop the downward trend. But even so, the airship still slid along the ground for several kilometers.

The Thunder Realm Walker's legs plowed a deep trench into the ground, the thunder elemental energy covering his legs emitting sizzling smoke!

After a few seconds, the whole world seemed to fall silent again.

Inside the source energy craft, the lights flickered erratically, and the objects in the control room shattered and scattered all over the floor, a complete mess.

The power of that palm strike was simply too great.

Even with General Silver Fox withstanding it, it nearly tore the entire source energy craft apart!

Fortunately... Gu Shen and Bai Xiu were both top-tier封号 (fēng hào, titled experts), and they were safe and sound, unharmed by the aftermath.

"Is that a Traveler Apostle?"

Bai Xiu turned his head to look back, his expression extremely grim.

"Not an ordinary Apostle, most likely an important figure like a Crown Bearer."

Gu Shen also looked grim.

That big fellow was carrying the Traveler's main body stone tablet on its back, indicating its extreme importance… Judging from its combat power just now, it was very likely the Traveler's Crown Bearer.

Now that the source energy craft had escaped the battle range, the two were facing a difficult choice!

The Black Snow Mountain Giant's strength was somewhat beyond imagination.

Not only did it possess unparalleled strength, but it also possessed extremely terrifying speed.

In order to protect the two of them as they retreated, Silver Fox had to extricate himself to entangle this giant!

"Really going to retreat?"

Xiao Xiu Zi's face showed some unwillingness.

The Thunder Realm Walker placed the airship on the ground and 瞬身 (shùn shēn, instantly moved) to the top.

The battle in the distance was extremely intense, with Silver Fox fighting fiercely against the Black Snow Mountain Giant with his origin power… This giant, carrying the Traveler's flesh, was exceptionally powerful, not losing out at all to a human origin transcendent.

"We have to retreat."

Gu Shen took a deep breath, understanding Xiao Xiu Zi's current emotions.

But now was not the time to act impulsively.

"This battle is not for titled experts. Neither my Fiery Blaze nor your Thunder Realm Walker can easily cause damage to this giant. Staying here will only add trouble for Silver Fox."

Gu Shen was rational and calm.

"General Silver Fox has his own origin protection… He doesn't need the source energy craft and can cross the void on his own."

"The news about us leaving the Cicada Wing City Fortress and heading north to find the power of calamity has already spread inside the Northern Continent. White Lizard and Rust Bone are on their way. As long as we can get back to Cicada Wing City, we will soon get help from two top-tier origin realm transcendents. We might even encounter these two generals on the way."

That Black Snow Mountain Giant was indeed very strong.

Killing it with just one origin transcendent was most likely not enough.

But if White Lizard, Rust Bone, plus Silver Fox…

A total of three human origin transcendents! That would be enough!

At this moment, Silver Fox's spiritual蔓延 (màn yán, spread) reached the source energy craft. In the midst of the fierce battle, he spared a moment to send his will again: "Withdraw quickly!"

At this point.

Bai Xiu no longer hesitated.

He took a deep breath, manipulated the Thunder Realm Walker to lift the source energy craft, and the Thunder Realm Walker's feet stepped on the ground. Along with his twisting waist and accumulating strength, three consecutive explosions blasted on the ground.

The Thunder Realm Walker stomped a huge pit in the ground, while simultaneously throwing the source energy craft out.

The Fire Spirit unfolded a barrier.

A wisp of flowing fire, like a canopy, shrouded the airship.

In an instant, the airship shot upwards from the ground for several kilometers, almost reaching the dark sky of this shattered land.

And the Black Snow Mountain Giant, held back by Silver Fox in the distance, saw that the airship was about to leave and raised its face, letting out a hoarse and furious roar.

"Boom—"

This sound did not have any lethality.

However…

The dark sky was torn apart at this moment.

A ray of bright yellow radiance appeared above the source energy craft. It was a [Door].

To be precise, it was the first [Door].

Then, there was the second, the third… Wherever the Black Snow Mountain Giant's sonic waves reached, the hidden portals of this calamity-stricken land were opened one by one. The Traveler and the Underworld King conducted transactions here. The Underworld King collected "Traveler corpses" as transaction objects, while the Traveler set up countless portals as a backup.

In the Traveler's plan, if the Underworld King could successfully refine the undead army, then this shattered land would eventually drift to the Five Continents.

And by then.

The Traveler would descend.

At this moment, these [Doors] came in handy. Those Traveler clansmen far away in the [Old World], somewhere unknown, received the call…

The first door was pushed open.

A deformed creature with huge bone wings growing from its back stood before the portal. It was different from those buried low-level creatures on the land.

Humanoid facial features and extremely agile eyes all demonstrated its "wisdom."

In the Traveler clan's growth and evolution, two extremes had emerged…

This clan needed to migrate and adapt to the harsh environment of the [Old World], so the Travelers possessed powerful transcendent bodies. But to ensure that an entire clan survived, they needed a clear hierarchy and division of labor.

Similar to a bee colony.

Those assigned to death by the Travelers were the lowest-ranked and most numerous "worker bees" in the bee colony.

"Intelligent Traveler."

Gu Shen saw the door being pushed open, and his heart sank.

Several similar "leaders" had appeared in the Doru River Calamity.

They were different from the large, combat-focused members of the Traveler clan. They possessed superior intelligence and command ability… Without a spiritual network connection, their will could be transmitted to the heart lake of every "worker bee."

Sure enough.

After making eye contact with Gu Shen, the intelligent leader creature narrowed its eyes and closed the portal.

The next moment.

The portal was broken through by a swarm of bone-winged creatures—

A large number of Traveler clan low-level creatures, not caring for their lives, poured into this calamity barrier!

This kind of scene was not the first time it had happened in recent years.

Those Travelers always knew of the existence of this territory… They would send "worker bees" every once in a while to rescue the神座 (shén zuò, divine throne) flesh on the Black Snow Mountain, but it always ended in failure. This was why the Traveler corpses on the land were both old and new.

After that angry roar, the Traveler clan's intelligent leaders received the signal transmitted by the "Black Snow Mountain Giant." They dispatched a large number of low-level clansmen to delay with human wave tactics… If it were someone else, this would be terrible news.

But unfortunately.

They encountered Gu Shen and Bai Xiu.

"Kill!"

Gu Shen's eyes turned cold.

He and Bai Xiu exchanged a glance, tacitly unfolding their domains at the same time—

The Fire Spirit and Thunder Realm Walker appeared on either side of the source energy craft respectively. These two elemental avatars simultaneously unfolded massive domains covering hundreds of meters.

The airship shot towards the dark sky.

On the left was the great success of [Fiery Blaze] superimposed with [Pure Land]!

On the right was the [Thunder Realm Walker]'s thunder domain!

Both of these domains were extremely lethal group attack domains. As hundreds and thousands of portals continued to open, a large number of bone-winged creatures screamed as they charged towards the continuously ascending source energy craft. They crashed into the radiance of the domains, and in the end, only splattered hot blood, even their bone fragments were crushed and scattered into dust—

Six years ago, the Traveler clan entered the Doru River Calamity. Relying on the vast number of their clan members, they directly shot down the elite legion led by Osmund.

But this time.

They encountered the two most outstanding titled geniuses of the entire human clan.

Gu Shen had just completed the融合 (róng hé, fusion) of his second domain and needed a training opportunity… He unfolded his domain without hesitation.

This battle was simple.

He only needed to stabilize the domain and protect the source energy craft.

He didn't even need to take the initiative to attack, because those bone-winged creatures who had received orders from above didn't care about their own deaths. The number of bone-winged creatures pouring out of the portals was already in the tens of thousands!

They continuously charged into the Fiery Blaze Pure Land's domain kill range!

This battle… wasn't that simple either.

No matter how amazing the talent or how rich the foundation, when facing "human wave tactics," one had to consider one thing.

That was consumption.

Even if his domain could annihilate intruders every second.

But Gu Shen and Bai Xiu had to face the entire Traveler clan's reckless bombardment… No matter how powerful their domains were, they still needed to consume source energy.

No matter who it was, wanting to fight against an entire clan with individual strength would come at a price.

Even Gu and Bai were no exception.

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(There will be another chapter later!)