1211: Black Shuttle

“Hm?!”

Mid-flight, Wang Chen’s expression suddenly changed.

In his perception, intense energy fluctuations were constantly appearing two hundred miles to the southeast.

Among them were not only demonic creatures, but also the power belonging to Human Race cultivators.

“It seems someone has run into trouble.”

Wang Chen pondered for a moment, then directly changed direction and flew towards the southeast.

Since they were both fighting demonic creatures on the Demon Disaster Frontline Battlefield, encountering such a situation naturally meant he couldn't just stand by.

Moreover, at this moment, he also received a notification on his identity jade token.

[Distress signal detected. Cultivator Zhou Dahai (Ninth Stage Late Stage) is besieged by three Tenth Stage Demon Generals and a large number of demonic creatures. A rescue mission has been issued, costing eleven thousand two hundred thirty-six military merits. Specific location as follows… ]

[Cultivators nearby who received the distress signal, please proceed to support immediately.]

[The mission reward of military merits will be fairly distributed based on contribution, under the supervision of the Formation Spirit!]

Whoosh!

Wang Chen’s speed was incredibly fast; his figure was barely visible during flight. In just a few breaths, he arrived two hundred miles away.

At this moment, he could see a small shuttle being besieged by a large number of demonic creatures without even needing to release his Mental Energy.

The gathered demonic creatures numbered over ten thousand, and led by several Tenth Stage Demon Generals, they furiously attacked the small shuttle, causing large patches of light to appear on the energy barrier covering its surface.

The small shuttle was struggling to cope amidst the encirclement, its energy barrier flickering precariously, clearly on the verge of collapse.

Wang Chen even saw that despair had already appeared on the faces of several Human Race cultivators inside the small shuttle.

Seeing this, he did not hesitate and descended rapidly from the sky.

...

On the small shuttle.

Bang!

A powerful attack landed on the energy barrier, directly striking the small shuttle and causing it to shift hundreds of meters sideways.

The six people standing on the small shuttle’s deck quickly grabbed onto the railings beside them to steady themselves.

“Big Brother!”

“At this rate, the energy barrier won’t hold up. We must find a way to Break through the encirclement as soon as possible!”

After steadying herself, a beautiful young woman cried out in alarm, her face filled with despair.

“I know!”

“Don’t conserve Spirit Stones anymore. Put all the Spirit Stones you’re carrying into the energy furnace and operate the shuttle’s attack formation at full capacity.”

“The others shouldn’t be idle either. If you have long-range attack methods, use them quickly and open a passage for me ahead.”

“As long as we temporarily escape the demonic creatures’ encirclement and increase the small shuttle’s speed to its maximum, even those Tenth Stage Demon Generals won’t be able to catch us!”

A middle-aged man, who was controlling the shuttle, shouted without turning his head.

At this moment, he was extremely tense, sweating profusely, but he didn't even have time to wipe it away. He carefully manipulated the rudder, dodging the charging demonic creatures.

Occasionally, when he absolutely couldn't avoid it, he would grit his teeth and control the small shuttle to ram through, crushing the demonic creature on the other side, but also dimming the energy barrier on the small shuttle's surface by a few points.

Noticing this, the middle-aged man felt a pang of pain in his heart, and at the same time, couldn't help but feel despair.

The tens of thousands of demonic creatures surrounding them were almost overwhelming; he simply couldn't find a route to Break through.

Bang, bang, bang!!

Beams of energy shot out from the small shuttle, tearing apart several demonic creatures that were charging forward.

However, the gaps left by the deaths of these demonic creatures were instantly filled by other demonic creatures.

“Fellow Daoist Zhou! It’s no use!”

“Our attack frequency simply can’t keep up with the speed at which the demonic creatures are charging. The cleared areas are re-filled the next second.”

“At this rate, the energy furnace of the attack formation will probably be the first to buckle under the load!”

“And…”

Seeing this, a rugged-looking man among the six gasped for breath, his voice hoarse as he shouted:

“My magic power is almost exhausted!”

After his words fell, the three men and women next to him also quickly said:

“Fellow Daoist Li is right, we are the same. Our remaining magic power is less than thirty percent. Once our magic power is completely exhausted, we won’t be able to stop the demonic creatures from approaching with just the attack formation on the small shuttle!”

“Fellow Daoist Zhou, have you issued a rescue mission? From the current situation, we can’t hold on for much longer!”

“Damn it, if I had known, I wouldn’t have taken your black shuttle. Although taking the Defense Line’s shuttle costs twice as much, at least we wouldn’t have run into this awful trouble!”

The faces of the speakers were anxious, and they couldn’t help but complain.

They were all poor Loose Cultivators who came to the Demon Disaster Frontline Battlefield to earn military merits and exchange them for cultivation resources.

Normally, they stayed within the Defense Line, taking on various tasks to slowly accumulate military merits. They had finally saved up a sum of military merits and wanted to try their luck at the Second Defense Line, but they didn’t expect that by trying to save some Spirit Stones and taking a private transport shuttle, they would directly run into a large-scale Magic Tide wandering in the wilderness.

“Damn it!”

“What’s the point of talking nonsense now?!”

The middle-aged man controlling the shuttle, who was Fellow Daoist Zhou in everyone’s mouths, cursed loudly at this moment:

“I already issued a rescue mission and put all my assets, over ten thousand military merits, into it. But you also know the situation in this wilderness; whether we encounter passing cultivators is entirely up to fate!”

“Besides, if you die, you only lose one life. If I die, my life is gone, and all my assets will be buried here!”

“Those ten thousand-plus military merits are worth more than your lives!”

At this point, Zhou Dahai felt extremely frustrated.

He had been running this route for more than ten years; what kind of storms hadn't he seen? This situation today, he really hadn't seen it!

A Magic Tide commanded by several Demon Generals appearing in the wilderness outside the Third Defense Line? What were those demonic creature clearing squads in the Defense Line doing?!

Zhou Dahai cursed inwardly, but thinking about the current situation, he still suppressed his anger and advised everyone:

“Stop complaining. If we want to survive, we can only fight with all our might. Don’t be stingy with your recovery Medicinal Pills and life-saving measures, otherwise, we might not even have a chance to hold on until rescue arrives!”

“My Big Brother is right!”

The beautiful young woman at this moment waved her hand, sending out two streaks of fire that shattered the demonic creatures clinging to the energy barrier. She gasped for breath as she turned her head and echoed:

“We need to work together now, otherwise, we won’t have any chance at all!”

“The Defense Line’s shuttle passed us not long ago. Based on their speed, as long as we hold on for half an hour, the powerful cultivators who received the rescue mission will arrive, and then we will be saved!”

“What?”

“Half an hour more?!”

However, upon hearing the beautiful young woman’s words, the four passengers on the shuttle couldn’t help but despair.

They had only held on for two quarters of an hour and were already on the verge of exhaustion. To hold on for another half an hour?

They might as well just end themselves to avoid the suffering of being torn apart and devoured by demonic creatures!