Chapter 129 On the way to Kunlun, an air raid!!!
Ten thousand meters above, the clouds were like snow waves being plowed apart, and the Su Family's luxurious private jet, the "heavenly phoenix," was steadily weaving through the extreme cold air currents.
Its target was pointed straight at the restricted area in the west of Great Xia—the Ancient Void of Kunlun.
This was three days after Jiang Chen had finished fencing his loot and resting in the Imperial Capital.
Inside the cabin, the original luxurious layout had been transformed into a massive "sleep laboratory."
"Mmm... lower the temperature by two degrees. The heat source on the left is a bit too hot, and the one on the right... hmm, the one on the right is just right, stick closer."
Jiang Chen lay on a specially made large bed paved with titanium alloy plates and inlaid with ten-thousand-year-old mysterious ice essence, his eyes closed, brows slightly furrowed, muttering incoherently.
His breathing was long and heavy; with every inhalation and exhalation, the air around him seemed to tremble, with faint purple ripples of Mental Energy diffusing outward.
At this moment, he was in a very subtle and amorous state of being "caught between ice and fire."
On his left, Su Qingyue, possessing the Heavenly Phoenix Bloodline, was curled up in the crook of his arm.
As they approached Kunlun, a place of violent Spiritual Qi, the phoenix blood within her boiled uncontrollably, and she felt like a furnace emitting an alluring fragrance.
Her beautiful face was flushed, fine beads of fragrant sweat seeped from her forehead, and her long legs subconsciously wrapped around Jiang Chen's waist, attempting to conduct the excess heat within her body to this "human radiator" through this large area of skin-to-skin contact.
"Jiang Chen... don't move around..." Su Qingyue bit her red lips, her voice as soft and glutinous as a pool of spring water.
Jiang Chen's large hand unconsciously stroked the soft flesh at her waist, and that electric-like sensation made her whole body go numb, yet she couldn't bear to push him away.
On the right side, however, was the complete opposite scene.
As an Ice Phoenix Dao Body, Mu Qingxue had her Cold Poison completely triggered in this high-altitude, extremely cold environment.
At this moment, she was like a piece of beautiful ten-thousand-year-old mysterious ice, her complexion pale to the point of transparency, and there was even a faint layer of white frost hanging on her long eyelashes.
To survive, and also for that unspeakable craving, she had to abandon her reserve as a mentor, clinging to Jiang Chen's chest like an octopus.
"Cold... so cold..."
Mu Qingxue murmured in a half-dreaming, half-waking state, her hands gripping Jiang Chen's back tightly, wishing she could knead herself into his bones and blood.
Jiang Chen's scorching pure Yang Qi and blood were the only salvation in the world for her. Whenever Jiang Chen's heat flowed into her, she couldn't help but let out a light groan that was extremely suppressed, yet soul-stirring and bone-melting.
As for the foot of the bed, the shrunken version of the biochemical beast 002 was lying on the carpet, playing with an alloy bone.
And the Beast Clan Saintess, Iliya, was forced to transform into her original nine-tailed fox form, her nine fluffy and large tails covering Jiang Chen's lower abdomen and legs, acting as the world's most expensive "thermostatic leather blanket."
"Damn human... to actually use this Saintess's tail as a blanket..." Iliya roared in grief and indignation in her heart, but her body was very honest as she curled into a ball.
Because only by sticking to Jiang Chen could she, under the protection of that nightmare aura, avoid worrying about being scanned by the Divine Sense of powerful figures outside.
Just at this moment, when the room was filled with spring scenery and the atmosphere was ambiguous to the extreme.
"Beep—! Beep—! Beep—!"
A burst of urgent and piercing red alarm sounds suddenly exploded inside the cabin, breaking the tranquility.
"What's going on?!"
Su Qingyue woke up with a start, not bothering to tidy her messy clothes, and quickly grabbed the tablet computer by the bedside.
On the screen, countless scarlet data streams were scrolling frantically.
"Not good! Our flight path has been locked on!" Su Qingyue's expression changed, her voice tinged with a hint of anxiety. "The Dark Web just issued an S-class bounty for Jiang Chen! The Tianli Research Institute has put up 50 billion, plus one 'Genetic Ascension Potion,' to buy Jiang Chen's life! They even include us..."
"50 billion?"
Jiang Chen, who had been sleeping soundly, heard this number and struggled to lift his eyelids just a sliver.
In that instant, a deep purple light flashed in the depths of his eyes, which was a sign of highly concentrated Mental Energy.
"These poor wretches, who are they looking down on?"
Jiang Chen yawned, his voice hoarse and filled with heavy Waking Up Anger. "My pillow, made from a Star Core, is valued at 80 billion. 50 billion wants to buy my life? It's not even enough to make me open my eyes."
"It's not about the money right now!" Mu Qingxue also forced herself to sit up despite the cold, placing her hand on the cabin wall to sense the air fluctuations outside, her expression grave. "At least three powerful auras are approaching at high speed! One of them... carries a strong smell of blood; it's at the 'Vampire Prince' level of the West!"
"And another one... the power of thunder is extremely violent; it should be one of the Hidden Families in the country that doesn't want to see you rise."
Mu Qingxue looked at Jiang Chen, her eyes full of worry. "Jiang Chen, how has your Mental Energy recovered? If you force a fight..."
"Mental Energy?"
Jiang Chen rubbed his temples; on the System interface in his mind, the blue Mental Energy bar had only recovered to 60%.
【System Prompt: Detected that the host has not slept enough.】
【Current Status: Sluggish (All Attributes -30%).】
【Warning: Encountered high-energy reaction interception ahead; it is recommended to immediately find a landing spot to "catch up on sleep."】
"I can probably still unleash two big moves," Jiang Chen said nonchalantly, grabbing one of Iliya's tails to wipe the drool from the corner of his mouth. "However, it should be enough to deal with a few flies."
"Boom—!!!"
Before he finished speaking, the fuselage shook violently. A thick beam of thunderous light tore through the clouds and slammed fiercely into the plane's defensive shield.
"Alarm! Left engine damaged! Shield energy dropped to 30%! Encountered unknown aerial attack!"
The plane began to bounce violently, and a sense of weightlessness hit instantly.
"Ah!" Su Qingyue exclaimed, throwing herself uncontrollably into Jiang Chen's arms.
"Tsk, how annoying."
Jiang Chen's brows locked tight; this turbulence severely affected his sleep quality.
He slowly raised his right hand and grabbed into the void toward the ceiling of the plane (which was the sky outside).
【Skill: Sleepwalking · Gravity Reversal.】
"Steady... for me."
Hum!
An invisible Mental Energy field instantly enveloped the entire plane.
The originally tottering fuselage miraculously froze in the air for a moment, then, as if supported by an invisible hand, began to glide steadily.
"This..." Su Qingyue and Mu Qingxue looked at each other, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.
Lifting a plane weighing tens of tons with just Mental Energy? Is this still the Grandmaster Realm?
"Don't just stare."
Jiang Chen closed his eyes, his finger pointing toward the vast white snowfield below. "Below is the entrance to the Kunlun Mountains. Since they want to play, we'll play with them on the ground. Fighting in the sky... the wind is too strong, it's easy to mess up my hairstyle."
"Prepare for an emergency landing!"
At Jiang Chen's command, his Mental Energy controlled the plane, diving toward the snow-covered hinterland of the Kunlun Mountains in a determined and domineering posture.
And in his perception, within that world of white snow, several red dots filled with malice were like wolves waiting for prey, having already bared their fangs.
"I hope your bones are hard enough," Jiang Chen hooked his lips into a cruel arc, burying his head back into Iliya's tail, "to cool down my Waking Up Anger."