211: Chapter 211 Pursuit

Boom!

A clap of thunder exploded, and a torrential downpour began to fall from the sky.

Beneath the heavy rain, a pillar of fire surged toward the heavens, evaporating the moisture into a dense white mist.

Inside, a humanoid figure of flame was locked in a fierce battle with Tang Zheng.

The fire spread. Despite the lashing rain, a scorching heat wave swept out. Everyone couldn't help but retreat quickly, reaching a hundred meters away in the blink of an eye, their eyes filled with horror as they stared at everything happening within.

"These crimson flames... isn't that Deputy Captain Zhao's Talent?"

"No, Chu Xuan just said that Azure Dragon has the ability to Copy. Could the Captain really be Azure Dragon?!"

Everyone was incredibly shocked, while Zhang Qiang's eyes seemed ready to spit fire. Just as he was about to rush in, he was stopped by Chu Xuan.

"Everyone, retreat! Get at least a thousand meters away from here. Especially you, Old Zhang—someone tampered with you. You'll be killed instantly if you go over there. Get out of here now!"

At Chu Xuan's warning, everyone was shocked again, but they didn't dare linger and fled one after another.

Perhaps because of the sudden downpour, after only a minute and being repeatedly dispersed by Tang Zheng, the surging flames showed signs of dying out.

"Damn it! You all deserve to die!"

An angry roar sounded from within the fire as the crimson flames rose once again.

"Shut your damn mouth and just die already!"

Tang Zheng radiated light from his entire body. He suppressed the humanoid flame, his arms swinging like machine guns, leaving behind afterimages. Under the continuous heavy blows, the flaming head kept deforming before exploding violently, and even the upper half of its body was completely shattered.

The flames scattered in an instant, only to reform into a humanoid shape not far away a second later. The voice was layered with echoes, sounding neither male nor female, and spoke with extreme shock and fury, "Your time... it wasn't just one minute..."

"I can do this to you all day long!" Tang Zheng flashed with light and lunged forward. He pressed his right hand against the humanoid flame's face and slammed it into the ground, sending countless sparks flying.

A few seconds later, when the flames dissipated again, a giant humanoid White Falcon soared into the sky. In the blink of an eye, it flew a hundred meters high as fierce winds howled and the rain poured down.

"Detonate!"

With a shout, the two fighter jets below and several nearby helicopters exploded simultaneously, engulfing the nearby Tang Zheng.

"The aircraft were all inspected and none were carrying ammunition. How could they explode for no reason?"

"This is Liang Bin's explosion Talent! Hasn't he been dead for several months? It seems even his Talent has been Copied..."

The many Night Watchers who had already run far away couldn't help but look back upon hearing the explosions.

Meanwhile, the White Falcon high in the sky had blood-red eyes. It glared at Chu Xuan, who had never left, and laughed maniacally.

"Planned for so long, only to be ruined in a single day..."

"As expected of Tianji, you actually made me suffer such a huge setback!"

"But for all your calculations, you still missed one thing. I'm going to kill your original body now. Can you escape? I already know your location. Without Tang Zheng's protection, it will only take me a second to kill you!"

"Hahahaha! Just wait for death in fear!"

Leaving behind these words full of resentment, the White Falcon in the sky turned into a streak of white light. It rose hundreds of meters high, pierced through the rain, and rode the wind, speeding toward the highway over ten kilometers away from the Research Base.

"A distance of about eighteen kilometers. My top speed can reach two hundred meters per second; I'll be there in less than two minutes. Even if you run now, it's too late. You're dead!"

Intense killing intent flickered in the White Falcon's sharp eyes. Piercing through the layers of rain, it seemed to be looking at its target ten kilometers away.

"Hmm? Why is Chu Xuan coming toward me? And this speed... Wait, that's not right!"

In that very instant.

At the limit of his vision, which was far sharper than a normal falcon's, two imperceptible black dots were tearing into his field of view at a terrifying speed several times the speed of sound.

"Missiles?"

Just as the thought emerged, two PL-15 medium-range air-to-air missiles, trailing plumes of fire, slammed into him with a massive roar.

Amidst the thunderous explosion, flames surged, shattering the falling curtain of rain and creating a brief vacuum.

A second later, the flames contracted and transformed back into the White Falcon, which shot off in the opposite direction.

Soon, as the rain filled the vacuum once again, accompanied by the roar of jet engines, a J-10 fighter jet burst through the rain in pursuit.

"Azure Dragon, you're dead!"

On the fighter jet's control panel, Chu Xuan had already spotted the White Falcon at the edge of his vision, while the radar display clearly marked the opponent's position.

The reason he had left a Clone at the Research Base while his original body departed was not just to attract Azure Dragon's attention.

It was because he had been sitting in this fighter jet all along, ready to take off at any moment to ensure Azure Dragon wouldn't escape.

This fully loaded J-10 fighter jet was something Qin Qing had arranged during her second trip to the Air Force Base this morning. Using her identity as an Inspector and Heart Bewitchment on the base's high-ranking officials, she had managed to requisition it.

During this time, Han Cheng hadn't moved, and Ming Xiucheng was holding a meeting for everyone, so they couldn't have tampered with anything else.

That section of the highway had also been cordoned off by the Security Department long ago, specifically to serve as a runway for this fighter jet.

When Tang Zheng made his move, the fighter jet had already begun its ascent. By the time Azure Dragon transformed into the White Falcon and gave chase, Chu Xuan had already completed the takeoff.

Under Chu Xuan's perfect-level Fighter Jet Piloting skills, this single-operator fighter jet delivered a crushing blow right at the start.

"You can probably only reform two more times!"

Chu Xuan sneered. The White Falcon's speed of nearly five hundred kilometers per hour was insignificant before this supersonic fighter jet.

He launched another PL-12 medium-range air-to-air missile.

The White Falcon ahead suddenly pulled up, charging toward the clouds and narrowly avoiding the missile, which almost grazed its tail feathers.

As the missile automatically tracked the heat source, the White Falcon suddenly spread its wings and forced a change into a dive.

Although its speed couldn't match the fighter jet or the missiles, its maneuverability was far superior. In its dive, it skimmed over a steep mountain ridge almost parallel to the ground.

Boom!

The missile exploded, and the shockwave spread, but it didn't cause much damage to the White Falcon.

"Again!"

Chu Xuan fired two more PL-10 short-range air-to-air missiles, but they were still evaded at the last moment. Seeing the White Falcon seemingly trying to close in...

Chu Xuan's expression turned cold. He adjusted his direction and made a wide arc, refusing to let the opponent get close. However, the White Falcon was like a sticky plaster, stubbornly trying to pursue him.

"Fine, I'll finish you off right here!"

Chu Xuan's face was cold as a black diamond-shaped crystal instantly appeared in his left hand.

—System, use the jiyue crystal to upgrade my Fighter Jet Piloting skill.

[Consume 16 skill points?]

—Upgrade it!

The next second, the diamond-shaped crystal vanished, followed by another prompt from the System.

[You used 1 jiyue crystal and 16 skill points. Your Fighter Jet Piloting skill Rank has been increased to LV.MAX+1 (Transcendent).]

[Remaining skill points: 9]