The face of the chief uncle, who was flying at high speed, suddenly changed, and the faces of the rest of them also became strangely ugly!
The chief uncle's face became gloomy, and he made a hand gesture, and the party sped up.
At the same time, the light in the masked man's eyes flared, and Butchie's expression changed. The other card artisans were all shocked.
Without saying anything, everyone immediately sped up, and the whole team silently flew in the direction of the energy fluctuations.
Wei-ah suddenly raised his head and looked out the window.
Chen Mu, who had been transmitting the data to the System, stopped what he was doing and looked out the window with some surprise.
What a powerful energy fluctuation!
Such a powerful energy fluctuation could only be produced in a large-scale battle.
Who would dare to fight so brazenly in the city center?
Chen Mu suddenly furrowed his brow. The fluctuation was very close to where they were, not more than 2,000 meters away.
After his perception had been enhanced, his judgment had become more accurate. If it had been before, he would have been able to feel it, but he would never have been able to reach such a precise level.
For card artisans, 2,000 meters was just the blink of an eye.
For a large-scale melee, it wouldn't be considered a distance.
If there were to be a large-scale melee, and they were in the range of the firepower, it would be too dangerous.
That energy fluctuation was really too powerful, and he could imagine the terrifying firepower contained within it.
He was afraid the entire Heaven's Wings building would be razed to the ground.
But, what puzzled him was that very few people would dare to fight in the city center.
There were tall buildings everywhere in the city center, and there were a lot of pedestrians, most of whom were ordinary citizens without the ability to protect themselves.
Once a fight broke out in the city center, it would cause serious civilian casualties.
No ruler would want to see that, whether it was a ruler in name or a ruler in reality.
For rulers, they would always want good order in their jurisdiction, which would be more conducive to their development and the accumulation of wealth.
So, in most urban areas, card artisans were prohibited from fighting.
Very few people would challenge that prohibition, no matter how strong or weak the card artisans were.
In that era, military power was certainly important, but some other things, such as reputation, couldn't be ignored.
Most aces were rather protective of their reputation.
Chen Mu didn't care about any of that.
Generally speaking, as long as he wasn't under threat, our classmate Chen Mu could be called a standard peaceful person.
But, that time, he couldn't keep his cool.
The energy fluctuations in the air were heating up at an alarming rate, and he could already smell the danger.
That place wasn't safe!
There was no trace of Wei-ah.
Chen Mu had always had complete confidence in Wei-ah's ability to protect himself.
He didn't have half a chance of winning against Wei-ah then.
Even if he pulled away from Wei-ah, the tailless shuttle he had released would still be unable to hit Wei-ah.
Wei-ah was like a wild beast with battle instincts. He was always good at taking advantage of all the conditions he could.
He didn't have any perception, but his ability to detect danger was stronger than hers.
He didn't know how to fly, but his high-speed running speed wasn't inferior to him flying at full speed.
He didn't know where such a freak had popped up from. Wei-ah's existence had completely subverted the definition of human in Chen Mu's mind.
Listening with rapt attention, it was quiet downstairs. Chen Mu was a little surprised. Could those guys have sensed the danger?
After a while, he suddenly remembered that today was Sunday, and there were no employees at work.
Just as he was about to turn off the communication array, the System's voice came from the communications card. "If you turn it off, the transmission will fail. Do you want to turn it off?"
Chen Mu was speechless.
He was almost halfway through the transmission. If he failed, he would have to start all over again.
"Can you stop for a while?" Chen Mu asked.
"Yes, within three hours."
Three hours should be enough for him to get far away from the battlefield.
It was a good thing the communications array wasn't that big, and Chen Mu simply carried it with one arm.
Opening the window and taking a look to see that there was no one around, he slid along the wall of the building.
Like a nimble gecko, he stuck closely to the outer wall of the building, and he slid along the shadows the whole time.
The big mud fish card had an inconceivable flexibility, which made Chen Mu's movements even more erratic and strange.
Shrinking into a hidden corner, the whole corner was completely covered by the shadows. If you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to find Chen Mu hiding there.
Slowing his breathing, he carefully adjusted the vibration frequency of the spiral perceptual spring in his body, making it carefully approach the "golden frequency" of breath control.
That was the method of concealment he had fumbled out. He had used it the last time to evade the probing of Anna's "ripple" card and then successfully mount a sneak attack.
That method didn't have the side effects of breath control, but it was a lot less effective.
Not only did it not have the special calming effect of breath control, but its concealment effect wasn't as perfect as it was.
But that was enough for Chen Mu just then.
And it didn't have any side effects, so he could use it at any time.
In the sky, dozens of card artisans were floating in confrontation, and the dense, almost tangible energy fluctuations in the air indicated that it was the prelude to an attack.
Running around at that time would be no different from seeking death, so Chen Mu could only hide for the time being.
Then, Chen Mu witnessed a spectacular scene.
Glowing blades, light beams, and energy bombs that covered the sky whistled straight toward the three of them in the sky like raindrops.
The high-speed wavy blades made a sharp whistling sound as they cut through the air, and the fine, perfectly straight light beams left gorgeous, glaring trajectories. That, combined with the low whine of the energy bombs, mixed together.
It was like a symphony, without any prelude, suddenly reaching its climax.
Apart from those three most common methods of attack, there were still many other bizarre energy attacks.
The light that was suddenly released by those energies was even stronger than the sun, turning everything white. The shadows in the corner where Chen Mu was were driven away by that dazzling light, and his figure was immediately exposed.
But no one was paying attention to him at that time, as everyone was stunned by that kind of attack, including Chen Mu himself.
Boom, boom, boom!
The energy bombs exploded on the ground, on the houses, and on the buildings. Balls of fire blossomed, and the sound waves of the violent explosions formed shock waves, carrying with them countless gravel, which spread around at an alarming speed.
Chen Mu was a little surprised, never having thought that there would be anyone who would dare to attack so wantonly in the city!
Compared to the scene in front of him, what he had seen before, or what he had encountered in Eastern Shang-Wei City, was simply child's play.
Although he was surprised, Chen Mu's reaction was extremely fast, and he used his fastest speed to activate the bipolar thunderball card, which was the most powerful energy cloak he had just then.
The five little thunderballs spun merrily around his body on their own.
Peng, peng, peng!
In the blink of an eye, he had blocked two wavy blades and one energy bomb.
The Heaven's Wings building under his feet was miserable, having been hit by three energy bombs in an instant!
Those energy bombs exploded on the glass on the outer wall, and the protective glass with its outstanding defensive properties was blown into countless fragments.
In a few short seconds, the Heaven's Wings building had already changed beyond recognition.
The high heat waves formed by the energy bombs' explosions nearly blew Chen Mu off. Although he wasn't injured, his head and face were covered in dust from the explosion.
Hugo's face, which had already been terrifying, then looked unusually sinister as he watched the flames formed by the explosions in front of him.
His tone was so calm you couldn't hear the slightest ripple. "Abing and Bia are dead." It was as though he were narrating a fact, using his unique ear-piercing voice.
Everyone traveling with him, including Butchie, knew that Hugo was furious!
They were equally furious, including Butchie!
And in another direction.
"I'll go first, and you follow." The chief uncle threw those words out and immediately sped up.
He had already seen the scene of the battle in the distance, and the sound of the huge explosions had already spread far away.
He could imagine what kind of battle had just been over there!
Just now, he had lost contact with Howie, and this made him extremely anxious.
He hoped Wei-ah was all right!
Chen Mu was a little worried about Wei-ah.
An ace like Wei-ah wasn't afraid of his adversary's purposeful attacks. What they were most afraid of was a melee.
A disorderly attack in a melee would be even more deadly for them.
That was something no one could control. It was luck.
Chen Mu very quickly didn't have time to worry about Wei-ah.
He had discovered that the firepower seemed to be getting fiercer.
Could those guys want to destroy Pomelo?
Chen Mu couldn't care less as he rushed to escape.
With a quick glance, he shockingly discovered that one of the three people who had been the targets of the attack was still alive.
Chen Mu didn't think he had the ability to escape unscathed from such intense firepower.
However, although that person looked dispirited, he was indeed still alive.
The one who was still alive was Howie, and the reason he was still alive was because of one of his cards, a card called the Steel Helmet.
Before that, he hadn't liked the Steel Helmet because he thought the name was ugly. He hadn't thought it would save his life that time.
The Steel Helmet was a card his father had given him, and it was said to have a long history.
It was an energy cloak card, but it was completely different from an ordinary energy cloak card.
Its greatest characteristic was that its defensive capabilities were outstanding.
He had tried all kinds of attack methods but had never been able to shake it.
But, it had a fatal weakness. Like its name, once it was activated, it was like wearing a very heavy steel helmet. Movement would become very slow.
The tempo of a battle between modern card artisans was very fast, and maintaining high-speed flight was the most basic requirement.
Once the speed dropped, there was no doubt he would die.
Ordinarily, he wouldn't use the Steel Helmet, but because it was a relic of his father's, he had always plugged it into his apparatus.
He hadn't thought it would save him at the critical moment.
Perhaps it was his father's spirit in Heaven!
A thought flashed through Howie's mind.
But, the firepower just then had been so fierce that even the indestructible Steel Helmet had collapsed in an instant. What made him feel even more hopeless was that the Steel Helmet card in his apparatus had already been broken into several pieces and was completely damaged.
In other words, he could no longer use the Steel Helmet.
By then, he was completely relying on his outstanding flight ability to dodge. Within a few seconds, there were already a few more blood grooves on his body.
Trapped in a dangerous situation, he calmed down and struggled to hold on.
He understood that no one could save him by that time. If he wanted to live, he could only rely on himself.
The chief uncle and Hugo's party arrived at the same time.
Seeing Howie covered in blood and struggling to hold on, the chief uncle's old eyes immediately turned red. Without any hesitation, he raised his hand and shot out five blue lines.
Each of the five blue lines was as thick as a finger and about two meters long, like five blue snakes.
Chen Mu didn't forget to look back at the situation in the sky as he fled.
When he saw those five blue lines, he immediately recognized the card the chief uncle was using. It was the Blue Polar Snake Line card.
The people who had been chasing him in Eastern Shang-Wei City had used it.
Chen Mu had later specifically looked up information about the Blue Polar Snake Line, which was quite popular with high-grade card artisans.
Its special characteristic was that when it was used, it produced very little energy fluctuations.
That was very similar to the tailless shuttle card in Chen Mu's hand.
But the energy fluctuations produced by the tailless shuttle were even smaller than those of the Blue Polar Snake Line, and they were harder to detect.
Chen Mu had relied on the tailless shuttle to kill a professional card artisan that day at such a short distance.
Every time he thought about it, he couldn't help but sigh in admiration at his own boldness at that time.
The ignorant are fearless. That phrase really made sense.
The current him didn't dare to do the same thing.
The Blue Polar Snake Line card was a three-star card, which just so happened to be within the scope of Chen Mu's research.
From a card master's point of view, Chen Mu didn't feel there was anything too outstanding about the Blue Polar Snake Line card.
The power of its initial energy composition wasn't very great, which required the card artisan himself to make adjustments and optimizations to its energy composition.
That was to say, if the Blue Polar Snake Line card was to be used well, the user would have to have very strong perceptual control.
That middle-aged man in the sky had used the Blue Polar Snake Line card very well.
Once the five blue lights left the control of the chief uncle, they were like five blue snakes smelling blood, or like five meandering blue lightning bolts leaping straight out.
They were so fast that it was too much for the eye to follow.
Pu pu pu!
The three blue lights sank into the chests of the three card artisans who had been attacking Howie. The three of them were stunned, having no idea where the attack had come from.
The three of them, who had lost control, fell head first from the sky and smashed into the building, where they fell into a bloody mess.
The other two blue lights abruptly exploded into two balls of light and were annihilated in the air.
Machida was staring at the chief uncle with a devilish flush on his face, and his black windbreaker was flapping in the wind.
The butterfly-shaped wavy blades were turning back and forth between his fingers, and he let out a nervous chuckle.
The wavy blades were exquisite and elegant, shaped like butterflies. Their graceful and smooth curves were like works of art. They were entirely white and appeared translucent, as sparkling and clear as crystal.
That was the manifestation of a high degree of energy materialization.
The chief uncle's expression turned serious, and his experience told him that the tall and thin guy in front of him wouldn't be so easy to deal with.
Hugo rushed over with a large group of people to see Howie under attack.
Howie looked miserable, with who knew how many wounds all over his body. He had long since lost the ease and smoothness of his flight. His mind was a blank, and he was in a subconscious state of battle.
Poor him, not knowing he was already being watched.
The fiery battle scene immediately made these guys who were overflowing with battle intent excited all of a sudden.
Although Howie was covered in blood, he was still recognized at a glance.
It was that damned guy!
He didn't know what was going on, but Howie's mind was suddenly sober for a brief moment.
He saw Hugo's unique half-masked face, and he shivered, his mind abruptly sobering.
When he came into contact with the hateful gazes of Hugo and the others, he reacted quickly and immediately pointed at Guy and shouted at Hugo, "They killed those two!"
Once he said that, the scene immediately became chaotic.
Guy launched an attack without hesitation!
Only then did he realize that the two people he had just killed weren't on the same side as that kid, who could be compared to a cockroach.
But he was a decisive person. Since the enmity had been sown, there was no use thinking about it now.
On the contrary, at such a critical moment, any hesitation could cause the entire team to sink into a situation from which there would be no hope of redemption.
Hugo and Guy attacked almost at the same time. Once he did, he shocked everyone present!
His upper body leaned forward slightly, and his arms formed a circle in front of his chest. The silver mask flashed and disappeared.
Boom!
A snow-white light beam about one and a half meters in diameter was as dazzling as the sun piercing through the clouds on the chaotic battlefield.
After a brief blindness, there was a deep pit about ten meters in diameter behind Guy and the others. The surface of the pit was scorched black, with smoke rising in spirals.
That thick light beam directly obliterated the lives of five card artisans.
The most terrifying was one of the card artisans. Half of his body had disappeared, and blood was spurting out from one side like a fountain.
He was floating in midair and hadn't yet reacted. It wasn't until the sharp pain came that he realized what had happened.
The shrill scream nearly tore the sky apart. Even someone like Guy couldn't bear to watch.
He fell to the ground with a bang, and the scream abruptly stopped.
Lu Xiaoru was patting her chest with lingering fear, though no one was paying attention to that flirtatious action.
She had just been grazed by that terrifying light beam, and it was a good thing she had escaped quickly. Otherwise …
Hugo's attack caused a brief silence on the battlefield.
But, under the stimulation of what had just happened, everyone's remaining reason had disappeared.
Guy's eyes were red, and he looked like an angry lion. He raised his right hand, and an oval energy bomb gradually took shape in his hand.
The energy bomb wasn't the least bit remarkable and couldn't be seen to be any different from an ordinary energy bomb. Guy's expression was very serious.
With a flash of his eyes, Guy raised the energy bomb in his hand and threw it at Hugo!
The energy bomb flew extremely fast, but the strange thing was that it didn't make any sound.
That unremarkable energy bomb made Hugo's expression change, and he shouted, "Get out of the way!" Before his voice fell, he dodged to the side as fast as he could.
But his warning was still a little too late.
The energy bomb exploded among the card artisans Hugo had brought with him. It was an even more violent explosion than the one before!
Maybe it wasn't an appropriate description of an explosion. In fact, it didn't make any sound.
The energy bomb was like a bright white bubble that suddenly expanded. Six card artisans who hadn't had time to escape were swallowed up by the expanding white glow.
Just as everyone was at a loss, the suddenly expanding white ball of light suddenly made a crisp ping sound and turned into countless tiny white fragments.
The shattered auras that were like snowflakes sprinkled down from the sky above the battlefield, bringing a strange beauty to the hell on earth.
It was chaotic. It was really chaotic!
Butchie was chasing Howie, and the attacks from her hands were unusually sharp.
Her method of attack was very special. She kept emitting some tadpole-like energy bodies. Once they were emitted, they would spontaneously chase after Howie no matter how he dodged.
Those tadpole-like energy bodies had all sorts of characteristics. Some would drill into Howie's skin, and some would gather into a large body and then suddenly explode.
"Howie!" A girl cried out, and Butchie quickly retreated at almost the same time.
She didn't dare to meet the simultaneous attack of more than 20 card artisans.
The position where she had just been standing was submerged by countless energy bodies.
That was the arrival of the chief uncle's reinforcements. The arrival of those 20 card artisans didn't end the battle.
On the contrary, the battlefield became even more chaotic.
Everyone was in a killing frenzy, and they no longer needed to distinguish who was an enemy.
Anyone they didn't recognize was an enemy!
Lu Xiaoru stood in the ruins, her red evening gown already in tatters, revealing the snow-white skin beneath.
Her voluptuous long legs were spread apart, and she was greedily gasping for air.
The battle up there was really too fierce, and she had just nearly died up there.
She took a look at the glaring Kai in midair, as well as Machida, who was having so much fun fighting with the chief uncle. She mocked to herself, Those two idiots, I'm not going to play with you!
The dangers of that day's situation far exceeded any battle she had ever encountered.
Although individual battle power was useful in such a chaotic battle, it was still very limited.
The Central Island Firm had certainly given her a lot of benefits, but she wouldn't be happy to lose her life for that.
In order to control those card artisans, the Central Island Firm had their families under their control, giving them the best life and the best service.
But Ren Wenzhou and the others hadn't realized that Lu Xiaoru's so-called family was only an ordinary family she had bribed.
But in order to make it so that no one could detect any flaws, she had already spent five or six years cultivating her relationship with that family.
No one would have thought she still had quite a few families like that in her hands.
So, she could just leave without a care.
She suddenly stopped in her tracks.
What was it?
Something seemed to be vibrating in her bag.
She fished around in her waist bag. It was a signal ball!
It was vibrating incessantly, and the red light was flashing.
Lu Xiaoru's face suddenly showed a look of ecstasy.
I never thought I would hit the jackpot this time!
Lu Xiaoru held the signal ball in her hand as her beautiful eyes swept all around.
The signal ball had a response, which meant the target was within 50 meters of her.
Once she thought about how if she could capture that person and find the so-called equipment, the reward she would get when she got back would certainly be an astronomical figure.
The firm was very clear on that point, and they never faked it.
Her heart immediately heated up.
In fact, Chen Mu was only 16 meters away from her.