The moment he heard Yu Ran's voice, Lu Zexuan retreated immediately. However, no one expected that the strange purple trees around the "hill" suddenly came alive, baring their fangs and claws, and fiercely swept down to the ground!
Lu Zexuan was caught off guard by the claws. Those "plants" seemed to have spirituality at this time. They tumbled and waved in the air, like the tentacles of an octopus in the deep sea, pulling down the nearby airships one by one.
Tang Ce's airship was thrown out by the purple claws and did a 360-degree continuous roll in the air, which was more exciting than a roller coaster. He was dizzy and controlled the airship balancer while shouting in the headset: "Retreat! Fly higher!"
The hummingbird and chameleon who were with him were also swept away by the airship.
The sentinels who followed behind the reconnaissance team were also not spared - there were too many purple plants here, and the densely packed claw-like plants became active at the same time. In front of these huge "monsters", human airships were as small as flying insects.
This scene reminded Yu Ran of an animal he had seen in Triangulum Austral—the red-eyed spider.
The spider was huge in size, and it used hard spider silk to weave a strange spider web. It waited motionlessly for its prey to fly into its hunting range. When there were enough prey, it would suddenly close the web and catch them all.
This is not a plant!
It is a highly intelligent animal!
When Yu Ran was exploring with the mind tentacles just now, he did not notice any emotional fluctuations, because it was lurking patiently. Those claw-like things that shot up into the sky and looked like trees were actually their claws!
It had been quietly observing the humans who had entered its territory, until those humans drove their airships into its encirclement, then it suddenly launched an attack, hoping to eliminate all these "invaders" in one wave!
Yu Ran clenched his fingers nervously, staring at the scene on the screen intently.
Moore's face turned pale as well: "What kind of monster is this?!"
Zhao Quan, who was in charge of protecting Yu Ran, immediately pulled out the electromagnetic knife he carried with him, stood in front of Yu Ran like a guard, and said vigilantly: "The starship is in the high altitude, it is relatively safe, they can't attack the starship, everyone be careful!"
Moore reminded Lu Zexuan: "Captain Lu, fly higher! Their range of movement is limited and they can't reach high altitudes."
Lu Zexuan's low voice came: "Received."
At this time, the members of the Falcon Special Forces had already been swallowed up by the "purple ocean".
Those claw-like "purple plants" - no, they should be the limbs of some animal. They nimbly grabbed the airship and pulled hard. The hummingbird rushed to the front, and the airship was about to be torn to pieces by its claws -
Tang Ce shouted, "Sister Bird, be careful!"
At this time, his airship was standing upside down. Tang Ce turned his head downwards and pulled the balance bar with both hands. The firepower of the airship instantly increased to the extreme. He flipped flexibly in the air, threw off the claws that were entangled around him, and chased directly in the direction where the hummingbird fell!
Tang Ce drove the airship at lightning speed, and while chasing, he opened the attack artillery. With a loud "bang", the base of the hummingbird's claws was instantly blown into ashes by Tang Ce, and the thick black liquid splashed everywhere like a rainstorm!
"Aoao--" A deafening roar sounded in my ears, and the whole earth seemed to be shaking.
The claws' attacks became more and more fierce, and the purple ocean was like a huge wave, ready to swallow up all the invaders.
After Hummingbird was rescued, she immediately regained control of the airship, drove it to Tang Ce's side, and asked fearfully, "Where's Xiaolong?!"
Tang Ce looked back in the direction of Lu Xiaolong. His airship was also swept into the depths of the purple ocean and submerged by countless claws. At this time, he could only barely see the logo of the Falcon Corps on the airship through the gaps between the claws...
In this situation, firing rashly may easily injure teammates.
Tang Ce and Fengniao were anxiously trying to find a solution.
The next moment, a clear cry of an eagle was heard suddenly from the sky, and then the electromagnetic knife in Lu Zexuan's hand drew a white arc of light, cutting off all the claws that were entangled with him!
The man spread his huge wings and swooped down from the sky like lightning.
He swung the electromagnetic knife in his hand left and right skillfully, and actually cut a bloody path in the purple ocean!
Lu Xiaolong, who was caught in the deep, thought he was dead this time.
As a result, at the moment when he desperately wanted to close his eyes, he suddenly saw the sharp claws that were entangled with him being cut apart one by one, and a familiar face appeared in his sight.
The man's eyes were sharp and his voice was calm: "Everyone, fly to high altitude immediately and retreat to the starship!"
After being rescued, Lv Xiaolong stepped on the airship controller decisively and rushed out like an arrow from the gap where Lu Zexuan had shot himself. But soon after he was out, those claws cleverly turned back and trapped Lu Zexuan again.
Seeing Lu Zexuan being engulfed by the claws, Hummingbird shouted, “Captain Lu, I’m here to help you!”
She simply abandoned the airship and landed lightly on those "claws".
Compared to piloting an airship, Hummingbird has the most agile spirit body among the Sentinels, especially when facing such a large animal. She can rely on her own flexibility and lightness to dodge the opponent's attacks and fight fast with fast.
The hummingbird rode on one of the sharp claws and slashed around quickly with the dagger in its hand!
She jumped and shuttled quickly between those sharp claws, and soon arrived near Lu Zexuan.
Lu Zexuan was fighting with the sharp claws. When he sensed the hummingbird approaching, the pressure on his back suddenly eased. He immediately turned around and cut off the claws that were attacking him. The moment he flew up, he grabbed the hummingbird by the back of the collar and brought her into the sky.
Looking down from the sky, one can clearly see that most of the Falcon Special Forces' airships are tightly controlled by those sharp claws. One airship after another is like a small insect that has strayed into a spider web and is stuck, unable to move at all!
You cannot use fire bombing at this time, you must engage in close combat to save your teammates.
Hummingbird's expression changed slightly, and he said in a trembling voice: "Captain Lu, this... this monster is too big! Why does it have so many claws?!"
The animal with the most claws she knew was the centipede, which could have up to a hundred legs. But the monster she encountered today had so many claws that it was impossible to count them. The claws pointing up to the sky were like a vast ocean.
Is this a fucking millipede
Lu Zexuan said coldly: "More than one - we may have alarmed the herd!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden buzzing sound under his feet, and the entire ground began to shake violently like an earthquake. Immediately afterwards, one monster after another finally revealed their true appearances -
It was a monster that looked very much like an octopus, with countless tentacle-like claws. They were sleeping underground, and the two "hills" we saw just now were most likely their heads.
As the monsters awakened one after another, the claws attacked faster and more fiercely. They seemed to be angry, roaring and attacking the annoying "little bugs" around them.
At this moment, Lu Zexuan heard a cry of pain coming from the headset: "Ah ah—"
An airship was torn apart by the monster, and a sentinel of the Falcon Legion had his body torn in half. Dazzling blood spurted out from the inside of the airship, and the lower half of the sentinel's body was swallowed up by the claws in the blink of an eye!
Lu Zexuan looked at this scene with a rage. He flew forward without hesitation and cut off those claws at lightning speed, and quickly led the team member, who had only half of his body left, out of the encirclement of the claws.
The sentry who was torn in half fainted from the pain.
He was a military academy graduate who had just reported to the Falcon Special Forces yesterday. This was the first time he encountered such a scene and he lacked combat experience. When the airship got entangled and flipped over, he was upside down and in a panic, he failed to open the protective shield in time, causing the airship to be quickly torn apart!
He is only 20 years old this year and this is his first time on the battlefield.
His parents must be waiting for news of his return in the capital star... instead of waiting for the sad news that "your son has died"!
Lu Zexuan did not hesitate any longer and threw the injured team member to his spiritual body White Eagle: "Take him to the treatment cabin."
White Eagle worriedly asked in his mind: "Do you want your spirit body to cooperate in the battle? If so, the energy consumption will be doubled!"
Lu Zexuan interrupted it: "Go!"
White Eagle had no choice but to obey his master's orders and flew towards the starship with the injured Sentinel.
The Falcon starship hovering high in the sky was relatively safe at this time. Yu Ran looked at the big screen anxiously. Because the surveillance drone was attacked and crashed, the starship lost the surveillance signal. The picture on the screen became blurry and he could not see what was happening in the distance at all.
At this moment, Yu Ran heard the clear cry of the white eagle.
He looked up and saw a white falcon with its wings spread, flying back with a wounded sentinel.
Yu Ran's heart sank suddenly: "Is he crazy? Let the spirit body fight together?"
—Spirit body coordinated combat means that the spirit body is transformed from an illusory image in the four-dimensional space into a physical entity in the three-dimensional world to assist the master in fighting. Both sentinels and guides can use spirit bodies to cooperate in combat, but in this case, the sentinel's physical energy consumption and the guide's mental energy consumption will double.
The guide's mental strength was exhausted, and the worst that could happen was that he fell asleep, but the sentinel...
Once the ability is severely depleted, it is likely to lead to the collapse of the mental picture and sudden frenzy!
Yu Ran clenched his fingers and looked at Bai Ying: "What are you doing?!"
White Eagle said aggrievedly: "This sentinel is dying, and we must use the treatment cabin immediately... I can only listen to him!"
It dropped the sentinel into the landing capsule, then looked at the little white fox reluctantly, spread its wings and flew away.
Yu Ran frowned and said nothing. He quickly turned around and carried the unconscious sentry in with Moore. Half of the sentry's body had been torn off. He had lost too much blood and fell into a coma. If he didn't enter the treatment cabin, he would die soon.
Lu Zexuan also had to save other teammates and was too busy to do so, so he asked Bai Ying to bring the wounded back.
Moore's face turned pale. While treating the seriously injured sentry, he whispered, "Captain Lu often does this. This is not the first time that the spirits have cooperated in combat. He will not let any of the soldiers who follow him die in vain."
Yu Ran: “…”
He's a really good captain.
Regardless of his own safety, he only wanted to save people at the first time. Even though this new recruit had just been in the Falcon Special Forces for one day and was not familiar with Lu Zexuan at all, in Lu Zexuan's heart, this was also a comrade he needed to protect.
***
In the distance, Lu Zexuan clenched the electromagnetic knife in his hand and shouted sternly: "Hummingbird, Vulture, follow me to rescue people! Xiao Tang and A Long will provide support in the air! Everyone else, if the shield is breached, abandon the airship immediately to save your life, hold on!"
At the captain's command, the sentinels quickly abandoned the airship.
The airship's protective shield has been shattered by these sharp claws, but there is still a glimmer of hope in close combat.
Most of the sentinels are very strong in close combat, especially the beast-like spirit sentinels. Although they have a large number of claws, the electromagnetic knives in their hands can cut through iron like mud. They can hold on for a while by chopping one by one.
There was a spirit that was a sentinel of the turtle. He covered himself with a hard shell. The monster's sharp claws attacked his shell frantically. The sentinel was sweating profusely. His abilities were overused, and his mental picture was shaking wildly. He was about to collapse.
At this moment, a white blade cut through the sky—
The sharp claws that attacked him were all cut off by the electromagnetic knife, and Lu Zexuan, with a dirty face, appeared in front of him, tore the back of his collar, flew him high into the sky, and simply threw him to the white eagle.
Bai Ying cooperated with his master and sent the sentinel to Tang Ce and Lu Xiaolong.
Tang Ce and Lu Xiaolong were the first to escape danger and met their teammates in the sky, but the airship could only hold two people at most, and transporting them one by one was too slow. Tang Ce thought of a way and said, "Brother Long, lower the stabilizer on the top of the airship and use it as a standing platform. Let everyone stand on it and we will take turns transporting our teammates!"
Lu Xiaolong reacted and immediately followed Tang Ce's instructions: "Got it!"
White Eagle placed the rescued people on the platform above the airship.
The hummingbird took advantage of its flexibility and lightness to quickly jump and shuttle between its sharp claws, helping Lu Zexuan deal with the pressure from behind!
Zhao Feng, whose spiritual body is a vulture, also uses the ability of spiritual bodies to cooperate in combat—the vulture spreads its black wings and flies with Lu Zexuan. The sharp beak of the bird of prey is like a sharp hook, fiercely biting off the claws that surround Lu Zexuan!
The three of them worked together to rescue, and one trapped sentinel after another was sent into the sky by them.
Tang Ce and Lu Xiaolong took turns transporting, and a group of five people were quickly sent back to the starship. The sentinels who returned to the starship were temporarily safe, but everyone was still in shock, and they anxiously ran to the command desk and looked at their teammates who were still fighting in the distance.
Nothing could be seen clearly on the screen, and the expressions on everyone's faces became increasingly solemn.
"Captain Lu seems injured." A sentinel whose spirit form is a silver wolf said worriedly.
"..." Yu Ran's heart trembled, and he asked hurriedly: "Is the injury serious?"
Silver Wolf replied: "I saw his shoulder bleeding. It must have been torn by his claws when he was saving us!"
Yu Ran was extremely anxious, staring at the churning purple ocean beneath his feet.
This was the first time he felt so anxious and worried. Lu Zexuan was an S-class sentinel. After the spirit body cooperated with the White Eagle, his combat power doubled. He was able to deal with so many claws and save his teammates. This showed how strong the man was.
But Yu Ran was still very worried.
The hidden dangers in his spiritual world have not been eliminated yet. If this continues, it will be very dangerous!
***
The eagles and falcons fought in coordination, consuming double their abilities, and one sentinel after another was rescued by Lu Zexuan.
40…
42…
Lu Zexuan was exhausted, and his dirty camouflage uniform was soaked with sweat. The man's hand holding the electromagnetic knife was shaking slightly, and his whole body was covered with the monster's thick blood. He couldn't even see the color of his clothes. His left shoulder was injured and was still bleeding.
The white eagle was not so energetic, and its flying speed was obviously reduced. It reminded weakly: "Master, you need to rest."
Lu Zexuan tried to remain calm and asked into the headset: "Xiao Tang, how many people did you save?"
Tang Ce said: "46 people have been rescued!"
There are a total of 52 members of the Falcon Special Forces dispatched this time. Excluding their 5-member rescue team, he should rescue 47 people.
There is another one, where is it
Lu Zexuan took a deep breath, endured the discomfort in his mind, forced himself to use his ability to fly high into the sky, and scanned the ground with sharp eyes.
Most of the claws were unwilling to accept the loss of their prey, and they were baring their fangs and claws at the rescue ship in the sky. But there was a place where the claws were besieging something...
It's there!
Lu Zexuan swooped down without hesitation. The man's slightly trembling hands clenched the electromagnetic knife and cut off the claws as fast as lightning, revealing a sentinel surrounded by claws.
He was a veteran of the Falcon Special Forces, 35 years old, and would be able to retire at the end of the year and go home to take care of his wife and children. At this time, the sentinel was already covered in wounds, and the spiritual crocodile was fighting desperately with the claws around him, and it seemed that he was about to be deformed...
Lu Zexuan's eyes turned cold, and he used up the last of his strength to cut off all the sharp claws around him.
He pulled up the sentry's arm and threw him upward with force: "Go!"
White Eagle caught the sentinel, flew high into the sky, and placed the last teammate on the airship.
Tang Ce shouted anxiously: "Everyone is here, Team Lu, retreat quickly!"
Hummingbird sensed something was wrong, his eyes widened and he shouted, "Captain Lu!"
Zhao Feng yelled, "Young General!"
The wings on Lu Zexuan's shoulders suddenly disappeared, and he fell straight into the depths of the purple ocean.
Inside the starship, Zhao Quan suddenly said anxiously: "Oh no, General Lu has exhausted his abilities!"
Nothing could be seen on the monitoring screen, and the people on the starship had no idea of the battle situation on the scene.
However, the twins' tacit understanding still made Zhao Quan instantly aware of the crisis. He turned around anxiously and wanted to go out to help, but when he looked back, he saw that Yu Ran had already left the command room.
The boy jumped neatly and flipped into a miniature airship.
A blue flame rose from under the airship, and it started instantly, flying out at the fastest speed, like an arrow!
—Lu Zexuan, don’t be afraid, I know what this monster is.
—I'm here to save you.
(End of this chapter)