Light Fortress-Chapter 1491 - 209: Light’s Thorn_2

"Since you want to go together... why don’t you pilot?"

Bai Xiu fell silent for two seconds before speaking again.

"It’s simple, I want to see you embarrass yourself."

Mu Wanqiu placed one hand on the outside of the Source Energy Boat, watching the microcraft almost drop down level with the sea surface, a bit disappointed in her expression because Bai Xiu’s performance had let her down.

This guy is indeed a genius.

Operating a micro Source Energy Boat isn’t particularly complicated, but beginners facing over a dozen unknown buttons at first glance... generally speaking, even those with great talent would experience some "unsteady piloting" during the initial stages.

But Bai Xiu did not.

The microcraft began to ascend after stirring up hundreds of meters of low-altitude sea waves, and its speed increased linearly.

"Sorry to disappoint you."

Bai Xiu said calmly, "Although this is my first time piloting a Source Energy Boat, I will absolutely not crash."

This sentence sounded extremely arrogant.

But as the microcraft ascended... these arrogant words were actually extremely fitting.

"Is it because the spiritual power is strong enough? Rapid information retrieval and quick absorption..."

Before departing, Fisher had transferred the operation manual of the microcraft to Bai Xiu’s mind.

This was the only explanation Mu Wanqiu could think of at the moment — this guy was indeed a genius, in every sense of the word.

But it was still too fast.

At this moment, the speed of the microcraft had already exceeded the sound barrier and was still increasing.

"Wait, doesn’t something seem off?"

Mu Wanqiu frowned.

She noticed that Bai Xiu’s pupils had turned into a pure azure color, and from within his sleeves came faint, subtle crackling noises!

This indicated that he had activated the power of the Thunder Realm Walker.

After discovering this, Mu Wanqiu, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, dispersed her spiritual power, and her expression quickly turned peculiar.

She sensed another special "presence" beneath the microcraft’s fuselage.

An anthropomorphic being composed of lightning lifted its hands, carrying the microcraft as it sped forward.

"...Is this what you meant by ’absolutely not crashing’?"

After her initial shock, she spoke with a complex tone, feeling somewhat resentful.

"Why, is there a problem?"

Bai Xiu asked seriously.

Mu Wanqiu didn’t know how to respond for a moment... This, of course, wasn’t a problem. Deploying a Thunder Realm Walker to support the microcraft in flight meant even an idiot piloting wouldn’t crash.

However, how is this different from cheating?

"We’re about to enter the ’Mountain Ash Zone.’

Bai Xiu muttered, "I’ll steer directly into Tanyao’s core zone... can you sense Gu Shen’s exact location?"

Mu Wanqiu, always sensitive, felt her heart tighten instinctively upon hearing this.

In the Sangzhou Cave at this moment, the Heavenly Eyes had all been destroyed.

Spiritual Sense was also ineffective.

The only thing that might work... was the authority link.

For Bai Xiu to ask her this, did he sense something?

"Not very certain."

Mu Wanqiu hesitated for a moment.

"Not very certain, but there must be some degree of certainty, right?"

Mu Wanqiu was taken aback, then frowned, "Why ask me this suddenly?"

"If you weren’t at least a little certain, why would you jump onto this microcraft?" Bai Xiu said lightly, "I think you must have some trump card, use it if needed, don’t worry too much about my presence. If it’s inconvenient for me to be around, I can hand over the control to you, then I’ll be ready to assist at Skytop in Sangzhou Cave."

"..."

Mu Wanqiu slightly opened her mouth, unsure of what to say.

She looked at Bai Xiu in his white clothes and found for the first time that he was a bit "intimidating," even with him "focused on piloting," she still felt like she had been seen through.

Due to this illusion.

A very real thought arose in her heart.

She hoped never to become enemies with someone like Bai Xiu.

"Don’t misunderstand, I’m not saying these things to extract information from you or to test you... It’s because I have no means to connect with Gu Shen, and after we parted last time, a strong ominous feeling has surged in my mind. For some reason, I feel that the evolution of the Sangzhou Cave incident is heading towards a bad outcome, and the core hub connecting it all is none other than Gu Shen."

Bai Xiu spoke slowly, "So I returned, to see if the fastest ’rescue’ could dispel the ominous feeling in my heart."

"What do you mean?"

Mu Wanqiu was startled.

"Perhaps Gu Shen has encountered troubles he can’t resolve."

Bai Xiu was silent for a few seconds, then said, "With his strength, the fact that he hasn’t returned to S12 District by now, or even a trace of news, isn’t that enough to indicate something?"

...

...

"Boom!"

A large explosion of mountain ash erupted from the mouth of Tanyao.

The ash accumulated over hundreds of years had been almost hollowed out after repeated eruptions.

At this moment, the dust within the mountain of Tanyao was mostly floating at the Skytop of Sangzhou Cave, moving with the tide towards the southern part of the Ice Sea.

On the ridgeline, heat waves rolled.

The space here was twisted by the heat waves.

The black clouds and mountain ash at the Skytop shattered by countless Big Winged Sparrows...

A figure clad in heavy armor paused near the summit.

He raised his head.