Chapter 822: Capture the Leader First
Chapter 822: Capture the Leader First
Su Yu was puzzled. Why didn't the Skrulls wait until the major conflict began to unleash their underground forces? What did they gain by acting now? Or had their plans already been exposed?
Su Yu took out his phone, intending to call Xue Wenli to find out what was going on. But before he could even pull up his contacts, his phone rang. It was a call from his feline companion, Chenxing.
"What's up?" Su Yu answered.
"The rebels are scattering and fleeing. Many of them are taking hostages as human shields..." Chenxing reported succinctly.
"Ah, I see." Su Yu's brow furrowed deeply as he listened.
This made things complicated!
The Skrulls didn't care about the lives of Earth's humans. Using hostages as shields, they forced Su Yu's side to be cautious, making it difficult to act decisively.
"Chenxing, come to me. We're going to do something big," Su Yu said over the phone.
"Something big? Where are you now?"
"I'm on the top floor of the government building."
"Got it, I'll be right there."
With that, the cat hung up.
Su Yu sighed heavily, his expression serious. He then closed his eyes and continued to sift through Gordon's memory fragments.
...
A minute later, a streak of starlight cut through the sky and landed beside Su Yu in the government building.
Seeing Chenxing arrive, Su Yu wasted no time. With a wave of his hand, a pale blue [Teleportation Gate] appeared in the middle of the office.
"Where are we going?" Chenxing asked telepathically as she entered Su Yu's pet space.
"You'll see when we get there." Su Yu didn't hesitate and stepped into the [Teleportation Gate].
In the next second, he found himself hovering above a mountain peak.
This was the summit of the Rocky Mountains, Mount Elbert, which was also the outlet of a giant psychic spring. Of course, it was also the site of a massive Skrull base.
From Gordon's memories, Su Yu knew about this spring and that the one controlling it, Jenifer, was located in this base.
So he teleported directly here, planning to capture the leader first.
As soon as the teleportation was complete, Chenxing jumped out of Su Yu's pet space.
Seeing the massive Skrull base below, she was startled, her cat face filled with surprise. "Kexing, why are we here? Which base is this?"
It wasn't her fault; all the massive Skrull bases looked similar, so it was normal that she couldn't recognize this one.
"This is the giant base in the Rocky Mountains."
"Aren't you afraid there might be a divine-level guardian inside?"
"Of course not." Su Yu shook his head with a smile. "I know there are no divine-level beings inside, which is why I dare to come!"
He had just listened to Xiaotian's account of the current situation on Skrull. Currently, all the divine-level Skrull were still in the Wasteland Continent.
Although the "Final Secret Realm" had ended, it was impossible for them to return to guard the giant spring in such a short time.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, he might be able to pull Jenifer out from the spring.
"Let's go, we're breaking in!" Su Yu gathered his magic and flew toward the base's protective shield.
Chenxing followed closely behind.
And she had also come to a realization—if Su Yu wasn't afraid, why should she, with her immortal body, be afraid?
So she sped up, surpassing Su Yu. With a swipe of her paw, a [Star Rainbow Focus] hit the not-so-thick protective shield of the base.
...
As Su Yu's [Teleportation Gate] appeared above the base, alarms immediately blared below.
Jenifer and Commander Monk were both taken aback.
They never expected Austin to launch a full-scale assault.
"Quickly, reinforce the base defenses!" Jennyfe said, her voice tinged with urgency.
"Understood." Morgan hurriedly stood up, relaying defensive commands through his mental powers to the base's critical systems.
The base's defensive modules immediately activated, transitioning from a dormant state to full operation.
However, it was too late for the defenses to fully engage.
Austin's Teleportation Gate appeared above the base, and within less than five seconds, Cecilia Starweaver's Stellar Convergence had already adhered to the shield.
(Stellar Convergence: This spell creates a luminescent spot on the target, absorbing and storing all magical damage dealt by you and your teammates. The spot explodes 15 seconds later, dealing double the absorbed damage to the target. Casting time: 1 second, cooldown time: 2 minutes.)
Stellar Convergence was Cecilia Starweaver's most powerful shield-breaking spell, set to explode after 15 seconds.
But with such mere seconds, the Skrellans had no chance to fully activate their shield, giving Austin the opportunity he needed.
Austin and Cecilia Starweaver were well aware of this.
If the Skrellans had fully activated their shield, they might not be able to break through it, and would have to flee.
Now, with the element of surprise, they had a chance to penetrate the base and reach their goal.
With Stellar Convergence adhered to the shield, Austin and Cecilia Starweaver immediately unleashed all their burst skills and spells, directing a barrage of single and area-wide attacks at the luminescent spots created by Stellar Convergence.
Austin's fifth-tier spell, Inferno Waltz, could cause additional damage to the shield. After activating his burst skills, he cast 16 consecutive Inferno Waltzes in rapid succession, each...
15 seconds later, the luminescent spots exploded, creating a massive gap in the base's defenses.
"Here's our chance!" Cecilia Starweaver shouted, leaping into Austin's pet space at the fastest speed, while Austin followed his Flash Step, entering the base's deepest recesses.
Inside the base, the anti-matter railgun and various laser emitters were already aimed at him.
But Austin was undaunted, relying on his nearly cooldown-free Flash Step to evade these attacks.
He immediately summoned all the creatures attached to his equipment.
From the Elemental Harmony Chestplate, Ariel, Lord of the Skies, the Legendary Mage Card, and the Lunar Clan, Austin summoned:
Ariel, Lord of the Skies, the four Puppet Spirits;
Aerius, Shadow of the Wind, a powerful summon creature.
These summoned creatures were not weak, especially Aerius, Shadow of the Wind, which had the strength and duration of Cecilia Starweaver. The base's defenses began to wreak havoc.
He then released Phoenix Blaze, targeting the base's command center.
Boom!
The Phoenix Blaze descended, the base's command center was obliterated into ashes.
...
However, Jennyfe was not in the command center.
The moment Austin and Cecilia Starweaver appeared, there was no way to escape from the base through the space rift. The only option was to hide deep into the base's defenses, hoping to survive.
(End of Chapter)
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