Sky-cracking Rider

"How long do you need?"

Others might have hesitated, but Adrian chose to trust Chen Xiao'er completely without any hesitation.

He rapidly recited the spell incantations, beginning to prepare the most powerful fire defense magic he mastered.

Without the "Repulsion Shield," he could only rely on himself.

Those outside of Squad 04 were getting panicked; they didn't have the tacit understanding with Chen Fei and thought he was going to forsake the outsiders to protect his own people. Thus, confused and uncertain, they started shouting.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't mess around!"

"Quick, put up that protective barrier again."

"I'm about to die from the heat!"

...

The noisy chaos was interrupted by a loud shout.

"Shut up, keep quiet."

Unexpectedly, the one who spoke was Bassan, the Neanderthal Chief of Squad 04, who normally had very little presence.

The quiet ones seldom get angry, but when they do, it's terrifying.

The scene fell silent as a graveyard.

"Chirp!"

The Pure Light Sparrow Xiao Jiu was also unbearably hot and opened up a light system magic shield for itself, which apparently did nothing to help.

The magic shield could not completely isolate heat radiation and hot air.

It looked around, then flapped its tiny wings and landed on top of the ice crystal pyramid, feeling much better immediately.@@novelbin@@

"Chirp, chirp, chirp..."

Little Bird called out to Daddy Chen Fei, saying it's cool here!

Thankfully, Chen Fei, whose head wasn't blown up by the noise of the crowd, was concentrating all his attention on his mobile base vehicle. The ammunition boxes previously stored inside the vehicle had been thrown out, neatly arranged, and then the vehicle itself transformed, extending 36 pillars around the people, with branches intertwining above to support a massive round canopy.

Because of its large surface area, it gained the capacity for 360 engraving units on one side, and with both sides, a whopping 720 engraving units—just the sort of big, flat surface that a magical array loves.

Chen Fei gestured with both hands while saying loudly, "10 seconds, I need 10 seconds!"

The surface of the dome-like canopy reminiscent of a Mongolian yurt began to display a series of magical arrays.

Six "Repulsion Shield" arrays, six "Air Burst" arrays, six "Gravity" arrays, six "Fluid Vortex" spells.

This 6666 tactic made full use of the available magic arrays, with a few engraving units still leftover.

"What is this thing?"

The tall and burly Apu looked up to the sky, of course, seeing nothing.

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Most of the magical arrays were engraved on the outside of the canopy, while only one "Illumination Technique" array was left on the inside, which wasn't activated to save crystal energy, merely for show.

The mobile base vehicle's onboard chemical batteries and crystalline blocks had been placed beside Chen Fei, serving as an energy buffer. The cable still plugged into his back offered more electric power; he'd provide as much as he could, and if that wasn't enough, he'd have to consume energy points to exchange.

The exchange rate of energy points for electricity was one energy point for one kilowatt-hour, a huge loss!

The Dog System was eyeing those ten thousand plus energy points in Chen Fei's hands.

"Fire Tornado!"

Adrian, holding his magic wand, released one of his few fire defense spells.

A column of fire rose outside the shiny silver dome, whirling around before turning into a thirty-foot-tall wall of fire that slowly spun and moved, enclosing the dome and the people inside it.

"Me too!"

For others, the temperature was scorching to the point of being unbearable, but Susanna was not affected in the slightest; she even took off the down coat she had just worn recently.

The ice crystal pyramid, constructed of ice, crumbled, and countless ice shards rose like Adrian's fire spells around the perimeter of the round canopy, forming another thick ice wall three stories high.

As the ice wall went up, the cold air it released rapidly cooled the blazing temperature, visible to the naked eye, granting everyone some relief.

"Jiu?"

The Pure Light Sparrow Xiao Jiu, who had been standing on top of the Ice Crystal Pyramid, was now perched on Susanna's head. It looked around in confusion, unable to understand why the cool ice had disappeared.

However, Susanna was still radiating coldness, which made it reluctant to leave.

The Old Tree Boundary Ape silently tapped its Withered Vine Staff on the concrete ground, which cracked and broke, allowing young green sprouts to burst forth, rapidly exchanging carbon dioxide in the air for oxygen, thereby ensuring that the people inside the dome wouldn't suffocate.

Boom!~

Once again, a red and blue fireball smashed heavily nearby, this time seeming even closer, as the overwhelming red and blue flames instantly scattered Adrian's firewall and crashed into Susanna's Ice Wall.

Crack, crack—a terrifying sound of shattering filled the air, and the Ice Wall, impacted heavily, teetered on the verge of collapse, ready to shatter at any moment.

"'Repulsion Shield,' release! 'Air Burst' serial explosion!"

In reality, Chen Fei didn't need 10 seconds; he spent most of the time making choices, extracting samples from the "Magical Array Evolution Database" and then using the "Metal Shaping|Replication|Material Simulation" skills to construct and evolve them into shape, which didn't even take a second.

Bang! Boom boom boom boom boom...

The massive rumbling was continuous outside the circular dome,

and the flames assaulting the Ice Wall were forcefully repelled by the successive impacts, an effect somewhat reminiscent of reactive armor. It used limited resources for maximum defense, blocking the approach of the flames first.

Despite the continuous shaking of the circular dome from recoil, it remained firmly stable in its original position under Chen Fei's maintenance.

The "Repulsion Shield" protected the Ice Wall, and under the full effort of Susanna, a Class B Ice Ability User, the teetering Ice Wall refroze, regaining its steel-like strength.

But Adrian's "Fire Tornado" was not so lucky. After all, fire should not trouble fire, yet the red and blue flames didn't spare it, and this defensive Seventh Rank Human Order fire spell didn't last three seconds before it was engulfed by the red and blue torrent.

As a fire mage, Adrian was good at offense but not at defense, truly putting him in a difficult spot.

"Rock and Earth Array!"

The Earth Mage Ruan Tiankai unleashed a powerful move, and walls of rock and soil, four to five meters high, kept rising, facing the direction from which the flames came.

The red and blue flames harbored some kind of bizarre destructive power. The rock and soil walls couldn't last long before melting into soft magma, then being scattered by the flames.

"How is that possible?"

Until the last wall, mixed with chunks of concrete and rocks, turned to liquid and vanished on the spot—lasted only five seconds longer than Adrian's "Fire Tornado"—a stunned Ruan Tiankai felt like he had unleashed a fake Earth Magic spell.

"Horn of the Wind God!"

A Wind Ability User joined the fray, aiming to reduce the pressure on Chen Fei. He also chose to release his power outside the "Repulsion Shield's" protective barrier, to consume the still unsubsidized torrent of flames.

The howling air transformed into a full-throttled battleship, charging against the direction of the incoming flames, splitting the fire asunder. Meanwhile, the circular dome, outfitted with sixfold "Repulsion Shields" and bombarded by the "Air Burst" spell array, suddenly faced much less pressure.

In the upper right corner of Chen Fei's vision, the number next to the battery icon had changed to 73.

This was simply too terrifying!

A few more rounds like this, and even with all these magical arrays, Chen Fei might well die here.

"Apu, come here!"

Chen Fei eyed the big black figure.

A Second Rank Thunder Series War Professional—practically a humanoid battery—a real gem!

It seemed there were other Thunder Series Ability Users among them, perfect for recharging.

"Ah? Me?"

Apu pointed to himself, as clueless as a monk at a loss.

"Come, discharge! Give it everything you've got!"

No matter how strong the electric current, Chen Fei's "Light/Electric/Magnetic/Crystal Energy Universal Converter and Management Component" skill could convert it into Crystal Energy.

Even if converting the Thunder Series fighting spirit into pure electric energy caused immense losses, at this critical juncture, even if they drained the big black man into a dried husk, there was no choice but to do so.

When the other Thunder Series Ability Users saw Chen Fei sizing them up, they inexplicably felt a chill, thinking, crap!

A giant red and blue fireball descended silently from the sky.

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