Chapter 1314: I Have a Sword

Outside the Looking River War Zone, at an altitude of 420 kilometers.

A somewhat damaged silver fighter jet, like a shaky old biplane, continuously descending in altitude.

Inside the cockpit, three Awakened Ones in military uniforms looked anxiously into the distance.

"Bail out! Prepare to bail out! We can't hold on!!"

The one shouting was Zhang Yong.

He took a deep breath, smashed the cockpit glass above his head with a punch, and then shouted urgently at the two behind him.

Having fled all the way from the Capital Military Region here, perhaps his luck had run out; this hijacked fighter jet had reached its limit and could no longer fly.

Looking at the howling wind beneath his feet, Zhang Yong simply jumped out, his body plummeting swiftly like a meteor.

The wind howled; the two who followed him in bailing out half-squinted their eyes, and upon seeing that below was the Looking River Urban Area, everyone's hearts couldn't help but surge with excitement.

They had escaped; they had finally escaped!

Although the fighter jet could no longer carry them away, this distance was more or less enough!

Long An, Long An should be near Looking River!

"After landing, head straight to Long An! We must find Lin An and let him escape!!"

Cold wind poured into his mouth; Zhang Yong suppressed his inner anxiety, and in the brutal escape, their original group of over forty who had fled had dwindled to just the three of them.

The two Third Stage Awakened Ones who had initially fled with him also died under the pursuit of Alien Species.

At this moment, his mind held only one thought: to find Lin An!

He had heard the secret of the Alien Species! He had seen the vision of those monsters slaughtering toward Long An!

Especially when he encountered Lin Zhan, who had also escaped, he actually heard an earth-shattering secret from the latter's mouth!

Lin An is the Alien Species' designated kill target; hidden on Lin An's body is the hope of resisting the Alien Species!

Recalling Lin Zhan's resentful, regretful eyes before death, Zhang Yong knew that the item entrusted to him must be delivered into Lin An's hands!

("If I could still see Lin An... if he hasn't died yet...")

("Handing this thing to him... is our apology to him... is our mistaken blame of him...")

Instinctively touching the fragment stuck to his chest, Zhang Yong felt only a heavy weight in his heart, a tremendous pressure and mission pressing down on his shoulders like a great mountain.

"As long as we find Lin An, perhaps there is still hope..."

"Lin An, he's already reached Fourth Stage!!"

"Everyone is trapped there; that's the cream of the entire military..."

Clenching his fists tightly, in the howling wind blowing in his face, Zhang Yong's eyes turned completely red, as if the wind forced them open unwillingly.

Although even a slight use of spiritual energy could block these winds, he dared not waste any strength, preferring to suffer himself.

"Zhang Yong! I know we need to go find Lin An!"

"But he hasn't been replying to your messages all along, has he!?"

"And have you checked the war zone channel!? Those monsters already attacked Long An just a few minutes ago!!"

"If we go now, what if we can't find him!?"

Rapidly descending behind Zhang Yong, another Third Stage Awakened One urgently asked him.

To be frank, he isn't afraid of death; he also wants to find Lin An! But the other party hasn't replied at all—does this mean Lin An simply doesn't want to deal with military affairs and is now desperately fleeing!?

Lin An had reached Fourth Stage; this news should have made them ecstatic, but knowing how terrifying the Alien Species that attacked Long An were, they instead felt panic.

Originally, the Alien Species intended to kill Lin An.

Now it's fine—Lin An has just become Fourth Stage; isn't that even more dangerous!? The Alien Species' killing intent toward him will inevitably increase a hundredfold!

"I don't know...."

Zhang Yong gave a bitter laugh; he too was anxious about exactly that.

The Alien Species' killing speed was too fast; he could only hope that Lin An was still unharmed. It should be fine..

The system announcement had just passed; Lin An being able to reach Fourth Stage shows he must currently be in a safe place.

Besides going to Long An to find this man, he truly had no idea elsewhere.

"If Lin An has fled, we'll try to save the people of Long An!"

"Then perhaps we could use these people's connections to find Lin An again!"

Regarding Lin An as the last hope, Zhang Yong had already considered the worst-case scenario.

Long An is surely now a sea of fire; under the Alien Species' attack it's probably nearly destroyed. On the way here, they saw continuous nuclear explosion flashes.

What does this indicate? It indicates that Long An has been driven to a dead end...

If they go now, they might actually be able to save a group of people!

Lin An not replying to his messages is understandable; after all, with problems in the capital, Lin An would naturally suspect any target! He even feared that Lin An might accidentally expose his coordinates, inviting deadly disaster.

As they were about to land, just as Zhang Yong prepared to expend some spiritual energy to descend, suddenly, a dazzling huge fireball flared up in the distance.

At the same moment, a soul-shaking pressure swept across half of Looking River like a storm.

"What is this!?"

His eyes suddenly widened, his vision stinging, Zhang Yong stared in shock at the distant sky, where two huge Alien Species had appeared at some point.

Vaguely, he also saw a black-red humanoid figure.

Endless energy ripples burst at the horizon, as if deities were clashing, dispersing the clouds within several hundred kilometers around.

Under such terrifying battle might, in an instant Zhang Yong realized this must be the terror exclusive to Fourth Stage!

"Fourth Stage!?"

"Alien Species!? Human!?"

Who besides Lin An could fight a Fourth Stage Alien Species!?

Trembling all over, Zhang Yong gasped with his mouth open, his heart instantly plunging into despair.

Lin An had just become a Fourth Rank when he was already fighting Alien Species!? And there were two of them!? Was he discovered while fleeing!? It's over, everything is over!

Although he couldn't understand what a Fourth Rank battle actually looked like.

But seeing the two Alien Species true forms whose aura was obviously far more terrifying than Lin An's, Zhang Yong instinctively thought that this must be the Alien Species, having discovered Lin An's escape, now giving chase with all its might!

Just as he subconsciously wanted to speak out, not caring whether Lin An could hear him at that distance, intending to shout for Lin An to flee quickly.

The next second.

In the distant red-black light specks that were too far to see clearly, a flash of sword light terrifying to the extreme instantly appeared.

It was as huge as thousands of kilometers, a red giant sword containing destructive power, like the red of apocalypse, and in an instant it tore open the entire sky, dyeing the world a dark red.

Evil, destruction, eeriness...

Even though they were tens of li away on the ground, the three still felt an incomparable, immense fear as if it could slash all things.

Under the near pressure of bursting space, the giant sword, imbued with millions to tens of millions of tons of force, descended slowly and unavoidably.

The next second.

"Boom!!!!!!"

A sky‑soaring kilometer‑high red light burst forth, shooting straight to the horizon.

The earth let out a painful wail, as if the crust were being split, and blood‑like magma surged upward with the red light into the sky.

Blood Light Pierces the Heavens!

Trembling, shaking, collapsing, the earth wailing...

In the violent shaking of the earthquake, Zhang Yong and his two companions plopped down on the ground, as if their brains had crashed, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.

At the same time, a red crack spreading from the Wangjiang Riverbank to the urban area, like a torn wound, rapidly extended to a point not far before them amid the earth's continual wailing "screech".

Boundless dust and magma spewed forth; beneath the gray‑red sky, only a tiny figure remained standing in midair.

The magma that had shot up into the heavens fell back to the earth like blood tears.

He swallowed dry saliva, trembling.

When the earthquake, lasting about half a minute, finally subsided, Zhang Yong struggled to draw deep breaths, his eyes filled with disbelief and fear.

In his view.

At this moment, the Wangjiang Main City, capable of holding millions of people...

Under this sword, it was actually cleaved clean through, split in two...