Chapter 129: Pierce the Stars!

Ten minutes ago.

"Lin Qing, I'm ready. The metal plate with the coordinates has reached Jingu Building."

Zhao Jiayi's telepathic voice echoed in Lin Qing's mind.

"Good."

The night wind was icy cold; Lin Qing stood at the edge of a skyscraper's rooftop and said, "This time you don't need to calculate the position with your telekinesis—just keep the metal plate directly beneath him."

"Don't you need me?" Zhao Jiayi asked, puzzled.

"This throw will be much faster than last time—you won't have time to adjust the coordinates. You only need to make sure no one else is along this trajectory."

Lin Qing said, "But this shot can only handle Urieo alone. If you succeed in killing him, you'll have to help me lock onto the other one."

"Oh." Zhao Jiayi asked, "Aren't you going to get injured after using this technique? After you come down, will you still be able to handle Feiyao?"

"It's fine. Feiyao isn't good at defense." Lin Qing said. "You just coordinate with me using your telekinesis—we can handle him easily."

"Alright." Zhao Jiayi replied.

Lin Qing said nothing more, immediately prepared his second source to replenish energy, then pulled out the alloy dagger inscribed with the Celestial Track coordinates, his entire body muscles swelling, his right arm elongating as he hurled the dagger violently into the sky.

"Swoosh!!"

In an instant, the alloy dagger shot into the night sky at nearly twenty times the speed of sound, then steadily slowed under gravity and air resistance.

After waiting a moment, Lin Qing locked onto the Celestial Track coordinate on the dagger and instantly constructed an invisible Celestial Track.

And then—

"Instant Light!"

Bathed in cerulean light, his entire body transformed into a streak of radiance, shooting upward and appearing at twenty-five kilometers altitude in the blink of an eye.

Above the drifting clouds, Lin Qing's back unfurled with a pair of cerulean light wings with a rustling sound.

"Chen Guang, calculate the optimal altitude position."

After saying that, he continued to flap his wings, striving to fly higher into the sky.

"Understood."

Chen Guang's voice echoed in his mind: "With your Celestial Wings and second-grade Starlight Armor, you can attempt this technique—but remember, don't enter the atmosphere at this speed; your body can't withstand it. The superenergy material rivals third-grade materials, with a melting point exceeding one hundred thousand degrees—this technique is perfect for it."

Lin Qing nodded and continued flapping his Celestial Wings, ascending higher into the atmosphere.

He flew upward at a speed approaching nine hundred meters per second.

Two minutes later, he was over one hundred kilometers above ground—past the Kármán line—where the air had become extremely thin.

The temperature here had dropped to minus eighty degrees Celsius; no normal life form could survive here.

At this point, Lin Qing's second-grade Starlight Armor had begun slowly absorbing energy, sustaining his biological functions while maintaining internal temperature.

"You can accelerate now."

With air resistance nearly gone, the cerulean wings behind him beat powerfully, and his speed surged, quickly stabilizing at nearly two thousand meters per second.

This was the maximum speed achievable by activating the Celestial Wings' free energy.

Only in this environment, where air resistance could be ignored, did the Celestial Wings truly function.

Whether birds or aircraft, all require sufficient aerodynamic force to fly—but the Celestial Wings need no air at all. As long as he wished, he could travel through space.

Or rather, as long as he lived long enough, he could fly out of Earth, out of the Solar System, out of the Milky Way at this speed.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the energy is sufficient.

With his current energy reserves, he couldn't even reach geosynchronous orbit—once his propulsion ceased, Earth's gravity would pull him back.

But the key to space travel has always been propulsion and energy.

Otherwise, theoretically, if someone had a ladder, infinite stamina, and infinite lifespan, they could walk to the Moon at one meter per second.

"At this speed, you'll reach eight hundred kilometers in six minutes," Chen Guang reminded him.

Lin Qing gave a slight nod and continued ascending.

Fortunately, the Celestial Wings consumed less than ten percent of his energy upon formation; subsequent flight required minimal energy.

Moreover, in this environment, there was virtually no resistance—only Earth's gravity to overcome.

Ninety percent of Earth's atmospheric mass is concentrated within sixteen kilometers above sea level; 99.999% is within eighty kilometers.

At two hundred forty kilometers altitude, atmospheric density is only one ten-millionth of sea level—negligible.

As temperature continued rising, after over six minutes of flight, Chen Guang finally warned: "Enough. The temperature here has exceeded two thousand degrees. Going higher won't just increase energy consumption—it risks collision with space debris."

Two thousand degrees?

Under the protection of his second-grade Starlight Armor, Lin Qing felt nothing.

Besides, at this altitude, the atmosphere was extremely thin, with vast molecular distances and minimal contact—so the actual thermal effect differed.

"It's about right."

Flapping his Celestial Wings, Lin Qing stood at eighty thousand meters altitude, gazing down at the scenery visible to only a handful of Earth's inhabitants.

From this height, Earth's atmosphere appeared incredibly thin, glowing as a faint blue halo.

Here, Earth's curvature was unmistakable; the horizon clearly revealed the planet's spherical nature.

Freed from atmospheric scattering and absorption, the stars above blazed brighter.

Dawn was approaching; a faint glow of twilight lingered in the distance.

Looking down, with his vision, he could easily see the city lights, especially the brilliant urban clusters.

"Zhao Jiayi is ready. Urieo is standing still, likely absorbing free energy to cultivate," Chen Guang reminded him.

Lin Qing gave a slight nod.

"Celestial Track."

He sensed briefly, immediately detecting the Celestial Track coordinate eight hundred kilometers below him; with a thought, he instantly constructed an invisible Celestial Track.

"Don't fly vertically—follow the route I provided; it's more efficient."

Morning Light reminded him, and immediately an arrow pointing the way appeared before Lin Qing's eyes.

Lin Qing immediately flapped his wings and began flying at full speed toward the indicated direction.

Under the pull of gravitational potential energy and the Sky Orbit coordinates, his speed instantly broke through six times the speed of sound and continued to grow at an astonishing rate.

"Acceleration exceeds three hundred meters per second squared," Morning Light reminded. "Current speed: two thousand meters per second."

Unbound by air resistance, Lin Qing disregarded everything else, simply pouring all his strength into accelerating madly.

"Current speed: three thousand meters per second."

"Current speed: eight thousand meters per second."

"Current speed: fifteen thousand meters per second." Time ticked by second by second; under the influence of the Sky Orbit and gravity, Lin Qing shot downward recklessly, his speed becoming increasingly terrifying.

Fortunately, there was no atmospheric resistance here; otherwise, the aerodynamic heating generated by the extreme compression of air caused by such speed alone would have been enough to melt him along with his Star Battle Suit.

Finally—

"Current speed: seventeen thousand meters per second, three hundred forty kilometers above the ground. The time is about right," Morning Light reminded.

At this moment, Lin Qing's muscles began to swell, cyan light burst forth from his pupils, and threads of lightning coiled around his body.

After flying at this terrifying speed for several more seconds—

"You can start preparing the javelin."

Lin Qing suddenly extended a hand; a flash of cyan light appeared in his palm, and immediately a pure black javelin covered in threads materialized.

With the javelin weighing 1.2 tons in hand, his mass instantly rose to nearly 1.3 tons, and the acceleration of his Sky Orbit flight dropped by more than tenfold.

Then, just as he had thrown the javelin last time, Lin Qing arched his entire body, stretching his arm to nearly two meters in length; twisting like a twisted dough, he grabbed the javelin and spun it around and around.

At the same time, the 'Heavenly Sharp' energy within his body constantly poured into this javelin, causing the pitch-black weapon to radiate an incredibly sharp, cold light.

Bang!

Then—

"Two hundred forty kilometers above the ground. Now!"

While accelerating forward, Lin Qing's wings on his back flapped madly; suddenly his body snapped back, and pouring forth his maximum strength, he hurled the javelin in his hand downward!

Amidst the incredibly sharp cold light, this heavy javelin immediately began spinning wildly and instantly left his hand!

In the mere instant it left his hand, its initial speed had already broken through twenty-five thousand meters per second!

Over seventy times the speed of sound!

At this moment, the javelin had transformed into a stream of light of utmost sharpness, carrying unimaginable kinetic energy and a terrifying momentum that could pierce through everything, shooting straight toward the ground!

As if it intended to pierce through this star!!

Lin Qing did not bother to watch the result of this throw; instead, he activated another ability.

"Instant Light!"

In an instant, he had transformed into a cyan energy stream and traversed seventy meters at a terrifying speed.

By the time he restored his physical form, the inertial speed had also been dissipated.

If not for the existence of Instant Light, he would not have dared to play so close to the limit; otherwise, once entering the atmosphere at such a terrifying speed, under this air resistance and aerodynamic heating, he would have been burned to ash.

"How is this throw going..."

While replenishing the energy he had consumed more than half of with the Second Spring, Lin Qing flapped the Wings of the Firmament again and flew toward the atmosphere below.

Soon, with his eyesight, from this angle, he could see that the javelin, with its unimaginable speed, had already pierced through and entered the atmosphere; the high-temperature air combustion caused by the terrifying speed had now turned it into a dazzling streak of fire like a meteor.

"Fortunately, the melting point of the Super-Energy Material is high enough; otherwise, it would have vaporized and evaporated directly just like those meteorites entering the atmosphere," Morning Light said.

Lin Qing nodded slightly.

The technical content of Tier-One materials is not particularly high, and their melting point is not much higher than that of ordinary metals.

But Tier-Two materials are completely different; their melting points are at least tens of thousands of degrees, already exceeding any material known on Earth.

Even if Earth obtained the relevant technology, production would still be very difficult; therefore, Tier-Two materials remain a contraband item even higher than military-grade materials to this day.

Only his current clearance level allows him to purchase a small amount.

As for Tier-Three materials, they are far beyond the research limits of Earth's civilization.

Spaceships made of Tier-Three materials have extremely large re-entry angles when entering Earth's atmosphere, requiring no complex series of procedures for return like Earth's spacecraft.

This Super-Energy Material can rival Tier-Three materials, so its melting point can naturally easily withstand this temperature.

"Although the streamlined structure of your javelin and the effect of the Endless Heavenly Sharp have minimized the impact of air resistance, the resistance is still considerable."

Morning Light analyzed: "After penetrating an atmosphere eighty kilometers thick, when it hits the target, the speed is estimated to be only close to sixty times the speed of sound."

Lin Qing nodded slightly without concern and continued flying toward the atmosphere.

Close to sixty times the speed of sound is already terrifying enough.

It is roughly three times his own throwing speed, and the kinetic energy is nearly ten times higher!

Last time, the kinetic energy was strong enough to reach hundreds of millions of joules, comparable to the explosion of several tons of TNT; this time, it is even ten times stronger!

Even if the opponent manages to extract energy and reduce the kinetic energy of this javelin's flight, it is impossible to reduce it directly to a safe range.

"Fortunately, this javelin is similar to an armor-piercing shell, purely kinetic energy; the Endless Heavenly Sharp will also try to constrain the kinetic energy from transforming into penetration force, so it won't harm the innocent..."

Lin Qing thought to himself while flying downward.

Twelve seconds after throwing the javelin—

"Master, the result on Zhao Jiayi's side has been confirmed."

"Whoosh!!"

Accompanied by a terrifying whistle as if piercing through everything, everyone inside the Jin Guang Building felt the entire building seem to tremble.

If someone were to enter the underground parking lot of the Jin Guang Building, they would discover that a pit hole about twenty centimeters in diameter had appeared in the parking lot, incredibly deep, with no end in sight.

Around the opening, not even gravel or powder could be seen; it was as if it had suddenly appeared.

Looking up along this pit, one would discover a hole piercing through the entire building from the rooftop, with each floor's opening only twenty centimeters in diameter!

Such terrifying kinetic energy and penetrative power had but a single target.

The top floor.

"Uriel... my lord?"

Fei Yao stared at the scene before him in near stupor, his eyes filled with disbelief: "This... is impossible..."

In that instant, his Level Four ability 'Super-Speed Time' had allowed him to see that sudden, unimaginably fast cold light.

He then discovered that my lord Uriel had activated his energy-draining ability, but even though that cold light's speed had been reduced by roughly twenty percent, its power remained terrifying!

In the mere instant that cold light passed—

Uriel was left with only the part of his body below the chest; his entire head and a portion of his cervical spine had completely vanished.

"Where did that attack come from? Did the Inspector strike?"

Fei Yao suddenly remembered Carol and the other six who had suddenly lost contact, as if shrouded by a layer of terrifying shadow; he could not help but tremble all over, his scalp going numb, while a chill rose straight from his heart.

"Flee!"

He no longer cared about the already dead Uriel, but immediately opened the window and leaped toward the building opposite.

After he left, a syringe containing a deep blue liquid suddenly flew out from Uriel's corpse.

It was precisely that Bloodline Enhancement Syringe.

Under the influence of an invisible force, it swiftly floated out the window and flew away under the cover of night.

Between the city buildings, Fei Yao moved with abnormal agility and speed, silently darting, sometimes stepping on the air, and in no time arrived at the city outskirts.

Suddenly—

"Yo."

In an instant, a pale green light flashed forth.

(End of this chapter)