Chapter 424

The golden serrated blade in the black exosuit's hands had long been discarded somewhere; both hands trembled slightly, while a faint red light shield now enveloped its surface, with countless inscribed runes flickering incessantly—it was the Second-Rank spell, Fire Shield.

Wang Yu felt the dark qi surging uncontrollably from the banner into his spiritual sea, and his heart stirred with anticipation.

He could clearly sense that, amplified by the exosuit, his spiritual force now unleashed a Fire Shield that seemed to have regained some of its power from the cultivation world.

He had already tested this: the dark qi consumed within "Star River" restored completely upon exiting the game, just as it did when leaving the Taiyuan login interface space.

If so, he could use this formidable Chicken-Chicken beast leader to test just how much true power his cultivation spells could unleash in exosuit form—or whether using Star Mind Force directly in exosuit mode would be even stronger.

As for the golden Chicken-Chicken beast above suddenly locking onto him and launching an attack, though unexpected, it wasn't entirely surprising upon reflection.

Even if this physical body was weak, his spiritual force was still a Four-Star Mind Master; even if he had concealed most of it in the game, to this Chicken-Chicken beast, whose own spiritual force had reached Three-Star level, he was surely the greatest threat on this battlefield.

Thus, it was only natural that this beast would appear early and directly target him as the strongest enemy.

Thinking of this, Wang Yu immediately recalled a certain spell. Inside the cockpit of the exosuit, he formed hand seals and murmured incantations.

The black exosuit mirrored his movements exactly, lifting its head toward the golden Chicken-Chicken beast above, its hands forming the same seals.

The golden Chicken-Chicken beast above, seeing the black exosuit unharmed, its eyes turned blood-red; with a sudden flap of its wings, another white light shield erupted from its body.

This time, however, the shield expanded only to three or four zhang in diameter before halting, its walls thickening further and emitting blinding white radiance.

In moments, the golden Chicken-Chicken beast's form was entirely swallowed by the white light, transforming into a massive white orb.

A low hum sounded.

The enormous orb plummeted from the sky toward the black exosuit, moving with astonishing speed—seen from afar, it resembled a white meteor falling from heaven.

In a few flashes, it reached the exosuit's overhead position.

At that instant, the ground within the deep pit below trembled.

A piercing shriek tore through the air!

Countless slender golden rays shot up from the soil like a rainstorm, piercing straight into the white orb.

It was the original First-Rank spell, Golden Needle Technique!

The valley was littered with countless shattered exosuit metal fragments—perfect natural terrain for casting this spell.

The rapidly descending white orb abruptly halted under the golden rain, pushed backward continuously by the relentless strikes, flickering violently.

Within mere breaths, the orb emitted several sharp cracking sounds; dense black cracks spread across its surface, clearly unable to withstand such overwhelming assault.

At that moment, a piercing shriek erupted from within the white orb.

A thunderous boom!

The massive orb exploded, its rolling shockwave sweeping away all incoming golden rays.

Seizing this opportunity, the golden Chicken-Chicken beast, hidden within the shockwave, transformed into a blurred shadow and lunged downward toward the black exosuit.

"Swoosh!" "Swoosh!" "Swoosh!"

Three long, rope-like metallic spikes suddenly shot up from the ground at three separate locations, flashing like lightning and piercing straight through the golden Chicken-Chicken beast's body from three different angles—like three giant iron stakes, pinning it motionless in midair.

The golden rays still spewing from the ground changed direction and surged once more toward the golden Chicken-Chicken beast.

Dense waves of golden rays instantly buried the Chicken-Chicken beast leader.

Clearly, despite its strength, this Chicken-Chicken beast leader could not continuously release its so-called "Force Field Barrier"; now, it was merely a stationary target.

A few shrill cries emerged from the golden rays, then silence.

Only then did the black exosuit lower its hands, releasing the hand seals; the golden rays spewing from the ground vanished instantly.

Only the golden Chicken-Chicken beast remained, rigidly pinned to the metallic spikes in midair.

Its body, along with the three metallic spikes, was now riddled with countless holes, not a single intact spot left; streams of green blood trickled endlessly down the three long spikes.

…

On the largest forum for "Star River," a video titled "Mysterious Exosuit, Single-Handedly Slays Chicken-Chicken Beast Leader" was pinned to the top, with countless views and comments beneath it.

Other topics concerning the mysterious black exosuit immediately followed the video in the rankings.

"Is the black exosuit truly the Tulong Basic Model?" "Who is the real identity of the mysterious exosuit pilot?" "Is the black exosuit a Star-Class exosuit?" "Various theories on the exosuit pilot's metal manipulation abilities"…

On other "Star River"-related forums, heated debates and discussions about these topics raged on.

For a time, most players of "Star River" were discussing the black exosuit and the mysterious exosuit pilot.

The two had become a storm, shaking the entire "Star River" game.

…

At a rented private hangar in Pengjie City's sole international airport.

A small passenger jet had just landed; as its cabin door opened, a group of ten or so rugged men and women stepped out.

All wore black suits and sunglasses; some carried suitcases, others carried long wrapped bundles on their backs.

Leading them was a beautiful woman with blonde hair and blue eyes, expressionless—Helena.

"Captain, look at this video."

As Helena descended the stairs, a burly man waiting there immediately handed her a phone, bowing respectfully.

Helena took the phone, glanced at the screen showing a video of the black exosuit, her expression subtly shifted; after watching it through, she coldly asked: "Is the exosuit pilot in the game definitely Number One?"

"We've had specialists analyze it. Based on the pilot's demonstrated abilities and timing of appearance, there's a seventy percent chance it's Number One," the burly man replied immediately.

"Seventy percent is enough. Send people into the game to locate this person's base and find him." Helena gave the order without hesitation.

"Understood. I'll arrange personnel immediately. Meanwhile, we've finished screening all other suspects in Pengjie City; only the final most likely suspect remains, and we've narrowed his location to the southern district. We believe we'll find his residence within a day," the burly man continued respectfully.

"Good. Arrange a base for us in the southern district. Prepare for immediate action."

"Remember, speed is critical. I received word on the plane: China's Divine Warrior team has logged into Xierde and will arrive here within two days. We must act before they do," Helena said coldly.

"Remember, the faster the better—I received word on the plane that China's Divine Warrior team has already landed on Xierde; they'll likely arrive here within the next couple of days. We must get there before them," said "Helena" coldly.