Chapter 264: Still Give Chase?
Above the boundless Cloud Sea, beneath an azure sky, several enormous Cloud Ships sped along, leaving long trails in their wake.
A glistening golden Cloud Ship sped at the very front, with five or six others in hot pursuit, closing in to surround it.
The Cloud Ship, the Feiliu, was not large, but it faced the encirclement like a nimble bird. It would dive below the clouds one moment and soar above them the next, running its pursuers in circles.
However, due to the sheer number of enemy ships, the Feiliu couldn’t open up a gap.
BANG!
Shen Daoxing leaped high into the air, a black light flickering in his hand. The Great Ming Demon Sparrow suddenly descended, shattering a giant, hurtling fireball.
Elder Mu extended his palm and pressed down through the air. Golden runes flashed across the Feiliu as the ship tilted to one side, dodging another giant fireball.
"You think you can catch my Feiliu? You’ve got a long way to go!"
Elder Mu smiled faintly and crooked a finger upward. The Feiliu’s bow tilted skyward, and in the next moment, it shot straight up, leaving the two Cloud Ships far behind.
However, the Feiliu hadn’t flown for long before they discovered a Cloud Ship was already waiting for them up above.
Elder Mu could only gesture downward again, controlling the Feiliu. With a WHOOSH, it dove into the clouds and vanished.
In the next instant, two giant fireballs arrived, blasting a huge hole through the clouds.
As Elder Mu navigated the Cloud Ship through the cover of the clouds, he spotted yet another one up ahead.
"Elder Mu, can we shake them?"
Shen Daoxing stepped forward and asked.
"With the Feiliu’s speed, shaking them off wouldn’t be a problem."
Elder Mu said confidently, then hesitated. "But there are simply too many of them. Having to constantly dodge their attacks is a real nuisance."
As he spoke, Elder Mu hurriedly changed the ship’s direction, dodging an incoming fireball by a hair’s breadth.
Shen Daoxing walked to the edge of the ship and saw the Business Alliance Cloud Ships looming in and out of view within the clouds. "Then I’ll just have to get rid of a few."
Elder Mu was stunned. "Young Master Shen, it might not look like much, but that’s an immense distance between our ships! We Martial Artists can’t possibly reach that far!"
Yet, the words had barely left his lips.
Shen Daoxing had already raised two fingers. A point of white light flared to life. It crossed the immense distance in a flash, leaving a long streak of light that arced across the heavens.
BOOM!
The enemy Cloud Ship in the Cloud Sea shuddered. With a KRAK, a long fissure slowly split it down the middle, and the entire vessel was rent in two.
Even the clouds behind it were cleaved in two.
Aurora Sword Intent. A thousand miles in a flash.
!!!
Elder Mu was utterly dumbfounded.
Shen Daoxing said nonchalantly, "Elder Mu, just focus on flying straight ahead. I’ll take care of any ships in our way."
It took Elder Mu a moment to snap out of it. He glanced at the Business Alliance Cloud Ship, now split in two, and couldn’t help but let out a hearty laugh. "Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!"
With that, he slammed his palm onto the deck. Golden runes flared to life, and the Cloud Ship glowed brilliantly before turning into a streak of light and shooting forward.
Meanwhile, the light at Shen Daoxing’s fingertip flared once more. In the next instant, it crossed the vast distance, leaving another rainbow-like streak arcing across the boundless sky.
...
「In the Cloud Sea.」
Wang Mingxuan and Business Alliance Elder Jia Daifu stood at the bow of a Cloud Ship. The surrounding clouds and mist were dense, a blanket of white that obscured all vision.
Jia Daifu glanced around, frowning. "They’re a cunning bunch, hiding in the clouds like this."
Wang Mingxuan stared into the white expanse, his expression grim. He turned and looked coldly at Jia Daifu. "The Business Alliance has this many Cloud Ships, and you can’t even handle one?"
Jia Daifu suddenly looked embarrassed. "The Cloud Ship Mu Yiheng is piloting is no ordinary vessel. It’s incredibly fast. Our Business Alliance ships are still a bit inferior in comparison."
Seeing that Wang Mingxuan’s expression remained dark, Jia Daifu quickly added, "But rest assured, Emissary. I have already mobilized all of the Business Alliance’s Cloud Ships in the Daqi Empire. With so many of our ships surrounding him, Shen Daoxing will have nowhere to run. We just need to be patient."
However, the words had barely left his lips.
WHOOSH!
The clouds directly in front of Jia Daifu were suddenly torn open.
In that instant.
A streak of light flashed past him at a speed almost invisible to the naked eye.
Every cabin on the Cloud Ship was pierced clean through, leaving a trail of gaping holes.
Jia Daifu jumped in fright and quickly looked up. Ahead in the clouds, he saw one of the Business Alliance’s Cloud Ships—split clean down the middle—slowly plummeting from the sky.
Then, a massive silhouette suddenly appeared before their eyes.
It was Elder Mu, piloting the Feiliu.
The next moment, a point of white light flared to life. In an instant, it crossed the vast distance, and a brilliant white beam, swift as a bolt of lightning, appeared right before Jia Daifu’s eyes.
Horrified, Jia Daifu frantically steered the Cloud Ship into a sharp descent.
SWISH!
A beam of white light shot past just above them.
The next moment, the roofs of all the private chambers on the Cloud Ship had vanished completely.
Jia Daifu’s eyes flew wide. "What kind of person is on that Cloud Ship?!"
Wang Mingxuan’s voice suddenly cut in. "What are you waiting for? Keep chasing."
Jia Daifu was stunned for a moment before he reacted.
The Feiliu, which had just been in front of them, had already turned and ascended out of the clouds.
Jia Daifu made a downward pressing motion with his hand. The Cloud Ship’s light flared, and it shot forward in pursuit.
But before Jia Daifu could get far...
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
A series of explosions rang out one after another.
WHOOSH!
Jia Daifu hurriedly piloted the Cloud Ship out of the cloud cover. As far as the eye could see, there was one, two, three... a full five ships.
Every single Business Alliance Cloud Ship in the Cloud Sea had been cleaved in two, right down the middle.
!!!
"Our Business Alliance’s Cloud Ships!"
Jia Daifu’s eyes bulged. He clutched his chest, his heart aching with anguish.
’That was all money! The Business Alliance’s money! They had spent a fortune in Spirit Stones and several years to build these Cloud Ships. Now, in a single day, they had lost six of them!’
Jia Daifu felt as if his very heart were bleeding.
"Elder!"
"Elder!"
...
Having lost their own vessels, the captains of the other Business Alliance Cloud Ships had no choice but to fly over on their swords, forced to gather on Jia Daifu’s ship.
"Useless! Your Business Alliance is a bunch of useless trash! So many of you, and you couldn’t even stop a single Cloud Ship."
Wang Mingxuan’s icy voice rang out.
Jia Daifu turned to see Wang Mingxuan’s face, which was absolutely thunderous.
Jia Daifu hurried forward. "Emissary, please calm your anger! It’s just that Shen Daoxing... he’s too powerful! From that immense distance, he could destroy a Cloud Ship with a single sword strike! It’s... it’s simply terrifying..."
As he spoke, Jia Daifu cautiously glanced up at Wang Mingxuan and asked tentatively, "Should we... still give chase?"
"We chase!"
Wang Mingxuan declared without a moment’s hesitation.