"Squad Leader Ling Tong, I've got good news for you."
Deep Sea's voice came through Ling Tong's earpiece:
"Teacher Wang has already taken out that demonized one and destroyed the Blade Beast's Interstellar Teleportation Gate. The whole process was effortless. Teacher Wang is now the second toughest man in D5."
Ling Tong naturally caught the teasing in Deep Sea's words.
She did not respond. Through the fighter's side window, she watched the roiling black clouds below.
The place looked like a volcanic eruption, yet the black clouds did not spread outward. Instead, they circled the snow mountain, and the few plants and animals on it had swiftly withered and died.
Perhaps because she had undergone Wang Jixuan's continuous enhancements, Ling Tong felt as if she could hear the endless wails and shrieks coming from the black clouds below.
Ling Tong signaled for the pilot to keep circling. She opened the radar display above the cockpit, observed it for a moment, then gave a crisp order:
"Attention, all teams. Continue moving outward. The Black Energy is slowly spreading. Maintain your distance from its edge."
"Our mission is to shoot down anything that flies out of the Black Energy's range. Do not take risks. This is not a problem that technology can solve."
"A swarm of Blade Beasts underground is heading this way, around three thousand five hundred of them. The Blade Beasts may be transporting Special Winged Dragon individuals. The special models among the transforming mechs, get ready."
"Understood."
"Received."
"Lieutenant Colonel Ling Tong, the psionic signals of Meng Jin's group have disappeared."
A male voice spoke hesitantly:
"This black cloud is a massive psionic barrier. Our detectors, including drone detection, have all been affected. I've marked their last known location on the map. They may also have run into an