About half an hour later, Xu Yi realized he had been placed inside a huge cage. Besides him, the cage held all the people who had been captured earlier.
A little while later, five armored soldiers came to the cage and peered inside, seemingly checking something.
Though Xu Yi was blindfolded, he recognized Captain Zhou among the five soldiers by his senses alone.
"The Jia flag checks out!"
"The Yi flag checks out!"
"The Bing flag checks out!"
"The Ding flag checks out!"
Four soldiers, including Captain Zhou, reported in turn to the soldier with golden wings attached to his helmet. The golden-winged soldier waved a hand and sent a transmission. "Finish this quickly. Fire Spirit Cannon Number Three."
A little while later, Xu Yi heard a tremendous boom and felt himself hurled away like a ball of mud tossed by a giant.
The fierce wind nearly burst his eardrums. His vision blurred in waves. This was nothing like traveling through space; it felt like flying at tremendous speed, far faster than a Mechanical Bird could fly. It was as if a colossal cannon had fired him like a bullet.
His speed kept increasing until he could barely control his body. He hurriedly released his baleful energy, finally managing to keep his balance.
The acceleration lasted a full half-stick of incense before he reached maximum speed and began to slow down. Another quarter-hour passed, and the phantoms before his eyes finally vanished. The scenery racing past him no longer seemed so indistinct.
The next moment, Xu Yi's eyes widened.
"Old Jiang, isn't this a bit underhanded?"
As they proceeded through a dark passage, they reached a fork. Captain Zhou and another soldier took the right passage, but they had not gone far before Captain Zhou couldn't help sending a