Before his words had even faded, Lin Lie shifted his gaze. Sword lights shot skyward with his movement, slicing through the air in an instant as they streaked toward the Osprey helicopter in the sky.
"Screech—"
In a single instant, the dazzling sword lights destroyed the rotors on both sides of the fuselage.
Sparks burst from all over the aircraft as the entire Osprey helicopter completely lost its balance and plunged unsteadily toward the ground below.
"Maddy!"
Mark suddenly snapped awake. He cried out, then turned to glare furiously at Lin Lie beside him.
But before he could question him, the flying swords hovering beside the Osprey helicopter blossomed with pale cyan ripples. They actually controlled the surrounding wind and snow, condensing them into a white cyclone that supported the entire helicopter from below.
Seeing this, Mark finally let out a breath of relief.
But when he looked at Lin Lie beside him, he still could not help complaining, "You acted way too fast. What if you hurt them?"
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing!"
Lin Lie replied with a smile. Then he turned to look at the ruins of the nearby base and said, "Besides, this is your fault. You kept stalling and refused to answer."
"If I hadn't acted decisively, there really wouldn't have been another chance!"
What did he mean?
Mark looked confused. Just as he was about to ask, he suddenly realized that the ground beneath his feet was trembling violently.
He froze for a moment, then his expression changed drastically as he hurriedly turned toward the base ruins.
The ground there shook violently. The Iceberg Base, already reduced to broken walls and rubble, swayed intensely as a low roar, seemingly from the throat of some enormous beast, rose from the glacier below.
Its tone