Volume Two: Life and Death at Speed in the Northern Realm, Chapter 136: The Fall

Spirit Element Spirit.

Born from a place thick with the aura of death, it is a being that Devouring Spirit, manipulates, and Destroying Spirit.

Its body is made entirely of the dead.

While its combat power is slightly inferior to that of Lightning Spirit, it has an extra life-saving weapon compared to the latter.

That is the dispersal of the soul.

99% of the energy and spiritual power that made up the body were destroyed by the final lightning. In the last moment, the Spirit Element Spirit used its trump card to save its life.

The severely damaged main soul was scattered, and countless tiny fragments of the soul invaded the mountain beasts, driving them mad. The frenzied beasts would then desperately attack humans. When there were no humans left to attack, the invaded beasts would begin to kill each other. The souls of the losers would accumulate with each killing and be absorbed by the fragments of the otherworldly spirit's soul. Once enough spiritual energy had been gathered, the fragments would reassemble into a whole, thus reshaping themselves.

Human souls are far more powerful than those of ordinary demonic beasts. Although the otherworldly spirits are strong, their soul fragments are still too small. If they invade humans, there is a risk of being devoured. That is why they specifically target demonic beasts.

"That's really enough!"

Strange Bird, no less than ten meters long, circled in the air, its incredibly sharp talons raining down, striking the roof of the Sirius vehicle. Ally had tried her best, but she still couldn't dodge all the talons, not to mention the others behind her—

"Moo----!"

Countless jet-black bison galloped wildly behind the cart, their metallic horns reflecting the sunlight, flattening countless pebbles in their wake!

"Why did A Ye have to mess things up at such a crucial moment! She's completely useless now!"

"It's not an egg, it's a cocoon, sister!"

"That's not important!"

Sitting in the back seat, Ailin struggled to steady the pink crystal cocoon beside her. Although it was tied to the back seat with a rope, it still swayed back and forth with the car's movements. The surface of the crystal cocoon was very smooth and felt warm to the touch, completely lacking the coldness of crystals; instead, it felt somewhat like... human skin?

"Givinia! Which way should we go next?"

"We're very close to the finish line of the second stage! Just keep going straight and we'll be out of the Mad Mountains!"

"Where are the monsters?"

"There's no other way! They're everywhere, there's no avoiding them! Use your jetpack to force your way out!"

If it were A Ye, a horde of monsters of this level would be no problem at all, but she's currently inside her cocoon, doing who knows what. If Ally's jet Jet Point were used properly, she could launch various objects at supersonic speeds like missiles, achieving a carpet bombing effect. However, Ally has been obsessed with racing for many years and has never used her superpower in combat, nor does she have any combat experience, so she cannot be considered a combatant.

Having a reliable combatant is extremely important.

"They're here!"

Givinia suddenly spoke, and in the distance, billowing dust appeared, accompanied by the rumble of hooves and roars. The demonic beasts, driven mad by the influence of the Spirit Element Spirit, had formed an encirclement, shrinking steadily around Sirius. The roads on land were absolutely impassable, but in the sky—

"Wow! There are so many in the sky too!"

Brown roc, red bee, cloud-patterned crane, flying lizard... all sorts of flying monsters circled everywhere, dominating the sky!

"Sister, what should we do...?"

"Going down the ground is certain death, but although it's also dangerous in the sky, there's still a glimmer of hope!"

Having made up its mind, the Jet Point set up under the chassis roared into action, and a tremendous thrust came from below, sending Sirius soaring into the air in a transparent wave!

With no combatants available, we'll have to rely on Givinia's detection and Ally's spray now.

"Ally! I'm using projection to distract their vision, you take advantage of the situation!"

"Clear!"

With her eyes tightly closed, countless phantom images of Givinia emerged from the void, surrounding each of the Givinia beasts. The lowly beasts mistook these for their targets and pounced and scratched at the phantoms—of course, to no avail.

"Now!"

Three rows of dots at the rear of the car lit up, and then--

Three points firing simultaneously!

Sirius accelerated rapidly, transforming into a streak of silver-gray light as it swept through the horde of monsters! The immense acceleration pressed Givinia and Ailin against their seats, their expressions contorted in pain. Ally was even paler, her hands gripping the steering wheel almost convulsing!

The last brown roc flew past the car window, Sirius finally flew out of the encirclement. Although it only took a few seconds in total, it felt like an eternity.

They escaped.

After passing the mountain pass ahead, the finish line of the second stage is not far away.

All that's left is a smooth landing.

"Ally! To the right!" Givinia suddenly screamed.

"--Eh!?"

Too sudden, Ally's reaction was a beat slow.

But her driver's instincts told her to rev to the right, forcing the car to fly to the left.

Then they saw it.

It was a giant bird.

Its body is nearly thirty meters long, and if you include its tail feathers, its total length can reach one hundred meters.

Its body is covered with snow-white blue-white feathers, its beautiful eyes are like the finest black pearls, its head is covered with silvery-white feathers, and its most eye-catching feature is its long tail, which has an ethereal beauty like frost, making it a thousand times more beautiful than a peacock.

A creature that is too beautiful.

Ally and Ailin immediately recognized its identity.

The sixth of the ten major races of monsters, the king of all birds.

Phoenix Clan.

Moreover, the one before us is a rather rare Ice Phoenix.

"Oh no--"

With a flap of its enormous, icy blue wings, a chilling frost pierced through the void, transforming into icy arrows that hurtled through the air!

"Tch--You stinky bird!"

Ally gritted her teeth, and the side Jet Point of the car erupted, the enormous thrust causing the car to flip in mid-air. The ice arrows grazed the car body, almost hitting the engine!

Sirius's outer shell was made of Edman Alloy, making it incredibly tough. The Ice Phoenix's ice arrow only left a frost mark on it, suffering only minor damage.

Minor damage.

What was that saying again?

Success or failure lies in the details.

The ice arrow grazed the rear door and slightly touched the door lock.

So, while Sirius was doing a somersault—

"Ah, Sister Ye!"

"Ah! A crystal egg!"

The rear door swung open instantly. All three people in the car were protected by seat belts, but the pink crystal cocoon was different. The seat belts couldn't hold it in place, so it had to be forcibly tied to the back seat with a rope.

The rope, however, was lost sometime ago.

Ailin was closest to the crystal cocoon, was terrified. She tried to reach out and grab it, but the heavy cocoon was far too heavy for her frail body to bear.

And so, the crystal cocoon containing Liu Ye traced a pink trajectory in the air before falling downwards in a graceful parabola.

As Givinia watched the rapidly falling crystal cocoon, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

Why did the ropes binding the crystal cocoon suddenly loosen? Of course, there's a reason.

"Good luck, A Ye. This is all I can do for you..."