The silence inside the Transport Shuttlecraft was broken by the images on the screen.
"They saw through it, just as expected." Not a trace of worry showed on Bagnell's face. He remained as languid as ever. "This Dawei Card Adept Corps does have a few capable Card Adepts."
Xi Ping knew this lazy fellow quite well. Generally speaking, as long as he looked like this, it meant he had everything well in hand. But Xi Ping only handled logistics and never interfered in matters concerning the Card Adepts, so he had no idea what specific countermeasures were in place.
"Mm." Sitting ramrod straight, Jiang Liang's expression did not change.
On the battlefield, every one of the fifty-odd survivors was executing a Coaxial Spin Impact. Five Card Adepts, poor flyers who had forced themselves to perform this highly difficult maneuver, had died in the attempt. For a Card Adept, forcing a skill beyond their abilities was an extremely dangerous thing.
But no one had the leisure to pity them now. All forty-eight remaining survivors wore expressions of frantic terror. Only one thought remained in their minds-Get out of here! Get out of this hell!
As for the Card Adepts watching from afar, they certainly would not waste their scant sympathy on these men. Compared with their earlier horror and shock, they now felt much more at ease. No one could have remained relaxed after witnessing that hellish scene; they had shared the despair of having nowhere to dodge and no way to block. The Dawei Card Adept Corps's successful escape from the sea of fire was like a shaft of sunlight piercing layers of dark clouds, brightening the world before their eyes.
The watching Card Adepts all let out a long breath. Hearing identical exhalations nearby, they turned and found the