Chapter 499: Five Senses Sealed
Mu Qing’s eyes blazed with battle intent as she gazed at the eighteen figures of the Spirit Energy Clan hovering high in the sky.
She wasn’t surprised by their arrival.
When planning the combat line advance, Feng Qi had predicted that the Spirit Energy Clan might appear during this battle. He believed that the war between Star City and Future City would inevitably draw the attention of various factions, including the Spirit Energy Clan lurking in the shadows. Through the live broadcast, the Spirit Energy Clan could potentially track the black shadow’s movements. For them, the black shadow was an irresistible lure, as it possessed a miracle item.
No race could resist the temptation of a miracle item, especially since the black shadow was a former traitor to the Spirit Energy Clan. This was why Feng Qi had prioritized a swift, decisive strategy when planning the combat line. If the war dragged on, it would invite too many uncontrollable variables. Unknown forces might join the battle, spiraling the situation out of control and making it impossible to continue investigating the Technology Research Institute.
What surprised Mu Qing was how quickly the Spirit Energy Clan had arrived at the scene. Unlike the domain warriors who came to stop the war, the Spirit Energy Clan…
The domain warriors who had rushed to prevent the war had boarded their transport planes long before the conflict began, departing ahead of time.
Therefore, their arrival in Future City at this point was perfectly logical.
The Spirit Energy Clan, however, clearly lacked such foresight.
They might be curious about the meaning behind the war, but they would never personally dispatch forces to stop it or support Future City’s resistance against Star City in response to public opinion.
At the time, Feng Qi had speculated that even if the Spirit Energy Clan had seen traces of the black shadow on the live broadcast, they wouldn’t have been able to reach Future City in time. They would still have had time to launch an investigation into the Technology Research Institute.
Now, it seemed Feng Qi had underestimated the Spirit Energy Clan’s capabilities.
Instead of using transportation like aircraft, they had directly opened a spatial rift to cross space and arrive.
Faced with Mu Qing’s provocation, the eighteen members of the Spirit Energy Clan responded.
The golden mark on the forehead of the leading member emitted a faint glow, and its eyes turned pure gold. A pair of massive golden wings, constructed from energy, slowly unfurled behind it.
With each flap, golden light rained down like golden raindrops.
A sacred aura swept across the area below. The being now resembled a God descending to Earth, its icy gaze surveying the masses from a lofty height.
At that moment, Mu Qing also threw a punch.
As her fist surged forward, fine black cracks appeared, and a terrifying force tore through space, striking upward.
This punch seemed to carry the power of creation itself, as if it were destined to strike down the God seated high in the clouds.
Boom!
With a deafening roar, a fist-shaped silhouette woven from jade-colored lightning arcs surged upward, spiraling into the air.
Violent air currents erupted skyward, scattering the thick clouds above.
The leading member of the Spirit Energy Clan blinked, and golden wings instantly enveloped its body, attempting to block Mu Qing’s attack.
But the leading member had clearly underestimated Mu Qing’s strength.
The punch’s power instantly tore through the golden wings and slammed into its chest.
Jade-colored lightning arcs coiled around the Spirit Energy Clan member’s body, and it let out a pained roar, the composure in its eyes vanishing completely.
Its energy-based body flickered erratically under the corrosive assault of the jade-colored arcs, threatening to disintegrate at any moment.
Seeing their comrade in peril, the remaining seventeen members of the Spirit Energy Clan surged forward, placing their hands on the leading member’s body to help share the corrosive aftereffects of the jade-colored lightning.
As black energy flowed through the group, the jade-colored arcs around the leading member’s body dissipated.
It gazed at Mu Qing again, its eyes filled with unconcealed astonishment.
It had expected its greatest opponent in this battle to be the traitorous Hei Lin, but it had never imagined it would encounter a warrior with such unbelievably robust physical prowess upon arrival.
Within the jade-colored lightning, it sensed energy condensed purely from qi blood.
Thus, it could easily imagine the terrifying amount of qi blood contained within the slender figure standing below. This woman was actually fighting without relying on spiritual energy, using only her qi blood.
Gold symbols flickered in its eyes as it rapidly analyzed the situation.
After a brief exchange, it understood one crucial truth: breaking through the physical defenses of the figure below would be exceedingly difficult.
Despite the terrifying qi-blood energy within her, her body could effortlessly withstand it. This alone proved her physical strength was beyond comprehension.
Such surface defenses clearly couldn’t be shattered by simple energy-based attacks.
After assessing Mu Qing’s situation, it turned to a clansman on its right and said in a deep voice:
“Hei Gu, you handle her!”
Hearing the command, Hei Gu, a member of the Spirit Energy Clan, stepped forward into the air. Its gaze locked onto Mu Qing, who stood surrounded by crackling jade-colored lightning, gathering her momentum.
As their eyes met, a smile spread across Hei Gu’s face. It raised its right hand.
The purple ring on Mu Qing’s middle finger suddenly shimmered with a faint light.
Seeing the smile on Hei Gu’s face, Mu Qing felt a sudden, intense sense of crisis. Her intuition for danger had always been sharp, and she immediately realized that danger was closing in.
Snap!
A crisp snap echoed in her ears.
In an instant, Mu Qing’s vision went completely colorless, and blackness rapidly spread.
Soon, darkness completely obscured her sight.
It was as if she had been transported to a dark world, where there was no sunlight, and everything within her field of vision was as viscous and black as ink.
Yet she could still hear the wind outside.
This proved she was still standing in place, not pulled into some independent space or Domain Field.
Realizing her vision was blocked, Mu Qing remained calm. She immediately focused her mind, attempting to use her senses to locate the Spirit Energy Clan members.
Snap!
The snapping sound rang out again.
To her surprise, Mu Qing found herself unable to perceive the outside world with her consciousness. All she could smell was the lingering scent of gunpowder after the battle.
She had now completely lost track of the Spirit Energy Clan members.
Snap!
(End of the Chapter)