Lightning illuminated the long night, and two figures continuously clashed in the distant sky.
Due to the extreme distance, Chen Bugu could only vaguely make out that a human expert was ambushing a worm-like “Demon Seed.”
The white figure, carrying immense lightning, struck the other black figure again and again.
In the hands of that human expert, bolts of lightning seemed to be imbued with life, making various strange directional changes in the air, even striking the enemy precisely after tracing a circular trajectory.
They were Floating in the high sky, exchanging blows multiple times in an instant.
In the clear, moonlit night sky, black energy halos and white lightning intertwined and collided, unleashing a powerful energy storm that swept across the entire Copper State.
Chen Bugu and Lai Yinghuan had no choice but to desperately cling to the railing on the rooftop, trying to stabilize their bodies.
The strong winds made it impossible for them to even open their eyes.
Chen Bugu raised a hand to shield his eyes, squinting to look through the gaps between his fingers.
He saw that the entire sky above Copper State was suddenly covered in dark clouds, with lightning surging within the black clouds, and abundant thunder elements almost overflowing from between the cloud layers.
Immediately after, countless pillars of lightning descended from the sky; the pale lightning illuminated the earth, and at that instant, Chen Bugu briefly saw that figure clearly.
Before he could express his surprise, the next scene deeply shocked him again.
The lightning pillars shattered, the clouds dispersed, and a massive trident, purely condensed from lightning power, descended from the sky, crushing everything in its path as it slammed towards the “Demon Seed.”
Immediately after, the world turned pale, and a huge roar made Chen Bugu lose his hearing for an instant.
A powerful shockwave, carrying strong winds, swept over, and Chen Bugu instinctively lay down on the ground.
In the pale world, Chen Bugu could sense that the “Lingguang Imprint” was triggered, but the “Aura Shield” did not break.
This indicated that the place he was in was still affected.
Fortunately, it was not severe; at least the power was not enough to shatter the defense of a single “Aura Shield.”
When Chen Bugu opened his eyes again, the pale world gradually regained its color, and the blurry scene slowly became clear.
Beneath him, the blue-white electric arcs gradually disappeared.
He immediately realized that it was these electric arcs that triggered the “Aura Shield,” and he hadn’t expected that the “Thunder Trident” technique could affect their location.
Chen Bugu slowly stood up and looked into the distance; a huge cloud of smoke permeated the air, and combined with the obstruction of the buildings, he could not see the specific situation clearly.
Lai Yinghuan was still sprawled on the ground; he did not have a Lingguang Lock to protect him, and he took the full brunt of the aftershock from that move. At this moment, his hair stood on end, and he lay motionless on the ground, clearly paralyzed from the lightning.
Chen Bugu grabbed Lai Yinghuan and decisively ran downstairs.
Watching a battle between experts of this caliber inevitably comes with a price, and Lai Yinghuan was the best example.
Gradually, Chen Bugu could faintly hear footsteps and wails; his hearing was slowly recovering.
The wailing came from Lai Yinghuan; this guy, after being electrocuted, was screaming non-stop like a weak-legged shrimp.
Even though that kind of aftershock couldn't even break through an “Aura Shield,” with Lai Yinghuan's eight-star physique, enduring such an attack would at most paralyze him for a while; there was no need to scream like that.
While going downstairs, Chen Bugu kept an eye on the movements outside the building, but neither lightning nor thunder appeared again.
Returning to the bonfire, he casually threw Lai Yinghuan onto the ground, leaving him to continue his paralysis and twitching, while Chen Bugu himself directly left the office building.
On the street, he concentrated, still hearing no sound, so he turned and locked onto the tallest building nearby, quickly ascending to its rooftop.
As the smoke dissipated, from the rooftop, he was finally able to see the situation at the center of the battlefield.
There, an area of several hundred meters had been razed to the ground; tall buildings seemed to have vanished, and the surrounding concrete ground was cracked and broken.
Where the Thunder Trident had fallen, everything had been pulverized into dust under the rampage of the thunder elements, leaving only a sunken pit in the center of the ground and exposed black scorched earth.
The two combatants had long since disappeared, leaving only an unknown outcome hidden within the ruins.
Chen Bugu recalled that second when the lightning illuminated the entire world; he wouldn't mistake that face.
Bai Ting!
It just wasn't the Bai Ting he knew…
That guy stood proudly in the lightning, his white hair standing on end, his every move exuding an imposing aura without anger, and the giant lightning trident behind him, falling like a meteor, made his figure appear even taller.
Thinking about it now, that lightning, which seemed to be imbued with life, was most likely the rumored “Thunder Sprite.”
And what made Chen Bugu most certain that “this Bai Ting” was not “that Bai Ting” was the guy’s attire.
He was actually wearing a black suit!
Chen Bugu silently left the area and, following his memory, returned to the office building where Lai Yinghuan was.
At this moment, Lai Yinghuan was sitting on the ground, head bowed, his right index finger coiling his hair in circles, looking very anxious.
Seeing Chen Bugu return, he looked astonished.
“Why are you back?”
“Otherwise, where should I go?”
“I thought you saw the Commander-in-Chief and abandoned me and ran off.”
“Commander-in-Chief?”
Chen Bugu pursed his lips; Bai Ting, this guy, seemed to always get the big boss script no matter which world he was in, unlike “himself” who only managed to be a logistics team member and got an early exit from the story.
“Yes, Commander-in-Chief Bai Ting, didn't you see him too? Since he appeared here, the combat branch personnel will probably arrive in Copper State soon. I didn’t expect this to become a battlefield; we should escape quickly.”
“What do you mean? Didn't the battle already end?”
Chen Bugu recounted everything he saw after ascending the tallest nearby building to Lai Yinghuan.
“You don’t understand. Among the three Commander-in-Chiefs, Bai Ting is in charge of ‘Control.’ Since he left the front line of the war zone to come here, it means Copper State is on the verge of losing control.”
“Coincidentally, after half a year, a powerful reconnaissance-type Demon Seed was discovered here at this time, which is undoubtedly the worst situation—this time, the ‘Teleportation Port’ is in Copper State!”
“A reconnaissance-type Demon Seed is merely a tool used to anchor spatial nodes. As long as there’s even a trace of its flesh not completely annihilated, the Teleportation Port will still open.”
After Lai Yinghuan finished speaking, he seemed to have been drained of all strength.
“Then what are you still worried about? The center of the battlefield was already leveled by that lightning strike just now. Let alone flesh, not even a speck of bone residue was left.”
“No, I can smell it; the scent of that Demon Seed has not dissipated yet.”
“What?” Chen Bugu was puzzled.
“My ability is a magic-type 【Danger Sense】; my sense of smell is ten or even a hundred times more sensitive than ordinary people. And most crucially, many things you cannot understand and perceive, I can smell in the air, such as the flow of energy, the abundance or lack of elements, and I can even predict danger with a certain probability through scent.”
Lai Yinghuan explained to Chen Bugu; previously, Chen Bugu had asked about his ability, and he had only said his nose was more sensitive, but it was actually far more than that.
Although he wasn't a combat-type ability user, he had relied on 【Danger Sense】 to escape many certain death situations, including previously hiding in the train car and then encountering Chen Bugu's rescue. Lai Yinghuan believed his ability was at work.
In this damned apocalypse, he only trusted the future he smelled.
The shockwave from that battle just now spread the scent to this location.
At this moment, Lai Yinghuan's face was covered in cold sweat, and the blue light representing magic-type abilities flickered continuously in his eyes.
He looked at Chen Bugu, trying to make his trembling voice sound calm.
“Chen Bugu, do you know?”
“Now, right beside us.”
“That guy’s scent, it’s everywhere!”