Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 635 - 628: The Transport Plane Arrives

Chapter 635: Chapter 628: The Transport Plane Arrives

"Are you okay?" Luo’er turned his head to look at her, asking with concern.

Feng coughed a few times, then shook her head, sheathing her sword while panting hurriedly.

Seeing her condition, Luo’er felt helpless. The current situation was critical, and he could not take care of her for the moment. As long as the transport plane arrives on time, everything else will be fine.

"Exotic insect!"

Just as his attention was diverted, Hu Daoke’s shout of surprise reached his ears. Soon after, there were two loud gunshots. Hu Daoke fired twice with a shotgun, the dull and powerful shots dispersing like rain, aimed at the exotic insect that just leapt atop the tower.

The dense shotgun blast was like an explosion and instantly exploded on the insect’s body. Its seemingly hard shell could not withstand the impact of the shotgun, getting blown apart instantaneously. Its limbs scattered in all directions.

Luo’er’s speculation was correct. The shotgun was exceptionally lethal to the exotic insects at close range. Just two shots took down the exotic insect, leaving it unable to rise again.

Tangmo thought of the magic crystal pistols they carried with them, so she drew it and switched to shotgun mode. In this mode, the magic crystal pistol would convert magic power into ice crystals, then spray them out.

She had just drawn her pistol when another insect leapt towards her watchful direction, hanging on the edge of the wall with its forelimbs, opening and closing its terrifying mouthparts at her.

Tangmo, startled, quickly closed her eyes, hoisting her magic crystal pistol and firing several shots at it. The magic crystal pistol didn’t have as loud a sound as the shotgun, or rather, it was almost silent. The ice crystals sprayed out at the exotic insect clinging to the wall, but the results were disappointing.

Perhaps the output power of the magic crystal pistol was too low, rendering the ice crystals virtually no threat to the exotic insects. The shotgun mode of the magic crystal pistol was effective against soft, unarmored targets, but it seemed inferior against hard exoskeleton creatures like exotic insects.

After several shots, the exotic insect remained unfazed. It shook its head a few times, once again using its powerful hind legs to leap from the wall, waving its forelimbs towards Tangmo.

Just as Tangmo thought her luck had run out, the insect that suddenly pounced in front of her seemed to bump into glass, being heavily bounced back.

Tangmo was paused, then realized that the magic power in the air was flowing, and an invisible shield appeared in front of her.

"Just in time..." Fula’s sigh of relief came from beside her ear, and she finally understood. Fula, the spirit form, was still active in the sky, and this girl could also use magic. It must have been her who timely initiated the shield spell to block the exotic insect.

Tangmo took a deep breath, ready to thank her, but Fula cut her off: "Can you please focus on dealing with them, stop being distracted!"

"Moumou, move!" Before Tangmo could open her mouth, Luo’er’s voice came from one side.

He saw him swing his gun around, aiming at the insect that still hadn’t recovered from the collision and fired a shot. This shot directly blew away its head. The insect staggered back a step and then collapsed beside the wall.

"Fula, nicely done, be ready to cover everyone at any time!" Luo’er spoke to Fula after firing his shot.

"Got it!" Fula seemed very pleased with Luo’er’s affirmation, her voice ringing with delight.

Feng took a while to recover, and her face finally improved a bit, not as terrible as before. As soon as she raised her head, she saw an exotic insect leaping to the top of the tower, baring its teeth and claws at them.

Without thinking, she drew her sword and stabbed forward. A piercing sword aura shot at the exotic insect in an instant, slicing it completely into two. The aftermath of the sword aura slammed into the wall, leaving a deep mark.

After releasing this move, she began to cough aggressively once again, clutching her stomach and falling to her knees. Her face, which had just improved, turned pale again.

"You don’t have to use your spells, just rest properly!" Seeing Feng force another spell out, Luo’er seemed angry, turned his head, and said displeasedly.

Feng’s magic casting wasn’t like that of Tangmo and Baiyue’s. She stored magical power inside her body to use it at will, and once this power was exhausted, she was prone to physical discomfort.

"I..." Feng couldn’t even finish her sentence, as she started coughing uncontrollably as soon as she began to speak.

"Hey, you store magical energy inside your body, don’t you?" Suddenly, Tangmo directed Baiyue to help defend her area, while she turned and knelt down to ask Feng this question.

"Ah, huh?" Feng blinked at her, not quite understanding what she meant.

"Nevermind!" Tangmo said, grabbed her hand, put it against her own palm, and then closed her eyes to begin reciting a spell.

Under Tangmo’s control, the magical power in the air started to flow rapidly, then it gathered into her body, then flowed into Feng’s body.

The magic formula she used was actually the preamble of the brilliant singularity, absorbing magical power, then flowing through the body, and gathering at some place through a medium. This "place" was Feng’s body.

For Tangmo, there was indeed a high risk in doing this. The primary risk was for Feng. If Feng’s body couldn’t store magic power, then the magical strength that Tangmo forced into her body would spread within her.

In such a situation, if Feng doesn’t chant a spell to guide the magic power out of her body in time, she could easily suffer from magic power erosion. For a mage, suffering from magic power erosion would mean the end of their career.

Luo’er was suffering from magic power erosion. His magic power had already drastically declined. The reason he could still serve as the captain of the advance team was that he didn’t rely on magic for battle. If Tangmo suffered from magic power erosion, her career would be over.

Fortunately, Tangmo’s speculation was correct. Under her continuous transfer of magic power, Feng’s complexion visibly improved. She looked at Tangmo with shock as a strong magic power circulated and gathered inside her body, like a warm current.

After a few minutes of magic power transfer, Feng finally recovered her state before casting the big spell. Now, she felt full of energy and believed she could cast the big spell at least two more times.

"So, it is indeed the case." Seeing her improvement, Tangmo finally breathed a sigh of relief, and she also roughly understood Feng’s way of using magic.

"Tha-Thank you!" Feng looked at her with wide eyes, and awkwardly expressed her gratitude.

"Don’t overdo it next time, recharging you is tiring for me too." Tangmo said with an exhausted expression, panting as she spoke.

"Re- recharging?" Feng did not understand what she meant.

"Luo’er, the transport plane has arrived!" At this moment, Cheng Ziang saw the transport plane appearing in the sky and announced with joy.

"Good, everyone hang on a bit longer, we can board the plane soon!" Luo’er shouted, shooting a rising exotic insect down from the tower, then took out a flare gun from his waist and fired a shot towards the sky.

The transport plane’s pilot, seeing the red signal, immediately shut off the engine and deployed the airbrake, slowing down the plane. Simultaneously, the machine gun at the back of the craft opened fire, striking the exotic insects on the ground. The plane was, however, at the back and it couldn’t provide fire support to the towers yet.

Soon, the transport plane began to circle the tower, slowly decreasing its altitude. After the plane’s arrival, the reconnaissance aircraft that had been circling the tower also adjusted its course and started to head towards the airboat.

Eventually, the transport plane reduced its speed to zero and hovered above the tower. The pilot started to decrease the output of the antigravity engine, lowering the plane so the advance team could board.

"The transport plane has arrived, everyone, board the plane in an orderly fashion and evacuate!" When the plane descended to half a meter above the top of the tower, Luo’er issued a loud command to everyone.

Naturally, the first one to board was Feng, the fruit of their mission. With help from the team, she climbed onto the transport plane, then turned around and said to Luo’er hesitantly, "The master, he..."

"I know, I will arrange everything according to his wishes!" Luo’er responded, pulling out the last flame magic crystal grenade from his pocket.