CHAPTER 73: CHAPTER 73: IGNORE HIM, HURRY TO THE WAR ZONE TO SAVE PEOPLE

Zhao Qing’s eyelids gradually grew heavy.

His consciousness was drifting; he felt his body rapidly descending. He struggled to open his eyes, wanting to see if those two Ice Blue Sparrows were still pursuing him.

He hoped they wouldn’t even spare his corpse. This way, perhaps he could stall for another half a minute for his comrades?

From the moment Zhao Qing joined the ranks of the Awakened Warriors, he was prepared for sacrifice. Unlike those who raid instances, "Awakened Warriors" exist to protect countless people behind them. They remain in the war zone year-round, ready to tackle the Magic Beasts leaving their nests, keeping them at the last line of defense.

He had long foreseen his end, so when death came, he accepted it peacefully.

After all, he had no family; when his parents and brother died in the Magic Beast Tide, he swore to dedicate his life to the battlefield, protecting the countless families behind Song City, sparing other children from the pain he once endured.

Did he manage to achieve that?

Closing his eyes, Zhao Qing’s final thought was hoping not to be shattered to pieces from the fall.

He ignored the pain and shock in his body, finding a bitter joy in the unhindered tranquility of falling.

Suddenly.

A hand grabbed his clothes. Zhao Qing no longer had the strength to open his eyes, but he thought, if someone caught him in mid-air right now, it had to be either the claws of the Ice Blue Sparrow or Su Ang.

"Don’t sleep."

A human voice sounded faintly above his head, and Zhao Qing thought, "Ah."

It seemed to be that young Commander Su.

But even if he stayed awake, he couldn’t survive. The lower half of his body was gone; the severe blood loss could cause him to fall into a shock and die at any moment.

He wanted to say not to worry about him, to hurry to the war zone and save others. He wanted to tell Su Ang all about the situation in the Second B Battle Zone, but his lips wouldn’t move. He concentrated his awareness and finally managed to utter a weak syllable: "Don’t..."

The next second, Zhao Qing fell into complete shock and unconsciousness.

Su Ang furrowed his brows slightly. He handed the hovercar over to autopilot, secured his feet at the car door’s edges to stabilize himself, then cradled Zhao Qing’s chest to hold him firmly in his arms while tearing open a Blood Stopping Magic Potion package beside him and sprinkling it all over Zhao Qing’s waist.

Following that, he opened a hidden compartment on the hovercar’s side, took out a syringe, and directly injected it into Zhao Qing’s body.

Soon, Zhao Qing’s breathing miraculously steadied.

Su Ang couldn’t help but glance at the ripped hemostatic medicine packaging in the car. He hadn’t expected that combining this hemostatic medicine with this special potion would be so exceptionally effective.

He had used this special potion once before; although it ensured survival, it also meant seven days of critical condition. He was all too aware of how dangerous the condition would be.

But now, Zhao Qing’s situation was evidently much better than his had been back then.

Su Ang turned around, setting a destination for the hovercar’s autopilot. He glanced at the two Ice Blue Sparrows chasing them, spreading his spiritual power over the entire forest below.

The enthusiastic Little Ice Blue Sparrow flapped its wings, charging directly at Su Ang’s hovercar, intending to knock it down and snatch its previously locked prey, Zhao Qing.

Su Ang didn’t steer the hovercar away; he met the Little Ice Blue Sparrow’s gaze, his dark pupils narrowing slightly. The next moment, the Little Ice Blue Sparrow’s entire body stiffened as if cursed, unleashing a fierce and chaotic Wind Blade toward the Big Ice Blue Sparrow.

The Big Ice Blue Sparrow, which had been indulgently watching the Little Ice Blue Sparrow seek revenge, realized something immediately, abandoning its leisurely attitude. As a B-level Magical Beast, it had gained sentience long ago. Realizing Su Ang was of the Spiritual System, it quickly grabbed the controlled Little Ice Blue Sparrow and flew towards the battlefield’s center.

Su Ang coolly withdrew his gaze, his Spiritual Net had already locked onto Zhao Qing’s lower half, and the hovercar glided towards the forest, racing through the trees. At one moment, Su Ang reached half of his body out from the car, retrieving the fractured body from the ground.

Su Ang didn’t know if Zhao Qing could ever have a complete body again, but some things he had to do. Stuffing the lower half of Zhao Qing’s body into the hovercar, Su Ang stepped on the car’s edge, pushing the hovercar to chase the Big Ice Blue Sparrow.

With the hovercar’s speed, catching up to the Ice Blue Sparrow was a stretch. Su Ang released his spiritual power, quickly controlling the Big Ice Blue Sparrow, slowing its flight.

As the hovercar reached the Big Ice Blue Sparrow’s overhead, Su Ang closed the car door and leaped, landing steadily on the Ice Blue Sparrow’s back.

The small hovercar carried Zhao Qing towards the set destination, while Su Ang, like a leisurely walk, moved across the Ice Blue Sparrow’s broad back, his calm, indifferent black eyes gazing towards the battlefield’s center, lightly resting on the remaining two B-level Magical Beasts.

The Second B Battle Zone was now in complete chaos and bloodshed.

The Black Dragon Beast had already stepped into the battlefield center, its ferocious giant fist slammed into the ground, sending the Awakened Warriors flying. Amidst the erupting hot lava, the warriors’ screams echoed like damned souls in hell, chilling to the bone.

Lin Mo was forcefully confronting the B-level Spiritual Magical Beast, and due to simultaneously commanding the battlefield, he had been at a disadvantage.

When Su Ang arrived, Lin Mo was already bleeding from his nose and mouth, surrounded by rampaging beasts in the battlefield’s heart. Were it not for Wang Shuo and Cheng Qing’s tireless protection, he would likely have been trampled by the invading Magic Beast Tide, meeting his end.

"Thank you for your hard work." Standing above, Su Ang spoke to Lin Mo through his spiritual power, "Withdraw your spiritual power."

Upon receiving Su Ang’s support, Lin Mo finally sighed in relief.

He wiped the blood from his nose, retracting his spiritual power, and looked up to the clear, cloudless sky, where a silver-haired young man in a suit stood on the back of the Ice Blue Sparrow. With merely an outstretched right hand, he managed to hold the B-level Spiritual Magical Beast and Black Dragon Beast in place.

He gazed at the two beasts with neither joy nor sorrow, and after a moment, he focused on the Spiritual Magical Beast, conjuring an entity blade formed by spiritual power, swiftly and decisively striking at it.

The beast, resisting Su Ang’s spiritual constraints, sensed the external attack and immediately released a Spiritual Defense Shield. However, under Su Ang’s solid and overwhelming S-Class Spiritual Power pressure, that shield was like a thin sheet of paper, pierced by the sharp blade, striking the Spiritual Magical Beast’s forehead.

In an instant, the Spiritual Magical Beast roared, its spiritual power thrown into chaos, one moment pounding its beastly body like a lunatic, the next wandering in place like a lost child. Unable to find its consciousness, it could only rely on primal instincts, attacking everything indiscriminately around it.

"Leave the rest to you." Su Ang stood with arms crossed on the Ice Blue Sparrow’s back, glancing at the approaching Awakened Warrior support troops and casually said to Lin Mo, "I’ll take these three B-level living entities; you quickly deal with the Black Dragon Beast."

Lin Mo promptly responded, not questioning why Su Ang didn’t deal with the Black Dragon Beast as well, knowing that turning in high-level magical beast carcasses at the war zone would bring considerable subsidies and rewards. Su Ang clearly could have taken all the B-levels yet still left one for them, which was enough to make Lin Mo very happy.

Steadying himself a bit, Lin Mo immediately began commanding the surviving Awakened Warriors to clean up the remaining beast tide.

——

Qian Qi once again sat up in a start from a deathly dream.

She wiped the cold sweat off her forehead, touching her chest as if trying to settle her heartbeat, taking a deep breath.

She dreamt of that B-level Black Dragon Beast again.