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Atlas of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 591: Anomaly Arises, Awaiting the Blade

Author: 误道者
updatedAt: 2025-08-21

Inside the Building, Xu Chan's team continued their confrontation with Wu Qi. By this point, relying on their rich experience, they had developed a set of effective tactics to counter it.

Xu Chan divided his team into two groups. He and Wang Lu, the two Captains, were responsible for the front, left, and right directions. The two Exploration Team members in the rear mainly used projectiles to constrain and fill gaps.

Whenever Wu Qi tried to break through in a certain direction, Lu and Wang would raise the Special Shield, which had just been delivered from the rear, and charge forward, stopping it like a fired cannonball.

This method didn't require much skill; it purely relied on Speed.

Although Wu Qi was also very agile, its size was a factor. It couldn't move as fast as them in short distances. Even though its own mass was far greater than anyone present, the team cooperated with each other. When one person went up, the others would harass and restrain it from other directions.

Almost every time it just sped up, they forced it to stop. At this time, the Short Spear, carrying Entangling Chains or Large Net, would be thrown from the rear, forcing it to retreat or evade.

Xu Chan played a crucial role here. He single-handedly shouldered at least 60% of the pressure, steadily suppressing Wu Qi. Especially when Wu Qi's Spiritual Power was wantonly released and others were greatly Influenced, he would step up alone to withstand it until this wave of outbreak passed.

Previously, they had received orders from the Ministry of Defense, requiring them to force Wu Qi out of the Building and into the open space behind it. They didn't know the reality purpose of doing so, but since this was an order from above, they would do their best to execute it.

However, they wouldn't act blindly. After all, they were veterans and knew that to accomplish the target, they couldn't be impatient but had to proceed step by step.

Now, they just needed to block Wu Qi's path of escape, preventing it from passing through here, and constantly compress its space. Over time, even without them driving it away, Wu Qi would choose to break through from that one remaining path.

Although this would take more time, they hadn't been given a specific time limit from above. They believed that as long as it didn't exceed the Mother Split period, it would be fine, and Wu Qi definitely wouldn't last until then.

Their deduction was correct. Under continuous pressure, the injured areas on Wu Qi's body gradually increased, and its movements became more and more restricted.

It gradually felt that it couldn't move freely, so it had no choice but to retreat backward. After crashing through walls, it finally burst out from the rear of the Building and came outside.

At this moment, looking out from this position, one could see the rotating giant Ferris Wheel standing there, and further away was the vast Sea surface with undulating waves.

Xu Chan and the five others chased out closely. They maintained their previous formation, landing in different positions, still blocking its path of escape.

At this time, unless Wu Qi chose to jump into the sea, it was almost impossible to break through their encirclement.

However, the Ministry of Defense had already known from the analysis of Safe Shield that although Wu Qi could enter the sea, it had no combat power in the water. Instead, it might be besieged by the modified aquatic creatures deployed by the Sea Dragon Company, so it wouldn't choose to do so.

Wu Qi indeed wouldn't do so because the Board of Directors ordered it not to leave but to try its best to kill these five people.

Below the well, Director Yingwei was still standing there, his strange gaze looking upward, half of his face illuminated by the light above, while the other half was obscured in darkness.

Behind him, shadows flickered on the wall, seemingly impatient.

But he knew that the time was still a bit off.

The Active Consciousness Entity had its own energy storage organs. High-Energy Nutrient only helped activate its state. When it entered a combat state, it would use the energy it usually stored.

According to Ferris Wheel Corporation's estimates, even under heavy consumption, Wu Qi could fight continuously for about two days, so until now, this Active Consciousness Entity's combat power hadn't decreased much.

However, he didn't need to wait until then. What he needed was for the people outside to help him consume Wu Qi's Spiritual Power.

The Active Consciousness Entity was particularly solid in Spirit, especially someone like Wu Qi who was good at prediction and would have early warnings about situations that harmed itself. It wasn't easy to invade. Even if it could be forcibly occupied, it would encounter severe resistance and rejection.

If that weren't the case, he would have gone in to seize Wu Qi when it was staying in the Company. Because he couldn't do that, he had to push Wu Qi out to fight with others.

In this situation, Wu Qi's entire body's functions would enter a combat state, its predictive ability would no longer exist, and its Spiritual Power would inevitably continue to be consumed.

According to his estimation, it would last about thirty to forty minutes under high-intensity exertion, and when it was at its weakest moment, it would be his time to strike.

At this moment, the airship Chen Chuan was on had arrived directly above the Ferris Wheel. He looked at the time, 11:40.

As the last person to make a move, he needed to wait for the right opportunity.

No one urged him at this time. Since it had been entrusted to him, they would trust him completely, and they wouldn't do any questioning or urging.

The Strength that Hong Fu could transmit mainly came from energy field and Spirit. However, if the Strength transmitted was too great, the other party would be aware of it in advance.

In reality, the Strength that could arrive through energy field transmission was limited, but even if it was just a portion, it was already a considerable amount of Strength. If his own foundation wasn't strong enough, he wouldn't be able to withstand it, let alone unleash it.

In the end, his Strength was still the fundamental basis of this strike.

He looked down from above. Although he couldn't see the specific situation due to the fog, he could judge the situation below through the faint Spiritual Power that came over.

Now he could confirm that his teammates below had successfully driven Wu Qi out of the Building, which could be said to have completed the prerequisite conditions.

Next, it was up to him.

According to the plan, he needed to act at the moment when that existence invaded the Active Consciousness Entity. At that time, the Secret Ritual below would also be launched simultaneously to cooperate with him in completing this strike.

This height was about three kilometers above the ground. If he jumped directly down, it might take about half a minute to approach the target with normal descent, and he would miss even the best opportunity.

Although he could take a downward plunge to accelerate his descent Speed, it wasn't enough.

But fortunately, he had another condition to borrow.

At the moment, there were still many Fissure around. He had previously obtained Chen Bitong's Flying Dragon Fist, and this fist technique had usage methods improved by Chen Bitong, including how to shuttle through Fissure.

To do this, he first needed stable and formed Fissure, as well as sufficiently powerful and unique Spiritual Power. He couldn't do it personally, but at the moment, he had Hong Fu's help and could use the latter's Strength to complete this action.

This would not only allow him to suddenly cross an extremely long distance but also appear closer to the enemy in a more sudden manner.

He felt it at the moment. Judging from the faint Spirit transmitted from below, the Active Consciousness Entity of the Ferris Wheel still had a certain amount of Remaining energy, and that existence hadn't officially started yet.

Therefore, he needed to wait a little longer.

Time slowly passed, and nearly twenty minutes went by. The battle under the Ferris Wheel became more and more intense. Under the repeated release, Wu Qi's Spirit was declining at a very obvious Speed.

But it had to do so because without the deterrence and assistance of Spiritual Power, these people's attacks would be even more fierce and smooth, and it would not be able to hold on. Therefore, it could only persevere.

Inside the Ministry of Defense command center, Watchtower's voice sounded at this moment: ""Safe Shield' sends a reminder that Wu Qi's state is declining across the board, and the Biological Field is greatly weakened. Unexpected situations may occur at any time. Please be prepared..."

Commissioner Liang's expression became extremely serious, knowing that the opportunity they had been waiting for was about to come.

He raised his wrist and looked at the time, 11:58.

Then he silently looked at the airship hovering in the light screen.

Objectively speaking, so many departments' expectations and such a great responsibility on his shoulders would undoubtedly put enormous pressure on anyone, and even a Martial Artist could not be indifferent.

If the psychological burden was heavy, it would greatly Influence his performance.

Now it depended on whether this person could withstand these things and realize the expectations they had entrusted to him.

On the airship, Chen Chuan had been standing there with his blade, fully focused on sensing the movement below.

At this moment, he heard a prompt from the command center in his Boundary Token, and he also felt that the Spiritual Power of the Active Consciousness Entity had begun to gradually decline.

At this time, he glanced at Second Self, which gradually showed faint fading signs, indicating that the Strength of that existence was dissipating outward and was also preparing to take action.

So he raised the Snow Emperor Blade, held it horizontally in front of him, moved the scabbard away, let it fall on the deck, and then focused his eyes on the bright blade.

This should be the strongest opponent he had encountered so far, and he needed to gather all his Strength.

As if sensing his will, the blade soon buzzed and vibrated, and strands of light mist overflowed from the blade, and the red line on the back of the blade became extremely crimson.

At this time, gusts of wind blew, blowing his military coat open, and his scarf fluttered backward.

He took a deep breath, and with a boom, white mist rose from his body.

Just as he did so, Hong Fu, who was standing behind him, suddenly turned into a piece of red light, which instantly attached to his body and turned into a wisp of scarlet haze surrounding the white mist.

At the same moment, Wu Qi, facing the pressing of Xu Chan and others, once again burst out with a strong Spirit pressure.

But this time, everyone present could feel that this impact was not as unbearable as before, and could even be described as weak.

Everyone's Spirit was lifted. Just as they wanted to rush up again, the ground suddenly shook violently, making it almost impossible for them to stand. They retreated one after another, and then they saw a large mass of shadows emerging from the ground, covering Wu Qi like a tide. In just an instant, it tightly wrapped it.

Almost at the same time, an invisible Strength of infection spread outward, and the surrounding world seemed to turn into black and white.

At this moment, within tens of kilometers of the Ferris WheelBuilding, an indescribable feeling of oppression and terror instantly spread, and the slowly rotating Ferris Wheel also changed, as if it had suddenly turned into a huge vortex crack, and dazzling and scorchinglight was vented from it.

On the airship, Chen Chuan cast his gaze downward. His eyes seemed to penetrate the heavy fog and reach the center directly. He held the knife in his hand, lowered his center of gravity, and then stepped on his feet, and jumped down.

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