Chapter 165: A Narrow Escape (Added for Alliance Leader Flowing Fire in a Dream) (Fifth Update)

Not long after, Dao Long · Hamikas’s clone arrived at the arena’s underground equipment area.

The entire area was filled with equipment and cables. Dao Long · Hamikas’s clone infiltrated from a top vent, his scarlet eyes gazing at the surrounding equipment as he continuously moved deeper inside.

Inside the Summit of Stars Arena · Underground Monitoring Room.

One by one, staff members stared at the virtual screens in front of them.

The virtual screens displayed grid-like monitoring images, including those of the underground equipment area.

Each of these staff members was responsible for monitoring images from different areas.

However, the monitoring of the underground equipment was completely normal; no anomalies were observed from beginning to end.

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In the vast starry sky.

Su Ming led his group, desperately pushing towards Taiboken Planet. Kirami after Kirami lunged at them suicidally, but the group swung their spiral lances, sweeping away the attacking Kirami with a single thrust.

Of course, some attacks failed, and they were directly pounced on by Kirami, wrapped up, and immediately lost their direction.

Shouts continuously echoed through the communication channel.

“Kurt!”

“No rescue, don’t stop, accelerate and rush into the atmosphere!”

At this moment, Su Ming roared in the communication channel.

Actually, it wasn’t that Su Ming was cold and heartless; it was mainly because a large number of Kirami were catching up from behind. Any delay would definitely cost them their lives.

“Understood!”

The group grit their teeth and responded, only able to watch helplessly as their companions fell one by one.

Fortunately, Taiboken Planet was getting closer and closer to them.

Su Ming suddenly accelerated, leading the group to plunge into the atmosphere. The entire mecha shook violently, and its surface began to turn red.

Warnings continuously popped up on the operation screen.

“Warning: Entering atmosphere too fast, please decelerate!”

“Warning: Temperature rising, life support system power increasing.”

In an instant, the temperature inside the cockpit soared to over 40 degrees Celsius. Su Ming’s forehead broke out in a fine sweat, but he showed no intention of slowing down.

At this moment, the Kirami trailing behind also plunged in, showing no intention of letting Su Ming and the others go.

Soon after, Second Generation Mecha · Raider after Raider burst through the dark clouds, and the gray, barren, lifeless land immediately came into view.

Taiboken Transit Planet, although it was a suitable planet, its suitable conditions were even harsher than those of Di Yan Star. It mainly earned money through transit freight and resupply.

If it were in the past, Su Ming would definitely have been in the mood to admire this planet. But he had no time to look around now, because Kirami after Kirami were breaking through the clouds and chasing them down.

“Su Ming, they’re catching up!”

Rhine shouted in alarm and anger.

Su Ming tried his best to calm himself down. He scanned the surface and then spotted a large rift valley to his front right. He decisively gave the order.

“Everyone follow me! Target the large rift valley to the front right!”

“Understood!”

Rhine and the others didn’t have time to think much and responded one after another.

Su Ming then took the lead, turning and rushing down towards the large rift valley on the ground.

At this moment, those Kirami also turned, relentlessly pursuing Su Ming and the others.

“Su Ming, they’re following us.”

Lin Chuyu reminded Su Ming.

“Never mind, let’s rush into the canyon first.”

Su Ming said decisively, then accelerated and dived down.

Lin Chuyu and the others followed suit.

In the blink of an eye, they all rushed into the interior of the large rift valley.

The interior of the large rift valley was very deep. Su Ming led the group, continuously flying downwards, turning along the rift’s contours, attempting to shake off the Kirami behind them.

But those Kirami were like persistent adhesive, impossible to shake off, and they continuously shot beams of light from behind towards Su Ming and the others.

“Squad Leader, these bastards are relentlessly pursuing us, what should we do?”

Rhine asked anxiously; at this point, they were cornered.

Su Ming’s expression constantly changed. While flying at high speed, he watched the scanning device, observing the Kirami trailing behind, and simultaneously surveyed the surrounding terrain.

He noticed that the canyon path was getting narrower and it looked like they were nearing the end. However, if they flew up, they would almost certainly be exposed again.

Just as Su Ming was in a dilemma, he suddenly noticed that the scanning device showed a gap in the trailing Kirami, so he decisively made a choice.

“Everyone, go down!”

Su Ming suddenly took the lead, ending his flight, activating his jet wings for reverse thrust, and forcefully descended, finally landing hard on the ground.

Lin Chuyu and the others also followed Su Ming’s command, landing one by one beside him.

Su Ming suddenly raised his head, looked at the Kirami chasing them down, and shouted with a murderous tone in the communication channel.

“Kill!”

“Yes!”

The group responded with stern expressions.

Su Ming took the lead, erupting into action, leaping and flying towards a Kirami that was chasing them down, piercing it with a single thrust.

Crack!

That Kirami didn’t even have time to react before it was pierced through and killed.

Lin Chuyu and the others also leaped into the air, charging towards the other Kirami, engaging in a chaotic battle.

Zhang Yi and the others switched to beam rifles, standing at the bottom of the rift valley, and fired a barrage at the Kirami chasing them down!

Whoosh whoosh!

Kirami after Kirami were hit and fell, dropping to the bottom of the rift valley.

As more and more Kirami fell, some Kirami corpses squirmed and merged together, then began to fuse, and their biological activity started to increase.

However, before they could fully recover, Su Ming piloted his mecha to land.

His feet directly stomped and burst their cellular bodies.

Immediately after, Su Ming swung the lance in his hand, piercing a struggling, not-yet-dead Kirami nearby. He then piloted his mecha to charge towards the other Kirami.

About ten minutes later, after a fierce and brutal battle, all the Kirami that had chased them down were finally eliminated.

“Finally, they’re all dealt with.”

Rhine said, panting.

However, Su Ming did not let his guard down and spoke.

“Everyone, check your scanning devices. Are there any more Kirami chasing us outside?”

“None detected!”

“No, mine neither!”

The group responded one after another.

Hearing this, Su Ming finally let out a long breath, his tense nerves relaxing slightly as he said.

“Then we should be safe for now.”

“That’s great, we’re finally saved.”

Yu Wei let out a long sigh of relief.

Su Ming glanced at everyone present, taking a quick count. There were eighteen people in total here, which meant that the others had either died or scattered.

Among these eighteen people, four were from the inner school: Lin Chuyu, An Ruoxue, Bekahn, and A Jica.

Qin Feng’s class of twenty people was reduced to only five survivors, and Su Ming’s group had only nine people left alive. It could be said that the losses were extremely heavy.

After counting, Su Ming opened a medical kit, took out a nutrient bar, bit it open, and then, while drinking, said to the group.

“Everyone, drink some nutrient bars to replenish your energy.”

“Okay.”

The group responded wearily. They all opened their medical kits, took out nutrient bars to replenish their energy. The long hours of high-intensity combat had left their minds and bodies in a state of extreme exhaustion.

For a time, the entire communication channel was very quiet. Everyone was silently recovering their energy, and the atmosphere also became very heavy.