222: Chapter 222 Battle Prologue

"Riiip—"

A cracking sound came from the rock wall overhead, and gravel and dust fell in showers.

Everyone looked up in horror, and in the darkness of the cave ceiling, two ridiculously burly figures appeared.

They were the two Star Pirates in charge of this place.

Qian Laosan, who had been arrogant and domineering just a moment ago, was now pale, shrinking his neck, wishing he could stuff himself into a crevice in the rocks.

One of the Star Pirates swept his gaze over the crowd and finally settled on Thunderstorm.

"I think I heard the name of a fish that slipped through the net."

Before the words had even faded, the figure of the overseer suddenly catapulted down from the rock wall!

The speed was extreme!

Everyone only felt a blur before their eyes, and a dark cyan shadow had already swept past.

"Ugh!"

Thunderstorm's feet left the ground, and he was choked and forcefully lifted into mid-air.

A sense of suffocation washed over him instantly; his face turned purple-red, and he struggled weakly with his limbs.

The overseer held him up in front of himself and said coldly:

"Tell me the whereabouts of that Song Yang, and I will spare your life."

There was a deathly silence all around.

Thunderstorm, though choked and having difficulty breathing, showed no fear, but was instead filled with disdain and contempt.

He used all his strength to spit a mouthful of blood-tinged saliva onto the Star Pirate's ugly face!

"Ptui!"

"You're courting death!"

The Star Pirate was enraged, aimed his fist at Thunderstorm's head, and was about to smash it down!

Just as that fist, containing terrifying power, was about to touch Thunderstorm...

BOOM!!!!

An unprecedented loud noise suddenly came from the direction of the mine entrance!

The entire underground mine, along with the mountain above it, shook violently and crazily.

The Star Pirate's movement stopped abruptly, and his fierce gaze suddenly turned to the source of the vibration—the mine entrance.

The other overseer also jumped down from the rock wall, and the two looked at each other, both seeing suspicion and uncertainty in each other's eyes.

"What is that?"

"Go take a look!"

However, they hadn't had time to move yet.

"Riiip—BOOM!"

It wasn't the entrance, but the rock wall beside them!

The hard rock was torn apart like tofu, and a shockingly thick reddish-brown vine, like a giant python crawling out from the depths of hell, swept towards the two with unstoppable momentum!

The surface of the vine was covered with strange dark red patterns, flashing with a faint light.

"You're courting death!"

The Star Pirate who was choking Thunderstorm roared and finally let go.

The two Star Pirates reacted extremely quickly, each drawing a strange weapon from their waist and hacking towards the terrifying vine!

"Clang!"

The two Star Pirates joined forces in one strike, directly cutting off the vine, while they themselves were knocked back repeatedly by the huge force!

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

The ground split open without warning, and a dozen vines broke through the soil, like living snakes, precisely wrapping around Thunderstorm, Old Director, Tiger Zhao, Li Zhenguo, and the others!

The vines wrapped around their waists, but the force was surprisingly gentle.

"This... this is..."

Tiger Zhao was dumbfounded, completely unable to react.

Thunderstorm was stunned for a moment, then seemed to think of something, a burst of wild joy instantly surged on his purple-red face, and he laughed loudly:

"Hahaha! He's here! I knew he would come!"

Everyone felt a huge force, and their bodies were instantly lifted off the ground, flying backwards towards the depths of the mine tunnel they had come from at an incredible speed!

The whistling wind blew past their ears, and the speed of being carried backwards by the vines was astonishingly fast!

"Boom—"

Everyone felt their bodies lighten, and like cannonballs fired from a cannon, they were violently thrown out of the mine!

Above the mining field, a figure was floating quietly.

He was wearing a black combat suit, his black hair moving slightly in the wind, overlooking everything below.

It was none other than Song Yang!

"Brother Song Yang!"

Tiger Zhao's voice was trembling, not because of fear, but because of excitement.

He could clearly feel that Song Yang at this moment was a completely different person from before.

That faint, yet seemingly mountain-crushing terrifying aura made him breathe cautiously.

"Hahaha! I knew it! I knew you kid would definitely come!"

Thunderstorm laughed wildly, his laughter filled with endless appreciation and pride.

The other prisoners who were rolled out together were dumbfounded at this moment.

Just at this moment, two roars filled with anger came from the depths of the mine!

A few seconds later, two tall, dark cyan figures rushed out of the cave entrance with violent momentum, landing heavily on the ground, smashing two shallow pits.

The taller one was the Star Pirate who had been choking Thunderstorm, named Clu.

The slightly shorter and sturdier one was the other overseer, Zaru.

Their bodies were covered in reddish-brown vine sap, and their faces were full of tyrannical murderous intent.

When they looked up and saw Song Yang floating in mid-air, their pupils shrank sharply.

"Bug..."

Clu licked his lips, "You're the one playing tricks?"

Zaru swept his gaze over Thunderstorm and the others, finally locking onto Song Yang, and added in a muffled voice:

"You want to save these slaves just by yourself? You have a lot of nerve."

Song Yang's gaze finally moved away from Old Director and the others and landed on the two Star Pirates.

He raised his right hand, palm upward.

In the blink of an eye, a spear, pitch-black like ink, with faint dark red patterns flowing on the shaft, appeared in his hand!

"You're courting death!"

The strange weapon in Clu's hand surged with a dark cyan energy blade, while Zaru crouched down a step, and the shield-like weapon in his hand was placed horizontally in front of Clu!

The two cooperated tacitly, with both offense and defense!

The three collided.

A visible shockwave exploded from the center of the three, kicking up sand and stones from the ground, forming a tornado of dust that soared into the sky!

Thunderstorm and the others were protected by the vines and landed steadily on the ground.

They widened their eyes, wanting to see the details of the battle, but it was just too fast, so fast that their eyes could barely keep up with the speed of the flowing lights.

They could only see a pitch-black streak of light speeding across the sky like lightning, followed closely by two dark cyan streaks of light like ghosts.

These three streaks of light collided, separated, and chased each other at a speed that exceeded the limits of human imagination.

"Is this Brother Song Yang's current strength..."

Chen Feng muttered to himself.

It's only been a few days, and Song Yang's strength has actually improved to such a terrifying level.

He remembered his conversation with Song Yang a few days ago; although Song Yang was already very strong then, compared to now, it was a world of difference.

High in the sky, the battle continued, showing no signs of stopping at all; only death could end it all.