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"Hmm?" The cat lying on Xue Jing's thigh raised its head, and its emerald-like vertical pupils dilated towards Ning Yuantai. Its left forepaw's Serpent Slayer Spearhead unsheathed, and the silver-white claws emitted a deadly cold light.

It seemed that with just one command from Xue Jing, she would immediately strike, adding some decoration to the face of this Mr. Ning.

However, her intention to seize the opportunity to act wasn't successful, as Xue Jing pressed down her fluffy little head without minding Ning Yuantai's slip of the tongue and asked:

"Can you handle it, or do I need to step in?"

Ning Yuantai patted his chest confidently and said, "No problem. Encountering sky pirate bands in the Inner Ring is just like going next door to the convenience store to buy a pack of cigarettes—common and easily handled!"

His voice had barely faded when the devices that looked like launchers on both sides of the plane's nose suddenly lit up.

Light red glows condensed and emitted a 'bubububu' sound, followed by a roar as two pale red laser cannons were fired toward the sky pirates.

However, this overly conspicuous frontal assault was ineffective as the pirates quickly dispersed, dodging the two light beams.

Xue Jing's gaze turned to Ning Yuantai.

"Hmm? This batch of sky pirates seems quite experienced, but don't worry, just keep watching," Ning Yuantai said confidently.

No sooner had he spoken than the Dragon Core Fighter's wings launched countless missiles, trailing fireworks as they shot towards the sky pirates.
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These were unavoidable heat-tracking missiles, each one tightly locking onto its target with excellent agility—capable of turning on the spot, making them impossible to evade.

But this time, the sky pirates had a countermeasure as well. At the front of each of their vehicles, a round hole opened up, shooting out a spherical red light.

Dozens of red spheres were fired in all directions. The many heat-tracking missiles immediately changed their targets, pursuing the red lights instead, and not a single one hit any of the sky pirates.

"A strong heat-inducing light bomb?"

Ning Yuantai was taken aback.

"How can an ordinary band of sky pirates have such a thing?"

Xue Jing crossed his arms without speaking as Miao Miao jumped onto the armrest of the chair, looking out at the sky pirates through the porthole.

They were raising their right hands and shouting something; although not audible, they appeared very excited.

"The missiles we use have mature infrared imagery guidance technology. Ordinary heat-inducing decoys can't interfere with the tracking, but these light bombs that can radiate a huge amount of infrared rays in an instant..."

Ning Yuantai frowned and said:

"Strange, although it's a product from the last century, it's still considered military-grade to this day. An ordinary band of sky pirates shouldn't possess such a thing."

Xue Jing glanced at him: "What do you mean?"

"Don't worry, the plane is manned by the elites from White Crow and Cease-Blades, all specialized in aerial combat. This band of sky pirates won't be rampant for long," Ning Yuantai said, scratching his cheek somewhat embarrassedly.

Xue Jing remained with his arms crossed, tapping his arm with his fingers, shaking his head, and standing up.

"Forget it. Based on what you've said, there seems to be something odd about this band of sky pirates; they might have some reliance... The crew on the plane was, after all, arranged to pick me up. If there are any casualties, that would not reflect well on me," he said softly.

"Have someone open the hatch. I'll be back shortly."

Ning Yuantai was stunned for a moment, not daring to refuse, he immediately responded in a low voice, "Yes."

He reached out to grab the small intercom on the wall, pressed it, and commanded, "Open the hatch."

Xue Jing patted Miao Miao on the head, signaling it to stay put on the seat, and then walked towards the exit of the small compartment.

More than twenty members of White Crow and Cease-Blades stood in the aircraft's corridor, fully prepared and waiting for the combat orders.

"Lord Jing."

"Lord Jing?"

As they saw Xue Jing emerge, they respectfully greeted him one after another.

The members of The Sixth Bureau Special Duties Department, especially those from White Crow and Cease-Blades, mostly recognized this legendary young man who had once killed a Pureblood Dragon Species on his own. They understood very well what that entailed and thus held him in high regard.

Without conscious thought, everyone parted to the sides, making way for him. Xue Jing walked past them, nodding at them with a smile.

"Zzz—" The hatch slowly opened, and the strong wind poured into the cabin, blowing through his shoulder-length hair.

He reached out to brace himself at the edge of the hatch opening and looked down.

From ten thousand meters in the air, the view was quite spectacular, and every so often on the ground, there would be strange structures the likes of which Xue Jing had never seen before.

Without a second glance, he leapt up, exiting the plane and arriving in mid-air.

His body turned in the air, relying on Core power, facing the Sky Pirates ahead.

Then, with a crackling sound, two sharp, silver-white Lightning Dragon Horns grew out from his forehead.

Amidst the sparks of electricity, a Silver-white Thunder Feather Belt appeared around Xue Jing, like the God's Feather Robe of one who commands the thunder.

A black stream also converged upon his body, igniting raging Dark Flames and morphing into a giant upper body of black shadow.

This time, the giant underwent a huge change from before, possessing three heads and six arms, all wrapped in layers of armor.

In the palms of the six arms, Dark Flames began to congeal, bringing to life six different weapons.

They were a saber, a sword, a spear, a staff, a whip, and a bow.

From a distance, it seemed like a character from myths, wielding immense spells.

However, in terms of color, it looked more like a denizen of the demonic path, wrapped in Silver-white Thunder, resembling a Demon God.

The dozens of Sky Pirates, who were previously howling in excitement, suddenly saw the arrival of this indomitable being and were instantly silenced, stuck.

"What... what is that?"

"A giant?"

The Sky Pirates murmured stunned.

But before they could snap out of it, the giant Shadowflame Demon God with only an upper body flew towards them.

It moved incredibly fast, trailing colorful flames, and in the blink of an eye, it was amidst the dozens of Sky Pirates.

A massive black saber, over ten meters long, swung out in the hands of the Demon God.

"Swoosh——!!"

"Clang, clang, clang, clang——"

With a single blow, as if even the void was split, the arc swept by the large saber exploded with intense winds, creating a vast vacuous crescent in the clouds. Within its range, several Sky Pirates, along with their flying vehicles, were instantly torn into fragments of flesh and machine.

At the same time, the other five arms of the Demon God also struck out, each with a spear, iron whip, big staff, sharp sword, and giant bow attacking the Sky Pirates around.

A pale golden Spear Glow swept across, the tip of the iron whip snapped with fierce sonic booms, the big staff shattered everything it touched like the legendary Sea-Calming Divine Needle, the giant bow predicted perfectly, each arrow shot down at least one Sky Pirate, and at most skewered three in a row like candied hawthorns.

Merely at the very first encounter, what seemed like a professional band of Sky Pirates cried out for their parents and wailed for help as they suffered heavy casualties. Debris and chunks of bodies rained down towards the ground like rain.

"Ahhh!!"

"Damn it, fire, fire!!"

The remaining Sky Pirates raised various weapons they carried on their backs and fired madly at the black six-armed, three-headed Demon God.

All sorts of colored lasers and bullets struck the Demon God, and they had an effect. The Shadowflame Armor shattered, creating many wounds oozing with Dark Flame.

Seeing that their attacks were effective, the Sky Pirates got excited and kept firing continuously without pause.

But soon, someone noticed that the number of attacks landing on the Shadowflame Demon God was diminishing, and quickly only a few traces of shots remained.

A Sky Pirate looked at his side, puzzled.

Only then did he notice that of the dozen or so surviving Sky Pirates, only he and another person beside him remained; the rest had vanished.

As he pondered in confusion, a colorful spiral of fireworks traced past him at high speed.

The next moment, the only remaining companion by his side was grasped in the hand of a figure with Lightning Dragon Horns on his forehead and his body wrapped in crackling arcs of electricity.

The figure's slender hand tightly clutched his companion's neck, and with a snap, blood and fragments of flesh burst out, his companion's neck crushed to the thickness of sugar cane, killing him instantly as his body went limp.

The man just held the corpse of his fallen ally, floating slowly in front of the Sky Pirate, looking down on him from above with calm, Silver-white eyes devoid of any human emotion, only indifference and contempt.

"E...", the Sky Pirate's mouth hung open, too terrified to utter a word, his trembling hands letting go of the gun, which fell towards the ground.

Not far away, the black Demon God dissolved back into Dark Flames and slowly disintegrated, revealing a pale golden transparent 'pilot' within.

Xue Jing looked at the Sky Pirate in front of him, curiously surveying his red cockscomb hair and the sunglasses embedded on his face, and slowly said,

"Your style is quite cyberpunk, but the technology level on you is lacking a bit."

In a frantic bid for mercy, the Sky Pirate raised both hands: "Spare me, please spare my life!"

Ning Yuantai, on the plane, stared out the window at this scene, completely dumbfounded.

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