Sky-cracking Rider

As one of the National Treasure Artifacts of sovereign countries, the combat power of a crystal jet is even more formidable than an Element Annihilation Bomb.

Unfortunately, the number of sky knights is even scarcer than Element Annihilation Bombs. Losing one is a loss that cannot be quickly replenished.

Some smaller sovereignties, once they lose their sky knight, may not see a replacement for more than a decade, struggling to produce new sky knights.

Otherwise, in Louis Landon's previous life, after the Blue Star Civilization exhausted their last vestige of war power, they became lambs to be slaughtered by the parasitic species.

Two crystal jets suddenly appeared over the Cape of Good Hope, surrounded by a dazzling glow of magic arrays, emitting terrifying waves of elemental energy.

"Crystal jets!"

Chen Xiao'er couldn't help but drool.

He had always been fascinated with crystal jets, but never had the opportunity, only ever acquiring a broken and incomplete crystal jet or a knockoff version, which couldn't compare to the real, fully functional crystal jets.

Even an intact knockoff would not fool even a layman, genuine ones could easily outperform them, guarding sovereignty with crystal jets isn't something easily replicated.

The two crystal jets finally finished preparing their ultimate attack, pointing their noses upward at the "wormhole cloud," visible elemental light gathered, extending for dozens of meters. The magic array glowing around them burst out endless fireballs, intertwining into a huge fire pillar over a hundred meters in diameter, surging upwards into the slowly rotating black cloud. The monsters continually falling were instantly turned to ash.

The fire pillar didn't pierce through the entire black cloud, nor the wormhole cloud on the other side of Blue Star. Instead, it traversed a mysterious channel through time and space, killing the monsters in their world.

The terrifying attack of the crystal jets lasted over ten seconds, then each launched a missile from their weapon compartments, almost simultaneously diving into the black cloud.

After consuming the terrifying attack of the crystal jets, the "wormhole cloud" over the Cape of Good Hope sea area didn't produce any more monsters for a while.

The fierce fire pillar affected the other side of the "wormhole cloud," likely wreaking havoc on the monsters waiting to cross.

Boom! ~

Even the drones capturing the scene involuntarily shook violently, the footage momentarily lost control, leaving those monitoring through the drone cameras unaware of what had transpired. By the time satellites in outer space captured a stable image, it was from another angle.

The slowly rotating black cloud exploded into a sky of electricity out of nowhere, even enveloping the two crystal jets below.

Despite the fierce dance of the barrel-thick electric dragons, the two crystal jets skillfully maneuvered through the lightning without being hit directly.

Multiple magic shields floated around the fuselage, rotating continuously, occasionally hit by residual lightning, emitting large igniting sparks.

In just a breath's time, the two crystal jets nearly escaped the lightning storm unscathed, but at that moment, a rapidly growing streak of lightning ensnared one jet with lightning speed, breaking its magic array and scattering countless light spots in all directions.

The ensnared crystal jet immediately began smoking, trailing a long line of smoke behind, but still managed to fly out of the lightning storm alongside the other jet, leaving the menacing lightning behind.

It seems that you should never let your guard down, as unexpected situations can truly arise at critical moments.

If it weren't for those disintegrating magic shields weakening the lightning's impact, the fuselage would likely have been torn apart and disintegrate in the air.

Seeing this, Chen Fei's heart skipped a beat; this was no ordinary lightning. Even civil aircraft have special designs to resist lightning, let alone a crystal jet.

In mid-air, electricity has nowhere to go. As long as fragile electronic equipment is protected, avoiding induced current and high-voltage current from invading, it won't be easily damaged by a lightning strike.

The intense lightning storm didn't last long, disappearing within a few seconds, the sky returning to clear blue, along with the "wormhole cloud" vanishing without a trace.

Without the blue glow of an Element Annihilation Bomb, the two crystal jets had single-handedly demolished the "wormhole cloud," though the price was almost the loss of one crystal jet.

But Chen Fei also saw that, while crystal jets could deal with the "wormhole cloud," they seemed to significantly consume the crystal jets. If the consumption of crystal jets and sky knights is too high and cannot be replenished, the ultimate result would still be the same as Louis Landon's previous life, with the Blue Star Civilization laid out on the extraterrestrial race Sagali's dining table, a feast for alien civilizations... the apocalypse would still arrive.

The light smoke trailing from the damaged crystal jet quickly dissipated, and the damage seemed to stabilize rapidly, suggesting the situation wasn't too severe. It and the other crystal jet returned, the glow of their magic arrays flashing again, fireballs firing once more, though not as densely as when they previously combined into a fire pillar.

This time, many fireballs shot directly at the ocean, plunging into the turbulent waters, not extinguishing but continuously flickering as they penetrated the seabed.

Bursts of fire explosions erupted deep underwater, spewing numerous bubbles to the surface, along with a large number of monster corpses floating up.

The monsters that had descended on Blue Star couldn't all adapt to the ocean environment; some could only live on land, others in fresh water, and suffered immensely upon falling.

Those that could fly, endure salinity, or float on the surface managed to survive, while the rest became corpses sinking to the ocean floor, with a few lucky ones clinging to the floating massive monster corpses, enduring the raging waves of the Cape of Good Hope, barely hanging on. However, beneath the surface, Blue Star's native ocean predators were gathering; the open sea has never been a heaven.

Resolving the "wormhole cloud" and clearing out most of the monsters that had come through, the two crystal jets achieved this at the cost of just minor damage to one, executing the task brilliantly.

"Hey, hey, you're drooling."

A fragrant grilled meat skewer was offered to Chen Fei's lips, which he instinctively grabbed, only realizing the anomaly once he had it in hand.

He turned to see a loli, wait, a sixty-something-year-old "loli." This kind of instinctive reaction was truly misleading!

"What's up?"

To cover his embarrassment, Chen Fei took the offer and munched on the still-hot skewer—chicken flavor.

Yan Ling said seriously, "Calm down, crystal jets aren't something you can handle."

Even a blind person could see Chen Fei's envy, and the drool was undoubtedly real.

Every kid had once dreamed of being a sky knight; model kits of crystal jets could earn enough to buy a real one, and Chen Xiao'er was no exception.

Out of nowhere, Miyoshi Xuesen loudly said, "No way!"

There had been fools who thought they were big shots and secretly tried to pilot sky knight's crystal jets, but none survived.

National Treasure Artifacts needed not only the sky knight's physique but also various flight-related talents.

Chen Fei was only a B-level supernatural power user. If he had such talents, he would've been selected by the sovereignty early on for training.

However, he had no aptitude for Battle Qi, no talent for casting spells, average spatial awareness, and insufficient affinity with elemental energy to meet the sky knight's standards. Despite now being a highly exceptional combat pilot for private military contractors, fundamentally, he was just an amateur compared to the professional combat pilots of sovereignty.

Without AI "Adam's" assistance, just visually identifying multiple targets quickly would allow a sovereignty's combat pilot to easily outmatch Chen Xiao'er.

"I never said I wanted it!"

Chen Fei scornfully muttered, aware that he had no chance even without the monk's reminder.

The sovereignty wouldn't give him a crystal jet, not because they wouldn't part with an expensive jet, but because he simply didn't meet the requirements of a sky knight.

If he had the potential, the National Defense Star Aerospace Company where his girlfriend worked, and his uncle's Northern Weapons Industry Group, both high-capability manufacturers of crystal jets, meant he had access far beyond an ordinary person.

So no means no, there's no room for argument.

Otherwise, wouldn't the sovereignties want an extra sky knight?

Even the First Sovereign wouldn't mind having more sky knights.

Looking at Chen Fei's past records, he fought recklessly from start to finish, displaying an intense lone ranger style. This was like some sort of Netherworld tactics; anyone else would need endless lives to survive.

Plus, his drunk driving, deceptive nighttime attacks, ram attacks when out of ammo... wasn't this the little scoundrel of the lowest kind?

Even with advanced "Eagle Nest" training, a rogue is still a rogue; pfft!~

Private enterprises could barely manage such a combat pilot, but in a sovereign air force, they'd laugh their teeth out. Chen Fei, such a pilot, couldn't even find a flight partner; it was better to just stick to piloting mechanical dragons or commanding airships to play to his strengths.

Top strategic aircraft like the crystal jet, forget it!

Seeing Chen Fei's conflicted expression, Yan Ling casually added, "But exceptions exist; if you truly desire it..."