Chapter 080: "I'm Right Above You"

It was as if a great bronze bell resonated within his mind, and suddenly, his vision exploded into a dazzling array of colors. The cacophony of the outside world vanished in an instant, as though erased from existence. In the vast expanse of heaven and earth, only Tang Mubai remained, standing alone beneath the endless void.

But it lasted only a moment; all sounds and sights returned swiftly. Yang Kai's furious shouts beside him, the roaring engines of five cars racing at full speed, the harsh cries of velociraptors outside the vehicles—all flooded back into his ears.

The abrupt increase of five points to his "Perception" attribute brought a fleeting hallucination to Tang Mubai. Now, fully alert, the intangible sense sharpened—at first uncomfortable, then familiar—until he mastered it. Channeling his sixth sense, Tang Mubai suddenly dropped the heavy machine gun in his hands, flung open the sunroof above his head, grabbed the nearby bow and arrows, the radio, and the alloy saber, then leaped out of the car, landing atop the roof.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Standing atop the vehicle, his feet seemed to root themselves instinctively. With the alloy saber slung across his back, he nocked arrows to his bow and shot three lightning-fast arrows, killing three velociraptors attempting to leap onto the roof.

The next instant, he focused his gaze, scanning the mountain forests flanking the convoy. Guided by his sixth sense, he immediately spotted a towering velociraptor running alongside the convoy on the mountain road. This creature dwarfed the others attacking the convoy—more powerful, more robust, nearly four meters tall when standing upright!

Now, it ran effortlessly through the woods, glaring with hatred, its jaws opening and closing, issuing commands.

King Velociraptor!

Tang Mubai narrowed his eyes, withdrew his gaze, gathered power in his legs, and unleashed his lightness skill, dashing at full speed. He leaped from the speeding car's roof, heading for the vehicles ahead.

"Whoosh!"

With his lightness skill at its peak, Tang Mubai traversed the moving car roofs with ease, leaping from one to the next until he reached the top of Lin Huafeng's vehicle.

Bang!

With a muffled thud, he landed steadily, fired three arrows in quick succession to slay three approaching velociraptors, then pulled out his radio and spoke rapidly: "Uncle Lin, the dinosaur egg in the truck bed is most likely the King Velociraptor's. If we don't take it away, the King Velociraptor will never stop attacking."

"I know!" Lin Huafeng growled. "We need to get rid of the egg, but we can't stop! If we halt, these beasts will swamp us and tear us apart! The King Velociraptor is formidable, but I refuse to believe it'll chase us all the way to the domain wall!"

I'm afraid we won't make it to the wall before we're wiped out.

Tang Mubai kept that thought to himself. Lin Huafeng was holding on with grim determination—he had to. As captain, others might be fearful, but he could not.

"Uncle Lin, give me the dinosaur egg. I'll lure the velociraptors away."

There was no time to hesitate. Tang Mubai spoke urgently into the radio, "Without the egg, the velociraptors won't be so frenzied. Only then can we escape."

"No!" Lin Huafeng shouted, his voice raw with anger. "Tang Mubai! We don't need you to act recklessly here! Even if someone needs to distract the velociraptors, it's going to be me—"

"I'm right above you."

Tang Mubai replied calmly, and as he spoke, he fired three more arrows, striking down velociraptors leaping up.

Lin Huafeng fell silent.

A moment later, the sealed sunroof half a meter to Tang Mubai's right suddenly opened. Lin Huafeng, gun in hand, aimed outside, only to see Tang Mubai turn and smile at him.

For a heartbeat, Lin Huafeng's mind went blank. If his memory served him, Tang Mubai's truck was at the very rear of the convoy. Lin Huafeng was in the second vehicle. All five cars had been racing at full speed since the velociraptors appeared. Yet Tang Mubai had made it onto his roof!

How was this possible? To move nimbly across the roofs of speeding vehicles, leap across two cars... even Lin Huafeng himself could not accomplish such a feat. Yet Tang Mubai had done it, and with apparent ease.

What level of mastery in lightness skill must one possess to achieve this?

Lin Huafeng was momentarily speechless.

Tang Mubai could not afford to wait and pressed again, "Uncle Lin, don't hesitate. If we wait any longer, everyone will end up in the belly of a dinosaur. I'm not reckless—I am absolutely confident!"

He paused and added, "I told you before—I mastered 'Flying on Grass' to the ultimate level. I may lack in other skills, but when it comes to escaping, I fear no one!"

Lin Huafeng was silent.

Tang Mubai had indeed said this before, though at the time Lin Huafeng had taken it as a joke. Now, faced with the reality before him, he found himself compelled to believe. In fact, he suspected Tang Mubai was being modest.

Many people knew the 'Flying on Grass' lightness skill, but mastering it was already extraordinary. Achieving the ultimate level was exceedingly rare. Tang Mubai had reached this realm; his escape skills were indeed first-rate. Yet, to leap across speeding vehicle roofs—perhaps even the ultimate level was not enough!

"…Very well."

Suppressing his shock, Lin Huafeng replied hoarsely, "I'll have everyone support you, provide covering fire. Once you take the dinosaur egg and draw the velociraptors away, you must return immediately!"

"Understood."

Tang Mubai nodded, his form flickering as he darted back toward the vehicle carrying the dinosaur egg. Lin Huafeng quickly leaned out the sunroof, watching Tang Mubai leap gracefully through the air and land atop Old Li's truck—the very vehicle with the dinosaur egg!

"Wang Yi, open the rear door!"

Amid his astonishment, Lin Huafeng snatched up the radio and issued rapid orders, "Everyone listen up—support Xiaobai, cover him, let him take the dinosaur egg into the forest!"

"…Yes!"

"Alright!"

"Understood!"

…

The radio crackled with voices filled with shock and disbelief. Taking the dinosaur egg away made sense—it was clearly to lure the velociraptors. But why Tang Mubai? Could he really do it? Drawing the velociraptors away was clearly a near-certain death.

Tang Mubai was taking the risk himself…

The entire Madman Mercenary Corps was overwhelmed with complicated emotions. Still, their hands never faltered, supporting Tang Mubai, extracting the dinosaur egg, focusing all firepower toward the center to open a temporary gap for him.

Tang Mubai, cradling the man-sized dinosaur egg, leapt from the roof, glided through the air, his feet treading lightly mid-flight. Landing on the ground, he rolled and twisted, dissipating the impact, leaving deep footprints in the earth.

Throughout, gunfire rang out, driving back the velociraptors converging on Tang Mubai.

But the five speeding vehicles soon vanished into the distance, leaving Tang Mubai alone on the hillside, facing the snarling velociraptors.

Without a hint of fear, Tang Mubai set down the dinosaur egg, drew the alloy saber from his back, feigning a combat stance.

A piercing, shrill, thunderous cry suddenly erupted. The hundreds of velociraptors surrounding Tang Mubai instantly halted, then scattered to the sides, opening a path.

Boom—

Boom!

The ground trembled.

The nearly four-meter-tall King Velociraptor strode down the mountain, advancing along the path…