Chapter 530 - 524: At Death’s Door

Several tall young men following the Starfire Team rushed forward and immediately restrained the three of them—Zhuang Lei, Xu Yu, and Lin Yiyi.

Lin Yiyi’s body trembled uncontrollably as she yelled in an anxious fury, "What are you doing? Why are you arresting me? What did I do?"

Cres wasted no time on words.

He launched the most aggressive form of Spiritual Attack, invading her mind to rifle through fragments of her memory.

Just a moment later, his expression turned grim, and he roared, "Get the Ice Ability Users down here, now! Freeze everything inside!"

A chill ran down Song Kexin’s spine. ’What does Cres mean?’

’Did they... did they set a fire to burn Yueyue?’

Realizing how grave the situation was, a lump formed in Song Kexin’s throat. She couldn’t even cry.

’What am I going to do? If Auntie You’ai finds out something happened to Yueyue...’

The room inside was an old generator room, and it was now completely engulfed in flames!

The situation looked dire.

"Get the Ice Ability Users over here to control the situation!" Cres roared again. "Hurry!!! It’s a life-or-death emergency!"

One of the young men, who had knocked Zhuang Lei down with a few heavy punches, raised his voice and shouted, "All Ice Ability Users from Abnormal Ability Team Two, get down here! Move it!"

Hearing the call, the three Ice Ability Users in Abnormal Ability Team Two hurriedly scrambled down the earthen staircase.

"Freeze it, fast!" The young man pinning Zhuang Lei down with his elbow was Hu Jianfeng, the captain of Abnormal Ability Team Two.

At his command, the Ice Ability Users sprang into action, wisps of frigid air rising from their bodies.

A chilling aura spread out from them, creeping forward.

Soon, large patches of pure white ice crystals formed on the earthen walls on either side.

The faces of the three Ice Ability Users gradually turned pale—a sign that their superpowers were nearly depleted.

Their Ice Abilities weren’t very powerful, so they were already running on empty.

Cres frowned and nodded at Song Shijun, who was standing nearby.

Song Shijun quickly pulled six twenty-milliliter disposable vials of Replenishing Well Water from his pocket and swiftly handed them to the three Ice Ability Users.

The three of them knew this must be to replenish their energy. Without a word, they simply nodded at Song Shijun in thanks.

After downing a vial, each Superpower User’s eyes lit up, and they resumed unleashing a continuous stream of their Ice Ability.

The superpower energy flowed from their hands, spreading constantly forward, and soon the ground was also frozen solid.

As the frigid air poured into the generator room ahead, the raging flames began to die down.

This was a superpowered Ice Ability, after all, not to be compared with a simple stream of water.

The frigid air quickly extinguished the fire in the generator room completely.

Cres led everyone as they rushed inside.

What met their eyes were scorched-black earthen walls. Everything around them was burned beyond recognition, its original form completely indiscernible.

"Yueyue! Yueyue!" several of them shouted frantically.

In the center of the room stood a giant wooden cocoon, scorched pitch-black.

When Song Kexin saw the cocoon woven from wood vines, tears welled up in her eyes.

She rushed forward, circling the wooden cocoon and pounding on it. "Yueyue! Yueyue, are you in there?"

"Yueyue! Yueyue, don’t scare me! Yueyue!"

Just then, several more people jumped down from the earthen opening above.

It was Gu Chen, Lu Wei, and Zhai Ruobai, followed by several members of Team A.

Seeing this new assembly of people, Lin Yiyi couldn’t help but tremble. It seemed things had escalated to a point where there would be no clean resolution.

’Thankfully, that demoness Xie Ning isn’t among them,’ she thought. ’Maybe there’s still a chance to turn this around.’

Song Kexin pounded on the wooden cocoon for a long time without getting any response. Her heart was gripped with panic.

Song Shijun went over as well, circling the wooden cocoon. "Yueyue! Yueyue, if you can hear my voice, answer your brother!"

He launched several Wind Blades, trying to slice open the scorched-black outer layer of the cocoon. But for some reason, the Wood Vines were exceptionally tough, completely deflecting his attack.

Cres stood calmly to the side, his youthful, handsome face a mask of composure. "Don’t worry," he said. "I can sense a strong life sign inside the cocoon. Yueyue is fine. She’s in there."

"Let me establish a spiritual link with her. She can come out on her own then."

Song Kexin let out a sigh of relief, only to hear a piercing voice cry out, "Bullshit! It’s burned to a crisp like that! How could she possibly be fine?"

"You’re just deluding yourself! How could she be fine? Fine? Fine?!"

Lin Yiyi repeated the word "fine" over and over, emotionally unable to accept the fact that Su Xiyue was still alive.

Song Kexin flew into a rage at her words.

She whipped her head around and saw Lin Yiyi’s shifty eyes darting toward them. She looked like a scheming rat, a total eyesore.

’This little piece of trash dares to curse my Yueyue!’

Furious, Song Kexin charged forward and unleashed a flurry of kicks and punches on Lin Yiyi. "What did you do? You’re so malicious at such a young age!"

"You’re the one who kidnapped our Yueyue, aren’t you? You had those mutated animals drag her into the cave and all the way here, didn’t you?"

"You deranged woman! What grudge could Yueyue possibly have with you for you to treat her like this? Are you sick in the head?"

She cursed as she beat her, growing more ferocious with each blow, until she could barely restrain her own strength.

As a Fire Ability User on the verge of reaching the Sixth Rank, her speed and strength were far beyond anything Lin Yiyi could handle. It was a brutal, one-sided beating that left Lin Yiyi howling in pain.

The more Song Kexin fought, the angrier she became. If this malicious, petty girl hadn’t been secretly plotting against their Yueyue, they would have already completed their mission and left this godforsaken Gushang Base long ago!

’It’s all her fault. That Lin Yiyi. That hateful little piece of trash.’

Because of what this damn woman did, they had been forced to search all this way.

In the end, Cres even had to forcibly boost his spiritual power to the Sixth Rank and expand his search radius, scouring everything from the surface to the depths below, just to find a trace of Yueyue!

It was infuriating. One small, malicious thought from this woman had caused them so much trouble.

The entire ordeal had been fraught with twists and turns.

The silver lining was that after reaching the Sixth Rank, Cres’s Spirit Barrier had unlocked a rebound ability.

The force that had repelled Zhuang Lei’s repeated attacks just moments ago was precisely this rebound effect from his Spirit Barrier.

Zhuang Lei was still reeling from the shock, completely unable to comprehend what kind of power Cres had used.

Of course, he wouldn’t need to.

By now, Cres had already notified Xie Ning, Song You’ai, and the others through his expanded Spirit Net.

The others no longer had to search in vain and could head straight over to rendezvous with them.

Lin Yiyi was beaten until her face was covered in dust, snot, and tears. Bruised and swollen, she was a miserable sight.