Supreme Electromagnetic Tyrant-Chapter 444 - 303: Race Against Death_2

Electromagnetic induction had mastered the entire layout of the Star Gate Fortress, as well as the enemy’s maneuvers.

After several turns, the gate ahead was descending.

Bang bang bang...

More than a dozen machine guns on both sides of the gate spat out tongues of flame, and two small laser turrets were charging up, their muzzles glowing red.

Ji Xinghuo’s body zigzagged left and right in an irregular pattern, flying out on a bizarre trajectory.

Most of the bullets and lasers missed, and the few that hit him were blocked by the Flow Barrier.

His eyes were jumping with electric light.

An invisible yet fierce Electromagnetic Pulse Burst swept across a kilometer, causing sparks to fly from the machine guns and turrets as their firepower cut out. The closing gate also malfunctioned and stopped moving.

Ji Xinghuo passed through the gate smoothly and turned again. Suddenly, a figure leapt up in front of him, blocking his path.

This was a Legendary warrior!

However, Ji Xinghuo didn’t even glance at the other, instantly turning twice and throwing the opponent behind him.

In less than ten seconds, he reached the great door of the Star Gate Fortress.

There were many Mutants guarding the door, ready for battle. As soon as Ji Xinghuo appeared, countless attacks and firepower were unleashed in an almost saturated barrage, and several Legendary warriors shouted as they charged forward, brandishing their weapons.

The Fortress gate was closing, leaving only a last gap of two or three meters, and it was about to shut completely.

"Roar!"

Ji Xinghuo charged forward amidst the gunfire, his speed not diminishing in the slightest, letting out a thunderous roar from his mouth.

Dragon Roar!

The shockwave hit the minds of dozens of Mutants, and immediately a good number of the Mutant guards were affected, their bodies stiffened, causing them to involuntarily stop attacking.

Among the charging Legendaries, two also became dazed.

Ji Xinghuo once again entered the Myriad Phenomena, streaks of light appearing before his eyes. He made two more bizarre turns, skillfully dodging the enemy’s attacks, flying through the midst of the Legendaries, and skimming over the top of the Mutant guards’ heads.

Half a second before the Fortress gate closed, Ji Xinghuo flew through the last half-meter gap, exiting the Star Gate Fortress.

The world opened up before him.

Outside it was daytime, surrounded by a vast city.

Ji Xinghuo continued to accelerate, but he didn’t fly up into the sky, choosing instead to fly close to the ground to avoid being targeted by anti-aircraft fire.

In just a few breaths, he had left the empty space outside the Star Gate Fortress and entered the city.

This place was Bhopal.

The largest city in the South Asia Alliance, located at the heart of the subcontinent, with a permanent population of over two hundred million. The entire city was divided into three parts, each belonging to the "Indi Kingdom," "Dalovida Republic," and "Bengal Federation." The three nations each possessed one-third of the governing rights and shared ownership of the Bhopal Star Gate.

Within the city of Bhopal, high-rise buildings stretched endlessly, but the class divide was starkly evident.

The upper layers of the towering high-rises were bright and clean, but the lower the floors went, the more decrepit and old they appeared. The ground-level cityscape was even worse, with trash everywhere, and massive crowds of people shuttled through the congested streets.

In the same city, but as if in two different worlds.

Ji Xinghuo maintained an altitude of about a hundred meters above ground, keeping this height for high-speed flight between buildings, the scenery on either side retreating swiftly.

The wind rushed against his face, the sound roaring past.

Overclocking Thought had already been activated to 500%, with Ji Xinghuo’s reactions at their fastest, and his mind was crystal clear.

At this altitude, there were Superconductive Highways, and occasionally flying cars.

Ji Xinghuo always managed to avoid them in advance. A layer of white vapor appeared around his body, formed by the air being compressed at high speeds, creating a sound barrier.

"Boom..."

A Sound Explosion!

Ji Xinghuo’s speed surpassed 340 meters per second, breaking the sound barrier, and his speed surged dramatically.

People below heard the sound explosion, looked up, and only saw a black lightning bolt vanish into the horizon. Then, the violent sonic waves reached the ground like a thunderclap on a clear day, stinging their eardrums and shattering windows along the street.

The onlookers were panicked, not understanding what had happened.

The Mutants who saw it clearly were all dumbfounded.

Ji Xinghuo was still accelerating, sparing no expense of Star Power and had already determined his direction—heading north towards the border of the Asia-Pacific Community.

From Bhopal to the border was approximately one thousand kilometers, all within the territory of the Indi Kingdom.

Soon, Ji Xinghuo had flown out of Bhopal.

His speed had reached 700 meters per second, surpassing Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound), the maximum limit of his speed.

He still lowered his altitude, sometimes only a dozen meters off the ground, flying close to the surface.

By this time, the military of the South Asia Alliance had definitely triggered an alert.

Especially the air defense system!

Nowadays, in order to defend against nuclear strikes, Earth’s major countries had developed national air defense systems that cover their entire country, trading space for time, with near-Earth orbit satellites in the sky and monitoring stations and anti-air missile bases on the ground.

The ground swept by like light and shadow, stretching into lines of light in the view.

Ji Xinghuo remained calm.

While flying, he took out his mobile phone, and as soon as it was powered on, it started to chime with countless messages.

These were all from his family and friends over the past year while he’d been in the Star Realm.

He had no time to check them and opened the Sword Bureau’s app to access the backend, and then he dialed Zhou Yishang’s number.

It connected after just one ring.

"Xintian?" Zhou Yishang’s voice was filled with surprise.

"Director Zhou, it’s me."

Ji Xinghuo described his current situation in the briefest terms, "I was ambushed at the Olympia Star Gate by the Qianyuan Association, broke through into the Bhopal Star Gate, and am now flying from the Indi Kingdom towards our border, expected to reach the boundary in about 22 minutes."

There was silence on the other end for a second, as Zhou Yishang seemed to process the information.

"My suggestion is to stop flying and find a place to hide," Zhou Yishang immediately said, "otherwise, you’ll have a hard time getting through the air defense systems safely."

"That won’t work."

Ji Xinghuo had already thought it through.

"I suspect they were prepared in Bhopal already; lingering in the South Asia Alliance will get me targeted by their Heavenly King."

Although the South Asia Alliance only had three Heavenly Kings, ranked not so highly, and not necessarily all related to the Qianyuan Association, the group could manipulate other Heavenly Kings. If he stopped, being entangled would be troublesome.

It was better to gamble and use speed to fly into national territory before the enemy could respond.

A speed of Mach 2 indeed made it very difficult to break through air defense systems.

But, air defense systems are generally designed for missiles, and he could fly lower than missiles, significantly reducing the probability of being locked on by the system.

Zhou Yishang didn’t hesitate any longer: "I will send someone to support you immediately."

"Good."

Ji Xinghuo ended the call.

Making a satellite call within another country’s territory meant the signal could be captured, potentially having his location locked on and attacked directly.

After hanging up, he turned off his phone, focused on flying, and lowered his altitude to less than ten meters from the ground.

At such a low altitude, a slight error, even hitting a branch, could lead to severe consequences, throwing him off balance and causing a crash to the ground, which could result in instant severe injuries even with his physical condition.

Boom, boom, boom...

Where Ji Xinghuo flew past, it was as if thunder exploded, the furious airflow lifting the dust and roots from the ground, raising a vast cloud of smoke and dust.

Five minutes later.

He was over 200 kilometers away from Bhopal.

Suddenly, Ji Xinghuo perceived a tremendous danger from above.

He flipped his body to face upward, the Wanxiang Star Pupil zoomed in his vision, and he saw three ground-to-air missiles fall from a distant low Earth orbit, trailing hundreds of meters of flames behind them like a string of meteors across the sky.

With gravity acceleration and the rocket engines, the missiles easily broke through Mach 5 and were still accelerating.

"Hypersonic missiles!"

Ji Xinghuo’s heart turned cold.

Such hypersonic missiles launched from orbit could easily exceed Mach 20 when striking targets near the ground.

From the missiles’ trajectory, their target was him, and in one minute, they would strike right along his flight path.

Ji Xinghuo immediately changed his flying direction.

However, the missiles also performed a vectored maneuver, synchronously altering their attack direction, getting faster and closer.

"Can’t shake them off."

"And I can hardly avoid the bombing," Ji Xinghuo’s face grew solemn.

With his defense power, as long as he was not in the center of the explosion, he should withstand it, at worst, be heavily injured.

But with three consecutive missiles, if he was hit by the explosion of the first, and the following two hit directly after, it would be extremely dangerous.

"If I can’t avoid it, then I will destroy it!"

Ji Xinghuo took the Black Constant Crystal Battle Bow off his back, grabbed three Tungsten Core Heavy Arrows with his right hand, and notched an arrow, all while maintaining flight.

His gaze fixed on the sky.

After 50 seconds or so, the missiles were about 20 kilometers off the ground, speed surpassing Mach 15, and would hit and explode on him in a few seconds.

Ji Xinghuo entered the Myriad Phenomena state.

Countless scenes of light and shadow evolved before his eyes, as if foreseeing the future, and eventually froze in place.

In an instant, his hands moved like swift shadows, drawing the bow three times consecutively, the hum of the bowstring merging into one sound, shooting three Tungsten Core Heavy Arrows into the sky.