The Blood Bait; Wiping All Crows Out

"Let's split up!"

After sending Xing Feng to the Eagle King, Yun Che put on the headphone. He controlled air superfunction to stay as far away from the Eagle King and the helicopter as possible.

Caw-caw…

Several level-3 zombie crows came for Xing Feng once he was out of the air membrane. Xing Feng had the Eagle King stay away from them for now to make sure that his gold superfunction attack wouldn't affect the helicopter. He then darted gold-conjured knives at the three crows coming in his direction. Unlike mutant beasts, the size of zombie beasts wouldn't grow after zombification. Considering the battleground was the sky and the enemies were small, even the top marksman Xing Feng failed to hit them.

"Zeyu, drive the crows to me. Haixuan, aid the helicopter!"

"Roger!"

Here came Yun Che's voice in the headphone. Lu Haixuan and Zhou Zeyu responded during the intense fight with the crows. Zhou Zeyu, who was flying via wind superfunction, gave it a strong push, the two crows fighting with him to lose control of their wings and were forced to back up to Yun Che.

Lu Haixuan conjured a golden ribbon on the back of the Eagle Queen. He whipped it to dispel the superfunction power from two crows, then swiped the extended the ribbon, pushing the crows in Yun Che's direction. At the same time, Lu Haixuan rode the eagle toward the helicopter and stroke at the crows with two hands controlling the ribbon.

"All right, stay away, guys. Zeyu, collect the crystal nuclei!"

Xing Feng assumed Yun Che was going to cast an ultra attack, he, too, drove the crows to Yun Che. After removing the air membrane, Yun Che was targeted by all those level-3 crows. Yun Che put his hands up in the air to summon the overwhelming power of thunder. He yelled and threw it out!

Booom!

The thunder roared within a 2-meter radius of Yun Che. Purple lightning streaks fell from the sky and rained on the zombie crows. The crows couldn't stand the thunder attack despite the fact that they were level-3. The attack lasted for one minute and all the level-3 crows were burned into ashes.

"How are you holding up?"

As soon as the thunder strike was over, Xing Feng came to Yun Che on the Eagle King. He got Yun Che on the eagle. Yun Che shook his head. "I'm OK, I've still got plenty of superfunction energy left."

"Che, you're getting more and more fearsome."

Zhou Zeyu also came to them. He gave his compliment when handing the crystal nuclei to Yun Che. The thunder attack stunned him for a moment, it was splendid and powerful. Yun Che nailed all the level-3 zombie crows with one strike. This was unprecedented.

"Why don't you draw all the other crows to me instead of mocking me? Let's wipe them all out with one strike!"

No crows left were higher than level-2, but it would be too slow to kill them one by one, it could take ages to clean the sky up. The best solution was to gather all the crows and deracinate them.

"Leave it to us."

Xing Feng nodded at Yun Che. After Yun Che left the Eagle King, Xing Feng rode it toward the crows. Zhou Zeyu followed them using wind superfunction. Yun Che didn't follow, he stayed where he was and got ready for the crows by charging his next attack.

"Move aside, Haixuan!"

Xing Feng yelled before getting close to the helicopter. Lu Haixuan patted the Eagle Queen on the neck, instructing her to stay away in the middle of the fight with the crows. Meanwhile, Xing Feng cut his palm with a conjured dagger and spilled the blood at the zombie crows.

Caw caw

The zombie crows changed their target and flew at Xing Feng like crazy the moment they scented the smell of blood.

"Christ!"

"Captain Xing is one hell of a crazy dude!"

Zhou Zeyu and Lu Haixuan were both shocked by the scene. Captain Xing was seriously committed, it only took him less than half a minute to draw the attention of all the crows.

"Zeyu, Haixuan, Kill all the residual crows around the chopper if there is any!"

"Yes!"

Xing Feng's order brought those two back to earth. They flew around the helicopter and Xing Feng on the Eagle King led a large flock of crows to Yun Che. Yun Che tensed up and said, "Zeyu, Haixuan, come join us once you're done with the check-up. Please stay on guard outside my attack range with Xing Feng and kill every crow that might survive my attack."

When the simple strategy was conveyed, Xing Feng spilled the blood on Yun Che who immediately inflicted the air membrane on Xing Feng and the Eagle King. He instructed Xing Feng to stay away with a nod. Xing Feng knew what he was capable of, so he followed his plan. Although Yun Che was now level 4, his air membrane could only last for 2 to 3 minutes, however, Xing Feng was sure that the battle would be over in 2 minutes.

Lu Haixuan and Zhou Zeyu came over after killing all the residual crows, but because of the distance between them and Yun Che, they couldn't be protected by the air membrane. The crows didn't care about them anyway because Xing Feng had spilled blood on Yun Che, who was the crows' sole target.

"Die!"

Booom!

Cah! Caaahhh!

Hundreds of crows loomed but Yun Che stayed calm. Determined, he summoned the lightning streaks to barrage the crows. People couldn't open their eyes before the blinding light. Dozens and dozens of dead crows fell from the sky. Xing Feng, Zhou Zeyu, and Lu Haixuan were in charge of killing the lucky survivors.

In less than 1 minute, there were only some feathers sparsely fluttering in the wind. No more flying crows.

"Haha, I've been through hundreds of battles, this one feels the greatest. Che, I'm officially your fan now.

"Right! Hundreds of crows were killed with one strike! If the base authorities know this, it'll scare their pants off."

Zhou Zeyu and Lu Haixuan came over to express their admiration. Xing Feng didn't say much, he just high-fived Yun Che with his uninjured hand. "Nice work!"

"You did well, too."

They looked and smiled at one another. Yun Che took a check of Xing Feng's hand on the Eagle King. He then took a bottle of water, rinsed the wound with the spring water, applied the ointment from Heiyu on it, and bound it up skillfully. "The blood-spilling was pretty slick."

It was the best solution although it was somewhat self-harming. Yun Che didn't blame Xing Feng, he was just teasing him because he would have done the same. After all, the sky wasn't their territory.

"When injuries are inevitable, we should aim for the best outcome with the smallest cost, this is what I've been told by my dad since I was little."

Xing Feng smiled after taking a look at the bandage on his hand. They weren't good at fighting in the sky, so the problem was best solved as quickly as possible.

"OK. Let's get back in the chopper."

When the door reopened, Zhao Gang and the guys had dumped the dead bodies of the crows. Meng Gang rinsed everything with water superfunction, the interior was cleaned up. Yun Che, Xing Feng, Zhou Zeyu, Lu Haixuan hopped in, the eagles continued convoying the helicopter.

"You're injured, Xing Feng?"

Heiyu yelled when he jumped onto Yun Che's shoulder out of nowhere. Everybody knitted their eyebrows more or less when they saw the bandage on Xing Feng's hand, especially Chaoyang guys.

"I remember you were on Che's shoulder, where did you go after we went out?"

Xing Feng ignored everybody and looked Heiyu in the eyes. The dog got cold feet but he popped up with mockery right after the battle was over.

"Do I have to get my paws dirty for a bunch of stinking undead birds?"

Head held high, Heiyu was proud and contemptuous. Xing Feng didn't care about the deeper meaning of his words, he just raised his eyebrows and teased him, "I think you just aren't good at aerial combat."

"N-Nonsense! I'm good at everything! Those crows just weren't worth it. Fighting them would be a disgrace!"

Uh-oh, he gave himself away with the stutter, all the explanations would be pointless. People all sniggered, and even his name sounded amusing at this point. It seemed Heiyu never got the upper hand in the arguments with Xing Feng.

"Heiyu, just admit it, we won't laugh at you."

"Yeah, you can't fly, we can't fly. It's OK."

"Hey, we're just regular guys, but Heiyu is the god beast. He's special."

"Haha!"

These were young fellows who liked to joke, so of course, they wouldn't miss this opportunity. They kept mocking Heiyu, making the puppy shake in anger. He yelled and threatened these people, but by now, everybody was used to this state of his, no one really took him seriously. The flight continued with jokes and laughter, soon, they'd reach the Coastal Base.

"Is your hand OK?"

Asked Zhao Gang worriedly who sat next to Xing Feng. They didn't expect their chief to get injured.

"I cut myself, how can it not be OK?"

Xing Feng explained why he did this when he saw the bewildered look on the guys' faces. People were relieved. They didn't see Xing Feng cut his palm because the crows were all over the sky, they basically couldn't see anything.

"Brother!"

When Fang Rui and the guys sat back in their seats, Yun Cheng came over and called Yun Che, but his eyes were fixed on Xing Feng. Yun Cheng got a very sensitive nose, even though the wound was bound up, he could still smell the blood clearly. Fortunately, it wasn't Yun Che who cut his palm, or else, Yun Cheng would have gone berserk again.

"It's OK, just a minor cut. Why don't you go back in Space and come out tomorrow when his wound scabs?"

Asked Yun Che, knowing his brother wasn't feeling great. Yun Cheng kept shaking his head. "No, I want to be with you and Han."

Space was good, but Yun Che and Han weren't in it.

"OK. It's good that you want to get used to it because we'll get injured eventually. You should resist the smell of blood to some extent. I'll let Chenchen out."

Yun Che nodded and released Chenchen from Space. "Uncle! Are the bad birds driven away?"

Chenchen looked around with a slightly worried look on the face after he hugged Yun Che's neck.

"Hehe, they are all dead. Am I good or what?"

Yun Che squeezed his little nose and smiled.

"Yeah! You're the greatest Ultraman, uncle!"

Chenchen had always been Yun Che's fan. He hoorayed after hearing the good news, everybody laughed. Most people wouldn't take the admiration from a kid seriously, but not Yun Che, he enjoyed his nephew's adoring eyes the most.