Esper X Family – Chapter 434 – Incoming! Spatial Jump!

Just as the nations of Bluestar were actively preparing for war.

Fu Qi had already used his ability to transfer himself to the space station in orbit.

Logically speaking, the enemy had only just entered the solar system and wouldn’t reach Bluestar that quickly. There should still be some time for ordinary citizens to evacuate.

But that premise only held true if the enemy’s movement speed obeyed the laws of physics.

Would an enemy capable of interstellar navigation truly rely solely on propulsion?

Fu Qi gazed into the boundless, pitch-black cosmos, a sense of foreboding rising in his heart.

Just as expected, in that very instant, Fu Qi felt an intense spatial fluctuation.

One second ago, the profound depths of the universe still cradled the tranquil Blue Star.

The next, a colossal shadow tore through the veil of space, occupying the entire field of view without the slightest warning.

It was a spatial jump!

The enemy’s trajectory was not a predictable straight line!

It’s here!

It was not a cold construct of steel, but a chilling and grotesque bioship.

Its immense volume rivaled that of a small celestial body, its twisted and ferocious form like a nightmare behemoth bred in the deep sea of the cosmos.

Across its chitinous shell shimmering with a dull metallic luster, sharp bone spurs jutted out, crisscrossed by thick, glowing energy conduits pulsing with eerie green or dark crimson light.

A massive structure resembling a compound eye was embedded in the bow.

At this moment, it flickered with a cold, brutal radiance, its gaze locked dead onto the blue planet below.

An indescribable aura crashed over Fu Qi like a tidal wave.

Fu Qi could clearly sense an oppressive force reeking of blood, decay, and savage ferocity.

A vast surge of mental power fluctuation swept in like a tangible tide, instantly penetrating the multiple layers of the space station’s defenses and slamming viciously against Fu Qi’s mental barrier.

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“Hiss…”

Fu Qi drew in a sharp breath.

It felt as though his heart was being crushed by an invisible giant hand.

He had experienced countless life-and-death battles, but never had he felt such an overwhelming sense of oppression.

Not even the Vengeful Spirit from before had given him this feeling.

“Tong Yao” didn’t count. Anyone who looked at her and didn’t feel despair were simply brain-damaged.

Fu Qi had a premonition.

The intensity of the mental power fluctuation emanating from the bioship itself might already be approaching the energy level of a small planet!

If it were to crash straight into Bluestar…

Images of the planetary crust shattering, oceans vaporizing, and civilization turning to ash in an instant flashed through Fu Qi’s mind.

This was no alarmist exaggeration. It was an imminent calamity!

What was even more terrifying was that deep within this living hell of a warship.

Fu Qi could clearly perceive several even more profound and dangerous auras lurking in dormancy.

Those were the true enemies!

The scene from space was transmitted back to the ground.

Deep within the headquarters of the Countermeasures Bureau.

The piercing global maximum-level alarm continued to wail.

Crimson light washed over every face, draining them of all other color.

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On the central star map.

The blood-red dot representing the bioship had jumped directly from the edge of the solar system to a lethal position right on Bluestar’s orbital path!

“Spatial jump… It’s right at our doorstep!”

An observer’s voice trembled uncontrollably.

“The enemy absolutely possesses methods beyond conventional understanding. They wield energy similar in type to mental power!”

“Based on the mental power fluctuation emitted by that bioship, we’ve roughly confirmed its data. Even standing still, its reading is close to one hundred thousand!”

One hundred thousand. That was the bioship’s baseline mental power fluctuation, the aura it couldn’t even fully conceal.

That already matched the mental power data of a Super S-rank Esper activating their Celestial Form.

It would be one thing if the enemy had no offensive capabilities, but this ship looked specifically adapted for cosmic navigation.

Its immense mental power fluctuation seemed to be geared toward sustaining interstellar travel.

If Fu Qi were to attack with all his might, perhaps he could destroy it.

But they needed a probing strike to gather more information.

In space.

Fu Qi used his ability to warp the direction of the mental power fluctuation’s impact, preventing the space station from crashing then and there.

His thoughts at this moment aligned with those of the personnel on the ground.

“I can’t wait. I must seize the initiative!”

A sharp, unprecedented light blazed in Fu Qi’s eyes.

All hesitation and shock were cast aside in an instant.

The ability within him erupted like a dormant volcano!

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“Selfless Form!”

With a low, sharp cry, Fu Qi’s figure instantly blurred, as if merging with the surrounding space itself, his aura withdrawn to its absolute limit.

Then, a sovereign-like presence exploded forth once more!

“Ruler Form!”

His will intensified, rapidly converting into power, faintly revealing the essence of “mind over matter”.

At this moment, Fu Qi’s mental power stood at thirty thousand.

Combined with his exceptionally unique spatial ability,【Space-Shattering Flash】, its destructive power defied all conventional measurement.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Fu Qi’s hands clenched empty air, as if grasping the very fabric of space.

He channeled the full force of his being, converging it into his palms.

A spatial slash, formed purely of spatial force and capable of sundering stars, took shape in an instant!

This slash was formless and intangible, yet it contained the terrifying power to sever dimensions and annihilate all matter.

Wherever it passed, even the vacuum of space let out a groan of unbearable strain, leaving behind a pitch-black rift that refused to heal!

No words were needed.

The moment they met, he struck with a zero-frame startup!

“Sever!”

Fu Qi hurled this spatial slash, one powerful enough to carve a grand canyon, toward the most grotesque bow of the colossal bioship!

The spatial slash moved faster than light.

It crossed the orbital distance in a flash.

It was about to cleave through that chilling compound-eye structure and the chitinous shell behind it!

However, at that very critical moment—

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In front of the bioship, in the very region locked onto by the spatial slash, space itself suddenly rippled with bizarre, extremely high-frequency undulations.

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These ripples were not the glow of a defensive energy shield.

They were the manifestation of the spatial structure itself being forcibly warped and folded!

The moment Fu Qi’s star-rending spatial slash touched these strange spatial ripples, it was like a clay ox entering the sea!

The violent spatial cutting force was forcibly distorted by the high-frequency fluctuations, gently brushed aside as if by an invisible giant hand.

The energy of the spatial slash was skillfully deflected.

It grazed past the bioship’s flank, shooting off into the depths of the cosmos.

It cleaved through every asteroid in its path before dissipating, failing to scratch the warship in the slightest!

“What!?”

An expression of utter disbelief and shock spread across Fu Qi’s face.

His killing move had been neutralized so effortlessly?

The enemy hadn’t even deployed an energy shield. They had merely warped space itself!

“Spatial ability… and their mastery… surpasses mine?”

This thought pierced Fu Qi’s heart like an icicle, turning his face ashen in an instant.

He understood now.

Among the enemies seated within that warship, there had to be a powerhouse whose comprehension and application of spatial force had reached an unimaginable level!

Not only had the opponent detected his attack, but they had also nullified it with superior reaction speed and a more efficient method.

Fu Qi had thought that the unique nature of his ability would allow him to disregard the gap in mental power values to some extent.

He had never imagined that the enemy ranks would contain a powerhouse with an ability of the same type!

Author Note

The number of extra chapters is about to exceed 40. I’m wondering whether I should surrender.