Bai Ye quickly climbed onto a snowmobile, opened the storage compartment, and soon found the snowmobile's keys.
"Get on!"
Bai Ye called out to Jin Sha, then quickly started the snowmobile and sped forward.
Jin Sha sat behind Bai Ye and asked, "What about the people at the monitoring station?"
Bai Ye replied, "If they have a way to break invisibility, they can fight. Also, Predators are highly intelligent beings. If their invisibility is broken, and they are outnumbered, they won't engage in a direct fight but will retreat. If they can't break the invisibility, then they're just waiting to die."
Bai Ye spoke with indifference, as lives were inherently cheap in the world battlefield.
What Bai Ye was more concerned about was why the Predator had appeared here.
According to Bai Ye's memory, the Predator's target was the Xenomorph, so it should have entered the ruins. The ruins were supposed to be near the research team's base, still a considerable distance from this location. Therefore, there was no reason for a Predator to be here.
And then there was the Ice Pillar God Thunder Jies, which Bai Ye had no memory of.
Was there any connection between the two?
Bai Ye drove the snowmobile while pondering, but at this moment...
Bai Ye looked up ahead and saw faint, elusive humanoid outlines suddenly appearing in the air.
Bai Ye's heart suddenly jolted, and he shouted, "Jump!"
The moment he spoke, Bai Ye lunged to the left and rolled rapidly on the ground.
Jin Sha reacted a little slower, but still managed to jump off the snowmobile in time.
The next instant, the snowmobile skidded and slid forward. After about three to four meters...
Boom!
The snowmobile suddenly split in half, then exploded, with flames erupting fiercely.
Bai Ye propped himself up with one hand on the ground and looked up.
Had a Predator caught up?
No, a Predator on foot couldn't catch up to a snowmobile, so there must be a second Predator.
On the other side, Jin Sha struggled to get up from the ground, took out a red and white sphere from her waist, and threw it forward, saying, "Come out, Duo Duo Bing!"
As the red and white sphere landed, white light bloomed, and then, from within the light, a summoned beast appeared.
Bai Ye glanced at it and was stunned, "Ice cream cone?"
Jin Sha's summoned beast looked exactly like a giant ice cream cone. Transparent ice formed the cone shape, topped with piled-up white snow shaped like ice cream scoops, and surrounded by silvery-white frost.
The most magical part was when Bai Ye looked, two round eyeballs suddenly appeared on the ice cream scoop, along with a long, thin mouth.
This was indeed a summoned beast, a living organism, just shaped like an ice cream cone!
Jin Sha patted Duo Duo Bing's body and said, "Yes, my summoned beast. It's very well-behaved."
"Whether it's strange or not isn't important..." Bai Ye's expression changed. "Run!"
Jin Sha was taken aback and then looked at the snowy ground ahead, noticing that footprints were constantly appearing.
In fact, the glacial environment was not very friendly to the Predators. Their cloaking suits had huge flaws in the glaciers. Even if their bodies could be completely concealed, invisibility was not true disappearance; it couldn't make the Predator vanish. Therefore, when moving on snow, they would inevitably leave footprints, becoming obvious flaws.
Jin Sha was decisive. She didn't flee as Bai Ye suggested because, looking at the speed at which the footprints were appearing, she knew she couldn't escape.
So, Jin Sha decisively waved her hand and commanded, "Duo Duo Bing, use Ice Needles!"
Duo Duo Bing, floating in the air, let out a strange cry. Its body suddenly began to spin, and then ice-hard spikes appeared one by one, shooting forward.
This move was skillfully executed. The number of ice needles was not small, indicating an area-of-effect attack. Duo Duo Bing also used its rotation to expand the coverage of the ice needles.
Then...
Clang, clang, clang!
Crisp clanging sounds continued to ring out as the flying ice needles were shattered.
However, based on the location where the ice needles shattered, the Predator's position could be more clearly determined.
Jin Sha immediately waved her hand again and issued a command, "Freezing Ray!"
Duo Duo Bing swayed in the air, and then, from the pointed corners of its head, a large amount of light condensed, quickly forming a light sphere.
Then...
Boom!
The light sphere suddenly shot forward, forming a beam of light that blasted forward. Immediately after, a loud bang occurred, accompanied by the sound of ice forming in the air, followed by a burst of electrical arcs.
"This is a master!"
Bai Ye looked at Jin Sha with surprise. Her summoned beast, named Duo Duo Bing, was clearly well-trained and quite powerful. This was completely different from what Bai Ye had imagined. Jin Sha looked too approachable, lacking any master-like aura, yet her strength proved that appearances could be deceiving. You say this melon is ripe, and it is indeed ripe.
Then...
After marveling at Jin Sha's displayed strength, Bai Ye's spirits immediately lifted.
The Freezing Ray hit the Predator, rapidly freezing frost onto its body and damaging its cloaking suit!
A humanoid beast-faced creature, clad in dark gold metallic armor!
The Predator's figure was completely revealed!
"Isn't it my turn to shine then!"
Bai Ye was quite wary of an invisible Predator, but once it was out of stealth, Bai Ye was no longer afraid...
Let's take him down!
"Let me!" Bai Ye drew his Zanpakuto and said, "Roar, Senbonzakura!"
The Zanpakuto in Bai Ye's hand entered its Shikai state, emitting a glow and transforming into a broadsword with a fine blade. Then...
With a powerful swing, Senbonzakura separated section by section, like a whip or a long snake, extending forward and slashing towards the Predator.
The Predator turned its head and immediately raised its arm!
Clang!
Bai Ye's slash struck the Predator's wrist blade, and Senbonzakura was repelled. However, with a quick flick of Bai Ye's wrist, Senbonzakura changed from a downward slash to a sweeping motion, heading towards the Predator's waist.
The Predator before them was not very large in stature, about 1.85 meters tall. Its build was similar to Bai Ye's, which was considered tall among humans, but among Predators, it could only be described as petite.
However, a petite build meant that this Predator was highly agile.
Facing the sweeping blade, the Predator didn't dodge immediately. Instead, it seized an opportunity, suddenly leaped up, and stomped with both feet.
Clang!
The blade was forcefully pinned to the ground by the Predator.
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