Skill Extraction: Exploring Dungeons-Chapter 573 - 510: Another City

A flying object is rapidly moving above the clouds, trailing a long exhaust behind it, the sound of breaking through the air coming from high above.

This object pierces the clouds like a sharp sword, its body made of a matte-like material, maintaining some concealment even under the dazzling light of the Golden Bridge.

And this high-speed moving object in the air is none other than Kane and the flying vehicle he is piloting.

The flying vehicle resembles a shuttle, speeding through the sky, with a large nozzle at the rear where the blue Magic Flames are clearly visible.

The rounded sharp head encounters a noticeable sonic barrier.

Kaman is sitting inside the flying vehicle, and Cotton Candy is also attached to his body, moving at such high speeds that Cotton Candy can't keep up.

The flying vehicle is not driven by him; he is only providing large-scale repairs and power supply. The specific operation and direction are handled by Yo-yo.

It's not that he doesn't want to operate it; rather, the concept of this flying vehicle created by Kane was designed only half a month ago while sailing at sea, using technology obtained from that Divine Finger.

Both the concept and technology reveal unfamiliar and immature ideas.

Previously, it was unfeasible to create flying vehicles in the sky due to the inefficient technology and power supply.

The technology obtained from the Divine Finger was overly complex for Kane to fully grasp, so being able to create a rudimentary model was already quite an achievement.

Kane has never truly piloted it himself, and because this is the first test flight, aside from speed, most of its functionality is practically nonexistent.

Since the control system wasn't designed in time, it is now hastily put to use, so it's operated entirely by Yo-yo with Kane acting as support.

The power supply system is also rather crude, requiring Kane's full focus, and since the vehicle is immature, during flight it requires Magic Power to quickly repair any broken or faulty parts.

Honestly, if it weren't for Kane's Origin Skills, this thing wouldn't fly for even 10 seconds.

Kane is gripping a bottle of blue magic potion with his mouth to replenish power due to the high-speed flight, which naturally expends a lot of Magic Power, requiring him to maintain a full capacity of Magic Power.

He can also spend Magic Power without concern and use Magic Tears to fully replenish his Magic Power upon landing.

But Kane doesn't wish to do this; the Magic Tears he has must be conserved to provide a strategic advantage when confronting the Red King.

Flying so fast at high altitudes carries exposure risks, but compared to time spent, the risk is negligible.

The greatest strength of the flying vehicle is its extreme flight speed, quickly bringing Kane and company to their destination.

Finally, Kane can see the city on the ground through the transparent part at the bottom.

The flying vehicle slows to a halt in the sky, then gradually descends while becoming completely transparent.

Although only the vehicle is transparent, Kane and Yo-yo aren't, but at such high altitudes combined with the Golden glow from the Golden Bridge.

It's difficult for anyone to clearly spot Kane and company in the sky, especially since this location is outside the Steel Wings Legion's patrol zone.

As the altitude decreases, Eagle Eye provides a clear view of every detail of the city below.

The city below is Kanslostan, the other of the Twin Star Cities.

Kanslostan is structurally identical to Zorolostan on a large scale.

The same structure and material of the city walls, and the same internal city structure, even roughly identical city layout—the two cities are practically made from the same mold, hence the name Twin Star City.

The only difference is the absence of the high tower used by the Steel Wings Legion in the center of Kanslostan.

Instead, inside the city walls, there's a ring of military camps along the edge of the walls, which Kane completely doesn't understand why military camps are evenly built around the walls.

Although Kaman possesses intelligence from the Blood Red Legion, it's less detailed than that of the Steel Wings Legion, making it impossible for him to pinpoint where the Sphinx is within the ring around the walls.

And due to the time crunch, waiting for the Sphinx to appear is not an option.

The brief intelligence in hand clearly explains that the Blood Red Legion is composed of large numbers of regular troops and several special units.

If the Steel Wings led by Yafus is akin to a top-notch Guard Knight Order unit.

The Blood Red Legion is a collective term for other forces, with troops under the Red King's command collectively called the Blood Red Legion.

The troops in front of the city are just a part; there are more maintaining order and security throughout the domain, and defending against external enemies from other territories.

Especially those near borders with other kings, which are heavily guarded.

These soldiers are all called members of the Blood Red Legion.

Also included is simple intelligence on the Sphinx, this individual is also regarded as the Red King's right-hand man but is somewhat weaker in personal strength compared to Yafus.

Their notable skills include leadership and combat techniques.

So if Kane wants to kill him, it might take more effort than with Yafos.

But that's where the challenge lies: this person spends most of their time in military camps handling official duties, rarely seen elsewhere.

Not to mention seeing him alone outside, forcing Kane to face the pressure of those soldiers quickly to eliminate him.

It has to be Kane who has already precisely located Sphinx's position.

Of course, they could also wait for a good opportunity to arise, but time waits for no one, and the longer they wait, the easier it is for Yafus's death to be exposed.

Although Kaman had already cleared the battlefield where he faced off against Red Eagle and stored Red Eagle's remains in the guild warehouse.

But Yafus's death will definitely be exposed; it's just a matter of time. Once his death is exposed, it will surely alert the Red King, making it much harder to take him down then.

After all, taking down the Red King is Kane's most important objective on this trip. If the Red King is alerted, then taking down Yafus for the key in his hand would be meaningless.

In this situation, they can only take a risk.

Kane began to gather a large amount of magic power in his hands, creating scout semi-spherical marbles one after another.

As they were created, they immediately materialized, then gently toss them down towards the military camp below.

In this way, Kane's magic power was rapidly being consumed, and once again he took out several bottles of blue magic recovery potion and gulped them down.

Luckily, this time the consumption of magic power is not a one-time massive drain, but a gradual trickle.

Allowing Kane's magic power to not be under so much pressure.

"Yoyo, control these scout bugs to directly turn off the cameras, maximize sound reception, and lock onto the name Sphinx."

"Okay, master."

After completing the task, Yoyo's eyes flashed with red light, indicating it was operating at full capacity.

Kaman didn't have the exact appearance of Sphinx in hand, so he could only rely on the name to identify his location. With so many soldiers, there's no way they wouldn't talk about their general.

As for whether the scout bugs would be discovered, Kane no longer cared, because to eliminate Sphinx, he would inevitably expose himself.

As the scout bugs fell one by one, the more Yoyo received sounds, at first, he even spent a lot of time understanding and searching for different answers.

He quickly started analyzing and processing these sounds to lock onto the name Sphinx.

With more and more scout bugs, the surveillance range also expanded significantly.

In just a few minutes, Yoyo locked onto Sphinx's location.

"Master, I've found the target through the scout bugs."

With that, Yoyo immediately projected a model of the city and marked Sphinx's location with a red dot.

Kane quickly compared the city model with the city below.

In an instant, he locked onto the building where Sphinx was located.

"Wow, he really hid himself well,"

Looking at the building where Sphinx was, Kane couldn't help but remark.

Since many buildings in this city are identical within one area, it's easy to get mixed up.

And in the circle of military camps within the city walls, all the soldier buildings used the same low building type, looking almost identical.

And Sphinx was in one of these, near the left lower corner of the city wall, indistinguishable from the others, with even the flags and items outside the building being exactly alike.

No one would have guessed the Marshal of the Red King's army would be in such a spot.

Kane's Eagle Eye at maximum capacity has completely locked onto the building, successfully detecting the energy reactions inside through the stone walls.

There were a total of four energy reactions inside, one of which was the most intense, reaching the peak of silver level, but it was still weaker compared to Yafus or Heideline.

Roughly at 80% of the silver level, almost like the energy inside Kane now.

No need to think too much, he must be Kane's target, the Marshal of the Blood Red Legion, Sphinx. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

There were also many soldiers coming and going in the buildings surrounding him; these soldiers were all at the silver level, forming a complete small united army.

This actually exposed the uniqueness of this location.

Now the question is how to take down Sphinx among so many soldiers and then leave in a leisurely manner.

First of all, Sphinx's strength is definitely weaker than Yafus. It can be seen from the report given by Heideline that there have been many who have fought with Sphinx.

Heideline even fought him once before; he is just an ordinary strong figure, not considered top-notch, and has reached his limit with no potential for further improvement.

If Kane uses inversion, he can take him out in one hit, achieving Kane's goal of a swift resolution.

Since the decision on how to capture the enemy and obtain what they desire has been made, it's time to act.

No other choice, it must be done swiftly, dive in directly.