Chapter 117: Showing Off by Beauty Meng

Admittedly, Ivanka is no longer an ordinary person. Therefore, conventional thinking cannot be used to deal with her.

Lu Ye paused for a moment and said, "If it were me, I might choose to parachute mid-way."

Chen Xi nodded: "Right, maybe that's what Ivanka is thinking too?"

"She is very likely to lead the people of the Hongying Society to parachute mid-way, let the plane continue to the airport to land, and lure us into an empty trap!"

Lu Ye pondered carefully and said, "Let's prepare for two possibilities!"

"Yiyi, hack into the Japanese air traffic control system. Help me monitor the flight altitude of Ivanka's plane and tell me immediately if there are any abnormal changes."

"Meiren, get ready to parachute with me."

"Sister, you continue according to the original plan and take the main force to land at the airport. If it turns out to be an empty trap, you can then drive over to support me and Meiren."

Everyone nodded solemnly: "Understood!"

A few minutes later, Liu Yiyi said: "Ivanka's plane has suddenly dropped to 3,000 meters!"

3,000 meters? So she really intends to parachute!

Lu Ye and Meng Meiren had already strapped on their parachute packs and were wearing wingsuit gliding suits. The maximum safe altitude for parachuting is determined by the limit of human atmospheric pressure tolerance, because the higher the altitude, the thinner the air, and the lower the air pressure and temperature. 5,000 meters is the universally recognized maximum safe altitude for parachuting.

At this moment, the transport plane carrying them was at an altitude of 5,500 meters!

The tail ramp slowly unfolded, revealing the colorful and magnificent sea of clouds below. 5,500 meters is an extremely dangerous altitude to jump from. However, in order not to let Ivanka discover the intentions of Lu Ye and Meng Meiren, the transport plane had to stay above the clouds so that they could catch them off guard.

Putting on his goggles, Lu Ye patted Meng Meiren on the shoulder and laughed: "5,500 meters, high-altitude jump and low-altitude opening—can you handle it?"

Meng Meiren looked at the thick layer of clouds beneath him, swallowed, and gritted his teeth: "I can handle it!"

"Then let's go!"

With that, Lu Ye leaped from the plane first. Meng Meiren took a deep breath and followed closely behind.

Whoosh...

There was only the sound of rushing wind in his ears, and before his eyes was a vast expanse of white water vapor. Both Lu Ye and Meng Meiren maintained a vertical, head-first diving posture, piercing through the clouds like two stakes. The intense sense of weightlessness brought by the rapid descent and the suddenly increasing air pressure made Lu Ye feel dizzy. As for Meng Meiren, he fell into a state of semi-consciousness, teetering on the edge of fainting.

Swish, swish...

Two dark shadows instantly emerged from the clouds. Lu Ye immediately scanned the area. About four or five kilometers away to the southeast, a dozen small black dots were gliding at high altitude.

"Meiren, follow me!"

Lu Ye quickly adjusted his body posture, spreading his arms and legs into an "X" shape. The aerodynamic surfaces of the wingsuit immediately took effect, pushing Lu Ye to accelerate forward in pursuit. Meng Meiren was only a beat slower, but he was instantly left hundreds of meters behind by Lu Ye.

...

Ivanka, along with a dozen elite members of the Hongying Society, was descending toward her predetermined location.

There were cars waiting on the ground, and as soon as she landed, she planned to head straight for the military base.

Someone flying behind her reminded her over the radio: "Leader, there are two big birds chasing us from behind!"

Ivanka turned her head in surprise and saw two black dots rapidly approaching her. From a distance, they looked just like two giant birds with their wings spread wide. She closed her eyes to sense them, and her expression suddenly changed: "Speed up the descent!"

At this moment, they were still nearly 2,000 meters from the ground. Even if they pulled their limbs in and dove at full speed, they could not outpace Lu Ye and Meng Meiren in their wingsuits. Within a dozen seconds, Lu Ye had already caught up to them.

Bang!

Lu Ye threw a punch in mid-air, knocking a Hongying Society member unconscious on the spot. He then kicked off the person's body to gain momentum and lunged toward Ivanka!

"This lunatic actually dares to fight at an altitude of 2,000 meters—isn't he afraid of falling into a pulp?"

"Leader, look out!"

On the other side, Meng Meiren, like a human cruise missile, crashed directly into the Hongying Society's flight formation! The scene fell into instant chaos! A few of the timid ones immediately deployed their parachutes and hovered high in the sky, exiting the battlefield. Lu Ye used the others as stepping stones, weaving through them and heading straight for Ivanka!

"Stop right there!"

Suddenly, someone accelerated and pounced on Lu Ye, then pulled their parachute ripcord.

Pop!

Lu Ye's pursuit was slowed down by the person's parachute. Ivanka took the opportunity to dive headlong toward the ground, instantly opening a distance between them.

"Go to hell!"

Swish!

Lu Ye suddenly pulled out a black dagger and sliced through the other person's parachute shroud lines with one stroke. He then pulled the man toward himself, kicked him upward, and used the reaction force to accelerate his own descent. Ivanka and Lu Ye were like two meteors, one after the other, plunging toward the ground.

The altitude dropped rapidly. In the blink of an eye, they were below 500 meters...

Lu Ye was relentless, looking as if he were determined to perish with Ivanka.

300 meters... 200 meters... 100 meters!

Ivanka couldn't hold on any longer. She was the first to deploy her parachute, then pulled the lines to adjust her direction, flying toward the group of Hongying Society members who had come to support her.

50 meters!

When Lu Ye landed, his parachute had just fully deployed; he practically crashed into the ground!

Thud!

Lu Ye rolled twice on the ground to dissipate the excess downward force. At the same time, he ripped open the zipper to quickly shed his wingsuit, then immediately sprinted toward Ivanka's landing spot. Ivanka was still gliding; there was a convertible sports car directly in front of her, and the driver had already started the engine.

Lu Ye's expression darkened. Dammit, he couldn't catch up!

Just as he was feeling frustrated, a loud roar suddenly came from the sky: "Get the hell down there!"

Lu Ye looked up at the sky, his eyes widening before his mouth fell open...

He thought his low-altitude parachute deployment at 50 meters was impressive, but Meng Meiren didn't even need to open his parachute! This move completely stunned Lu Ye; he had to hand it to him!

Meng Meiren was like a meteorite, slamming directly onto the top of Ivanka's parachute.

Boom!

He used his own body to knock Ivanka down to the ground from the final dozen meters. The fully inflated parachute provided Meng Meiren with a great deal of cushioning, and the ground was soft sand. He landed without a scratch, though he grimaced in pain.

However, for Ivanka, this was fatal! That last dozen meters of gliding would have been enough to carry her to the car, and she might even have landed directly in the convertible. But now, she was more than a hundred meters away from the vehicle...

"Holy crap, Meiren, you're awesome!"

"Quick, pin her down!"

Lu Ye continued to sprint wildly. Ivanka's subordinates saw that things were going poorly and immediately drove over to rescue her.

Smack!

Meng Meiren scrambled up and grabbed Ivanka by the shoulder. However, Ivanka's skills were clearly very agile; she caught him off guard with a backward kick that landed squarely in his crotch!

Meng Meiren took the opportunity to trap Ivanka's ankle between his thighs and grinned lewdly: "Hiss, you American girl, you're quite vicious!"

"Good thing I learned a technique to retract my manhood, hiding my little brother away, hehehe!"

"Hmph!"

Ivanka let out a sharp cry, lifted her other leg, and hooked it around Meng Meiren's neck. It was unclear where she found the leverage, but Meng Meiren was twisted by her legs and slammed horizontally onto the ground. Ivanka then performed a nimble mid-air flip to free herself and landed steadily.

At this moment, Lu Ye finally arrived. He swung a whipping kick toward Ivanka's chest. With nowhere to dodge, she crossed her arms in front of her chest to block it head-on.

Bang!

Ivanka only stepped back two paces; Lu Ye couldn't gain any advantage over her at all.

She looked up and glanced at Lu Ye. Under her short, golden hair, that strange face made Lu Ye freeze for a moment! Her face was ice-blue and covered in peculiar patterns... Was this the result of a physical mutation caused by the crystal skull transplant, leaving her in this neither-human-nor-ghost state?

Forget it, never mind what she looks like. In terms of raw combat power, Lu Ye didn't seem to have the upper hand...