"You're insane!" Ning Yu roared. "Go! Don't worry about me!"

Mu Xue didn't speak, but stubbornly shook her head. She endured the excruciating pain in her body, stood up shakily, and stood in front of Ning Yu, like a mother beast protecting her cubs, using her weak body to fight against the behemoth in front of her.

"You think you can take me?" The man in black robes sneered, and his energy tentacles struck again, carrying a world-destroying force.

"stop!"

With a roar, Mu Xue exhausted her remaining supernatural power, and an ice shield instantly solidified in front of her, attempting to block the fatal blow. However, the ice shield shattered like paper under the attack of the tentacles, and Mu Xue was thrown back by the enormous impact, crashing heavily into the wall, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"Mu Xue!" Ning Yu's eyes widened in horror, his heart aching as if it were being torn apart.

"Cough cough..." Mu Xue struggled to stand up, but collapsed to the ground, the bloodstains at the corner of her mouth shockingly visible.

"Why were you so stupid..." Ning Yu's voice choked up. He hated his own incompetence and even more his hesitation. If he had discovered the secret of those patterns earlier, perhaps none of this would have happened.

The man in black robes wouldn't give them a chance to breathe. He raised his energy tentacles again, aiming at Mu Xue who was lying on the ground, ready to deliver a fatal blow.

"Stop! I'll talk!" In this life-or-death moment, Ning Yu finally snapped, shouting hoarsely, "I know how to stop it! I know how to stop this damn formation!"

The man in black robes stopped what he was doing. He looked down at Ning Yu with interest, seemingly waiting for his explanation.

Ning Yu took a deep breath and pointed to the patterns on the ground, saying, "These patterns are the key to controlling the entire attack formation. As long as the key parts are destroyed, the attack will stop!"

The man in black remained silent, seemingly pondering the truthfulness of Ning Yu's words.

"I can prove it!" Ning Yu endured the excruciating pain and pointed to a pattern at the end of the corridor. "See that pattern over there? That's the energy node of the entire formation. As long as we destroy it, we can cut off the energy supply and stop the attack!"

Ning Yu's voice grew weaker and weaker, but he knew this was their last hope, and he had to seize it! He stared at the man in black robes and said, word by word, "I can help you destroy it, but you must promise to let us go!"

The man in black robes remained silent, simply watching Ning Yu with a complex light flickering in his eyes, as if making a final decision. Ning Yu, in turn, stared intently into his eyes, awaiting his answer. The corridor was deathly silent; you could hear a pin drop. Only the rapid breathing of the two men echoed in the air.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment, and all eyes were focused on Ning Yu, awaiting his next move...

The man in black robes was silent for a moment, then suddenly threw his head back and laughed, his laughter filled with disdain and mockery: "You think I would believe you? Humans are all cunning creatures!"

Ning Yu gritted his teeth. He knew that saying anything now was useless; he could only take a gamble! He struggled to his feet and walked step by step to the end of the corridor. Every step felt like stepping on a knife's edge, and the excruciating pain almost made him faint.

"Ning Yu, no!" Mu Xue cried out weakly, but she knew she couldn't stop Ning Yu and could only watch helplessly as he walked toward that unknown danger.

Ning Yu didn't turn around. Sensing the dwindling amount of his supernatural power, his eyes gradually hardened. He walked to the crucial rune, took a deep breath, mobilized all his supernatural power, concentrated it in his right hand, and pressed it forcefully onto the rune!

"boom!"

A violent surge of energy erupted from the patterns, causing the entire corridor to tremble violently. Debris fell from the ceiling, raising a cloud of dust. Ning Yu was thrown backward by the powerful energy, crashing heavily to the ground and losing consciousness.

Mu Xue rushed to Ning Yu's side without hesitation, hugged him tightly, and tears streamed down her face. However, a miracle occurred: the energy tentacles that had been attacking wildly suddenly stopped moving, and the entire corridor fell into an eerie silence.

The man in black robes stared at the scene before him in disbelief. He never expected that Ning Yu would actually do it! He had actually found the weakness of the formation and successfully stopped the attack!

“This…how is this possible…” the man in black robes muttered to himself, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

Ignoring the black-robed man's reaction, Mu Xue anxiously checked Ning Yu's injuries and breathed a sigh of relief when she found that he had only fainted and was not in any danger.

“Ning Yu, you’re a madman…” Mu Xue gently stroked Ning Yu’s face, tears streaming down her face. She didn’t know whether to cry or be grateful. All she knew was that Ning Yu had once again created a miracle and pulled them back from the brink of death.

However, just as they breathed a sigh of relief, a sudden change occurred! The massive energy devices around the previously calm building suddenly began to operate wildly, their dazzling light piercing the night sky, and an even more terrifying energy fluctuation was rapidly gathering...

The man in black robes suddenly burst into maniacal laughter. He pointed at Ning Yu and Mu Xue, his voice shrill and piercing: "You think this is the end? How naive! Prepare for the final judgment!"