Pei Du seized this crucial opportunity! His right hand, covered in dark gold lines, shot out like lightning! No longer attacking, he grasped the silver-haired woman's slender wrist, covered in burn marks and wire, with undeniable precision and the irresistible power of the final imprisonment!

It felt icy cold! It was like holding a piece of ten-thousand-year-old ice! Beneath her skin, cold metal structures and chaotic energy flows surged frantically, resisting any external force's touch!

"Ahhhh!" The silver-haired woman let out an even crazier roar, and the poisoned nails of her other hand fiercely grabbed Pei Du's arm, trying to break free!

"Quiet!" Pei Du's icy cry was like a mental shock! An even greater force of the Final Imprisonment surged through his palm into the woman's body! He forcibly suppressed the chaotic energy and resistance within her body! At the same time, his molten golden pupils locked onto the woman's chaotic blue eyes. A cold, commanding thought, like an invisible steel needle, fiercely pierced the core of her consciousness: "Look! Split! The city!"

He used his thoughts to forcefully infuse the woman's confused consciousness with the tragic scene of the City of Thorns being swallowed by the space rift and countless survivors wailing in destruction!

"No... no..." The silver-haired woman's frantic struggles suddenly froze! Her chaotic, dark blue eyes reflected the horrific sight of the city's abyss devouring lives, the shattering vine barriers, the crumbling buildings, and the desperate cries of the people... The cold logic of the "cradle" seemed to be stimulated by this devastating scene and began to work frantically. But at the same time, a faint trace of human astonishment and confusion, buried deep beneath the chaos, emerged with difficulty from the chaotic storm in her eyes, like the fragments of a shipwreck.

Just at this brief moment of stalemate when Pei Du forcibly suppressed the silver-haired woman and Xu Shuangyao tried her best to maintain the purifying holy light to stabilize her chaotic consciousness!

Mutation regeneration!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

At the edge of the Rift City Abyss, in several areas most severely torn by spatial turbulence, where metal ruins were exposed, the ground suddenly exploded! Several twisted figures, emitting strong spatial fluctuations and a cold metallic aura, emerged from the crumbling ruins like demons crawling out of hell!

Their forms varied, yet all were utterly twisted and hideous! Some resembled giant mechanical scorpions, their tails brimming with energy stingers that constantly ripped through space. Some resembled multi-legged centipedes forcibly cobbled together from countless metal fragments, each segment flickering with unstable spatial ripples. Still others were simply wriggling masses of turbulent spatial energy, laced with sharp metallic spikes! They all bore the marks of the metal fragments of previously destroyed stalkers, clearly the product of contamination and alienation by spatial turbulence and the icy corrosive energy! They were aberrations bred from the rifts of space!

As soon as these spatial distortions appeared, they locked onto the metal platform, emitting intense life energy (Xu Shuangyao) and icy order energy (Pei Du)! They emitted a piercing scream, a mixture of metallic friction and spatial tearing. Ignoring the terrifying suction force, they exploited their affinity with spatial turbulence and pounced frantically towards the three people on the platform like gliding demons! Sharp claws, energy tail stingers, space-tearing blades... all kinds of deadly attacks tore through the air!

Their goal was clear—to interrupt Xu Shuangyao's purification! To interfere with Pei Du's suppression! To completely drag these three threats into the abyss of spatial turbulence!

"Shuangyao! Hold on!" Pei Du's icy voice resonated through Xu Shuangyao's consciousness! His right hand, gripping the silver-haired woman's wrist, remained motionless, the power of the Final Imprisonment continuously flowing out, suppressing her frantic resistance. His left hand, covered in dark gold patterns, rose like lightning, five fingers spread out, facing the oncoming group of deformed creatures!

Buzz!

Several condensed, dark beams of doom shot out instantly like the javelins of the god of death! They accurately shot towards the several spatial aberrations rushing in the front!

Chichichi--!

The Doom Beam pierced through the twisted shells of the Space Aberrations! The force of annihilation crazily destroyed their structures! Two scorpion-shaped aberrations were pierced through the core, emitting shrill screams as their bodies rapidly disintegrated and annihilated in the pitch-black flames! Another multi-legged centipede was hit by the beam, half of its body reduced to ash, but the rest of it still pounced frantically!

"Thorn Guardian!"

Xu Shuangyao's clear voice carried a hint of tired determination! She maintained the purifying holy light that enveloped Pei Du and the silver-haired woman, distracting herself with two tasks! She formed a seal with one hand and swung it fiercely towards the edge of the platform!

Rumble——!

From the metal ruins at the edge of the platform, countless giant, resilient vines, dripping with golden veins, burst forth like giant pythons upon receiving a command. They instantly broke through the twisted metal, growing and intertwining madly! Forming a wall of thorns covered in sharp golden thorns, they blocked the oncoming aberrations!

Puff puff puff!

Several of the aberrations at the forefront slammed fiercely into the wall of thorns! Sharp claws and energy attacks splashed dazzling sparks on the tough vines and purifying energy! Vines were torn and wooden thorns were broken, but the wall of thorns stubbornly blocked the first wave of impact!

However, more spatial aberrations surged from other corners of the Rift City Abyss! Like piranhas scenting blood, they ignored the deaths of their companions and pounced even more frantically upon the platform! Simultaneously, the terrifying suction beneath the abyss intensified, tugging at the platform's structure, emitting a teeth-grinding metallic groan! The entire platform was like a lone boat in a raging sea, poised to capsize at any moment!

Pei Du's molten golden pupils swept across the swarming aberrations and the crumbling platform, finally resting on the face of the silver-haired woman, who was being suppressed by him, her eyes locked in a fierce struggle between confusion and a glimmer of clarity. Time! He needed time! He needed the glimmer of human clarity within this woman's chaotic consciousness, awakened by Xu Shuangyao's purifying light, to prevail! He needed her to stop detonating the spatial energy nodes!

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