It did not shoot at the deadly dark purple energy beam, but... shot at the ancient stone tablet standing quietly next to it!

bite!

A sound as clear and crisp as the ringing of a jade chime!

The broken Stardust Thorn spike pierced with incredible precision into a tiny, previously unseen "groove" on the stone tablet's surface, like the intersection of natural lines! A perfect fit!

At the moment when the thorn spikes embedded into the stone tablet!

Buzz——!!!!

The entire ancient stone tablet erupted with an unprecedented, supernova-like brilliance! That light was no longer dim stardust, but a pure, blazing, holy white light that seemed to purify all filth! The mysterious patterns on it were no longer flowing stardust, but instead transformed into a flowing river of light composed of pure principles!

A beam of light, so condensed that it is indescribable and composed of pure regular light, came later but arrived first, like the first ray of light at the birth of the universe. It instantly crossed the space and intercepted the deadly dark purple energy beam with incredible precision!

laugh--!!!

There was no earth-shattering explosion! Only the sound of annihilation like boiling water pouring on snow!

The dark purple energy beam that condensed the fatal blow of a terrifying existence on the other side of deep space was like meeting its nemesis in front of this pure light of rules. It was instantly decomposed, purified, and reduced to the most basic, harmless energy particles and dissipated into the air!

After annihilating the dark purple energy beam, the remaining force of the light of rules did not diminish. Like a sword of divine punishment, it instantly penetrated the crack that was left with only a tiny "dot"!

Buzz...

A soft sound like the sigh of the universe.

Under the illumination of the light of the laws originating from the ancient covenant's essence, that stubborn, blasphemous spatial rift instantly evaporated, closed, and vanished without a trace, like a dewdrop exposed to sunlight. Only an unusually smooth circular area on the glazed floor, emitting a faint, pure white light, remained, proving its former existence.

The whispers of deep space and the blasphemous smell of pollution... vanished in an instant! Throughout the entire core area, only the pure white light, the tranquil warmth, and... deathly silence remained.

Plop!

Pei Du could no longer hold on and fell heavily to one knee! The light on Stardust's right arm completely dimmed, and the black cracks on its surface were as dense as a spider web, and even showed signs of collapse in several places. The Stardust vortex in his left eye was almost completely covered by dark purple, leaving only a faint starlight in the center that flickered tenaciously. He gasped violently, each breath accompanied by a broken noise. Dark golden blood dripped from the corner of his mouth, burning into the glazed ground and emitting fine white smoke. He forcibly called upon the power of the stone tablet to annihilate the pollution and close the rift. Especially the last blow, it almost exhausted his newly acquired strength and exacerbated the erosion of the pollution.

The ancient stone tablet, which had once blazed with brilliant, law-based light, now quickly dimmed and withered. The mysterious patterns on its surface returned to their flowing stardust state, though even fainter than before. The stardust thorn embedded in the stone tablet's groove had vanished, seemingly merging into the stone itself.

Xu Shuangyao struggled to crawl towards Pei Du, tears mingling with blood. The plant network's voice carried the weakness of a survivor and a hint of... a strange understanding: [Stardust... Returning... Thorns... Key... Covenant... Recognition... Yet... Pollution... Shackles... Deeply Sown...]

Just then—

“Beep—beep—beep—”

A rapid electronic alarm with a sense of space distortion came from the direction of the severely damaged sentry in the distance!

Embedded within the glazed protrusion, a sentry's chest armor cracked. A complex, palm-sized device, flickering with unstable blue light, frantically sounded an alarm! In the center of the device, a tiny, constantly rotating spatial coordinate model was projected into the air. The coordinates flickered violently, pointing to an unknown depth in the ruins.

"Warning! Deep space source (Void Zone)... spatial anchoring failure... large-scale space jump signal detected... Coordinates: X-743, Y-809, Z-Negative Abyss (bottom floor of the ruins)... Signature code identification:... 'Gravekeeper Fleet'!" The sentinel's intermittent electronic voice was unprecedentedly solemn. "They... are here for the 'Covenant Fragments'... their target... includes... the 'Key'..."

Gravekeeper Fleet?! Space Warp?!

Xu Shuangyao's heart instantly sank to the bottom! Just after resolving a deep space rift, an even more terrifying force appeared?!

"Ahem...I must...leave..." The sentry struggled, and with his almost broken arm, he pressed hard on the alarm device on his chest!

Buzz!

A twisted, dark blue space portal, barely large enough for one person, instantly opened before the sentry! The portal's light was extremely unstable, with tiny spatial cracks constantly appearing and disappearing at its edges.

The sentry's gaze, piercing the shattered helmet lens, swept coldly over the kneeling, panting, and extremely unstable Pei Du, finally landing on Xu Shuangyao, who was even closer! Clearly, with himself severely injured and both the mission target (the stele) and Pei Du (the key) in extreme danger and difficult to control, taking away this woman who seemed to have the ability to influence the "key" became the top priority!

"You... follow me!" The sentry's hoarse electronic voice carried an irresistible order. An arm with broken armor and partially exposed mechanical structure, with the remaining strength, suddenly grabbed Xu Shuangyao on the ground!

"No!" Xu Shuangyao wanted to dodge in horror!

But she was so badly injured and weak that she was completely unable to resist!

Just as the sentry's hand was about to grab Xu Shuangyao's shoulder——

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