Chapter 392 Fierce Battle

The magical energy fluctuations rising outside the room were enormous, even by my standards. In other words, they were at the level of the Great Impermanence.

Moreover, the number of sudden magical fluctuations was not one, but two.

Two immense magical forces, at the Great Impermanence level, crashed into the room like heavy trucks, smashing through the laboratory door and walls with devastating force, and swept towards me and Mingzhuo simultaneously. With a single blow, our bodies were shattered into pieces like iron hammers breaking glass bottles.

Describing these two attacks as "heavy trucks" or "hammers" is an underestimation. Even a single strike contains enough magical power to obliterate the entire Humanitarian Division headquarters.

At the moment the attack exploded, the surrounding space seemed to be stretched dramatically. The room suddenly became enormous, and even the length of the corridor outside the room seemed to stretch endlessly.

It seems this is some kind of automatic protection measure for the Humanitarian Affairs headquarters. Since Ying Lingyun's technology can even cut through real space, stretching or shrinking space is probably no problem for him either.

Based on my vague perception, the attack that had just razed a town to the ground only destroyed one-tenth of the Humanitarian Division's main base. And space continued to stretch; visually, the surrounding objects themselves remained unchanged, but the distances between them were increasing. After reaching a certain limit, even the objects themselves seemed to be torn apart by the stretched space, like words written on clay, twisted and broken as the clay itself was stretched.

One of the hypotheses about the ultimate fate of the universe, the "Big Rip," describes how the ever-expanding space causes the gaps between matter to widen, eventually preventing even atoms from binding together, leading to the complete annihilation of everything. I wonder if this current phenomenon of spatial stretching will develop to that point, locally simulating the ultimate fate of the universe in the area around the Humanitarian Division's headquarters?

However, this spatial stretching phenomenon seemed to only occur in a part of the Humanitarian Division's main base, which was the area where Mingzhuo and I were. Of course, needless to say, although we were attacked suddenly, neither Mingzhuo nor I died.

The attack just now had the potential to kill true spirits, but its severity was far less than the damage that Life Turbidity had inflicted on me. Assuming I had one hundred health points, it only cost me a little. In the blink of an eye, I manipulated flames to restore my fire elemental body in mid-air.

Meanwhile, Mingzhuo was rapidly restoring his body by manipulating black and red smoke not far away. We all looked in the direction from which the attack had come.

There were two people wearing masks. Not silver masks, but animal zodiac masks. One wore a rabbit mask, and the other a sheep mask.

They hovered in the air, looking at us amidst the fragmented scene.

"The Rabbit and the Sheep..." Mingzhuo seemed to have seen through their true colors.

In the Twelve Gods Project of the Humanitarian Department, which aimed to create super-modified humans at the Great Perfection level, only two individuals succeeded: the Dog and the Dragon. The Rabbit and the Sheep were the failed individuals and are presumably dead.

Now, for some unknown reason, they have started moving, which is reminiscent of the resurrection technology that Ying Lingyun is researching.

They have probably all become Ying Lingyun's puppets.

I can also see through their masks with my senses. I had access to documents related to the Twelve Gods Project in the past, which contained photos and information about the Rabbit and the Sheep. They are not just other people wearing Rabbit and Sheep masks, but two people who participated in the Twelve Gods Project.

At the same time, I also felt the divine seal fragments bound to me vibrating.

“They have fragments of divine seals inside their bodies,” I reminded them.

"So that's how it is. So you obtained Great Impermanence-level firepower thanks to the fragments of the Divine Seal?" Mingzhuo said. "But—"

As we were talking, the Rabbit and Sheep in the distance launched two more attacks, one each aimed at me and Mingzhuo.

Their magic didn't display any color; it was as transparent as air, but that was only visually apparent. In my perception, their magic was as magnificent as a mountain being thrown this way.

On my side, I was not to be outdone. Just as the invisible magical power approached, a giant flaming claw, powerful enough to grab a skyscraper, appeared out of thin air and collided with it, shattering into pieces.

The scattered flames, along with the surrounding sea of ​​fire, converged towards my palm. Combined with the flames I actively released and compressed, they were about to unleash a fatal blow.

Mingzhuo was even more direct, unleashing the black-red light that had almost killed me from his palm. It was like puncturing a fragile bubble with an iron skewer, easily shattering the invisible magical power that was attacking him.

"What's the point of such a dense attack?"

Seeing this, Mingzhuo revealed an expression of "I knew it," and then let out a wild laugh. "He's just a weakling who can only step into the Great Impermanence Realm by relying on external things. He doesn't even understand how to use power. Does he really think he can stand on the same level as me?"

"Enough, you two imposters, die!"

The black and red light surged forward relentlessly, and Ming Zhuo wielded it like a dark light sword with no end in sight, rapidly slashing towards the direction of Wei Yang and Mao Tu.

They're doomed... I couldn't help but think that too.

The difference between someone who merely possesses the power of the Great Impermanence and a seasoned, experienced Great Impermanence like Ming Zhuo is enormous. Even back then, if I hadn't been a so-called "innate manifestation of spirit," requiring the destruction of a true spirit to completely kill him, I would probably have been instantly killed by Ming Zhuo.

Even with this characteristic, if it weren't for the hidden danger of the Xuanming Fire within Mingzhuo's body, I could only have left him with minor injuries at most before he would have killed me in no time.

Needless to say, the attacks of the Goat and Rabbit at this moment are even more unpredictable, as their "Fate-Turbid" attacks are destined to hit. When I first encountered them, I had no way to dodge them, and they had no reason to dodge them either.

In fact, they didn't actually hide.

First, mysterious fluctuations emanated from their bodies, spreading and trembling violently. Then, Wei Yang raised his arm and made contact with the dark red light of Ming Zhuo.

Just as a heavy sandbag resisted a whip kick, Wei Yang actually managed to withstand the black and red light.

"What?" Mingzhuo exclaimed in surprise.

Taking advantage of this opening, the Goat and the Rabbit launched two more invisible attacks at us.

Their attitude was like that of robots, or like corpses manipulated by necromancers in fantasy stories. Their attacks clearly did not contain any self-will, and what they were driving was not their own magic power, but probably power transformed from fragments of divine seals.

This time, the invisible power they released underwent a completely new change, becoming like a giant arrow shot from a ballista, full of unstoppable momentum.

Mingzhuo skillfully manipulated his magic to form a protective shield, but for some reason, this magic shield made by the veteran Dawuchang shattered on the spot when it encountered the invisible force used by the enemy he had belittled as a "fake".

He was thrown far away in shock.

Seeing this, I immediately unleashed my ultimate killing move. The flames that had been rapidly gathering beforehand finally transformed into a dark sun.

—Solar eclipse.

Facing the invisible force hurtling towards me, I rammed it head-on with my full-force attack.

Then, an unbelievable scene unfolded.

Just like a shot put piercing a wooden board, the solar eclipse shattered the invisible force on the spot and continued forward.

The attack that even Mingzhu couldn't defend against was easily broken by my "Solar Eclipse".

I had already prepared myself for the possibility of being overwhelmed, but reality was the complete opposite, catching me completely off guard. The two opponents dodged my "Eclipse" attack immediately, but I didn't adjust in time and was able to avoid its direct hit. "Eclipse" landed far behind them and then exploded, transforming into a colossal pillar of destructive flames that pierced through the entire Humanitarian Division headquarters.

Soon, I observed and understood the reason behind it.

The mysterious fluctuations emanating from those two people, which had a violent, trembling quality, reduced the density of other people's magical power.

This fluctuation that weakens density also seems to be a fragment of divine seal power. Just as the firewall of the independent reality space in the past could not stop me, and Dr. Silver Mask's restart power had little effect on me, this mysterious fluctuation cannot unconditionally reduce my mana density.

This is probably due to the binding relationship between me and the fragment of the divine seal. I cannot actively manipulate the power of my own divine seal fragment, yet I can still benefit from it. To be precise, this mysterious fluctuation is not entirely ineffective against me; it's just that I have a strong resistance and can expend extra effort to restore my original mana density.

In this respect, Mingzhuo was at a great disadvantage. He was neither a Void Realm Apostle who could form a binding relationship with the Divine Seal Fragments, nor did he have any extra Divine Seal Fragments on hand. In the end, I don't even know if Mingzhuo possessed the technology to manipulate the power of the Divine Seal Fragments.

Furthermore, although this is just an intuitive judgment, I feel that the mysterious fluctuations of those two people seem to be similar to Dr. Silver Mask's Rebooting Power, also relying on an independent reality space to achieve this. While it appears they are using high-frequency vibrations to reduce our mana density, that's mostly a disguise. Its essence can likely be seen in the constantly expanding space around them, sharing the same core as the "Great Rip" hypothesis. Once they lose their advantageous position, they probably won't be able to achieve the same level of effect.

It's such a pity that my "Eclipse" didn't hit them. Now they're highly wary of my ultimate move. I sense their mysterious energy waves locking onto me. Although it won't affect my normal attacks, "Eclipse," a high-density move that requires complete concentration, will probably take more time to charge up. They clearly won't give me that chance.

Just as the Sheep and Rabbit turned their attention to me, the space above them suddenly opened up as if it had been torn apart, from which a massive amount of black and red magic power, as if a dam had burst, surged out and bombarded the two of them like a waterfall.

Even with their mysterious fluctuations and protective magic, all their defenses were shattered, and they were blasted to the ground by the black and red magic. The ground was also crushed by the magic, and they didn't know how deep they were blasted into.

Mingzhuo emerged from the torn space, looking down with a sinister expression.

"You two mortals, who are like trash, living only a day and dying at night, dare to ride roughshod over me?"

As he spoke, a profound power emanated from him, harmonizing with the mysterious fluctuations that filled the space.

Mingzhuo was actually able to use his own magic power to counteract the power of the divine seal fragments!

Meanwhile, the Sheep and the Rabbit quickly took to the air again, their bodies covered in wounds, even their masks were incomplete.

"Come on, mortals," Mingzhuo said expressionlessly. "Let me see... how far you can go with the power of the fragments of the divine seal."

The two seemed to simultaneously identify Ming Zhuo as the greatest threat, and launched attacks on each other without prior agreement. Ming Zhuo merely sneered, his body wreathed in a large amount of black and red magic power, transforming into a chaotic meteor that shot towards the two Great Impermanence-level combatants.

Seeing this, I did not immediately rejoin the fight.

Because I've realized something. It seems that Mingzhuo himself is capable of fighting two Great Impermanence-level combatants simultaneously, and could even turn the tables and win; to put it another way, even if he were to accidentally be defeated here, it's impossible for him to actually be killed here by the other party.

From the perspective of efficient allocation of combat power, it is actually redundant for me to stay here. It would be better to take advantage of him being here to hold back the Sheep and Rabbit, and then go and kill Ying Lingyun, who has disappeared somewhere. Then I can come back and deal with the Sheep and Rabbit together with him.

Ultimately, the Goat and Rabbit are merely the "chariots" in this battle; Ying Lingyun is the "general" who must be captured.

More importantly, Ying Lingyun seems capable of completing the true resurrection ritual of the Silver Moon within ten minutes using Chang'an, and I can't afford to waste too much time here.

"Huh? Wait, Zhuang Cheng, why are you just standing there watching?" Ming Zhuo seemed to realize something was wrong.

“Mingzhuo, I’m going to get Ying Lingyun’s head. I’ll come back and help you.” I felt my tone here was quite sincere. “You’ll have to work hard for now and see how far a mortal can go with the power of the divine seal fragments.”

After I finished speaking, I turned around and moved quickly into the distance.

"What? Zhuang Cheng, you bastard! Wait, damn it, I was just pretending... wait a minute!"

I left Mingzhuo's frustrated and exasperated voice behind me.

(End of this chapter)