Upon opening his eyes, Li Ming found himself in a turbulent interstellar era. Countless civilizations wielded their hunting rifles, eyeing everything in the universe with predatory gazes, and his m...
Chapter 623: Borrowing the power of Yongyuan!
Seeing Heckler's lack of reaction, Hines immediately said, "We've expended so much manpower and resources, and even had to face a looting incident. If all this was in vain, the Empire will bear full responsibility."
"If it's opened, can we take all the credit?" Costat asked. Heins paused, but Schmidt said:
"We don't have any more time to waste. If we don't succeed this time, we might have to face Qinglong directly next time. We need a definite signal."
"I told you all this long ago," Heckler said with a cold expression. "I'm absolutely sure I can open the Holy Castle, but you just don't believe me."
Schmidt sighed helplessly. The problem lay in this "absolute certainty". Heckler's certainty made him suspicious.
"Don't worry, everyone. If we fail, we still have a way." Costat couldn't help but comfort them.
Schmidt's heart was slightly moved. "Is this the means to kill Istanbul?"
Hines also looked over. When they heard the news, they were also shocked, but then they felt relieved. They didn't expect that the higher-ups had such a method.
Hines said, "In my opinion, it is better to use this method directly to avoid more nightmares at night."
"Yes," Schmidt agreed. "The Holy Castle has completely fallen into our hands. With this kind of strength weakening, we've finally managed to turn the tables."
"Not long ago, even if the news of Istanbul's assassination spread, it had no effect on Qinglong. This time, we must be absolutely sure."
Costat was silent, then shook his head. "We've already cut off the Saint Castle's external communications. Azure Dragon can't contact us remotely, but it's not a big problem."
Heckler said, "There are still three days left for the warm-up. Prepare to open the star gate. Transfer some people over. They will be needed to explore the Holy Castle."
Heckler is really confident, everyone couldn't help but think about it.
The transfer order was quickly issued, and each family transferred two X-level life forms.
The Empire's people were designated by Heckler, who didn't want Adam to interfere.
Many aspects indirectly indicate that Heckler firmly believes that he can open the Holy Castle, which makes everyone more curious about where he gets such confidence.
Three days passed in a flash, and the Spear of Judgment had entered the pre-startup state.
Costat and others were paying close attention in the command room. There were no abnormalities in the various parameters of the Spear of Judgment and it could be activated at any time.
Heckler stared at the Holy Castle on the secondary screen, a fiery look in his eyes, and the image of the Azure Dragon appeared in his mind again, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.
Qinglong, I will give you a big surprise this time. When you come here from afar, all you will see is an empty shell.
Heckler gathered his thoughts, his eyes gleaming with brilliance, and then he gave the order in a deep voice, "Start!"
The Spear of Judgment has been operating at a high energy level. The moment the order is issued, all restrictions will be lifted.
The restraint rings that were supposed to bind the energy center were now spewing liquid lightning, and the golden energy flow inside the energy well immediately entered a boiling state.
A vibration somewhere between a buzzing sound and a dragon's roar compressed the electromagnetic storm surrounding the giant structure into a glowing ribbon, and the cooling fins closest to the center also turned scarlet.
The violent high-energy reaction caused the radars of every warship to issue a warning.
However, looking at the soaring energy index on the screen, Costat and others did not show any joy. This energy intensity was still not enough.
Moreover, it is really disappointing that so many rare materials were used to create such a super-large star destroyer.
However, Heckler was extremely excited and squeezed out two words from his throat, "Fire!"
boom!
The Spear of Judgment vibrated violently, and a golden beam of light gushed out from the energy well, surrounded by a bright blue electromagnetic storm with a terrifying momentum.
Costat and the others frowned slightly, then paused, feeling somewhat bewildered.
Every commander in the command room was stunned, their eyes wide open, as if they had seen something that puzzled them.
"Reverse, direction, launch?" someone said with difficulty.
That's right, this beam of light actually shot out from the other end of the energy well that runs through the entire Spear of Judgment, and was not aimed at the Holy Castle.
At this moment, everyone had an incredible thought: was the launch port installed upside down?
"This..." The watchers who were watching closely were all confused. "What's going on? Shooting in the opposite direction?"
Li Ming stared at the virtual screen and was quite surprised. He had already prepared for the attack, but the attack went in the opposite direction.
"Is the launch port installed upside down?" The supervisor couldn't help but have this thought.
"It shouldn't be that simple..." Li Ming narrowed his eyes halfway through his words.
He had indirect contact with this guy Heckler, so how could he make such a low-level mistake?
Sure enough, the beam of light extended to a certain limit and then disappeared into the void.
Immediately afterwards, the entire area was shattered, and a void storm raged out, but the energy of the golden light column continued to flow deeper.
"Could it be..." Li Ming's heart beat violently, and an idea suddenly popped up in his mind. His face changed, "Heckler, you really dare to think..."
In the command room, Costat and others frowned, still unable to understand what Heckler was doing.
Hines asked questions many times, but received no response until one moment.
Schmidt, who was always paying attention to the screen, suddenly changed his expression and shouted in surprise: "Look!"
Hines, who was standing next to Heckler and questioning him, looked up in surprise, his pupils contracting.
Suddenly, an indescribable gloom and darkness emerged from the edge of the golden light column that sank into the depths of the void.
In that area, there was not even a void storm. It was like a touch of extreme black in turbid liquid, swallowing up all colors. Just one glance would pull everyone in.
Kostat's expression changed drastically, and he said in horror: "Eternal Abyss!"
"Haha...haha..." Heckler laughed suddenly, staring at the screen that had begun to distort.
A strange scene happened. The golden energy beam that was continuously poured into it seemed to be soaked in it.
The dark energy gradually began to spread in the opposite direction, accompanied by bursts of black arcs.
"You are using the power of Yongyuan!" Heins also reacted, and quickly retreated away from Heckler as if he had encountered a poisonous snake.
He thought he was impulsive and crazy enough, but he didn't expect that the imperial prince in front of him, who was famous for his viciousness, was even more insane than him.
Schmidt's throat rolled over, and Costat's face turned grim. "Heckler, who allowed you to draw on the power of Yongyuan!"
He roared in a deep voice, Yongyuan is also a taboo within the three major civilizations.
No one dares to study it, and no one dares to touch it.
If I had known earlier that Heckler's plan was to draw on Yongyuan's power, I would have let that Morris come!
"Stop!" Costat gritted his teeth, remembering the Yuan clan he saw in the ruins of the Holy Spirit civilization.
He still didn't know what factors stimulated the activities of the Yuan Clan, but Heckler's behavior was tantamount to pushing the entire interstellar space to the edge of a cliff.
"Once I start, I can't stop. But don't worry, I know my limits." Heckler's expression calmed down, and he felt a little relieved.
This was just a crazy idea of his, and he wasn't sure if it would succeed, but everything was moving in a good direction right now.
Have some sense?
Costat wanted to crush this guy to death right now. If he had any sense, he would never have done such a risky move.
His impression of Heckler has always been that he was cold and cautious, and he never thought of his secretive plan as Yongyuan.
"The power of Eternal Abyss!" The Overseer was furious, his mechanical pupils turning a high-speed crimson. "What a bunch of idiots! They have no idea what they're talking about!"
"Don't you even consider your own level? You don't even have a dominant life form, yet you dare to touch Yongyuan. You're courting death, courting death!"
He cursed repeatedly, but Li Ming just frowned. Heckler's bold idea was beyond his expectations. He asked in a deep voice, "What is the probability that he will open the Holy Castle now?"
A buzzing sound came from the Supervisor's body. After a moment of anger, he said helplessly, "More than 90%..."
"The Eternal Abyss has a natural corrosive effect on everything in the main universe. He forcibly opened the passage to the Eternal Abyss and provided the medium for the Eternal Abyss to corrode."
"Once it touches the Holy Fortress, it will inevitably erode the energy barrier. The energy characteristics of the Eternal Abyss are almost superior to all other energies."
"It's a good thing he could come up with this idea." Li Ming's eyes flickered. "If he hadn't made preparations in advance and could descend in a mimic body, he would have been in trouble."
The golden beam of light had been mostly soaked by Yongyuan's power, and many soldiers at the scene did not know what was happening.
They were still in a daze and could only feel a cold and eerie aura that seemed to be invading from all directions.
Heckler and others have come out of the spaceship. Even at this moment, they feel a little creepy, which is the resistance from the instinct of life.
Costat's mood is unpredictable. What has happened has already happened and it is basically impossible to stop it. We can only hope that the situation will not escalate.
boom!
Everyone's faces were slightly grim as they saw that the power of the Eternal Abyss had already eroded the Spear of Judgment.
The huge megastructure weapon was stained inch by inch, and its silver-white structure gradually turned gray-black, as if it was etched with an indelible mark and began to decay.
The golden energy in the energy well was gradually replaced by dark matter, and a cold and deep aura filled the air.
The Spear of Judgment roared continuously, and Heckler's face changed from gloomy to bright until the Spear of Judgment was halfway immersed.
He quickly issued another command, and the remaining half of the restraint ring on the Spear of Judgment began to rotate in reverse.
Crackling——
Blue and black arcs intertwined, and the golden and black mixed energy liquid in the energy well gushed out from the launch port aimed at the Holy Castle.
It fell straight onto the energy barrier of the Holy Castle.
Chila——
The moment the two collided, a violent energy reaction was triggered.
The inky black power of the Eternal Abyss climbed over the energy barrier of the Holy Castle and then evaporated into gray-black mist, repeating this cycle over and over again.
"Can it really be opened?" Schmidt murmured unconsciously.
"If the Eternal Abyss can't be opened, then there's no other way to open it." Heckler said lightly.
"I can't hold on any longer..." The Supervisor looked up at the energy barrier. "The energy barrier has a limited supply. Once consumption reaches a certain limit, it will stop."
"Change your body."
Only supervisors and the Holy Castle's mimic life forms are allowed to enter the Holy Castle lobby.
Li Ming thought for a moment, then switched control. In front of the Holy Castle, his mimic lifeform gradually emerged. Glancing at Leonidaq, he said:
"Some black stuff might flow down later. You'd better stay away. If you get it on you, I can't save you."
Leonidas looked horrified and nodded hurriedly.
Almost as soon as Li Ming finished speaking, a crack appeared in the energy barrier above his head.
With the Spear of Judgment as a transit point, there is almost an endless supply of Eternal Abyss power, but the energy inside the Holy Castle is limited and naturally cannot withstand it.
The power of the Eternal Abyss, condensed into substance, fell in the form of raindrops, seemingly without any lethality.
However, when a drop fell on the mechanical body he abandoned.
Immediately, veins spread out like spider webs, instantly covering the entire mechanical body.
The mechanical pupils flickered, switching back and forth between black and bright blue, and then exploded.
Um?
Li Ming was slightly stunned. Why did it explode?
It seems that the Holy Castle hasn't taken any action yet.
He was puzzled, but saw a cloud of gray-black mist floating out of the exploded mechanical body and flying towards him immediately.
Li Ming's heart moved slightly, but he did not dodge or avoid, allowing the power of the Eternal Abyss to wrap around him, and then be absorbed by the control system. Sure enough, there was a piece of broken [Power of the Eternal Abyss].
He reached out his hand again, trying to take the black liquid. He was able to absorb it just as well, and with even greater efficiency. "In other words, this is the original form of the Eternal Abyss Power..."
Leonidas was terrified to the extreme, but he was also smart. He stuck to the edge of the energy barrier because the power of the Eternal Abyss could not affect him for a while because it was dissolving from the top.
Under normal circumstances, it is very rare to come into contact with Yongyuan. Li Ming made a brief attempt and did not stay for long, then slipped into the lobby of the Holy Castle.
At the same time, the Holy Castle also detected the invading power of the Eternal Abyss. Beams of energy crisscrossed and obliterated the black liquid.
"It's open!" Kostat saw the gap in the energy barrier at the first moment.
"Ha..." Hines couldn't help but get excited, his dissatisfaction with Heckler vanishing. He rubbed his hands and said, "As expected of His Highness Heckler, you are bold and careful. Qinglong would never have thought that we could use Yongyuan's power to open the Holy Castle."
"He probably still thinks that the Holy Castle is still an indestructible fortress, haha..."
"We haven't got the Crown of Digras yet, so don't talk about it so early." Schmidt said conservatively.
"We're just about to get it." Hines asked everyone to get ready.
"The Holy Castle has been opened, stop the Spear of Judgment immediately." Costat urged.
Heckler was silent for a moment, then said, "Wait until it erodes the lobby of the Golden Saint Castle."
Costat frowned. "The power of Yongyuan is uncontrollable. Don't be too greedy. What if the Crown of Diglas is also eroded?"
He was afraid of causing a greater impact.
Heckler frowned slightly.
"Heckler, I command you!" Costat said angrily.
Heckler's expression changed slightly before he spoke: "I can no longer control the Spear of Judgment. I can't stop it."
Everyone's faces froze in an instant.
Hines' excited face froze, and Costat felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave.
(End of this chapter)