"boom--"
Ning Yu was thrown back by an irresistible force, slamming heavily against the wall behind him. He felt as if his internal organs had shifted, and a metallic taste rose in his throat, which he forced down.
"Ning Yu!" Mu Xue exclaimed and rushed towards Ning Yu without thinking. However, she herself was already covered in wounds, and she staggered and almost fell after taking just one step.
"Captain!" Several team members struggled to step forward, but were all suppressed by the powerful force and unable to move.
On the wall at the end of the corridor, the enormous shadow gradually solidified, finally transforming into a humanoid figure clad in black robes with a blurred face. It looked down at Ning Yu and the others, its voice icy and devoid of any emotion:
"Intruders, your end has come..."
The man in black robes slowly raised his hand, and the energy fluctuations around him became even more intense. The metal walls on both sides of the corridor began to twist and deform, as if they would be torn to shreds by this force in the next second.
"Cough cough..." Ning Yu struggled to stand up, but found that he didn't even have the strength to move a finger. He raised his head with difficulty, looking at the black-robed man in front of him, his eyes showing no fear, only a burning fighting spirit.
"You think you're worthy?" Ning Yu sneered, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.
"You're courting death!" The black-robed man was clearly enraged by Ning Yu's attitude. He swung his arm down, and a laser beam thicker than before shot straight at Ning Yu.
"Captain!" Mu Xue's eyes were bloodshot as she rushed towards Ning Yu, desperately trying to shield him from the fatal blow with her own body.
"No--"
However, at this critical moment, Ning Yu suddenly reached out and grabbed Mu Xue, pulling her into his arms. At the same time, using the force of the laser beam, he rolled backward, barely dodging the fatal blow.
The laser beam struck the wall, blasting a huge crater. Debris flew, dust filled the air, and the entire corridor trembled violently.
"Cough cough..." Ning Yu held Mu Xue tightly, and the two rolled around on the ground several times before stopping. He ignored his own injuries and quickly checked on Mu Xue's condition.
"How are you?" Ning Yu's voice trembled slightly.
"I'm fine..." Mu Xue shook her head, her face deathly pale. Her wounds had reopened, and blood stained her clothes.
"Damn it!" Ning Yu gritted his teeth, feeling utterly powerless. He knew that in their current state, they were no match for this man in black robes.
Just then, Ning Yu suddenly felt a warm sensation on the back of his hand. He looked down and saw that it was Mu Xue's hand tightly gripping the back of his hand, not letting go even while he was unconscious.
"Hold on, I will definitely get you out of here..." Ning Yu silently vowed in his heart.
However, at that moment, he suddenly noticed some strange patterns on the ground where he had been knocked back. These patterns were very subtle and could not be noticed without careful observation.
Ning Yu's heart skipped a beat. He endured the excruciating pain and gently touched the patterns on the ground… In the dust-filled corridor, Ning Yu ignored his injuries and forgot about Mu Xue's weakness in his arms. As if bewitched, his gaze was fixed on the patterns on the ground—strange symbols he had never seen before, resembling some kind of writing, yet filled with an indescribable sense of power.
"This is..." Ning Yu's heart stirred, and a bold guess arose spontaneously. Could it be that the earth-shattering attack before did not come from the black-robed man himself, but from these patterns?
He lay on the ground, enduring the excruciating pain, carefully observing the patterns. They intertwined and formed a complex design, which, in a vague way, seemed to echo the black-robed figure at the end of the corridor.
"Could these patterns be some kind of energy circuit?" Ning Yu wondered to himself. "Are they guiding and amplifying the black-robed man's power?"
Thinking of this, a glimmer of hope suddenly rose in his heart. If that were the case, then perhaps if he could decipher these patterns, he could find a way to deal with the man in black robes!
"Ning Yu, watch out!"
Just then, Mu Xue's weak warning voice suddenly rang out.
Ning Yu was startled and looked up abruptly, only to see an energy tentacle crackling with electricity appear silently above his head, slamming down with an aura of destruction!
Damn it!
Ning Yu cursed under his breath, trying to dodge, but found it was too late. In that critical moment, he only had time to shield Mu Xue with his own body, taking the fatal blow with his own flesh!
With a deafening roar, the energy tentacles slammed into Ning Yu's back, the immense force slamming him into the ground. A wave of excruciating pain washed over him, and Ning Yu nearly fainted.
"Ning Yu!"
Hearing Mu Xue's heart-wrenching screams, Ning Yu struggled to open his eyes, only to find himself trapped beneath a pile of rubble, unable to move. Above him, the energy tentacle was raised high once more, ready to launch its next attack.
"Cough cough..."
Ning Yu coughed up a mouthful of blood, his heart filled with despair. Was he really going to die here today?
Just then, a cold hand suddenly grasped his hand.
"Don't be afraid..."
Mu Xue's voice was weak yet firm, like a ray of dawn in the darkness, "I'm still here..."
Mu Xue's hands were icy cold, yet they felt like a warm current flowing into Ning Yu's heart. He turned his head with difficulty and saw Mu Xue's pale face filled with determination, her once lively eyes now flashing with a mad light.
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