He stared intently at the runes, calculating the intervals between pauses, silently counting the seconds in his mind.
Every second felt incredibly long, like an eternity.
Their bodies felt as if they had been hollowed out, waves of weakness washing over them, and their consciousness began to blur.
The runes greedily absorbed their power, like a leech, rendering them unable to move.
"One...two...three..." Ning Yu silently counted in his mind, his mental energy highly concentrated, not daring to relax in the slightest.
He felt that his body had reached its limit and could collapse at any moment.
"It's here!" Ning Yu's heart jolted. He felt the speed at which the runes absorbed the energy suddenly slowed down, almost stopping.
He knew his chance had come!
"Mu Xue! Now!" Ning Yu roared, using the last bit of strength in his body to abruptly withdraw his superpower.
Mu Xue also sensed this brief pause. She gritted her teeth and used all her strength to forcibly pull back the supernatural power that was bound by the runes.
A sharp pain instantly spread throughout their bodies, like thousands of ants gnawing at their bones, causing them to let out a muffled groan.
But they dared not stop, for they knew this might be their only chance of survival.
In the instant the pause disappeared, they successfully reclaimed some of their superpowers.
Although it was only a small part, it was like rain in the desert for them, rekindling their hope.
The two collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, their chests heaving violently.
Their clothes were soaked with sweat, their faces were as pale as paper, and their lips were cracked and bleeding.
Ning Yu struggled to open his eyes, looking at the barrier that still stood before them, a hint of despair flashing in his eyes.
Although they regained some of their powers, their situation was still dire.
The runes on the barrier flickered with an eerie light, as if mocking their powerlessness.
“This…this barrier…and other defense mechanisms…” Mu Xue said weakly, her voice filled with helplessness.
Ning Yu fell silent, staring at the barrier, his eyes gradually turning cold.
He slowly stood up, clenching his fists... "It seems... we need... another path..."
Ning Yu helped the swaying Mu Xue to a slow, steady sit down against the cold rock wall.
The few superpowers they regained were like a drop in the ocean, and a sense of powerlessness washed over them like a tidal wave, almost drowning them.
The barrier still emitted a faint blue light, and the runes seemed to be silently mocking their overestimation of their abilities.
"It seems that brute force alone won't work." Ning Yu's voice was hoarse, tinged with fatigue.
He looked up at the barrier, his gaze sharp as a knife, trying to find some flaws in it.
Mu Xue gently rubbed her temples, her face frighteningly pale.
“This barrier… seems to have absorbed our abilities and transformed into another kind of energy…” She closed her eyes, sensing the fluctuations of energy around her, her brows furrowed. “This energy… is unfamiliar; I’ve never seen it before…”
Ning Yu's eyes flashed. "Converting energy? Could it be..." He suddenly remembered the information the system had given him earlier. In addition to the runes, there was a special energy core that made up this barrier.
Could it be that their supernatural abilities to attack the barrier were absorbed and transformed by this energy core?
“If that’s really the case…” Ning Yu took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, “then we must find this energy core in order to completely destroy the barrier.”
Mu Xue opened her eyes, a glint of light flashing within them. "You mean... to dismantle it from the inside?"
“That’s right.” Ning Yu nodded. “Instead of confronting it head-on, we should find its weakness and strike it down in one fell swoop.”
They examined the barrier closely again, this time focusing not on the flashing runes, but on the flow of energy.
The barrier appears calm on the surface, but there are undercurrents inside, with a strange energy constantly circulating, like the beating of a heart.
"There!" Mu Xue suddenly pointed to the lower left of the barrier, where an almost imperceptible energy vortex was slowly rotating.
Ning Yu looked in the direction Mu Xue was pointing and also spotted the energy vortex.
It is hidden among complex runes and can be easily overlooked without careful observation.
"That's the energy core!" A glint of light flashed in Ning Yu's eyes. "As long as we destroy it..."
He reached out and took Mu Xue's hand, feeling a cool touch on his palm. "Are you ready?"
Mu Xue didn't speak, but simply gripped Ning Yu's hand tightly, her eyes resolute.
Ning Yu took a deep breath and mobilized the last of his supernatural abilities. A pale golden light slowly condensed in his hand...
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