Mu Xue lay on the ground, the intense pain almost causing her to faint. But she had only one thought in her mind: she must hold on, she must complete the mission!
She gritted her teeth, her hands trembling, and turned the energy output to maximum.
"Buzz—" The energy interference source emitted a piercing roar, and the surrounding space seemed to begin to distort.
The barrier seemed to sense a huge threat, and its attacks became even more frenzied. Waves of energy poured down like a storm, blasting huge craters into the ground.
The team members struggled to hold on, but as the barrier attacks intensified, their defenses began to crumble.
"I can't take it anymore, I can't hold on much longer..."
"ah--"
One team member after another fell, but the remaining team members gritted their teeth and persevered, determined to buy Mu Xue the last bit of time, even if it meant death.
"drop--"
Finally, just before the barrier was about to break through the defenses, the energy interference source emitted a crisp notification sound, officially activating!
An even more powerful energy fluctuation spread outwards from the source of the interference, colliding violently with the energy field of the barrier.
"Boom!"
The deafening explosion resounded through the sky, and the entire earth trembled as if the end of the world had come.
A powerful energy shockwave knocked everyone to the ground, sending dust flying and blotting out the sky.
After an unknown amount of time, everything finally returned to calm.
Ning Yu struggled to get up from the ground, ignoring the pain in his body, and anxiously looked around: "Mu Xue! Mu Xue!"
"I'm here..." A faint voice came from not far away.
Ning Yu was overjoyed and quickly looked in the direction of the sound. He saw Mu Xue leaning against a boulder, her face pale and a trace of blood still remaining at the corner of her mouth, but her eyes were surprisingly bright.
"Are you alright?" Ning Yu ran to her side, helped her up, and asked with concern.
Mu Xue shook her head and smiled weakly, "I'm fine, it worked..."
She looked up and saw that the once imposing protective barrier had stopped attacking and was now flickering with an unstable light, as if it were struggling or collapsing.
"What's going on?" Everyone was stunned, not understanding.
"Could it be..." Ning Yu seemed to have thought of something, his pupils suddenly contracted, his tone carrying a hint of disbelief and... a hint of faint anticipation... Just when everyone felt that they were about to be unable to withstand it, the protective barrier suddenly stopped attacking, the energy beam disappeared, and was replaced by a series of unstable flickers, as if some internal malfunction had occurred.
"What's going on?" one of the team members couldn't help but ask, his tone full of doubt and unease.
"Could it be... that they succeeded?" another team member guessed, but his voice was also full of uncertainty.
Ning Yu supported Mu Xue, his gaze fixed on the flickering barrier, but he felt no relief. He knew things were definitely not that simple.
Mu Xue struggled to stand up straight, a look of seriousness appearing on her pale face: "Something's wrong, this barrier..."
Before she could finish saying "something's not right," the previously flickering barrier suddenly began to tremble violently, emitting a teeth-grinding "creaking" sound, as if something was about to burst out of its shell.
"Not good! Retreat quickly!" Ning Yu's mind went blank, and he shouted without thinking, while pulling Mu Xue back quickly.
Seeing this, the other team members also reacted quickly and turned to run without hesitation.
Just as they were leaving, a deafening roar suddenly erupted from the location of the barrier, and a terrifying energy surge, like a volcanic eruption, swept outwards.
The ground shook violently, and countless pieces of gravel and dust were thrown into the sky, forming a huge mushroom cloud that blotted out the sun.
Ning Yu and the others were thrown away by the powerful shockwave and crashed heavily to the ground. Everyone felt a surge of blood and qi, and felt dizzy.
"Cough cough..." Ning Yu coughed a few times, spitting out a mouthful of blood. He struggled to get up from the ground, his eyes fixed on the center of the explosion, filled with solemnity and vigilance.
As the smoke cleared, a gigantic figure slowly emerged from the epicenter of the explosion…
"What is that thing?!" a team member shouted in terror, his voice trembling.
Ning Yu did not answer, but stared intently at the huge figure, his heart pounding violently.
He sensed an unprecedented aura of danger rapidly approaching...
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