Betrayal and Turbulence
The terrifying pressure emanating from Mo Zun's grasp of the void was like an invisible mountain, suppressing everything in the underground space. Pei Qinhu's forehead veins bulged as he roared, trying to break free, but he was like a flying insect trapped in amber, his movements slowed several times over. Li Yuanfang's flying wheel slowed considerably, and the token thrown by Di Renjie lost its usual sharpness. Even Ming Shiyin struggled to maintain the starlight barrier, his face growing increasingly pale.
On the suspended stone platform, the gaze beneath the mask of the Ink Lord coldly surveyed the struggling crowd, as if watching a boring farce. "Accelerate 'Pulse Shaping,' prepare for 'Pillar Stabilization,'" he commanded indifferently, his voice devoid of any emotion.
Mo Heng (Qianji) respectfully accepted the order, and the compass in his hand spun even faster. The rotation speed of the core crystal ball soared again, and the dark blue light almost blinded his eyes. The destructive energy fluctuations caused the entire underground space to groan under the strain, and huge cracks spread across the altar and the surrounding walls!
"Now! Attack the core!" Yi Xing's urgent voice came through the jade talisman, carrying a resolute determination to fight to the death.
"Roar!" Pei Qinhu roared, pushing his energy to its limit. Blood mist even faintly appeared on his skin. He forcibly broke free from some of the restraints, put his fists together, and released a white tiger-shaped energy that had been condensed to the extreme, roaring as it rushed towards the core crystal ball!
Di Renjie bit his fingertip, using his blood as a catalyst to rapidly draw a complex rune in the air, and an unprecedentedly enormous token, burning with golden flames, materialized! "Imperial might, the law punishes evil! Go!"
Ming Shiyin's hands formed a series of hand seals, and his body shone with a brilliant purple light. He no longer maintained the barrier, but instead gathered all his power into his fingertips. A condensed purple starlight, as solid as a physical object, struck first and pierced straight into the core of the crystal sphere!
Li Yuanfang combined the two flying wheels into one, transforming it into a rapidly spinning golden wheel of light, which followed closely behind with an aura that could tear everything apart!
Four powerful attacks converged into a destructive torrent, determined to destroy the source of the calamity in one fell swoop!
However, faced with this combined attack powerful enough to split mountains and shatter rocks, Mo Zun merely let out a disdainful snort. He didn't even assume a defensive stance.
Just as the four attacks were about to hit the core crystal sphere, a sudden change occurred!
Kongkong'er, who had been stealthily approaching the floating stone platform, suddenly had his cunning glint replaced by greed and madness! Instead of stealing Mo Heng's compass, he suddenly turned like a ghost and pounced directly at the focal point where the four attack energies collided with the core crystal sphere's energy!
"Such pure and vast energy... is mine!" He laughed wildly, and his hands, which were covered with strange suction cups, suddenly appeared as black gloves. He pressed them against the most chaotic and violent center of the energy!
"Kongkong'er! You!" Pei Qinhu's eyes were bloodshot.
The next moment, a shocking scene unfolded! The energy from the four attacks, along with some of the azure energy emanating from the core crystal sphere, was frantically devoured by Kongkong'er's strange gloves, like rivers flowing into the sea! His body swelled at a visible speed, energy swirling beneath his skin, crackling and popping, and his aura instantly became violent and terrifying!
But this sudden "absorption" completely disrupted the energy balance!
Boom! ...
An indescribable roar exploded from the ground! The core crystal sphere, having lost some of its energy support, trembled violently, and even fine cracks appeared on its surface! Meanwhile, Kongkong'er, having absorbed energy far exceeding its own capacity, exploded like an overinflated balloon, unleashing a terrifying energy storm of gold, purple, white, and blue colors that swept wildly in all directions!
"Pfft!" The four people who were the first to be attacked (not the first to attack as many novels mistakenly use) Pei Qinhu, Di Renjie, Ming Shiyin and Li Yuanfang were all violently blown away by this energy storm without warning, spitting out blood and crashing heavily into the stone wall in the distance!
The black-clad figures chanting around the altar suffered heavy casualties, with countless being torn apart by the storm. Even the floating stone platform shook violently. Mo Zun swayed slightly, while Mo Heng (Qianji) staggered, the compass in his hand flashing wildly.
The entire underground space was in a mess, with rubble falling like rain!
No one expected that Kong Kong'er would "betray" in this way at this crucial moment, not only severely damaging the people who were trying to destroy the core, but also unexpectedly interfering with the "Ink of the Night" ritual!
"Cough cough... Damn it!" Pei Qinhu struggled to get up, but spat out another mouthful of blood, clearly indicating that his internal organs had been severely injured.
Di Renjie braced himself against the ground with his token, his face deathly pale, the light of the law token dimming considerably. Ming Shiyin's breathing was disordered, his purple robe stained with blood. Li Yuanfang barely managed to catch the returning flying wheel, his arms trembling uncontrollably.
The culprit, Kong Kong'er, seemed to suffer a backlash after detonating the terrifying energy storm. He collapsed to the ground, his gloves shattered and his hands charred, but his face bore a sickly, satisfied grin, as if he had stolen the most precious treasure in the world.
"Useless!" Mo Zun's icy gaze swept over Kong Kong'er, finally landing on the tiny crack in the core crystal sphere. His brows beneath the ghost mask seemed to furrow slightly. "'Thousand Machines', repair the core and stabilize the energy. 'Bone Erosion', clean up this garbage."
Mo Heng (Qianji) immediately stabilized the compass and guided energy in an attempt to repair the cracks in the crystal sphere. "Erosion Bone" let out a shriek and brandished his wooden staff, causing more twisted monsters to crawl up from the ground. At the same time, the black-clad men who were not yet dead were also driven by him to surround the heavily injured Ming Shiyin and the others like walking corpses.
The situation took a sharp turn for the worse, reaching its most dangerous moment!
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