On the cold metal platform, spatial turbulence sliced through the force field of the End like billions of invisible razors, emitting a piercing screeching sound. Pei Du's palm, covered in dark gold patterns, was like the strongest shackles, tightly clasping the silver-haired woman's wrist, which was covered in burn marks and metal wire. The force of the End's confinement was like an icy chain, forcibly suppressing the chaotic energy running rampant within her body.
The energy channel connecting the detonation node has been severed! The source of the detonation has been extinguished!
However, the price of this victory is...
Pei Du's molten-gold pupils contracted violently, his eyes instantly flooded with a chaotic torrent of memories! The endless torture of the icy cage... the formatting imprint codenamed G-7... the icy command of the "Origin Key"... the hatred that penetrated his bones... and the coordinates of the "cradle" as clear as a brand! After the silver-haired woman's connection was forcibly severed, the uncontrolled torrent of memories, like a broken dam of ice, flowed down Pei Du's unrecovered power of the end and poured violently into his core of consciousness! The excruciating pain and confusion were like billions of ice needles piercing the core of a star!
It's this billionth of a second delay!
Buzz——!
The air-tearing scream was already overhead! The metal mantis aberration that had broken through the thorny debris the fastest, its sickle-like forelimbs flashing with a cold, space-tearing light, with an icy murderous intent to annihilate everything, like a falling guillotine, slashed fiercely at the head of the silver-haired woman who lay limp on the ground, unable to resist! Before the blade even reached her, the sharp space-tearing force field had already severed several strands of the woman's messy silver hair!
"No!" Pei Du's eyes were bloodshot! He forced himself to break free from the quagmire of chaotic memories, his left hand, covered in dark gold lines, instinctively raised up to block with lightning speed! But the distance! The angle! The price of delay was now apparent! His blocking action was a fatal delay!
It seemed that the cold space sickle blade was about to split the woman's head in two!
At this critical moment!
"Certainly!"
A clear, weak, but majestic roar carrying the unquestionable will of the planet exploded like thunder in the core of Pei Du's chaotic consciousness!
It’s Xu Shuangyao!
She hovered at the edge of the Rift City's abyss, her face as pale as paper, pale golden blood oozing from the corners of her mouth. The golden flame mark between her brows glowed faintly, like a candle in the wind, as if it would be extinguished at any moment. The dual demands of maintaining the purifying holy light and controlling the vines had already strained her already wounded soul to the brink of exhaustion! However, at the moment the spatial sickle slashed down, her clear yet weary eyes shone with a light of determination that surpassed their limit!
She abandoned all defenses! She gave up on maintaining her shaky barrier! She gathered the last and only remaining protective willpower, derived from the deepest veins of the Thorn City, along with the power of her own soul, which was on the verge of breaking, into an invisible command without reservation and with all her might!
The target is not the falling sickle blade, but the space below the sickle blade... that is about to be cut!
Buzz——!!!
An invisible, yet as heavy as a mountain, spatial stasis force field appeared out of thin air less than a foot above the silver-haired woman's head! Like the toughest spatial gel!
Snap!
The Metal Mantis's aberrant blade, powerful enough to rip through space, slashed fiercely into the stagnant force field! The expected scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere did not occur! The spatial scythe blade seemed to sink into extremely sticky amber, its speed suddenly slowing to a visibly slow pace! The trajectory of the slash left a clear, slow-motion spatial ripple in the stagnant force field! The terrifying tearing edge missed the woman's pale forehead by a mere millimeter!
However, this was the limit of what Xu Shuangyao could do! Forcibly solidifying the spatial nodes was tantamount to destroying her very foundation at this moment!
puff--!
Xu Shuangyao suddenly spat out a large mouthful of pale golden blood, like a poignant flower in full bloom! Her suspended body, like a kite with a broken string, instantly lost all strength and flew backwards softly. The golden flame mark between her eyebrows completely extinguished! Like a body without a soul, she was instantly pulled by the terrifying suction of the Rift City Abyss, plummeting towards the pale and chaotic void below!
“Shuangyao!!!” Pei Du’s heart felt as if it were being gripped by a giant, icy hand! Unprecedented fear instantly overwhelmed all his chaotic memories! His left hand, covered in dark gold patterns, no longer cared about blocking or suppressing the silver-haired woman. He suddenly withdrew it and grabbed Xu Shuangyao in the direction she fell! A powerful force of final gravity erupted instantly, trying to pull her back!
But the distance was too great! The suction was too strong! His gravitational field only slowed Xu Shuangyao's descent slightly, but it couldn't stop her from plummeting into the abyss of destruction! The white figure was about to be completely swallowed by the violent spatial turbulence!
"roar--!"
At this moment, the silver-haired woman, briefly freed by Pei Du, seemed moved by Xu Shuangyao's self-sacrificing act and Pei Du's heartbreaking roar. Deep within her chaotic, dark blue eyes, a lingering sense of human astonishment and bewilderment, like dry wood thrown into a spark, instantly ignited, overwhelming the cold, chaotic logic.
She let out a roar that was inhuman, yet carried a certain resoluteness! Her bony body erupted with the last of its strength, springing back from its limp state! She didn't attack Pei Du, nor did she dodge the frozen spatial scythe (which continued to slowly descend). Instead... she used all her strength to slam into the metallic hedgehog-like spatial aberration that lunged at Pei Du's back!
Phew!
The sharp metal spikes instantly pierced her already fragile body! Dark red blood mixed with dark blue energy spurted out! But her suicidal impact also successfully knocked the hedgehog mutant off course, buying Pei Du a precious moment!
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