The skeleton elder slid to the ground like a limp rag, his neck twisted and deformed, barely breathing.
Almost at the same moment Enzo swung his hammer, Monica's figure merged into the shadow beneath the feet of the last short, stout elder.
[Shadow Backstab]!
Wrist spikes, wrapped in deadly shadow poison, emerged silently from the shadows of the ground, stabbing like venomous snakes toward the short, stout elder's unsuspecting back!
The short, stout elder felt his hair stand on end, and the shadow of death instantly gripped his heart.
He let out a strange cry, and the last remaining decaying magic power erupted from his body, forming a greasy, slippery, dark green shield, just to deflect a fatal blow and buy himself a chance to survive!
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The wrist spikes pierced the shield as if they were stabbing into viscous oil, causing their speed to decrease drastically.
The fatal stab was deflected by half an inch by the slippery shield, failing to pierce the heart, but instead deeply embedded itself in the short, stout elder's right lung!
"Ugh—!"
The short, stout elder let out a bloodcurdling scream, the intense pain and the corrosive effects of the Shadow Toxins causing him to collapse instantly.
However, his nightmare had only just begun.
A giant claw covered in eerie blue ice crystals, a withered wooden hand entwined with poisonous vines, a slippery tentacle covered in suckers...
Several limbs from different demon gods, filled with greed for the "sacrifice," simultaneously pierced through space and viciously grabbed at the short, fat elder who was lying on the ground, convulsing in pain!
"No! Spare me! I'll give you eternity..." The short, stout elder's pleas for mercy were drowned out.
The giant icy claw gripped his left leg, and extreme cold instantly spread, freezing him into an ice sculpture.
Poison ivy wrapped around his right arm, injecting dark green venom that caused his arm to swell and ulcerate rapidly.
Octopus tentacles wrapped around his waist and abdomen, suckers wriggled and tightened, and his bones groaned.
The next second!
Tear—!!!
A sickeningly painful sound of muscles and bones tearing apart rang out!
The short, stout elder's body was torn apart into several pieces like a tattered rag doll by several violent and incomparable demonic forces!
A frozen left leg, a festering right arm, a twisted upper body...
They were each captured by different demonic projections and, amidst the piercing sounds of chewing and devouring, quickly disappeared into the depths of surging demonic energy, leaving behind only a pool of blood on the ground that quickly froze and was corroded by venom.
Satisfied hisses and growls echoed from the abyss.
A dozen or so greedy demonic wills focused on Mark once again, like ferocious beasts waiting to be fed.
However!
Just as the demon projection began to slowly dissipate due to dimensional repulsion, Enzo shouldered his forging hammer, Monica emerged from the shadows to polish her wrist spikes, Eileen prepared to close the passage, and Mark breathed a slight sigh of relief—
Eileen's expression suddenly changed!
The black gold star and moon floating in front of her suddenly emitted a rapid buzzing sound!
The starlight and moonlight flowing on its surface rippled and became chaotic, like water with pebbles thrown in!
“No!” Ellen’s cold voice, carrying an unprecedented solemnity, instantly resounded in the minds of Mark, Monica, and Enzo.
Her spatial awareness was now clearly visible.
The location of the Second Elder, who was critically injured by Enzo and was lying paralyzed against the wall, and the Third Elder, who had just been torn apart and devoured by the Demon God.
That decaying, natural magic that should have dissipated with the passing of life has not only not dissipated, but is instead, in an extremely subtle way, as if drawn by some force, flowing backwards!
The target is deep underground within the Palace of Eternal Slumber!
Monica and Ellen noticed something was wrong almost at the same time!
Her [Domain of Insight] always covered the entire area, and she raised her perception to the limit the moment Ellen warned her!
She observed things more closely.
Among the remains of the short, stout elder who had been torn apart and devoured, and within the dying body of the second elder at the base of the wall.
An energy filled with destructive power, like dynamite with a lit fuse, gathered and expanded at an alarming speed!
But deep within their seemingly collapsing and desperate soul fluctuations lies an eerie calm.
It's as if it's just a discarded shell!
"Abnormal magical fluctuations! They're about to self-destruct!"
Ellen's Starry Moon Black Gold suddenly burst forth with a dazzling cold light; her spatial perception was more acute than Monica's appraisal skill.
In an instant, it pierced through the thick walls of the Eternal Sleep Palace and captured the subtle magical pulse coming from the depths of the palace!
The pulse did not originate from the dying elder in front of the hall, but rather from a region deep beneath the hall that was concealed by layers of ancient restrictions!
The intensity of its magical fluctuations far exceeded that of the two "shells" outside the hall!
"Their true forms are hidden underground within the hall! They're trying to escape! Spatial seal, reinforce! Lock down the underground!"
Eileen shouted sharply and pressed her hands down hard!
The suspended star and moon, black and gold, hummed and trembled, and countless chains, shimmering with cold star patterns, pierced the void as if they were alive.
It not only instantly reinforced the external space barrier, but also, like countless probes, pierced deep into the internal foundation of the Palace of Eternal Slumber!
They were trying to completely nail down and seal off that hidden spatial node!
She would not allow the other party to escape using the teleportation array!
"Explode for me!!!"
A piercing scream, like that of a vengeful ghost from the abyss, echoed from inside the hall.
The voice was filled with resentment and madness, completely ignoring the miserable state and pain of the short, fat elder!
With that shriek, the short, stout elder's mangled body, which had been seized by the demon god, and the phantom image of the demon god's projected limbs that had seized him, instantly transformed into a ball of destructive light interwoven with dark green and crimson!
A terrifying energy shockwave exploded in all directions like a tsunami!
The power of this self-destruction was the condensation of all the remaining primal power of this elven elder's "avatar"!
The projections of the nearest Ice Crystal Giant Lizard, Poison Ivy Withered Tree, and Abyss Octopus emitted painful and angry hisses. The phantoms that were grabbing the limbs of the Elder's remains were blasted into a cloud of demonic energy, becoming even dimmer and thinner!
Boom! ...
The shockwave from the explosion slammed into the space barrier that Ellen had just reinforced, producing a teeth-grinding "crunch." The entire barrier light curtain rippled violently, and the starlight chains trembled wildly!
But this is just the beginning!
Almost at the same time that the short, stout elder's clone self-destructed, the second elder's clone, who was lying paralyzed at the foot of the wall of the Eternal Sleep Palace and seemed to be on the verge of death, also suddenly collapsed inward!
The same insidious and violent energy was ignited and detonated within his body!
boom--!!!
The second ball of destructive light exploded right next to the wall of the Hall of Eternal Rest!
But this self-destruction seemed to be deliberately guided, not aimed at attacking anyone, but precisely at the location where the Ellen Starlight Chain pierced the ground, attempting to seal the spatial node!
Click-clack!
The starlight chains, subjected to the terrifying impact of the double self-destruction, cracked under the strain!
Eileen's face turned pale, she let out a muffled groan, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth.
The starlight and the black gold light of the moon and stars flickered violently, and at that underground space node, the blockade that Ellen had carefully constructed was forcibly torn open with a tiny crack!
"Ugh—!!!"
Little M's reaction was lightning fast!
The moment the first elder's clone self-destructed, the pink dumpling's body suddenly expanded, and a holy and pure light burst forth!
Three pairs of enormous wings of light, flowing with iridescent colors, suddenly unfolded!
The Archangel form descends instantly!
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