Chapter 393 Taking Action and Capturing
After a brief exchange, Jemin and Anya quickly reached a consensus.
The current predicament may seem thorny, but it can be broken down into two parts: the core Level 6 Light Orb Lord and the Light Orb Legion under its command, which is large in scale but has limited individual combat power.
"I came out here for technical exchange, so I have a limited number of combat units with me," Jemin thought to himself. "There are only two Black Giant Priests permanently stationed in my internal space. However, that should be enough to deal with the core targets."
After all, the Black Giant Priest is a special mutant, born at level six, and possesses extremely high intelligence and unique abilities.
The two priests working together had a very high success rate in capturing a newly promoted elemental creature of the same level whose cultivation level was not yet stable.
The challenge lies in creating an undisturbed environment for the priests to engage in one-on-one duels.
Listening to Jemin's brief description of his own combat abilities, Anya was surprised but quickly understood.
“Then, our mission is to clear the area and provide cover,” Anya said calmly. “Hold off those grunts and don’t let them interfere with the… Black Giant Priests’ actions. Also…”
She paused, then added, "If conditions permit, I think we should capture as many of these ordinary orbs of light alive as possible. Grandmother Starfall should also be interested in their group behavior and sociality."
“Agreed,” Jemin replied. “You will approach from the outside, create chaos, and draw some of the forces away. But don’t rush. I will first create a ‘signal’ from within, keeping the core target’s attention firmly on me, preventing it from noticing your approach immediately and launching a surprise attack.”
“Understood. I have reached the upper rift and am ready. Waiting for your signal,” Anya replied.
As for what the signal is...
Jemin's gaze pierced through the membrane of the phase space, firmly locking onto the sixth-level light lord below, whose light flowed and whose energy surged.
It continued to search for traces of the "intruder," its light sweeping across every inch of the cave like a searchlight, displaying extreme vigilance.
Now!
The instant the opponent finished their search, Jemin's eyes narrowed, and his figure in the phase space suddenly activated!
A flood of data rushed into his mind, and using the distributed calculations of the Five Aggregates Rainbow Mirror, Jemin pushed the speed of phase shifting to its limit.
His entire body transformed into a phantom that was invisible to the naked eye, and he crashed straight into the core of the light lord!
In the phase-shifted state, he is in a different spatial plane from the main plane, and theoretically can penetrate any entity.
However, phase space itself is a temporary, illusory space created to simulate real space. Theoretically, the "shape" of phase space within a region is the same as that of the external space.
The instant his "phantom" trajectory completely overlapped with the Light Lord's "physical" form, which contained terrifying energy, on the spatial coordinates—
Buzz!
A violent spatial repulsion reaction erupted!
The Lord of Light is not merely a pile of energy; its core contains the spiritual laws imprinted upon it during its enlightenment and the sixth-level life rank it has just acquired. This gives its very existence a stabilizing and "marking" effect on the surrounding space.
Jemin's high-speed, close-range phase penetration was like trying to force a thin veil through a mass of hot, viscous lava, causing intense friction and turbulence in space.
A piercing cracking sound rang in Jemin's perception—not a physical sound, but a lamentation from the spatial structure itself.
The phase space he temporarily constructed completely collapsed the moment it passed through the "entity" of the Light Lord because it could not withstand the "difference" from the real space!
Jemin's figure was forcibly "squeezed" out of the phase space and reappeared in the prime plane, just a short distance behind the Lord of Light.
Just as the phase space completely collapsed and merged back into the main plane, the intense spatial shearing force generated by the intersection of the two spatial planes, which could not be eliminated by any conventional means, was released with a roar along the path that Jemin had previously penetrated!
Spatial Slash!
A long, narrow, dark crack, seemingly capable of swallowing even light, appeared out of thin air at the "waist" of the light lord.
The crack flashed by, but the damage it caused was clearly visible—the enormous body of the Light Lord was cleanly and neatly "cut" into two halves by this spatial rift!
At the point of breakage, the light became disordered, and energy surged out like a burst dam.
"roar!!!"
A deafening spiritual roar swept through the entire cave; it was not a sound, but a pure shock to the soul.
The roar was filled with pain, rage, and disbelief.
The light of the Lord of Light flickered violently, and the two severed parts quickly came together, with countless light threads extending from the broken surface in an attempt to reconnect.
Given the characteristics of elemental creatures, although it looks terrifying, this kind of physical cutting is not a fatal wound.
As long as the core and energy supply are unimpeded, elemental creatures can repair themselves quickly.
But this sudden and devastating blow undoubtedly disrupted its rhythm, causing immense pain and energy depletion.
Jemin's precise and ruthless strike instantly drew the hatred of the Light Lord and the entire Light Legion to the maximum!
All the orbs of light were focused on the "ugly fleshy monster" that had suddenly appeared and severely injured their "king"!
"Now!"
Anya's eyes lit up; she knew very well that this was the signal that Jemin had been referring to.
Almost at the same moment the Lord of Light roared, a shadow on the rock wall above the cave suddenly boiled over!
Anya's figure appeared like a ghost. Without pausing, she opened her arms and her body burst forth with rich natural spiritual light!
"Hear the call, my comrades!"
As she chanted, countless natural spirits of various forms surged forth from her body—there were lightning sprites as swift as lightning, rock guardians as sturdy and solid as rock, vine spirits as agile and intertwined as agile and entwined asgolden asgolden asgolden fire spirits…
Like soldiers receiving orders, they roared and surged downwards, stirring and preparing to unleash a concentrated attack on Jemin's army of light clusters.
A large number of elemental spirits collided with the outermost ball of light, triggering a series of energy explosions and light bursts.
They successfully disrupted the formation of the Light Legion, relieving Jemin of the pressure he was about to bear.
Just as the Lord of Light, overwhelmed by pain and rage, locked most of his energy and spirit into Jemin, preparing to launch a thunderous counterattack...
Two dark, slender figures, seemingly formed from the deepest shadows, appeared silently on either side of the Lord of Light.
They were only about two meters tall, tiny compared to the massive light lords. Their bodies were covered in a flowing layer of black metallic liquid, which devoured all the light around them, with only their eye sockets flashing with a cold, rational light.
The Black Giant Priest descends.
There was no roar, no outward display of pressure.
But their very existence caused the Lord of Light's furious mental fluctuations to abruptly halt, as if he had been doused with ice water.
A fear of a higher-level predator or natural enemy stemming from a life instinct, mixed with the eerie "suction" emanating from the other party (the black giant's thirst for energy).
The Lord of Light instantly understood—the real, deadly threat had arrived!
Without any room for communication, the battle erupted instantly!
The Lord of Light abandoned his pursuit of Jemin, and his light surged, unleashing countless condensed, high-temperature rays and shockwaves that bombarded the two black giant priests.
The two black giant priests displayed terrifying speed and tactical coordination that were disproportionate to their size.
One side directly confronted the attack, its body surface surging with black liquid, like a bottomless abyss devouring the incoming energy attack.
The other one mysteriously blends into the surrounding interplay of light and shadow, waiting for its chance to strike. Each time it flashes, it leaves a strange attack on the Lord of Light that contains an energy-absorbing effect, accelerating its energy loss.
In the blink of an eye, the core battlefield was cleared by the aftershocks of the clash between level six creatures.
Taking advantage of the situation, Jemin used Phase Shift to teleport a short distance away from the most dangerous area and appeared beside Anya.
"Good coordination," Anya said briefly, her hands still moving.
She commanded the army of nature spirits in a chaotic battle against the army of light, but she herself did not use her signature "life force attraction" spell.
"Your move isn't very effective in group battles?" Jemin noticed something was wrong.
“Hmm,” Anya nodded, punching a level four light orb that was trying to sneak up, causing its light to dissipate and sending it flying backward. “When too many lives gather, the life force fields they emit will interfere with each other and overlap, forming a ‘torrent.’ My ‘attraction’ is easily dispersed or diluted, making it difficult to target individuals precisely, and the consumption is actually greater.”
As she spoke, she kicked out twice with lightning speed, blasting apart several orbs of light that were rushing towards her from the side.
This gave Jemin the opportunity to observe Anya's fighting style closely: hand-to-hand combat.
This seemingly delicate and frail silver-haired girl was now like a ferocious beast in human form!
Her movements were concise, swift, and precise; every punch and kick contained explosive power.
Even more terrifying is that her attacks seem to be able to directly shake the target's energy core and life structure.
The light clusters that were hit were not simply a dissipation of energy, but a sudden drop in life force, as if some force had "shaken apart" the combination of spirituality and energy from within.
Her physical strength had clearly undergone some kind of incredible tempering; even with the energy impact of the light orb, only a faint natural spiritual shield appeared on her body.
Jemin quickly figured out the reason.
How could a wizard, who is born with an extreme affinity and control over life force and natural spirits, possibly have a fragile body?
Abundant vitality is the best tempering agent and energy source. Their bodies are often the deepest and most unpredictable part of their power system, the ultimate fortress that bears all talents and magic.
“It seems I don’t need to hide anything anymore.” Jemin smiled and looked at the army of light orbs surging towards them like a tide, trying to break through the defenses of the spirits of nature.
He took a deep breath, made a sweeping motion with his hands in front of him, and the spatial energy began to fluctuate violently.
"Perfect, let's test the effectiveness of this move in actual combat."
He suddenly spread his hands to the sides!
[Space Distortion] Released within a small area!
Buzz!
Within a radius of 100 meters in front of Jieming, the space in that area seemed to have been violently twisted by an invisible giant hand!
The light distorted, the scenery deformed, and the luminous creatures within this area emitted a piercing mental scream.
The cluster of light, with a radius of tens of meters in the core area, was torn to pieces instantly by the violent spatial force, as if it had been thrown into an invisible meat grinder.
The light was completely extinguished, and the spirit was annihilated.
The light clusters at the edges suffered varying degrees of distortion and damage; some had half of their bodies torn apart, and others had their energy circuits severed.
Most of them lost their fighting ability, their light dimmed as they fell to the ground, leaving only a faint life force.
With a single strike, thousands of light orbs were either killed or injured, demonstrating an astonishingly efficient cleanup.
"Your research on spatial knowledge is quite good," Anya commented after glancing at it.
"Still getting used to it." Jemin wasn't complacent. He continued to lock onto other areas with dense clusters of light, casting [Space Distortion] time and time again.
He intentionally controlled the range and intensity, not to pursue maximum damage, but to make the enemy incapacitated.
At the same time, he also continuously fine-tuned the magic model in actual combat, improving its resistance to spatial disturbances in this complex energy environment, making [Spatial Distortion] more stable and controllable.
Anya was the same; her army of nature spirits and her own melee attacks were mostly used to defeat, injure, or strip away the opponent's fighting power, and only a few were truly and completely annihilated.
Inside the cave, light flashed wildly, energy surged, and the howls of nature spirits intertwined with the spiritual screams of the light orbs.
However, the balance of power quickly shifted towards the wizards as the Light Legion was efficiently "dearmed" by Jemin and Anya, and as the two Black Giant Priests on the core battlefield completely suppressed the Light Lords.
Although the Lord of Light fought desperately and even tried to detonate his core to perish together with the enemy, the two black giant priests possessed extremely high combat intelligence.
Just as the energy of the Light Lord began to compress inward to the extreme and was about to explode, two priests, as if they had planned it in advance, instantly rushed to its side, and four hands covered with black liquid metal pressed down on its core area where the light was most intense!
[Energy Extraction - Full Power]!
A terrifying suction force erupted!
The energy of the Light Lord, which was about to go out of control, surged uncontrollably towards the two black giant priests like a flood breaking through a dam.
Its self-destruction process was abruptly interrupted, turning into a "feast" that recharged the enemy.
The light quickly dimmed, and its size shrank dramatically, until it was reduced to a body the size of an ordinary person's fist.
Looking at the weak, flickering light core with its waning spirituality, a black giant priest carefully used a stable force field to imprison it in his hand.
With the Lord of the Lightballs losing consciousness and being captured, the morale of the remaining Lightball legions completely collapsed.
Some tried to escape, some stood frozen in place, and some emitted waves of despair.
Jemin and Anya sped up the cleanup, quickly either destroying or imprisoning all the remaining light orbs that were still capable of movement.
The noisy underground cave gradually returned to calm.
All that remained was the hum of residual energy and the "captives" scattered across the ground, dim and lifeless, like fallen stars.
Task completed.
(End of this chapter)
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