"Smack..."
A crisp, distinct cracking sound made everyone's hearts tighten. They quickly looked in that direction and discovered that in the area where the monsters were gathered, the barrier had clearly been breached. More and more people went up to replenish it with their spiritual power, patching up the gap in the barrier.
A bead of sweat appeared on Song Wu's forehead, and one of his hands was beginning to tremble. He had been continuously channeling spiritual energy, and his body was starting to give out. Without a replenishment of his spiritual energy, he would soon be unable to continue, and then the barrier would...
He dared not think about the consequences; his current hope rested on Junior Sister Xie. They had to activate that teleportation artifact so they could leave this hellish place.
He gritted his teeth, made a sword gesture with one hand, pressed down on the other, and increased the flow of his spiritual power. Strands of light continuously poured into the barrier, while Xie Zhou's situation was not optimistic.
Xie Zhou poured all her spiritual power into the teleportation artifact, but after a full hour of teleportation, she was starting to feel exhausted. The artifact showed no signs of life. Was her spiritual power alone not enough?
She adjusted her breathing and slowly used the inheritance she had received to absorb even the smallest, dust-like power. She absorbed all the spiritual energy around her that no one else possessed.
With fingers flying across his hands, his entire palm enveloped the magical artifact. Some disciples with spiritual power below were carefully watching the rioters and monsters. They would fill any gaps they found, but they didn't contribute much. However, they were doing their part to survive in this place.
Seeing that the teleportation artifact was not moving at all, the disciples became a little anxious.
He said directly, "Is this treasure really possible? How come I haven't been able to open it even after using so much spiritual energy!"
The disciple from Wuyou Pavilion who had produced the treasure stepped forward and said, "Didn't we already say? It requires a lot of spiritual energy to activate it before it can function. Don't rush, just wait a little longer..."
The disciple nervously watched the treasure. Seeing Xie Zhou still channeling spiritual energy, he wanted to step forward to help and was about to unleash his own spiritual energy when Xie Zhou said, "No need, I can handle this. Don't just stand there like idiots. Go help Senior Brother Song and the others. The barrier must hold up until I open this treasure!"
These words awakened the people around them. Regardless of their spiritual power, they all joined in, circling the edge of the barrier and looking at the monster so close at hand. Their feelings were a mixture of emotions.
The monster swung its fists and attacked the barrier relentlessly. Four hours is neither a long nor a short time. They only had one hour left before the barrier would collapse. Both sides were extremely tense.
What they need most right now is spiritual energy, a continuous stream of spiritual energy. They need spiritual energy to reinforce the barrier, and they also need more spiritual energy to open the teleportation artifact.
Xie Zhou stared intently at the treasure with a serious expression, feeling somewhat puzzled. She had clearly used a lot of spiritual power, but the thing hadn't reacted at all. Did she have to put all her spiritual power into it?
She then asked the system, "System, what's wrong with this? Is there something wrong with how I input my spiritual energy? Why isn't this thing responding at all?"
The system had already begun detecting the so-called treasure when Xie Zhou was transferring his spiritual energy.
It immediately replied, "This teleportation treasure does indeed require a great deal of spiritual energy to open. Your efforts in channeling spiritual energy just now were less than one-tenth of his. You need to speed things up. Why don't you try using the power of all living beings?"
Xie Zhou listened to its meaning, glanced at the treasure a few times, and almost rolled her eyes. This kind of treasure really does consume a lot of spiritual energy. Now she wanted to ask Tao in her storage space if there was a treasure that was more suitable than this one.
However, Xie Zhou didn't want to attract too much attention. If he accidentally produced an amazing treasure, people would probably fight over it. Putting that aside for now, the situation was urgent, and Tao would need some time to find it. It would be better to continue using this treasure.
Thinking it over, Xie Zhou closed his eyes and poured the power of all living beings and spiritual energy into it. Soon, the treasure actually reacted, and the pointers around its perimeter finally moved.
"Click-clack..." With each click, the treasure spun faster and faster.
Seeing victory imminent, Xie Zhou's tightly furrowed brows began to relax, and a slight smile appeared on her face.
Suddenly, a loud "bang!" pulled her back from her joy. She looked up and saw that cracks had begun to appear on the upper right side of the barrier, and the cracks were slowly spreading to other areas.
"Slap...slap..."
The gaps in the barrier are widening.
Everyone immediately increased their spiritual power, but as soon as the gap was filled, a new loophole appeared on the other side.
The monsters outside became increasingly violent, creating more and more gaps in the defenses, and they screamed and howled incessantly.
"Roar! Roar! Ahh!... Sha!"
Suddenly, one of the disciples shouted, "Help! Ahhh!..."
He was repairing a crack when suddenly a hand reached out from the gap. He was so frightened that he stopped repairing the gap, which gave a monster an opportunity to grab him by the neck.
Senior Brother Song saw it and wanted to go to the rescue, but he couldn't get away. Everyone was helpless and watched as one of them was captured by the monster.
Some people were getting impatient and shouted, "Hasn't the teleportation treasure been opened yet?"
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