In the gray-white void, spatial folds piled up like crumpled pages of paper, with eerie blue electric snakes surging within each fold. The eerie blue electric light flickered and made a "buzzing" sound, and occasionally an electric current brushed past everyone's body, bringing a stinging pain.
Chu Yao's projection flickered between light and shadow amidst the violent tremors, and the mechanical voice carried a hint of tension: "Master, the spatial tearing speed has increased to 1.2 meters per second, and abnormal energy fluctuations have occurred at coordinates (a - 7, β - 9)—"
Before the words were finished, the crack closest to everyone suddenly burst open with a scarlet light. The dazzling red light was as eye-catching as a volcanic eruption, and the light was accompanied by a loud "boom".
Three monsters, each as tall as a two-story building, squeezed out from the crowd. Beneath their bluish-gray scales protruded bone spurs that shimmered eerily in the interplay of ghostly blue lightning and scarlet light. Their scarlet vertical pupils churned with a ferocious, all-consuming savagery, their gaze seemingly capable of piercing through the very souls of the onlookers.
The leader opened its massive, barbed maw, spewing out a foul stench mixed with acid. The acid hissed and corroded in the air, instantly corroding the spatial barrier in mid-air, and a pungent odor filled the air.
"A Tier 1 Sky-Splitting Beast's weakness lies in its throat!" Chu Yao's information was simultaneously transmitted to everyone's retinas. "The number is rapidly increasing; it's expected to surpass twenty within thirty seconds!"
Lin Yi's silver pupils suddenly contracted.
He could clearly sense that these monsters possessed a dark purple energy that shared the same origin as the Night Owl—indeed, they were war weapons bred by interdimensional invaders.
"Old Bai, protect the left flank!"
"Su Qing, cast a defensive shield on Yao Yao!" He drew his spacetime blade from his waist, a silver light solidifying on the blade, so dazzling it was blinding, accompanied by a soft buzzing sound. "Remember, the Sky-Splitting Beast's attacks carry spatial toxins, don't take them head-on!"
Before he could finish speaking, the nearest Sky-Splitter had already pounced on him.
Lin Yi lightly touched the ground with his toes, his figure leaving afterimages in the void, and appeared on the left and right sides of the monster at the same time—those were time-space clones!
The two clones simultaneously swung their blades, slashing at the monster's forepaws and tailbone respectively, while the main body transformed into a silver light and flashed above the monster's head, its spacetime blade piercing straight down to the monster's throat.
\"puff!\"
The dull thud of metal piercing flesh and the scream of pain exploded simultaneously.
The first Sky-Splitter's reverse scale was pried open, and dark purple blood spurted out, splashing onto everyone and bringing a burning pain. The blood corroded a sizzling black hole in the void.
"Good lad!" The white-bearded man's loud laughter shook the void, his voice as resounding as a great bell.
This veteran, over seventy years old, had muscles bulging like steel, and his right fist was wrapped in golden energy, each punch capable of unleashing a shockwave three meters in diameter.
Just as a Sky-Splitter beast pounced in front of him, instead of retreating, he advanced, slamming his fist directly into the monster's chest, yelling, "Smash it, you bastard!"
The sound of bones shattering and the explosive force of the explosion rang out. The monster was blasted into another spatial rift, and then torn to pieces by the turbulent currents at the edge of the rift. The fragments scattered in the void, some even grazing the bodies of the people, leaving scratches.
Su Qing's figure was always shrouded in a pale purple mist.
She made mysterious hand seals with her fingertips, and with each seal, a semi-transparent star-patterned shield appeared around everyone. The star-patterned shield shimmered with a soft light and emitted a faint "humming" sound.
When the three Skybreakers spewed acid at the same time, the shield rippled, reflecting the acid back and burning charred wounds on the monsters. The sound of the acid burning the monsters' bodies sizzled.
Several more Sky-Splitting Beasts squeezed out of the rift, rapidly increasing the originally expected twenty. "Master, the number of Sky-Splitting Beasts has surpassed thirty!" Chu Yao's projection suddenly paused for 0.3 seconds. "Energy resonance detected in the core area of space. Your fragments of spacetime laws..."
"Take care of the immediate problem first!" Lin Yi swung out three spacetime chains, binding the two Sky-Splitting Beasts that were lunging at Su Qing like dumplings.
He could feel that his connection with the fragments of the laws of spacetime was getting stronger. Those dormant star charts seemed to come alive, flowing with vast starlight deep in his sea of consciousness. The starlight was dazzling and accompanied by a slight "rustling" sound.
But the situation is still deteriorating.
Five more cracks opened simultaneously, and this time the Sky-Splitting Beasts that emerged were even larger, with bone wings on their backs, and the acid they spewed was mixed with spatial turbulence.
A stinger from a Bonewing Skybreaker swept across Whitebeard's shield, tearing a thumb-width gap in it, from which a hissing sound of air leaking out could be heard.
"Old man, I'm tough as nails!" The white-bearded man grinned, drawing his heavy black iron sword from his waist. "But Xiao Qing's shield can't withstand this!"
The golden sword energy unleashed by the heavy sword collided with the acid from the Sky-Splitting Beast, erupting in a blinding light that stung everyone's eyes, accompanied by a deafening explosion.
Lin Yi took the opportunity to glance at the spatial stability index—it had dropped to 15%. The spatial fragments in the void were like shards of glass being swept up by a hurricane, and could cut everyone into sieves at any moment.
Space debris flew everywhere, hitting everyone and causing sharp pain. It also affected their movement speed, forcing them to carefully avoid the sharp fragments with every step. The accuracy of their attacks was also affected, making it difficult to hit their targets precisely.
Chu Yao had once said that once the Star Orbit Amplifier was activated, it would greatly enhance everyone's combat abilities. "Activate the interdimensional equipment!" Chu Yao suddenly raised her voice, "Master, the 'Star Orbit Amplifier' you obtained in the ruins last time has finished charging!"
Lin Yi's pupils suddenly contracted.
He recalled the silver disc sealed in the amber of time and space three days ago in the deepest part of the ancient god's ruins.
Chu Yao said at the time that this thing needed to absorb three spatial turbulences to activate, but now...
"Everyone, grip the amplifiers!" he shouted, flipping seven discs shimmering with starlight from his palm.
The moment the disc was thrown into the air, seven beams of light shot straight into the sky, intertwining in the void to form a network of star trails. The star trails shimmered with brilliant light and emitted a buzzing sound of electricity.
Whitebeard's greatsword suddenly glowed with silvery light patterns, and the sword energy he unleashed pierced through three Sky-Splitters; Su Qing's shield transformed into a tangible starlight barrier, and the acid sprayed on it emitted a soft sound similar to the evaporation of morning dew; even Chu Yao's projection became solid and lifelike, and the data stream that popped out from her fingertips turned into chains, tightly binding the wings of two bone-winged Sky-Splitters.
\"good!
"This is the firepower of the Time-Space Legion!" Lin Yi's silver light erupted completely, and twelve time-space clones appeared around him. Each clone held a time-space blade of a different shape—a long whip-like space-cutting blade, a short blade-like time-freezing blade, and a giant sword-like dimension-shattering blade.
Twelve silver lights weaved through the monster horde like swimming dragons.
The Sky-Splitters swept by the Space Cutting Blade were instantly sliced into thin pieces, the monsters pierced by the Time Freezing Blade moved slower than a snail, and those struck by the Dimensional Shattering Blade were torn into particles without even being able to utter a scream.
In just ten minutes, most of the once overwhelming Sky-Splitting Beast horde had fallen.
Just as the remaining few tried to escape, Whitebeard's shockwave blocked all their escape routes, while Su Qing's starlight barrier trapped them in a tangled mass.
"Resolved!" Lin Yi sheathed his sword, beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
Even with the amplifier's assistance, using twelve clones still consumed nearly half of his mental energy.
He couldn't help but feel a little worried. The large consumption of his mental energy made him feel weak, and he was afraid that he would not be able to cope when facing the Night Owl. But when he thought about protecting his companions, he mustered his strength.
But just then, a teeth-grinding grinding sound came from the depths of the void.
The figure of Night Owl slowly emerged from the spatial folds, the dark patterns on his black robe writhing like living things, and he held a bone staff inlaid with blood-red crystals in his hand.
"A brilliant performance." His voice was like a rusty gear. "But you seem to have forgotten..." The bone staff slammed heavily into the void, and the crimson crystal suddenly erupted with a blinding red light. "The true collapse has only just begun."
The space beneath their feet suddenly trembled violently.
The crack, which was slowly tearing apart, expanded at a visible speed, and countless spatial fragments fell like rain, even dimming the light of the Star Orbit Amplifier.
Chu Yao's projection began to show static, and the audio was crackling with electrical noise: "Spatial stability...5%...about to...completely..."
"Master!" Chu Yao suddenly screamed, "Your fragments of spacetime laws are resonating!"
It is in...\"
But her voice was drowned out by the roar of the collapsing space.
Lin Yi gazed at the dark vortex beneath his feet that was devouring everything, and suddenly the star map in his silver eyes lit up completely.
He could clearly sense that the dormant fragment of the law was resonating with his soul, and some ancient and vast power was surging from the depths of his consciousness, flowing through his blood vessels to his limbs and bones.
"Hold on tight!" He grabbed the white-bearded man's wrist with one hand and pulled on Su Qing's sleeve with the other. "Time-space teleportation, prepare—"
The dark vortex had swallowed up the last stable space beneath their feet.
The owl's cold laughter still echoed in the void when the silver ball of light suddenly burst forth with a light more dazzling than the sun.
When the light faded, all that remained was a closing spacetime rift and the sudden, frozen shock on the Night Owl's face.
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