The deathly silence amidst the rustling wind and the crumbling ruins was shattered by Lin Yi's words, "The game has only just begun."
The primordial energy of time and space in his palm remained scorching hot, as if responding to the faint, dark purple light spots in the sky—those mysterious eyes peering into the entire world.
“Lin Yi,” Su Qing walked to his side, her voice hoarse from the battle, but her eyes were unusually firm, “Chu Yao has discovered it.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Yao's clear and rapid voice rang in Lin Yi's mind: "Sir, the in-depth analysis of the blood crystal fragments and the energy of the cage's shadow erosion has been completed. The energy left by the Night Owl does indeed contain a more subtle and powerful fluctuation, which is highly similar to the 'that person' we encountered earlier. By tracing this special fluctuation in reverse, I have located a coordinate with an extremely strong energy reaction, which is suspected to be its important stronghold."
A deep blue three-dimensional star map unfolded before Lin Yi's eyes, with a red dot flashing rapidly, its coordinates pointing directly to an abandoned underground air-raid shelter in the city center.
That place, once a refuge of the old days, may now harbor a conspiracy to overthrow the world.
"There is indeed a deeper level of existence behind Night Owl." Lin Yi's eyes sharpened. The mysterious figure who called himself "Master" was clearly the real mastermind.
He glanced at the crowd. Long Wu was stretching his muscles, his dragon scales shimmering coldly in the dim light; ice crystals flowed from Su Qing's fingertips, faintly resonating with the spacetime power within him; the other job changers had become more determined in the previous battle, and the "faith link" of golden light patterns around their bodies was becoming brighter, with the power of the mythical-level buff surging within them.
"We can't wait any longer," Lin Yi said in a deep voice. "Chu Yao, share the coordinates. Everyone, target: enemy stronghold. Prepare for the final assault!"
"Awoo! I can't wait any longer!" Long Wu roared, his fighting spirit soaring.
"Understood." Su Qing nodded gently and stood side by side with Lin Yi.
The entrance to the underground air-raid shelter had long been sealed off by boulders and steel bars, but these obstacles were as fragile as paper in the face of Long Wu's ferocious dragon claws.
Inside the deep tunnel, the air was murky, filled with a nauseating stench of blood and sulfur. The walls were covered with eerie purple patterns, identical to those on the Night Owl Blood Crystal, radiating ominous shadow-corroding energy.
"Be careful, the energy concentration here is extremely high, and it's probably heavily guarded," Chu Yao warned in the communication channel.
Lin Yi remained expressionless, his spatial and temporal perception already fully activated.
He took a step forward, his figure blurred instantly, and the next moment he appeared behind several patrolling extradimensional creatures deep in the tunnel.
These monsters resembled mantises, but were covered in black carapaces, and their scythe-like forelimbs gleamed with an eerie light.
Before they could react, Lin Yi made a fist with his left hand, and the flow of time suddenly slowed down. The monsters' movements appeared to him as if they were in slow motion.
As he slashed with his right-hand longsword, a barely perceptible crack appeared in the space. The sword's edge carried an aura of extreme destruction. It was the new killing move he had come up with after comprehending the origin of time and space and fusing thousands of sword techniques with the laws of time and space—the Time-Space Destruction Slash!
There was no earth-shattering noise, only a slight cutting sound.
The heads of the three elite-level extradimensional creatures flew up simultaneously, their cuts as smooth as mirrors, and the remaining dark purple blood was annihilated by the power of spacetime before it could even gush out.
"Good heavens! Boss's move is getting more and more insane!" Long Wu watched with envy and followed closely behind, spewing out dragon breath that burned several small monsters that tried to sneak up on him into charcoal.
Su Qing's Ice Crystal Storm perfectly controlled the battlefield, clearing obstacles for the following troops.
Unstoppable, the elite troops of the Time Legion and the Reality Alliance, led by Lin Yi, advanced like a sharp dagger piercing the enemy's heart.
Soon, they burst into a huge underground cavity.
The scene before them made everyone gasp in shock.
In the center of the cavity, a massive altar made of countless bones and twisted flesh exuded an overwhelming evil aura.
At the top of the altar, a dark purple pillar of light, piercing through heaven and earth, was slowly taking shape. Within the pillar, the phantoms of countless extradimensional creatures appeared and disappeared, emitting greedy roars.
The owl hovered to one side of the pillar of light, its body covered with strange energy conduits, clearly using itself as a container to channel energy.
At the highest point of the altar, an even larger and more terrifying black shadow stood silently.
His entire body was shrouded in constantly writhing shadows, and only his human-shaped outline could be vaguely discerned. However, the soul-chilling pressure he exuded far surpassed that of the Night Owl, and he was none other than the mysterious "Master" from before!
"The ritual is almost complete!" Su Qing exclaimed. She could feel the terrifying energy contained in that pillar of light. Once it was fully opened, the entire world would become a hunting ground for extradimensional creatures.
"Hehehe... Lin Yi, you really did come." Night Owl turned his head, his scarlet eyes filled with madness and resentment. "Unfortunately, you're too late! The 'Great Descent' is irreversible!"
The mysterious figure slowly raised its hand, pointing at Lin Yi and the others. A deep voice, filled with mockery and contempt, resounded throughout the hollow: "Insects, thank you for the sacrifices you have delivered. Your deaths will be the prelude to a new era."
"Enough with the nonsense!" Lin Yi roared, his spacetime origin surging wildly within him, silver-blue light bursting forth from his body. "Today, this place will be your burial ground!"
He raised his longsword high, its tip pointing straight to the sky, and an unprecedentedly terrifying aura emanated from his body.
Behind him, all the job changers understood immediately, and the faith links within their bodies were instantly activated to the extreme. Vast energy converged towards Lin Yi, and they prepared to unleash their strongest combined skill, honed through countless brushes with death!
"Space-Time... Destruction Slash!"
Lin Yi spoke slowly and deliberately, his voice like thunder from the heavens.
The longsword in his hand seemed to bear the weight of the entire world. On the blade, the laws of time and space intertwined and condensed into a dazzling beam of light capable of tearing through dimensions, which slashed down furiously towards the mysterious figure at the top of the altar!
"Combined Attack - Divine Protection!"
All the job changers roared in unison, and dazzling rays of light rose from their bodies, converging into a huge golden barrier that reinforced Lin Yi's attack. A portion of their power transformed into a pure energy torrent, which immediately unleashed a spacetime destruction slash towards the enemy!
This is a desperate, all-or-nothing strike!
Faced with this devastating attack, the mysterious figure suddenly contracted its surrounding shadows, revealing a pair of eyes burning with dark purple flames.
He let out a roar that was difficult to decipher, and a deeper, more malevolent power erupted from his body in an attempt to resist it.
Rumble—!
Two extreme forces collided violently in mid-air, causing the entire underground cavity to shake violently and countless fragments of rock to fall.
The blinding light engulfed everything, and a terrifying energy storm swept outwards.
At this critical moment, when the outcome was about to be decided—
A detached yet authoritative voice suddenly rang out in the center of the battlefield: "This situation seems to have become even more interesting."
As the light dimmed, a figure appeared on one side of the battlefield, seemingly isolated from the world.
He was dressed in an ancient black robe, with a handsome but expressionless face and deep eyes like the starry sky. He was none other than Xuan Mingzi, the incarnation of the mastermind of the game "Infinite"!
He neither helped Lin Yi nor paid attention to Night Owl and the mysterious figure. He simply hovered quietly in mid-air, his gaze sweeping over the two sides engaged in fierce combat. An enigmatic smile curved his lips, like a high-ranking chess player observing the battle on the chessboard.
The intense clash of energies was momentarily halted by this unexpected third party.
A hint of apprehension flashed in the eyes of both Night Owl and the mysterious figure, while Lin Yi's offensive also slowed down.
Xuanmingzi's appearance instantly shattered the balance of the battlefield, making the outcome of this decisive battle unpredictable.
Lin Yi's pupils suddenly contracted, and alarm bells rang in his mind.
He could never see through Xuanmingzi's purpose.
His decision to show himself at this moment is by no means accidental.
In a flash, Lin Yi made a decisive move, sending a thought to all his teammates through the faith link.
Amidst the surging aftershocks of energy, the once unstoppable offensive suddenly halted just as it was about to reach its final explosive point.
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