"Crack!" Whitebeard swung his giant axe, felling several enemies, and said, panting heavily, "We can still hold on, but we need to find a way to break through as soon as possible!"
Lin Yi's eyes quickly swept across the battlefield. Suddenly, he noticed that Aizen was calmly observing his surroundings, as if searching for something.
Lin Yi walked to his side and asked in a low voice, "Aizen, have you noticed anything wrong?"
Aizen raised an eyebrow, a glint of light flashing in his eyes: "I also find it a bit strange. Xuanmingzi hasn't appeared at all, which is completely illogical."
"That's what I think too," Lin Yi replied in a low voice, his suspicions growing stronger.
Just then, the air seemed to freeze, and a suffocating sense of oppression swept over.
The vanguard's offensive suddenly escalated!
They summoned a massive energy shield, which shimmered with an eerie green light, like will-o'-the-wisps from hell, and slowly advanced forward, like a colossal beast devouring everything in its path.
The area where Lin Yi and the others were active was constantly being compressed, and the cramped space was filled with the smell of death.
"What the hell is this thing?" Long Wu cursed, swinging his dragon claw and slamming it hard against the energy shield.
However, the shield remained completely still, without even a ripple.
"Their attack intensity has increased at least three times!" Chu Yao's voice rang in Lin Yi's ears, her tone tinged with anxiety. "The strength of their energy shields far exceeds our expectations; we must find a breakthrough as soon as possible!"
Lin Yi gritted his teeth. He could feel unprecedented pressure, like a mountain pressing down on him, making it hard for him to breathe.
He knew that if they couldn't break through in time, they would be trapped here and die!
Suddenly, a blinding energy beam ripped through the night sky and struck the white-bearded man squarely in the chest!
"Pfft!" A mouthful of blood gushed out, and the white-bearded, burly body collapsed to the ground.
"Whitebeard!" Lin Yi's eyes widened in horror, a surge of indescribable grief and anger welling up within him.
Seeing this, Long Wu completely erupted!
His eyes were bloodshot, and he roared to the sky. A violent power surged out from his body, and the deafening dragon roar resounded throughout the heavens and earth.
The golden scales on his body shone brightly under the surge of energy, and the mysterious "world-destroying dragon pattern" seemed to come alive, roaming his body and exuding a chilling ancient aura.
"Roar!" Long Wu roared again, and a huge dragon breath spewed from his mouth, like a fire dragon, roaring as it charged towards the vanguard.
Wherever the dragon's breath reached, the energy shield shattered instantly, and the vanguard soldiers were completely devoured, without even having time to scream.
"A good opportunity!" Chu Yao's voice rang out again, "Lin Yi, the weak point of the energy shield is on their left flank, at the three o'clock position!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Yi immediately used his spacetime skill, and in a flash, he appeared at the weak point of the energy shield.
The Blade of Time in his hand drew a dazzling light and slammed into the shield.
With a crisp "crack!", a crack finally appeared in the energy shield!
Lin Yi pressed his advantage, continuously wielding the Blade of Time and Space to widen the rift.
Finally, the energy shield shattered completely, revealing a gap.
"Charge out!" Lin Yi roared and was the first to break out of the encirclement.
At the same time, Aizen was both surprised and jealous when he saw Ryugo unleash such a powerful skill.
"This guy actually hid such strong strength..." he thought to himself, taking advantage of the chaos to quietly slip behind the enemy.
He wanted to find Night Owl, hoping to get some information that would be beneficial to him.
The shadowy figure remained hidden in the shadows, silently observing everything. His eyes were deep and cold, as if he were waiting for the situation to change further.
Lin Yi and the others fought and retreated, finally breaking through the encirclement and temporarily securing their safety. However, no one looked relaxed, as the threat of Night Owl still existed; they had only gained a small respite.
Lin Yi gazed into the distance, his brows furrowed, and muttered to himself, "Xuan Mingzi, what on earth are you up to..."
Lin Yi wiped the ash mixed with sweat and gunpowder from his face. His heart was still pounding wildly. Long Wu's "World-Destroying Dragon Mark" attack was incredibly cool, but it had almost depleted everyone's mana.
He was panting heavily, his sharp eyes sweeping across the temporarily calmed battlefield, but his mind was racing—that old bastard Xuanmingzi, we haven't seen a single ghost from beginning to end, this is too abnormal, isn't it?
Something unusual must be going on!
"Chu Yao," Lin Yi asked in a low voice in the team channel, "can you track down the last location where Xuan Mingzi appeared?"
"We're trying, Lin Yi," Chu Yao's gentle yet somewhat solemn voice came through, "but his signal interference is too strong. The last coordinates we captured were... ten minutes before the battle started, in an abandoned factory five kilometers away from us."
"There's definitely something wrong!" Lin Yi's suspicions tightened even more. This guy is definitely up to something bad!
Once this wave is over, we'll have to find him and see what he's really up to.
"Everyone, take a break and get back into shape, but don't let your guard down!"
However, as soon as Lin Yi finished speaking, an even more terrifying and suffocating pressure descended from the sky!
It felt as if all the air had been sucked out, and even breathing became heavy.
"Hehehehe..." A maniacal laugh, like one that had crawled out of the abyss of hell, with a metallic, scraping sound, echoed through the sky. "Run? You think this is the end? Naive! So incredibly naive!"
It's Night Owl! This guy still hasn't given up!
In the distance, the vanguard remnants seemed to have been injected with super stimulants, their eyes glowing crimson, and their energy fluctuations instantly surging!
Those energy shields, which were originally just a pale green, have now begun to turn an ominous dark purple, and are visibly re-condensing and expanding!
A nauseating smell of sulfur mixed with rotten eggs filled the air, and a low-frequency buzzing sound of energy charging sent chills down one's spine.
"Holy crap! Are these bastards on drugs?!" Long Wu had just caught his breath when he saw this scene and couldn't help but curse again.
Chu Yao's urgent alarm blared in Lin Yi's mind: "Warning! Extremely high-intensity energy gathering detected! Enemy attack mode is escalating! Intensity... intensity has increased by at least five times!!"
Lin Yi's pupils contracted sharply, and he gripped the Time-Space Blade tightly, his muscles tensing instantly.
He stared intently at the area ahead, which had once again become like a ghost town, and said in a deep voice to Long Wu, whose face was equally grim beside him, "It seems we don't even have time to drink some water..."
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