The atmosphere inside the palace suddenly became heavy. Lin Yi gripped the longsword in his hand, which shone with starlight, his brows furrowed.
The palace shook more and more violently, as if the entire building was trembling, and dust kept falling from the top, making it impossible for anyone to stand up.
"Holy crap, is this an earthquake or the end of the world?!" Long Wu's face was pale, and he instinctively hid behind Lin Yi, his voice filled with obvious panic.
"No...this doesn't feel right." Chu Yao's voice carried a hint of seriousness, her virtual eyes flickering with complex emotions. "It feels like something is about to awaken..."
An ominous premonition rose in Lin Yi's heart. He gripped the long sword in his hand tightly, and a surge of power flowed through his body, making him feel a strange excitement.
"This is another hidden boss, isn't it...?" Lin Yi cursed inwardly, but his eyes remained unusually firm.
Just then, the palace walls suddenly cracked open, and waves of dark energy surged out from the cracks. A group of dark ghosts seemed to emerge from the void and pounced on the three of them.
These ghostly bodies appeared and disappeared in the darkness, emanating a chilling aura that sent shivers down one's spine.
"Damn, this situation is a bit tricky!" Lin Yi struggled as the imprisoned ghost tried to break free, but seemed unable to escape the powerful restraints.
At the same time, Long Wu transformed into a giant azure dragon, and with a wave of his claws, he swatted away several approaching dark phantoms.
Long Wu's voice carried a hint of fanaticism: "Brother Lin, you handle these runes, I'll take care of these guys!"
Chu Yao quickly analyzed the ghosts' weaknesses, her voice echoing in the air: "Lin Yi, these dark ghosts' weakness is in their chest area. Using attacks with light attributes can effectively counter them!"
Lin Yi nodded, and the longsword in his hand flashed with light, making the starry river on the sword seem even more dazzling.
With a single swing of his sword, a beam of light, like a silver lightning bolt, struck a dark phantom squarely in the chest, instantly obliterating it.
However, at that moment, countless runes suddenly appeared on the floor of the palace. These runes seemed to come alive, emitting powerful energy fluctuations.
These fluctuations formed barriers that separated Lin Yi, Long Wu, and Chu Yao, and energy rays continuously shot out from the runes, attacking them.
"This rune array is not simple, we need to break it quickly!" Lin Yi dodged the energy rays while rapidly observing the arrangement of the runes.
He noticed that the arrangement of these runes seemed to follow a certain pattern, and he immediately had a clue.
"Chu Yao, help me analyze the arrangement of these runes. We need to find a way to break them as soon as possible!" Lin Yi's tone was urgent. His longsword flashed constantly, each strike accurately shattering the approaching dark phantoms.
Chu Yao quickly initiated a series of calculations, her voice echoing in the air: "The pattern of the runes' arrangement has been found, but the difficulty of deciphering it is extremely high, requiring precise timing and location. Lin Yi, I suggest you try starting from the center of the runes and deciphering them one by one!"
Lin Yi nodded, took a deep breath, and the longsword in his hand shone brightly. He stepped on the center of the rune and concentrated all his power into the tip of the sword.
"Space-Time Rift!" he shouted, and his longsword pierced the center of the rune like lightning, instantly tearing it apart and revealing a crack.
"Well done!" Long Wu's voice was tinged with excitement as he continued to slap the approaching ghosts, sending them flying one by one.
However, just as Lin Yi and Long Wu were fully engaged in dealing with the dark phantoms and rune arrays, a deafening roar suddenly echoed from the depths of the palace…
Just as Lin Yi tore through the core of the rune with a single sword strike, and Long Wu was still frantically swatting at the ghost like flies, thinking victory was within reach— **"Roar!!!"**
A roar that seemed to come from the depths of the deepest hell suddenly erupted from the darkest part of the palace!
This sound, I'm telling you, it's absolutely incredible!
It wasn't just deafening; the sound waves seemed to materialize, carrying a brutal impact that swept across the entire space with a "bang!"
The floor tiles beneath my feet cracked even more vehemently, spreading out like a spider web.
Dust and pebbles rained down from above, hitting Long Wu, who had transformed back into human form and was covering his ears. He jumped up and down, yelling, "Damn it! Not again?! Are you trying to kill me?! This commotion is ten times more exaggerated than the guardian's entrance just now!" He felt as if his internal organs had been displaced by the roar.
Immediately afterwards, in that pitch-black darkness, a massive, suffocating shadow, like ink dripping into water, slowly and with an irresistible sense of oppression, 'wriggled' out.
That thing... you couldn't see what it looked like at all. It was just a huge, pure, dark aggregate that seemed to have absorbed all the light.
As soon as it appeared, the temperature in the entire palace plummeted, and a chilling, stench of decay and blood filled the air, making people want to vomit.
The tremors in the palace had changed from a gentle shaking to a violent jolt, as if it were about to fall apart at any moment!
"Warning! Warning! High concentration of shadow energy detected and... Epic-level peak creature fluctuations! Danger level assessment: Extremely lethal!" Chu Yao's synthesized voice trembled slightly, a rare occurrence, as data streams rapidly refreshed in her virtual eyes. "Lin Yi! Its energy level far surpasses the previous guardian! Quickly—"
Lin Yi's pupils suddenly contracted, and his heart felt as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand.
He stared intently at the enormous, ever-expanding black shadow radiating endless malice, his knuckles white from gripping the Star River Sword.
That soul-chilling pressure made even him, the [Master of Time and Space], feel a bit... troublesome.
"Tsk," Lin Yi's lips curled into a slightly cold smile, but his eyes were sharp as knives, "So, the big guys have finally decided to come out..."
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