Chapter 397: Appearance

Black Tower has witnessed far too many similar "collaborations" end this way.

Black Tower scoffs.

Black Tower pursues knowledge, but never at the cost of sacrificing innocent worlds and letting Destruction spread unchecked.

Black Tower may be cold, may be utilitarian, but her Intellect has its own bottom line and arrogance.

Guiji was interrupted by this sudden attack, and the phantom seemed to sigh lightly.

Guiji slowly straightened up, the many‑sided die stopped spinning, landing on a face depicting a pattern of star‑silence.

"Truly… a pity."

Guiji's voice remained gentle, with a hint of regret, "We never intended to oppose Intellect or the Genius Club. But since Black Tower Lady insists…"

Before the words fell, the void nearby seemed to be ripped apart by an invisible pair of massive hands!

A fissure edged with pure white and pitch‑black power, exuding the aura of universal annihilation, suddenly opened!

Immediately, a truly tangible figure, radiating a presence thousands of times more terrifying than any projection, stepped forward!

He was towering, cloaked in a tattered black‑and‑white mantle that seemed woven from the wreckage of countless worlds, surrounded by visible turbulence.

In his hand he wielded a massive sword that appeared forged from solidified galactic debris!

Extinction Great Lord·Fenfeng!

The true sovereign‑level entity, crossing the distant starry void, descended here!

Its mere presence caused the space of this region to destabilize; distant rocky planetary surfaces instantly cracked open into countless bottomless chasms!

"You came quickly."

Huan Long's golden phantom chuckled, tone laced with the pleasure of watching a good show.

Fenfeng ignored Huan Long, his destructive gaze fixed solely on Black Tower.

Without words, without proclamation, he simply raised the pale massive sword, its tip pointing outward.

Black Tower's pupils suddenly contracted.

The true sovereign‑level existence and the projection are completely different concepts!

That overwhelming Destruction power, enough to crush her Clone, surged toward her like a tsunami!

The magical energy around her automatically ignited, layers of violet‑black rhombic shields unfurling like buds about to bloom.

Yet her gaze abruptly shifted to another direction!

At the almost same Shana Fenfeng appeared, a more concealed invisible attack silently crossed space, not aimed at her but targeting the Earth behind her, and suddenly unfolded!

It was a colossal cross‑shaped phantom, unimaginable in size!

It seemed to emerge from the backside of the cosmic Rule, and upon appearing, it appeared ready to cover the sun‑facing side of the entire Earth!

A dormant radiance flowed across the cross, and wherever it passed, even starlight seemed to be extinguished.

It lacked grand spectacle, yet carried an undeniable will.

Was it Guiji? Or Xingxiao? Or perhaps a coordinated strike born of their tacit understanding?

Black Tower had no time to discern!

"Despicable!"

Black Tower cursed inwardly, instantly grasping the opponent's tactic: Fenfeng's frontal assault drew attention, while the true killing move was this planet‑covering final attack!

She must stop that cross!

Otherwise everything on Earth's surface will be conceptually reset to zero!

She mobilized most of her remaining magical power, intending to intercept that dark‑golden cross.

Yet, at the instant she was distracted—

Fenfeng moved.

No roar, no charge, he instantly closed the distance.

It was a simple, ultimate thrust of the massive sword.

Yet this thrust seemed to carry the terminal weight of an entire galaxy!

"Crack—!!!"

The composite magical shield that could have withstood a fleet's main batteries shattered like a fragile eggshell!

Not even a tenth of a second passed to block it!

Second layer, third layer, fourth layer…

Violet‑black rhombic fragments exploded silently in the vacuum, dissipating!

"Fast! Too fast!"

The aura of Destruction, like the coldest and hottest death proclamation, instantly filled all of Black Tower's perception!

The surrounding space was completely locked; every chance to evade was snuffed out by the very presence of the sword.

Time seemed to stretch; she could clearly see the sword tip, burning void, rapidly enlarging in her view.

"Is it ending?"

"In this way?"

"In this distant, unfamiliar universe, to protect a world originally unrelated, only to be crushed by a true Extinction Great Lord as if popping a bubble?"

In Black Tower's mind, the final flash was not regret, not fear, but a hint of self‑mockery: "Heh… the high‑difficulty BOSS battle set in a simulated universe turns out to be such a poor real‑world experience… the data feedback is actually quite realistic…"

She even had spare time, using the last bit of computational power to try recording the perception data on the brink of "Destruction"—if it could be sent back to her true form.

However, the anticipated penetration never arrived.

Just as the pale sword tip was about to touch the last glimmer of magical concentration on Black Tower's chest—a hair's breadth away—

"Buzz————————————————"

A hum like countless precise gears meshing together, billions of data streams converging, rang out without warning in this starry sky sealed by the Destruction field!

Right after, before Fenfeng's unstoppable pale great sword, a sudden violet‑black light screen made of countless flowing complex geometric shapes and constantly updating data code burst forth!

The light screen was as thin as a cicada's wing, yet unbreakable!

Clang——!!!!!!!!!

It was no longer the silent annihilation, but an ultra‑crisp metallic clang that rang out with a booming blast!

The terrifying shockwave expanded spherically in all directions, instantly scattering nearby drifting small meteoroids and even distant starlight!

Fenfeng's seemingly unstoppable sword was abruptly halted by this suddenly appearing strange Barrier!

The sword tip pressed against the Barrier's surface, sparking countless violet‑black flames and gray ripples, yet it could not advance any further!

At the same time, the looming cross‑shaped phantom that was about to envelop Earth seemed to collide with an invisible lattice the instant it reached Earth's atmosphere!

The lattice flickered with a faint glow, and the cross's power, like a mud‑filled ox sinking in the sea, was swiftly absorbed and broken down by the lattice, dissipating into the cosmic background radiation!

Earth, safe and sound.

After the Barrier, Black Tower emerged unscathed.

In her violet‑black eyes, a hint of surprise reflected clearly for the first time.

Immediately after, the digital Barrier began to contract inward and coalesce, its surface data streams growing increasingly turbulent, gray mist swirling upward, gradually outlining a vague humanoid silhouette.

The silhouette quickly solidified and became clear.

It was the figure of a woman.

Her long hair was lifeless gray‑white, yet at the ends a dreamy violet‑black halo flowed.

Her dress was a deep black‑purple, bearing Gothic intricacy and mystery.

A wide‑brimmed Mo Nu Mao pressed her hair just right; beneath the brim were a pair of violet‑black eyes that seemed to contain a swirling Star Swirl.

She materialized between Black Tower and Fenfeng, back to Black Tower, facing the digital Extinction Great Lord, her demeanor as relaxed as if attending an afternoon tea.

She didn't even turn around, merely raising one slender hand, her five delicate fingers brushing lightly outward toward the blocked Destruction great sword.

Hum——!

An invisible force acted upon the blade.

Fenfeng's body involuntarily halted backward, the sword tip separating from the Barrier.

At that moment, the woman slowly turned half of her face, and in a voice tinged with ethereality, calmly said:

"It seems my arrival was timely."