Chapter 377

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Protagonist:

Lin En

Lena

Three explosions rang out almost simultaneously; blinding white fireballs instantly swallowed the rear half of the rearguard.

The thermal bombs' heat was enough to melt ceramite armor; the few soldiers closest to the blasts were vaporized instantly without even a shriek.

The shockwaves spread along the stairs; the two Purification Apostles nearest the rear were blown to bloody pulp on the spot and fell into the void on either side.

Bearing the brunt was the Bishop walking at the back of the formation, responsible for maintaining the rear edge of the domain.

His lower two arms were blown to bloody pulp, his chest power armor deeply caved in, purple blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

Spirit power output cut off abruptly; the previously stable Untouchable Field instantly left a massive gap at the tail.

"Enemy attack!"

Gu Yu spun around sharply, all four arms spreading wide, a spirit energy barrier forcibly blocking the blast's aftershocks.

But the moment she saw the scene clearly, her pupils also contracted slightly.

The attackers were three Vanguard Army veterans mixed into the Decapitation Squad.

They stood in the explosion's firelight at this moment, half their bodies scorched by the high temperature, yet mad smiles on their faces, pale blue light pulsing in their eye sockets.

That was the sign of deep corruption by Yi Su's power.

No one knew if they were moles planted from the start, or secretly corrupted in the gap before the domain covered them after entering the Land of No Delay.

The answer no longer mattered.

Because the domain breach had already appeared.

"Heh heh heh..."

A harsh laughter drilled out of the void at the breach, as if triggering a chain reaction.

The entire spiral staircase shuddered violently; the originally stable masonry began twisting wildly, gravity beneath everyone's feet instantly losing balance.

At the domain breach, Warp power surged back madly.

The next second, the entire stretch of spiral staircase flipped over without warning.

Not a tilt, but a complete top-to-bottom inversion.

The stairs that originally extended downward became upward; the bricks originally underfoot became the ceiling overhead.

Gravity direction suddenly reversed; everyone lost their foothold and, like beads on a broken string, fell rapidly toward the "above" —

which was the direction they had come from.

"Hold on!"

Gu Yu's voice wavered for the first time.

Her four arms clawed fiercely at the stair sidewalls; sharp fingertips gouged into the masonry but only tore off a few chunks of gravel.

The entire stair segment kept flipping and lengthening under the Warp's power.

The spiral staircase that originally had only a dozen or so levels now seemed infinitely stretched; no matter how far they fell, they could not see the end.

Worse, as the domain breach grew larger, dense figures began emerging from the void on both sides.

Pink Terror Demons drifted out in swarms, emitting piercing shrill laughter; the Witchcraft Daggers in their hands released pale blue arcane missiles, hurling them madly at the falling crowd.

Fire Demons trailed brilliant flame tails as they shuttled through the void; every wave of their hands unleashed splendid flames, scorching the squad's spirit shields.

The squad was suspended midair, utterly unable to organize an effective counterattack.

Bomb guns were hard to aim in weightlessness; no matter how sharp the Gene Thieves' claws, they could not touch the agile, elusive demons.

They could only rely on the half-domain the Bishops barely maintained to fend off attacks.

But having lost terrain support, the spirit barriers' defensive power was already greatly reduced; attacks coming from all directions were impossible to fully guard against.

"Ah!"

A shriek — an Attendant Monk was struck by several arcane missiles at once; his spirit shield shattered, his body instantly wrapped in pale blue flames, burned to a charred lump, and plunged into the endless darkness.

Immediately after, two more Vanguard veterans were blown away by a Fire Demon's explosion, lost their grip, and fell into the void — not even bones could be found.

Casualty numbers climbed frantically.

Eighty-eight Gene Thieves — in just a few minutes of explosion and falling, nearly forty were lost, only fifty-odd still struggling to hold on.

Thirty-odd elite Vanguard veterans — only ten remained alive, every one wounded.

Most critically, the fall continued.

As if this stretch of spiral staircase had no end, and would keep falling into the Warp's deepest part.

Aboard the airship toward the Governor's Mansion, Lin En's brows instantly knotted into a frown.

His consciousness had already linked into a Pureblood Gene Stealer's senses via the Hive Network.

The view spun dizzyingly; stairs, firelight, demon figures flashed past; weightlessness transmitted along his nerves, sinking his heart.

He saw Gu Yu suspended midair, four arms desperately propping up the tottering spirit barrier, purple blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.

He saw that Squire Knight Mecha gripped tight by a dozen Genestealers and human soldiers, like a core anchor linking all survivors together.

Everyone held hands, hanging from the mecha like a string of pearls, relying on each other's strength to avoid being flung away.

Gene Thief claws hooked into armor gaps; even in the high-speed descent, no one let go.

But this was not a long-term solution.

Lin En rapidly analyzed the situation.

Although the Untouchable Field closed again under the Bishops' desperate maintenance, the Team remained suspended the entire way, with not a single point contacting the Land of No Delay's entity structure.

Like a ship drifting on water, no matter how solid the hull, it cannot stop the current from carrying the ship downward.

The Field suppresses Warp Energy within its range, but the "stairs" beneath their feet are themselves a product of Warp Distortion; without contacting it, there is fundamentally no way to solidify it.

There must first be a fulcrum.

Almost the instant Lin En thought through the key point, Lena at the other end of the Spirit Link had already reacted.

Among the falling crowd, Gu Yu fiercely raised her head, a trace of determination flashing through her purple eyes.

Borrowing the Spirit Power Recoil, she landed on the Squire Mecha's Shoulder Armor, her clear and cold voice penetrating the roaring wind and the demons' shrill cries, clearly reaching the Driver's ears:

"Peter, stop counterattacking, find a side wall leverage point, brake."

Inside the Knight Mecha's Cockpit, Holy Knight Peter gritted his teeth, blue veins bulging at his temples.

He could feel the weight the Mecha bore, fifty Gene Thieves plus ten Human Soldiers.

And every one clad in Heavy Armor, plus the kinetic inertia from the fall, the total payload weight had already approached twenty tons.

The Mecha's hydraulic system had long been emitting groans of overload, liable to snap at any moment.

This tearing sensation was transmitted to Peter through the Mechanical Throne's Nerve Connection, causing him agony.

But upon hearing Gu Yu's Command, he did not hesitate in the slightest.

That scene just now in the passage of Spirit Threads cutting the Chaos Egg, he saw clearly.

This woman's combat power, judgment, both far surpass his.

Trust her once.

"Immortal Emperor Blessing..."