Chapter 415

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Protagonist:

Lin En

Lena

"Crack!"

After splitting open the fissure, the four arms with which Lena Guyu gripped the sword hilt simultaneously emitted the crisp sound of shattering bones.

The Spine Great Sword, serving as Spirit Energy Container and launcher, fulfilled its mission.

Starting from the Sword Tip, it turned to ash inch by inch, drifting and scattering along the wild, overbearing airflow generated by the impact on the Barrier.

The killing move forged by three Bishops sacrificing their lives could ultimately only deliver these two all-out strikes.

Lena Guyu's body fell downward with gravity, her gray Gown flapping loudly in the gale.

The Chosen Body had long exceeded its bearing limit; Meridians snapped inch by inch, Muscles dissolved, and even the strength to maintain the Spirit Energy Barrier was draining away rapidly.

Yet her purple eyes remained calm, her lowered Gaze sweeping across the astonished Luna on the Ground.

And the seven Chaos Knights poised and ready, finally settling on the continuously expanding Barrier crack above her head.

Enough.

This sword had already split a crack in this hard turtle shell; the key to breaking the deadlock had been born.

"Trash!"

Luna's sharp voice pierced the Silence inside the Barrier.

She watched the cracks rapidly spreading overhead, her heart pounding uncontrollably.

She had never imagined that the Nine-Sided Sealing Spirit Array she had meticulously researched for so long would actually be forcibly cleaved open by a Xenos construct that had severed its Main Hive link.

She fiercely raised the Witchcraft Staff inlaid with Multifaceted Crystals; the blue crystal at the Staff Top erupted with blinding Ghost Light.

Countless Distorted Chaos Runes spread out from beneath her feet, climbing upward along the Barrier's inner wall.

These Runes resembled a swarm of worms scenting Blood Taste, frantically surging toward the crack, attempting to glue the crumbling bulwark back together.

"Want to break the deadlock? Not that easy!" Luna's voice trembled slightly from the exertion of full-power casting; the Mouth Corner beneath her Hood pressed into a taut straight line.

Just give her a dozen more minutes, no, just a few minutes, and she could restabilize the Barrier structure, trapping this dying Insect to death inside completely.

But she forgot one thing.

Time flow inside the Barrier was slowed a hundredfold; outside the Barrier, enough time had already passed.

Beneath the dome of the Saint Galus Castle Underground Third Floor, atop the rotating stairs, dense heavy firepower Positions had long since been erected.

Lin En stood on the central Command Platform, treading on scattered Gravel and Metal Components, holding a Tactical Terminal.

On the Terminal screen, the Nine-Sided Sealing Spirit Array's energy readings pulsed Stably; beside them, the time flow rate comparison value was glaring.

For every second inside, nearly two Minutes had passed outside.

From the Vanguard Army's Arrival outside the Barrier to Gu Yu cleaving the first crack, two hours had already elapsed outside.

Two hours — the Vanguard Army Engineer Battalion had set up twenty-seven fire points here.

Enough to fully Deploy twelve twin-mounted heavy Macro Cannons, eight Thermal Melting Annihilation Cannons, and fifteen Plasma Cannon Arrays.

All Gunners had also calibrated firing parameters, locking dead-on onto the dome Area where Barrier energy was most concentrated.

"Lin En, the crack has appeared." A clear and cold voice rang out in Lin En's mind.

Lin En looked up toward the gloomy blue Barrier dome below; sure enough, he saw a deep purple sword gash tearing open the smooth bulwark, cracks spreading outward at visible speed.

He did not hesitate in the least, arm waving fiercely downward:

"Full firepower salvo, blast it open for me."

The instant the Command was issued, all Cannon Mouths simultaneously spat out blazing Fire.

Macro Cannon Armor-Piercing Shells trailing dark red tail flames slammed into the crack edges; the Explosion shock waves violently shook the already fragile Barrier wall.

Thermal Cannon orange-red Light beams struck precisely on the same spot; temperatures of thousands of degrees made the gloomy blue energy wall emit sizzling melting sounds.

Plasma projectors flung out streams of blue ion beams; the bursting energy Ripples hammered the Barrier's structure repeatedly like War Hammers.

Roaring cannon fire echoed back and forth in the spacious Underground Hall, shaking Gravel dust constantly down from the stairs.

Dazzling Firelight rose and fell in succession, casting Lin En's stern profile in alternating light and shadow.

Inside the Barrier, violent vibrations transmitted from the dome; shattered energy fragments kept falling like Glass shards.

Luna jerked her head up, watching the Barrier wall dented repeatedly by Cannon Fire overhead; her face instantly turned deathly pale.

There are people outside!

The Vanguard Army actually blocked the outside of the Barrier with heavy firepower!

She frantically channeled the Staff, trying to reinforce the dome's defense, but under the pincer attack, the crack's expansion speed not only failed to slow, but grew faster and faster.

The gloomy blue Runes had just been patched on when outer-layer cannon fire blasted them to pieces, unable to hold for even half a second.

"Damn it, damn it!" Luna gritted her teeth, nails digging deep into her palm.

She knew the Barrier could not hold.

Drag it out further, and the moment the Barrier shattered completely, the big guns outside would raze this place to flat ground, blasting her to bits along with it.

But she, Luna Saint Galus, never lacked trump cards.

She withdrew the Staff, no longer caring about the tottering Barrier, instead turning and drifting toward the Arcane Altar behind her.

Madness surged in the eyes beneath her mask, yet the Mouth Corner hooked into a Distorted Smile.

Since you want to come out, I'll prepare a grand gift for you.

But this Fluctuation was quickly noticed by Lena Guyu.

"Lin En, Luna has given up repairing the barrier."

"She's activating some kind of Warp ritual; the Spirit Energy Level is very high."

Gu Yu's voice once again entered Lin En's mind through the Soul Link, carrying a trace of barely noticeable weakness.

She was now floating in midair, relying on the last trace of Spirit Energy to maintain her form, pretending she still had the strength to fight.

She actually didn't have the strength to raise her hand, and could only watch helplessly as the runes on the Sacrificial Altar lit up one by one.

"Ritual completion?" Lin En's voice immediately echoed in her consciousness, without a hint of panic.

"I don't know, but it should be soon, and it's still accelerating."

She quickly calculated in her mind, then said again:

"Before the barrier is completely shattered, the internal time flow still has a tenfold difference; by external world time, you have less than ten minutes."

Ten minutes.

Lin En's gaze swept over the ten Purification Apostles already waiting at his side.

These Apostles were different from the ordinary gray-robed Chaos Believers; their bodies were taller, and dark purple veins faintly bulged beneath their skin.

The Spirit Energy Cores in their chests had been artificially catalyzed to the extreme, "Spirit Detonators" cultivated by Lena specifically to target Spirit Energy Barriers.

Each detonation was equivalent to a Beta-class Spirit Energy User's uncontrolled self-destruction, having an extremely strong destructive effect on energy structures.

"Go." Lin En said only two words.

The ten Apostles bowed in unison, without a single last word or a moment of hesitation.

They turned and leaped down from the towering Firepower Platform, like ten dropped bombs, plunging straight toward the constantly shattering barrier below.

Wind poured into their Gowns, howling, like some kind of screaming missile.

When they were several meters from the barrier wall, dazzling purple light lit up simultaneously in the chests of all ten people.

"Boom!!!"

Ten deep purple Spirit Energy Fireballs exploded consecutively on the barrier's outer wall, and the violent Spirit Energy Wave slammed heavily against the barrier ramparts already riddled with holes.

Outside was the continuous bombardment of Macro Cannons and heat-melting fire; inside was the fatal crack split by Gu Yu, plus the pinpoint blasting of ten Beta-class Spirit Energy self-destructions.

The Nine-Sided Sealing Spirit Array, which had barely been able to hold on, finally reached its end.

External world time, nine minutes and fifty-eight seconds.

"Crack, Boom!!!"

Accompanied by a deafening roar, the ghost-blue barrier wall completely collapsed.

Countless energy fragments turned into a sky-full of light rain, flying and splashing everywhere in the dim Underground Hall, bringing down a magnificent blue rain.