Chapter 709
Chapter 709
The shield of the Rock Squad was on the verge of collapse under relentless attacks, its light flickering weakly.
The Awakened Legion was running on fumes, with fire and ice exploding amidst swarms of monsters. Telekinetic blasts sent several BOWs flying, but more kept pouring in endlessly.
Sabrina and Lily's precise shots remained effective even in the chaotic battlefield. Puppet soldiers' heads exploded, and BOWs' joints were shattered one after another, but the enemy numbers seemed infinite.
Uri's face was pale, the strain of maintaining the spatial barrier to disrupt Heart Eater's mental field taking a heavy toll on her.
Sophia's life-link glow flickered as warriors grunted and spat blood from shared damage. She herself was barely standing.
Dane was still frantically analyzing the core platform's shield, but progress was slow.
I stood at the center of the defensive ring, pushing the power of the Control Spirit Crystal to its limit.
Not only did I have to maintain my own purifying shield to resist Heart Eater's mental corruption, but I also had to keep firing pure blue beams.
One beam struck a BOW with a venomous tail as it lunged at Uri's back, purifying it into a pile of smoldering black ash.
Another beam shot into a group of puppet soldiers, dispersing a faint red mental mist Heart Eater had silently unleashed to cause hallucinations.
Sweat beaded on my forehead. The energy of the Control Spirit Crystal wasn't endless; I had to calculate every move carefully.
"James! We can't keep this up! We'll be worn down to nothing!" Jack roared hoarsely while blasting approaching BOWs with his heavy energy rifle. His shoulder armor, hit by a BOW's acidic spray, was smoking.
My gaze swept across the battlefield, over my bloodied comrades, over the core platform so close yet so far, and finally settled on the figure hovering on the suspended platform like a grim reaper.
Heart Eater seemed to sense my stare. His cold metal mask turned toward me, his eyes carrying a hint of mocking amusement.
He slowly raised his left hand, a deep, dark red energy ball forming at his fingertips, so intense it seemed to swallow light itself. A massive, chaotic wave of terror, capable of instantly shattering a squad's mental defenses, began to build!
"The power of the Control Spirit Crystal is fascinating. Too bad it can't save you," Heart Eater's voice rang like a death knell, "Feel true mental annihilation!"
The dark red energy ball suddenly expanded, casting the shadow of death over the entire Blade Squad!
A critical moment! A true life-or-death situation!
Blue light flared in my eyes as the power of the Control Spirit Crystal surged through me at an unprecedented speed!
I had to interrupt Heart Eater's casting, or we'd all be doomed!
"Uri! Full power! Disrupt him! Now!" My shout cut through the battlefield's chaos.
"Ronnie! Cover me!"
"Sabrina! Lily! Target that energy ball!"
"Sophia! Prepare life-link overload! Save everyone!"
Orders came like a storm! The Blade Squad's last edge shone fiercely in desperation, facing the all-devouring dark red light of annihilation!
My roar thundered just as Heart Eater's devastating energy ball was about to launch!
Uri's hair whipped around without wind, silver light nearly burning in her eyes!
Her hands formed a seal and thrust upward. A far more violent and distorted spatial wave erupted, no longer a barrier but an invisible giant hammer, smashing toward Heart Eater's suspended area!
The space there cracked like fragile glass, visible to the naked eye!
Heart Eater's motion to gather the energy ball faltered. The solid alloy observation platform beneath him shook violently, groaning under the strain.
The dark red energy ball, on the verge of exploding, became extremely unstable due to the intense spatial interference, its surface energy spiraling wildly!
"Cover!" Ronnie bellowed, hurling his massive Spiritual Energy metal chainsaw. Like two roaring metal meteors, they tore through the air with a piercing screech, striking at Heart Eater from both sides!
Not to kill, but to distract him and stop him from stabilizing the energy ball!
"Hit the energy ball!" Sabrina and Lily's shots followed immediately!
Sabrina's energy sniper rifle unleashed a deeper blue glow. This time, the shot wasn't a straight line but a high-speed spiraling trajectory, aiming straight for the unstable dark red core!
Lily fired three high-frequency electric arc arrows in a triangular formation, blocking any path the energy ball might shift to!
For the first time, a flicker of emotion passed through Heart Eater's cold eyes—not fear, but irritation at being interrupted.
He had to divert some Spiritual Energy to stabilize the chaotic space structure around him caused by Uri's spatial blast. At the same time, his left hand's motion to maintain the energy ball was disrupted, forcing him to clench his fingers and suppress the raging energy!
Sabrina's spiraling sniper beam hit the edge of the dark red energy ball! A violent clash of energy erupted instantly! Blue and red collided and annihilated each other!
Lily's three electric arc arrows struck simultaneously, wild currents wrapping around like chains, further destabilizing the energy!
The terrifying dark red energy ball didn't annihilate the Blade Squad's minds as Heart Eater intended. Instead, it was detonated by our combined efforts just 30 feet in front of him!
A small energy storm swept across the suspended platform!
Dark red energy currents raged like an unleashed dragon, slamming and tearing at the mental shield Heart Eater had hastily erected!
He grunted, his body shoved backward by the blast's shockwave, crashing into the hard alloy wall behind him. Dark red liquid seemed to seep from under his metal mask.
His dark red combat suit was torn in several places, revealing eerie, glowing implanted circuits beneath.
"Now! Sophia!" My shout echoed through the explosion's aftermath. My body shot forward like an arrow, the power of the Control Spirit Crystal bursting under my feet. I became a blue shadow, not retreating but charging through the lingering energy currents, straight toward the suspended platform!
I had to seize this moment while Heart Eater was wounded and distracted to take down this most dangerous threat for good!
"Life-link! Overload! Resilient Barrier!" Sophia's face drained of all color as emerald green light flared around her like fire!
The life-link threads covering the Blade Squad thickened and brightened, becoming like solid light cables! A powerful surge of life energy and unyielding will forcibly poured into every warrior!
Almost at the same instant as the life-link overload, the aftermath of Heart Eater's uncontrolled explosion and the frenzied attacks from the puppet soldiers and BOWs below crashed into the Rock Squad's shield like a tsunami!
The earthy yellow shield flickered like a candle in the wind, flashing violently before shattering with a boom! The wild energy blast and physical attacks slammed into the Rock Squad members!
Several Rock Squad members were hit as if by a sledgehammer, spitting blood as their bodies were thrown backward!
Their alloy armor was heavily deformed, even shattered!
But a miracle happened! Not a single person died on the spot!
Sophia's life-link overload distributed the lethal damage to the extreme, forcibly preserving their lives! Though everyone was critically injured, their stubborn vitality held on through the link!
"Blade! Hold the breach!" Ronnie's eyes were bloodshot. The spiritual metal on his arms instantly retracted, forming two massive tower shields that he used to block the gap in the Rock Squad's line!
Fire, ice spikes, and telekinetic storms erupted wildly at the breach, temporarily pushing back the puppets and BOWs trying to surge in!