Chapter 2456: Ah, It's Mutual Destruction
Those red-gold armor-piercing cones even had a tracking function, all swarming toward the Grand Cathedral!
In that moment, the glazed light on Baldr, Piers, and Magician was incredibly dense, and the space prisms forming the Grand Cathedral began to rotate nonstop!
Baldr said indifferently: (ꐦ･ˇдˇ･) "Heh~ Armor-piercing cones? How primitive. Grand Cathedral • Space Total Reflection!"
"Boom!"
An extremely intense space oscillation spread out!
The incoming red-gold armor-piercing cones abruptly reversed direction the moment they neared the Grand Cathedral, turning straight back toward the Steel Group Army!
It wasn't like the attack transfer of a space wormhole, but a more direct space reversal!
The space carrying the red-gold armor-piercing cones was reversed, so they naturally returned along the original path!
Thus, an extremely bizarre scene occurred—not a single armor-piercing cone successfully struck the Grand Cathedral!
All turned around and flew back!
Ulu looked annoyed: "Tch~ Same old trick! Iron Wall!"
The thick hexagonal Wuka Celestial Gold shields combined rapidly, forming a huge semi-arc shield like an eggshell protecting the Steel Group Army inside!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The massive armor-piercing cones exploded the moment they struck the Iron Wall, erupting with blazing energy ripples, but all were blocked!
Both the energy impact and physical impact were absorbed by the Wuka Celestial Gold, leaving only shallow crater marks on the surface!
Jingming glared: "Explode!"
Hidden inside those armor-piercing cones were crystals containing immense energy, which exploded the moment the space reversal occurred, before the cones even shot back, aiming to destroy the Grand Cathedral!
But Bati had long stood in front of the Grand Cathedral, ready!
Facing the surging energy flood, Bati waved his hand!
"Atomic Annihilation • Moat!"
The energy shockwaves, before even nearing the Grand Cathedral, seemed to hit an invisible, thick barrier, directly annihilating into nothingness, not a trace penetrating through!
Clearly, Bati had foreseen this!
(˵︾▽︾) "Hey! Don't use tricks that wouldn't even fool a three-year-old, alright? Since you came to besiege us, bring out the real stuff!"
"Trying to clear us out with this level? Even daydreams aren't this audacious!"
Eugene and the others looked as if they'd eaten stinky socks!
Ulu sneered: "If you have the guts, charge in! Can you break through our defenses?"
Hearing that, Odin and the others also showed a trace of helplessness—they'd used every trick they could!
The Steel Group Army was like a living war fortress, incredibly tough, and there was a risk of getting oneself caught if careless!
In normal conditions, there really was no good way to break their defenses!
Baldr's eyes were full of ferocity:
(ꐦ°᷄д°᷅)っ¤=[:::::＞
"Damn it! I'll charge in right now! With my ability, they can't hold me back. As long as I take out those troublesome races, the Iron Wall will collapse on its own!"
He was about to charge in!
But Odin pressed on Baldr's shoulder and grinned: "You're an assassin-type—why charge into enemy camp? Don't underestimate the heroes of the world. These sequences all have their own means of survival!"
"Besides, most are material-type lifeforms, not carbon-based. If you don't completely annihilate them, it's hard to kill them. They've set up their formation exactly waiting for us to charge in!"
"Isn't it foolish to see a fire pit and still jump in headfirst?"
Piers nodded: (ง･ˇ_ˇ･)ง "Exactly, exactly! Let's wait a bit longer~"
Magician looked helplessly at Piers—you've written 'coward' all over your face!
Can you have a little more confidence in yourself?
Baldr ground his teeth: "An assassin who doesn't charge enemy camp is no good space-type. If we keep scratching like this, how long will it take? I still want to climb the Star Hunt Rankings!"
Pang Badi rubbed his head: "Lord Xiao and the others aren't using their buffs yet; we can't go first, right? Otherwise, we'd expose their trump cards?"
Odin's side was all waiting for Xiao Chuihuo's side to erupt!
Odin frowned at the Steel Group Army and clicked his tongue: "This turtle shell is really hard to deal with without using the buffs, huh?"
He was looking forward to showing off under the whole starry sky after using the buffs, advertising for his Sun God Cult, recruiting new members, and increasing his followers!
He'd even thought of the lines in advance!
Odin cleared his throat:
-`(｡･ˇกˇ･｡)´- "Hey hey hey~ What do you mean, 'charge in'? You're the ones here to besiege us—can you be more professional?"
"You set up a defensive formation the moment the battle starts? Are your heads full of iron lumps too?"
"Aren't you going to clear us out? Then fight already?"
Hei Si glared, murderous intent blazing in his eyes: "Then as you wish!"
In that moment, the three million insect cannon fodder opened their massive jaws wide!
Energy began to conduct along the carbon threads connected to them. All the energy flowing from the crystal race's energy ring array was launched through the three million insect soldiers, straight toward the Grand Cathedral!
The Grand Cathedral didn't directly take the hits but used space conversion to maneuver around the Steel Group Army's formation!
Waiting! Waiting for Xiao Chuihuo's side to erupt!
Eugene urged anxiously: (￢益￢///) "Damn it! Jingming, what the hell are you stalling for? Can you get it done or not? If we wait any longer, Jiangnan will have already killed his way over!"
On the energy ring array, every crystal race warrior exuded an incredibly terrifying energy fluctuation, distorting space!
Each looked like a small sun, the energy accumulated inside having reached the limit the crystal race could bear!
Jingming finally opened his eyes, divine light bursting forth:
"Energy circuit construction complete! Enough!"
He exchanged a glance with Hei Si, and both nodded simultaneously!
On the other side, Bati jerked alert, then tilted his head toward Odin:
(๑•̌.•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "Should we dodge? This wave won't be easy to take? Sigh~ These bastards are ruthless enough—trying to kill a thousand enemies at the cost of eight hundred of their own, huh?"
Odin furrowed his brow, about to speak!
Bati jerked again: (*ﾟﾛﾟ) "Wait! Lord Xiao and the others have used their buffs; they'll notify in the group chat, and then we'll use ours too!"
Odin's face darkened: -`(̿▀̿̿Ĺ̯̿̿▀̿̿)̄´- "Since you already have the script in hand... can you not take such deep breaths between sentences? Say it all at once, okay?"
Bati rolled his eyes: "Well, I have to read slowly too, don't I?"
Baldr grinned grimly: "No need to dodge. Since they want to go big, we'll just borrow their strength!"
They all exchanged glances, malicious smiles blooming on their faces!
"Everyone! Prepare to use the buffs, don't hold back—chug them down!"
Baldr licked his lips and drew his Cosmic Origin Crystal Short Sword!
"Odin! If you end up below me on this Star Hunt Ranking, don't blame me for smacking your face!"
Odin curled his lip: -`(˵ಡ‿ಡ)´- "You? Forget it! You'll be eating my dust! I was the first human to break through to the Transcendent Realm—I even named the realm!"
"Unlike some coward who didn't even dare to accept the creation particles~ Wait till I blind your dog eyes!"
Baldr: (ꐦ°᷄益°᷅) Tch~
Can we stop bringing up the two-hundred-year-old almanac?
If hitting teammates didn't give points, I'd cut you down right now!
What are you showing off for?
Martin's expression turned serious: "They're coming!"
Hei Si roared: "Deep Space Dark Web • Bind!"
In an instant, the carbon net covering the Steel Group Army burst forth, countless carbon threads shooting out like demon snakes, extending into the starry sky!
The coverage of the carbon net expanded tenfold!
Countless carbon threads, like layers of silk, firmly bound the Grand Cathedral domain in place, wildly absorbing its energy!
At the same time, the metal force field and omnidirectional magnetic field expanded threefold, covering the Grand Cathedral within their control range!
They could have expanded this wide all along—they'd just been holding back!
In an instant, Odin and the others felt a surging force pressing on them, as if their bodies were about to be crushed!
Moreover, their flesh was being continuously metalized!
Martin sneered: "Magnetic field? Hah~ Who plays with such low-level toys? Do you look down on me?"
Under the effect of gravity, the magnetic field was offset and pushed away!
Meanwhile, Pang Badi's law also took effect: "You want to turn everyone into straight-laced steel men? Did you ask me, Boss Pang?"
The metallic color faded from them, unaffected by the two fields!
Just then, Jingming roared:
"Energy Conduction! Celestial Crystal Annihilation • Crystal Coffin!"
In an instant, the energy bursting from the energy ring array lit up all the carbon threads interwoven in the starry sky!
The carbon threads became brighter than the filament of a light bulb!
On the carbon threads around the Grand Cathedral, all the energy converged there and condensed into energy crystals!
In the blink of an eye, the Grand Cathedral was completely sealed within a massive energy crystal, like a crystal coffin!
Jingming grinned viciously: "Not dodging? Overconfidence is arrogance!"
"Crystal Coffin Burial • Explode!"
"Boom!"
The massive energy crystal coffin enveloping the Grand Cathedral exploded instantly!
All the energy erupted at the same moment!
Baldr's eyes turned icy: "Boundless Forbidden Zone • A World Away!"
He directly compressed the space around the Grand Cathedral. The seemingly short distance was actually infinitely far!
Even a close-range energy impact needed time to cross such a great distance and reach the Grand Cathedral itself!
But this premeditated explosion was too violent!
It wasn't just aimed at the Grand Cathedral—the Steel Group Army was also caught in its range!
The colossal energy blast even covered the entire battlefield and a large expanse of starry space beyond!
It was an unparalleled eruption!
Ulu of the Tungsten Armor Clan roared, extending countless Wuka Celestial Gold shields into a spherical barrier to block the explosion!
Yet even so, the Wuka Celestial Gold defense was blasted red-hot by the point-blank explosion, as if it would collapse any moment!
The Steel Group Army was betting that the Grand Cathedral couldn't withstand it!
Even if it meant injuring a thousand enemies at the cost of eight hundred of their own—this mutual destruction method!
They would take them down!
Jingming didn't believe they could withstand an energy blast of this magnitude!
And at this moment, the only thing Odin and the others did was chug the buffs!
Because they'd just received the news: Xiao Chuihuo and the others had already used their buffs and started fighting. On this side, they no longer needed to hide anything!