Chapter 719: Tilting
Countless colorful, tangible energy attacks rained down like a raging storm, obliterating every spot on the ground within range.
They cracked inch by inch, ice cones piercing, wind blades cutting.
All attacks contained in their force and pressure…
These attacks collided and superimposed within the narrow space, ultimately triggering a world-shaking, massive energy explosion!
RUMBLE!
Blinding intense light engulfed everything. The violent shockwave blasted a deep pit in the ground, and smoke and dust mixed with chaotic energy turbulence billowed up, obscuring everyone’s vision.
Ai Wei, floating on her mist island, her expression unreadable, gently waved her right hand. A pair of powerful yet precisely controlled legs formed exquisite arcs, like a giant brush, sweeping towards the densest part of the smoke, instantly dispersing the pervading mist.
However, the scene revealed after the smoke cleared astonished everyone.
The faces of the expectant heroes sank! Ai Wei had imagined the enemy in a sorry state, either retreating or unable to withstand the attack. Instead, dozens of huge, constantly rotating, circular tunnels made of white cloud and mist appeared! The edges of these tunnels flowed with a serene glow, emitting tranquil spatial fluctuations.
Following this, a petite girl wearing an intricately designed dark-colored Lolita dress and sporting a bob haircut elegantly stepped out of one of the giant tunnels as if attending a tea party. Her face held a innocent and sincere smile. She was an executive of the [Dark] Organization—”Cloud Armor”!
Behind Cloud Armor, like a bursting dam, countless combatants wearing black and red battle uniforms, black transparent masks, and holding combat equipment with aggressive designs swarmed out of various cloud tunnels. They were well-trained and immediately sought cover upon appearing, or knelt directly on the ground, scattering thorny vines around them.
The heroes who survived the explosion were met with a dense and precise laser barrage!
BOOM!
Scorching red laser beams, like death-reaping scythes, instantly sliced through the air. But they were all blocked by layers of energy barriers, and the heroes’ energy attacks had also ended.
“What… what do we do now?”
On Mist Island in the sky, Yu Ren’s face was unmarked, his eyes shining. His mind was already racing. He immediately sensed something was extremely wrong! The protective shields around the academies of various countries were a composite defense system jointly built by the Heroes Association’s top-tier technology and the spiritual energy arrays of the great shrines of various countries! Their strength was extremely high, theoretically almost isolating them from small-scale physical attacks and general energy attacks.
It was previously explainable that Kurokado and the others could enter because Kurokado’s unfathomable destructive power somehow conflicted with the protective shield’s magic array, causing a temporary opening. But now, this large-scale, stable group transport… this was absolutely not the same nature! It was more like… an enemy had opened a backdoor within the protective shield, allowing these tunnels to be established!
“Whoever controls the cloud and mist from within can penetrate the core of the defense system!” The thought stabbed into Mist Island like an ice cone, sending a chill through everyone. But he knew deeply that now was not the time to investigate the mole; the priority was to stabilize the battle situation!
Without hesitation, he raised his hands again, making a “plucking” gesture. The solemn clouds in the sky seemed to be kneaded by his invisible giant hand, transforming into active and solid cloud masses. Like living beings, they rapidly drifted towards every hero on the ground, gently attaching themselves to their bodies. The cloud masses formed a seemingly thin but actually quite defensive “Cloud Armor”!
At the same time, his eyes sharpened, and he slammed his hands together! In an instant, within the dark clouds, lightning, more robust and condensed than before, in the shape of long electric whips like giant dragons, instantly sliced through space, majestic and imposing!
The girl in Cloud Armor had long been standing in place, seemingly unconcerned by the surrounding chaos. She calmly glanced towards Kurokado and the others. “Hmph!” Amidst this terrifying lightning strike, capable of heavily injuring or even instantly killing, she pulled the snow-white, intensely cold Cloud Armor around Kurokado’s head back slightly.
Meanwhile, Kurokado stood like a tower of defense. Andre knelt on the ground to Kurokado’s left front. The solid muscles of his right arm were wrapped in solidified, sharp stone knives formed by invisible energy.
*Crack!* He didn’t dodge, but met the now violent lightning head-on.
“Stop!” Mist Island’s person roared! The energy explosion resembling lightning had no expected energy blast, but instead emitted a piercing scream like distorted diamond! The lightning, composed purely of destructive energy, was dispersed by Andre’s peculiar and strange power, forcefully deviating from its original trajectory!
The girl in Cloud Armor, flicking the thick electric light, swept diagonally towards the hero crowd intensely engaged in battle not far away!
“Careful! Scatter!” the heroes exclaimed, dodging and defending, but the speed of the lightning was too fast, its range too wide! However, a few heroes who were grazed by the edge of the lightning had their Cloud Armor torn with large burnt holes, but they themselves were not significantly harmed.
“Executive! It’s too blinding!” Mist Island’s person roared, a white light locking onto Andre. His tone was solemn. Andre also raised his head at the same time. His eyes, already veiled in white mist, met Mist Island’s gaze across the distance! Mist Island’s gaze swept past Kurokado behind Andre, who appeared unusually calm for someone from the [Dark] Organization. Kurokado simply stood there, his face filled with swirling energy, as if waiting for something, or observing some terrible power. Mist Island’s mind raced. Although he didn’t know Kurokado’s specific intentions, he was certain that Kurokado must not be allowed to unleash another destructive attack like the previous one! Without the battle-hardened warriors present, such an attack would cause considerable damage to the hero team if unleashed.
“We must deal with that guy quickly.” He turned towards Mist Island, no longer hesitating. His eyes flashed, and the surrounding atmosphere began to change drastically! The energy in the entire battlefield seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, beginning to surge towards him frantically. He formed a giant vortex with himself at the core, lightning flashed madly in the depths of the clouds, wind pressure increased sharply, even light seemed to be distorted, as if preparing some extremely powerful move!
At the same time, on the ground battlefield. With the addition of a large number of new troops brought by Kirie, the battle situation instantly reversed! Kirie herself was not directly participating in the battle. She merely twirled her umbrella, emitting a faint white mist from her body. This mist spread silently, covering the entire battlefield. Heroes who inhaled or came into contact with this mist felt no significant discomfort, but their movements and reactions became slightly sluggish, even a beat slower. However, the combat members of the [Dark] Organization seemed unaffected, even becoming a bit more agile.
“Hey! Old man, I’ve brought everyone back for you. It’s up to you now,” Kirie turned her head and shouted at the black-robed elder who had been hiding in the shadows, her tone tinged with impatience. The Black Robe Elder was not angered by Kirie’s disrespect. He merely let out a low, sinister, hoarse chuckle, like a low laugh in the dead of night. He slowly pulled out a long, irregularly shaped object from his wide black robe, a pale white bone bow that seemed to be made from the spine of some creature. He brought the bone bow to his mouth and began to play it. No pleasant sound emerged, only a series of low, murmuring hums, like a howl that directly infused energy into the soul. As the bone bow was drawn, a thin, long cyan energy thread, like a living creature, drifted out from the holes of the bone bow. It seemed to have a will of its own, winding and moving in the air, precisely finding every organization combat member engaged in battle with the heroes. Then, it silently burrowed into their nape or heart regions!
“Ahhhhhh!” The combat members invaded by the cyan energy thread stiffened abruptly, then let out painful roars! Their muscles visibly bulged, cyan power exploded outwards, their eyes instantly filled with bloodshot veins, emitting a frenzied and violent aura! Whether it was speed, strength, or resistance to attacks, it was significantly enhanced, even becoming fearless of pain. Like berserk beasts, they lunged even more fiercely at the heroes before them!
The heroes, already under the dual pressure of Kirie’s weakening mist and the enemy’s berserk surge, now faced these suddenly berserk enemies. The scales of the battlefield began to tip towards the [Dark] Organization from the moment Kirie and the Black Robe Elder intervened!
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Meanwhile, in a secluded corner of the academy, some distance from the main battlefield. Kazumi stood quietly in place, her ears beneath her hood twitching, listening to the continuous explosions, shouts, and roars of energy clashes from afar. Suddenly, she noticed the air in front of her distort. A circular tunnel, identical to those on the main battlefield and made of white cloud and mist, abruptly and silently opened before her. The other end of the tunnel seemed to connect to a space filled with malice.
“Hm?” Kazumi’s eyes immediately turned cold. She let out a cold snort, not even bothering to look at what might be on the other side of the tunnel. She raised the large calligraphy brush in her hand. A wisp of pure, dense, dark green death energy condensed at the tip of her brush, like a living venom, and lunged towards the cloud tunnel!
*Sizzle sizzle sizzle——!* The death energy rushed against the cloud and mist forming the tunnel with a hissing sound. The seemingly stable tunnel quickly became unstable under the erosion of the death energy, which possessed destructive properties. Its edges began to crack and dissipate! In just two to three seconds, the entire cloud tunnel was completely crushed by Kazumi’s death energy, vanishing like smoke and dust, as if it had never existed.
Having done this, Kazumi’s deep, dark green [Kimokado] slowly unfolded before her. She raised her head, casting one last look towards the direction of the battlefield, where the sky was filled with surging energy and ceaseless struggle. Her gaze was cold and resolute. Without further hesitation, she stepped forward, her figure completely immersing into the dimness of the [Kimokado], disappearing without a trace.
