The Shepherds Are Dense – Chapter 906

Chapter 905
You still want to lie to me!

It was suffocating darkness.
It felt as if one’s head had been plunged into icy water, or as if one were walking against a storm that would destroy the entire city.
Unable to help but widen their eyes, the suffocating sensation spread. Their brains turned icy, becoming incredibly clear in an instant.
Their spines tingled with a current of electricity.
The next moment, accompanied by a roar, overwhelming pressure descended with a force that seemed capable of destroying the world.
Under the effect of this gravity, the floor of the ninth level of the Sky-Piercing Tower suddenly shattered and collapsed.

They were enveloped in a translucent, amber-colored sphere and plummeted downwards. Their bodies, due to weightlessness, flew out and collided with each other, or bounced off the protective barrier upwards.
However, the sphere itself did not bounce back. After reaching the eighth level, it gradually flattened into a disk under the gravitational force. The surrounding earth cracked further. The barrier did not shatter, but it ironically became a deadly trap.

It had compressed to a height of less than two meters. Even raising a hand meant one’s arm would hit the ceiling. The intense pressure was something even the silent monk, Mu, could not withstand.
Mu raised his hands, attempting to block the sky-shattering might. But his muscles bulged, his neck and shoulders turned red, and his spine crackled with each adjustment. Yet, the barrier continued to press down slowly.

“Master Amber, remove the Preservation Technique!”
Sin was the first to react.
If it continued to compress, this incredibly durable Preservation Technique barrier would likely crush everyone inside into a paste.

“But if we remove it…”
Master Amber still hesitated.
If the barrier were removed, under the effect of the space-time turbulence outside… the storm would likely blow them away directly!
It wouldn’t be fatal. But if they were flung into that rift at this moment, influenced by another overlapping dimension, their exit point would definitely not be their entry point.
If they landed in another one of Narcissus’s cities, it would be fine. But if they flew to farther places… like Anxi, the Southern Continent, or even more distant places where they couldn’t understand the language, they might never return!
What if they landed on a snow-capped mountain or in the deep sea?

“Ugh…”
Even the silent Mu couldn’t help but grit his teeth and let out a muffled groan of pain.
Golden radiance had appeared throughout his body, yet his bones continued to crack and shatter irreversibly.
Continuing to maintain the barrier meant a slow death. Who could guarantee that the barrier would stop shrinking before crushing everyone to death? If Mu stopped supporting the barrier, what if it crushed everyone in an instant?
But if the Preservation Technique barrier wasn’t maintained… even setting aside the space-time turbulence, there was still an evil will outside whose true form was unknown!

However, Master Amber would not suffer this agonizing dilemma for much longer.
Because from within the pitch-black rift, a claw suddenly extended and tore apart the Preservation Technique barrier!
In an instant, the sound of a violent, wolf-like storm roaring, accompanied by intense rumbling, filled everyone’s ears!

“Ah!”
Little Cat let out a scream. Being the lightest and wearing a hood, she was suddenly blown up like a flying squirrel.
The Vagrant, with his keen senses, realized this. He grabbed Little Cat’s hand and then, as if to slam her onto the ground, swung her around and used the momentum to smash her into the ground!
He opened his mouth, as if to say something. But no sound came out.
Just the act of opening his mouth made his cheeks redden and veins bulge.

On the other side, Eivass was closing his eyes to heal Mu’s shattered bones. With his other hand, he held onto Cardinal Galatea, who remained unwavering amidst the storm.
The Great Mage looked very solemnly at the darkness.
He didn’t know what was in there, and he himself had no mana left, making him nothing more than a burden. Yet, he was remarkably calm. Zhu Tang held onto Professor Bard, the only ordinary person there, but even his forehead was covered in sweat.

The one with the strongest desire to survive was the Dream Traveling Monk, “Encyclopedia.”
He had just learned the truth behind the death of the Second Sun and absolutely did not want to die!
… But he was likely the only one present, besides the three Fifth Tier individuals, who knew what might be happening.
Horus, accustomed to contact with the power of Heavenly Envoys, could clearly sense…
That what attacked them, shattering the barrier… was not one of the nameless Phantom Demons that were common in the Dream Realm.
It was a genuine Heavenly Envoy!
Such intense fallen aura…
It was the Lord of Demons in the Heavens – the Heavenly Envoy of Great Sin, the Fallen Heavenly Envoy.
A Fallen Heavenly Envoy who transcended the Path!

If he couldn’t survive.
He had to at least find a way to upload this information.
He had already extended his right hand and pressed it to his forehead. At each point where his fingers touched his skin, a cluster of azure flames ignited.
Encyclopedia’s gaze became resolute, and the light of his Azure Path ignited in the depths of his pupils.

“I am not the snake.”
Amidst the rumbling roar, Eivass, while healing Mu, spoke words that he himself could not hear.
He raised his head and looked directly at the void before him. His eyes were clear and resolute, without the slightest waver.
“I am an irreconcilable mortal enemy of the ‘snake’, and Lucifer has acknowledged my revenge! I am the key that the snake used to open the door, and now I will betray my mission—”
However, Eivass’s words did not earn him any leniency from that voice.
A more violent, angry, and layered voice erupted: “You still want to lie to me!
“—What difference is there between a snake and a snake’s tail!”
The next moment.
An even more ferocious power swept over—
It was not the shadowy claw from before, but a deep purple, centipede-like creeping and spreading lightning slash!
In an instant, the aura of death felt so close!
For a moment.
Cardinal Galatea, who had seemed to have some opinion of Eivass previously, instantly appeared before him.

She slightly raised her hand, and illusion, turning the fake into the real, conjured a rectangular transparent wall before her and Eivass. This wall then extended backward, forming a barrier like a transparent coffin.
The azure wall deflected the lightning slash, significantly reducing its power. However, it instantly shattered the barrier and mercilessly struck Galatea!
Galatea’s body crackled with arcs of electricity. But even so, she still stood firmly in front of Eivass, unwavering. She still showed no expression.

However, Eivass clearly felt her life force gradually weakening.
In its place, Eivass was almost unharmed.
But Eivass had no time for grief.
—Because as far as he could see, almost everyone around him had their lives instantly extinguished by that slash!

(End of Chapter)