The black figure was going crazy.
He tried to break free from this vessel he had descended into, but it was completely useless.
On the altar, the black figure’s voice was filled with frustration to the point of spitting blood.
“What a scam! What a sneaky bastard! Who in their right mind would trick another [Domain Lord] when they don’t even have a complete godhood? Have you no shame? Ahhh, I’m so mad. Our godhoods aren’t even compatible — what’s the point of stealing mine?”
“Damn those Aura people. Your descent vessel has a bug, do you even know that?”
“No wonder there are so many corpses and warships here — they were all tricked into coming, weren’t they?”
After venting his anger, the black figure seemed to have lost all strength and options, and had no choice but to soften his approach and try to tempt Lin Xiaohe.
“Hey girl, don’t let my status as a high-tier [Domain Lord] fool you. The innate ability of my godhood really isn’t all that great — it’s far inferior to yours. If you force yourself to merge with my godhood, it’s a terrible deal for you. It’ll drag down your level.”
“How about this — you let me go, and I’ll go trick a different [Domain Lord] into descending here? I promise, I’ll absolutely pick one that’s a better match for you!”
Lin Xiaohe sneered coldly.
If she had known what kind of situation this was, would she have let the Aura people trick her into this mess?
Besides, even if she did know, there was no way she would help the black figure before her. What if he regained his freedom and went back on his word, then turned around to deal with her?
Chang Qing was right — in the universe, the cheapest things are trust and promises.
The black figure could see that nearly a quarter of his godhood was completely trapped inside this descent vessel, and he was falling apart.
This was the deepest pit he had stepped into on his journey from a Origin to a [Domain Lord], the most miserable Waterloo he had ever slid into.
If he had known this would happen, he would have rather gone to participate in the God War.
“Hey girl, if nothing else works, let me teach you how to ascend to [Domain Lord]. Just having a godhood alone is useless.”
Lin Xiaohe was cold and unmoved.
The black figure’s silhouette grew fainter and fainter, like an ink dot on rice paper — once you drip water on it, the ink gradually spreads until no trace of it remains in the center.
When the ink dot completely vanished from the rice paper, what remained in its place was a quarter of a ring with a gap.
Lin Xiaohe guessed that this must be a portion of that high-tier [Domain Lord]’s godhood.
But how was she supposed to merge with it?
In that instant, an ancient chant echoed from the altar.
Lin Xiaohe could only vaguely make out a few words.
[…Regret… Hatred… Those who come… Break the prison…]
As the chanting continued, the incomplete ring stopped emitting a purple glow and turned milky white, finally shifting to a soft, gentle shimmer.
This faint light suddenly vanished into thin air.
Lin Xiaohe only felt a familiar spiritual light ripple through her like stripes, invading her body, sweeping across every inch, even briefly resonating with her life source far away in the Holy Domain.
Everything happened in an instant. Before Lin Xiaohe could even react, this spiritual light — just like the faint glow at Kailin Renault’s heart — had hidden itself somewhere in her body, and she had no idea where.
The altar trembled beneath Lin Xiaohe’s feet, and step after step suddenly rose, pointing straight toward the clouds above the altar.
Now that Lin Xiaohe possessed half a godhood, her overall strength had surged dramatically.
She had a premonition that the system’s self-destruct was no longer a crisis — she could handle it with ease.
Now there were two choices before her. One was to follow the steps into the altar, where she might find many answers and secrets, and perhaps even complete her godhood, pushing her strength to yet another level.
The second choice was to first return to the Third Dimension and resolve the crisis that the Aura people had brought upon Planet Jiuzhou and the Stardust humans.
Lin Xiaohe hesitated.
If she didn’t enter the altar this time, who knew how long she would have to wait before another chance came.
…
Planet Jiuzhou had been ravaged badly by the Aura people, and they finally turned their gaze toward the Vientiane Ark on the moon Taiyin.
The Vientiane Ark had not only lost contact with Planet Jiuzhou, but also couldn’t reach Lin Xiaohe.
A large number of crystal Aura people floated around the Vientiane Ark, bobbing up and down. Their crystal bodies seemed like envoys from heaven, looking fragile at a glance — but Hardy and the others all knew that this crystal was nothing like ordinary crystal. Its defensive capabilities were terrifyingly high.
Many Stardust humans who hadn’t been descended upon rode Giant Sound Whales, fighting the crystal Aura people to the death.
But the insect clan’s spears, which had always been invincible, could only leave scratch marks on the crystal Aura people’s surfaces — they couldn’t pierce their defenses at all.
After much effort, Wesley and the others finally worked together to kill one crystal Aura person. But the very next second, the Aura people’s ship would release an identical crystal Aura person.
Honestly, watching this scene, even Hardy felt a sense of despair.
When fighting the insect clan, although the insects had terrifying reproductive abilities, reproduction took time.
The Aura people were different — their crystals seemed endless.
Hardy noticed that the killed crystal Aura people would be recovered by the ship. Perhaps they could even be repaired.
Just thinking about it made it hard to muster the courage to fight.
But not a single person in the Ark chose to surrender.
“Only soldiers who die in battle — never soldiers who surrender!”
“Exactly! The Vientiane Ark is everyone’s last hope. If we just surrender like this and hand over the Ark, how could we face the Lord? How could we face all the races that trust us?!”
The Aura people lost their last shred of patience and decided to make their move on the Vientiane Ark.
Everyone had prepared themselves to die with the Ark, refusing to surrender no matter what.
More arc-shaped flying vessels flew out from the multi-faceted crystal ships.
They screeched as they swept along the massive outer arms of the multi-faceted crystal ships.
Viewed from a sufficient distance, these arc-shaped vessels looked as tiny as mosquitoes that humans had transformed into.
Soon, they turned toward the vicinity of the Vientiane Ark.
They didn’t waste war resources on an all-out assault. Instead, they formed attack formations, aimed at the Vientiane Ark’s weakest connection points, and bombarded them relentlessly.
Explosions bloomed one after another like fireworks, continuously destroying the connection points in a spectacular display.
The crystal Aura people coordinated with the arc-light vessels, waiting for cracks to appear at the connection points — then they would swarm in and tear the entire Ark apart.
Another group of crystal Aura people blocked the Stardust humans who wanted to come to the rescue, keeping them on the periphery.
At the connection points, ordinary humans and engineering robots held repair tools, standing guard, breathing heavily.
“Hold steady! Once there’s a breach in the connection, we patch it immediately.”
“Yes!”
Behind them stood row after row of armored warriors. Fully armed, gripping their weapons tightly, they silently stared at the increasingly shaking connection points.
The insect clan’s superior repair ability seemed inadequate under such fierce and frequent attacks. The armor at the connection points grew thinner and thinner — the repair speed could no longer keep up with the rate of destruction.
Apart from the essential operators who had to stay at their posts, most people had been assigned to defense duties.
The sound of cracking grew clearer and clearer, the impact louder and louder. Everyone knew — a breach was about to appear!
