Crack, crack...
The crystal sphere enveloping the Dusk Palace rapidly fractured, like ice melting. Huge chunks of crystal fell into the bottomless circular pit below. For a long while, there was no sound of anything striking the ground, as if the pit beneath the Dusk Palace had swallowed them.
Soon, the crystals on Stone Bridge and the Dusk Palace vanished, along with more than four hundred contractors.
What did those four hundred-plus contractors represent? They represented five of Reincarnation Paradise's nine Adventurer Teams being nearly wiped out. Of the remaining four, all had suffered more than fifty percent casualties. Two Adventurer Teams were in the worst condition: one had only five members left, while another had sixteen. They had directly gone from medium-sized Adventurer Teams to small-sized ones.
After the crystal sphere shattered, the Apocalypse Paradise side did not take the opportunity to launch a major attack. Instead, they retreated toward the outskirts of the ancient ruins.
This was Hope's decision. After creating the enormous crystal sphere, she would be weakened for some time. This was not a good moment to start a war.
Since the Apocalypse Paradise side did not want to fight, the contractors from Reincarnation Paradise could do nothing about it. Reincarnation Paradise was on the defensive side, after all, and launching an attack would mean losing their terrain advantage. Besides, the enemy outnumbered them three to one. Attacking rashly would only lead to their annihilation. Holding the Dusk Palace was the wise choice.
However, not everyone on Reincarnation Paradise's side thought that way.
On the seventh floor of the Dusk Palace, just as Su Xiao was discussing the details of the "Big Pineapple Plan" with Yan Chen, a lone contractor approached Yan Chen.
"Yan Chen, what happened earlier? So many people died."
The newcomer was the