Arc 246Withdrawal and Counterstrike
Saine and Locke used the Realm-Suppressing Ring, the Creation God’s power, and allied forces to weaken the Destruction Supreme, seize a foothold, and withdraw with five sealed nodes. After regrouping, they concealed their strength and prepared an ambush for Chen Yuan’s probing army in Demon Cave Time-Space, where Luo Heng’s vanguard was caught and battered.
- The Ancient Tree of the Moon advanced to Level-12, and the Creation God reached Level 13, helping stabilize the battlefield and weaken the Destruction Supreme’s control.
- Saine assembled a half-ring from Realm-Suppressing Ring fragments while Locke seized partial authority over the Crystal Tide Wrath Beast’s Star Sector and held his identity against the influence of destruction.
- The Destruction Supreme recalled its Level-12 nodes, but Saine and the allied fighters disrupted their return, and the Creation God sealed the Ash Sea Singer to cut off its sound-wave feedback.
- Saine developed Destruction Mech Soldiers and awakened Zero, then contained a reverse contamination attack that had turned Mechanical Units against their allies.
- Saine arranged an exchange with the Lord of Final Silence for a Royal Court Silence Core, which strengthened the half-ring and gave Locke a window to expand his authority before the faction withdrew.
- The allied forces protected the passage out of Destruction Time-Space, evacuating with their Star Sector foothold and five sealed Destruction nodes still secured.
- Saine and Locke concealed their strength and planted false signs of weakness as Chen Yuan sent Luo Heng to probe Demon Cave Time-Space.
- Luo Heng advanced through the Stein Empire’s artillery fire before the Jinyue Witch and allied forces exposed their ambush, isolated his vanguard, and shattered several mirror shards in his Rule True Body.