With its defensive capabilities restored, Starvault-IX began its counterattack. Chu Yunyi activated the Elemental Decomposition Cannon, a weapon capable of breaking elemental energy down into harmless particles. He aimed at the Elemental Hybrid Battle Array and fired. The flames, ice, lightning, and other elemental energies dissipated under the cannon's effect, throwing the Elemental Aberration Race into chaos. But a powerful surge of elemental energy emanated from within Elemental Nexus Star. The scanner showed that the energy of every Elemental Aberration originated from the planet's core: the Elemental Aberration Core.
Chu Yunyi piloted Starvault-IX toward the core region of Elemental Nexus Star. Along the way, he encountered an Elemental Fusion Aberration—a thousand-meter-tall creature formed from five types of Elemental Aberration. It could control all five kinds of elemental energy at once and unleash an Elemental Annihilation Wave. The wave made the five energies clash violently in an instant, triggering an explosion.
The Elemental Fusion Aberration's Blockade and the Approach to the Core Region
The Elemental Fusion Aberration swung an enormous arm made of fire and ice, sweeping it toward Starvault-IX. Chu Yunyi activated the Star Core Thruster, and the ship dodged swiftly. The arm struck the ground, triggering a violent elemental explosion. The astonishing sight of erupting magma and forming glaciers appeared simultaneously across the terrain. The Fusion Aberration then unleashed an Elemental Annihilation Wave. A five-colored energy wave spread through the void, and the wave's impact began to wear away Starvault-IX's Elemental Balance Coating. Several patches of elemental corrosion appeared on the hull.
Chu Yunyi realized that conventional attacks couldn't destroy the Fusion Aberration. He would have to break the five elemental cores inside it one by one. He activated an Elemental Interference Bomb, which released chaotic elemental signals to disrupt the Fusion Aberration's control over the elements. After the