We Have to Bear It Together
The three of them Time Stop what they were doing and looked up. Receiving distress signals from their own faction in the secret realm was not uncommon, but how to handle it required careful assessment.
"Receive the information and conduct a preliminary analysis," Liu Na commanded coldly.
The illusory image of the crystal tree shimmered with light, simultaneously transmitting a decrypted urgent message to the three of them via telepathic waves.
The message was concise yet clear. "I am Sevilla, a Spirit Race, and I am being hunted by two Devouring Race. I request assistance from nearby allies!"
"Sevilla? Sevilla of the Spirit Race?" Hui Lie frowned slightly. "I seem to have heard of this name before. A high-ranking deity skilled in the laws of life and wood, with considerable strength."
"Only two Devouring Race gods are in pursuit?" Lin Yi caught the key information.
"The signal strength is moderately weak, and it's a continuous broadcast, indicating that the sender is in a high-speed, intense battle or fleeing situation, making stable communication impossible," Liu Na analyzed. "Normally, nearby teams receiving such a public distress signal will attempt to contact the sender, assess the situation, and then decide whether to provide assistance."
Hui Lie nodded. "That's right. If we can help, we should certainly lend a hand. Although there is competition within the Pan-Spirit Alliance, mutual assistance is a basic understanding when facing external enemies. But the premise is that the situation is within our control. If it's a trap, or the pursuers are too strong or too numerous, we can't risk getting ourselves caught in it. After all, in the secret realm, the worst outcome is being kicked out, losing Points and gains, not actual death."
Lin Yi agreed with this assessment.
He had been on too many battlefields and knew all too well that blind enthusiasm would only lead to annihilation.
He looked at Liu Na: "To establish stable communication, we need to know more details."
"Attempting to establish an encrypted point-to-point communication connection successfully." Liu Na's Intelligent Life form is extremely efficient.
A woman's voice, clear and melodious like that of the Spirit Race but filled with anxiety, immediately came through the public channel. "This is Spirit Race Sevilla! I'm being pursued and urgently need help!"
"Sevilla, this is Liu Na," Liu Na responded first. "We received your distress signal. Report your situation: enemy numbers, strength, and formation."
"Liu Na? That's great!" Sevilla, on the other end of the communication line, visibly relaxed upon hearing her kin's voice. She quickly explained, "I temporarily formed a team with a Human Race god Shi Feng. About five standard days ago, we unexpectedly encountered a team of Devouring Race gods, led by a peak-level high-ranking god! Knowing we were outmatched, we immediately split up and fled in different directions. The enemy also immediately divided their forces; that peak-level high-ranking god went after Shi Feng! Now, I'm being pursued by two Devouring Race gods of similar strength, one specializing in the Law of Darkness, and the other in the Law of Death! I'm fighting and retreating, and my divine power is nearly half depleted!"
The information is very clear.
A high-ranking Spirit Race condition is declining due to being hunted down by two enemies of the same rank.
Lin Yi's eyes flickered slightly when he heard that another Human Race god, "Shi Feng," was also being hunted down.
Liu Na noticed Lin Yi's expression and pressed him, "You said that only two Devouring Race gods were chasing you, and their strength was similar to yours?"
Sevilla immediately confirmed, "That's right! I'm certain! Individually, they're slightly weaker than me, but their teamwork is excellent, their laws complement each other, making them very difficult to deal with. If we can repel or kill these two Devouring Race, we might still have a chance to rescue Shi Feng!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Na did not answer immediately, but instead looked at Lin Yi with a questioning gaze.
Since there was no threat, she would naturally be saved. Lin Yi immediately gave Liu Na an affirming look.
Liu Na transmitted, "We are currently operating as a joint operation of three deities. Tell us your real-time coordinates, and we will converge on you to provide support."
Sevilla was overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately replied, "Great! Thank you all! My current coordinates are... Based on the limit of signal reception, it will take me about 30 standard days to rendezvous with you at full speed. I will do my best to guide them towards you to shorten the rendezvous time. I dare not stay put and wait. Fighting and retreating, I can still hold them off, but if I stop and they surround and attack me, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold out until reinforcements arrive."
This is the most rational approach.
In the vast and mysterious wilderness, it is common for rescuers and those being rescued to travel in both directions.
However, at that moment, a calm male voice interrupted the communication, "No need to approach us. Sevilla, send us your current spatial coordinates. We'll be there shortly."
Sevilla's heart skipped a beat!
No need to meet up? We'll be there soon?
Could it be that they have a deity who has mastered the Space Law?
This guess instantly ignited a huge hope in her.
If there truly is a master of Space Law, they will arrive in an instant!
"Okay!" Without any hesitation, Sevilla immediately sent over her most precise spatial coordinates, along with a simple energy map of the surrounding environment.
Inside Liu Na's spaceship, Lin Yi received the coordinates.
He did not act immediately, but instead closed his eyes slightly, using his powerful Soul Power combined with his understanding of the Space Law to remotely sense the starry sky indicated by the coordinates.
A moment later, he opened his eyes and nodded slightly to Liu Na and Hui Lie: "The space is stable, with no signs of large-scale interference or blockade. Teleportation is possible."
This is normal.
Communication range within the secret realm is inherently limited, and the treasures used to interfere with or block the space are extremely precious. They are usually only used during specific tactical encirclements and have a limited impact range.
In Dynamic chase scenarios, unless you use and successfully trap the target from the start, it's easy for them to escape the interference range, making it a complete waste.
Sevilla's ability to fight and run simultaneously also indirectly confirms that none of the pursuers are experts in Space Law, or at least they did not use powerful spatial sealing methods.
"Let's go, let's get out," Lin Yi said, leading the way towards the spaceship's exit.
Liu Na and Hui Lie immediately followed.
The three quickly arrived in the void outside the spaceship.
With a thought, Liu Na's Spirit Race spaceship, resembling a crystal leaf, transformed into a streak of light and was retrieved into her own Divine Kingdom.
The three of them floated beneath the cold starry sky.
Lin Yi said to Liu Na and Hui Lie, "Do not resist my spatial power."
As soon as he finished speaking, he stirred his mind, and the silver-gray light of the laws of spacetime began to flow around him, enveloping himself, Liu Na, and Hui Lie simultaneously with an invisible spatial fluctuation.
Liu Na and Hui Lie immediately withdrew all their outward divine power and law fluctuations to minimize Lin Yi's burden.
"Walk."
Lin Yi murmured something and raised his hand, making a vague gesture forward.
The space around the three of them rippled violently like water, their figures blurred instantly, and then, as if wiped away by an invisible hand, they vanished completely from the spot.
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On the other side, in a desolate starfield filled with shattered Star Dust and icy radiation, two figures exuding a chilling, corrosive aura clung to a figure ahead, like a leech, tightly gripping a figure shimmering with emerald green life force.
Those two figures were the two Devouring Race who were chasing Sevilla.
One of them, resembling a giant shadow bat and shrouded in surging darkness, was the Devouring Race God who specialized in the Laws of Darkness.
The other one resembled a ferocious beetle covered in pale bone armor, its compound eyes gleaming with a ghastly green light, and its body exuding an unsettling aura of death. It was Devouring Race deity who specialized in the laws of death.
Working in perfect harmony, the Shadow Devouring Deity used the laws of darkness to create a vast area of shadow, interfering with vision, slowing down perception, and constantly eroding Sevilla's defenses.
The Bone Devouring Deity lurks in the shadows, constantly releasing silent death rays or conjuring death spears for deadly sneak attacks.
Sevilla, who was fleeing ahead, was still agile, but the emerald green light around her was noticeably dimmer than before, and her breathing was somewhat disordered, clearly indicating that she had consumed a great deal of divine power.
"Her speed has slowed! Her life force is steadily weakening!" the Shadow Devouring Deity said through the unique Soul Transmission of the Devouring Race, his voice tinged with cruel excitement. "Her divine power should be less than half! Continue to apply pressure, continue the pursuit for a while longer, and when her divine power drops below 30%, that will be her death!"
"Hmm." The Bone Devouring Deity's response was simple and cold. "Beware of her counterattack. These Spirit Race who manipulate the Life Law, their life force bursting forth before death can be troublesome. However, she can't escape."
However, just as they launched another combined attack, the Shadow Touch and the Spear of Death clashed and struck Sevilla, forcing her to unleash the Light of Life once more to defend herself. For a fleeting moment, her movements faltered—
A sudden change has occurred!
Tens of thousands of kilometers in front of Sevilla, the void began to ripple violently without warning, spatial ripples spread wildly, and a powerful and profound Space Law fluctuation suddenly descended.
Dark Devourer and Bone Devourer were startled, and their pursuit abruptly stopped.
At the same time, three figures stepped out from the center of that rippling space.
"Reinforcements? How unlucky! There's Pan-Spirit Alliance squad nearby!" The Shadow Devouring Deity's Soul Transmission was filled with shock.
"There are four Pan-Spirit Alliance deities in total, run!" the Bone Devouring Deity immediately shouted. "Among them is a Space Law deity; splitting up to escape will only lead to faster deaths! The only option now is to run in the direction the captain is pursuing!"
The Shadow Devouring Deity instantly understood his companion's intention, a fierce glint flashing in his compound eyes. "That's right! After the captain deals with that Human Race, he'll follow the divine power mark we left behind to rendezvous with us. The captain is a peak high-level god; only by rendezvous with him, three against four, can we escape unscathed!"
They weren't really panicked.
Once you reach the level of a high-ranking deity, they are generally not to be trifled with; they possess a plethora of treasures, defensive features, and other valuable equipment.
Even if they were outnumbered two to one, they wouldn't die so easily; otherwise, they wouldn't have chased the Spirit Race Sevilla so far without Decisive Battle.
Usually, at the level of high-level gods, the only way to determine the winner is to slowly exhaust their divine power. Therefore, they felt that they still had some hope of surviving until they could reunite with their captain.
Therefore, the moment they saw Lin Yi and the other two and realized that the other party possessed Space Law deity, Dark Devourer and Bone Devourer tacitly abandoned all offensive postures. They frantically surged their divine power, and shadows and death energy intertwined, transforming into two thick defensive halos that enveloped their entire bodies. At the same time, they activated the acceleration-type treasure effects to the maximum.
"Walk!"
Without any unnecessary movements, the two Devouring Race Gods turned around decisively, transforming into two streaks of light, one dark and one gray, and fled desperately in the direction their captain was chasing!
Lin Yi two companions, who had just completed the teleportation, naturally witnessed this scene.
The fact that the other party so decisively abandoned the pursuit and turned to flee did not surprise them.
Lin Yi's gaze swept over the two rapidly departing streaks of light, finally landing on the Spirit Race Sevilla, who had just escaped pursuit and was flying towards them.
"Sevilla, recover first. We're going after them!"
Before he finished speaking, a flash of silver-gray light appeared in Lin Yi's eyes. Then, he slightly spread the five fingers of his right hand and gently clenched them in the void in the direction in which the two Devouring Race had fled.
A barely perceptible ripple suddenly appeared in the space surrounding the two Devouring Race.
Using the technique of Void Annihilation Condensation Art, Lin Yi forcibly condensed several "prototypes of Spatial Void Annihilation Point" around it, which almost instantly disintegrated and disappeared.
These rudimentary forms existed for a negligible period of time, but their birth and demise were like small pebbles being continuously thrown into a calm body of water, causing continuous, brief interruptions to the flow of the underlying space in that area.
This is precisely the brilliance of the <Void Annihilation Codex> as a supreme-level secret manual.
It does not directly confront the enemy's laws, but rather achieves its purpose of interference, restriction, or even attack by influencing the properties of the space in which the enemy resides.
Unstable space structure naturally obstructs flight paths and causes undue delays in energy circulation.
Dark Devourer and Bone Devourer felt as if the surrounding void had suddenly become viscous and stagnant. It wasn't that they were directly bound by powerful energy or laws, but rather as if space itself had become disobedient, causing their acceleration and divine power circulation to experience an extremely uncomfortable sense of stagnation, and their speed to drop sharply.
"Space Law! This interference!" The Shadow Devouring Deity was horrified. It had never encountered such bizarre spatial interference before. It didn't seem like a suppression of power, but rather a pollution of space itself.
"Don't stop! Charge through!" Bone Devourer roared, frantically burning his divine power, trying to break through this stagnant space with brute force.
Just as their speed was slowed by this unique spatial interference method originating from the Void Annihilation Codex, Liu Na and Hui Lie also moved at the same time.
Hui Lie unfurled his wings of light, and holy radiance flowed around him, forming a stable and solid "field" of light laws. This field of light made slight contact with the edge of the stagnant space area created by Lin Yi, producing a wonderful resonance effect. It was as if a layer of light film was coated on that already stagnant space, making its interference effect more lasting and more difficult to break through by brute force.
Liu Na flicked her finger, and several tiny, exquisitely green particles of life light silently flew out.
These light particles are not physical entities, but highly condensed seeds of the Life Law, which fall precisely into the stagnant space created by Lin Yi.
The next moment, countless fine, light green veins, as thin as hair, suddenly grew out of the originally formless and intangible stagnant area.
These veins, formed by the pure Life Law combined with the disturbed spatial structure, instantly enveloped the two Devouring Race.
These spatial veins themselves did not have much physical binding force, but they greatly enhanced the viscosity of the laws in that area, making the Devouring Race within them feel that their divine power and law usage were trapped in an endless quagmire of life, becoming extremely heavy.
Lin Yi's figure blurred the instant he completed the spatial interference.
Void Annihilation Step!
The next instant, his figure reappeared behind and to the side of the Shadow Devouring Deity.
Lin Yi didn't even glance at the violently fluctuating Shadow Shield.
With a slight thought, the Sky-Evasion Shuttle instantly coalesced, transforming into a long, Sharpness silver battle spear.
Holding the Sky-Evasion Shuttle Spear, Lin Yi poured all his profound understanding of the Space Law from the Void Annihilation Codex into the spear, especially into the extremely Sharpness at the tip.
Immediately afterwards, he flicked his wrist, and the spear transformed into a silver streak that was difficult to see with the naked eye, piercing out silently.
The Shadow Devouring Deity was greatly disturbed; it used all its mind and divine power to reinforce its shield, and shadows rolled, attempting to devour and delay the attack.
However, at the point where the Shadow Shield, which seemed capable of swallowing all light, came into contact with the tip of the Sky-Evasion Shuttle Spear loaded with Spatial Void Annihilation Point, the spatial structure underwent a bizarre collapse.
The shield was "annihilated" by that extremely condensed Void-Annihilation Point, leaving a tiny hole!
The spear tip plunged straight into the hole. Although it was immediately blocked and consumed by the subsequent surge of shadow energy, the breakthrough at that moment caused the entire shield to vibrate violently and the divine power transmission nodes to become disordered.
The Shadow Devouring Deity felt an indescribable tremor from the shield. The massive amount of divine power it had poured into the shield was instantly cut off as if by an invisible gate, and was being consumed frantically!
"Pfft!" The Shadow Devouring Deity's body trembled violently, the shadow on its body churning wildly, and its compound eyes were filled with unbelievable horror.
"How is this possible!" it cried out in shock, its voice booming within the Bone Devouring Deity's consciousness, "My Nether Shadow World-Devouring Shield! Divine power depleted. Just now, my divine power dropped by nearly 1%!"
Upon hearing this, the Bone Devouring Deity looked at Lin Yi in horror.
Nearly 1% of divine power consumed?
Just one strike?!
You should know that they are all high-ranking deities with immense divine power.
Even though the divine power was consumed faster than usual for defense and acceleration, a single attack could directly deplete nearly 1% of the divine power. This means that the power of the opponent's attack has reached an extremely terrifying level, which is definitely not an attack power that a high-level god can possess!
"This attack power is already approaching the threshold of a high-level god!" The Bone Devouring Deity's voice carried a hint of fear.
Their captain was at the peak of a high-level deity, just one step away from becoming a superior deity, but that one step was a huge gap.
The Human Race before me, their attack power has actually reached that level?
On the other side, Lin Yi, who had landed a successful blow, frowned almost imperceptibly, a hint of dissatisfaction flashing in his eyes.
His attack just now was a long-awaited assault, combining the condensation of the Void Annihilation Codex, the True Meaning of Destruction, and the Sharpness of the Sky-Evasion Shuttle. He intended to take advantage of the opponent's mental and physical disarray caused by the delay of multiple laws and attempt to directly break through their core defense.
Unexpectedly, the only effect achieved was to violently shake the opponent's defensive treasure and deplete some of their divine power, falling far short of the desired outcome.
"As expected," Lin Yi thought to himself, "The gods of peak races are completely incomparable to a star-sea beast like the Light-Devouring Ray."
The leader of the Light-Devouring Ray is, in the end, just a cosmic beast that fights based on instinct and talent.
Lin Yi, using the Void Annihilation Codex and the Sharpness of the Sky-Evasion Shuttle, could easily find weaknesses and kill his opponent with a single blow.
But these Devouring Race before us are different.
They have been through countless battles, are well-equipped, and have extremely rich combat experience.
They not only possess powerful laws and innate armor for defense, but also meticulously crafted or exchanged defensive treasures. They know how to efficiently allocate divine power for defense, movement, and counterattacks, how to cooperate when at a disadvantage, and how to assess the situation and choose the optimal strategy.
Their defense is a three-dimensional, multi-layered system, far superior to that of the Light-Devouring Ray.
"Like a seasoned warrior in full armor." A cold glint flashed in Lin Yi's eyes. "Although I have the advantage in strength, if I can't find an opening to deliver a fatal blow, I'll have no choice but to fight head-on, exhaust their strength, and shatter their armor!"
Since that's the case, let's go for the hard way!
Let's see if your shield is stronger, or my spear is sharper!
Thinking of this, Lin Yi's aura suddenly changed, Sky-Evasion Shuttle Battle Spear in his hand emitted a deep hum.
"Hui Lie, continue to suppress the interference! Liu Na, maintain the life force and weaken its divine power activity!"
Lin Yi's voice rang in the minds of the three on their side, "Sevilla, provide ranged support and disrupt the other one! I'll lead the attack and break through from the front!"
"Understood!" Hui Lie replied immediately.
Liu Na nodded slightly, maintaining the output of the Life Law meridians.
Sevilla, who had just swallowed the recovery item and whose breathing had stabilized slightly, immediately replied, "Okay!"
She waved her hands, sending streaks of emerald light toward the Bone Devouring Deity. Though difficult to break through its defenses, the light continuously drained its divine power and interfered with its ability to support its companions.
Lin Yi then took a step forward, activating the Void Annihilation Step once more, and appeared in front of the Shadow Devouring Deity.
He held the gun in both hands, let out a low shout, and the spear transformed into a silver dragon, piercing the Shadow Shield of the Shadow Devouring Deity once again with the most savage posture.
The Shadow Devouring Deity roared, raising its defense to the limit.
Boom!
The silvery-gray power of spacetime annihilation clashed violently with the rolling dark shadows, causing space to distort violently and energy to scatter in all directions.
The Shadow Devouring Deity trembled violently, and violent ripples spread across the surface of the Shadow Shield, even revealing several fine black lines resembling spatial rifts.
Its compound eyes were bloodshot, and the Divine Kingdom poured out like a flood.
"Another 1% of divine power!" the Shadow Devouring Deity roared immediately. "This isn't a burst attack; he could be this powerful with every strike!"
"This can't go on!" The Bone Devouring Deity was also anxious. It let out a roar and, ignoring Hui Lie and Sevilla's interference, poured more divine power into the death armor on its body. At the same time, it wielded the death scythe, condensing a huge gray blade of light, and slashed fiercely at Lin Yi, trying to share the pressure with Dark Devourer.
However, Lin Yi didn't even glance at it. The moment the deathly blade was about to strike him, the space around him rippled slightly, and his figure blurred like a reflection in water. The deathly blade grazed past his afterimage.
His profound understanding of spacetime structure enabled him to predict and dodge attack trajectories to an astonishing degree.
Lin Yi didn't even turn around when Dark Devourer launched a counterattack, gathering the Shadow Spear. He simply raised his left hand and pointed it in the air in that direction.
In an instant, several spatial structural anomalies were created along the trajectory of the Shadow Spear.
These anomalies acted like invisible tripwires, causing the energy flow within the rapidly shooting Shadow Spear to become suddenly disordered, greatly reducing its speed and power, allowing Lin Yi to easily dodge it.
At the same time, Lin Yi's Sky-Evasion Shuttle Spear in his right hand erupted with an even more dazzling silver light, and he thrust it out fiercely once more!
Despair finally appeared in the eyes of the Shadow Devouring Deity.
After only a short time of fighting, its divine power had already been depleted by nearly 10%. At this rate, even if it used its precious divine power recovery treasures, it wouldn't last more than half a standard day, let alone wait for the captain's rescue.
"Help me! We have to withstand this Human Race attack together! If I'm knocked out of the secret realm, you won't escape either!" it frantically transmitted its voice.
The Bone Devouring Deity gritted its teeth and lunged towards Dark Devourer. At the same time, the pale bone armor on its body shone brightly, and most of it separated, transforming into a huge, pale bone shield covered with spikes, which stood in front of Dark Devourer's Shadow Shield.
It is sacrificing part of its own defense to buy its companions a chance to breathe.