A Single Net, Long Time No See

Soka Fortress.

This colossal fortress, deep in the Black Mist Sea Frontline, is now like prey being torn apart by countless ferocious beasts, every inch of its defensive barrier groaning under its unbearable strain.

The defensive light shield on the outer wall of the fortress, driven by the Inscription Array, was originally a deep and pure sky blue, but now it has been eroded and mottled, with large patches of dark gray spots spreading across the surface of the shield like rotting sores.

Each wave of the Hellfire Beast Tide would create ripples across the light barrier.

The corpses densely covered the void surrounding the fortress, numbering in the trillions, like an ever-expanding black desert.

Amidst these corpses, countless Black Silence Beast still trampled over the remains of their own kind, swarming towards the fortress.

They have no concept of death.

At least not the lower-level ones.

Second-Order Black Silence Beast of various shapes and sizes roamed at the forefront of the beast tide.

Some resembled giant manta rays that had been skinned, their two pairs of wings slowly flapping in the void. With each flap, large streams of gray-black energy would spray out from the pores on the surface of the wing membrane, blasting towards the light shield.

There is another type of Second-Order Black Silence Beast, which resembles a caltrop. Its entire body is composed of countless dark silver spikes, and dark brown plasma constantly pulses in the gaps between the spikes.

As they approach the light shield, they suddenly contract their bodies and then explode, transforming into hundreds of sharp spikes that rain down on the shield.

Each spike is covered with twisted natural patterns, which are not inscriptions, but have a similar effect.

Further away, Third-Order Black Silence Beast, like floating mountains, lurked deep within the beast tide, waiting for their chance to strike.

Their forms are bizarre and varied. Some are constantly writhing and differentiating mountains of flesh, their surfaces covered with rings of serrated breathing holes. With each breath, large amounts of dark purple liquid are ejected from these holes. Others resemble arthropods magnified billions of times, with four pairs of translucent wings embedded in their oval carapaces. Blazing white liquid flows between the veins of their wings, and with each flap of their wings, they spray sprays of liquid behind them. Where the liquid lands, a low-level Black Silence Beast is rapidly spawned, as if the creature itself were a mobile den.

Inside the fortress, the Blood Armor Warriors moved between the turrets, removing hot crystal cores one by one and quickly embedding new ones back into their original positions.

At the energy node, several Eternal Source Realm experts were working together to control the core crystal pillar that had already developed a crack. Veins bulged on their foreheads, but they dared not relax for a moment.

"The pressure on the third line of defense has increased again!"

"The shield thickness has dropped below 40%! There are still three sets of spare inscription nodes!"

"Repair team! The light shield on the eastern section of the seventh defense line has developed a structural crack. If it's not repaired soon, the consequences of an internal collapse would be unimaginable!"

Similar roars echoed across the command channels throughout the fortress.

And the Constant Lord, of course, wouldn't be idle either.

Yi Wei's icy winged True Body once again pierced through the light barrier and plunged into the beast tide.

She was joined by four other Constant Lord and over three hundred Eternal Source Realm cultivators.

This force, which would normally be enough to overwhelm a Constant Lord family, could only barely tear a hole in this beast tide.

Yi Wei was like a gleaming Ice Blade amidst the beast tide.

On the Origin Law True Body, the left wing, constructed of six-sided ice crystals, had now completely disappeared. Large patches of icy blue liquid light continued to seep from the broken end, like a snowbird with a broken wing, still using its remaining right wing to plow through the beast tide.

She exercised extreme restraint in every move she made, because the Chaos Power was already running low.

The ice spikes were no longer an overwhelming blizzard, but transformed into highly condensed ice shuttles, each aimed only to pierce through the most Black Silence Beast at the most fatal points.

Beside her, the team leader was a veteran Constant Lord of the Late Constant Source Realm clan, born into the Qing-Scale Race. His body was covered with layers of dark blue scales, and the arms of his Origin Law True Body were already somewhat illusory. The originally dazzling light scale on his chest was also flashing incessantly.

Of the other three Constant Lords, one was a mid-level Constant Lord of the Bone-Wing Race. Three of the four pairs of dark wings that protruded from his shoulder blades on his back had been torn off, and the last remaining pair of wings was vibrating at an extremely weak frequency. With each flap of his wings, large pieces of dark light feathers peeled off from the rachis.

Another one is a low-ranking Constant Lord of the Moss-Shell Race. His Origin Law True Body is known for its defense. At this moment, the dark green moss-like protective shell covering the surface of his True Body is covered with countless crisscrossing dark marks, each of which is oozing gray-black droplets.

The last one is also of low rank, belonging to the Extreme Void Race. The Origin Law True Body is semi-transparent, like a ghostly shadow composed of high-density spatial curvature.

Although there were few visible external injuries on his True Body form, it was clear that the light emanating from Origin Law True Body had dimmed considerably, growing Points with each attack.

"Withdraw!"

At this moment, the leader of the Qing-Scale Race, Constant Lord, roared, his Soul Power covering the entire team, precisely transmitting the command to the consciousness of each member.

As the second strongest member of the team, Yi Wei, who was responsible for bringing up the rear, felt a sinking feeling in her heart.

Because the beast tide reacted too quickly.

It's unclear which Tier Third-Order Black Silence Beast noticed the team's retreat first, but almost simultaneously, all six Tier Third-Order Black Silence Beast turned their attention in their direction.

With six people targeting them simultaneously, given their current state, there's no way they can escape unscathed.

Even the closest one, Third-Order Black Silence Beast with vertical pupils, had its massive shell slowly rotating in the void, with a continuously expanding dark purple gas cloud surging from its mouth, clearly brewing a powerful attack.

Yi Wei gritted her teeth.

The formation hasn't fully collapsed yet. If I can't buy everyone some time, even if a few of them manage to escape, the rest of the Eternal Source Realm will all perish here today.

Yi Wei did not hesitate at all.

With a thought, her last remaining ice wing suddenly stopped flapping, and the hexagonal ice crystals shone brightly at the same time, with countless fine cracks spreading from the wing root to the wingtip.

She was prepared to use this last ice wing as a price to unleash a forbidden technique she had never used outside the battlefield.

But just as she was about to activate her ice wings and self-destruct, a sudden change occurred.

From the depths of that impenetrable black fog, a golden light suddenly shone.

The light appeared without warning, as if it had been forcibly inserted into this void from another dimension.

It started out as small as a pinhead, but in an instant, the point of light suddenly expanded, transforming into a cocoon of light trailing a dazzling golden tail.

"This is..

Yi Wei was taken aback.

The golden cocoon of light passed through the layers of beast horde at an incredible speed and landed in front of the fortress in an instant.

The Third-Order Black Silence Beast also sensed something was wrong and instinctively turned their attention to it.

The cocoon of light dissipated, leaving only a detached figure in golden armor.

The next instant, a massive Origin Law True Body roared up.

At the center of the True Body's brow, a jet-black vertical pupil slowly opened, with countless strands of dark purple light spreading outward from the edge of the pupil.

Its body was tightly wrapped in a suit of armor as black as night, with mysterious light patterns flowing slowly on the armor plates, like a giant beast lurking in the dark night breathing softly.

In addition, the True Body was draped with a semi-transparent cloak over its shoulders.

Whenever it is triggered by the movement of its True Body, the surrounding void will collapse slightly inward, as if an invisible hand is smoothing out this space that has been turned upside down by the black mist and the Annihilation Power.

What caught Yi Wei's attention most were the mysterious and unusual auras surrounding her True Body.

That aura was formless and intangible, yet it was frantically permeating everything around it.

It is both a primal pressure and a gaze that pierces the soul, causing everyone who comes into contact with it to feel a primal tremor.

Although Yi Wei was at the Mid Constant Source Realm, she still felt a terrifying pressure that made it hard for her to breathe.

"Lin Yi... how can his aura be so strong?"

She could hardly believe her own senses.

The pressure Lin Yi exerted on her was even greater than that of Dislan Constant Lord was stationed at the fortress.

The entire battlefield seemed to fall silent for a moment.

The Third-Order Black Silence Beast that were originally attacking Yi Wei's team unexpectedly changed direction under the impact of this aura, turning their massive bodies toward the newly appeared Origin Law True Body.

Although the Black Silence Beast acts on instinct, its sensitivity to threats far surpasses that of ordinary Constant Lord.

At the same time, a clear and cold voice also covered the entire fortress battlefield.

"All personnel retreat to the fortress's defensive shield."

"Leave this to me."

Upon hearing this, Yi Wei's body trembled slightly.

"He... was alone?"

Despite being shocked, Yi Wei didn't dare to delay for a moment. She immediately flew to the fortress with her teammates and soon returned to the defensive light shield, supporting her battered Icewing True Body.

Upon entering the light barrier, Yi Wei, without even taking a break to recover, immediately turned to look at the imposing figure outside the barrier, which had already attracted the attention of all the Third-Order Black Silence Beast.

Meanwhile, seeing that the Constant Lord who had been fighting outside the light barrier had already led their teams back, and that the Third-Order Black Silence Beast were beginning to stir, Lin Yi decided not to delay any longer.

He dared to say that because he was confident.

Although he is now at the Mid Constant Source Realm and possesses four true treasures— Soul Devouring, Constant Fusion, Nine Nether Netherworld, and Roaming —he would still be no match for nearly two hundred Constant Lord.

The problem is that his opponents are not the Constant Lord, but these nearly two hundred third-tier Black Silence Beast who are unaware of his background and fight only on instinct.

That would be much simpler. Moreover, those low-level Black Silence Beast would not only pose no threat to him, but could also be used by him.

Lin Yi True Body his left hand and gently tapped it in the air.

A wisp of flame, interwoven with four colors, silently emerged from the fingertip.

Then, with a flick of his right hand, the semi-transparent cloak on his shoulder suddenly billowed out.

The moment his cloak billowed, Lin Yi's True Body vanished, appearing on the outermost edge of the Black Silence Beast Tide.

Then, a second, Silent Nether Soul-Rending Flame appeared there.

Then came the third, fourth, tenth, and hundredth...

Lin Yi's figure flashed around the edge of the beast tide at an incredible speed.

His appearances were so brief they were almost negligible, like a dark golden meteor leaping back and forth between the black mist and the beast tide.

Wherever he passed, countless four-colored sparks floated densely in the void surrounding the beast tide, like stardust scattered in the black mist.

Although the Black Silence Beast sensed the dangerous aura emanating from the sparks, they were completely unable to keep up with Lin Yi's speed.

Several speed-oriented Tier Third-Order Black Silence Beast attempted to pounce on Lin Yi, only to find that he had already disappeared from their sight. Instead, more and more four-colored sparks silently bloomed in the space around them.

In a short while, Lin Yi reappeared in front of the fortress's light shield.

He raised his right hand, palm down, and pressed down gently.

Buzz.

The countless Silent Nether Soul-Rending Flame scattered around the entire perimeter of the beast tide shone brightest at the same moment.

Each spark shot out four-colored flame threads in all directions, which intertwined and connected with each other in a very short time, forming a huge fire net that enveloped the entire Black Silence Beast Tide in the blink of an eye.

The fire net stretched as far as the eye could see, engulfing nearly two hundred Third-Order Black Silence Beast and countless lower-tier beasts beneath them.

A bizarre scene unfolded on the battlefield.

Countless pairs of eyes, some eerie green, some dark red, and some grayish-white, simultaneously turned to the four-colored fire net that was encircling them from the outside.

Although those Third-Order Black Silence Beast acted on instinct, they could still clearly feel the intense threat posed by the Silent Nether Soul-Rending Flame Net.

As a result, the Third-Order Black Silence Beast began to stir.

It had a head like a multi-lobed fleshy crown, emitting a low, almost inaudible infrasound that spread throughout the herd.

Some of them were covered in compound eyes and tentacles, and they shook their bodies wildly.

Several other Third-Order Black Silence Beast, known for their shields and armor, shrank into spheres, attempting to use their hard shells to withstand the impending attack.

However, after a brief moment of surprise and doubt, most of the Third-Order Black Silence Beast made the same choice.

To use cannon fodder.

That's their instinct.

The next moment, the insignificant and first-tier Black Silence Beast surrounding the fortress formed a dense torrent, rushing one after another towards the four-colored fire net.

Upon seeing this, Lin Yi couldn't help but smile.

"Now, we've got it under control."

As expected, in accordance with the style of high-level Black Silence Beast, they would habitually send their low-level cannon fodder to probe in situations that subconsciously make them feel extremely threatened.

And this is precisely what Lin Yi needs most.

After all, how could a fire net constructed from his own Chaos Power possibly withstand so many Third-Order Black Silence Beasts?

But if a large number of cannon fodder are sacrificed to recharge, then it's a different story.

Even though so many cannon fodder might overwhelm his Silent Nether Soul-Rending Flame and even cause it to spiral out of control, that wouldn't matter anymore.

Soon, the first wave of low-level Black Silence Beast crashed into the fire net.

The four-colored flames on the Silent Nether Soul-Rending Flame Net erupted the moment they touched the creatures, licking their bodies from head to toe and burning them into nothingness along with the Annihilation Power within them.

The Silent Nether Soul-Rending Flame Net, having absorbed these offerings, began to expand wildly.

Those fire lines, which were originally as thin as hair, grew thicker at a visible rate after devouring a large number of low-level beasts.

They spread outwards from the edges of the fire net to both sides, and the gaps between them were constantly filled by the newly formed flames. Soon, the fire net gradually closed into a fire cover.

From afar, the four-colored fire shield floated in the void outside Soka Fortress. On the surface of the fire shield, the four-colored flames surged endlessly, and with each surge, the fire shield became thicker and brighter.

Seeing that the cannon fodder was ineffective, the Third-Order Black Silence Beast were clearly even more panicked.

They began frantically driving the Second-Order Black Silence Beast to crash into the fire shield, but those Second-Order Black Silence Beasts that were driven there could only become nourishment for the sea of fire.

Moreover, some Third-Order Black Silence Beast also began to lose their composure and launched their own attacks.

A beam of destructive energy, formed from dark purple Annihilation Power, shot out from the mouth of a Third-Order Black Silence Beast resembling a giant-eyed dragon, slamming into the inner wall of the fire shield.

However, it was too late.

At this moment Silent Nether Soul-Rending Flame Dome had even exceeded Lin Yi's control.

The fire shield wall was blasted into a deep dent by the blow, but in just an instant, the scattered four-colored flames regrouped and swallowed the still-lingering beam of annihilation.

Lin Yi estimated that unless the Dao Lord intervened, it would be impossible to extinguish the flames.

As a large number of Second-Order Black Silence Beast charged into the fire shield, they subsequently became nourishment for the Silent Nether Soul-Rending Flame, causing the fire sea to expand inwards significantly.

The fire shield burned ever brighter and thicker, trapping the remaining Black Silence Beast within it.

Their fate was already sealed.

The cultivators inside the fortress stared blankly at the incredible scene before them.

"Is this... is this something Constant Lord could really do?"

"A Constant Lord murmured."

Beside him, a Veteran Platform with half an arm missing also stared wide-eyed, unable to utter a word for a long time.

After an initial moment of stunned silence, many more people erupted in a deafening cheer.

Lin Yi ignored the cheers.

He shook his head and withdrew the observing Soul Power.

The Black Silence Beast inside was already doomed anyway, so there was no need to waste any more time on it.

True to his style, he was actually planning to send a telepathic message to the person in charge of the fortress, instructing them to move the fortress away as soon as possible to avoid being affected by the expanding sea of fire later. He intended to leave directly.

However, when he scanned the area with his Soul Power, he discovered that Yi Wei was also there.

Since this old friend is here, it wouldn't be appropriate to just turn around and leave.

In a flash, he appeared directly in front of Yi Wei.

Then, smiling, she said, "Yi Wei, long time no see."