Dozens of Players inside the Platinum Eye rose into the air from different directions. Some used Artifacts to absorb the doll people over a wide area, while others climbed higher and tried to blast through the darkness above with their Artifacts and instruments.
Yet whether they used Space Artifacts or energy weapons, anything that entered that darkness either vanished without a trace or had its speed and destructive power greatly weakened. None of it worked!
"It's the Suitcase Man!" With power like this, and those bizarre dolls, someone recognized him even though the Suitcase Man remained hidden in the darkness. Now, the darkness had spread across the entire sky above the city and showed every sign of gradually swallowing the whole Platinum Eye.
A few seconds later, more than a dozen energy cannons fired from different parts of the city, trying to pierce the darkness overhead. But this time, unlike the earlier attacks, the cannons didn't vanish or weaken. Instead, a force sent them hurtling back. Their energy unraveled and poured out in midair, then shot toward the ground at high speed under the pressure!
Boom! A defensive barrier suddenly rose and intercepted the energy halfway down!
The two forces collided in a massive blast. One wave of energy spilled out toward the city's outskirts, while the Artifact barrier—and the ground beneath it—shuddered. But the situation didn't last long. Another streak of eerie light shot down from the darkness, like a massive blade cleaving into the city center. It tore through the Artifact barrier, which was already buckling under the pressure, and shattered all the lower defensive barriers the Players had just raised. The tremendous impact split through the Platinum Eye's centerline, then surged in two directions like a tsunami!
Buildings left without defensive barriers were destroyed by the storm.