Blue Knight stood before the domain wall. Her gray-blue eyes peered into the darkness for two seconds before she turned aside and yielded the front position. Clearly, she was not suited to dealing with the situation at hand.
Great Ascendant stepped up from the rear of the group, his silver-gray pupils sweeping over the wall.
The next moment, he raised an alloy fist. With a clack of mechanical joints locking together, he drove the entire fist into it.
Cracks burst across the dark wall from the point of impact, spreading in every direction as the entire surface shook violently under the force of the punch.
Shattered eyeballs drifted down from the edges of the cracks—seven or eight of varying sizes. Their sclerae were gray and their pupils dull. After peeling away from the wall, they spun twice in the air before falling to the ground and shattering into sticky residue.
A breach appeared.
The dark wall was torn open down the middle, forming a gap wide enough for two people to walk through side by side. The darkness within the opening wriggled slowly, trying to close, but its recovery was extremely sluggish. After several seconds, the gap had narrowed by only a finger's width.
Great Ascendant withdrew his fist. A layer of wet black residue clung to his alloy knuckles. With a casual flick, he sent the residue dripping onto the ground.
Lu Yuan slipped sideways through the breach. The edge of the darkness brushed his coat sleeve, and an icy sensation swept across his skin as Gray-White Text surfaced in his vision once more.
[High-risk Source of Pollution detected. Please leave immediately.]
Leike followed close behind, the hem of his overcoat brushing past the edge of the breach.
Adrian went in third. Blue Knight silently flashed inside, while Great