Amphoreus's surface.
Yan Huan and the others, who were battling the increasingly twisted and ferocious Black Tide monsters pouring endlessly from the rifts and scorched earth, also witnessed the spectacularly terrifying barrage descending from beyond the sky.
The glow produced as the energy beams passed through the atmosphere painted the shattered sky in bizarre, shifting colors.
The sky was no longer a uniform crimson. Countless falling streaks of light and the blinding flashes of successive explosions made it flicker between brightness and darkness, like the heart of an apocalyptic thunderstorm—or a broken neon sign.
The flashing lights came so rapidly that they made people dizzy.
Even weakened by the atmosphere, the shockwaves still became an unending roll of low, oppressive thunder sweeping across the sky, making the already shattered ground tremble even more violently and leaving them unable to keep their footing.
Fine gravel continued to bounce across the ground.
"Good grief... that firepower..." March 7th raised a hand to shield her forehead, squinting at the dazzling yet terrifying explosions overhead. Her throat had gone a little dry.
It wasn't going to hit them, was it...? She could not help glancing upward, checking that no stray shots were falling.
However, the effect of the external assault seemed less than expected.
After a brief, suffocating wait—
As the smoke and energy haze cleared slightly, the two gigantic claws could be seen covered in wounds. Yet their movements had only slowed for an instant, like giants dazed by a heavy punch, shaking their heads.
Then, thicker dark-red energy, seemingly alive, surged out from the wounds and from deeper within the rift. Like countless greedy tentacles or rapidly multiplying mycelium, it swiftly coiled around, covered, and filled the damaged areas, making a sizzling, squirming sound.
Even the metal fragments blasted away were drawn