Under the intense barrage, the entire underground space began to shake continuously.
Facing these attacks, the dark aura around Long Xiaoyao was scattered time and again, only to gather again in the blink of an eye. It could neither be fully dispersed nor allow anyone to see the true face of the person within.
Standing amid the dense assault, Long Xiaoyao extended both hands and, relying solely on his physical strength, seized several arcs of lightning falling toward him. The dense barrage of beams struck the dragon armor on his body, yet posed no threat at all.
Seeing this scene from behind the Soul Tool barrier, the old man's pupils contracted sharply, and he cried inwardly that things were bad.
The lightning arcs he had unleashed were forcibly torn apart. Then, in an instant, an enormous dragon claw pierced through the passage. Every turret along its path was destroyed, and many Soul Engineers who had no time to evade could not even raise the barriers before them before being torn into bloody pieces on the spot.
The gray-haired elder was also struck by that force. Staggering to a companion's side, he gripped the Soul Tool in his hand, trembling uncontrollably. In a quavering voice, he said, "Notify headquarters and request reinforcements. Move all the defense teams from the inner layer over here, now! We won't be able to hold out much longer!"
However, the commander responsible for the final line of defense in the inner layer frowned deeply and hesitated. "Elder Wang, the hall master instructed us before he left that we must protect the core area of the inner layer. If we withdraw all our forces, then the area inside..."
Before he could finish, the gray-haired elder harshly cut him off while simultaneously raising the Soul Tool defensive barrier