Another night fell, and Avalon Planet lay deathly still.
Only the living area built by Phantom Immortal Technology glimmered with scattered lights.
The protective light barrier faithfully carried out its duty, covering the entire area.
Outside the barrier, a massive creature over a kilometer long soared through the air.
Master Qiao's efforts had already paid off. Several extremely powerful searchlights brightly illuminated the sky.
Those searchlights were also what allowed them to see the enormous creature.
Just what kind of monster was it?
It looked somewhat like a giant dragon from Western legends, but it had two pairs of wings.
Its entire body gleamed green, with what looked like scales, though they lacked the layered texture of actual scales.
None of that mattered much. The most shocking thing was its size.
There was no getting around it—it was simply enormous.
Under the searchlights, Hua Long and the others could clearly see that the creature was not attacking the protective light barrier. At least, it was not ramming it with its body or scratching it with its claws.
Strangely enough, however, the protective light barrier's energy consumption had indeed surged.
And that increase had only begun after the giant beast appeared.
It was very strange.
"Master Qiao, can you tell how this creature is attacking the protective light barrier?" Hua Long asked, swallowing hard.
Master Qiao said, "Yes!"
"How?"
"Energy absorption."
"What's that?" Hua Long was a little bewildered. Even if his mind worked hundreds or thousands of times better than an ordinary person's, a term he had never encountered still left him completely in the dark.
Master Qiao explained, "It acts like an energy black hole, absorbing all matter in an energy state around it. Our protective light barrier clearly meets that condition. This absorption affects an entire area indiscriminately,