Qi Lingwu drew a deep breath.
Without exchanging glances or looking at Sheng An, he moved straight into coordination with her.
Holding the Fragments, Sheng An spun within the powerful vortex of energy. Qi Lingwu unleashed his full strength, drawing in an even greater surge of energy and channeling it into Jiang Yu and all the other Superpower People surrounding the Space Gate.
Song Linwei likewise needed no explanation and immediately joined in.
He stopped transferring energy into anyone else. Every bit of energy he could mobilize surged into Qi Lingwu.
"Ugh-"
Jiang Yu let out a muffled groan.
Qi Lingwu drew the energy through her body. Normally, she would barely have felt it, but now the pain left her numb. It was easy to imagine how much energy Qi Lingwu was controlling at once.
And easy to imagine...
How much energy was passing through Sheng An's body.
Time ticked away as the energy transfer raced onward.
Countdown: 10 minutes.
[No-]
As the world's collapse slowed and the red markings on the Fragments grew fainter, its defeat became inevitable.
So it refused to expend any more energy.
It tried to keep a portion hidden within the Fragments.
As long as Sheng An couldn't take all its energy away, she couldn't kill it.
It still had hope!
[I will not die. Even if you win, I will have my revenge!]
Sheng An's hair had long since come loose under the torrent of energy and now whipped through the vortex. Her clothes billowed, her face was pale, and sweat covered her forehead, but her smile only grew brighter-
"Is that so?"
Both hands holding the Fragments were drenched in blood.
Had this blood appeared two hours earlier, the Fragments would have been delighted. Now, it only wanted to