Frenzied, deranged consciousness swept into Lin Ke's Sea of Consciousness like a mental storm.
It seemed intent on grinding his consciousness out of existence.
Within that profound darkness and solitude, a ray of golden light suddenly appeared.
It resembled a lone star in the dark.
At first, it was only a tiny speck.
But in the blink of an eye, the lone star became a sea of stars, gathering into boundless starlight that instantly tore through the darkness.
Divine Mill!
Lin Ke roared inwardly. A mental storm swept out, finally grinding that strange consciousness away entirely.
His vision instantly cleared.
The dark-red tide rapidly expanded in his eyes, almost upon him.
Buzzz-
The lingering power of the Divine Mill remained undiminished. Like an invisible millstone, it ground straight through the dark-red insect tide surging toward him.
Crackle-
A dense barrage of shattering sounds set his teeth on edge.
The Dry Ants at the very front seemed to have been electrocuted. Their bodies instantly stiffened, and their auras were ground away completely.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh-
The insect tide fell like shattered stars.
Everything happened within a few breaths.
"What happened? Why did Senior Brother Wu's insect tide attack suddenly stop working?!"
"He was certain to die, yet Lin Ke actually turned it around!"
"Could Lin Ke really be a match for Senior Brother Wu Dao? He's held out this long without losing."
"Looks like you're going to lose your bets..."
They were not on the platform and naturally could not feel the danger involved. They only saw Wu Dao's insect tide attack, followed by Lin Ke instantly neutralizing it.
It seemed... not all that difficult.
Meanwhile.
Lin Ke began his counterattack on the platform.
Heaven-and-Earth Net Scripture!
Sword Formation, rise!
At his thought, the eighteen Low-Grade Flying Swords he had scattered