The Dust Explosion was silent, yet more dangerous than thunder!
Countless dust needles, fine as ox hairs and flickering with ominous gray light, were not physical objects.
They were energy projectiles formed from highly condensed inert energy, dust, and some sort of malicious mental fragments.
They covered an enormous area, nearly shrouding the entire entrance to the Small Purification Station. They were unbelievably fast, impossible to evade!
Rust Eater reacted with astonishing speed! The instant the gray mist expanded, its hunched yet massive body lunged sharply to the side.
At the same time, it crossed its enormous black "pincer-hands" in front of its head and chest. The tar-like black gelatinous substance covering its body abruptly hardened, taking on a dull metallic sheen!
The gray needles struck its body with a dense series of muffled pops. Most bounced off the hardened gelatinous layer or embedded themselves in its surface.
A few pierced thinner areas, splashing strands of dark red, lava-like "blood," but they did not seem to inflict fatal wounds.
Ming Xin, meanwhile, faced an even greater threat!
The dark-gold fragment was small, but it was an obvious target, and the Stealth Suit's energy shielding was greatly weakened against such rapid, concentrated energy attacks!
More importantly, he knew nothing about this entity called Ash Eater, much less the nature of its attacks!
At this critical moment!
Instinct surpassed thought! The "Key" frequency activated on its own under the stimulus of danger!
The dark gold light no longer remained restrained. It erupted from the fragment's core, forming a rapidly spinning dark gold energy vortex roughly one meter across in front of the fragment!
"Pop pop pop pop pop—!"
The dense rain of gray needles shot into the energy vortex!
The rapidly spinning dark gold energy was like a savage millstone, instantly grinding