At the Black Star Palace, the battle between Ames and the Traveler intensifies.
Manipulated by the force field, the satellite bricks were like enormous Iron Fist, smashing the Traveler's magical shield again and again, sending him flying everywhere, like a baseball.
It seemed that Ames had the upper hand, defeating the Traveler soundly and leaving him in a sorry state, but instead of being happy, she became even more vigilant.
There's a reason why the Traveler is so easily defeated. For some unknown reason, he used the Puppet Substitution Technique many times, frantically selling his blood and causing his attributes to plummet. It was almost like he was deliberately harming himself and seeking torture.
At the same time, the unsettling, eerie aura emanating from him became increasingly pronounced.
"Delay could lead to unforeseen consequences; we cannot afford to continue fighting him." Ames glanced around and nodded towards the distant base.
The officers at the lookout tower could see her movements; her action was a signal to activate a space stabilization trap, cutting off the Traveler ' escape route.
Upon seeing this, Melos immediately gave the order:
"The ambushing troops are in position. All units, listen to my command: Activate..."
Before he could finish speaking, the situation suddenly changed! A burst of purple-green energy erupted from the Traveler's body, so dense it was almost tangible, like a flowing liquid. Its appearance resembled octopus tentacles with sucker-like particles, or like a bubbling potion that was constantly expanding.
The energy twisted and danced wildly, condensing into nearly solid, translucent green-purple energy tentacles. Rather than the Traveler releasing them, it was more as if these energy tentacles were forcing their way out of the Traveler's body!
Ames's eyes narrowed. She didn't have the habit of watching others transform. Without saying a word, she activated her Force Field.
Rings of force fields spun rapidly around her, like tiny vortexes, quickly transforming into drill-like shapes. After a brief pause, they shot out towards the Traveler.
The next moment, the purple-green energy around the Traveler twisted, enveloping Traveler and forming an outer garment. The force field bombarded it but could not penetrate it, only pushing him a distance away, seemingly unharmed.
"Hahahaha--Useless, useless, useless!"
The Traveler burst into wild laughter, as if he had become a completely different person, exuding an indescribable evil aura that gave off a filthy feeling.
Just looking at him made many Legion warriors feel palpitations and shortness of breath... In other words, as the panel would say, everyone had passed a willpower check.
Ames kept attacking, but the purple energy enveloping the Traveler was incredibly resilient, blocking all the attacks. It was unclear what kind of energy it was.
Just then, the Traveler suddenly raised his hands high, his eyes revealing fervent anticipation:
"The powerful one before you is the sacrifice I, your husband, offer. Answer my call, my beloved wife!"
Boom!
Energy burst forth, seemingly spreading endlessly, dyeing the pitch-black cosmic space, as black as velvet, with purple and green hues intertwined.
The nature of this area changed at that moment.
"Warning! Warning! The spatiotemporal coefficient is fluctuating violently, and the peak has broken through the current stable and safe line!"
"Space stabilization system Overload... Alarm! Stabilization anchor damaged! Stabilization failure. Requesting additional space stabilization units!"
"Analyzing event model... Analysis complete, matching similarity rate 100%, Event: Secondary Dimension arrives!"
If space is a sheet of paper, then the spacetime stability coefficient is like the degree of wrinkles on that paper; the more stable it is, the smoother the paper is. But at this very moment, that sheet of paper is crumpled into a ball, and another sheet of paper, representing Secondary Dimension, wraps it up.
Secondary Dimension are both dangerous and beautiful, and their origins vary. If they were to descend upon the main universe, they would alter the spatial properties of a certain region, transforming it into Secondary Dimension. Most of the time, this would be a catastrophe.
Han Xiao once saw a treasure called the Shadow Lantern in the Empire. Its wick was a fragment of source energy from the Shadow Dimension, and its effect was to summon the Shadow Dimension to descend. The Traveler's current behavior is similar to this ability.
This Secondary Dimension, filled with an eerie aura, slowly unfolded around the Black Star Palace. Ames and her numerous fleets were enveloped in a crimson-purple space, as if they had been swallowed by this Secondary Dimension and were inside its stomach.
Endless energy tentacles stretched out of thin air, each at least 100,000 meters long, waving aimlessly. The fleet was instantly thrown into disarray, its formation shattered, and its shields crackled with electric arcs.
Ames frowned, manipulating her force field to crush the tentacles one by one. However, new tentacles kept emerging from this Secondary Dimension space. Seeing this, she could only target the Traveler's body and continuously release her force field.
Bang bang bang!
The Traveler neither dodged nor evaded, simply hovering in place, his hand bearing the purple mark waving continuously. Waves of purple-green energy surged through the space following the trajectory of his hand's movements, seemingly inexhaustible. Under his control, he easily extinguished the force field that Ames kept attacking.
"I was once defeated by Oulu, witnessing his terrifying abilities, which spurred me to embark on the path of seeking the Secondary Dimension." Purple and green lines spread across the Traveler's face as he gradually recovered, his spirits soaring, and he laughed wildly, "Finally, I've found new power! Let me introduce you, this Secondary Dimension is called Fel Energy Aggregation, and it is my wife! Within it, I can draw upon endless energy! Call Black Star out, you are no match for me!"
"You haven't defeated me yet."
Ames narrowed her eyes, a look of seriousness flashing across them.
The Traveler glanced around and saw countless fleets rising from the Black Star Palace, setting up more spatial anchors around the area.
Seeing this, he didn't take it seriously and gave a cold laugh.
With such a commotion, Black Star certainly can't sit idly by. The initial objective has been achieved; now it's just a matter of when Black Star will arrive.
However, we need to add fuel to the fire and continue to put pressure on Black Star.
Thinking this, the Traveler looked at Ames and licked his lips.
"Then I'll chew you up first."
Emerald Star Cluster, Black Star Army's frontline stronghold battlefield.
The appearance of the Federation of Light attracted the attention of everyone present, and they all stopped what they were doing, their expressions varied.
The group that appeared was led by Seraon and consisted of six people, while Rama, the "Guardian" who was supposed to provide remote assistance, was not present.
"One, two... six Beyond Grade A."
Hila's heart sank, and the excitement of establishing a seamless life connection quickly faded.
If these people were all there to kill her, she felt she had no chance of survival.
Even with the connection to Aurora's life energy, Aurora's stamina is limited and will eventually run out. So many Beyond Grade A beings working together are enough to kill her countless times.
In her view, even with her amazing regenerative abilities, facing such overwhelming combat power, death was only a matter of time. Moreover, strong regenerative abilities did not mean she would not be controlled or captured by the enemy.
"Sister..." Aurora's anxious call came through telepathy.
Hila felt the life energy surging continuously within her body, her sharp eyebrows gradually softened, and she subconsciously turned her head to look at Han Xiao's Dominion clone high in the sky.
When she was besieged, she analyzed the situation and realized that the only way to save herself was to successfully connect with Aurora. So, she focused on cooperating with Aurora during the battle, trying to establish a link time and time again.
Whether it was due to a surge of potential at the critical moment of life and death, or some unknown reason, the Secondary Dimension that had been acting as an obstacle underwent some change and gradually stopped absorbing life energy midway. Once this obstacle was removed, the connection between the two was successfully established, Aurora could finally share energy with Hila through the link of soul and blood.
While everyone was watching, Glory Fleet made its move.
A large number of drones and mechanical units were deployed to attack the defense fleet of the planetary stronghold. Other ships quickly changed formation, and engineering ships came to the edge of the formation, releasing sections of curved mechanical parts, which were then spliced together to begin assembling the High-Dimensional Apocalypse Teleporter, which also required encircling the fleet horizontally and vertically.
The six Glory Beyond Grade A warriors who had arrived quickly approached the battlefield where Hila and the others were. Seraon, with his arms crossed, looked down at Hila, Sagman, and the others, and said coldly, "It seems we arrived at just the right time."
Kasuyi's clone slowly flew over, "So Glory has intervened too?"
"Hmph, you Arcane are truly useless; you still haven't Dead Sea," Seraon said indifferently.
"Now that Glory has arrived, her goal must be the same as ours. Why don't we join forces to kill Hila?" Sagman said in a deep voice. "She just revealed a regenerative ability similar to Black Star's. If we join forces, we'll have a better chance of killing her."
Hedis's eyes darted around, and she suddenly spoke first, saying, "Alright, since we all have the same goal, let's form an alliance."
Seraon paused, thought for a moment, and then did not explain their true objective.
There are quite a few Arcane beings among them, so it's not the right time to confront them directly. It would be best to join forces first.
Upon hearing Tu Shu, the five members of the Sagman were overjoyed, but Hila's heart sank to the bottom.
... It seems today is my death day.
At this moment, Han Xiao's Dominion clone landed beside her, standing shoulder to shoulder. He took out a new set of Red Snake First Generation Mech Compressed Spheres, instantly unfolded them, and helped Hila change her mech.
Hila turned to look at him, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke softly into the communication channel:
"Black Star, if I die today, I'm entrusting my sister to your care from now on."
"You won't die today." Han Xiao shook his head.
"Don't try to comfort me. There are over a dozen Beyond Grade A here... This scene is even more terrifying than what you faced back then. Even if you came in person, you couldn't save me... Your main body shouldn't come. Go away. Don't try to save me; you'll be in danger too."
"We'll only know if we try." Han Xiao remained noncommittal.
Hila shook her head, paused, and whispered, "I owe you so much. You've taken care of me for decades... I'm truly grateful to you."
Han Xiao glanced at him, "Why are you suddenly giving your last words? This isn't like you."
"Heh, don't worry, I won't just sit here and wait to die. Even if I die, I will inflict the greatest damage on the enemy... I've been striving to catch the Sight of Father's Back with you, and before I die, I finally have the right to stand beside you and fight alongside you. I'm already very satisfied."
Hila subconsciously reached out her hand, but stopped halfway through. After hesitating for a moment, she changed her action and patted Han Xiao's Dominion on the shoulder, letting out a soft sigh.
The next second, her face turned as cold as ice again, her energy suddenly erupted, and she charged alone towards the dozen or so Beyond Grade A enemies in front of her!
She was just disappointed that the person standing next to her wasn't Han Xiao in his true form.
However, I hope I can see you one last time before I die in battle...
"Act recklessly."
Sagman snorted coldly and led his companions to re-engage with Hila in battle.
In mid-air, Seraon was about to lead his companions into the battle when he suddenly felt a sense of alertness.
Rumble rumble--
A powerful and unparalleled psychic force swept across, startling the members of Glory. They hurriedly used various methods to defend themselves, but were still sent flying. The psychic force also contained a powerful mental attack, causing many of them to shudder and experience splitting headaches.
This sudden turn of events took everyone by surprise. The five members of the Sagman immediately stopped and looked up in astonishment. The attacker was none other than the clone of their leader Kasuyi.
Weren't they already temporary allies? Why is Lord Kasuyi attacking the Glory Ones?
Hila also paused, puzzled.
That's strange, why are the enemies suddenly fighting amongst themselves?
Seraon shook his head, shaking off the slight dizziness, and glared at the nearby clone of Kasuyi, shouting:
"What do you mean?!"
With his hands behind his back, Kasuyi slowly said, "The Glory ' goal isn't just to kill Hila, is it? You want to capture her alive and use her as leverage to force Black Star to do things for you."
Seraon's expression changed. Kasuyi was so certain; he must have received intelligence. Pretending was pointless now, so he simply gave up and coldly asked, "Where did you get your intelligence?"
"Based on your usual methods, I could have guessed it," Kasuyi said calmly. "You intervened midway through the battle, and even brought High-Dimensional Apocalypse Teleporter. It's more like a kidnapping than a murder... The Scepter of All Gods is still in your hands. If I'm not mistaken, you intend to use Hila as a bargaining chip to get Black Star to remove the seal on the Scepter of All Gods for you."
At this point, Kasuyi's psychic power surged suddenly, as if he were enraged.
"If it were anything else, I could let it go, but the Scepter of All Gods is a treasure of the Arcane, its priority surpassing Hila's life or death. You Glory Ones are still plotting against us. Even if I abandon my mission today, I will stop you from kidnapping Hila —no matter what, the Scepter of All Gods must not be used by the Glory Ones!"
Sensing the soaring momentum of Kasuyi, Han Xiao immediately turned his head to look.
Wow, you've really nailed this! You've covered it all up!
In this way, even if his actions are reported to the higher-ups of the Arcane Arcane, they will only say that Kasuyi did a good job.
He suddenly realized, wait a minute, maybe this isn't acting, maybe it's the truth...
That's amazing! The highest level of acting is when you even believe it yourself!
If they don't give you an Oscar, it's because they don't know what's good for them!