The ice crystal surface of the Aurora Altar still bears the light marks left by the resonance of the four forces last night. The pale golden patterns were embedded in the ice layer, as if someone had pushed them in bit by bit with their fingers. Lin Yuan reached out and touched it.
A slight tremor came along the pads of the fingers.
It's not bone-chilling; instead, it has a hint of warmth. The lingering warmth, interwoven with gold and blue, seeped into the blood vessels, suppressing the chill of the polar regions to a considerable extent. He let out a low breath of white air and only then did he realize that he hadn't been breathing much just now.
It's getting light.
At the end of the ice field, a hazy, pale fish-belly white emerged. The once flamboyant aurora seemed to have been dimmed by someone, its purple being crushed by the morning light and mixed with a touch of warm orange. When the first ray of sunlight passed through the light band, the light was severely folded, like a broken rainbow, landing on the ice surface, twinkling.
This scene is so beautiful that it seems a little unreal.
Then --
A rumbling sound came from deep within the ice layer.
Three ice-breaking ships, each bearing the emblem of the Alliance, forcefully split through the thick ice floes and charged out. The hull of the ship was wrapped in a thick layer of frost. When it broke the ice blocks, the ice chips flew around like bullets, shining silvery in the morning light. Lin Yuan subconsciously narrowed his eyes.
The Wolf tribe's battle flag at the bow of the ship fluttered in the cold wind, and the totem of the grey Wolf was fierce yet imposing. The silver moon flag of the vampire clan beside it glowed with a cold metallic glow, looking rather intimidating.
The support from the alliance headquarters has finally arrived.
The deck was instantly filled with a flurry of activity. Those who had broken down, those transporting supplies, and those debugging equipment were all crowded together. The robotic arm made a dull operating sound in the low temperature, and box after box of medical equipment, energy modules and sealed supply pods were sent down. The last one to be tightly escorted was the top-secret intelligence about the "Dark Lord".
"These things were dug up by the elders of all ethnic groups through the night flipping through ancient books. They almost lost half of their lives." " The commander of the alliance strode forward. His Wolf ears were trembling in the cold wind, and frost still hung on his grey fur. He held a half-foot-square metal safe box. The box was made of deep-sea black iron, so cold that it turned black. The totems of the four tribes were engraved on it, and tiny fluorescent stones were embedded in the corners, flickering.
"Even the library of the parliament is not so complete." "
After saying that, he reached out and pressed the wolf-shaped button on the side of the box.
"Click." "
The sound was not loud, but on this ice field, it was exceptionally clear.
"Dark Lord, it wasn't like this from the very beginning." " The commander's voice dropped a little. "He was originally the 'Radiant Guardian' of the spirit world, specifically in charge of the order of spiritual energy." Logically speaking, it should be on the cleanest end."
He paused for a moment, as if to make sure everyone had understood.
Later, I had a heart that I shouldn't have.
"Devour the fallen elder." "
Dark energy climbed up along the spiritual veins and gradually gnawed at his mind. In the end, the person changed completely.
The lid of the box opened slowly.
Now, all he wants is to control the spiritual energy origin and reshape the world. To put it bluntly - I'm crazy, and completely crazy."
Inside the box, four tokens lay quietly. Soft light flowed between the metal inner walls, interweaving into a tiny yet dazzling net of light.
These four things are the keys to the ultimate seal.
"One less, we're all waiting to be buried with us." "
Lin Yuan's gaze was immediately drawn to the Wolf head pendant on the far left.
The size of a palm, forged from thousand-year-old black iron, has a dark surface but does not look lifeless. Two pigeon-blood fire crystals were embedded in the Wolf's eyes, as if there was fire burning inside.
He had just reached out his hand.
The heat suddenly spread.
It's not scalding, but that kind of familiar temperature that makes one's mouth tighten. The power of the Wolf God suddenly jolted deep in his dantian, and the illusory figure behind him almost uncontrollably emerged halfway.
"The 'Guardian tooth' of the Wolf race." The commander looked at it, his tone unconsciously lowering. "The token refined by the ancestral Wolf god." A hundred years ago, it was precisely with this that it managed to withstand a direct impact from the Dark Lord."
He pointed at the blue conch in front of Sylvia again.
"Tidal snail". It was carved from the core of a thousand-year-old conch in the deep sea. As long as it is blown, the pure spiritual energy of the ocean within a radius of a thousand miles will be drawn over, specifically to deal with the dark energy.
Green Feather couldn't resist touching that emerald green leaf. The veins of the leaves are so clear that they don't seem to have grown naturally; rather, they seem to have been meticulously crafted by someone. The touch is slightly cool, yet it carries the moist vitality of the rainforest.
This is a "vitality leaf".
The ancient trees in the core of the rainforest only grow once every hundred years.
"Even a dead vine can survive if it comes into contact with it." "
Elena didn't say a word, her eyes fixed intently on the silver gear. She held it in the palm of her hand. The gear made a faint humming sound, and the patterns fit perfectly with the interface of her mechanical arm. The corner of her mouth curled up slightly.
"Oh, this thing..." It's really beautiful.
"Precision Core." The commander said, "Convert spiritual energy into pure mechanical kinetic energy." The power doubles and the error approaches zero.
"Approaching zero?" " Elena chuckled softly, "That's zero." "
The prerequisite is that you can make them truly recognize the Lord. The commander gave a reminder.
Sylvia had already pressed the tidal snail to her lips.
A silver-blue spiritual energy surged through her fingertips into the snail's body. She blew gently.
The sound of the snails was not loud, but it was like an echo coming from the deepest part of the deep sea, low and distant, with a rhythm like the tide. The ice fields are resonating, and the floating ice is slightly vibrating. The blue spirit energy condensed into an ice crystal flower in her palm, with patterns like waves and a clear coldness.
Green Feather moved almost simultaneously. She pressed the living leaf against the withered vine.
The next second --
Vitality bursts forth.
The withered vines twitched violently, new buds broke through the skin, tender green spread wildly, and small white flowers bloomed in the blink of an eye, even carrying the light of dew.
Lin Yuan's side is more straightforward.
He clenched his guard teeth.
Boom --
The hot current explodes.
The pendant transformed into a crimson light stream that vanished into the palm of the hand. The power of the Wolf God skyrocketed, and the air distorted along with it. The illusory figure of the Wolf god behind it doubled in size. The silver-white Wolf fur was clearly distinguishable under the aurora, and the red light in the Wolf's eyes was exactly the same as that of the fire crystal stone.
"TSK..." "
Elena cursed in a low voice, "This kind of pressure is outrageous."
She embedded the precise core into the interface of the robotic arm.
"Click." "
The silver patterns spread out as if they had come alive. The muzzle of the psychic cannon suddenly lit up, and a mass of energy that was three times thicker rapidly condensed.
"Test completed." "
The conversion rate is 120.
"Three times the power." "
"Accuracy - full." "
Her tone was calm, but everyone could tell how excited she was.
Then --
The altar gave a sudden jolt.
It wasn't that kind of aftershock. It was as if something had hit the ground hard. The light patterns on the surface of the ice crystals cracked with a "click", and the originally healed cracks were roughly torn open, rapidly expanding from the width between fingers to the thickness of an arm.
Black fog gushed out like asphalt.
It landed on the ice, making a "sizzling" sound.
Whispers then welled up --
"Flesh and blood..."
"Psychic power..." "
"Submit..."
Messy and sticky, sticking into the eardrum.
Lin Yuan cursed in his heart.
The tidal Star flickered wildly in its arms, and the blue light projected a complete fissure map. In the center of the map, the black shadow representing the Dark Lord had completely stood up. The outline is several times larger than before.
The next second.
A black energy column as thick as a bucket shot up into the sky and exploded in the air, forming a huge black vortex. The aurora was swallowed up, and the world seemed to have been dimmed by someone's slap.
"Vanguard Force." " Lin Yuan whispered, his Wolf ears standing straight up, "He's testing our weight." "
The mist was swirling.
The footsteps were dense and heavy.
The shadow guard appeared.
Dozens of three-meter-tall black shadows, human figures formed by mist, with asphalt-like patterns flowing on their bodies. Dark long swords took shape in their hands, emitting a faint purple light. Two ghostly flames in their eyes tightly locked the altar.
"The core is in the chest!" The commander growled, "Black crystals, smash them!"
Before the words could be spoken, a young Wolf warrior had already rushed out.
It's too fast.
His wolf-like claws had just pierced through the mist when he was swallowed up. The Shadow Guard swung his sword with the back hand, and a black light pierced through his chest. The warrior's eyes almost instantly died out. His spiritual energy was drained, and his body rapidly shrank. When he hit the ice, there was no sound left.
"Don't send yourself to death!" " Lin Yuan's eyes darkened.
He jumped up from the ground.
The power of the Guardian Tooth and the Tidal Star merged in the palm of the hand. The golden blue light blade tore through the air, and with one slash, it pierced through the chest of the Shadow Guard.
-- Broken.
The crystal cracked.
The fog dissipated.
"Now!" Sylvia blew the tidal snail, and the blue shockwave swept like waves, causing the shadow guard's body to become unstable.
"Entangle!" " Green Feather drank low, and the vines broke through the ice, like iron chains locking its limbs.
"Clear the area." " Elena's voice was calm.
The silver light column split into dozens of light arrows, precisely penetrating each core crystal.
Screeching, extinction, disintegration.
The darkness was gradually frozen to death by the cold wind on the ice field.
At the end of the battle, many soldiers collapsed directly onto the ice, not even bothering to speak, leaving only heavy breathing.
Lin Yuan walked up to the crack and opened the crystal box.
Deep in the fissure, that huge black shadow was quietly "watching" them.
At the moment their eyes met, a chill ran down his spine.
He knew we had got the token. Lin Yuan said in a low voice.
"Then we must move forward even more." " Sylvia stood beside him.
The engineer's voice soon came
The passage has been built! "98% stability!" "
The passage constructed by light and crystal leads directly to the depths of the black vortex.
Lin Yuan turned his head and glanced at the alliance soldiers.
Many people were covered in injuries, but not a single one gave up.
"Let's go."
He said.
Four people stepped into the passage.
Deep in the fissure, darkness was surging.
The final battle officially begins.