Despite the Annihilator's head being twisted at a bizarre angle on his right shoulder under the massive impact of the Hunt-Kill Bullet, he still managed to use his intact right eye to glance in astonishment at the black-purple energy shield that had been pierced by the Hunt-Kill Bullet, leaving a large hole. He quickly checked his body for further injuries. After confirming that he had no major issues, the Annihilator moved swiftly, checking every part of his body, and slowly retracted his massive sword, calmly straightening his head.
Feeling the left side of his head where black fibrous filaments were rapidly repairing the damage, the Annihilator grinned and said, "Ah! The Hunt-Kill Bullet truly lives up to its reputation! I didn't expect that even with the magical shield I can conjure with my current power, it still couldn't withstand its attack. It seems I underestimated the power of the Hunt-Kill Bullet! Hmph! But it's a pity, your Hunt-Kill Bullet can only inflict this kind of damage on me!"
Seeing the Annihilator standing nonchalantly in mid-air, waiting for the half of his head blown open by Dream Jia's sneak attack to be repaired, Hao Yun and the others were filled with horror. The Annihilator had become so powerful that not even the Hunt-Kill Bullet could kill him? If even the Hunt-Kill Bullet, this formidable weapon, couldn't deal with the Annihilator, what other means did they have to defeat him?
However, Dream Jia had already anticipated, ever since the Eternal Star Palace encounter, that with her current strength, even if she used the Hunt-Kill Bullet, it might not be enough to kill the Annihilator. But Dream Jia still believed that in an ambush against the Annihilator, especially a direct attack on his head, the Hunt-Kill Bullet could at least severely wound him. Therefore, upon seeing that the Hunt-Kill Bullet only managed to scratch the surface of the Annihilator, and that even this superficial wound was quickly being repaired by him, Dream Jia couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness and even confusion about the battles to come.
Having taken a solid hit from the Hunt-Kill Bullet, the Annihilator finished roughly repairing the left half of his brain and decided to cease attacking Hao Yun further. He turned and swung his sword, soaring into the sky. Obviously, being successfully ambushed by Dream Jia in front of everyone had humiliated the Annihilator. Therefore, he decided to first regain his dignity from Dream Jia before turning back to deal with Hao Yun, who posed no real threat to him anymore.
Although Dream Jia was weakened after using the Hunt-Kill Bullet, upon seeing the Annihilator charging towards her, she naturally didn't stay put. Dream Jia first finished half a bottle of Ha Ha Happy Pure Water and regained some mental strength. Immediately after, she raised her high spear and fired a fierce barrage at the Annihilator to slow down his aggressive approach.
However, the mental exhaustion caused by using the Hunt-Kill Bullet was not something that could be solved with half a bottle of Ha Ha Happy Pure Water. Therefore, even though Dream Jia's mental strength had somewhat recovered, she still felt somewhat inadequate in facing the Annihilator's counterattack. Not to mention, in her current weakened state, whether she could accurately hit the Annihilator with a Life-Equivalent Strike was now a question mark.
Dao Lao and Yan Chaoyue naturally wouldn't just watch as the Annihilator attacked Dream Jia. The two quickly pushed back the Griffins attempting to engage them and simultaneously charged towards the Annihilator from two different directions. However, facing the increasingly valiant Annihilator, both Dao Lao and Yan Chaoyue found it increasingly difficult. Therefore, their combined efforts to encircle him not only had little effect but under the Annihilator's sword strikes, they were both sent flying far away.
Following that, like a cannonball fired from a gun, the Annihilator swiftly charged towards Dream Jia again and swung his massive sword diagonally towards her body. In her weakened state, how could Dream Jia evade the Annihilator's fierce attack? Therefore, Dream Jia had no choice but to rely on her battle armor's protective shield to bluntly withstand the Annihilator's heavy blow.
The black aura-wrapped massive sword struck heavily against the battle armor's protective shield, and with a crisp clang, burst forth into dazzling flames. Dream Jia was immediately sent flying high into the air by the Thorny Sword, until she collided with the canopy shield. Since Dream Jia's mental strength was still at a very low level, upon colliding with the canopy shield, she momentarily struggled to adjust her posture and fell straight down stiffly.
Seeing this, the Annihilator grinned again, revealing an extremely cruel smile. "Hehehe! Just now, one strike was to repay you for previously injuring my shoulder and wings. And now, this strike is to repay you for damaging my skull! Prepare to die!"
With that, the Annihilator leaped into the air once more, wielding his massive sword and plunging directly towards the direction where Dream Jia was falling.
"Dream Jia! Watch out!" Hao Yun shouted anxiously upon seeing this.
Hao Yun wanted desperately to fly up and help, but pain and weakness spread throughout his body. Coupled with his battle armor being damaged, its energy almost depleted and temporarily malfunctioning, preventing him from activating its flight function, Hao Yun could only stand helplessly on the ground, unable to think of any other way.
"Prepare to die! Soul Shatter Strike!" The Annihilator quickly caught up with the falling Dream Jia and launched another deadly move against her.
Dao Lao, just before the Annihilator's massive sword struck Dream Jia, once again flew to her side and successfully intercepted the Annihilator's strike using a shield formed rapidly by light-transformed long rods. However, although Dao Lao could still fight against the Annihilator, the Annihilator's relentless attacks and his own exhaustion made his current situation extremely grim.
Adding to the absolute gap in their strength, although Dao Lao could withstand the formidable attack of the Soul Shatter Strike, he couldn't completely neutralize the subsequent impact it brought. Thus, even after neutralizing most of the fatal attacks from the Soul Shatter Strike, Dao Lao's defensive technique was breached, and he could only rely on his battle armor's protective shield to endure the remaining impact of the sword energy. Together with Dream Jia, who was behind him, they crashed heavily towards the ground, like a pair of stacked statues. Moreover, carrying the sword energy that had not dissipated, they fell from the sky like a double yellow missile, smashing through a dome of the Mu Star Palace and deeply buried under the collapsed building.
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"Hurry! Quickly rescue the two priests!" Tie Zhu, who was leading the defense against the Mastanians aiming to take advantage of Hao Yun's weakness and end his life, shouted loudly upon seeing Dao Lao and Dream Jia being knocked down by the Destroyer.
However, as more Mastanians broke through the celestial palace's aerial defenses and attacked the reinforced sky shield formation, even Hilve, with no ability to clone herself, could only lead the defending troops against the enemy's onslaught and dispatch some troops to rescue Dao Lao and Dream Jia who had fallen.
"Hmph! The so-called followers of the Mold Spirit are chasing after the priests! Your strength is nothing! Now, once I capture you, this battle will be over!" The Destroyer looked at Dao Lao and Dream Jia, whom he had just brought down, and sneered contemptuously before turning his head towards Yan Chaoyue not far away.
Yan Chaoyue remained silent, poised again in a fighting stance in mid-air, ready to face the Destroyer's next attack. However, Yan Chaoyue also knew very well that even when four priests joined forces, they couldn't shake the Destroyer in the slightest. So, how could she alone resist the Destroyer? Yet, Yan Chaoyue didn't feel disheartened. On the contrary, she remained steadfast in believing that as long as she persisted in battle, there would always be a glimmer of hope to defeat the Destroyer. More importantly, Yan Chaoyue knew she couldn't afford to fail because if she were defeated by the Destroyer, it would mean the Eternal Mu star would lose all hope of victory and fall into a worldly purgatory destroyed by the Mastanians.
"Alas! Why do you bother, dear Queen? You cannot defeat me. So instead of futile struggling, why not surrender early? Haha, I guess the energy within you must be more delicious than those three priests!" The Destroyer licked his lips.
Then, the Destroyer continued meaningfully, "And after I devour you, isn't that indirectly reuniting you with King Earl? Isn't that what you've been hoping for? Haha."
"Insolent!" Yan Chaoyue was clearly provoked by the Destroyer's words.
Yan Chaoyue's body shook, and behind her, the twelve daggers forming the feathered wings once again shaped into the Feather Sword Array. The intense sword energy formed around Yan Chaoyue, condensing into feather-like energies that quickly transformed into sharp sword lights, shooting towards the Destroyer like a violent storm.
"Hmph! Dying struggle!" The Destroyer faced the storm of arrows without dodging, instead wielding his giant sword to meet them directly, entering the Feather Sword Array formed by the sword lights, starting another fight with Yan Chaoyue.
"Weak! You're too weak! You can't defeat me like this! Surrender obediently! Perhaps I can spare you a reunion with King Earl and let these Eternal Mu people die more easily!" The Destroyer calmly faced the storm of swords raining down like a hurricane, continuously trying to disturb Yan Chaoyue with his words.
Yan Chaoyue, after all, was not an ordinary priest. Her powerful mental strength ensured that she could remain calm in the face of the Destroyer's verbal taunts and focus on controlling the sword array to attack the Destroyer. However, at this moment, she felt exhausted and extremely helpless. Because she knew very well that the reason she could still hold her own against the Destroyer was largely due to the additional energy absorbed by the Shadow Realm battle armor she used and the daggers modified by Countess's enhancements. Yet, even so, she couldn't hide the fact that there was a considerable gap in strength between her and the current Destroyer.
Furthermore, to further strengthen the sky shield, Yan Chaoyue had allocated some of the energy acquired during this period into enhancing the formations, which meant that in each round of combat with the Destroyer, she could only compete evenly in the first half. However, as the battle progressed to the middle and later stages, Yan Chaoyue would become increasingly weaker due to insufficient reserves.
The Destroyer, who had fought several rounds with Yan Chaoyue, naturally noticed her predicament. Therefore, after the attack power of Yan Chaoyue's sword array visibly weakened, the Destroyer coldly said, "Hmph! Is this all you've got? Stop struggling! With your current strength, you can't possibly defeat me! Hmph! Just wait to reunite with your husband!"
After saying that, the Destroyer easily swung his sword to knock down all the weakening sword rains attacking him, then transformed into an incredibly sharp black sword energy, aimed at the vulnerability of the Feather Sword Array that had appeared in an instant, and after smashing the Feather Sword Array, he rushed towards Yan Chaoyue behind the formation at full speed.
Yan Chaoyue was not surprised by the Destroyer's actions of breaking through the formation. Because she was also well aware that her strength was declining, the Feather Sword Array was becoming easier to crack. Yan Chaoyue just didn't expect the Destroyer to break her sword array so cleanly that she couldn't form a second sword array in time, giving the Destroyer an easy opportunity to kill her.
The Destroyer's attack this time was different from before. He didn't use skill attacks but instead concentrated all his strength on the giant sword in his hand, preparing to pierce Yan Chaoyue's body with unparalleled strength. In the Destroyer's view, using the weapon he obtained from Yan Chaoyue to kill the original owner on the spot was the greatest insult to Yan Chaoyue and the best way to enhance the pleasure of this slaughter.
Without suspense, the Destroyer's Thorny Greatsword pierced through Yan Chaoyue's protective shield, above the realm of gods, and violently collided with the defensive shield Yan Chaoyue hastily formed with twelve daggers, producing a piercing metal impact sound. Immediately after, the shield formed by twelve daggers was also shattered by the tremendous sword energy brought by the giant sword, and the giant sword accurately pierced Yan Chaoyue's chest, causing Yan Chaoyue to be directly blown away by the powerful sword energy.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Protect the Queen! Protect the Queen!" Seeing his Majesty the Queen being pierced in the chest by the giant sword and being hit far away due to losing control of her body, Hilve, who had been guarding next to the reinforced formation, finally couldn't sit still. She immediately shouted loudly for the Queen's bodyguards to come to her rescue, while facing the Mastanians' attacks, she rushed towards the roof of the Eternal Mu Palace, which had been opened up by the Mastanians.
In everyone's eyes, the attack Yan Chaoyue had just suffered was indeed severe. However, the Destroyer, standing in the air, showed a slight hint of confusion and frowned slightly. Because although visually the attack the Destroyer had just launched seemed very fierce, the Destroyer could clearly feel that the power attached to the giant sword had inexplicably drained away quickly. As a result, when the giant sword pierced Yan Chaoyue, although it looked very powerful, it actually didn't reach the intensity needed to fatally strike Yan Chaoyue in one blow.