"Chaoyue! Danger!" Dao Lao, who was powerless to intervene and could only watch from below, immediately shouted a warning as Yan Chaoyue suddenly charged towards the Destroyer.
At that moment, when Yan Chaoyue merged with twelve daggers, transforming into a thunderous lightning bolt aimed at the Destroyer, he too opened his vertical pupils that were constantly flowing with dark purple energy. At this moment, the Destroyer had once again gathered a powerful force, causing the tentacles with the heads of the demonized Erlen and Amu Zinen to briefly lose their ability to disturb him as if they had been electrocuted.
"Well done!" Watching Yan Chaoyue charging towards him, the Destroyer relaxed his previously tense shoulders and grinned. Then, just before Erlen and Amu Zinen could resume their interference, the Destroyer unleashed his ultimate move once again against Yan Chaoyue.
"Feather Blade Thunder Slash!"
Facing the Destroyer's attack, Yan Chaoyue showed no fear. She launched her own attack when she was close enough to him, accelerating her body to the extreme. She managed to land a thunderous blow directly on the Destroyer's chest just before he swung his massive sword in retaliation.
There was a piercing sound, like the screeching of aluminum alloy pipes on a chalkboard, and a blinding light that made one's eyes sting even if they were tightly shut. As expected, the Destroyer remained standing in place with his hands still raised high holding the sword. Yan Chaoyue, on the other hand, was sent flying in a parabolic trajectory, scattering white light resembling feathers across the sky.
Yan Chaoyue had managed to hit the Destroyer first with her attack, but she quickly realized that he could withstand her blow due to his robust physique, allowing him to counterattack her more effectively at close range. As a result, due to exerting too much force in her attack, she couldn't dodge effectively in the next second, and ended up taking the full damage of the Soul-Shattering Decimation Slash at extremely close range.
"No—! Your Majesty!" Unable to rescue Yan Chaoyue, Hilf could only watch helplessly as she was thrown back and collapsed on the ground, tears streaming down her face in agony.
Similarly unable to assist Yan Chaoyue, Haoyun and the others gritted their teeth, trembling as they watched Yan Chaoyue fall in defeat once again, feeling a sense of unprecedented helplessness. Even Yan Chaoyue, who was far stronger and in the best condition, still had no chance against the significantly weakened Destroyer due to the suppression he faced. So, what threat could Haoyun and the others, who were already mentally exhausted, pose to the Destroyer? At this moment, it seemed they had almost no ability left to even connect with the Destroyer, let alone harm him.
At this moment, facing the Destroyer, who was so powerful that even four priests could not defeat him; facing the celestial canopy shield that was cracking under the intense impact of the Destruction Rain and the Meteor Array approaching the surface of Mu Star; facing the Mastanians who were crazily assaulting the Eternal Mu Star defensive line in hopes of winning his favor and sparing their lives—besides a sense of powerlessness, the morale of the Eternal Mu Star soldiers was filled with despair.
In stark contrast, upon seeing the Queen of Eternal Mu Star go down again in battle, the Mastanians' morale soared even higher. Feeling victory was within arm's reach, the Mastanian soldiers became even more frenzied. They no longer feared the Destruction Rain leaking from cracks in the celestial canopy shield; instead, they used it as cover, roaring towards the Eternal Mu Star's defensive positions. Even if someone was hit and burned to ashes by the Destruction Rain while charging, they continued their assault without hesitation. To the Mastanians, the psychological defense of the Eternal Mu Star people had become so fragile that it could collapse at any moment. So now was their perfect opportunity to completely break through the defenses of Eternal Mu Star.
As expected by the Mastanians, facing the dual assault of the Destruction Rain and the Mastanians on the ground, as well as the pressure from the Crimson Poison Mist Array and Meteor Array still descending overhead, the defensive line of Eternal Mu Star showed clear signs of collapse. Consequently, the Mastanians seized a large swath of land relinquished by the collapsing and retreating Eternal Mu Star troops, allowing them to strengthen their ground units and further weaken the Eternal Mu Star's control over the battle situation.
However, the advantage gradually forming on the ground battlefield for the Mastanian army did not catch the Destroyer's attention. Instead, after looking at Yan Chaoyue who had fallen on the distant celestial canopy shield, and then at his own hands gripping the massive sword, a puzzled expression crossed his face. It seemed that the Destroyer wasn't particularly satisfied with the power of his last attack just now. Because in his view, the attack he had just launched should have had enough force to cleave Yan Chaoyue in half while airborne.
This is quite puzzling. At the moment I attacked Yan Chaoyue, I had clearly momentarily shaken off those two beasts' entanglement. Why then did the power I erupted with remain so feeble? Hmph! It seems those two still have a significant impact on my strength. No, I must seize the time to resolve this battle here and quickly find a way to completely eliminate those two pests! The Destroyer pondered anxiously, while glancing up at the continuously descending three-layered array.
Then, raising his massive sword once more, the Destroyer was surrounded once again by the whispering chants resembling devilish hymns. Simultaneously, lightning bolts shot out from the dense crimson poison mist array, converging once more on his massive sword. Following this, as the Destroyer swung his arm in a circle and brought down his sword again, all the energy gathered in the sky rushed toward the celestial canopy shield like a floodgate opening without restraint.
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Under the influence of the crimson poison mist array, the uncontrollable meteor array and the immortal star array finally landed on top of the celestial canopy shield and launched their final assault. Under the combined attack of the three-layered uncontrollable arrays, cracks on the celestial canopy shield quickly spread in all directions, making the energy shield enveloping the Mu Star's outer surface look as fragile as a completely shattered glass sphere, on the verge of complete collapse at any moment.
"Give up! Your fate is sealed! Surrender to me obediently! That way, at least you won't be completely destroyed immediately!" Watching the gradually crumbling celestial canopy shield, the Destroyer proposed in a victorious tone, feigning kindness.
Due to the Destroyer's ability to completely conceal his aura within the crimson poison mist array, coupled with the fact that the other two uncontrollable arrays were sufficient to deal with the surface of Mu Star, they had automatically targeted the Mastanians and Eternal Mu Star people active below. Therefore, the Destroyer now only suffered attacks launched by the uncontrollable arrays, which were extremely limited in power. Moreover, the Destroyer's sturdy demon shield could easily handle these attacks, allowing him to move freely within the three-layer uncontrollable arrays without any concerns.
"Hmph! Dream on!" Yan Chaoyue struggled to stand up and spat out.
Although Yan Chaoyue still appeared very tough, the damage inflicted by the Destroyer's recent attack was considerable, evident from the cracks in her armor and the sparkling energy debris flowing from her wounds. This forced her to muster her internal strength to suppress her injuries, enabling her to stand before the Destroyer once again while maintaining the stability of her divine body.
However, what was quite unexpected was that despite Yan Chaoyue being injured by the Destroyer, her Earth Yin Spirit Realm battle armor remained intact, still enveloping her with a flickering protective shield. Yet, the glaring crack directly in front of the shield reminded Yan Chaoyue that the defensive capability of her battle armor had reached its limit and could no longer withstand another attack from the Destroyer.
"Hmph! I thought you were much more capable! Turns out you're just like this!" Yan Chaoyue calmly brushed off her shattered armor mockingly. Although she knew she couldn't compete with the Destroyer anymore, she would never choose to surrender. Even if she couldn't defeat the Destroyer anymore, she wouldn't let go of verbally confronting this damn beast!
"Hmph! You're still defiant even at death's door!" The Destroyer sneered in response.
Given Yan Chaoyue's current state, the Destroyer naturally didn't need to wait for his power to gather again, and after briefly suppressing the demonized Er and Amu Zinen once more, he could easily kill her on the spot with an attack that mobilized all his gathered strength. Therefore, the Destroyer ignored Yan Chaoyue's verbal attacks and disregarded Er and Amu Zinen, who had broken free from his constraints and were suppressing him again, picking up his giant sword and thrusting it directly towards the crack in Yan Chaoyue's chest armor.
At this critical moment, when even the knowledge that his maximum interference couldn't stop the Destroyer from killing Yan Chaoyue's demonized Er, Er suddenly shouted loudly just before the giant sword pierced Yan Chaoyue's shield, "Hey! Are you even listening?! If you don't come out and intervene now, your wife really will be doomed!"
Simultaneously with Er's nonsensical shout, the Destroyer's massive sword accurately pierced through the crack in Yan Chaoyue's battle armor shield, slamming loudly against the armor on her chest. Although the sword didn't continue forward afterward, the powerful sword energy burst from it sent Yan Chaoyue flying.
Seeing that his strike hadn't pierced Yan Chaoyue's body, the Destroyer didn't immediately chase after her to deliver a follow-up blow. Instead, he maintained the posture of thrusting his giant sword, his body shaking violently as he froze in place, exclaiming in disbelief, "You, how could you also—"
However, before the Destroyer could finish his sentence, his tone suddenly changed, and he asked, "What? How could I also what?"
At this moment, from the Destroyer's mouth came a voice speaking in a steady and majestic tone filled with righteousness. This voice was completely at odds with the Destroyer's monstrous and evil face, causing everyone to feel a profound sense of discord upon hearing the Destroyer speak with such a deep and charismatic voice.
Upon hearing this voice, Yan Chaoyue's body immediately trembled. Ignoring the pain from being struck by the sword energy and quickly flipping over, she asked with a mix of confusion and excitement, "Er? Is that you?!"
Upon hearing Yan Chaoyue call out King Er, the Destroyer's body immediately began convulsing uncontrollably. Due to the intensity of his convulsions, multiple afterimages appeared around his body. Soon after, a dazzling light burst forth from the Destroyer's chest. This light swiftly spread throughout his body along the black fiber strands that composed him, causing his body to uncontrollably rise into the air. In his struggle, he wildly swung the giant sword in his hand while hysterically shouting in an incomprehensible language. At this moment, the Destroyer's situation resembled the scenes when King Er and Amutzin previously appeared.
After struggling and shouting aimlessly for a while, the situation changed once again for the Destroyer. His head was completely enveloped by the spreading white light, which transformed into countless threads of light amidst its radiance. These threads of light then infiltrated the gaps between the black fibers that composed the Destroyer's head. Subsequently, all the organs on the Destroyer's face seemed to melt and reintegrate into the undulating black fibers. Finally, as the Destroyer's head continued to undulate, it gradually split into two heads—one large and one small—evolving from the monster with three heads to a monster with four heads.
"This, this is impossible! You're just a mere ant! How could you, how did you do it?!" The smaller newly split head of the Destroyer, after reshaping into the Destroyer's appearance, looked in horror at the other newly split head and asked.
"Hmph! Even a thousand-mile dam can be destroyed by an ant nest. So, never underestimate an ant!" responded the larger newly split head slowly and with authority as it gradually formed a visage.