General Tie Dao continued, "More crucially, someone must accompany the princess and prince as they grow up, and in the future assist them in leading these children to rebuild Yongmu Star's civilization! Sylph and you are the best candidates for this task, the ones we trust the most! So, I'm not asking you to desert! I'm entrusting you with the responsibility of helping the Yongmu Star people rise again!"

With that said, General Tie Dao raised his hand to stop Sylph from arguing further. Then, he squeezed out a warm smile at the two in front of him and said, "Besides, damn it, I want to have grandchildren too! So, even if you curse me for being selfish, I will make sure both of you lead these children out of here!"

Tie Zhu understood his father's stubbornness, understood that the decision for him and Sylph to leave was made unanimously by the remaining executives of Yongmu Star who had not yet fallen, and understood how enormous the task his father had entrusted to them was. Therefore, Captain Tie Zhu didn't say anything more, but stepped forward to give General Tie Dao a big hug.

"Father... I'm unfilial..." Tie Zhu choked up, tears of pain flowing uncontrollably from his eyes, making it hard for him to see his father's face clearly. Tie Zhu held onto his father tightly, unwilling to let go for a long time, knowing that this parting moment was also a final farewell.

"Alright! Good child! Don't be sad! Like Tie Ta, you both make me proud!" General Tie Dao simultaneously put his arms around Tie Zhu and Sylph's shoulders, smiling with reluctance in his eyes.

Finally, holding back his tears, General Tie Dao pushed Tie Zhu and Sylph towards the square and said, "Go! My children! Make sure you complete the mission we entrusted to you! Don't let us down! We are always with you!"

As General Tie Dao reluctantly moved his gaze away from Tie Zhu and Sylph, preparing to lead an elite flying squadron into battle and ignoring the Mastanians advancing towards Xia Ba Square, he suddenly slapped his forehead as if remembering something.

"Oh dear! Right! Look at my terrible memory! Tie Zhu, you better remember this well! My grandson will be called Iron Fist, and my granddaughter will be Iron Flower! If you dare to randomly name my grandchildren, I'll kick your ass!" General Tie Dao laughed heartily.

"Iron Fist and Iron Flower, I'll remember. But, Your Excellency, your naming sense is really embarrassingly old-fashioned! The children might be too ashamed to show their faces in the future!" Sylph hurriedly nodded in reply, while Tie Zhu felt a warm current in his heart amidst the sorrow. Sylph's candid response meant she had formally decided to spend her life with him.

"Haha! The names of our Tie family must carry our Tie family's style! Blame it on your late mother-in-law for leaving early, so I had to reluctantly step in as the proxy for naming the descendants! Haha! My good daughter-in-law! I'm entrusting this family to you from now on!" Hearing Sylph's response, General Tie Dao laughed heartily and contentedly at the sky.

Then, without further words, General Tie Dao took a quick step onto the flying ship, brandishing his giant sword and leading the elite flying squadron into battle without looking back towards Tie Zhu and Sylph. Tie Zhu and Sylph respectfully bowed in the direction where General Tie Dao had departed, suppressing their grief and tightly clenching their teeth as they turned and ran back to Haoyun and the others.

"Damn it! The Destroyer has discovered our actions so quickly! Haoyun, hurry up! These soldiers of Yongmu Star probably won't buy us much time! And this temporary shield won't hold much longer either!" Seeing the Mastanians charging frenziedly towards Xia Ba Square and the increasingly intense rain of destruction, Dao Lao urged anxiously.

"Don't rush! I'm trying! Damn it! Why isn't it activating?" Haoyun replied. Haoyun knew the situation was urgent, so he closed his eyes tightly to concentrate on finding the method to activate the teleportation array.

The teleportation array that Haoyun was trying to activate was another skill he unexpectedly discovered in his Earth Yin Spirit Armor—a skill called Dog Hole Drilling. Haoyun learned about this skill, which was actually a teleportation spell, thanks to Yan Chaoyue's assistance. All of this stemmed from when Haoyun showed his Earth Yin Spirit Armor to Yan Chaoyue.

Initially, after learning about the incident where Dao Lao and Dream Jia had disputes because of the Earth Yin Spirit Armor, Haoyun decided not to tell Yan Chaoyue about the remaining Mold Spirit Energy stored in his Mold Spirit Energy Storage Device. However, later on, during the opportunity when Dao Lao and Dream Jia were out assisting the people of Yongmu Star in constructing defensive works, Haoyun specifically sought out Yan Chaoyue to discuss this matter.

It was precisely because of this that Haoyun learned that due to the early work of the Countess in comprehending the transformation of the Divine Realm Armors, coupled with the fact that the Countess's initial technology in comprehending the transformation of the Divine Realm Armors was not very exquisite, Yan Chaoyue's armor showed signs of significant functional decline during continuous usage. This caused Yan Chaoyue's armor to fail to recharge due to malfunction after extracting energy for the celestial tent shield for the second time, and at the same time, the remaining energy in it was just two percent.

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In view of the significant significance of the celestial tent shield to the Mu star, as well as the fact that Haoyun was also very clear that compared to its own usage, Yan Chaoyue was the one who was better able to hold out against the Destroyer and had an important mission for the whole battle. Therefore, after careful consideration, Haoyun finally decided to disclose all this to Yan Chaoyue regarding the fact that the Phoenix Thorn Feather No. Six, as well as the fact that Haoyun was at the same time the case worn armor of Yan Chaoyue and the one that had been replaced in this battle

This explains why the Destroyer can easily defeat the armor on Haoyun compared to Dao Lao and others. It's because the Yin Earth Spirit Realm armor on him has malfunctioned, greatly reducing its protective capabilities. It also explains why Yan Chaoyue's armor has such high strength, allowing her to break through the sky shield, withstand the Crimson Poison Mist and the Rain of Destruction, and fight the Destroyer for so long.

Yan Chaoyue not only obtained Haoyun's better-preserved armor but also, with Haoyun's help, infused part of Amu Zinen's Mold Spirit Energy shards, stored in Haoyun's energy storage device, into the armor and the rest into her own body.

However, the reason Haoyun and Yan Chaoyue could only extract half of the Mold Spirit Energy from Haoyun's storage device was because Haoyun's system seemed to have malfunctioned. After they extracted half of the Mold Spirit Energy, the system entered protective mode, thus closing the energy storage device. Nevertheless, since this Mold Spirit Energy originated from Amu Zinen, even though Yan Chaoyue only managed to partially replenish her armor and herself through this method, the energy that erupted was astonishingly powerful, greatly influencing subsequent battles.

Furthermore, when Yan Chaoyue attempted to absorb the energy escaping from the Destroyer's chest wound, even stranger events occurred. It seemed that because the Destroyer absorbed part of Amu Zinen's power, there was a resonance with Yan Chaoyue's Yin Earth Spirit Realm armor, causing all the energy she absorbed from the wound to be stored directly in her armor, rather than being converted into usable power for her.

Moreover, as Yan Chaoyue's armor continued to collect high-purity negative energy from the Destroyer and rapidly filled with energy, her system suddenly received a system prompt: "Hidden skill 'Wormhole' has reached activation conditions. Would you like to activate?"

Knowing that the Countess would hide special functions in the Yin Earth Spirit Realm armor, Yan Chaoyue naturally rejoiced. She immediately activated the Wormhole, eager to see what assistance this skill would provide in such a critical moment. To her surprise, however, upon activating the Wormhole, the armor's energy consumption dropped to just one percent.

This unexpected turn caught Yan Chaoyue somewhat off guard. She hadn't anticipated that this skill would consume so much energy upon activation. Nonetheless, thanks to activating the Wormhole, Yan Chaoyue learned that its purpose was to utilize spatial anomalies for long-distance teleportation. From this, she also deduced that the reason Haoyun had been unable to activate the Wormhole was because he had not been able to infuse enough, purer negative energy into the armor.

Upon successfully activating the Wormhole skill, Yan Chaoyue felt overjoyed. She knew that even if the Mastanians could not defeat the Destroyer and even if the Musun body was on the brink of destruction due to the uncontrollable trilayer array, they could still evacuate a portion of the Musun people before all disasters arrived, ensuring that the Musun civilization would not completely disappear.

Therefore, knowing she was the only one capable of extracting the Destroyer's energy and replenishing it into the Yin Earth Spirit Realm armor, thus enabling it to activate the Wormhole skill, Yan Chaoyue, aware that her physical condition was rapidly declining and that the end was near, decided to push herself to the limit. She did so to maximize her efforts to restrain the Destroyer with the assistance of King Erl and the other two while forcefully recharging the armor again, enabling it to activate the Wormhole once more.

At the same time, Yan Chaoyue succinctly informed Haoyun and General Tie Zhu of the situation and her plan. This led to Haoyun and the other two risking everything to rush into the sky, feigning to launch the Hunter Bullet to assist Yan Chaoyue in restraining the Destroyer, giving her more time to recharge the armor. They also waited for Yan Chaoyue to complete the recharge of the armor and for Phoenix Feather No. 6, separated from the Phoenix Thorn, to give her actions.

After Yan Chaoyue did not allocate ten percent of the energy of the Phoenix Feather No. 6, it made Phoenix Feather No. 6 have just the right amount of energy to cooperate with the open Wormhole skill. However, even when everything was ready, why couldn't this skill be activated? Haoyun tried again, and the system prompted failure. So, Haoyun was very anxious and cursed, "Special cat, which step is wrong? This damn countess! Since you want to implant these functions in the armor, can't you implant the instructions together? Now that's a time when the hair is on fire, and I have to guess riddles! I really need to greet your whole family!"

"Cough cough cough! Why do you always curse at me?! I'll get angry like this! Cough cough cough!" Suddenly, even after Haoyun's curse stopped, a voice that always sounded like a thousand-year-old phlegm and was very hoarse appeared in Haoyun's mind from nowhere.

"You, why is it the Countess again? How come her voice appeared again?" Haoyun wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, cursed again, and quickly regained his composure. Because after Haoyun activated the Confessor's ability, the Countess's voice had also appeared. Therefore, Haoyun immediately realized that the voice of the Countess appearing here should also be pre-recorded by that schizophrenic.

"Hiya! It's all because the signal here is too poor! It took me a while to find a way to reconnect online!" The Countess's voice said cheekily.

"You found a way to reconnect online? You mean—"

"Alright, alright! Let's not talk about that for now! We're in dire straits here, so let's focus on finishing the job first!" The Countess interrupted Haoyun before he could finish.

Upon hearing the Countess's words, Haoyun felt even more puzzled. From his recent conversation with the Countess, he couldn't shake the feeling that her words weren't just pre-programmed phrases in the armor's voice system, but something she was saying herself. Otherwise, how could she know the urgency of the current situation?

So, Haoyun voiced his suspicion again, but all he got from the Countess was two words: "You guess?"