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"...You destroyed our new world...We will destroy you."
Cocolia was no longer speaking with her throat; her bewitching voice appeared directly in Ying's mind.
"Oh, aren't you planning to run away?"
Shadow knuckles are slightly white:
"If I fight this body, I'm afraid I'll miss the best opportunity to escape!"
Although Kong had reminded her countless times to be frugal, she still couldn't help but use her willpower when facing a powerful enemy.
"If we can't destroy you, we can't leave. We, our own kind, can't be defeated, but you are not invincible..."
"Oh, a person who relies on the power of others to bully others actually has such ambition? It is rare! Then I will see if your blasphemous wish is sharper than my sword——"
"..."
The emotions of the star core seemed to have a subtle fluctuation -
Isn't your knife unsharpened? How can it be sharp?
314. This moment is the time of extinction!
Ying seemed to sense the star core's attention gradually tilting towards him, and thought that if he could make Kong safer, he wouldn't have to worry about the form of the duel - by now, others should have taken the opportunity to slip under the pit, so he exerted more force with his hands and gradually broke through the line that balanced the flow of energy.
Cocolia was gradually suppressed, but when she heard the sound of breaking wind behind her ears, she turned around and avoided Kama's hidden arrow at the cost of having the handle of her gun cut.
"Ah, Yu Jianming, if you suppress her for a little longer, I will succeed!"
Seeing Kokolia flying in the air again with the broken spear in her hand, Kama wanted to fire another arrow, but the opponent turned at a right angle with a lateral movement that could give a physicist a cerebral hemorrhage, making it difficult for her to use her conventional means of attack.
"It doesn't feel right. Her gun is homemade, not some rare weapon."
"…Your focus is so strange."
The movements and words of Ying's knife-swinging were somewhat unacceptable to Kama, but after she caught a glimpse of Sora piloting Carl and jumping down into the deep pit that was still filled with snow, she stopped complaining.
The distraction of the two of them was very effective, and the opponent could no longer focus on Kong. This not only delayed the Black Tower's restart sequence, but also allowed other teammates to try to approach the frozen Nata.
[Eula, report the situation! ]
[We have already fallen to the bottom of the snow cave! ]
Although the short-assisted jet pack and the wings of wind still could not fly, they finally made some use of the expensive pilot equipment sponsored by Esther, allowing Eula and the somewhat frightened March Danheng to successfully land in the pit covered with snow.
[Pay attention to the small map mark, I have shared Nata's location with you. ]
The faint green dot in the center marked by the system is undoubtedly Nata's ice coffin. Now that the Star Core is busy dealing with Ying and Kama, it may be the best time to take action.
[Try to find Nata yourself. If I get too close to you, I'll draw hatred towards you!]
Kong has a clear self-awareness. There is a fierce fighting in the sky right now, but as long as Ying is not careful enough to keep an eye on the opponent, tons of attacks will fall on his head immediately. Kong can't even lock on to Cocolia, and he dare not continue to shoot and harass her, for fear that she will be irritated and change her fire immediately.
But if there happened to be a gap in distance between him and Eula's team, and they were both at the bottom of the pit, Cocolia might deliberately cause trouble for him and ignore their rescuers.
"It's right here, but it looks like it's buried very tightly. What should I do?"
The three people who extinguished the spouts of their backpacks looked at the dome covered completely with snow with embarrassment on their faces - this place should have been full of stalactites on the cave ceilings and mining town buildings, but now it was just a pile of rubble. If they used a shovel to dig, or even explosives to blow it up, it would take some effort and might bury Nata even deeper.
If it weren't for Nata's green mark flashing on the shared map, they would have thought that they were buried there and there was no hope for them.
The Star Core should obviously attach great importance to the bargaining chips, but looking at the mess at the scene, it seems that it doesn't care that much about Nata's life or death?
"I'll do it - you guys just move out of the way!"
Seeing that the three men had no idea where to start, Kong controlled Carl from a distance and raised his rifle, preparing to make a gap in the snow and gravel.
But before he pulled the trigger, Haiya, who had been assisting in observing the battlefield behind him, quietly placed her hand on his palm to stop his risky action.
"Let me do it, Doctor. This delicate work is not suitable for you."
The dark green Originium energy passed through Paimon's nose. The little girl was still a little dizzy from Sora's rough maneuver just now, but when she looked up at the monitor, she was immediately attracted by the even crazier scene in front of her.
"call--!!"
Although it was clearly a "magic" that did not require any spells, Paimon and his companions seemed to hear a powerful spell like "The winds obey my commands" crossing the extremely chaotic starry sky with lightning and thunder.
Suddenly, on Nata's "grave", a tornado appeared out of nowhere, blowing away the snow like a drill and throwing up thick rubble and debris. The clanging sound gave people the illusion of a construction site.
They stared in amazement at how Haiya carefully and quickly dug out the ice coffin buried in the ruins. Not only did Sanyue and the others seem to have known Haiya all over again, even Kong couldn't believe it:
"When did you become so powerful in controlling Originium energy?"
"Since you've been 'watering' me almost every day, I've become more and more proficient. Well, Doctor, if you plan to help me develop more complex spells, go back and work hard... I just hope that the young lady I saved won't have any undue impact on our 'learning'."
Haiya had no intention of showing off, but Eula's eyelids twitched as she listened to the terrible conversation on the commuter. She hadn't developed any new skills just because Sora delivered rations on time - that fat snake must be talking nonsense again.
"Sister Natasha, are you okay? Hey, how do you get rid of all this ice?"
The rumbling thunder streaked across the sky, and the fight between the gods above was reaching a climax, which made Sanyue shudder again. She took out a mountaineering pick from behind her, but she was not strong enough and didn't know how to get the Earth Fire Leader out of the ice coffin.
"Even if the Envoy of the Order of Plenty is frozen to pieces, she should be able to recover... But let's not try. Let's drag her away and take her to a safe place to thaw."
Dan Heng came up with a solution that was not a solution, and his distant memories began to revive:
"Tie her up and I'll carry her through the underground passage - even if there's a risk of further collapse, it's still better than climbing up from above."
"I'll help watch the sky, Danheng. Topa and the others retreated in time and suffered no losses. They should be able to pick you up and retreat to the mining town!" Kong immediately agreed to the plan.
"No, Teacher Danheng, you stay alert. It's better for me to carry Sister Natasha on my back!"
After the excitement just now, Sanyue deeply realized the tragic fact that even with the bonus of the light cone, she could only play a "supporting role" in such a high-intensity confrontation. She planned to completely hand over the battle to others and do what she could. She snatched Danheng's straps and carried Nata on her back with a grunt:
"If Cocolia comes to interfere, I'll leave it to you!!"
March carried Sleeping Beauty on his back and gave a thumbs up to Eula, whose expression was hard to tell whether it was relief or complexity. Then he jumped all the way and ran towards several exits deep in the cave that had not been completely filled up under the protection of the two.
To the south is Rivet Town, the road is relatively safe, as long as I can take Nata to that place...
After March's several vigorous leaps, Eula could vaguely see the recognizable red color on Topa's clothes at the end of the pit.
There were still some lingering afterimages of the Breach on the roadside trying to get close to Sanyue. Dan Heng, who finally didn't have to do the hard labor, used the skills of a top guard and eliminated them all with a pile-driving posture.
Although he remained silent when he followed up, he was also stimulated by the battle in the sky, and more seriously than in March.
The girls who usually acted affectionate with each other and were either gentle and considerate to their train companions or played jokes on them were surprisingly good at it...
At least within the scope of my ability...
[Above your heads!!]
Just as they had the thought of helping, the two young men, who were somewhat confused after witnessing the great power of their companion, were startled to feel a shadow covering their heads. It was not an enemy attack, but a shield thrown out by Gustav.
Cocolia finally managed to distract herself and throw her ice spear at the rescue team, but it was successfully blocked by the shield thrown by Sora.
The growing ice crystals made the shield heavier and it was thrown diagonally twenty or thirty meters in front of Sanyue, creating a cloud of thick smoke in the ruins.
"I didn't react in time to shoot! That thing has no shadow of a flying object! Hide in the cave, March!"
Sora's tone took on a surprising amount of urgency.
He didn't even see the movement of Cocolia throwing the ice spear clearly, and he didn't have the reflex provided by the stinging pain. If Ying hadn't reminded him, if he had reacted a few tenths of a second slower, Sanyue would have become Sleeping Beauty.
"Two o'clock is coming, Doc."
"Wow wow wow!! There's one right above us!"
Haiya's calm reminder and Paimon's scream made Kong make a not-so-elegant evasive maneuver. Having lost his shield, Gu Pang flew towards the high collapse point of the mining town, slid on the curved surface of his shoulder armor, avoided the shadow that was fighting with Cocolia and the arrows that were following from Kama.
In order to have a better chance of hitting Cocolia, Kama became ruthless. She ignored the pain of losing her magic power and enchanted her arrows with a weakened "must hit" enchantment. However, she did not expect that the Great Guardian controlled by the Star Core was also proficient in melee combat. She wanted to guide the "tracking arrow" and use the huge target Gu Pang as a shield to make Kama's attack fall on Kong.
"… Pills—"
Kama's arrow finally hit the target, but the divine attack attached to the god of love had little effect on the star core's shell, and the destructive power was slightly insufficient. It only knocked Cocolia and the shadow who was fighting with her with swords, and sent them flying a distance as far as a football field.
For a moment, Cocolia's eyes were focused on Gustav's big drum, and then seemed to pass through the armor and fall on Kong who was controlling Gustav.
"Holding Love but Withering" worked, but not completely. It only slightly awakened Cocolia's autonomous consciousness and made her realize the short-lived "love", but it still could not dominate her own spirit.
The star core can sense the existence of love, but the divinity and humanity contained in it are not the ones that Kama is familiar with. The conflict between the rules of the two worlds makes Kama's bow and arrow almost equivalent to a blank arrow with only a little control effect.
"Damn it, I've been bewitched! This woman is really crazy, she's actually staring at the big iron man's drum!"
Kama gritted her teeth - she was the winner of the Chaldean Master Reclaiming War! She relied on this skill that both humans and gods feared, the arrow of love that created chaos, but at this moment she was not sure whether the star core had fallen in love with something.
Is it the kitten's face in the shadow?
Is it the archery yourself?
Or is it the Master's big robot?
The laws of chaos intertwined, making the space in the entire area less stable, and ultimately the local laws prevailed... The star core was immune to her control effects.
"You can't win. There is still a chance of survival if the Star Core stops destroying this woman!"
"We are immortal. Even if we fail this time, we need to wait for another opportunity. As long as the Legion wakes up and keeps its promise, they will definitely send us to a farther place in order to further devour this world. We can start over, but we must purify you first."
"Oh~ I didn't realize you were such a good daydreamer!"
Somewhat disgusted by the Star Core's immunity ability, Kama simply gave up on the archery and backstab, and simply picked up her bow as if it were a long sword, jumped into the pit and smashed it towards Cocolia's back.
"You have robbed the elixir. If you cannot complete the contract with the Arbitrator and Bu Li, you must revive this cold planet and release the pawns of destruction. It is you who chose to embrace destruction—"
Even though it was attacked from both sides, and even the force of Kama's bow arm smashing down added another small impact crater at the bottom of the deep pit, the annoying BB of the star core did not stop.
"You are just making up stories. Nanook has blessed you. Why don't you kill yourself first to help everyone have fun?"
Kama was in charge of scolding, and Ying was in charge of beating, and they managed to confine the star core to a small area in the pit. Even though the fighting was earth-shaking, it did not affect the escape route of the rescue team.
"Hurry, while the cave wall is still stable!"
What I just saw was not an illusion - Topa and Zhang Zhang emerged from a "dog hole" on the south side and waved desperately to the train crew. The collection team behind them was using exoskeletons to support the steel frames on both sides of the mine to prevent everyone from being buried. In this shaky environment, the three of them slid in without any hesitation and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
[Hostage confirmed safe——Ah, Boss, can you help us seal the exit? I don't want to be chased by that thing! ]
Hearing Toppa's exciting call, Kong did not control Carl to stand up. Instead, the modified Mule Joy Gun fired directly from the back, completely destroying the southern cave entrance with a bang.
[Thank you, boss! Oh, Sanyue, be careful of falling rocks, don’t break Sleeping Beauty! ]
Cocolia was forced by the sword shadow to constantly condense new ice spears, and she had no spare energy to pay attention to the direction of the medicine transportation, but she found that Kong had already smashed her "pot" with a bullet.
“…You deserve to die!!!”
I originally thought that the Star Core had been learning how humans communicate and express their emotions in order to better deceive people, but they didn't necessarily understand human nature... But at least from this curse, Kong could tell that their defense was really broken.
The carrier's first target of attention disappeared, and the search immediately shifted to Sora.