RNP Chapter 3628 Fallen Star Beast Lava
Chapter 3628 Fallen Star Beast Lava
Chapter 3628 Fallen Star Beast Lava
Although the two sides numbered several hundred at this moment, it couldn't really be considered a war in the strict sense. With a thirteenth-circle sorcerer present, the combined effect of everyone else might not be as great as that of a thirteenth-circle spell.
Once Vanessa was certain that the space wouldn't collapse easily, she raised her hand and hundreds of meteors rained down, while Miss Asperger, holding the ancient holy emblem she had obtained from the mausoleum, summoned the wind and snow in a light, ethereal voice amidst the soft singing of her companions.
That seemingly ordinary blizzard disrupted the arrangement of starlight, preventing the echoing souls whose bodies were made of starlight from quickly absorbing the surrounding light. She was transforming the venue to make it everyone's home ground.
Among these echoes of the past, the two strongest probably possessed power equivalent to a thirteenth-ring warlock. The combat strength of these star-shaped humanoids was actually nearly equal to that of the group, which was unlikely to be a coincidence.
They shouldn't have been defeated so quickly, but Xia De and his group knew in advance that they would be facing such an attack and were therefore prepared. Having gained the upper hand, the battle quickly turned in their favor. Various magical techniques composed of different colored lights collided in this huge underground space, and powerful fluctuations of the four elements mixed together, with a huge phantom becoming clearer and clearer above everyone's heads.
The clowns also played their part; they were extremely skilled at stealth and assassination, disappearing into the enemy's direction as soon as the battle began.
As Vanessa clashed with her staff-wielding opponent in the Starlight Doll using magical techniques, the masked clown leaped out from behind, his purplish-red dagger piercing the opponent's back. They then vanished into the shadows, causing the unsteady doll to be propelled into the air by spikes rising from the ground, before being impaled by a lightning spear fired by Shad.
Bella, as a diviner, did not participate in the battle, not because she lacked fighting ability, but because she needed to stay at the rear of the group to protect Emilia. She watched as the starlight dwindled in number under the pursuit of the group, then turned her gaze to the colossal object that was becoming increasingly clear higher up.
The battle, which lasted less than ten minutes from start to finish, came to an end when the last star-studded figure self-destructed in mid-air. However, the exploding stars were suppressed by the Nightfall Sign of Shad, Megan, and Sylvie.
"Why does Megan's [Sign of Night] seem so much more powerful than Sylvie's?"
As Bella watched everyone land together, tiny specks of light gradually fell from the sky onto the water, creating ripples like stars on the shallow surface.
"The water's glow isn't from those falling specks of light! Look up!"
The top of this space is curved, and high up on the curved rock wall, an irregular crystal larger than a dragon has silently appeared from the void.
Its main body is the star blue that can only be seen in the deepest and farthest night sky. Upon closer inspection, countless tiny points of light are sealed inside the crystal in that deep blue, like a miniature nebula frozen in time.
The points of light were not static; they moved slowly, flickering and shimmering. Some were sharp, silvery-white, while others had a hazy purple hue. The light scattered through the crystal walls of the enormous crystal, casting shimmering spots of light on the surrounding air and even on the faces of the group of people on the ground, as if the entire starry sky had been miniaturized in this strange space.
As the battle ended, it became fully visible and slowly descended from the sky. It looked heavy, not only because of its astonishing actual weight, but also because the starlight it contained carried ancient, distant memories.
It is a fallen star, a frozen night sky, a strange fate, yet also a "giant egg" enveloping a brand new life.
"These are the eggs of the Fallen Star Beast?"
At that moment, the stranger seemed to see the shattered starry sky transforming into shooting stars that fell into the material world on the night the gods departed. He saw the earth tremble the instant the stars touched the ocean, saw the starlight influence this bay on the seabed for countless years afterward, and saw the solidified starlight turn into eggs that kept falling into the seabed.
Finally, deep within the "Star Egg," he saw the complete, star-blue ring. The ring emitted a faint glow; this was its true form—the Ring of War.
"Fallen Star Beast, First Form: Star Egg! Attention, no one except the three of us should attack! Everyone else, prepare to deal with the Soul Echoes it summons in the later stages!"
As he spoke, Shad's body rapidly grew larger, and he sprinted forward until he caught the falling crystal in his hands as a giant.
Bang bang! Bang bang!
It was as if the sound of a heartbeat was being perceived by Shad through his sense of touch from inside the crystal. At the same time, he knew that he could not stop the crystal from falling to the ground. It was incredibly heavy, as if falling downwards was its innate mission.
Flames were then summoned and enveloped the crystal. As Shad tried to lift it upwards to slow its descent, countless slender flying swords simultaneously struck the crystal from all directions.
Miss Esper and Vanessa also arrived. The power of ice and snow transformed into chains that bound the "star" in the flames and pulled it upwards. The spell chanted by the sorceress summoned wind and snow, causing snowflakes to continuously strike the surface of the crystal like white streams of light.
Vanessa manipulated gravity to delay the crystal's fall while summoning the Earth Golem and the giant Shad to hold it together. Finally, pillars of rock shot upwards from the ground, bombarding the crystal's base one after another.
As the three worked together, cracks appeared on the surface of the giant crystal, but the cracks were so slight that they were almost imperceptible if one did not look closely.
The heartbeat emanating from within the crystal grew increasingly clear, until it could be heard even by people far away on the battlefield. Meanwhile, the starlight shimmering within the crystal gradually converged towards its core, outlining the larva of a creature that resembled both a scorpion and a rhinoceros, curled up in its shell.
The three of them, Shad and his companions, were casting spells faster and faster at attacking the "egg," using earth, moonlight, ice and snow, lightning, flames, and even curses. But they could only watch as the cracks on the crystal's surface grew longer, gaining nothing else.
Even Shad's [Black Moon Mark] could only cause the crystal to detach into small fragments. These fragments, falling to the ground, transformed into the enemies the group had encountered in the passage, which were then destroyed by the girls on the ground through a combined spell.
Finally, accompanied by a series of loud thuds that echoed throughout the underground space, the star-blue crystal fell to the ground.
At that moment, everyone heard a tremendous sound that seemed like the earth wailing, and everyone saw a dazzling white light that only appears when the light has reached its extreme.
"Was this the state when the fragments of the starry sky fell into this sea?"
When the sound disappeared and the light faded, Matilda and Stella, who were also beside Emilia, looked around in surprise. This was no longer the underground space they remembered.
Beneath my feet, a light, deep blue liquid ripples on the crystal-clear ground, which appears as if it were made of glass; above me lies the deep, dark night sky, against which countless stars twinkle.
The rock walls vanished, leaving no boundaries. Not only overhead, but all around them were countless stars, as if they had entered the true starry sky. The curtain of night seemed to silence the entire world, and Bella clearly felt that the starry sky above and around her was more complex than any night she had ever seen in her life.
"Could this be the most primitive form of the starry sky?"
At the spot where the crystal had just landed, Shad, Vanessa, and Miss Esberg were all sent flying into the distance by the immense impact.
When Shad stopped in mid-air and looked at the crystal again, the egg-shaped shell had shattered and was being devoured by a "scorpion" with a deep blue carapace. The carapace of the ringed beast larva also shimmered with starlight, making it almost blend into this world, while the barbs on its tail gleamed with an ominous black light.
Even when it lies prone on the ground, it is still three meters tall. Compared to the giant beasts we imagine, it is indeed just a "juvenile".
Shad discovered that he had actually reverted to his giant form.
[Outsider, abilities that cause body expansion are ineffective in this starry sky. No matter how large you are, the stars will always be larger than you.]
After a slight pause:
[Outsider, you have some insights into the "stars".]
The "scorpion," with its deep blue, glassy carapace, quickly devoured all the crystal shells. Ignoring the others, it slightly raised the front half of its body, containing its mouthparts, towards the sky above:
"hold head high!"
The sound echoed among the twinkling stars, and dozens of starlight beams against the night sky immediately plummeted to the ground. But this was not for attack; as the starlight struck the earth, ripples spread across the water's surface once more, and the astral humanoids reappeared.
"Let's do it."
Sevi led a quarter of her team into battle against the humanoids, fighting while simultaneously moving away from the area where the ringed beast larvae were located. The rest of the team kept an eye on the battle while waiting for more starlight to fall from the sky, doing their utmost to ensure that the fight against the fallen star beast larvae was not disturbed.
All sounds are diminished in this space; the sounds of Sylvie and the others fighting seem to Shad from another world.
After summoning the first wave of soul echoes, the deep blue monster silently and lightly rose into the air. But then Vanessa, who had already summoned the Life Ring and the Golden Staircase, reached out and pressed down, and the suddenly increased gravity pushed the "scorpion" back to the ground.
"First, try to see which force is most effective for it."
Shad said to Miss Asperger nearby, "The lightning spear is thrown forward and arrives in front of the 'scorpion' on the ground in an instant. But the scorpion's tail points forward, and the star-blue barrier completely blocks the lightning spear."
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