After a fierce battle lasting an hour.
Su Nian was gasping violently, sweat already soaking through the undergarment clinging tightly to her skin, sliding down the delicate, fair collarbone of the young girl.
Even the physique of a Saint-level Knight couldn’t endure such intense exertion.
Her right hand, gripping the sword, tingled with numbness, her arm so sore it felt on the verge of collapse.
But the bastard Horned Demon and that Undead Knight before her seemed to know no fatigue.
Damn it!
If this goes on, she really might fall here.
Little Green’s condition was no better.
On the great dragon wings, several deep, bone-revealing wounds had appeared—left by the bastard Horned Demon’s strange Space Magic and the terrifying knight’s black sword aura.
Having run out of mana, Su Nian was currently unable to use Light Magic to heal Little Green, which made Little Green’s flight more labored and sluggish.
Little Violet’s nimble form was still weaving through the battlefield, purple thunder and Spatial Rift Blades ceaselessly harassing the enemies.
But Su Nian could feel that Little Violet’s mana was more than half depleted, her attacks less frequent and less powerful.
Lose…
That word was like the coldest spike, stabbing mercilessly into Su Nian’s heart.
She didn’t dare imagine, if this battle of vengeance ended in another crushing defeat, what would await her.
Her Dao Heart might… shatter here and she would never again have the faith or will to defeat the Horned Demon.
No!
She absolutely could not lose!
A trace of madness flashed in Su Nian’s eyes.
Her final trump card… had to be used!
If not now, if Little Violet’s mana ran dry, then there would truly be no hope of recovery.
“Little Violet! Use that!”
Through the soul link, Su Nian issued the command for the decisive move to the Purple Domain Spirit Cat.
‘Understood, Master!’
Little Violet’s crisp voice rang out in Su Nian’s heart, filled with trust and resolve.
In the next instant, Little Violet turned into a dazzling streak of purple light, abruptly breaking free from the melee, shooting like lightning toward a relatively flat, open rocky platform in the distance.
There, she would construct the ultimate trump card—the ultra-long-distance Spatial Summoning Array!
“Trying to run?!”
Chu Tian saw through Little Violet’s intent almost the moment she acted.
His gaze turned frigid, thunder and dark aura erupting around him, space distorting as he prepared to give reckless chase and intercept!
That little thing, up to another one of her tricks!
“Your opponent is me!” Su Nian shouted, her voice cold and clear.
She forced her depleted body into action, flipping up to sit firmly atop the broad back of the Wind Elemental Holy Dragon, Little Green.
One girl and one dragon, thoughts perfectly aligned, dove and spiraled downward in unison.
Enormous dragon claws tore through the air, bringing down overwhelming force, slamming toward Chu Tian and the terrifying knight Da Hei, forcibly blocking their pursuit.
She had to buy Little Violet enough time!
Even if it was just a second more!
“Boom—!”
The green dragon claw and Da Hei’s giant runic blade, burning with ominous dark-red flames, collided with a deafening crash of metal and energy.
Su Nian herself relied on Little Green’s agile flight, barely dodging a vicious lash of dark energy from Chu Tian.
Even though Little Violet had temporarily left the battlefield.
At this moment, it was still two versus two!
Su Nian could sense the soul fluctuations from Little Violet—she was wholly focused on inscribing the array.
Taking a deep breath, Su Nian made a difficult decision.
‘Big Mountain, disengage Spiritual Attachment!’
With a single thought, the layer of unbreakable, earthy yellow energy shield enveloping her body—provided by the Sea Island Giant Spirit Turtle, Big Mountain—instantly vanished.
Without the protection of Absolute Defense, Su Nian felt a weight lift from her, but also an unmistakable sense of exposed danger.
No choice.
Under Spiritual Attachment, the contracted beast’s true form couldn’t join the fight directly.
Her next move was to bring Big Mountain onto the battlefield in a world-shaking, unimaginable way, to deliver the most devastating blow to the enemy!
Without the defense of Spiritual Attachment, she could not allow herself to be hit by the bastard Horned Demon’s attacks.
Otherwise, if that damned Submissive Physique was triggered… the consequences would be unimaginable.
Fortunately, riding atop the Wind Elemental Holy Dragon, Little Green, she had unmatched mobility—and even if attacked, Little Green could shield her.
On the distant rocky platform.
The Purple Domain Spirit Cat, Little Violet, moved at blinding speed.
Her dainty paws, at this moment, were like the sharpest carving knives, racing across the hard black rock.
Every slash left behind a series of intricate runes glowing with mysterious spatial energy.
Countless runes linked, traced, and stretched across the stone.
A vast, awe-inspiring Spatial Magic Array, exuding both mystery and dread, was rapidly taking shape before the naked eye.
Chu Tian’s unease grew ever stronger.
He could clearly sense the terrifying spatial fluctuations within the forming array.
That was no ordinary teleportation spell!
His attacks grew ever more frenzied and violent, trying to break through Su Nian and Little Green’s combined block as quickly as possible.
Yet now, Su Nian had truly become a Dragon Knight!
Girl and dragon, perfectly in sync.
Every breath, tail swipe, and claw strike from Little Green created just the right window for Su Nian to attack or evade.
And the refined steel longsword in Su Nian’s hand always found the enemy’s weak spot at the critical moment, targeting Chu Tian or Da Hei’s flaws.
The Wind Elemental Holy Dragon’s speed, over short distances, was nearly equal to Chu Tian’s bizarre space jumps.
Several times, Chu Tian tried to force his way through, but was repeatedly blocked by Su Nian and Little Green.
Finally!
Just as Chu Tian was once again sent staggering back by a sweep of Little Green’s tail.
On the rocky platform in the distance, the Purple Domain Spirit Cat, Little Violet, suddenly halted her movements.
She raised her petite head, those pure, amethyst eyes bursting with an unprecedented, dazzling brilliance!
Done!
The Spatial Summoning Array… was complete!
“Wooooom—!!!!”
A deep, ancient-sounding hum suddenly reverberated throughout the entire Blackstone Gorge!
A solid, visible spatial ripple exploded outward from the platform where Little Violet stood, like a massive stone thrown into a still lake, spreading rapidly in all directions!
But the ripple’s target was not near Little Violet.
It was…
High above Chu Tian and the terrifying knight Da Hei, in the circular valley ringed by sheer cliffs, with no way to escape!
In that instant!
A gigantic, indescribable rift—pitch black, nearly blotting out the entire sky above the valley, exuding a soul-shaking aura of terrifying space—suddenly tore open the heavens, splitting them wide!
An ancient, dreadful pressure surged from the bottomless darkness of the rift, crashing down!
Chu Tian’s heart nearly stopped at that moment.
He instinctively snapped his head up, staring in horror at the massive spatial fissure spanning the sky, as if it could swallow the whole world.
Deep within the rift, an unimaginably massive shadow—so vast it would make any being despair—was plummeting rapidly in an unstoppable descent!
The silhouette… looked like… an enormous floating island in the sky?
‘No, that’s not right! What the hell is that thing?! A meteorite?’
A massive meteorite falling from the heavens!
Are we filming a movie here?
Naruto… Uchiha Madara or something?
Chu Tian’s mind raced for a solution, ‘Run away? Or try to take on this incomparably gigantic meteorite head-on?’