Chapter 286 We also have leverage!

With a wave of her hand, the demonic mech transformed into a stream of data to repair the spatial rift.

Looking at the remaining sample of holy energy crystal in his hand, Pan Zhen muttered to himself, "This power still has too many unknowns. Perhaps our Lieyang civilization should re-examine its understanding of the universe."

Rose knelt beside Yunming, tightly holding his gradually transparent hand: "You idiot, we promised to protect the universe together, don't just disappear like this."

Her tears fell into Yunming's palm, and surprisingly, they shimmered with a faint golden light.

The black energy beam struck the shield, and the violent explosion made everyone's eardrums ache.

Yunming gritted his teeth. The Holy Energy Crystal was burning hot in his palm like a branding iron, and the golden patterns on its surface were cracking due to overload.

"This energy is mixed with void particles!"

He shouted, veins bulging on his forehead, "Conventional defenses won't last long!"

"Tch, you should have said so earlier."

Morgana tossed her blood-stained hair, and her demonic wings suddenly burst forth with a ghostly purple light. Twelve dark matter chains shot into the sky, precisely binding the three energy beams. "Demons, listen to my command! Drag these things away from me!"

Before she finished speaking, the demon legion below roared in unison, and tens of thousands of claws simultaneously grabbed the chains, forcibly pulling the beam of light into the uninhabited deep space.

Keisha's flaming sword drew a semicircle, and a blazing white arc intercepted two stragglers: "Yan! Lead the third wing squadron to attack the enemy ship's right wing engine! He Xi, you and I will suppress the main guns!"

Angel Yan responded with a "Yes".

Behind him, wings of light unfurled, shining as brightly as the sun, leading a group of angels as they swooped down in a streak of light.

The dark figure suddenly disappeared from its original spot and reappeared hovering ten feet above Yunming's head.

Within the black vortex that coalesced at his fingertips, faint phantom images of shattered stars could be seen: "The Holy Energy Crystal, it really is on you."

A hoarse voice, crackling with electrical static, said, "Do you know the real secret of this thing? It's the key to unlocking..."

"Cut the nonsense!"

Rose swung out Godslayer No. 1, the black spear tearing through the air and aiming straight for the shadowy figure's throat.

The dark figure chuckled and casually waved his hand, turning the spear into dust halfway through its flight.

Rose's pupils contracted sharply as a cold hand suddenly gripped the back of her neck—a dark figure had appeared behind her without her noticing, its withered fingers pressing against her spine.

"Yunming, hand over the crystal, or I'll crush her Divine River genes."

The shadowy figure lifted Rose high, and her long hair, which had fallen loose as she struggled, surged like ink in the dark energy.

Yunming tensed up, his Divine Martial Sword humming, but he saw Qiangwei turn her head with difficulty, forcing a stubborn smile despite the blood at the corner of her mouth: "Don't worry about me."

"Let her go!"

Yunming took a half step forward, but was suddenly stopped by Hexi.

The silver-haired angel's silver wings glowed with a blue light like a data stream. She whispered, "This is a trap. He's trying to lure you into exposing the crystal's weakness."

As she spoke, she flicked three particles of light from her fingertips, which formed a triangular matrix in the air. "But we also have our chips."

Suddenly, the light particles exploded, and three bursts of blazing white light instantly enveloped the dark figure.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Yunming activated the Void Engine and appeared beside Rose in the blink of an eye. His Divine Martial Sword slashed horizontally, severing half of the shadowy figure's arm.

Black blood splattered on the shield, corroding it and creating a spiderweb-like network of holes.

"Yunming, be careful!"

Amid Keisha's warning, Yunming felt a chill run down his spine as the shadowy figure's severed limbs rearranged at bizarre angles, its claws already piercing his shoulder blade.

The excruciating pain made Yunming's vision go black, but then he heard Qiangwei's furious roar: "Get down here!"

The second Godslayer appeared in her hand at some point. As the spear pierced through the shadowy figure's chest, Morgana's demonic claws attacked from below, forcefully dragging the shadowy figure to the ground.

Before the dust had settled, the star array formed by Pan Zhen and the elders of Lieyang had already trapped it. Twenty-four star-track chains coiled around it like giant pythons, scorching black marks on the black figure's body.

"Is this all you can do?"

The dark figure suddenly threw its head back and burst into laughter, its body beginning to swell. "You think you can win by trapping me? Look at the sky above you!"

Everyone looked up, their pupils instantly contracting—the entire starry sky had been dyed an eerie purple, and tens of thousands of black cubes emerged from the void, each cube's surface covered with twisted runes.

"This is the 'entropy increase matrix' of the Triangular Civilization!"

He Xi's voice trembled unusually, "They can accelerate the decay of matter, even divine bodies are affected."

Before she could finish speaking, Yunming's shield shattered with a deafening roar. The first angel warrior to come into contact with the purple light screamed in agony as his wings turned to dust in an instant.

"Yunming, use the Holy Energy Crystal!"

Keisha cleaved the approaching cube in two with her sword, golden blood dripping from the blade. "Perhaps its purifying power can..."

Her voice was drowned out by the deafening explosion. A dark figure burst through the star array, six pairs of black wings covered in bone spurs sprouting from its back: "It's too late! When the entropy increase matrix completes its closure, the entire star system will become a dead zone! And you—"

He suddenly lunged at Yunming, his claws aimed straight for the crystal, "It will become the key to unlocking the ultimate fear!"

At the critical moment, a silver figure crashed into Yun Ming.

He Xi's silver wings shattered upon impact, but she clung tightly to the dark figure, turning back to shout, "Keisha! Use 'Angel's Judgment'! Yunming, activate Crystal Resonance!"

Pain flashed in Keisha's eyes as she raised the flaming sword high above her head, and the energy of the entire Angel City began to converge.

Yunming gritted his teeth and pressed the Holy Energy Crystal to the ground. The golden light and the purple entropy increase power collided violently, forming a huge rune array under his feet.

"Are you all crazy?!"

The shadowy figure finally showed panic, "If this continues, even you yourselves will..."

His voice abruptly stopped, and the fragments of He Xi's silver wings suddenly transformed into blades of light, slicing his body into countless small pieces.

Keisha's "Angel Judgment"

At the same time, a dazzling golden beam of light fell, piercing through the wreckage of the dark figure, but also causing the entropy increase matrix to react even more violently.

Yunming felt his consciousness being pulled away by the crystal, and he heard Morgana's roar in his ears: "Yunming! The Matrix Core is right above! Someone has to go in and destroy the controller!"

He looked up and saw the purple vortex spinning wildly, within which the Triangle's signature rhombus-shaped device was faintly visible.

"I go!"

He blurted out those words almost instinctively, but Keisha grabbed his wrist tightly: "No! The entropy increase rate inside is a hundred times that of the outside world. You won't last three seconds!"

But someone has to go!

Yunming turned his head and saw that Qiangwei was using the God-Slaying Spear to support her body while fighting, Pan Zhen's Blazing Sun Armor was full of cracks, and He Xi's Silver Wings had only a few feathers left.

He gripped the crystal tightly, and the powers of angel and demon within him began to merge wildly. "Keisha, remember our promise. If I don't return..."

"Shut up!"

Keisha suddenly kissed him, hot tears dripping onto his cheeks. "You must come back alive!"

As she released him, she placed the flaming sword in his hand: "Take my power, and the hope of all the angels!"

Yunming took a deep breath, activated the Void Engine, and rushed into the vortex.

In an instant, he felt countless spikes tearing at his body, and the light of the Holy Energy Crystal was being swallowed by the purple light.

"We cannot lose."

He gritted his teeth and poured all the power of the galaxy, the power of the angel, and the power of the demon into the crystal.

In the instant before his consciousness faded, he saw the shadowy remains grinning maliciously deep within the entropy-increasing matrix, saw Karl's projection flickering in and out of existence in the purple light, and saw Keisha, Rose, and Morgana looking up, their eyes filled with worry and trust. "Disappear completely!"

Yunming simultaneously thrust both swords into the core device, and the three forces resonated within the crystal.

Amidst the earth-shattering explosion, he seemed to hear the sigh of the universe and the prayers of countless civilizations.

As the light faded, he crashed to the ground, witnessing the entropy matrix crumbling and the remnants of the shadowy figure scattering in the wind.

The Holy Energy Crystal in his hand was radiating a brand new light through the cracks on its surface.

Rose leaped up, her energy whip wrapping around the shadowy longsword: "Don't get distracted! Watch me break his sword technique!"

She twisted her wrist, and an electric current shot out from the tip of the whip, but was sent flying backward by a casual flick of the black shadow.

Yunming's pupils contracted sharply, and he instantly teleported to Qiangwei's side to catch her, but his back was hit solidly by a dark energy impact from the shadowy figure.

"cough!"

Yunming knelt on one knee, the Holy Energy Crystal burning in his palm. "Rose, you take the others and destroy the warship's engines. Leave this to me!"

"What a joke!"

Rose wiped the bloodstains from her lips and wrapped the energy whip around her arm. "Our holy energy resonance has only just taken effect. Separating it will only weaken its power!"

Before she finished speaking, dozens of purple lightning bolts suddenly descended from the sky above the battlefield, forcing everyone to retreat.

Keisha swung her flaming sword, cleaving through the lightning, her silver wings trembling violently behind her: "Yunming! The warship's core is overloaded and must be destroyed within three minutes!"

Her voice was swallowed by the roar, and the array of light formed by the angel warriors began to crumble.

Morgana suddenly tore open space and appeared beside Yunming, her sharp claws grazing his ear before precisely grabbing at the shadowy figure's face: "While he's charging up! Give him a good beating!"

The shadowy figure sneered, and black mist surged around him, engulfing Morgana's attacks. With a backhand, he sliced ​​off Morgana's demon horn with a dark matter blade.

"what!"

Morgana staggered backward, a crazed killing intent flashing in her eyes. "Yunming, lend me your Holy Energy Crystal!"

Before Yunming could react, she grabbed the edge of the crystal, and the dark red energy and the crystal's light became entangled wildly.

Yunming felt a sharp pain in his meridians, but then he heard Morgana grit her teeth and growl, "Merge with my dark energy! This is your only chance!"

The shadowy figure's laughter, mixed with energy fluctuations, rang out: "Foolish ants, once holy energy and dark energy get out of control, you won't even be left with ashes!"

The longsword in his hand suddenly grew three times its original size, and a black hole-like vortex condensed at the tip of the sword. "Prepare to die!"

"Keisha! Cooperate with me!"

Yunming suddenly grabbed Morgana's hand, and a three-colored light shot into the sky.

Keisha understood immediately, and twelve sacred swords behind her were simultaneously drawn, forming a cage of light that trapped the shadow.

Yun Ming took a deep breath and forcibly compressed the holy energy and dark energy: "Explode!"

The violent explosion capsized half of the warship, and Yunming was thrown into the air by the blast wave, crashing into the wreckage and coughing up blood.

In a daze, he saw a dark figure standing in the ruins, covered in blood, with the long sword in his hand shattered into countless black crystals.

"interesting."

The dark figure wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and strange patterns began to appear all over his body. "It seems that I really can't deal with you unless I use my true skills."

His body suddenly swelled, transforming into a dark energy giant hundreds of meters tall, distorting space with every step he took.

Rose's face turned deathly pale as she grabbed Yunming's arm: "This is... Dark Energy Manifestation? He can actually materialize energy!"

Yunming gripped the Holy Energy Crystal tightly and discovered that fine cracks had appeared on the surface of the crystal.

Keisha flew to his side with the angels, and the Holy Sword reformed into a shield of light: "Yunming, we'll cover you and find his energy node!"

Morgana suddenly let out a sharp laugh: "Nodes? He's covered in nodes now! But..."

She licked the blood from the corner of her mouth, a sly glint in her eyes. "I know how to break this—Yunming, use the Holy Energy Crystal to trigger the dark energy resonance within his body!"

Yunming was stunned: "Are you crazy? This will affect us too!"

You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub!

Morgana grabbed his wrist and channeled their combined power into the crystal. "Ready! Three, two, one!"

The Holy Energy Crystal erupted with a blinding white light, resonating violently with the dark energy emanating from the shadowy figure.

The Dark Giant let out a painful roar, and cracks began to appear on its body.

Yunming felt his consciousness being torn apart, but then he heard Qiangwei shout in his ear, "Yunming! Now! Attack his heart!"

He forced himself to lift the crystal, and a beam of light shot straight toward the shadowy figure's heart.

The moment the beam of light struck, the dark energy giant collapsed with a roar, turning into countless black particles.

Yun Ming breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly discovered that the Holy Energy Crystal had shattered completely, and countless points of light entered his body.

"No!"

The shadowy figure's echo was tinged with disbelief: "How could the Holy Energy Crystal be..."

Before he finished speaking, his figure vanished completely.

A brief silence fell over the battlefield as everyone stared at the wreckage, speechless for a long time.

Yunming staggered to his feet and suddenly felt a surge of power within his body.

He raised his hand, and a golden light burst forth from his fingertips, condensing in the air into the shape of a holy sword.

Keisha's eyes flashed with surprise: "Yunming, you... absorbed the power of the Holy Energy Crystal?"

Morgana scoffed, "You got off easy, kid."

But don't get too cocky, you were just lucky this time.

She turned to leave, but then heard Yunming's voice: "Wait, Morgana."

Thank you this time.

"Hmph, don't flatter yourself."

Morgana tore through space and disappeared without looking back, but the residual dark energy fluctuations in the air softened somewhat.

Rose walked to Yunming's side, looking at the light flowing in his palm: "What do we do next?"

Yunming clenched his fist, and the Holy Energy Sword turned into specks of light and dissipated: "The force behind the shadowy figure has not yet surfaced. We... continue to grow stronger."

He gazed into the distance, his eyes resolute as iron. "Next time, I will not let anyone get hurt again."

Keisha sheathed her flaming sword, her silver wings shimmering in the sunlight: "The angelic legion will fully support you."

She looked at the slowly rebuilding warship wreckage in the sky. "But first, we need to rebuild our defenses."

The group exchanged smiles and began cleaning up the mess.

Yunming stroked the remaining holy energy patterns on his palm and secretly made a vow.

The dark figure collapsed to the ground, a dark purple blood seeping from beneath his black robe, hissing and emitting white smoke on the metal deck.

(End of this chapter)

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