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Chapter 464 Subspace Projection [4000 words]

The blood moon hung in the sky, its dark red light like congealed blood, pouring onto every inch of the land of Martial Capital.

The once-brilliant lights of the floating city appeared dim and lifeless under the reflection of the blood moon. The star energy in the air became abnormally violent, even beginning to twist into a dark red, showing faint signs of being eroded by the energy of the abyss.

Inside the core area, as the shaking intensified, rubble began to fall from the ceiling above everyone's heads.

Before long, the roar of the energy converter in the distance began to become chaotic, and wisps of black abyssal mist had already mixed into the pale blue star energy flow.

Strangely, despite the blood moon covering the entire Martial Capital, there were many fewer people around Tiandao and Caroline at this moment.

It was as if they had been trapped in some kind of special space.

Soon, a thick, gray mist, as if it were alive, began to roll and spread within the core area.

Deep within the mist, pairs of scarlet eyes lit up one after another.

They were a group of shadowy figures that existed between reality and illusion, their bodies twisting and turning, sometimes stretching out into tentacles several meters long, sometimes curling up into spheres covered with bone spurs, surrounded by abyssal energy so dense it was almost condensed into droplets.

With each breath of the dark figure, wisps of black mist were exhaled, and wherever they passed, the star energy in the air instantly became violent and chaotic, even emitting a faint 'sizzling' corrosive sound.

This bizarre sight made Caroline frown.

A large amount of quantum data flashed through her eyes, and she quickly made a judgment about the situation.

"It should be a subspace projection."

Caroline spoke in a deep voice, and the AI ​​star energy around her suddenly surged, condensing into a silver shield covered with intricate patterns in front of her.

"This kind of subspace projection is generated by the interaction between subspace and reality, and the beings in this boundary zone often possess a certain degree of 'immortality'."

"Conventional attacks are unlikely to cause substantial damage to them; instead, they will devour star energy to strengthen themselves."

"We must accurately target its energy core, otherwise it will only grow stronger the more we fight it."

Before Caroline could finish speaking, the first subspace projection launched its attack.

It suddenly transformed into an extremely swift black streak, breaking through the fog and hurtling towards Caroline with a sharp whooshing sound.

The speed of this streak of light far exceeded that of all previous members of the Tianyuan Organization. Wherever it passed, the air was forcibly torn apart, leaving a brief black trail, and the metal ground along the way was corroded with a fine groove.

Just as the black streak of light was about to touch Caroline's silver-white robotic shield, an invisible vector force field suddenly appeared between them.

The unstoppable black streak was firmly fixed in mid-air, and no matter how it struggled and twisted, it could not move forward even an inch.

“Caroline, leave this to me, you step aside.”

Tiandao's voice still carried its usual languidness, as if the crisis before him was insignificant. He didn't even move his feet, but merely raised his hand slightly.

The next second, the subspace projection that was fixed in mid-air was torn apart by an invisible force and instantly shattered into a sky full of black mist.

Just as the mist was about to spread and escape, it was firmly drawn together by an invisible vector force field condensed at the tip of the Heavenly Dao's finger. Like iron filings attracted by a magnet, it was gathered together and finally forcibly compressed into a black energy ball the size of a fist. The ball was still churning with violent abyssal energy.

"Looks like I need to get some exercise today."

The Heavenly Dao spoke calmly, flicking its finger lightly.

The next second, the black energy ball flew into the depths of the mist like a cannonball, smashing through several black mists that tried to block it along the way, and finally hitting another subspace projection that was about to emerge from the mist.

boom!
A muffled roar echoed within the core area as the energy sphere exploded instantly. The black shockwave spread outwards, shattering the subspace projection and blowing away the surrounding gray mist, revealing more crimson eyes behind it.

Seeing this, Caroline silently retreated more than ten steps, completely handing over the battlefield to the Heavenly Dao.

She knew very well that although this kind of subspace projection, which was between reality and illusion and had a strange energy trajectory, was troublesome, it was nothing to the Heavenly Dao, which possessed the 'Star Eclipse Heavenly Eye'.

Because the Way of Heaven can see through all illusions and directly perceive their true nature.

At the same time, whether it is a physical attack or an illusory energy flow, as long as there is a vector direction, it will never escape the control of the Heavenly Dao.

This is also the most effective way to deal with subspace projection.

The dispersed mist quickly regrouped, and the number of scarlet eyes within the mist increased, reaching over a hundred in just a few seconds.

These subspace projections seemed to share consciousness in some special way. After sensing the power of the Heavenly Dao, they no longer attacked rashly on their own, but instead slowly gathered towards the center.

As they gathered, the dark figures merged together, their size expanding until they formed a giant projection tens of meters high.

This giant projection was pitch black, its surface covered with eerie dark red patterns similar to those of the Mother Nest of the Bone Desert, and thick abyssal energy flowed within the patterns.

Its head had no facial features, only two scarlet eyes that resembled two small blood moons, radiating a terrifying pressure that made people suffocate. Just by standing there, the ground of the entire core area began to tremble slightly.

"Roar!"

The giant projection opened its massive maw, filled with fangs, and let out a muffled roar that seemed inhuman.

This roar was not just a sound, but a sonic attack carrying dense abyssal energy, sweeping towards the Heavenly Dao like an invisible giant wave.

Wherever the sound waves passed, the metal equipment on the ground began to twist and melt violently, emitting a 'sizzling' corrosion sound.

Its impact was so great that even the space itself developed tiny black cracks.

Faced with this sonic attack that could instantly defeat a Level 3 Star Envoy, the Heavenly Dao's eyes narrowed slightly, and the vector force field around him suddenly surged, transforming from intangible to tangible, forming a semi-circular transparent barrier covering a hundred-meter radius around him.

Fine energy patterns flow across the surface of the barrier. When sound waves strike the transparent barrier, they create layers of energy ripples.

However, throughout this process, the Heavenly Dao's vector barrier remained as stable as Mount Tai, without the slightest tremor.

All the impact force was cleverly guided to the ground by the vector force field, causing the ground to crack with several fine lines.

"Is this all you can do?"

The Heavenly Dao smiled disdainfully, gently clenched its fist, and made a gesture of reverse manipulation.

The next second, something shocking happened.

The sonic attack that was originally sweeping towards the golden barrier was forced to change its trajectory under the control of the vector force field. As if being swept up by the current of a river, it turned around and blasted towards the giant projection itself.

The giant projection clearly hadn't anticipated this situation and, before it could make any defensive moves, was struck hard by the sound waves it had emitted.

With a loud 'boom,' the giant projection's massive body was shaken and forced to retreat repeatedly.

The eerie red patterns that had been shimmering on the surface of the body dimmed instantly, and some of the patterns even cracked, oozing out black energy liquid.

Before the giant projection could stabilize itself, the Heavenly Dao had already launched a counterattack.

He still didn't approach actively, but simply raised his hand and made a vague press on the giant projection.

In an instant, countless invisible vector force fields condensed and took shape around the giant projection, and then instantly transformed into sharp vector 'threads'.

These dense, countless threads poured down on the giant projection like a torrential downpour, each one accompanied by a sharp, tearing sound. Even more ingenious was that each thread precisely targeted the strange patterns on the giant projection's surface, avoiding areas without patterns.

This is because the Heavenly Dao clearly 'saw' the essence of those patterns.

These are the channels through which the 'projection' connects to the 'abyssal energy'.

Destroying these patterns will completely dismantle its energy system.

Under the intense attacks of the Heavenly Dao, the surface of the giant projection was cut to pieces, and black energy fluid splashed continuously.

The excruciating pain drove the giant projection into a frenzy. It raised its head and let out an angry roar, its enormous hand clenching tightly, and the abyssal energy around it surged wildly.

Finally, a twisted maw, like a black hole, condensed in his chest, emitting a terrifying suction force capable of devouring everything.

"You want to completely pull me into the warp?"

Tiandao raised an eyebrow, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes.

The dangers and complexities of the subspace are something that the Heavenly Dao is well aware of.

But for this projection to use it against him is undoubtedly a case of trying to teach a fish to swim.

With a casual wave of his hand, the vector force field around him began to compress rapidly, eventually transforming into a vector light blade condensed to its extreme.

The light blade was crescent-shaped, and although it looked slender, it emitted a heart-stopping energy fluctuation.

The next second, the light blade, which resembled 'sword energy', struck the giant projection precisely like a shooting star cutting through the night.

Stab it!

The vector light blade pierced through the waist of the giant projection without any hindrance.

The giant projection froze abruptly, looking down in astonishment.

Its upper and lower body had been completely separated, and the wall behind it was as if it had been torn apart by the Heavenly Dao.

Fortunately, this isn't reality.

Otherwise, the Heavenly Dao's attack alone would have been enough to cause significant damage to the core area of ​​Martial Capital.

This will cause significant problems for the city's operation in the near future, resulting in huge economic losses.

Amidst the Heavenly Dao's calm expression, the giant projection's crimson eyes gradually dimmed, and its massive body began to disintegrate and dissipate bit by bit, eventually transforming into a sky full of black mist.

Without giving the mist a chance to recombine, the Heavenly Dao raised its hand and released a wide-ranging vector force field, firmly enveloping all the black mist. Then, the force field contracted, forcibly devouring and annihilating the abyssal energy, completely dissipating it into nothingness.

As the giant projection was completely annihilated, the surrounding gray mist also lost its energy support and began to recede rapidly, dissipating into the air like a tide.

The barrier that had isolated the space shattered, emitting a soft hum.

Along with them, the blood moon above their heads also disappeared.

Clearly, they have returned to reality.

"It's done."

The Heavenly Dao slowly withdrew its vector force field, turned to look at Caroline, and spoke in a calm tone as if it had only resolved a trivial matter.

Caroline stepped forward, her gaze sweeping over the remaining traces of black energy on the ground.

These traces are fading rapidly and will eventually disappear completely.

"Heavenly Dao, it seems you've already taken one step into that realm."

"It is important to know that the conditions under which subspace projection, which exists between reality and illusion, exists are extremely strange."

"Even a Calamity-level expert would have to expend a lot of energy to deal with this, but you solved it so easily."

Heaven simply waved its hand dismissively at this.

"They're just trash forcibly condensed using spatial rifts and abyssal energy. Their energy cores may be hidden, but they're nothing to me."

After speaking, his gaze turned to the entrance of the core area.

At this moment, Jing Liuli, Chen Kong, An Qin, and a group of inspectors broke through the entrance barrier and rushed in.

Seeing that Tiandao and Caroline were safe and sound, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the anxiety on their faces instantly disappeared.

"Heavenly Dao, are you all alright?"

Jing Liuli strode forward, her tone carrying a hint of undisguised worry.

"Just now, the core area was suddenly enveloped by a strange spatial barrier. We tried various methods but could not break through it. Communication was also completely blocked. We could only wait anxiously on the outside, fearing that something might happen to you."

"It's nothing, just encountered a few subspace projections, a minor problem."

Tiandao waved his hand, not explaining the details of the battle, and turned to look at Anqin beside him, his tone becoming more serious.

"Anqin, have you found the location of the altar?"

Anqin nodded, the pale purple Dark Spirit Serpent Star Energy around her still slowly flowing.

Her face was still a little pale, but her eyes were unusually firm.

“Found it. My Dark Serpent bloodline is extremely sensitive to abyssal energy. I can clearly sense three strong sources of abyssal energy fluctuations, which should be the core altar of the ritual.”

"These three locations are respectively on the third underground level of the core area of ​​the Star Energy Zone, the central square of Wudou Tiandu, and the abandoned Star Energy Mine in the west of the city."

"Among them, the energy fluctuations are strongest on the third underground level, which should be the location of the main altar."

"Very good, the objective is clear, split the troops into three groups."

Heaven acted decisively, turning to look at Mirror Glaze.

"Liuli, take a team of elite members to the central square and make sure to destroy the altar there as quickly as possible. Be careful to guard against any ambushes by the remaining members of the Tianyuan Organization."

"Chen Kong, take Anqin and Isabel to the abandoned star energy mine in the west of the city. Anqin is responsible for accurately locating the altar. Isabel, use your Absolute Zero to freeze the altar's energy core and stop the energy flow. Chen Kong, use the Void Rune to completely eliminate the remaining abyssal energy and ensure that the altar cannot be used again."

"Caroline, come with me to the third basement level to deal with the most crucial main altar."

"understand!"

Jing Liuli, Chen Kong, and Isabel responded simultaneously, their tone firm.

Isabel directly activated the ice-attribute star energy within her body, and a faint white chill emanated from her body, indicating that she was ready for battle.

(End of this chapter)