Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 417 Breaking the Formation and Killing the Enemy

At this moment, inside an underground storage room within the Zoroastrian Church, the teleportation array's light faded, revealing the four members of the Soma team.

One of them remained calm, while the other three looked astonished.

"What happened?" Amanda looked around at the dark surroundings. "Why were we teleported here? Where are the other teams?!"

Peter was equally surprised, wondering what was going on.

Moon Key frowned and looked at Captain Adam. Judging from the latter's expression, he was not surprised that he had not been teleported to the same place as the other teams, and he had obviously expected this result.

Adam's wife, Amanda, also noticed this and asked uncertainly, "Adam, what exactly is going on...?"

“We were teleported to the interior of the cathedral,” Adam said. “This is because the mission the king assigned us was different from the others.”

“What do you mean?” Peter asked immediately.

"The entire task force's mission is to behead the high-ranking members of the Fire Thief Cult, while our mission is... to capture the Pope alive."

"Captured alive?!"

"This……"

The other three were completely unaware that the Soma team had a separate mission! Even more seriously, apart from captain Adam, the other three teammates were also unaware of this mission.

“This approach leads to a breakdown in trust,” Moon Key said.

Amanda chimed in, "Yeah, Adam! When the other teams find out we're not here, they'll definitely think we've betrayed them...!"

Adam's eyes flickered slightly: "Perhaps. But we were just acting alone; we didn't betray them."

Upon hearing this, Peter lowered his head, hiding his unnatural expression.

“We’ll teleport directly inside the cathedral, giving us a time advantage,” Adam said. “So, let’s use this time difference to complete our mission. Let’s move out now.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his palm, and the moment the power to manipulate the force field was activated, the storage room door was immediately crushed into a pile of wood chips.

Moon Key and Peter quickly followed, while Amanda watched Adam's retreating figure with a complicated expression.

Adam, you wouldn't have done this before... Did you agree to the king's request for the sake of the child?

Just as the Soro team began their operation from inside the church, another group, teleported to the front door, had already entered a trap prepared by the Church of the Fire Thieves.

"Damn it, Sororo! Why is this happening?!"

The Ascendant of the Sissia team cursed loudly, his eyes filled with incomprehension.

Not just him, but everyone at this moment felt more confused than angry.

The Firebringers Cult had just launched a bombing attack on Soroma not long ago, killing and injuring over a thousand people. Yet now, Soroma's team has chosen to collude with the Firebringers Cult to plot against the other members of their action team. What's the logic behind this? What benefits would they gain from doing so?
But now is not the time to think about these things, or even about revenge.

Now there's only one question to consider: how to get out of this trap!
Several top ascendants reacted the fastest. Guan Tong arrived at the edge of the formation immediately, but was blocked by an invisible barrier when he tried to leave.

Bai Xuewu instantly summoned her "White Snow Without a Trace" mecha and rushed out, but was also blocked by the barrier.

Others used their ability items and the same thing happened.

Seeing this, the young bishop Baike laughed and said, "Don't waste your energy. This magic circle was specially prepared for you. Do you really think you can escape so easily?"

As soon as he finished speaking, chains began to appear in the dark brown magic circle. Two ascendants from small countries were accidentally bound by the chains and let out a shrill scream.

The chains seemed to be coated with a potent poison, rapidly corroding the skin upon contact. In just a few seconds, the white bone of one of the bound men's arms was exposed.

"brush!"

Bai Xuewu swung her power sword, severing the chains, but new and more chains kept generating from the bottom of the magic circle. No matter how the group defended or destroyed them, they continued to appear, seemingly endlessly.

Looking at the group trapped inside, Baike wore a playful, cat-and-mouse expression: "As long as the magic array isn't broken, these chains won't stop appearing. And trying to break the array? Heh~"

"This formation gathers an enormous amount of mental energy!" Under Guan Tong's protection, Chen Na closed her eyes and activated her perception domain, capturing the distribution of mental energy around her.

"It's those cultists! I can sense their mental energy continuously flowing into the magic array!"

Upon hearing Chen Na's words, everyone immediately understood what was going on.

The reason why so many cultists poured out of the church was that they were the ones providing the spiritual energy to maintain the magic circle.

Seeing that the secret of the magic circle had been seen through by a little girl, Bishop Hiss sneered: "So what if you know? A magic circle formed by the combined spiritual power of hundreds of believers, how could you ten or so people possibly break it?"

"hateful!"

Bai Xuewu attempted to attack the magic array barrier, but as Heath said, although her mental strength was high, it was nothing compared to the combined strength of hundreds of people.

If this drags on for too long, everyone will be worn down and die inside the magic circle.

"Xiao Na," Guan Tong asked calmly in a low voice, "can you sense the total amount of mental energy the enemy has injected into the magic circle?"

"Yes!" Chen Na said seriously, "Around 50,000 points."

"Fifty thousand? Alright, I'll break the formation."

After Guan Tong finished speaking, he handed Chen Na over to Silver Fox and Shangyuan Zi for protection.

Yang Ran, who was manipulating flames to burn the chains, said anxiously, "Captain, didn't you hear what that bastard one-eyed dragon said? This magic array has gathered the mental power of hundreds of cultists!"

The total mental energy required to maintain the magic array is 50,000, which is indeed a terrifying amount, a sure-kill situation for 99% of those who have ascended.

But Guan Tong doesn't belong to that 99% group.

He didn't say much, but quickly channeled a huge amount of his stored mental energy from the terminal panel into the [Wordless Book] in his arms.

Before leaving Sisia, he had been commissioning Black Star to acquire large amounts of flowing mental energy every day. Later, he also received flowing mental energy as payment for assisting the Countermeasures Research Lab in identifying parasites. Including his self-conversion reserves, he had accumulated a total of 150,000 to 160,000 units of reserve mental energy in the past month.

If he were alone, he could easily escape by teleporting. But there were other people in the formation, so he decided to forcefully break it. To ensure everything went smoothly, he mobilized 70,000 units of his reserve mental energy, which, after being transformed through the [Wordless Book], condensed into a small circular space the size of a basketball in his right palm.

The moment it solidified, almost everyone present felt a tremendous pressure.

"That's it!" Heath's pupils contracted, sensing something was wrong.

Baike, who had been smiling the whole time, frowned and his smile disappeared.

Chen Na looked at Guan Tong in shock. Her [Perception Domain] could clearly sense just how terrifying the mental power contained in the "black ball" on Guan Tong's right hand was, completely surpassing the magic array composed of hundreds of cultists!

"Quick! Let's both fill in!"

Heath shouted and joined Byke in channeling mental energy into the magic circle, trying to stop Guan Tong from breaking it.

But they were too late, or rather, even if they had joined, it would have been too late.

Because the combined mental strength of the two of them is absolutely insufficient to make up for the gap of up to 20,000.

Guan Tong waved his hand and pressed the small space onto the magic array membrane. The moment they made contact, the latter was swallowed up, creating a hole, and the magic array collapsed instantly!

How can this be? !
The cultists who worshipped the Fire Thief were all dumbfounded, staring at Guan Tong in disbelief.

Even the two bishops, Heath and Byk, were stunned, unable to imagine how one person could break the deadly array formed by hundreds of Ascended beings.

"here you go!"

"Kill these bastards!!"

Once Guan Tong broke through the formation, the morale of the action team soared. They pounced on the Fire Thief Cult members like wolves and tigers, venting their anger at Soro's betrayal on the enemy.

Bai Xuewu took the lead, piloting her mecha into the enemy ranks, and in the blink of an eye, she killed twenty or thirty cultists.

Yang Ran used raging fire to set many cultists ablaze, while Silver Fox used her speed advantage to launch a series of assassinations. Shang Yuanzi did not make a move, but stayed in place to protect Chen Na.

As for Guan Tong, his target wasn't those small fry, but rather the two bishops, Heath and Byke.

Bai Ke was already fighting with Bai Xuewu, so Guan Tong set his sights on Xi Si.

Chen Na wasn't idle either; once the magic array was broken, she was able to divert her attention.

This separation allowed her to immediately pinpoint the location of several important figures!
"It's a few people from the Soma team!" Chen Na exclaimed softly. "I sensed them; they're inside the church!"

Upon hearing this, Shangyuan Zi said, "It seems their teleportation point is inside the church. Could it be that they are really colluding with the Fire Thief Cult?"

Chen Na's shouts were heard by others, including the two bishops, Heath and Bike.

Guan Tong noticed that the two men also had surprised expressions on their faces, which puzzled him: it seemed that they did not know that the Soro team would teleport into the church?

What exactly is the reason behind this...?

Without much thought, Guan Tong shouted, "Everyone, eliminate these cultists as soon as possible!"

"it is good!"

Guan Tong was originally just the captain of the North Star team, but his act of breaking the formation impressed the other ascendants, who had already tacitly accepted him as their leader. At this moment, they all spoke up in response.

"Hmph, you want to eliminate me as soon as possible? I'll eliminate you, you heretic, first!"

Bishop Heath charged forward, having already chosen Guan Tong as his opponent.

He raised his hand and ripped off the black cloth covering his left eye. A four-legged, winged celestial dog emerged from his eye socket and, upon landing, rapidly expanded to more than ten times its original size.

Guan Tong activated his title ability, instantly discerning the monster's true nature.

【Crow Tengu】: A carrion-eating beast that resides in its eye sockets, possessing immense strength and the ability to fly.

Tear him apart!

At Heath's command, the tengu let out a strange cry and flapped its wings to pounce on Guan Tong.

Guan Tong didn't want to waste any time. After covering his entire body with Shadow Armor, he rushed forward and placed his left hand on the head of the Tengu. The swarm of nanobots immediately disintegrated the head, and the headless Tengu instantly fell to the ground and died.

Hiss's eye twitched. He never expected that his invincible summoned beast would be destroyed by Guan Tong in one move! What was that black glove?
Just as he was about to make a move, he suddenly felt a tremor throughout his body. The item he was carrying that protected him from mental attacks was damaged, which meant that something was attacking him.

Looking down, he saw that a black shadow had crept up half of his body without him noticing.

"film--"

Hiss's head instantly detached from his neck and flew off. Silver Fox and Guan Tong, who appeared behind him, exchanged glances; the two had just coordinated their movements.

Guan Tong draws the enemy's attention, while Silver Fox uses his super-fast movement to backstab and kill, preventing Heath from having the opportunity to use more items.

With Bishop Heath dead, Nabek was left to fend for himself.

He struggled to deal with Bai Xuewu alone and was constantly on the defensive. Meanwhile, the priests and apostles suffered a backlash after the magic circle was broken, resulting in a significant reduction in their combat power. They were then slaughtered by the other ascendants in the action team.

When Byk saw Hiss beheaded, he knew that he would die if he dragged it out any longer, so he vanished without a trace in a flash.

"Disappeared?"

“His ability is invisibility,” Guan Tong said. He had already figured it out through the title’s effect. “But he can’t attack while invisible; he’s only good for escaping.”

After the remaining cultists were cleared out, Guan Tong stopped the people who wanted to enter the church.

He took out the Silver Hunter from his ring and adjusted it to missile number 6.

"No need to go in, I'm going to blow up this church."

(End of this chapter)