At this moment, shatter the dimensional barrier

"Ahhh..." Tao Jing screamed in agony, clutching the thorn that had pierced her stomach with both hands.

"Ahhh!" The combatants who were also pierced screamed in agony.

"It can fly... Pfft! Support, how long until support arrives..." Tao Jing listened to the low-frequency sounds emitted by the monster, her head seemed to be trembling, her vision began to blur, she gripped the walkie-talkie tightly in her hand, and before she could finish speaking, she spat out a mouthful of blood.

The more than one hundred surviving combat personnel in the stadium were all as if they were drunk and dizzy, some clutching their heads in pain.

Blue light continuously flowed from the eyes, mouths, ears, and noses of the combatants, flowing towards the bone spikes shot out by the monsters, and even more so towards the monsters that were making rhythmic sounds.

This is their life essence.

Dinghai City Anomaly Investigation Branch

The people watching the on-site surveillance were going crazy with anxiety.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it! How long until the armed helicopter support arrives! Those damn monsters are sucking souls! By the time the support arrives, everyone will be dead!" The branch chief gritted his teeth, his eyes bloodshot as he stared at the monitor screen.

The Bureau of Anomalies had encountered many monsters that sucked souls and turned people into stone before, but none of them were as terrifying as this one.

He had thought that there were just more monsters and that they were larger in size, but he hadn't expected them to have so many strange abilities. The larger one could even revive the smaller ones, something that had never happened before.

"Is this the warning of over 10,000 casualties... All combat personnel wiped out?" The branch bureau chief's throat went dry.

He could fully imagine the consequences of those monsters rushing into the residential area after all the combat personnel had been killed.

All the fully armed combat personnel have been killed; how could ordinary people possibly resist?

The sacrifice of over ten thousand people must not be the limit of how much those monsters can eat.

"Director Zhao Aiguo! There's a situation! There's a new situation! Someone has broken through the cordon!" the monitor shouted.

"What?" Zhao Aiguo looked over immediately, his eyes widening suddenly.

"what is that?"

Chapter Seven: Noble Phantasm, My God Is Here

the other side.

Four figures wearing gray cloaks that covered their heads broke through the stadium's security perimeter at a speed that ordinary people couldn't even perceive.

Los Saint led the charge into the stadium, frowning as he looked at the combatants being drained of their souls: "We've finally arrived, but unfortunately, we've already suffered quite a few casualties."

Although he had little interest in joining a special department, he had great respect for these warriors who chose to sacrifice themselves to protect ordinary people.

Maido gritted her teeth, filled with resentment: "The Calyx Beast and the Spiny Eel, how despicable! So many people have already had their souls sucked by them!"

After speaking, he gently patted the backpack, and a white-feathered falcon emerged, already wearing a small backpack on its back.

"Chagai, let's go!"

"Chirp chirp!" Chagai chirped twice, opened the backpack on his back, and a small propeller rose up, carrying him into the air.

"I'll take care of the smaller ones, and Artoria and Jeanne will deal with the big one."

As Maido spoke, a three-fold linked gun appeared in her hand. With a flick of her wrist, the gun extended to a length of three meters with two clicks.

"Take down the small one in the middle first, to stop them from absorbing souls!"

After Maiduo finished speaking, her eyes shone with a pale golden light, her irises glowed, her source potential was activated, and her physical attributes were comprehensively enhanced. She gripped the gun handle and ran towards the Devouring Beast, sparks flying from the friction of the gun handle against the ground. With all her might, she hurled the gun at the Devouring Beast, which was shaking its head in the center.

"drink!"

"Damn it! If only we could have run faster!" Artoria's heart was heavy. She clenched her fists and a greatsword with blue patterns and a pale golden light appeared in her hands. Without hesitation, she swung the sword at the giant Devouring Beast flying in mid-air.

"Wind King's Iron Hammer!"

A blue magical vortex swirled up from the blade of the greatsword, condensing into a fist-sized whirlwind. The whirlwind exploded, forming a straight blue beam of light that hurtled towards the flower-calyx beast.

boom--

A yellowish-brown light rose from Luo Sheng's body, and the Eye of God at his waist glowed: "Fight to your heart's content, eliminate them as quickly as possible, and I will seal off this place to prevent them from escaping by accident."

"Eight Trigrams Barrier! Deploy!"

Its eyes emitted an earthy yellow light, and the ends of its hair began to glow.

He could clearly feel the Eye of God connecting to the 'Silver Tree' through an invisible and intangible passage, with a large amount of rock element gushing out along the passage.

He lifted his foot and lightly stomped on the ground.

"Om-"

Centered on him, the entire stadium floor emitted an earthy yellow light, and a huge Bagua (Eight Trigrams) image appeared.

The entire stadium was then enveloped in a hemispherical, earthen-yellow barrier.

Ding--

A crisp metallic clanging sound rang out as the spiky eel, which was shaking its head to control the frequency of its sound, was impaled on the head by the spear thrown by Maido and pinned to the ground.

The sound frequency was suddenly shattered, and the life essence of all the combat personnel present stopped flowing.

The life essence stopped being absorbed, which stimulated the calyx beast. In its vision, a bright golden life essence rushed towards it, and it was she who interrupted the absorption of the life essence.

"Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar!" The flower-calyx beast roared angrily, and the ear-piercing sound waves formed a sonic boom that spread outwards. But as soon as the roar began, a blue beam of light struck its body.

boom--

The massive body was torn apart by the enormous impact, with large pieces of limbs detaching from the body. However, the fragments did not penetrate the body, but instead caused it to fall from mid-air and crash heavily to the ground.

Boom!

"Cough cough cough... What happened..." The still conscious combat personnel scrambled to their feet, their vision blurring, but they could already see the four glowing figures.

Because the four glowing figures were all wearing black cloaks, he could only see their outlines.

"who are they."

"Is it reinforcements?" Tao Jing's consciousness was already blurred, and she could barely see blurry shadows. Only the huge monster and the four glowing figures were slightly clearer.

"It's over. There will be no more harm. It's all thanks to the brave warriors who stood up and sacrificed themselves to protect ordinary people."

A voice, solemn yet tinged with a hint of redemption, gently reached the ears of all the combatants.

The slightly more alert combat personnel looked in the direction from which the sound came.

It was a figure wearing a gray cloak, with soft light emanating from within the cloak. Through the gaps, one could see a silver skirt armor, and long, braided golden hair hanging down from the hood that covered the face.

As she spoke, golden light emanated from her hand, revealing a flag with a gold border, a white background, and blue patterns.

The moment the flag appeared, it emitted a soft light that shone on them with an unusual warmth. Their physical pain quickly disappeared, and even their broken arms and legs miraculously healed.

"My banner, protect my people!" Joan of Arc raised the banner high with both hands, her voice resounding and firm: "My lord is here (Luminosite Eternelle)!"

A gentle golden light bathed the entire stadium.

"What is this?" Tao Jing regained consciousness and stared in shock as the bone spur that had pierced her stomach dissolved and dissipated in the golden light, and the pierced area was rapidly healing.

"Who are they?" Tao Jing stared blankly at the four mysterious figures radiating light.

When she was first notified by the government and assigned to the 'Anomaly Investigation Bureau', her worldview was reshaped, and she learned that unknown creatures could exist in the world.

At that time, she wondered if cultivators and people with superpowers really existed.

However, she never encountered any humans with special abilities during her subsequent missions.

"My hand has regenerated!" A soldier was shocked to see his severed arm regenerate like a gecko, and the tingling sensation of the regenerating muscles made him want to scratch.

Luo Sheng looked at the combat personnel who had fully recovered and said, "Xia Kingdom warriors, you will no longer be harmed, but please stay quietly where you are and do not fire your guns. Do not cause trouble for my comrades."

Joan of Arc's Noble Phantasm, 'Luminosite Eternelle', is the embodiment of her legend.

Legend has it that as long as Joan of Arc was on the battlefield waving her flag, her army could fight to victory without suffering any casualties.

Her power to heal injuries and restore allies to their original state comes from another legend about her.

After Joan of Arc died unjustly as a believer in God, the common people she had helped and the soldiers who followed her were grateful for her kindness and praised her as a saint. The Pope also exonerated her, and she effectively became one of the saints of Catholicism.

As a Catholic saint, she received a miracle from Jesus Christ, a miracle that healed all wounds with holy light, and she was also able to use this healing miracle to create the 'Shroud of the Dead'.

Those who wear the 'Shroud of the Dead' will recover quickly from any injury, no matter how severe, as long as they are not dead.

The only drawback is that Jeanne d'Arc cannot fight or move while using her Noble Phantasm.

However, this drawback is negligible; with Joan of Arc as a super support, ordinary people can unleash extraordinary power.

"You..." Tao Jing wanted to ask who they were, but her attention was drawn to the battle.

The instant Artoria knocked down the Flower Calyx Beast, she rushed forward, much faster than Meadow, and her figure even formed a trail of light.

Chapter Eight: An Extraordinary Visual Feast

"Ah!"

Artoria gripped the golden greatsword with both hands, spun two and a half times, and a golden fan-shaped arc of light flashed across her body. Using the momentum of her rotation, she instantly severed one of the Flower Calyx Beast's arms at the root before it could react, and green fluorescent liquid splattered everywhere.

"Roar!" The flower-calyx beast cried out in pain, its eyes glowing with fury. It opened its massive jaws and lunged at Artoria at a speed far beyond what the human eye could follow.

However, Artoria is among the top-tier Servants in terms of strength, and she unleashed the magical power within her body in an instant.

boom!

Blue magic erupted from her body, and the impact caused the ground within a ten-meter radius to collapse half a meter deep. At the same time, the holy sword burst forth with a dazzling golden light, as if it were a greatsword burning with flames.

Artoria gripped her sword with both hands and slashed horizontally. Golden magical flames formed a slash that struck the massive jaws, cutting through them like butter. The huge lower jaw was completely severed, while the grotesque upper jaw passed close to the top of her head.

"Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar!" The pain made the calyx beast's small head roar, but it did not stop. With its only remaining hand pressed on the ground, it continued to attack Artoria, twisting its huge body and calyx-shaped lower body down towards Artoria.

Artoria easily dodged the attack and leaped up in an instant, severing the other arm of the Calyx Beast at the root. At that moment, she also noticed that the other severed arm of the Calyx Beast was rapidly regenerating.

"This size of Devouring Beast is indeed much more regenerative than smaller Devouring Beasts."

"And such a huge body is so agile that it can even fly."

"Roar!" The Devouring Beast's orange-red evil eyes stared intently at Artoria, and blue light appeared in its mouth, from which a blue, electrified beam of light shot out.

sizzle-

The piercing electric current caused the air to evaporate.

Artoria dodged with incredible speed, a blue bolt of lightning grazing past her. Taking advantage of the moment, she used her feet to propel herself to the side of the Devouring Beast's small head, spun around, and swung her golden greatsword, a fan-shaped arc of light slicing across the small head's neck.

puff!